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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1897
Page
3
Geoffrey Gosden seeks a life policy to secure his fiancée Fanny against poverty but learns he hosts a deadly lung disease. A medical verdict and a moral trial shatter their engagement as Fanny pleads for union now versus posterity. The dramatic scene endures with a vow to resist temptation and preserve duty.
A writer recounts Sicilian love charms including using a blood infused eggshell powder in coffee or wine, a witch's midnight ritual with a bundled clothes ritual, and tying colored ribbons to bind a chosen person. The rituals involve shop payments from the left hand, church wear, and incantations.
A courtroom quip debates firing a pastor over mispronunciation. Knicker cites a misread line about the departed returning to an undiscovered country. The judge notes the Bashi Bazouks appear to be an idealized, weakly drawn corps of officers.
New York reports the Northwest Mining and Trading Company organizing with 5 million dollars to explore Alaska and the Northwest territory, build trading posts, and operate transport between the U S and mining camps. Named investors include ex Governor James E Campbell and J W Chipman. Dyea port activity notes 500 people awaiting crossing, freight rising in price, and ships preparing for the Klondike season.
A Philadelphia syndicate led by Penn Smelting and Refining plans a Klondyke expedition from Seartnie Washington. Mining engineer W W Rogers will spearhead the effort with enhanced provisioning and scientific gear. The venture aims to explore the Klondyke and Stewart river headwaters to locate the mother lode of placers.
New York August 5 The secretary of the treasury will decide if August Armand a Belgian who arrived aboard the Massdam may land Immigration authorities devalue him on the wife’s charge of bad character and urging immorality He once was a Catholic missionary in Africa and Egypt consecrated by Bishop Dubois of Galveston later he renounced Catholicism and became a Protestant He married the woman who now seeks his exclusion She accuses him of selling their baby to wealthy buyers in Kansas City and threatening violence if she did not support him in idleness High stakes decision and domestic allegations color this landing dispute
About a thousand miners walked out in Orrumwa Iowa August 5 demanding 80 cents a day. Operators granted 80 cents but refused winter price commitments. Several mines at Centerville Rathbun and Forbush have halted work. A state meeting is set for August 9 in this city. A strike is expected to be declared by both sides.
London dispatch reports the Russian government preparing a second expedition to explore gold bearing regions in the Siberian part of the empire. The piece frames the area as a potential new California once opened, signaling ambition for vast mineral wealth and exploration.
In San Francisco on August 5, steamship Belgie reports a dispute over British possession of Valmira island. Tuther Wilcox of Honolulu claims ownership for himself Jed Wandenberg and William Kinney, asserting rights granted by the Pacific Navigation Company which bought the island from the Tawailan government. The United Kingdom basis rests on discovery and colonization by Charles Benton in 186.
In Independence Kansas on August 4 Henry Sheesley fatally shot ex Senator Daniel McTaggart at the McTaggart mill after a dispute over goods in a mill sale. McTaggart died at 2:40 PM. A 15 year old son was wounded, and Sheesley was captured and jailed awaiting a August 13 preliminary hearing. McTaggart, born 1846 in Iowa, long served Kansas, championed silver, and bolted the 1896 gold standard ticket. The motive arose from a financial disagreement over a judgment on mill goods.
Industrial reports from Chicago indicate railroads expanding their gear with large purchases. A Southwestern system bought 1,000 cars in St Louis while Chicago inquiries from the Illinois Central and others signal potential major orders. Pig iron remains active though regional values shift with a 15 cent rail reduction. No 2 foundry priced at 9.45.
A group of Iowa farmers secured 6,000 acres in Shelby county Alabama about thirty miles south of Birmingham. The land will be developed under a colony plan with each colonist owning his own parcel. The tract lies in Alabama’s fruit and dairy belt.
Representatives of large malting firms met at the Hotel Manhattan in New York City to discuss forming a major combination. The firms account for about eighty percent of the U S malt output, totaling around 30 million bushels annually.
Aug 5 report says few presidential postmaster appointments will be made before President McKinley returns to Washington. The small number will be in cases requiring immediate action.
Wasmnoron August 5 The appointment of John Snider as Bucklin Missouri postmaster is viewed as a Loomis Kerens victory in the local contest.
Washington reports that Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field plans retirement August 14 after more than thirty four years on the bench, potentially breaking Chief Justice Marshall’s record. Speculation places Attorney General McKenna filling the vacancy and Henry Witchcock of St. Louis as successor. Field was appointed by Lincoln in 1861.
Reports from August 1896 detail the Klondike rush with caution. J C Wilstead warns that while gold may exist, hardships and isolation threaten fortunes, urging prudent men to keep steady positions. J D Croissant notes many claims are taken and predicts hardship for newcomers. Steamship and river work expand, crews sought for Yukon voyages, and Alaska mining ventures grow amid insurance blocks and new ventures in Chicago and Washington.
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