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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1905
Page
6
Lincoln Neb court voids biennial election law for extending terms of officials beyond organic act. Chief Justice Holcomb writes the law is unconstitutional and must yield to the constitution. Fall elections remain for supreme judge regents and county officials.
Washington officials say illness of Count Lamsdorff delays negotiations between Russia and Japan. No hitch implied. talks postponed due to the Russian foreign minister’s illness and the need for a temporary pause in discussions.
A report to the army surgeon general from Captain B. K. Ashford says 95 percent of about 100,000 Porto Ricans near Aboninito are afflicted with the lazy worm. A field hospital exists at Aboninito and $15,000 will be spent to eradicate the disease using methods from last year.
Mary M. Rogers, condemned for killing her husband, received a governor issued reprieve delaying the Windsor hanging to December 8. The stay aims to allow the case to reach the United States Supreme Court on constitutional questions arising from a Wheeler hearing.
The postmaster general and Panamanian Minister Obalia signed a postal treaty effective July 19 1905. It aligns rates and conditions for articles for the independence of Panama with those in force among the United States Canada Mexico and Cuba.
The War Department, via cable from the governor general of the Philippines on behalf of Admiral Enquist, permits the embarkation of Russian officers and men on a Russian hospital ship after parole not to engage in hostilities. They may bring nonmunitions ship repair materials from Shanghai, while the vessels stay in confinement.
In Manila the federal convention reassembled and after a heated debate resolved to add a resolution endorsing President Roosevelt's plan to transform Philippine governance by allowing government by Filipinos with American assistance. They argue constant progress will lead to complete self government.
Washington reports indicate a possible armistice move as negotiations continue. Neither side may take the initiative, and officials expect soundings to gauge willingness to pause hostilities ahead of peace conference.
New York Bishop Farley declared at Carnegie Hall that the evils of divorce undermine society and will cause its collapse if unchecked. He warned the continuance of divorce will drag marriage into the dust and bring society to pieces.
Sir Justus W. Lobb president of Continental Finance was arrested on a federal warrant for using malls in a defraud and lottery scheme. Continental Finance was recently placed in receivership after investors lost money on promised large returns.
President Roosevelt orders issue of hearing protest certificates for exempt Chinese classes and directs consular officers to ensure proper treatment and rapid processing. Immigrant officials warned of dismissal for harsh behavior as China trade relations aim to avert wider tensions.
In Lodz Poland strife escalates as Cossacks kill a Jewish family of five in a cab and gunfire wounds a second group of policemen near Pabjanice. A mass exodus follows with about ten thousand refugees already fleeing and trains overcrowded.
A devastating Western Maryland railroad wreck near Patapsco between Westminster and Finksburg left at least eighteen dead and many injured in a disaster described as the worst in the line's history.
In Warsaw Russian Poland a man carrying a bomb was arrested in front of the Malewki palace station. He refused to provide any information about himself.
Paul Morton newly elected chairman of the board hires Prince Waterhouse Co. and Haskins & Sells to examine all details of Equitable Life Assurance Society. The investigation aims to uncover investments and relations within the company.
Miss Mamie Babb of Norway Maine signs to accompany the Peary Arctic expedition as official stenographer. The dash for the North Pole begins in New York on July 5. Babb, 20, a Barnard College graduate, will receive a large salary.
Japanese Minister Pakahira returned from New England and met with the president at the White House for about forty five minutes. He declined to discuss conference details noting that some matters must be settled first. Officials doubt headway on armistice before the Washington conference without the Russian reply.
Japanese dispatch from Manchuria reports Capamne forces repelling a Russian advance near Yingcchong and Weiyuanpaome. The Russians, with three battalions and four squadrons, moved through eastern Karin road districts, attacked northern Nantchendz heights, and were driven back after a few hours of fighting.
The Postoffice Department announces that limited trains between New York and Chicago on the Pennsylvania, New York Central, and Lake Shore railroads cut about five hours from the run between the two cities. Mails from New England New York City Philadelphia Harrisburg Baltimore and Washington are expedited to Chicago and beyond with deliveries in St Paul Omaha and beyond twelve hours earlier than before.
Justice officials announce indictments in a Chickasaw Nation fraud case in Indian Territory. Ward and Johnson along with Moseley Colbert Purdom and Attorneys Mansfield McMurray and Cornish face charges over reissued school and general bond fund warrants. Congress previously appropriated 330000 dollars to cover payments.
A Waco report says Lee Robertson, a black man charged with attempted criminal assault on a white woman, was found guilty and sentenced to one thousand and one years in the state prison. Court spectators cheered the verdict despite admonitions.
Berlin reports Congressman Bartholdt of St. Louis, president of the interparliamentary union, has spent nineteen days studying material from the foreign office to draft the model arbitration treaty the union seeks. He will visit more European offices before the union meeting in Brussels on August 28.
Berlin reports the French note on the Moroccan conference leaves the disagreement intact and delays a positive decision. Germany fears intrigues could spark French hostility, while pacific aims may delay talks for a long period. Rouvier sends a cautious reply that critics deem closer to a refusal than acceptance.
In Washington Cardinal Gibbons visiting on church business called on President Roosevelt with Dr. D. J. Stafford. He congratulated the president on successful negotiations for peace between Russia and Japan and called him an angel of peace to the world.
Speculation runs high over Germany’s reply to France on an international Moroccan conference. Berlin’s response, not yet received, is expected by Wednesday with German officials unsure of timing. Reports claim Berlin seeks a clearer French program for Moroccan affairs and separate discussion of coast trading and frontiers, potentially dropping the conference idea if France agrees.
Washington reports unofficially that President Roosevelt was informed late Sunday night by Mr. Meyer U S ambassador to Saint Petersburg of the selection of the Russian plenipotentiaries.
A petition signed by 575 Greek residents and businesspeople in San Francisco asks King George of Greece to remove Greek consul John Kapsimallis and reappoint Henry 8. Martin, who was recently removed. The document accuses Kapsimallis of wrongdoing.
Eleven killed and twelve or fifteen injured when the Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake Shore railroad crashed into an open switch at Mentor station near Cleveland. The baggage and smoking buffet car burned, destroying the car. Victims were prominent business and professional people from New York, Chicago, Cleveland and other cities.
The body of General Maximo Gomez was interred after a funeral service marked by demonstrations. Disorder arose during the procession through Central Park as youths pressed toward the field gun casson bearing the casket, forcing police to push them back while a larger crowd swayed the parade.
Secret service agents follow a man linked to the Lake Shore wreck and an open switch theory. A jewel bag worth 82000 belonging to S C Beck of New York, found in wreckage, was later recovered at the Lake Shore claim office. Beck with died after the crash. State Railroad Commissioner J C Morris alleges the switch was opened shortly before impact and the engine left the rails after fifty feet on the side track.
The national guard will urge Congress to amend the Dick bill to reorganize the guard as part of national defense. The plan doubles the annual federal armament and encampment appropriation to 2 million dollars and includes provisions for inspection tour expenses, audit regulations, and secretary of war discretion over encampment incidentals.
London dispatch cited by Novoe Vremya alleges Britain counsels Japan to reject armistice. The report claims Russia remains strong, Britain hopes Field Marshal Oyama defeats General Linovitch to ease a potential move against India from Afghanistan borders.
The Department of Justice says indictments were filed against United States Marshal Colbert Banker Purdom and attorneys Mansfield McMurray and Cornish with others for re issuing school and general fund warrants in the Chickasaw nation involving former Governor Moseley Governor Johnston and Ward during the scandal inquiry.
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