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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1897
Page
3
Spain to offer limited autonomy but insists Cuba must appoint the mediator to outline terms and guarantee fulfillment. focus on American losses and de flores context. The move signals a staged approach to decolonization with mediation and defined guarantees.
Secretary Olney and Senor Dupuy de Lome near agreement on Cuban issues to be submitted to Congress on January 5. Spain would grant limited autonomy, act as mediator, grant amnesty to insurgents, and implement a reform law while preserving the union with the mother country.
George W. Gilmore ranchman of Rawlins County Kansas was shot in his cabin by a sniper after returning home from cattle buying. A woman calling herself Prudence Holbert was captured near the Nebraska line and taken to the crime scene. she claims no identity beyond her name and remains jailed. Gilmore had warned of threats from a past romance in Orange County New York.
New York Republicans split over U S senator race as the Republican club refuses to endorse Josep H Choate while a substitute resolution stalls action and the Union Republican club of Brooklyn and Progress Republican club back Thomas C Platt for senator.
Washington reports from the state department deny a Washington Post item claiming Spain’s Premier Canovas sent Secretary Olney a mediation letter on Cuban autonomy. No letter or similar communication has been exchanged through Spanish channels or otherwise.
Notice posted at Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company collieries in the region announces suspension of work until next Monday. About twenty thousand men and boys will be idle.
The Bacon House, one of St. Joseph Missouri’s largest hotels, closed today and will be sold soon to satisfy a mortgage. The property has been operating for thirty five years.
A conservative newspaper urges American intervention in Cuba as logical for U.S. interests and national sentiment. It notes Spanish diplomacy seeks to persuade the United States to accept tacit U.S. interference and reforms in Cuba and Porto Rico while Spain considers autonomy moves and tariff reductions to pave a reciprocity deal.
Senator Thurston urged recognition of Cuban independence, suggesting war might follow if opposed. He warned Spain could declare war regardless of consequences and called the Cuban crisis a blot on the civilized world requiring patriotic action.
The will of late banker Charles H. Janes directs 1000 dollars to the Hiawatha public library with the interest used for new books. The private library goes to the public library. Hiawatha academy receives about one fifth of the fortune, or 10000 dollars. Executors named include C D Lamme with Mr Lamme also named as executor and beneficiaries include Mrs Albert Lawrence Mrs Will Mason Rev J B Richardson.
Torena Kan December report says Ellott a Washburn College student faces plagiarism allegations from fellow student Paul Lovewell. A committee of Profs. Ellis Hyde and Dean Mattox investigates claims Ellott used ideas and language from The Needs of the Hour in the oration, paralleling thought.
San Diego reports that Carlos A Miller, an American resident of Cuauhnhuac, Guerrero, is jailed in Belim prison Mexico City for the murder of engineer Eduardo Zepeda at Ometepec on October 6. Miller asserts local Ometepec officials and his town conspired to frame him and ruin him.
Kansas City shippers and receivers press a movement through the transportation bureau to extend the Kanami City Car Service association to St. Joseph Leavenworth and Atchison. They say shipments are diverted as those towns allow easy unloading of cars. Platt Declares War on Choate in New York interview says Choate will not be the next senator. He denies seeking the position and asserts others will decide. William Robinson is sent to prison for 102 years after killing his sweetheart in a church and stealing a horse in Mexico Missouri.
The bubonic plague cases reach 2,090 with 1,494 deaths to date. City exodus continues and newspapers threaten martial law unless residents comply with sanitary regulations.
A landslide at Ratsmore Sunday night overwhelmed a laborer’s house as the man his wife and seven children were buried. Rescue efforts were ongoing with local authorities coordinating the search and awaiting further updates.
An editor at the AX newspaper leaped from a window and was found dead on the sidewalk. The act followed a period of nervous prostration and mounting ailments that affected mental clarity and judgment. No motive or explanation was provided in the final report.
