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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1899
Page
2
A digest of items from Germany cold and snow to US incidents. Notes include Yale student counts, a Baltimore editor’s death, West Virginia miner demands, Berlin transit plans, a London trial date, ship and rail bids, fires in Arkansas and Minnesota, and others.
Indiana crowds raise funds for a monument to General Lawton with $950 from Indianapolis and $525 more toward the memorial. Arlington burial is proposed. Fort Wayne and Richmond organize mass meetings to fund a Lawton monument in Indianapolis while newspapers push front-page campaigns.
In Quincy Illinois eleven St Francis parish school girls aged nine to eleven died after clothing ignited from a gas jet during a dress rehearsal. Four died at once, others perished later or before midnight, with several teachers burned attempting to help.
Washington reports the urgent deficiency appropriation bill nearly assembled at about 51.09 million dollars. The War department requests 45.16 million and the Navy department 2.14 million, with items submitted by departments for quick House action.
Andrew Carnegie has donated 2,000 to fund swimming baths and a gymnasium in Dunfermline. He writes the gift will reach in time as a Christmas present from the town’s loyal son.
In Freylinghem near the French frontier, more than 40 school children drowned when a frozen Lys ice sheet broke during a holiday play. Thirty six bodies were recovered with others still missing. several were rescued in a shock to the town as almost every family mourns.
Sixty five guests gathered at the Paris restaurant for a farewell to General Brooke on departure day. Cuban and American officials praised his role guiding Cuba’s transition to liberal rule and his friendship with Cubans. Brooke departs for Tampa with a military escort and honors planned at the harbor.
A massive rock slide at Amalfi on the Gulf of Salerno swept away the Capuchin hotel and monastery with several villas. The 50,000 cubic yards of earth buried ships and people, with monks among the likely dead, as troops rush to rescue amidst fear of further calamities.
The Carnegie Steel Company announces wage increases effective January 1, 1900. Common labor at its Pittsburgh area works will rise to 1.50 dollars per day, with other day turn and tonnage labor raised proportionally, subject to certain exceptions.
The post office solicits proposals to carry mails next summer from San Francisco and Seattle to St Michaels and Yukon river points to Dawson City and Nome Alaska. It also seeks additional service to offices on the Alaskan coast amid expected spring gold rush.
Settlers around Lalla lake in Chitc B C report attacks by Indians objecting to white settlers. Two weeks earlier they surrounded Rancher Franklin and neighbors, threatening murder if they stayed. In a later clash several natives were wounded and eight families were captured while fleeing toward Alexis Creek.
Dwight L. Moody, famed evangelist, died at noon in Northfield Massachusetts after a month of illness linked to overwork. He collapsed in Kansas City while holding revival meetings and was sent home for experts to try prolonging his life. Born February 5 1837 in Northfield he began as a shoe store clerk in Boston before turning to missionary work in Chicago.
Major General Brooke, relieved from command in Cuba, is ordered to proceed to Washington to report to the adjutant general for further orders from the secretary of war. An arrangement lets him travel in stages from Havana to acclimate to winter conditions, with future duty based largely on his own wishes.
The Interstate Commerce Commission in an open opinion prepared by Commissioner Prouty extended the compliance deadline for carriers to implement automatic couplers and power or steam brakes on freight cars beyond January 1 1900 to August 1 1900.
In Dubuque on December 22 Judge Shiras ruled for plaintiff D D Langan of Clinton against the Aetna Palatine German Alliance and Spring Garden Insurance companies for 20000 plus interest. The case sought fire insurance and the defendants refused the arbitrators award. The ruling awards the full amount and interest and is noted in insurance circles.
The War Department issued a general order announcing the death in the field of General Henry W. Lawton major general of volunteers and inspector general of the regular army. He served from 1861 through the Spanish American War and fell December 18 near San Mateo Luzon. The note cites his gallantry and leadership from frontier campaigns to Santiago and the Philippine islands. The flag will be at half mast and thirteen gun salutes will follow the order. Elihu Root Secretary of War. By command of Major General Miles H C Corbin Adjutant General.
In Des Moines on December 22 a heated Senate race debate surfaced accusations against Cummins supporters. Dubuque Republican Charles T. Hancock, defeated in his county race, alleged Cummins workers circulated material to defeat him, which Cummins backers denied citing labor groups acted independently. Representative Wise of Blackhawk County shifted to Cummins for senator and Eaton for speaker, surprising observers as unpledged lawmakers hold sway over the speaker decision.
The Supreme Court, in two today opinions by Judge Peckham, upholds lower court rulings against claims by E Endicott Peabody and J Francisco Chavez. The Vallecito 114 000 acre grant near Ojo Caliente and the 5000 acre Valencia county grant near Torreon were invalidated as the granting authority under Mexican rule was deemed inadequate.
In Frankfort on December 22, Goebel and Beckham delay serving consent notices against Governor Taylor and Lieutenant Governor Marshall. Only four witnesses testified on election in contested counties as depositions window closed. The contest committee may summon persons and papers, while anti-Goebel leaders plan an informal Louisville conference.
A young man asks Sir Jasper for advice to prepare a worthy home for a woman he loves. He expresses gratitude and humility, claiming the restored harmony would mark her first real peace. He reflects that such a father would have altered his path and admits Kimberley shaped his choices.
A Missouri farmer facing a $700 mortgage on a Nebraska farm leaves, but wheat later grows and yields enough to cover debts and leave a surplus. He returns to harvest, pays off the mortgage, and proclaims no state compares to Nebraska. The piece ends with a moral about purity of mind and conduct.
The lines offer home seeker tickets to southern points for one fare plus 2.00 round trip on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. Winter rates now on sale to Hot Springs Arkansas and other winter resorts at reduced prices. For rates and sleeper info contact the Quincy Route Office 1415 Farnam St or Harry E Moores City Passenger and Ticket Agent Omaha Neb.
A column lists inventions such as baby carriages that convert to a cradle, a unicycle, a pocket cigarette maker, a skirt marking device, a hat brim curling device, a corn cultivator, a bicycle sail attachment, and a rubber horse shoe. Sues & Co. offers free patent information from Omaha. A Boston man finds relief from rheumatism after a trip to Hot Springs South Dakota, aided by advice to visit the health resort.
The notice announces free listing of inventions and patent applications in weekly reports across 500 western newspapers. It notes B Cr ane of Perry Iowa received a patent for an electric apparatus to illuminate body cavities for examination before surgery. The weekly patent tally lists totals by state and general services offered by Thomas G. Orwig & Co. Patent attorneys in Des Moines dated December 16, 1899.
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