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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1913
Page
3
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station releases Bulletin 138 Limited edition by Professor L W Chase with plans and specs for stave pit clay block concrete block and solid concrete silos. Free upon request to residents of Nebraska from A Burnett Director Lincoln Neb.
Brown Produce of Omaha sues Booth Fisheries Delaware Booth Fisheries Nebraska and San Juan Fishing and Packing Washington for $50000 damages alleging monopoly in fish oyster and seafood trades. Judge Sutton authorizes $10000 in attached stock and property as the case proceeds. The suit cites price cutting and trust practices harming Brown Produce which once earned 12 percent on $25000 capital.
Senate lobby committee heard Martin M. Mulhall describe a nonprofit fund of up to seven hundred thousand dollars a year raised by the National Council of Industrial Defense to oppose favored legislation. Mulhall testified he received money from the fund for political purposes but offered no details. He urged a Post Office Department investigation into the council’s funds and accounting.
President Wilson ordered Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson to Washington for a conference after consultations with Secretary Bryan on Mexican affairs and foreign powers inquiries. The ambassador will travel by battleship from Vera Cruz, not expected before July 23, awaiting the president’s forthcoming statement on U S policy amid Huerta turmoil.
Sherman Allen is told by the General Supply Committee that groceries and household goods for Washington executive departments will rise 17 percent for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Prices for lumber, fuel, ice, and dry goods also climb, while forage, flour, paint, hardware, and furniture see notable declines.
Eastern railroads and trainmen and conductors ratified the Newlands bill settlement plan in a joint New York meeting. They sent a telegram to President Wilson asking who he would appoint as the mediation and conciliation board. Erie’s status was not announced as it withdrew from proceedings.
The Hawaiian Bar association cabled President Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds protesting Claude Ball of Missouri being named Hawaii's attorney general. The message states opposition to appointing a non-resident.
A Frosty inventory shows over one billion eggs stored in 45 public refrigerators across the United States. The tally lists 2,992,880 cases in storage, each containing thirty dozen eggs, down from 3,330,500 cases a year ago.
Father Crescini, custodian at the Church of San Mario in Trastevere, Rome, defended by Cardinal Gibbons, has been arrested and charged with stealing the Giovanni Bellini painting Madonna and Child from its titular church.
The forty-ninth annual Elks grand lodge reunion ended at Rochester with a ball at the state armory and prizes awarded for contests. Denver won first in competitive drill and second in mileage, while Seattle led mileage and float prizes. A clerk in New York is arrested in New Jersey after confessing knowledge of a gem robbery, with $98,000 stolen and gems recovered at a Philadelphia railroad station.
Nebraska Portland Cement of Omaha and Superior will develop water power on the Republican River with an initial 300 cubic feet per second and a $175,000 plant near Guide Rock. After a state irrigation board conference, executives Kalkins and Quest said the project could keep money within Nebraska, replacing imports.
Lincoln July 3. Lieutenant Governor McKelvie faces a legal barrier to seeking governor in the next election due to a state constitutional provision. The clause prohibits any executive official from running for another state office during the term for which elected, rendering McKelvie ineligible for the governorship during his current term.
Omaha July 3 relatives of two men killed in the Dewey hotel fire sue John D. Creighton in district court. Frank Murray also sues, claiming serious injuries after escaping. Total damages sought amount to 75000 dollars. Plaintiffs allege inadequate fire escapes as grounds for the suits.
Notice of a twelve year old black stallion weighing 1900 pounds offering service for the 1913 season at WM. Bundy’s place in Potter Nebraska. Terms 815 to insure colt to stand and suck. Owner forfeits service fee if more is removed from the county or disposed of. He will not be responsible for accidents.
The notice describes a registered jack named Jim Crow Jr. noted as a black jack with white points, valued for its suitability with high-headed mules and favorable color for mule buyers. Terms set at 12:50 to insure a live colt.
The notice states the Jack and Stallion will appear for the 1913 season at the ranch two miles north of Sidney. It notes that all possible care will be taken but the owners Aibbert and Andrews will not be responsible for accidents.
Benjamin L. McKinley, acting U S attorney, resigns ten days after John J. McNab leaves office. He cites wish to return to private practice as motive. Hayden nomination to succeed McNab awaits Senate confirmation. July 3 report from San Francisco notes the resignation follows McNab's departure.
Beatrice Neb July 3 The jury in the D F Wheeler of Wymore case found him guilty of grand larceny in connection with the Hanover Kan bank robbery. The trial of Dan O Donnell of Wymore for a similar offense was called for testimony.
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