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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1897
Page
2
The Nebraska items report the state Republican league meeting set for June 23 in Omaha, salary cuts for teachers, land disputes near Omaha and Beatrice barn fire losses, burglaries in Schuyler, and tax and banking actions. Also noted are a Beatrice feeble minded institution concern, a Lincoln evangelist, a Beatrice murder trial outcome, and multiple court decisions including a new trial for Joel Williams and embezzlement sentencing.
Greek ministers refuse to pay Turkish war expenses or cede frontier rectification as Turkish forces move in Thessaly. Locals in Athens grow hostile to King George and Crown Prince Constantine amid looting, panic, and rumors of Turkish advance. American volunteers arrive to join Constantine's army, heightening curiosity and tension in the capital.
In Canea Crete on May 24 Greek exiles fired on British Admiral Karris and later shots targeted the French admiral in Suda. A British lieutenant was disarmed, brigandage grows among insurgents, and a ransom demand followed the kidnapping of two Mussulman children. The Cambria was recalled to Suda bay as an ultimatum expired.
R G Dun and Co reports unmistakable improvement in trade with a rise in commercial loans, concentrated among Eastern merchants though Midwest houses show rediscounts from the South. Loans now nearly half the total, indicating new business expanding beyond expectations as interior receipts exceed shipments by 1,509,090 dollars. Gold exports lack influence beyond signaling Russia willing to pay for needed gold.
Albert M. King, a Boston bank messenger, vanished Tuesday with 230000 of the bank's money and was arrested on arrival by train from Rangely lake region. Police found the entire sum in his prison allocations after a jail search.
Governor Black refuses to sign the graduated inheritance tax bill passed by the recent session saying the law would bear unequally on taxpayers. Arpany N May 24 shows the veto and rationale from the governor.
Benito Lopez, 70, partially paralyzed and very feeble, was hanged at the state prison in Fosom California for the murder of George Washburne, a wealthy ranch owner. The execution followed a lengthy legal process and was carried out today.
In Aladrid on May 24 the Duke of Tetuan, foreign minister, resigned after he struck Senator Comas in a Senate dispute. Liberal senators halted sessions until Comas and the Liberal party received full satisfaction. A duel was deemed unnecessary after mediation.
Nearly all wholesale grocery houses from Kansas and Missouri attended a session at the Coates house to plot a reorganization of the Kansas wholesale grocers association. The move aims to avoid anti trust jail risk while preserving fair profits and keeping traveling salesmen from jail under Kansas law. The discussion follows criticism of associations that fix prices and rules, tying into broader trusts concerns.
J Drummond a British subject who led the Port Cortez uprising in Honduras was captured while wounded and taken to San Pedro. Released at the request of the English warship Intrepid's commander, who learned of his imprisonment. The ship arrived at Port Cortez a week earlier and secured the release of other English detainees. The commander reached San Pedro just in time.
General James R. McCormack died in Borne Terre Mo yesterday at age 73. born Missouri August 1 1624 he trained as a physician at Transylvania University Kentucky in 1649. He served as surgeon to the Sixth Missouri infantry and rose to brigadier general. He was elected to Congress in 1966 as a Democrat. A widow and two sons survive him.
Queen Victoria accompanied by Princess Christian and the Duke of Connaught arrived to open the new town hall. The city paused work as decorations adorned Shefisiu Suerrieto on May 24. The royal party toured the city, read addresses from municipal bodies, reviewed a 50,000-student parade, and watched armor plate rolling at the Cyclopa works.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad faces a Missouri Board of Transportation inquiry over mine run coal rates from Panama to two points. Gibbon filed the complaint alleging overcharges. the board notes lump coal at 1.42 per ton and mine run at 1.0734, with higher charges applied to both grades. The railroad, absent at times, challenges board jurisdiction as interstate, while witnesses describe post arrival billing. The board appears to lean toward overcharges and will issue a decision, likely subject to appeal to test jurisdiction.
In an auditor’s opinion the attorney general says George W. Lehigh and others cannot be paid from the 1895 penitentiary appropriation because the labor occurred after April 1, 1897 and must be charged to the new appropriation. The remaining 1875 fund must be returned to the treasury by August 1. For HH IE Glover & Co goods, the segment before April 1 must be paid from 1895 funds, and the old appropriation would only be drawn if legally permissible.
