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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1900
Page
2
In a moonlit night in Natal, Boer horsemen surround Adam Leslie’s house. Bluebell confronts the attackers while her father vows resistance. A young Boer leader and Gerald Moore are revealed among the intruders as tensions rise.
Bluebell witnesses her father Adam Leslie's desperate surrender as Boer commandos breach the home. In the confusion she is seized, hooded, and taken on horseback by a menacing captor who warns of death if she resists. The escape ride through rough ground ends with Bluebell bound in a grim uncertainty.
Dover correspondent reports Robert Tilghman, found guilty of larceny, flogged as a public punishment. He calmly puffed a cigarette while Sheriff Wharton used a raw hide whip, as nine others endured lashes before a 30 spectator crowd.
Mr E W Scripps of San Diego arrives at the Hotel Arms with wife and children and secretary H B Clark following the cremation of George H Scripps in California. He will travel to Rushville Illinois with the ashes for burial, accompanied by several relatives.
General Charles Dick lauds the Pacific railroad debt settlement as a major achievement of McKinley's administration. The government recoups about 124.4 million of roughly 130 million due, plus interest, after long federal efforts with Union Pacific Central Pacific and Kansas Pacific properties.
The readable fragments show sums totaling 1.6 million and 8.23 million with additional amounts 4.73 million and 7.96 million. Core entities include currency figures and decimal amounts, but no clear context or event is described.
The article notes Idaho wool value shifted from a drop under free trade to restored protection. It cites figures from 1891 to 1897 showing 3.5 million pounds valued at $456,790 in 1891, a later decline, and by McKinley’s inauguration era, higher returns for nearly double the wool quantity, indicating improved farmer income under protection.
The piece argues the Republican party prosecutes betrayed officials to punish dishonesty, while protection for dishonesty is rejected as not part of Republican practice. It frames accountability as a core party principle.
A brief editorial note laments that the peaceful settlement of a labor dispute always satisfies Democratic leadership less, viewing compromise as a disappointment rather than progress. It frames the outcome as a letdown for party aims and public expectations.
The article surveys varieties of populism with middle-of-the-road currents pushing back at strands that dodge issues. It notes ongoing debates and tensions between differing populist approaches within the broader movement.
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