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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
3
A passenger on a remote railway recounts a stopover with Miss Cullen when shots ring out. The train is ambushed by gunmen using both mountain howitzers and Winchester rifles, signaling a perilous hold up and a shift in danger for the travelers.
A staged train robbery unfolds on the express amid gunfire and quirks of plunder. Gordon and Cullen manage hostages while the robbers flee. the hold up reveals misdirection as lines go dead and riders seek answers.
Wilfred M. Hale recalls a Rhine wine sales attempt at a German city consulate. A persistent wine agent provoked the American consul who finally kicked the man out. Moments later a drummer offered very old brandy, prompting a quip about an earthquake and a new order for brandy to brace the official.
Travel notes describe desert routes from Tonopah Nevada to Goldfield and Bullfrog Nevada with distances of 27 miles and 70 miles. Fares are 6 dollars Tonopah to Goldfield and 25 dollars Goldfield to Bullfrog. Night trips can take six to twelve hours and breakdowns are common. Each car carries a telephone and fire extinguisher, and the company can dispatch another auto if needed.
Paris Figaro reports the royal humor of King Alfonso who, amused by gossip about his marriage, has renamed his pleasure yacht Neuphar to Queen X. The paper notes gossips now target every five letter European princess names, a fresh tack in speculation.
In Sebastopol the mutiny among Black Sea fleet sailors ends with barracks seizures and the Brest regiment joining the mutineers. Admiral Chouk nin declined to meet them as 8,000 mutineers parade with red flags and Saint George banners while battleships and ships join the revolt. The city, a historic naval fortress on the Crimean coast, faces a heavy military stand and fortified defenses as authorities respond.
Mayor Franklin P. Stoy, re elected for a fifth term, holds a world record for attending over 700 banquets and giving speeches in a year. He presides or attends as guest at many events and aims to surpass the record next year. Atlantic City hosts numerous conventions and he has attended up to four gatherings in one evening.
Miss Jennie Hanson of Lexington Kentucky built a large magazine agency after starting as a public school teacher earning 40 dollars a month. She left teaching, rented an office, expanded operations, and now owns the office building and substantial Lexington real estate.
Mrs Jefferson Davis wife of the confederate president lives in a quiet uptown New York apartment hotel and spends winters south with friends. At 81 she is very feeble though not ill and does not enjoy great wealth. Beauvoir Mississippi remains the veterans home.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that Britain expects Canada to meet its wheat demand. A Canadian official says planting one fourth of Manitoba land could triple British needs, while an American wheat expert predicts Western Canada will become Europe’s main wheat source within ten years.
Gov Folks cautions that reform should proceed deliberately to avoid corruption. He likens haste to a ship speeding through fog and recalls a captain who said fogs are dangerous and one should not hurry to exit them.
Miss Blanche G Keik of Allentown Pa won $3,000 damages from Rev Edgar J Hellman for failing to marry her after a promise. During the trial she married Adam J Hummelsback of Philadelphia and plans to set up a home in a Philadelphia suburb with the husband noting the award will help.
The U S consul at Victoria B C reports a profit sharing plan by the British street railway and lighting company. After 4 percent stock, net earnings are split with two parts to stockholders and one to long serving employees equally. In 1903 $25 per employee, 1904 $35, and 1905 $40 was distributed.
Rev. J. A. Dixon pastor of the Hardwick Vermont Methodist church works beside village granite cutters in the shops of the largest local firm. The former sailor enters as a novice, doing only simple tasks to learn the trade and hopes to master fine lettering and carving someday.
Dr. Charles A. Goldsmith of New Haven Conn and Walter KB Wilkie of Rockville plan a spring trek around the world on foot. Neither has capital. they will work their way. Goldsmith boasts he has a camera tongue and pen to aid travel in any country where English French Spanish or Portuguese is spoken.
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