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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1902
Page
6
More than 33000 designs were reviewed in a contest started by The Australasian Review of Reviews. The government offered a £200 reward for the best suggestion and a board of naval experts selected a winner on October 3.
A visitor in Washington asked a saleslady if the store carried stationery and envelopes. The clerk hesitated then called an assistant to confirm whether they stocked stationery envelopes.
The Grand Duke Michael, brother of the czar, visiting England seeks a wife. He has chosen Princess Margare, daughter of King Edward’s surviving brother the Duke of Connaught, as the likely bride. The grand duke is 23 years old.
Marshfield Missouri resident J F King reports twenty years of lameness back pain and kidney disease followed by rapid relief after starting Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says seven months of treatment brought enduring comfort and urges others with kidney issues to try the remedy.
Miss Dorothea Klumpke, a Chicago astronomer who has assisted in Paris for fifteen years, is arranging to return to the United States to take charge of astral photography at Stanford University in California.
An old advertisement touts Defiance Starch as yielding best results in starching with 4 or more packs for extra value, and urges avoiding shrinking and staining. It also promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for snow white fabrics and notes grocers sell at 5 cents per package.
An advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It explains the Eustachian tube inflammation causes deafness and offers $100 for any case of deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars are available from CHENEY & CO. and druggists.
The Animal Rescue League of Boston marks three years in existence. President Mrs. Hunting Smith notes growth from 110 members to 1,300 plus, and animal care from 2,595 in year one to 5,089 in six months. She envisions a horse rest home like Acton England for worn horses.
A deadly earthquake in Guerrero, Mexico, caused by tremors near Chilpancingo, killed about 300 people and injured many more. The parish church suffered the heaviest losses as crowds gathered for the afternoon service, with widespread damage to homes and the federal telegraph office.
Cedar Rapids Iowa January 18 W A Smith proprietor of the Mystic creamery and involved with Benton county creameries has been missing since Sunday The Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids filed suit in the superior court for 5375 against Smith and sought attachment of his property claiming a 2000 loan.
State Veterinarian Thomas orders quarantine of diseased sheep. Communications from Lincoln and other sections indicate the statewide measure will be followed to the letter.
Denver Jan 18 Governor Orman announced plans to convene a special session of the Legislature to consider the revenue bill challenged by trusts and ruled partly unconstitutional, corporate control especially of railroads, an employers liability bill, and financing the Gunnison tunnel.
Des Moines reports the January 17 inauguration of Governor A B Cummins with a 5000 strong audience at the Auditorium. The parade from the state house featured all legislators and officials, with U S Senators Allison and Dolliver in carriages. Cummins pledged to nationalize the anti monopoly issue, reform taxation and railroad taxation, and urged capital stock be paid at par. He urged support for the St Louis exposition and state maintenance funding.
Washington January 17 The house weights coinage and measures committee favorably acts on Representative Hill Connecticut bill to recoin Hawaii silver coinage The plan says all Hawaiian silver coins accepted at par for government dues and then shipped to San Francisco for conversion to subsidiary silver At Hawaii’s silver circulation about 975000 dollars mostly silver dollars the United States bears shipment cost
Wing Howard opened Parliament with a ceremonial session mirroring February last and echoing the first Parliament of King Edward’s reign. The processions, pageantry, historic dresses, and revival of ancient forms were replicated in the House of Lords.
Schedule Raisen Wases, ST, PAUL, Minn. Jan 17 semi official says new wage schedules raise pay for engineers on heavier freight engines from 4.00 to 4.50 per 100 miles and firemen from 2.30 to 2.65 daily, with switching engine drivers at 3.25 a day less one hour for dinner.
Rear Admiral Evans consults with German ambassador von Holleben on naval arrangements for Prince Henry of Prussia’s welcome. The squadron includes Illinois Olympia San Francisco Cincinnati Hartford, with possible rendezvous at Tompkinsville to escort the Hohenzollern to New York. The Emperor William silver treasures, valued at over 5 million marks, will adorn the banquet aboard the Hohenzollern.
New York January 17 report says government troops engaged another government force believing them revolutionaries. Eighteen soldiers were killed and sixty three wounded with several seriously hurt. The incident reached Colombia via the warship General Pinzon.
The center span of the West Washington street bridge over the White River collapsed this afternoon under a work train load of two trolley cars and four teams. Twelve workers fell into the river but all were rescued alive. four were injured. Two horses drowned and two were euthanized due to injuries. Fire and ambulance crews responded.
James Burgess a coal miner for Webster County Coal and Land at Lehigh was killed by a blast discharge on Friday afternoon. He approached to inspect why the blast failed to explode and was fatally shattered by the explosion, leaving his death attributed to the mishap.
A Garfield county posse led by Sheriff Porter reports the outlaws who killed the Caddo county sheriff and his deputy are cornered in a canyon about twenty miles south of Anadarko. Porter holds a fortified position and asks for a large reinforcement.
Cattle receipts were heavier than expected with uneven prices across grades. Steers ranged from steady to a dime lower, cows and bulls mixed, veal steady, few stockers and feeders with steady demand for good stock. Hogs declined overall with better weights steady to five cents lower, and sheep held near steady despite Chicago’s weakness. Yealing wethers brought around 95.00.
CATTLE native beef steers 64110c low er other cattle steady choice export fnd dressed beef $5.8506.55 fair to good $165 f13.19 stockers and feeders $9.25404.75 western fad steers $1.5096.00 Texas and Trdian steers $3.75 5.25 Texas cows $2. 50 1.25 native cows $275 175 heifers $5.5005.25 canners $1.79 2.05 bulls $2.50¢0 b.00 calves $3.5076.% HOGS Market S 10c lower top $6.60 bulk of sales $5.50 6.20 heavy $6.506.00 mixed packers $6.006.50 Nght .4A066.05 pigs $4.5005.40 SHEEP AND LAMBS Market strong fed lambs $5.0006.15 fed wethers $40071 475 yearlings $1.5075% ewes $3.75 125 culls and feeders $1.75713.75
The Louisiana Purchase exposition in St Louis is postponed to 1904 after discussions at the White House with ex-Governor Francis and Adolph Busch. They say delaying a year will secure broader foreign participation and prevent missing key exhibits from Japan and other nations.
A blue book issued in London on the South Africa concentration camps expands explanations by Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener on the high death rate and denies cruelty charges. Kitchener rejects Schalkburger claims of forcible removal and mistreatment and says he offered Botha a deal to spare farms of surrendered burghers' families.
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley will speak as guest of honor at the Hamilton club banquet in the Auditorium Chicago on January 26. Observers expect remarks of national interest following the Sampson Schley controversy and court inquiry.
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