Joseph P. McCullagh, editor of the Globe-Democrat, leaped from a bedroom window in St Louis after a period of illness and nervous strain. He was found dead by stable hands. gas was flowing earlier and the window was opened as the body lay in the yard. Born in Dublin in 1843, he rose from apprentice to famous war correspondent and editor, shaping Republican journalism in St Louis. He lived largely for his paper, with no immediate survivors.
An unclear OCR passage notes names and places in a fragmented way. Readable bits mention area, dating, and events with unclear subjects. The piece reads like a brief local item lacking coherent details or a clear outcome.
George J. Wilkins, vice president of the Commercial National Bank of Selina, which failed for $500,000, killed himself with a pistol shot in the Episcopal church at Setummat this morning. He had served as bank vice president and church treasurer for thirty years and was a prominent Alabama figure.
A report from St Louis states saloon keepers with licenses due in January were advised to delay payments until a new excise commissioner appointed by Governor Stephens could take office. Commissioner Bell vows police will halt the plan.
Wanangaker minager was arrested on a bribery charge after allegedly attempting to bribe Representative Wabe ster Weis. The incident reportedly occurred in early December and involves one of Wanangaker's Minnagers.
Report says Mr Dingley met with Mr Melii ley in Canton before Congress about the treasury post but no decision was made. The campaign woes have worsened his stomach troubles and doctors warn he cannot take a cabinet port folio under any conditions.
A Key West report says Weyler fortified positions to hold the Artemisa to San Christobal road. Insurgents have driven back two Weyler detachments from foothills. Weyler cannot gauge General Rivera’s movements and is reportedly uneasy about the situation.
In St Joseph Missouri Major John L. Bittinger editor of the St Joseph Herald faces off with defeated Congressman George C. Crowther over Fourth district patronage. Herald stockholders say Bittinger will retire in a few days and Republicans claim he will receive a federal appointment from President McKinley.
The Commercial Telegraph and Public Ledger reports that Governor Bradley plans to resign the Kentucky governorship on or after December 15 1897 if health improves. Lieutenant Governor Worthington would then become governor by law and no special election would be needed.
Col Cochran, a cattle rustler, has been sentenced to thirty years in prison for cattle stealing. He faces indictments in Kimball County Nebraska for the murder of Paul Rose, stockman, and for the theft tied to recovered cattle found in his possession at arrest.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wills aged near one hundred died at her Providence home. She was mother to fourteen children. In Wannkexsnire the Renick Higgins firm granted a 1200 mortgage to Deering Harvester. assets about 10000 with liabilities near 4000.
Exponta Kansas a traveling man named Mr COB has come back ending rumors of his disappearance and alleged financial ruin. Friends predicted he would reappear and prove he was not driven away by debt. In New York a four member family died from asphyxiation at their home in the north part of the city. John Lynchtenberg the cabinetmaker his wife Lizzie and their two children Willis and Jacob perished.
Mrs Nettle Craven, claimant to part of the late Senator Fair's estate, is critically ill and her death is reported near. The case concerns the estate and rightful shares as administered in San Francisco.
A broad plan outlines the Trans Mississippi and International Exposition to showcase western resources in Omaha from June 1 to November 1, 1898. It details state and territorial participation, scale of wealth, and the federal support expected, including a government building and exhibits.
The tale centers on a street thief who boasts of stealing a purse from a woman. He lists items found inside the bag including samples, a board of goods, and a card with her address. A second thief mocks the lack of money in ladies’ purses and dismisses past successes.
Residents report a strange flame like light rising from a quarry between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. for two weeks. Witnesses describe a powerful glow that grows to travel independently, puzzling locals in the Melrose Ashbourne region.
Professor Wilder describes a quarre termaster's rules at Pensacola where a grass plot gate was shut by a ball and chain. After five mules passed, one inside nocked the gate open and another mule held it for his companions to exit.
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