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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1901
Page
7
A narrator reads a ghost tale alleged by Mr Howitt and Mr Drury about a haunted Wilmington house. The account includes a female apparition, muffled footsteps, a closet door opening, and a luminous figure seen by two song ladies, with witnesses recounting nocturnal disturbances and eerie presences.
Eyewitnesses describe a grey dressed figure called Old Jeffrey with no eyes appearing at a house, followed by a spectral mantle wearing lady and eerie noises. The account includes footsteps, laughter, coughing, and a mysterious visitor in fawn silk entering the drawing room then vanishing.
Mrs Cowley demands silence as Rose resists fear and a ghostly tale unsettles the household. Mr Cowley and Mrs Macarthy pursue a strange rocking cradle behind a nailed door, fearing intruders and plotting to force entry with a hammer and pistol while Rose volunteers to fetch the weapon.
Mr Cowley and family confront a rocking cradle and ghostly singing from a windowless closet. He fires a pistol in a haunted room as a nursery lullaby persists after the door is breached, leaving Mrs Cowley hysteric and Catharine fainting while Rose and Mrs Macarthy tend them.
The New York Times notes rising interest in genealogy at Old Trinity parish in New York City. Clerks handle frequent inquiries about birth, marriage, or death records, tracing ancestral links in Trinity’s long church history. When only a supposition exists, searching all records is impractical, leaving gaps in genealogical questions.
An American woman touring Italy jokes at Verdi by shouting Roberto when he called his servant to show them out. The three guests, eager to meet famous people and places, learned a humorous lesson and later studied Italian.
The New York Weekly explains that a lady may first recognize and salute a gentleman at a second meeting after introduction. The rule protects women from unwanted introductions, allowing decline by silence, while politeness requires recognition to deter unsolicited advances.
A witty exchange centers on a man admitting love to Carrie and her sharp retort about their courtship, implying a playful mismatch in romance and propriety. The dialogue showcases flirtatious tension and humorous social commentary.
London reports a pessimistic Foreign Office view on east Asia after the Tien Tsin settlement. Officials fear Japan may oppose Russia and China secret treaties to gain proximity to Korea. A Japanese official notes Britain and Russia urge pacific settlement, but Japan seeks guarantees against changes to Chinese sovereignty.
In Havana on March 23 the Cuban constitutional convention relations committee debated a report by secretary Juan Gualbartez. The panel reportedly rejects four clauses on coaling stations foreign relations intervention to preserve peace and treaty making while other points on Isle of Pines sanitation advance. Three members objected to full rejection but no vote was taken and the panel adjourned to Tuesday.
New York March 22 Mayor Van Wyck received a cable from Andrew Carnegie in reply to yesterday letter. Carnegie says Thank you for your telegram Delighted and grateful for opportunity to serve New York.
United States army transport Grant sails for San Francisco tomorrow with the Twenty-ninth and Thirty-second regiments of volunteer infantry.
J W Kingsley leading man of the Jules Gran Opera company died at St Josephs hospital in Denver after a week long illness due to pneumonia.
Sheriff Johnson announced that H C Henderson confessed to involvement in theCuda hay kidnaping and theft schemes. He admitted using Omaha funds before his arrest in February and said a man once shielded him from court, but now faces thirteen years for theft and the Omaha crime.
Washington reports the transfer from military to civil government in the Philippines is expected around June 30 based on War department calculations from the Taft commission and General MacArthur. The military will gradually withdraw, serving mainly as police support while native police are organized where possible.
In Cleveland at the Hollenden hotel railway men finalized the promised travel rate for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment to be held in Cleveland next September. The Central Passenger association designated a committee to set the rate ticket terms and other conditions for the thirty fifth encampment.
Spokane report states Rev. Thomas Parene the Indian Methodist preacher and representative of the fourteen Yakima tribes says Congress will be asked for ten million dollars at the next session. Parene cites white settlers on about a million acres of Yakima land valued at ten dollars an acre.
The February 5 report on Nebraska national banks excluding Omaha and Lincoln shows loans and discounts rising from 18 7 087 83 to 19 9 03 356 and individual deposits increasing from 19 4 56 685 to 20 0 40 666 since December.
General Manager Williams offered concessions but insisted on launching the piece work system. Machinists boilermakers and blacksmiths refused to work under the new plan.
In South Ilocos province insurgents attacked and burned the unguarded village of Agius. A Twentieth Infantry detachment pursued and chastised the marauders after the raid.
The Olympia flagship of Admiral Dewey was placed in a dry dock in Boston for scraping and painting below the water line. The government is spending about $500,000 on alterations.
In St Paul on March 22 the house approved the senate bill by 72 to 30, prohibiting the manufacture sale or giving away of cigarettes.
Havana reports show Cuban constitutional delegates split over the Platt Amendment with General Sanguilly urging independence with safe restrictions and the conservative group delaying votes. Miles and Quesada meet delegates, urging calm and noting US praise for the convention while Teller resolutions frame the amendment.
A Lord Kitchener dispatch from Pretoria dated March 20 reports Philip Botha, brother of Boer commander General, killed at Dornburg. His two sons were wounded. Boers of the Orange River Colony have disbanded and scattered. De Wet is in the vicinity of Heilbron.
Congressmen Mercer and Mrs. Mercer and their infant returned from a trip to Cuba taken with the river and harbor committee to inspect the Southern coast of Florida and Cuba. Mercer met with the White House on army appointments and declined to name Nebraska appointees after speaking with the president.
The Amsterdam Daily Mail correspondent says a company of American volunteers, mainly Bostonians, landed at Kobe Bay Tongaland crossed Swazi land and joined General Louis Bobha.
Johannesburg reports the new Transvaal executive council appointed by Sir Alfred Milner includes George W. Fields as secretary of administration Duncan as secretary of the treasury Richard Solomon as attorney general Sir Godfrey Wagden as commissioner of natives and Wyberg as commissioner of mines. The appointments are well received.
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