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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1895
Page
6
Reports from Holt county show local division debates on county lines and a push to establish a union depot. A wide range of local incidents fills the page from farm fires to injuries and at least one murder report near Alliance.
Farmers urged to appoint a government or university recommended chemist to oversee beet sugar tests. Proposals include farmers selecting samples with a sampler, cutting beets in half for equal division, and accepting the farmer chemist's results if accurate. The letter stresses speed due to harvest time and invites cooperation from Leet growers and the sugar company.
Nebraska Sugar Industries in Grand Island and Norfolk report season began October 1. By October 15 Grand Island produced 400000 pounds sugar from 4420 tons beets and Norfolk 360000 pounds from 5017 tons. Combined output totals 700000 pounds with daily beet intake around 3000 tons. The bounty structure netted farmers about 1500 dollars per day per factory, based on beets at five-eighths of a cent per pound.
Experimental chicory plots in Valley County show vigorous growth all season. Attorney N J Babcock raised a plot yielding eight to seventeen tons per acre after processing at O Neill. The German Chicory Company pays 1.40 per ton, suggesting strong promise for central Nebraska.
Farm managers from Grand Island and Norfolk join Governor Holcomb in requesting a chemist for each beet sugar factory. The move aims to safeguard buyers and sellers despite no changes to the sugar bounty bill. Beets must meet 12 percent saccharine content with 80 percent purity to qualify for contracts and payment.
A masked man attempted to rob the Vuner County Bank of this town around 4 pm. He fired on pursuing residents but was wounded and captured after a pursuit that involved armed townsmen. The cashier Mr. Carlisle and others escaped unharmed. the robber, a rancher named Graham from Scotts Blut County, was shot in the leg and money was recovered.
The notorious criminal H H Holmes is arraigned in a Philadelphia court for the murder of H Benjamin Pietzel. Holmes dismisses his early counsel and offers to defend himself as jurors are chosen amid delays, with prosecutors predicting sensational testimony from witnesses brought from multiple cities.
Washington Ont reports Senator Carter as GOP chairman saying no date set for the next convention. He notes six months' notice required after the committee meeting, implying a mid June earliest gathering. He believes congress adjournment after mid June to align with a late June convention.
Paris reports the cabinet resigning after a government defeat in the Chamber of Deputies during a debate on the Southern railway scandal. Leavenworth Apple Jubilee in Kansas celebrates with vast apple displays, parades and crowds amid citywide decorations and a festive carnival atmosphere.
Madison residents react to two glycerine bombs found in open sites the capitol yard entrance and the Veerhusen tailoring firm yard. Police believe the devices were placed by friends of strikers and note threats from several local anarchists following the walkout.
A fierce prairie fire swept two miles east of Harnix Missouri burning worn grassland used for hay. Much had been baled or hauled, but the majority on ground and in racks was destroyed. O Dickinson of Richmond reports the loss of many tons of hay and baling machinery. No homes were burned.
Perry Okla Oct 29 The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Blackwell failed to open due to attachments on all real estate and cashier Carson personal property. Kay county treasurer reported 1500 in the bank and uncashed Saturday warrants. Liabilities are put at 11000 and assets at 15000.
In Swansville Indiana yesterday morning Emil Winiger clashed with Dee Johnson over Catholicism and A P A ism. Johnson threw a brick then stabbed Winiger with a knife, wounding him fatally in four abdominal cuts. Johnson was arrested and says he acted in self defense.
A brief biographical sketch notes the death of Van Wyck after a long illness. He gradually declined over hours and passed away at home as his wife and daughter watched at the bedside.
Ex United States Senator Charles H. Van Wyck of Nebraska died at 4 20 in his Portland flats apartment after a sudden apoplexy Monday. Survived by wife and a daughter Miss Nappy, his death followed a rapid decline with funeral planned for Milford and services in Milford's Presbyterian church. He was born May 10 1824 in Poughkeepsie NY and rose from district attorney to a national figure active in the Republican party and Nebraska politics.
University of Michigan students listen to Senator David B Hill discuss Old Landmarks and urge reforms to finance, direct senator elections, and hard money. He criticizes legal tender notes, endorses hard currency, and notes the income tax decisions as constitutional landmarks. Reports also cover a Missouri shooting, a Kansas border pursuit, and Japan's population and Formosa territorial changes.
Special reports allege a leading life insurer accepts $200,000 in coverage on consumptives using the Amickhemu treatment for lung disease. The Amick Chemical Co of Cincinnati allegedly pays premiums and issues policies to patients, claiming extensive consumption statistics and good risk under the treatment regime.
In New York on October 28 lawyers generally believe Frederick Coudert will be named to the Supreme bench vacancy. Indications suggest the position has already been tendered to and accepted by him.
Ansernor William A. McCorkle declares his run for the United States Senate seat long held by Senator J bankner in West Virginia. He positions himself as a candidate as of October 28 in Spexcen W Va.
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