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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1900
Page
6
Several items of note from the era include start on the battleship Missouri at Newport News, financial moves in banking and sugar sectors, political developments on woman suffrage, and international reportage from Europe and Alaska. Also cited are local incidents and notable obituaries.
Washington notes detail a Senate and House agenda shift into routine work with urgent deficiency and pension bills likely this week. Debate over army and navy funding could spark Philippine insurrection questions. Pettigrew resolution, financial bill talks, and various speeches fill morning hours with limited prospects for quick action.
A London report from January 16 recounts the Ladysmith assault of January 6 with dire hand to hand combat. British and Boer forces exchange fierce close quarters fighting over Plat Rand ridge amid stubborn defenses and a midday thunderstorm.
The Daily Mail Berlin correspondent reports Britain has purchased 240 Krupp guns supplied two years ago to a southern European state. The non quick firing weapons will replace guns sent to South Africa from British home garrisons.
John Woessner and George Lehman, German farmers from Ackley Iowa, stayed at the True Blue on Saturday night. Gas was blown out, Woessner found dead with Lehman unconscious beside him. Lehman hospitalized with slim chances of recovery. Woessner carried several hundred dollars.
Pretoria reports President Kruger in a burgher address proclaiming Providence on their side and their cause just. Colesberg signals Boer favorable stance while British mass for large scale operations. First returns list 26 killed and 77 wounded in the Plat Rand assault on Ladysmith. Delagoa Bay embargo on Transvaal imports looms as latest hour issue.
John Barrett ex minister to Siam stated at Lake Forest University that Senator Hoar delivered the anti expansion speech to Hong Kong and to Filipino soldiers, fueling insurrection. He claims the government traced how the address reached Luzon. Hoar declined to comment and will address the matter in the Senate with General Otis reports as the basis.
The academy board discharged several cadets for failure in the January examination. Names include Second Class W M Cooley and James Prentiss, Third Class R J Sprague A R Burnan W C Russell, Fourth Class C F Coury A W Fridge W C Hascall D J Burnett H F Ruissing A S Lehi A C Crow J C French C L Lacey Leo J Fuller and W C Brant. Some will appeal to the War Department.
Chicago January 15 Mayor Carter Harrison refused formally the Democratic nomination for governor after a meeting with Watson Hinrichsen and Dunlap. He said he would not accept, citing the availability of other acceptable candidates. Friends of Stevenson urge him to reconsider.
Winnipeg dispatch says chiefs threaten to strike at the British but officials expect peace. Assistant Commissioner Lash says danger is limited and that sedition among strangers may be fueling unrest while the government prepares to investigate Indian sentiments.
Philadelphia Jan 15 Inability to secure enough bituminous coal is forcing temporary shutdowns at several plants in the Schuylkill valley. Birdsboro's I E G Brooke Tron plant halted for days with a hopeful resumption by tomorrow. Reading Iron faces a near total cutback without coal. Other valley sites report shortages threatening production.
In Madrid on January 14 Senor Gullen former foreign minister defended Sagasta policy toward the United States. He said the Woodford note demanded Cuba’s pacification quickly and that Spain sought papal arbitration but the United States provoked the war. He urged Senate goodwill for the Sagasta ministry.
Washington action advances the Hepburn bill authorizing a U S canal through Nicaragua and Costa Rica with guaranteed harbor access. The measure funds construction and control from Greytown on the Caribbean via Lake Nicaragua to Bretg on the Pacific at a total up to 140 million dollars, with wartime harbor fortifications and war department supervision.
Havana January 13 Frederico Mora the supreme court fiscal is removed from office for the good of the public service. Governor General Wood handed Mora the official order after an investigation into justice administration and prison conditions amid charges of blocking bribery cases by officials under Mora’s supervision.
Major John B. Guthrie aged 55 died suddenly in Buffalo New York on January 13. He served in the Thirteenth Infantry as captain at the battle of San Juan Hill where he was wounded while leading his regiment. He was later invalided home, promoted to major in the Fifteenth Infantry and served on the war department board of managers for the U S government exhibit at the Pan American exposition.
Utah wool dealers report personal assurances from W J Bryan that if elected president he will retain the protective duty on wool, signaling a shift to free wool policy. Bryan travels from Minneapolis to Columbia Missouri for a series of speeches and is billed to speak in St Louis Frankfort Cincinnati and Atlantic New England states through February 3. Political insiders doubt the report of a change in opinion.
London January 13 500 City of London Imperial volunteers received their kits and the freedom of the city at a ceremony in the Guildhall. A later contingent officers were admitted in a grand ceremony with the Lord Mayor and the Duke of Cambridge. The regiment sails tomorrow and attends a service at St Pauls Cathedral before_inner temple supper.
Assistant Secretary Taylor told the House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee that a 30 percent rise in building materials and higher site costs hinder the supervising architect’s office. About 130 public building bills seek $20 million in appropriations, and the panel favored higher funding to cover added material costs.
California's congressional delegation invited Admiral Dewey to California for the state's semi centennial celebration of admission to the union next September. Dewey replied he hopes to visit next summer or fall and will try to align with the indicated date. He also recalled planning to retire in Santa Barbara before the Manila battle, admiring the people and climate.
Secretary Hay read Britain's answer to Delagoa Bay flour seizure representations and cabinet members called it entirely satisfactory. Discussion covered war inquiry resolutions and promise of full information. General Otis dispatch on Luzon successes was read and praised.
General Corbin announced the Lawton fund subscriptions total $80,101, up nearly $8,000 since the last report. Today's receipts include $6,595 from the Union League Club of New York, supplementing $10,222 already sent directly from club members.
Washington dated January 13 reports that before Siberian railroad completion the project must be rebuilt at a cost not less than 25 million dollars. Commercial Agent Greener at Vladi stock informs the state department of the need to reconstruct already finished segments.
A postal service report shows gross December receipts rising by 199835 dollars or five percent from the previous year, totaling 4162030 dollars. Major cities New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston St Louis Cincinnati Brooklyn Baltimore and Pittsburg posted increases, while San Francisco fell 7.8 percent. Albany led with a 21.6 percent rise. Providence Lowell New Haven show declines.
When the Spanish minister and his American wife ride through Washington they attract attention. Their carriage is a handsome Victoria with light liveried men on the box and scarlet cockades. The duke is fair and the duchess brunette, creating a striking couple.
Among applicants for shelter at the city lodging house in New York the other night was a woman over sixty years old, clothed entirely in newspapers. In some places the paper was two inches thick.
A lusty Texas city, La Porte at the head of Galveston Bay, rises as a great Gulf seaport linking rail and water routes for vast western commerce. Government deep water work will bring large ocean liners to La Porte docks, promising substantial savings for western shippers and a premier Southern port.
An advertisement touts Swanson 5-Drops as a universal remedy for rheumatic and related ailments. It pitches trial bottles at 25 cents, large 300-dose bottles at 1.60 prepaid, and six bottles for 5.00, urging quick orders to Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., Chicago. It also promotes Piso’s Cure for Consumption and ends with a quip about scandal.
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