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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1902
Page
6
A roundup from Wichita to Washington reports a string of notable items. Dignitaries, governors, and generals appear in notes on deaths, resignations, and appointments. naval and railway moves, legal actions, and legislative steps are sketched with brief facts and dates.
Gov. Taft told a Senate committee that 6 million Christians, 2 million non Christians, and about 1 million Moros may live in the Philippines, though census accuracy is questionable. He described northern Luzon travel, insurrection weapons, and the spread of civil government toward Laguna and Samar, noting language barriers and local attachments to place and nation.
Senator Tallman of Clarke county presented a petition from the Clarke county Woman's Christian Temperance Union urging the pardon of George Stanley a life convict at Fort Madison penitentiary Stanley was the section foreman convicted of the crime of being a fellow work man William Patterson on June 15 18 0.
The bill reducing war revenue taxes by 77 million dollars has been completed by Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee. The committee will meet Monday to report the measure to the House and Payne plans immediate consideration after the anti oleomargarine bill.
Washington February 3 Charles A Conant longtime Washington correspondent for the New York Journal of Commerce has been elected treasurer of a New York trust company He recently returned from the Philippines where he was sent by the War Department to study and report on the island banking coinage system.
Admiral and Mrs. Schley traveled from Nashville to the Hermitage by special train to honor Andrew Jackson. They were received by the Ladies' Hermitage Association, attended a Jackson tribute service led by Rev. D C Kelly, and toured the house and tomb with a post service levee and luncheon.
A large party of public men including senators Brown Wisconsin and McAndrews Illinois along with representatives Sheldon Michigan Curtis Kansas Marshall North Dakota Stephens Texas Tongue Oregon and Indian Affairs Commissioner Jones will travel by special cars to Carlisle Pennsylvania for the twenty third anniversary and four teenth graduating exercises of the Carlisle Indian Industrial Institute. They will be guests of Lt Col H R Pratt and will join ceremonies Wednesday and Thursday with officials and Pennsylvania legislators in attendance.
Diamonds stolen from C. B. Clausen, a Minneapolis jewelry firm representative, were found in Terry, Montana, forty miles west of Glendive. The January 19 theft occurred in the Northern Pacific baggage room when trunks were broken open. suspect Jerry McCarty confessed and directed authorities to the jewels.
Washington February 3. The Senate plans to split time between the Philippine tariff bill and a bill to raise federal judiciary salaries. The salary measure led by Senator Hour will be taken up each morning until disposition, while the Philippine bill will have right of way.
London February 3 The Sofia correspondent of the Times reports under January 29 that Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka were liberated this morning on Turkish territory two American women were detained in the region until the release.
In Rome on February 3 officials regard as a canard the claim that Dowager Queen Margherita plans to visit the United States incognito under the name Countess Stupinigi. The report is dismissed as false by authorities.
Butte Montana Feb 3 A special to the Miner from Missoula says the Morning mine of the Coeur d Alenes has been closed down indefinitely.
Carnival season in San Juan Puerto Rico opened with a fortnight of festivities and enthusiasm promising to surpass the 1901 celebration as crowds gather and city events begin.
San Antonio report says the Honda Mexico mine explosion claimed 106 workers. Most victims were Mexican and Chinese, with few Americans aboard. All mules perished and three ore carts recovered from wreckage.
At the Kearney Nebraska Farmers Institute the second day featured cream separator demonstrations and seed exhibits. H C Green of Kearney showed over forty farm and garden seed varieties from Buffalo County, while J J Brown offered practical ideas on central Nebraska orchard planting. Dr Peters from the university station spoke on animal disease prevention, and O Hull of Alma discussed pork production for market.
John Fedora and his son Fred, both from Ottumwa Indiana, were found in severe frost after the pair missed a transfer at Ames Nebraska. Their legs, ears and exposed skin were damaged after hours in thirteen below zero temperatures with no shelter. Authorities report they walked from Leavitt to stay warm as depots remained locked.
Lincoln Neb February 3 The dairy men of Nebraska and the nation show strong interest in the Groat bill reported by the agriculture committee in the lower house of Congress. The committee approved the measure 12 to 5 despite prior rival bills and fears of conflict among dairy interest representatives. The bill is deemed satisfactory to all involved in the dairy industry.
Farmers in York County now often purchase at public sales without notes as banks impose a $5 clerking fee due to scarce note sales. The typical sale ranges from 1500 to 3000 dollars with no notes required, reflecting rising prosperity among local farmers.
Hooper Nebraska February 3 stock holders vote to consolidate the Hooper Telephone company with the Farmers Telephone company which operates forty miles of line in the county's western part.
Frank Ward formerly paroled from a three year term imprisonment returned to Fairbury Nebraska to visit relatives and was rearrested after several months out of sight.
In Superior Nebraska a local observer notes that about 75 percent of quail were killed in a sudden storm that struck before they could reach shelter. The brief report underlines how fast the weather turned dangerous for wildlife.
HUMBOLDT Neb Feb 3 A new stock company organized with 2500 capital to build a rural telephone line from Dawson to Middleburg.
The Nebraska state board of irrigation overruled a rehearing in Farmers' and Merchants' Irrigation Co. vs Gothenburg Water Power and Irrigation Co. It held Gothenburg may use water for irrigation in an 18 mile extension and preserved existing grant rights. The board also ruled that abandoning an irrigation ditch forfeits future water rights, as in the Hinman ditch case near North Platte.
In northern Platte county during the last ten to fourteen days a deadly horse illness has caused numerous fatalities. County Superintendent L H Leavy surveyed 14 schools around Humphrey Creston and Cormlea collecting farmer reports of 47 deaths among 22 men. Some horses showed blindness or loss of consciousness before dying. some collapsed into barbed wire fences. Farmers with flowing wells report no cases of the disease or hog cholera in recent years.
A visitor-friendly note describes the Petrified Forest near Adamana Arizona ten miles from the Santa Fe line. Innkeeper Albert Stevenson offers a lodging and wagon and ponies for forest excursions. ruins and carved hieroglyphics lie nearby. stop overs at Adamana are allowed for through travelers and Pullman tickets.
An old advertisement promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch as a household staple and claims it offers more value with 4 oz extra for a low price. The copy also mentions Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten clothes and Garfield Tea as a remedy for constipation and headaches. It includes a remark on Spain's 1900 mineral production.
Omaha designated as the distributing point for all sugar beet seed planted west of the Mississippi. Meyer & Raapke of Omaha are the agents. Seed from Germany arrives in bond under Customs control before being sent to factories and growers.
York Neb February 1 farmers rejoice over heavy snow covering wheat fields. More than half of York county cultivated land is winter wheat, the mortgage lifting crop, with expected yields of 30 to 50 bushels per acre potentially erasing farm mortgages next year.
The American Cattle Growers association will hold a Denver meeting March 4 to discuss public land leasing and other industry issues. Officials say the congressional land leasing bill will receive special consideration at the gathering. The call for the meeting was issued today.
An application to appropriate Niobrara river water for an 8000 electric horsepower power plant near Valentine was presented to the secretary of the state board of irrigation. All prior Niobrara water claims were withdrawn before Cornell filed.
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