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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1901
Page
6
A brief roundup notes Edward Callister named as Montana internal revenue collector. Also listed are university leadership changes, obituaries, legal actions, and assorted national and international items including endowments, speeches, and political developments.
Reports from Bluefield Roanoke and other cities describe a cloudburst and flood in Pocahontas division wiping out Keystone Elkhorn Vivian and surrounding towns. Estimates exceed 200 dead with 25 to 30 miles of Norfolk and Western tracks destroyed and communication severed.
A fire started by convicts in the broom factory wing of the Nebraska penitentiary was checked before full destruction. Governor Savage and Warden Davis noted prompt discovery and a candle placed to ignite broom corn, with a plugged hose nozzle but strong pressure forcing the obstruction free and quenching the blaze.
In the June 20 engagement at Waterkloof British forces lost eight men with four seriously wounded. Sixty six Cape Colony mounted rifles were captured. Captain Shandon is said to be wounded and one Boer killed.
Norfolk and Western officials report no details on the West Virginia incident beyond extensive damage in Pocahontas district with several refrigerators washed away. The railway has ordered not to accept perishable freight destined to eastern end points and will not run trains east of Kenova.
Adelbert Stone Hay former U S consul at Pretoria and Yale class of 1898 member died after falling from a third story window at the New Haven house during commencement week. He was identified within minutes and his death scene drew a large crowd of onlookers and mourners.
El Dorado Kansas June 24 Arguments in the second trial of Jessie Morrison for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle begin tomorrow morning with a verdict likely by Tuesday evening. Morrison remains confident of acquittal despite defense not locating J W Morgan who was at the Castle house the morning of the crime.
Berlin June 4. The World correspondent reports Count von Buelow plans to send a commission of experts to the United States to study how trusts operate and their effect on German trade. The government and emperor are concerned and the commission's findings may lead to Reichstag legislation.
Washington June 24 General Chaffee designated military governor of the Philippines following Taft as civil governor. Troops ordered to vacate the Ayuntamiento in Manila for civil use and the Malacanan Palace to be occupied by Governor Taft, after earlier Otis and MacArthur HQ.
A June dispatch from Berlin through Consul General FraiKx Mason warns the 1901 Prussia cereal harvest will be the largest deficit in recent years, creating a foreign foodstuffs shortfall for the German empire. The state department report notes demand will exceed supplies in upcoming years.
In Paris on June 24 readers learn of Signor Montagnoli's life saving corset made of waterproof linen that inflates in seconds. A test sent a tied sailor with a 125 pound weight attached to his legs into the sea and four men failed to submerge him as he stayed afloat.
Dr. W H McHenry recalls a Nelson cyclone eight to nine years earlier with a humanlike storm intellect. A bedridden woman aged five years was gently picked up and moved to hay stacks while an ice cream soda was delivered to her by the cyclone, using straw from a pile. The soda glass was later donated to the local high school museum.
Washington warns settlers on the Otoe and Missouri Indian reservation lands in Kansas and Nebraska to complete final government settlements by July 1. Investigations show attempts to mislead settlers into trusting extra concessions, with attorney Van Arsdale denying involvement. Some may lose lands if misled.
Lincoln Neb June 24 According to the supreme court Ernest Bush the 16 year old boy convicted of murdering Silas Bailey near Benkelman on February 7 1899 will serve his life sentence unless executive clemency comes. The chief objection to the lower court ruling was that the evidence did not justify the conviction. The supreme court says the boy s confession was fully corroborated by other evidence.
Salem church ten miles south of Newman Grove was struck by lightning and burned completely. Owned by the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran denomination the church stood ten years and cost 4500 dollars to build. All furniture including pews two organs and oil paintings valued at 300 dollars each were saved. Insurance coverage amounted to 2500 dollars.
Lincoln Neb June 24 One of 102 opinions filed by the supreme court denied the motion of Attorney General Prout to dismiss the state against the Rock Island railroad. The action challenged an injunction preventing penalties under the maximum rate law.
Beatrice Nebraska reports a veteran railroad engineer condemns the Columbus wreck as caused by cheap engine construction. He says lines cut prices, skimp on handwork, and overstate boiler pressure, leading to dangerous contraction expansion and catastrophic failure.
The Bellstedt band will perform a series of concerts through June 29 with two daily shows in a large pavilion. Strong crowds have attended from the start, and special features will run through the close. Afternoon tickets are reduced to boost attendance.
The State Banking board issued charters to two new state banks. The Bank of Merna in Merna Custer county has 10000 dollars in paid capital and incorporators Charles E. Ford S. K. Warrick and J. M. Kimberling. The Newcastle State Bank of New Castle Dixon county has 10000 dollars in paid capital and incorporators Charles E. Crew A. B. Francis Thomas Hoy T J Hoy and A H Marshall.
Lincoln Nebraska June 22 the legislatures law forbidding directors from hiring relatives for teachers without unanimous board consent sparked discussion. State Superintendent Fowler says the rule applies only to rural districts and not to high schools.
R Lucker a Germantown blacksmith drowned in the Blue river three miles south of Ruby while swimming to set fish lines. He was seized by cramps as five men on shore watched without a boat. The body was recovered.
The program for the David City Chautauqua’s first annual session is announced with an excellent lineup of lecturers preachers vocalists and musicians. Grounds are in first class condition and the session opens June 27.
Former Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn travels to Wyoming to inspect copper mines in which he recently acquired an interest. He is accompanied by Thomas C. Koch and H. E. Knapp, investors who joined him in the venture.
Secretary Hay has returned to Washington from Buffalo and resumed his duties at the State Department. President taft is referenced in the same dispatch as supporting the latest diplomatic actions.
The Board of Agriculture met to discuss state fair details and to arrange fodder and forage supplies for stock owners. The meeting focused on preparations and support measures to ensure livestock exhibitors have adequate feed.
A June storm caused a lightning strike eight miles northeast of ST EDWARDS to burn the German Lutheran church to the ground, destroying the building.
New York City board of education ends favoritism by banning gifts to teachers in public schools. Wealthier students traditionally gave presents. under the rule no one may give any gift except anonymously at the teacher's home.
Ex-Secretary John W. Foster comments on the syntactical number of the United States. He quotes the cartoonist and says the United States is plural among ourselves but singular in relation to other nations.
Mrs. K. O. Rauf of North Dakota, mother of four exceptionally large sons, details their heights and weights from six feet to six feet six inches and 200 to nearly 600 pounds. Carl, deceased, reached about 600 pounds. Ole weighs around 350. Lars can tip the beam near three hundred fifty pounds.
In Rockbridge Missouri on June 24 the town and Rockbridge Lodge No 435 A F and A M praise the recovery of Ambrose McKay a prominent citizen and Mason after years of Diabetes Rheumatism and kidney trouble He credits Dodd s Kidney Pills with relief and calls them worth more than their price as reports of cures spread in Missouri.
English member of parliament Alfred Davies tours the country reminding locals of Dickens character Pickwick. He is described as short and stout, 55, with a round benignant face and a broad smile, and could pass for Pickwick in tights and gaiters.
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