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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1897
Page
2
Nebraska items report M Y King entering duties as Geneva postmaster. Stewart Methodists complete a new church. coal vein found near Gothenburg. tramps steal in Shelton. Hagloss cattle and corn yields noted. Also court and public notices across counties.
Multiple short items note Edward Moore of Pittsburgh shot and fatally wounded by his wife. Pope appoints Rev. P I Chapelle archbishop of New Orleans. Police Officer Jim Gizzard fatally wounds John Rankin in Austin over a political dispute. Cairo railways report higher fatalities than Brooklyn. Nicaragua and Costa Rica resolve their border tensions amicably. Receiver appointed for Geo St Pell, Wall Street broker, with $600000 against him. IRS receipts for five months exceed last year by $8000000. Maude Lewis seeks pardon for killing Senator Morrissey in St. Louis.
A series of damaging prairie fires are reported across New Mexico causing property loss and danger to rural areas. Officials warn residents to exercise caution and report new blazes promptly as fire crews mobilize across affected counties.
A collage of briefs notes Congress to convene Monday, Leutgert trial ongoing, three men suffocated in a Grand Trunk tunnel, Dauntless expedition to Cuba, November receipts near 25 million, Tracey vs Walcott boxing set for December 17 in Chicago, Col A M Coffey dies at 97, Humbert may abdicate, a lynching report denied, Louisiana handling Jevees at Algiers, condemned William Carr to die Dec 17 swallowing glass but to recover, River Falls normal schools burned for 75000 loss and 55000 insured, Dabney leads Michigan party to Klondike, Dame jailed for insanity after Luetgert trial testimonies.
The report notes Canadians insist on a commission to resolve the seal question. Other items mention Milwaukee courts ruling Archbishop Katzer's residence tax illegible to the church, and Andrew Carnegie pledging 10000 toward a Richmond Va Ginter Mechanics Institute home.
The season ends on New York canals and Senator Thurston visits the capital. Fire destroys the E J Lobdell bicycle rim factory. loss 50000 with 20000 insured. November Cripple Creek output tops 1258000, a camp record. Weyler feasted at Palma birthplace amid enthusiasm. Glenwood Iowa mine boiler explosion injures two fatally none. Albanian revolt near Djakova suppressed. Riga Bey arrested. Ex senator Walsh elected Augusta mayor by 824. Gen Williams dies in Brooklyn once Grant classmate. Hobbs returns from relief mission to India. Chicago to St Paul fare cut by 5. Thornburg Casement marriage in New York. China cedes territory near Hong Kong to England for fortifications. Spalding sentenced for embezzlement at Illinois university. Sage gifts Sage residence to Cornell hospital with 100000 endowment. Property valued at 80000.
Mrs. Matilda Dellah Shields dies at 113, a grandmother of Richard Poto max and Indian chief. Mitchell & Tranter in Covington operate a double force of over 400. Klondike railway competition between Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk hints at a late rail war. Sifton’s Yukon visit may lead to subsidy for Edmonton to Yukon trail. Seven hundred blast furnace workers at Sharon and Sharonsville receive 10 to 20 percent wage increases. Shanghai dispatch notes China seeks arbitration on Germany demands. Transmississipp granted exclusive 1898 free use of Fort Omaha buildings. Robbers at Milford bank burn securities after dynamite failure. Ohio Wesleyan President Bashford says McKinley will speak at Delaware commencement.
The report notes the regular opening routine of both houses and signals that important measures are ready for action and will come up early in the session.
Washington opens the regular session with Speaker to call roll and house ready for business. President McKinley travels from his mother's bedside as the session begins and committees start work on budgets and measures including bankruptcy and Cuban issues. The senate calendar already holds about 300 bills from the prior special session.
In Chicago the memory of economist Henry George was honored at the Auditorium with more than 7,000 attendees under the Chicago Single Tax Club. Mrs. George attended in mourning after arriving for her son's wedding, Henry George Jr. Edward O. Brown presided and opened with a tribute. Addresses were delivered by Emil G. Hirsh, ex Governor John P. Altgeld, Bishop John L. Spaulding and Rev Dr S. Craig.
At Santa Fe meeting of the New Mexico Trans Mississippi exposition commission ex Governor L B Prince was elected president T J Curren of Albuquerque secretary and S H Day of Santa Fe treasurer Strong resolutions protested charging $1 per square foot for space Prince said western states would not submit to charges for space at Omaha for their exhibits
Raleigh N C December 6 The Democratic State Committee met and issued an address to voters declaring the party is the party of the people reaffirming Chicago and state party forms. William Jennings Bryan is named as the great leader of the party. The committee denounces Republican misrule and invites populists to unite with Democrats to regain control urging a straight fight with no fusion.
Berkeley Balch, Cuban league secretary, told President McKinley that autonomy for Cuba is a sham and that independence is due to Cuban valor. He argued the United States should recognize belligerency and pursue a defensive and offensive alliance with a free Cuban republic, even if it strains ties with Spain.
Mother McKinley remains gravely ill in Canton with no nourishment by ordinary means. In Washington, President McKinley and aides arrived, plan return to Canton tonight and expect to reach Canton around 10 Tuesday morning with a small party.
Washington reports no cabinet reshuffle this year as Attorney General McKenna continues prosecuting the Pacific railroad cases and Governor Griggs of New Jersey is linked to the vacancy but cannot assume the post until next year.
Springfield Illinois December 6 Governor Tanner issues a proclamation for a special session of the general assembly to begin December 7. It aims to amend property taxation laws, regulate primary election conduct, and pass a reapportionment bill. An appropriation is sought to fund testing the inheritance tax law constitutionality and enforcement.
John O’Hara, a former conductor and brakeman with twenty years on the rails, sues the Oregon Short Line in Oxder district court for 30000 damages claiming inability to find steady work since the 1894 American Railway union strike. About thirty similar cases are expected. A Kansas woman, Mrs. Ross of Nickerson, died after setting her clothes on fire.
The Mexican Herald from Mexico City denies reports from Paris and London that Mexico plans a gold basis. It asserts finances are prudently managed and there is no current plan to abandon the silver standard, which aids manufacturing and other industries.
Colonel Henderson and his wife arrive in Washington and register at the Normandie Hotel for the winter and congressional session. Postmaster Gordon and Charles Dawes reach the capital. Dawes’ nomination to succeed Comptroller Eckels is expected to go to the Senate early. The secretary of the navy accepts the Iowa battleship for service and also the Foote. The steamer Alert is ordered to Nicaragua’s western coast to aid the proposed canal and the naval board estimates armor plant cost at about 3.75 million dollars for 6,000 tons per year with no location recommendation.
The Patent Office issued 365 patents to U S citizens last week. Notable items include a duplex trolley, a combined collar and cravat, an improved bicycle chain, and a simple stamp cancelling machine. Readers may obtain free information on patent law from Sues and Co., registered patent lawyers, Bee Building, Omaha.
Jews Patent Office reports seven patents issued for western inventors on November 30 and six more allowed but not yet issued. Notable items include a land leveler from J H Brumbaugh and D P Stoll of Lexington Neb with adjustable scrapers, an automatic four row corn planter by R V Barry of Stuart Ia, a wash boiler attachment by J N Emarine of Earry, a boulder lifting and depositing machine by F W Jacobs of Mason City, and a band cutter self feeder improvement by G W Parsons of Newton. Des Moines Dec 1 1897.
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