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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
2
A condensed news brief lists a December decree summoning the German Reichstag while the London Times cabled no improvement in the far eastern situation. Other notes include a Nanticoke burglary, deaths of Harriett Hubbard Ayer and James King Gracie, and various financial, legal, and diplomatic items.
Panama papers urge government to claim San Andres Albuquerque and nearby isles as territorial limits between longitude 79 and 74. Bolivar region already speaks English. transfer to the United States for a coaling station is proposed. Verasilles reaches Colon, Cartagena blocks passage, Trent clears for Port Limon but stops at Colon. Ratification of the canal treaty looms as key to U S protection and Panama’s internal development.
William Jennings Bryan visited Dublin where Lord Mayor Harrington hosted a luncheon at the Mansion House. Guests included Archbishop Walsh John Redmond and John Dillon. Bryan spoke of Irish blood in America and predicted America’s greatness from composite citizenship.
The secretary of state reports 878203 total votes in Ohio. Myron T. Herrick leads Tom L. Johnson by 115812 for governor, the largest gubernatorial plurality in state history. W S McKinnon receives 117416 for treasurer, Wade Ellis has 109673 for attorney general. Amendments granting governor veto power, abolishing double stability on corporate stock, and county representation in the legislature were carried.
The Royal Mail steamer Trent arrived in Kingston reporting Cartagena port authorities refused clearance for Colon but issued papers to Port Limon. The ship still called at Colon to take on passengers and cargo. Future Isthmian port calls will not proceed to Cartagena and Savanilla.
The Star and Herald outlines sums claimed from Panama as part of Colombia’s foreign debt. It lists railroad reserve sales totaling 5.625 million dollars and at least 3 million for canal company extensions, plus 250 thousand for an exemption. It notes 1 million dollars Panama paid that Colombia should have covered. Panama would cancel the debt but rejects Colombian debt bondholder proposals.
Former Navy commander Richmond Pearson Hobson has drafted a bill asking Representative Wiley to introduce a plan to make the United States the world’s leading naval power within eighteen years. The measure would authorize 2.75 billion dollars, with 50 million for the present year and 60 million for the next, increasing by 10 million annually, culminating in a 1.59 billion sum to extend the program to 1925.
In a letter she states she is not a protectionist and refuses to attend a Primrose club gathering led by Chamberlain and founded by him. She denounces the Tariff Reform league meeting as a retrograde movement and says she does not wish to associate with it.
In Omaha on a Thursday morning the Allen Bros wholesale grocers and Pacific Storage warehouse fire on lower Jones street killed four firemen from engine company No. 2. William Burmester, William A. Barrett, Herbert C. Goldsborough, and Leroy W. Leiter perished beneath burning debris as crews planned to move the mass once cooled. Damage was estimated at not less than $500,000.
The document lists the official voting breakdown in Nebraska for Supreme Court judges Regents of the University and fifteen district judges. It presents the detail of the vote by office and district, reflecting the official outcome across the state's judicial and university governance positions.
WASHINGTON The senate will conduct only routine business this week. It will meet Tuesday and, unless the house moves to a final adjournment, will adjourn to the following Friday. Senate leaders do not plan any adjournment resolution originating in the senate, though some expect the house to act by Friday.
Paris reports Colombia seeks French backing to resume Panama canal work. Colombian Financial Agent Samper, also a special delegate to the administrative council, travels to Panama while the French Canal Company dismisses a U S offer as ridiculous and values its concessions highly.
In Oakland a pistol duel between Policeman James H. Smith and two porch climbers left the officer dead. One suspect was killed, his body found two blocks away in a vacant lot by two boys. The other robber remains at large.
A 10 year old Rainey in Norfolk survived a dangerous night after smoking too many cigarettes. He bought them despite state law and was nearly paralyzed briefly before a physician revived him. Relatives vow to enforce Nebraska law strictly going forward.
An advertisement cites a testimonial from Miss Hannah E. Mershon of Collingswood New Jersey praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing womb and ovarian inflammation and kidney troubles. The text warns about physical weakness and urges guidance for girls entering womanhood.
The article notes hydrogen as the smallest atom yet identifies corpuscles recently demonstrated as the elements of atoms, stating hydrogen is 1,780 times larger than these corpuscles. It emphasizes foundational atomic theory developments described by chemists.
Mrs Winslow s remedy for teething is described as soothing for children, claimed to calm pain, ease inflammation, and cure wind colic. Advertisement notes price 25 cents for eight bottles.
The late Earl of Beaconsfield known for courage in politics was an abject coward physically. As a young man Benjamin Disraeli’s wife quipped that she always had to pull the string of his shower bath. He confessed such fear was true.
The piece traces anthracite’s rise from 1965 tons per year to 70 million tons. It notes Philadelphia bought 100 tons in 1803 for pumping works but could not burn it, using it as gravel. In 1814 two arkloads sold for 21 dollars a ton, and a failed burn turned into a booming furnace fire that saved the project.
In Friarspoint Mississippi a father credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for curing his young son of spinal cord illness after two months of worsening treatment. The father says the boy had night fears and tremors until eight boxes of the pills restored health. A separate quip notes women are harder to interrupt than men.
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