Sheriff J D Renay brought ex county treasurer Ezra Whitney to Lincoln to serve a two and a half year sentence for embezzling 11191 of county funds. B D Mills, bank president convicted of embezzling 6000, was released on a 12000 bond to await a supreme court appeal after an order suspending sentence pending review.
A Lincoln dispatch reports a meeting at the university where members of the state agricultural society and related associations formed a new organization to carry on farmers' institute work. Ex-Gov Robert W Furnas was elected president Chancellor MacLean secretary and Prof Taylor superintendent of institutes. Past institute costs were covered by several societies and a $3,000 legislative appropriation was made to fund expenses for the next two years.
A 4 year old daughter of Fritz Vieth died after clothing caught fire while bringing coffee. The fire started from a burning straw pile. the father rushed to help, suffered severe burns to his hands, and the child died at home despite a physician's efforts. The child was a twin, and the family is grieving deeply. The Nebraska City institute for the blind held its first state board meeting with Judge Doane as chair and B S Allen as secretary. The board audited overdue bills and inspected property. meeting was harmonious. The Co-operative Cigar Company of Omaha filed articles of incorporation in Nebraska with capital stock of 2000 dollars.
The state board of equalization near completion. no railroads raised in valuation though B M and Elkhorn lines contested. Telegraph lines on B M and Missouri Pacific added to assess. School money report shows six months ending May 17 total of 302,226.03 with 348,538 pupils and per capita apportionment of 103 cents.
An unidentified man found dying near the B and M track west of Hampton died Monday at 3 am. The inquest named five tramps and blamed three men Joseph Hailey Thomas Carr and Frank West for Hayes death with blunt instruments, alleging foul play and intent to stage a railroad fatality. Hayes Cofiey county Gridley relation noted. Body interred in Potter’s Field.
Three tramps hidden in a box car forced a slow freight to stop and dump cars. A brakeman used force to eject them. two crewmen staged a bluff to attract the conductor while another cut brakes. Several drawbars pulled free, delaying the train two hours before the fugitives fled. In Grand Island, merchants push an ordinance raising daily tax on fire and bankrupt sales from $10 to $20, prompted by an Omaha furniture sale.
The Wayne Republican notes many former Nebraska migrants are returning home fast, traveling by train and road as weather cooperates. It claims Nebraska is rich, with long cool summers and hot days yielding about eighty bushels of corn per acre from March through September, urging readers to keep the idea in mind.
Theosophists close a deal adding forty acres at Point Loma to holdings totaling more than a half square mile. Their temple will cost at least $250,000 with additional improvements estimated around $150,000 more.
Senator Morrill of Vermont, chair of the finance committee, has been confined to his bed since last Saturday due to the effects of a cold.
Sreparta Missouri on May 92 feb A J Adams a colored evangelist visited the residence of W J Lowery a colored Mason during the latter s absence last Sunday evening and created a sensation by kissing Mrs Lowery on the lips before being escorted off the premises Judge Farnham fined Adams 15 yesterday for disturbing Mrs Lowery peace.
In Minneaarnis on May 22 the jury could not reach a verdict in the bribery case against Alderman George Durnam and was discharged. The case against John A. Gilman, trustee of the state soldiers' home, was dismissed on state motion. The principal witness's testimony remained consistent with earlier grand jury statements.
A double Hoboken blaze on May 22 caused a large factory to burn and an entire block to ashes, leaving many families homeless. The city fire department failed to control the flames before additional damage struck the Seventeenth Street dry docks later that night. Total property loss is estimated at £650,004.
Dispatches from New Mexico report heavy rains swelling the Rio Grande and other streams causing damage. The valley around Albuquerque is inundated and several Mexican villages near Albuquerque including Ranchero de Attisco Los Padillos Bur Las and Attisco are partly submerged.
A tragic incident in St Louis on May 2 claims Ada Mohr aged 3 and her infant perished after she poured gasoline on wood to speed a fire. Hugo Ward aged 15 months died at hospital. Mrs Bessie Howard and her five year old son were seriously injured.
In Manyaska township seven miles south of St Paul Minnesota four boys were struck by lightning during a heavy storm. Two died instantly and two were seriously injured with uncertain chances of recovery. The event occurred as a violent thunderstorm raged.
The Iowa Patent Office reports a Canada patent issued to John Milley of Stuart Iowa for a copper hardening composition and method for razors and edge tools. It lists allowed patents not yet issued for E A Hardy of Denver Colorado a rockeye hitching device F W Stevens of Lake View Iowa a hose nozzle with multiple spray modes.
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