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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1902
Page
3
Oct. 27 1902 Lincoln Nebraska urges voters to choose the Republican ticket citing savings of over 189000 in ten months and a total surplus expected, praise for appointments based on merit, and warnings against fusionist corruption and waste. John Marsh highlighted for turning over over 47662 fees since 1901.
A stream of questions targets fusion administration effects and state finances. It probes fees, timber proceeds, livestock deals, pension and asylum spending, and the handling of school lands under George D. Follmer who is praised for reform and reduced costs.
George D. Vollmer, long time Nebraska official and former treasurer of Nuckolls County, serves as commissioner of public lands and buildings. He applied business methods to state work, recovered back interest on school lands, and restored public buildings to a high level of repair with prudent state economy.
The text extols Mr Pollmer as a careful, conservative official whose vigilance has boosted the state school apportionment by efficiently leasing unproductive lands and collecting revenues. It praises his record, predicting fewer forfeitures and faster sale of school lands, urging voters to reelect him for continued protection of public interests.
William K. Fowler of Blair Nebraska, current state superintendent, was drafted for a second term after touring counties and expanding publications. His deputy J L McBrien, previously Geneva city superintendent, supports him. Fowler’s tenure is praised for efficiency, economy, and extensive field work.
The Knocker a Journal for Cranks from Bink Nebraska gains front notes in major reviews and is praised by Chicago Chronicle and New York Herald. Editor Will A Campbell a Nebraska product with mature judgment and strong language leads the magazine.
In Mississippi the redistricting produced a three way race among Democrats Patrick Henry of Vicksburg, John Sharp Williams of Yazoo, and Charles Edward Hooker of Jackson. Williams won the primary and will remain in Congress, delivering a campaign called among the greatest seen in the state. He spoke in Jacksons hostile ward in shirt sleeves, alternating English, German and French, with solid support from his own county and surprising inroads in opponents’ counties.
Cattle offerings were steady to uneven with buyers slow to act and few western heavy steers on sale. Hogs sold mostly steady to 20 cents lower, with heavy packs at lower, and hog receipts light. Sheep and lamb quotes ranged widely from good to fair, with feeder stock and cull animals common and prices varying by grade and weight.
Cattle values show steers dull while top cows remain strong. stockers and feeders range from 2.00 to 4.25 with western fed steers 3.25 to 5.75. Calves up to 20.06. cattle market overall weaker. Sheep and lambs show lambs weak and native lambs about 6.10 to 85.25. western lambs 4.00 to 4.95. fed ewes 3.00 to 3.70. wethers 3.00 to 4.10.
The Weston annual army commissary report shows 16,357,044 credited and 9,551,603 spent. It notes abundant refrigerated beef and mutton from Australia at about 6.68 cents per pound for beef and 5.14 cents for mutton, with delivery adding 2 cents. Prices compare favorably with the British in South Africa. cattle losses in the Philippines prompted Australian beef imports. Prospect of rising Australian meat prices spurred plans for new markets and fresh-meat delivery by merchant vessels.
Archbishop Riordan will stay in Rome until November to settle San Francisco archdiocese matters. He then visits Ireland and sails to the United States on November 19, accompanied by Garrett McEnerney, his attorney, and Father Ramm, his secretary. Father McSweeney of Oakland will join in Ireland and return with him.
In Berlin the reichstag approved by 132 to 106 a tariff bill committee proposal for higher minimum duties on imported horses. The government had resisted higher duties to support Germany’s horse breeding and ensure remounts for the army, but the lower chamber passed the measure.
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