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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1898
Page
7
Dorothy helps Barbara after a fall at St George's Hospital. Lord Aylmer offers a temporary cook and staff, while Dorothy imagines a new status with Dick and a possible fatherly bond. The scene shifts between care, class, and hopeful, perilous romance amid London streets.
In a tense scene Dorothy seeks news as a mysterious Willi ally aims to bring help tonight. A gentleman vows to visit the good woman and return with word, while Barker grows weary. The arrival at Palace Mansions ends with a joyful cry of Esther from the hall.
Dorothy reunites with Esther after Barbara’s accident as Lord Aylmer escorts her to the hospital and arranges care. Esther notes Aylmer’s age and kindness while Dorothy praises his thoughtful help and prepares tea in Barbara’s kitchen. The conversation hints at Dorothy’s suitors and a story continues.
An Iowa lawyer recalls an 1812 War widow who sought her pension after finding a marriage license but learned no record of a ceremony existed. Officials confirmed the license was issued without a marriage return, and the couple had lived together and raised a family for years.
Harper confirms he keeps Lent and says his wife has her mother spend the month before Easter with her each year.
General Brooke departs for Newport News to Porto Rico as the Sixth Army Corps to be formed under Major General James H. Wilson. The publication lists units, upcoming transport, and logistics, including regiments and the rapid mobilization of support, with Colonel Weston reporting commissary supplies and beef rations for troops and hospitals aboard the Mississippi.
Reports from San Francisco say Queen Liliuokalani will issue a statement in Honolulu protesting the transfer of Hawaii and presenting claims to crown lands near one million acres withheld by the republic. She will seek $300,000 to $100,000 in rentals and has engaged American lawyers to press the case against the United States government.
In Atlanta on July 2 the Confederate parade honored veterans with Mrs Stonewall Jackson and Winnie Davis in carriages. Mrs Gordon and Mrs Currie led Daughters of the Confederacy as generals Gordon Hooker and Wade Hampton spoke. A resolution urged replacing "Rebellion" with "civil war between the states" and Charleston was chosen for next July’s encampment.
Cincinnati July 25 The Populist national convention planned for September 5 in Cincinnati is cancelled and no major Populist rally will form. Several states held conventions naming delegates, Maine selected five leaders, Georgia split from Chairman M C Butler, Texas stayed away breaking the movement's backbone.
Lieutenant Colonel Little of the Kansas regiment said Brigadier General King informed him no medical board would be appointed as his health is evidently sound. The decision follows a request by the regiment's colonel and chief surgeon for a medical survey.
The government dispatches a fleet of tugboats and small craft with rapid fire guns to Cuban waters to relieve the cruisers and establish a strict patrol around the island. The move seeks to cut off all food supplies to Havana as the Spanish fleet is absent.
San Francisco July 25 The transport steamer Rio Janeiro carried two battalions of South Dakota volunteers and a detachment of the signal corps bound for Manila. The expedition is led by Brigadier General H. G. Otis and received a ceremonial ovation like previous Philippine troops.
A St Louis commission house received a telegraph order from the assistant quartermaster general at Chickamauga for fifteen carloads of potatoes to be shipped immediately to Tampa Florida and thence by transport to Santiago. The firm hired extra drays canvassed the city for potatoes and had the fifteen cars loaded and ready for shipment by nightfall.
An examining board from division hospitals will assess health of men in the First corps at Chickamauga. Discharges will proceed immediately and will not delay the corps departure for Porto Rico.
Charles Ellison of Company B Twenty first Kansas, son of Hamilton County Kansas sheriff, died at Lester Hospital yesterday from typhoid fever near Chickamauga Park Georgia.
Lieutenant Colonel Barnett of the Pennsylvania recruits Captain Perry and Lieutenant Mileson are detailed as a board of survey to straighten out the accounts of Quartermaster Lieutenant L. C. Smith of the Twentieth Kansas, who has resigned.
In Roosevelt, New York on July 25 it is reported that no one will stand sponsor for Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's gubernatorial candidacy. No one admits he has authority from Roosevelt to promote the bid and no organized movement exists, yet he remains a popular candidate.
A Rheims wine firm offers the United States government 1200 bottles of champagne to aid sick and wounded soldiers in France. The gesture comes as relief measures for wartime casualties and reflects support from French industry.
The Beach hotel on the Gulf front in Galveston burned at 5 am. The fire is blamed on a defective electric wire. Loss is estimated between 200000 and 250000 dollars. The building was owned by W. E. Hughes of Dallas.
Topeka reports it would cost 36000 dollars to print tally sheets and ballots for 4500 Kansas soldiers absent from the state this fall.
General Shafter seeks orders on Fifth Army Corps with troops from Tampa and transports, while doctors and Washington urge rest in mountain camps. Miles rejects sending capable men to Porto Rico. Alger says Santiago troops stay until yellow fever is stamped out.
Spania Missouri July 22 William H. Hogg who was horsewhipped by W S Shirk Jr for paying attentions to his sister married Miss Maude Shirk at Cumberland Presbyterian church Rev Logan officiating The couple left for Kansas City half an hour later Neither Judge Shirk nor his son attended the ceremony
The Newfoundland loaded with food supplies was captured by the Mayflower off Cienfuegos on Tuesday. A prize crew was put aboard and she was sent to Charleston, alone in a harbor bound destination.
An official dispatch from Captain General Blanco reports strong popular support in Havana for resisting the Yankee threat. It states that volunteer commanders, meeting under General Arolas Havana military governor, resolved to exhaust their resources and die rather than surrender.
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