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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
2
Long, mixed text reports on funding for Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons and other scattered items. Mentions Rockefeller gifts, vaccinations for Nebraska train crews, Hawaii, trade and cattle exports, European politics, a Wisconsin baby elephant birth, political results, and various European and American notices with dates and figures.
In Pekin a diplomatic meeting set terms of a preliminary treaty with main points aligned to the French note including punishment, indemnity, and guarded occupation between Pekin and Taku. American cavalry dispersed a bandit village near Pekin, killing seven. Washington notes a more hopeful outlook as Hay's latest instruction seeks restraint and broader ministerial agreement.
Speaker Flenderson arrived in Washington from his home today as congress prepares to convene in December. He noted a wreck delayed his trip and said Republicans will work, with the House set to take up the margarine bill and the Senate to discuss the Nicaraguan canal bill in December, with no idling expected.
Madison dispatch reports official Wisconsin vote tallies for president and governor. Presidential results show McKinley leading with 265 292 votes, Bryan 159 291, Woolley 10 080, Debs 7 084. Governor results list Follette ahead with 264 420, Bohmrich 160 674, Smith 9 712, Tuttle 5 527, Witke 504.
Root and General Wood remain off St Augustine port as the Kanawha takes on Secretary Root and Mrs Wood and children. Governor General Wood plans to join them and depart for Havana then Haifa with the party tomorrow.
E C Branderberg reports to the attorney general on the bankruptcy act of 1898 noting broad use by diverse classes nationwide. Voluntary petitions reach into many states with Illinois New York and Ohio among top volumes. sums total liabilities at about 264.98 million and assets at 33.10 million with 11,107 schedules filed and 7,917 petitioners with no assets.
Reported from Manila on October 30 the clash at Bugason Island in Panay saw 200 bolomen and 50 riflemen attack American forces. Three Americans were killed Lieutenant H. M. Koontz Sergeant Kitchen and Corporal Burns. Burns was boloed while reconnoitering and Koontz and Kitchen were speared while relieving an outpost. insurgents suffered 103 killed. First Lieutenant Albert E Mecabe of the Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry was named inspector in the forestry bureau.
A Paris telegram claims the Czar is dead but no confirmation exists from other sources. London reports the czar’s death rumor unfounded with no bulletin to verify at Russian embassies in Berlin Paris or here yesterday.
The War Department received a casualty report via General Chaffee listing cases since the last report. November 3 at Tien Tain shows Clifford R. Bedford of the Fourteenth Infantry with typhoid fever. November 14 at Pekin lists Edward J. Jennings, civilian teamster, chronic leprosy.
Reports from St Petersburg on November 26 claim Emperor Nicholas may be threatened with lung complications that would hamper recovery from typhoid fever. The claim notes lung inflammation as a common risk in typhoid cases in Russia, but cites no official confirmation.
Paris reports the death of M Valfrey foreign editor of the Figaro from pneumonia last night at age 42. He rose to minister plenipotentiary in the diplomatic service and was famed for authoritative articles signed Whist. He was well acquainted with behind the scenes in diplomacy.
Senator Nathan L. Agnew drafts an anti trust bill to be presented in the forthcoming state legislature. He is described as a friend of Governor Mount and says the measure will reflect the governor’s views. The statement follows a period of political discourse in Laporte Indiana.
Secretary Hay sends a note to the powers outlining US aims in the Chinese situation and proposing new bases to settle the Pekin deadlock. London papers debate US role, with Times and Daily News questioning a concert of powers while urging a practical compromise and a possible return to Pekin for Chinese court negotiations.
The British steamer Barbarian reports heavy losses for government forces opposing rebels in Culébra and near Panama. Stores close in Colon, rail lines held, and the two cities live in terror as rebels press attacks. Liberals may control Buena Ventura while Colombia efforts to reclaim it continue.
Several hundred Indians in San Diego County face starvation as winter provisions are lacking and food is scarce. Mary Watkins reports extreme hunger among 306 Mees Grande residents, with 27 in dire need, many children and women nearly naked and lodges underfed.
Chief Justice Norval holds the Nebraska Board of Transportation void and the court agrees. The unconstitutional law failed to pass both houses with proper title and enrollment. The ruling voids a statute in force since 1887 and signals possible constitutional amendments or voter submission to address railroad regulation.
The early count in Lincoln shows Secretary of State results with George W. Marsh 115 546 Republican and Svo4 boda fusionist 110 775, Whitney Prohibitionist 4 077, Starkey Midroad Populist 3408, Newman Socialist 6612. State Auditor Charles Weston 115 250 Republican and Theodore Griess 110 852 fusionist with Wilson Brodie Prohibitionist 3931. State Treasurer William Stuet er Republican 115 974 Samuel Howard fusionist 111 888, Cro Prohibitionist 3 988, Lipton Midroad Populist 1 373.
Lincoln November 26 Governor-elect Dietrich named H C Lindsay of Pawnee City private secretary and OV G Smith of Kearney assistant superintendent of the State Industrial School at Kearney He also named five Lincoln women to advisory boards for the Home of the Friendless in Lincoln and the Milford Industrial Home The appointees are Mrs W J Bryan Mrs A J Sawyer Mrs G M Lambertson Mrs D E Thompson and Mrs C H Gere.
Among Fremont Normal School's 760 students a seventeen year old American descent girl stands out for her determination to pursue schooling despite having no relatives to support her. She seeks aid from a neighbor and continues to strive toward an education in Nebraska.
A garbled county note from Point Nebraska reports debt figures for a local pony venture. It cites indebtness around 3000 dollars, with 7100 dollars released, and mentions cattle disease affecting livestock and stock losses amid unclear details.
A district court in Weattsmouth Nebraska in November 1924 heard charges against Charres Sheppard colored for stealing fifty dollars from his employer John Schiappe rsal a trust dealer. The evidence suggested he took money from a janitor bag.
The superintendent of the Hospital for the Insane at Nortalig requests a two year appropriation for the institution. Governor Poynter has granted a requisition from Kansas for the return of James H. Worley as part of the ongoing state matters in Nebraska.
Henry Irving returns from America to a banquet in his honor with Lord Russell presiding. Russell jokes about speech at the dinner and asks if Irving spoke before the Parnell commission, to which Irving replies that he did not but had things to say.
A quirky local note describes an industrious man and a cabbage achieving an unlikely head, with playful imagery about clothing and a curious magnetic stare. The fragment hints at a humorous or surreal item typical of a small-town page.
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