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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1899
Page
3
The Senate aides expansion talks with Senator White opposing government policy and Senator Lodge supporting early treaty ratification. House debate centers on the army reorganization bill tied to the Philippines and territorial policy, with a likely delay awaiting treaties and appropriations.
A mass meeting in the Academy of Music, New York, organized by the Continental league, protested imperialism and entangling alliances with Europe. Readings included letters from ex President Cleveland, W. J. Bryan, and Bishop Potter. Cleveland voiced opposition to expansion and supported anti expansion groups.
Denver, Jan 28 Job A Cooper ex governor of Colorado died suddenly this afternoon of heart failure. He had been ill for several days but felt no danger and no physician was called until a few hours before death. Cooper served as governor from 1889 to 1891 elected as a Republican.
London Jan 23 Paris Daily Chronicle says a French bishop received a telegram from Rome declaring the pope dangerously ill. This brief report notes the Vatican crisis and the evaluation of the pope’s health by church officials.
The Senate approved the Nicaragua canal bill authorizing 1,000,000 shares at 100 each and Treasury warrants up to 5 million to cover costs. A seven member US led board will govern, with limits on residency and contracts, and a six year completion mandate with a 20 million annual cap. The bill reserves a government lien on canal property and allows forfeiture if terms are breached.
Henry M. Hoyt assistant United States attorney general is sent to Santiago to advise General Leonard Wood on legal questions during Wood's administration and to represent the U S Department of Justice there. Hoyt is son of former Pennsylvania Governor Hoyt.
Washington January 23 The commissioner of internal revenue rules legacies paid from proceeds of real estate directed to be sold are not taxed as personal property legacies. If debts against the estate exceed the value of personal property there is no legacy tax.
From Hamburg reports, Chief Justice Chambers on December 31 annulled Mataafa’s election, naming Malietoa Tani as king. Three consuls recognize Mataafa’s faction as a provisional government.
Westbound Southern Pacific limited express struck an engine near Lacosta twenty miles west of San Antonio. Fireman Alonzo Miller of San Antonio died and engineer Robert Nicholson was fatally injured. Passengers escaped serious harm.
A Washington dispatch reports General Otis cabled that General Miller's expedition landed on Gamaras island three miles from Iloilo in the Philippines without opposition.
Secretary Alger, acting under Surgeon General Sternberg, ordered the hospital ship Relief to Manila to serve as a hospital and ambulance ship for sick and wounded sailors. The vessel will travel from New York via the Suez canal to Manila and then to Nagasaki or San Francisco.
The Arkaneats senate approves a measure relieving husbands of responsibility for ante nuptial debts of wives. The passage marks a shift in marital financial duties and sets the stage for further debate in the legislature.
In Washington on January 21 the Senate held a two and a half hour session marked by two key speeches. Senator Nelson argued for the U S right to acquire and govern foreign territory citing past acquisitions and Supreme Court rulings while Senator White explained his stance on the peace treaty and California legislature instructions.
Washington January 21 reports the coming succession of Representative Payne to the chairmanship of the ways and means committee and the vacancy his move creates. Names discussed include Sherman of New York McCall of Massachusetts and Lovering of Massachusetts as possible additions to the panel.
Washington reports the administration plans a joint resolution as an emergency measure to sustain the army at 60 000 men if Congress does not act on the army reorganization bill after ratifying the peace treaty. About 58000 men have already joined the regular army under the current authority.
The state department pursues a calm but firm approach to Samoa’s succession at Apia, insisting on compliance with the tri partite treaty. Officials weigh Mataafa’s ineligibility amid outside influence, while the Philadelphia earns coal and readiness for a possible Samoa voyage, with Hull divers likely if needed.
OMAHA Neb Jan 21 The Samoa revolution and looming international strains have brought Luther W Osborne of Nebraska into prominence as the U S consul at Apia Osborne a Blair Washington county resident and a long prominent Republican Born Ithaca NY he joined the Union Army and voted for Lincoln while with Grant in Richmond He studied law with George B R Bradley in New York moved to Blair in 1869 He represented Washington and Burt counties in the 1873 Nebraska legislature A quarter century as a leading state lawyer he was a delegate at large to the 1876 Republican National Convention
Cipher dispatches from Consul General Osborne in Apia indicate friction over Samoa partition tied to the Berlin treaty. Germany resents the division, while the United States Britain and Germany have avoided open rupture. The Philadelphia is ordered to Samoa and to arrive in February to uphold the treaty terms.
The House approved the postoffice appropriation bill after removing the phrase newly acquired territory from the Cuba Porto Rico and Philippines mail facilities paragraph. Democrats opposed the language but no roll call was needed as unanimous consent was granted.
Organized opposition forms in both Senate and House against the Greater American Exposition resolution. Stark leads the Fourth district opposition with Strode aiding, while Maxwell from Nebraska is the sole outspoken supporter. Strode requests a hearing, set for Tuesday next week before the Ways and Means Committee, to hear the Lincoln member.
Enlisted men discharged in Cuba Puerto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines or other places abroad will receive free transportation to the United States on government transports. The subsistence department will aid to the port of destination. They will not receive travel pay from port of embarkation to the United States nor commutation of rations for the time spent on the transport.
Havana reports accuse Havana custom house cashiers of speculating in Spanish gold coins. They allegedly buy cents at the official $4.82 rate, resell at around $1.88, pocketting roughly six thousand dollars from about $100,000 collected since January 1.
United States military authorities in Havana order that not a cent of Santiago department customs receipts be spent without Governor General Brooke's permission. The directive also calls for sanitary work to a large extent be carried out without pay and for ration support only. The general effect remains undisclosed amid ongoing public interest.
Auckland reports reveal Mataafe's followers about 6000 strong while Malietoa Tanus supporters number around 1000. Two hours of battle left several warriors decapitated. The American consul declares the Berlin treaty binding like federal law and an insult to Samoa's supreme court equals an insult to Washington.
The Spanish auxiliary cruiser Giralda arrived in Seville with the reputed ashes of Columbus on board after a transfer from the Conde de Vanadito. Municipal authorities took charge of the coffin aboard.
The navy orders cruiser Philadelphia to Samoa to protect U S interests and support the consul there. If faster ships become available, a Dewey fleet vessel may be sent. The Oregon might go from Callao to Honolulu for interception, with the Iowa due on the West Coast and the Philadelphia en route. A crisis in Apia involves German officials and a police clash, prompting consular action and court interference.
Washington D C January 20 Representative McCleary of Minnesota introduced a bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to reimburse army and navy officers and men who served in the war with Spain for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred on leave for medical attendance nursing and medical supplies caused by disabilities from military service He said equity demanded it as many families could not afford medical costs and the government should reimburse those expenses.
Washington January 20 Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York formerly colonel of the Rough Riders will receive the brevet of brigadier general of volunteers for gallant and meritorious conduct in the Santiago campaign if the Senate confirms his nomination by the president. Roosevelt is named in a list of nearly 500 officers recommended by the army brevet board led by General Schwan for distinguished conduct in Cuba.
In Augusta Missouri on January 20 the town house passed a resolution endorsing the administration expansion policy and inviting President McKinley to visit by a unanimous rising vote amid enthusiasm.
A Daily Mail dispatch from Bucharest reports wolves driven by hunger attacked a monastery at Lopevan in the Moldavian mountains and killed a friar.
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