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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1902
Page
2
Mary Lockwood endures court scenes and looming tragedy as Jack goes to service for the king. Old Morley and Mary linger in grief amid a village shaded by the abbey murder and a haunting past. The tale hints at future sorrow as Christmas bells ring in heaven.
In a Kirkstall court scene the prosecution wins a swift guilty verdict followed by a looming execution. A doomed Mary Lockwood, maddened by tragedy, sobs through farewell words as Richard Parker faces death. Old Morley flees with Mary to Meadows Farm while a press gang seizes Jack Meadows for a seaborne voyage.
A grim warning of highwaymen and the gallows haunts Mary Lockwood as winter returns. Old Morley and Mrs Meadows observe her decline after the Kirkstall road sign appears, with Mary clinging to memories of happier days at the abbey and river.
The lily of the valley, Queen Alexandra’s favorite flower, is seen as the probable centerpiece of next June’s coronation decor. Forced cultivation and cold storage allow year round supply, with stocks on hand from Sandringham and other Dutch-influenced gardens, ensuring ample blooms at royal event.
A man in a stable door witnesses a woman stepping on a hose stretched across a sidewalk. He jokes about women’s habit of stomping the hose for exercise and water spurt, noting nine tenths of women engage in the act. He blames childish playfulness and deviltry, citing years observing the practice.
A notable incident during the Hancock’s summer voyage to Manila disrupted July 4 festivities for a party of American officials aboard. The fast transport crossed from San Francisco to the 180th meridian, losing one day to the calendar, making Independence Day uncelebrated aboard.
A wry proverb notes that hesitation saves some and sinks others, while the bold never hesitate but remain rare. It reflects on courage, timing, and the paradox of action.
Washington expects renewed efforts to settle disputes with Great Britain over the Canadian border fisheries war ships on the Great Lakes and the Alaskan boundary. Talks may move toward direct negotiations between Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote and a joint commission to finalize a clean slate before Pauncefote’s term ends.
Dr John Bell a leading Benton Harbor physician and prominent Knight of Pythias figure died in Benton Harbor Michigan He ranked as the world’s highest Knight of Pithias and served as mayor of Benton Harbor in the past He was elected major general of the uniform rank Knights of Pythias of the world in 1898 and was active in Masonic circles throughout Michigan
Report from Madrid on December 30 shows week ended December 28 with gold in hand up 111000 pesetas, silver in hand up 2330000 pesetas, notes in circulation up 7449000 pesetas.
In Washington Dee 30 Adjutant General Seaman of California has been ill for over two weeks. He is in critical condition and does not respond to medicines given to him.
Helena Mont Dec 30 there is no set program for the Northwestern governors conference on merging the Northern Pacific Great Northern and Burlington railroads. No other state chiefs are due before this morning and social arrangements include a state dinner either Monday or Tuesday evening.
Four killed and many injured when a through Omaha bound train at sixty miles per hour crashed into a freight train near Malta Illinois. Victims include George Rudio and Mrs. Rudio of Omaha B O Nichols of Council Bluffs Ellis Duncan a Chicago Pullman porter. Grace Stewart of Council Bluffs was to marry Nichols.
President Roosevelt has sent a letter to Governor Shaw of Iowa indicating the offer of the secretary of the treasury position. The governor accepts the offer as presented by Senator Allison, with plans to travel to Washington for a conference and return to deliver the biennial message to the legislature.
Washington reports no progress in negotiations over the proposed sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. The U S position on terms is clear but Copenhagen has shown no determination to finalize the deal. No plebiscite request has been conveyed to the state department as of now.
Advices to Senor Infante confirm Argentina cannot accept all prior terms for the settlement of the dispute. The Argentine minister in Santiago said changes would be needed, while Chilean officials deny any modification to the protocol.
The South Carolina attorney general Duncan Bellinger has filed suit against Virginia Carolina Chemical company for restraint of trade. Six large South Carolina phosphate firms bought by the same company are joined in the action under the same statute.
A New York Evening Post editorial from December 12 1901 endorses beet sugar as a self-sustaining industry. Oxnard and Cutting argue beet sugar can be produced cheaper here than in Europe and without tariff protection, citing profits and scalable capacity. They critique protectionist claims and warn against Cuban sugar duty exemptions intended to influence farmers.
Mrs Jancey Bacon described as a real daughter of the Revolution died suddenly in Laurel Delaware on Tuesday at age 95 possessing full faculties and once the daughter of Colonel Isaac Fooks a noted Delawarean and friend of General Washington who spent winters with him at Valley Forge
The story of a talkative Croker double blamed for much chatter credited to Tammany leader Richard Croker is likened to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde but Croker insists the counter Celt is a real man and he will pursue him.
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