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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1898
Page
6
Diptheria cases rise in Sterling with one death while West Point installs arc lights. Exposition crowds grow as low railroad rates draw attendees. Beatrice reports thieves near Fairbury drive off mules and gear. A note on Quail hunting near Wymore flares amid game law concerns. Exposition closure, hotel robbery cases, and local school quarantine shape a busy regional snapshot.
American and Spanish commissioners held a brief meeting in Paris as the United States declared it will assume debts tied to Philippine public works and improvements but not debts for Spain’s military actions. The session ended with a Friday adjournment to await Spain’s reply amid Madrid press speculation on possible resignations.
Lonpoy Nov 1 Helen Faucit Lady Martin renowned English actress dies at 84 after a 43 year stage career born in 1817 and married in 1851 to Sir Theodore Martin KC B She was widely regarded as the epitome of leading English drama and famed for Ophelia Juliet Rosalind and Lady Macbeth roles.
Rose Laurel, 22, and J. E. Cleckner, 38, tied together with torn sheet strips at the Cleveland Yacht Club dock and leaped into icy Lake Erie. Detectors from Lake Shore railroad dived in but both were rescued after a long struggle. Cleckner, a Cleveland & Pittsburgh conductor, offered no reason beyond being tired of living.
Havana observers report Rear Admiral Sampson did not attend yesterday's services at the Independent church as advertised. His absence avoids giving semi official endorsement to an anti Catholic meeting, relieving Americans who feared protest or escalation.
A major blaze swept Serinagar in Cashmere yesterday destroying all public buildings and many homes. One man died in the fire, with damage estimated at ten lakhs medical currency equivalent to about $500,000.
Rev Samuel Mutchmore, a prominent Presbyterian minister, died at his Philadelphia home. He was 69 and had been ill for about a year.
Omaha exposes fraud charges against J B Hardt assistant manager of the exhibits department at the Trans Miss Exposition. He is arrested on two warrants for forgery and denies the charges while promising counter accusations. Complainants from Schofield Schurmer Tea gle and Monarch Manufacturing allege altered judge awards shifting medals and certificates of merit to another firm.
Nicholas Jackson, jailed for ten years for causing his six year old son Louis death, confessed to Sheriff Herring and Deputy Jackson while en route to Trenton. He said his wife, whom he had recently married, helped plan the murder by placing the boy on the railroad track. He described striking the boy in the stomach with an iron bolt, then waiting for a train and fabricating a story to cover his crime. His testimony led to Mrs Jackson being held as an accessory to the murder.
Delegates from chief towns of the island meet in San Juan to draft recommendations for Porto Rico’s administration. They press for territorial rights and the end of military rule, urging installation of regular civil government to guide future Washington representatives.
In Jerusalem on November 1 the German Emperor William II and Empress Augusta Victoria entered the city through triumphal arches amid banners crowds and gun salutes. They visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre the Evangelical church at Bethlehem and the Church of the Nativity while clergy from Catholic Greek and Armenian rites greeted them.
At Ponce a sensation followed the arrival of the Red Line steamer Philadelphia from the Spanish main after customs officials found explosive dynamite cartridges in the handbags of two passengers. The pair were arrested on suspicion of anarchist activity.
The Times-Herald estimates a Republican House majority of 45 and Senate majority of 14, based on reports from correspondents in every state. It projects three Republican representatives in Missouri and four in Kansas.
Trarold M. Sewall, a U S special agent in Honolulu, urges the state department to curb Hawaii’s large imports under the low tariff. He cites $1,245,191 rise in imports for January–July 1898 as Hawaii goods would be shipped to the United States if trade restrictions are removed.
Washington nov 1 news outlines naval ordnance advances and cooperation plans. Commander F Pendleton will study English gunmaking and underwater tubes from Armstrongs while American tests push 6 inch rapid firing guns of 45 caliber at eight tons with 3000 ft per second muzzle velocity. Debate over uniform calibers for army navy and marine arms centers on Lee .263 versus Krag .30, with possible cross use of cartridges.
New York Herald dispatch from Managua reports President Zulaya presenting a congress message. He notes the government and people favor a Cragin & Frye contract to open an interoceanic canal, deeming the 1887 Marine contract forfeited and replacing it with a promise tied to a $100,000 gold deposit. The Cragin & Frye plan promises earlier completion and stronger foreign capital appeal, with a three year timeline after company formation.
General Otis reports twelve deaths in a week among Manila soldiers under yesterday's date. Among the dead from typhoid fever are A. P. Ergisman and Earl W. Osterout of the First Nebraska.
General Leonard Wood’s visit to Manzanillo exposes a divided Cuban insurgent leadership. About 2,000 insurgents, including 500 officers, crave offices with two main factions led by Generals Rabi and Rios. Rabi controls most posts, Wood appeases Rios with six rural police posts and Cape Cruz lighthouse, while both sides demand all offices and the rank and file suffer hunger and danger.
Mrs. N A Peterson of Montana was shot and wounded twice by Mrs. Owen Carrington in Hor Springs Arkansas. Jealousy over Carringtons attentions to Peterson led to the attack on a stairway at Carringtons office. Both women were arrested but released. Carrington not jailed.
In Wabningtron on November 1 arrangements for landing and camping of American forces in Cuba are nearly complete. The recall of Colonels Hecker and Lee from Havana is to secure their aid in finalizing these details.
News in brief reports a young son of Jacob Green in Bucyrus attacked by a flock of geese in a barnyard. He was knocked down. His nose and ears torn, face badly bitten, found senseless as geese continued tearing. Help arrived later.
The Chicago News quotes a theatergoer saying she will not abandon the theaters this winter even if Tom is promoted. A line about not mustering more men from the army appears, with Mildred and setcues mentioned.
Iowa inventors receive ten patents on October 18 1898 including G R Howard Neola for a re tainable mail bag with a locking top and label fastenings. Other honorees include Chesnut Spirit Lake for washing machine Cooper Adair for animal trap Hinsdale Newton for checkrain holder Kelly Waterloo for grinding mill and more from Des Moines to Le Grand and Des Moines firms.
An imperial ukase from the board of education bans pupils in Austria and Hungary from kissing teachers on arrival and departure, citing a sanitary council declaration. The Lancet notes Gladstone’s long life may stem from habitual sleep and rest. Gen M J Bulger, 92, oldest surviving Confederate officer, traveled from Jackson Gap to Atlanta for the veterans reunion.
An English bishop quips that he tires of two things the Church's One Foundation and sold chicken. He notes the hymn is always chosen and hosts consistently offer cold chicken for luncheon, drawing sympathetic chuckles from Episcopal clergymen.
Rev Edmund Dowse of the Pilgrim church in Sherborn Massachusetts marks sixty years as pastor, a tenure unmatched in New England and possibly the nation.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt contrasts a woman’s vow never to marry for love or money with a man’s jab at seeking a foreign title. The piece cites a Chinese kingship bridge as the world’s oldest chain bridge and notes how day’s stupefying food fuels restless night activity.
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