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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1901
Page
6
Pittsburg iron strike update reports varied activity at mills from cautionary notes to closures. Leaders meet in Amalgamated conference as organizers pledge to assist strikers and await a pivotal six day change tied to the talks and possible mobilization.
A wind and rain storm near Anadarko Oklahoma Aug 23 nearly demolished the town injuring several and killing W P Levis of Weatherford John Antone of Paris and Dr Mayse of Wichita. The post office building collapsed trapping Antone. Damage runs into thousands with many tents and merchandise blown away.
NEW YORK August 22. General Alery Alfaro president of Ecuador says war between Colombia and Venezuela is unlikely. He notes conservative union in both republics seeks absolute control and condemns any armed intervention in internal affairs. Alfaro.
Pekin August 23 Chinese peace commissioners have not signed the settlement protocol. Prince Ching telegraphed to the emperor for an edict empowering him to sign, but received no reply. He sent a stronger telegram today. Hung Chang has fallen ill from overexertion during the conferences but is reported better today.
Philadelphia August 24 A check for 4 000 000 is said to be received by the Girard Trust company as depository for Bethlehem Steel stock tied to Charles M Schwab who holds an option. The sale would total about 17 000 000 with shares at 24 each and an option until August 26. The Bethlehem Steel voting body meets next Tuesday with Mellvain expected to be elected president.
Dispatch from Vienna reports twenty Russian torpedo boats and several dispatch boats at the Dniester delta and says Russian troops are beginning to mobilize along the Turkish frontier near Calatz and Brussels.
King Edward arrived at Wilhelmsruhe Aug 2 and was greeted at the station by Emperor William in British admiralty attire and staff officers. The kings shared cordial greetings and rode in an open carriage to the castle for luncheon.
William Kinney an 11 year old son of a railroad watchman was sentenced at Janesville to the Industrial School for Boys at Waukesha for wrecking a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul freight train. He had previously ditched a train by throwing a switch and loosened brakes on cars causing a serious wreck.
President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley will arrive in Buffalo on the evening of September for the exposition. They will be entertained at the home of John G. Milburn, president of the exposition company, with Dr. and Mrs. Rixey and other members of the household in attendance.
The San Francisco Examiner reports that by year end the Santa Fe company will abandon its trans Pacific steamship line from San Diego and establish an oriental service from this port with connections to Central and South America, signaling a major shift in shipping.
Buffalo August 2 The body of Senor Vicuna late Chilean minister is moved to Washington tonight in a special car on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The American Bar Association general council ruled that women are not eligible for membership under the current constitution. The decision, reached in the case of Mrs. Jane B. Ott of Dyersville Iowa, postponed for one year to revisit the issue.
Census bulletin shows Missouri with 51.4 percent female and 94 percent white. It records 161,234 Negroes and small numbers of Chinese, Japanese, and Indians, with Missouri's colored population mainly of Negro descent and New Hampshire nearly balanced by sex.
John J. Gillman ex representative to the Nebraska legislature was shot dead on a Lincoln street near Seventeenth and G. A passerby attorney Walter Anderson found the body about 10:30 pm. Three shots were heard earlier as two men fled east. Gillman’s magazines and valuables remained on him, indicating a hurried crime. Sheriff Branson led the inquiry in the coroner’s absence.
Captain Thomas F. Schley states he has had no interview with any publication and has talked with no person for publication. He says private remarks were distorted and extended.
Late dispatches from Dubuque announce Archbishop Keane will postpone his return by a month or more due to a slight indisposition in Germany. Physicians advise waiting until after the hot season. officials say the condition is not serious and there is no ground for alarm.
Friends of Richard Croker say he will sail for New York on August 24 after meeting in London today.
Denver August reports a world wide copper combine formed by Amalgamated Calumet and Hecla Senator Clark and the Rothschilds. Papers signed for a long term. Financial management to be in New York.
Cattle receipts were moderate with limited beef cattle on sale in Kansas City and South Omaha. Demand improved with firm to higher prices for ready feeders, stockers, and cows, while hog prices rose sharply and closed about ten cents higher. Sheep and lambs were steady to firm for fair quality and markets cleared steadily.
Kansas City markets show cattle steady to 10c higher with choice export and dressed beef steers around 5.40 to 5.50 while hogs edge up 10c. Sheep and lambs hold steady with lambs 4.00 to 5.00 and ewes 2.50 to 3.15 amid mixed stock movements.
A War department summary reports seven months ending January 31 1901 for the Philippines. Imports reach 17.99 million dollars up 42 percent from 1900 while exports rise to 12.64 million up 52 percent. Major increases occur with the United States and Europe. Hemp and copra drive export gains while sugar and tobacco show mixed results.
SANTEE Neb Aug 24 The annual mission conference of Congregational and Presbyterian churches working among the Sioux is canceled this year because lingering smallpox cases persist among the Sisseton at Lake Travers.
A Daily Mail dispatch from Simla reports heavy monsoon rainfall totaling thirteen inches in the last three days. The downpour affects the hill station's roads and daily life as residents survey floodwater and field damage.
A New York vaudeville company tent burned during a Sullivan County fair causing a panic and injuring several women and children. Performer Miss Lillie May suffered fatal burns and others sustained serious injuries as the crowd fled.
In Pittsburg on August 22 President Shaffer outlined a plan to force a settlement by creating a crisis between the steel corporation and the Amalgamated association. He rejected arbitration, suggested public figures as potential arbitrators, and noted non union tin workers would arrive early. Seven strikers were arrested near the Pennsylvania tube works amid a large, tense crowd and police action.
The Pittsburgh strike remains largely unchanged as 30 strike breakers are posted as special officers to guard the American Sheet Steel plant at Wellsville. Police disperse crowds at newly tied up plants while no major violence occurs. A reported plot to burn the Monongahela works of American Tin Plate is denied by strikers, who question John Schuster’s account.
Five men drowned when a gas explosion in the tunnel from crib No 2 halted work after the crib No 3 shaft near shore was completed. Workers were digging toward crib No 2 when the accident occurred and all bodies were recovered.
In Nebraska the weekly crop bulletin reports warm dry weather with scattered light showers. Late corn has improved in the southeast but requires moisture and no frost until late September. Haying advances, winter wheat planted. plowing uneven by region as ground stays dry. Pastures thin but slightly better. peaches small early and improved late peaches after rains.
Prominent lawyers gather in Denver for the American Bar Association's twenty fourth annual convention. Denver clergy led by Dr J D Rankin push for divorce law revisions as the eleventh conference on uniform legislation weighs whether to drop section one which bars divorces for causes before residing in the state. The debate centers on hardship for petitioners who establish bona fide residence.
Berlin Tageblatt warns Washington may back Colombia while evaluating Venezuela’s Castro as a strong regional force. The Post argues a German warship visit would protect German commerce without political intervention, noting the U S view focuses on economics rather than politics.
Samuel McCutcheon died after a runaway accident at a ranch near Moomaw about a week earlier. The incident occurred thirty miles northeast of Alliance, Nebraska, with news reaching the city on August 21.
The Tribune reports Charles M. Schwab will resign as president of the United States Steel Corp and focus on Bethlehem Steel and Tron companies. Schwab declined to discuss the rumor when asked at the Hotel Lorraine in New York.
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