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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1901
Page
3
In Chapter V, Janetta confronts Mason about mislaid rings and discovers Neville’s letters in the drawer. She locks the drawer and hides the key, fearing the girl’s curiosity and Mortimer's suspicions. Janetta resolves to keep her possessions secured and avoid mentioning the incident.
Janetta overhears Mason with Neville's plea for money and debates saving her brother. Captain Merivale offers frank counsel on restraint and boundary, while Janetta confronts her own growing love for him and the dawning fear of exposure as she wrestles with loyalty, duty, and desire.
An Ohio inventor patents a trolley turntable that uses two rollers rising through the track to engage the car. As the car drives onto the device its front wheels rest on the rollers, which are driven by the car’s own motors to rotate the turntable. The trolley remains on its wire while the crew stays aboard, and the inventor claims rapid, successful operation.
Lord Curzon arrived by rail to Goa while Lady Curzon traveled by sea aboard the Indian steamer Oliye. They were welcomed with full honors by Col. Gallardo, governor general of Portuguese India, as Goa's harbor at Mormugas and its Malabar coast rail link underwrite growing traffic.
In Grundy county a Missouri teacher urged reform including stressing the last syllable of mamma and pappa. He wrote on the board a sentence about a pretty rose. A student suggested placing a comma after mamraagh, prompting the teacher to abandon the reform.
A quotation highlights that many Christians overlook duties that accompany opportunities for usefulness, noting abundant chances exist yet few accept the responsibilities tied to faith and service.
Lincoln reports no clear victor after the first week of senatorial balloting. Currie of Custer county shows growing strength with 18, 20, then 22 votes on successive ballots, signaling a key role in the looming fight. Legislature faces apportionment bills, caucus pressure, and talks of reform, while other political moves unfold across Nebraska.
W H Barger of Hebron attended state board of agriculture meetings to back a bill to halt indiscriminate killing of game birds. He notes $30,000 in game shipped from the state yearly and urges preserving game for home use. The bill, supported by state and national sportsmen groups, aims to reduce incidental expenses and adjust salaries and appropriations for the legislature.
Governor Dietrich named H E Stewart of Omaha to head the state institute for the deaf and dumb in Omaha. Stewart previously taught at the Omaha institute and now works at the Iowa state deaf and dumb school in Council Bluffs while living in Nebraska. He was strongly endorsed by former Superintendent Gillespie. At their meeting last Monday Nebraska's presidential electors voted for McKinley for president and Roosevelt for vice president.
The contest for the post of messenger to carry the vote to Washington drew nearly as many candidates as the senatorial race. The chosen messenger would bear the returns reflecting the most significant victory of the presidential campaign.
An American in Jamaica has built a plant to evaporate bananas. Ripe fruit is heated for up to forty eight hours, sugars crystallize, and six pounds of fresh bananas yield one pound of evaporated product. The method reduces decay and lowers freight costs.
A report recalls the overland train robbery by Jack Brady and accomplices near Yolo on October 11, 1894, with $50,000 stolen. A portion of the money was recovered later when a tramp, apprehended by officers on August 29, 1895, led investigators to the find.
Abandoned farms in Massachusetts are being repurposed as 136 of 330 formerly abandoned plots remain, in a statewide reclassification effort over three years. Local agencies report renewed use and improved land management.
Manila January reports the public discussion of a general municipal government bill. Commissioner Worcester outlines taxation shifts favoring land and building taxes, with real estate proceeds funding schools and half of municipal internal revenue going to local treasuries. The debate, held in municipal halls, props up new provincial responsibilities as natives attend. Rumors swirl that Aguinaldo visited his Cavite mother and narrowly escaped capture in a Cavite roundup.
Washington January 19 The Supreme Court opened hearings on Carson Pirie Scott Co v Chicago Title and Trust Co involving bankruptcy law construction The Seventh Circuit held that payments by an insolvent to a creditor within four months before filing constitute a preference under the act even if the creditor is unaware of the debtor’s insolvency This ruling has caused confusion in bankrupt estates pending the case’s adjudication.
A Washington report says Pekin sent a message dated last evening that the Chinese plenipotentiaries have signed and delivered the protocol. The Spanish minister insisted on full seals and signatures, and the action removes any doubt about the agreement on its full force.
SALY LAKE January 19 The American Cattle Growers Association has been organized by representatives from fifteen transmississippi states to parallel the National Wool Growers Association for cattle. Reported capital in the movement runs into hundreds of millions, with temporary officers all from Colorado. Adjournment to a Denver meeting in March.
Frickle Eloff, Kruger’s grandson, arrived in Brussels from The Hague and states Kruger has no intention of traveling to America now, though he may consider it later if the Transvaal interests require.
Senator Thurston said adding an amendment to the army bill to use old Fort Omaha as a military school is not feasible. He consulted leaders who warned it could jeopardize the bill, so he accepted the judgment of Chairman Hawley and the committee on military affairs.
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