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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1897
Page
2
Nebraska items report marriages, legal cases, accidents, and local events across towns like West Point Beaver City Randolph Emerson Sterling and Fremont. Notables include Beatrice bank break in Edgar, Otoe case dismissals, a tree collapse incident near Blair, and large sheep shipments to Fremont amid a sparking agricultural season.
Foreign and domestic notes cover a range of subjects in concise items. Short items summarize events, agreements, and happenings from around the world and within the nation.
Five men perished in the Von Storch slope fire near Scranton Pennsylvania. Neves of Henry George’s death sparked interest in San Francisco. Major General Sickles received a Medal of Honor for Gettysburg gallantry. The Union Pacific railroad sale was set for Omaha. A border survey extension between the United States and Mexico is noted.
October 31 reports include a $153,551,811 gold reserve and the Tennessee exposition ending. London papers cover Henry George’s death and San Francisco holds memorial services. Fires in Warren Massachusetts and Princeton Indiana caused significant damage. murders and legal cases appear from Denver to Freeport and Plattsburg. Brigadier General Wade urges abandoning Ft Custer. suicides by two cigar makers noted in St Paul. Sickles receives Medal of Honor for Gettysburg gallantry.
Reports from Wender days recount Von Bulow’s death and various political swings before battles. Notes cover state ticket votes, a Cuban girl in Chicago, and a large Union Pacific sale at auction twenty eight years after dirt was first moved. A trust fund for a parrot is also created by Mary Bradford.
Four laborers die in a dynamite blast at Victor Colorado. Miss Willard is reelected president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. A denial issued on Spain purchasing British built warships. A violent election riot in Frankfort Kentucky leaves four dead and several wounded. Edward Hamilton at Worcester Massachusetts National Bank murders his wife and child then kills himself.
The private R G Baxter bank in Burlington Ontario was dynamited and about $2000 taken. The item notes other varied notices including a political death in New York and rail and treaty developments, but the main readable event is the Burlington bank burglary.
A circulated note claims Carlists are importing arms into Spain. Other items note Germany’s limited participation in the Omaha exposition and a search steamer sent to locate the aeronaut Andree. The monetary commission resumes in Washington and Iowa Governor Drake returns improved.
The Chicago horse show is proving a great success with large attendance and strong exhibitor interest across divisions. Multiple districts and sponsors highlight a thriving event.
Vesta Simpson aged 20 and inmate of Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls married Louis Schenbaum aged 29 in Milwaukee. Minutes after the ceremony an officer took the bride from her husband and she has not been seen by him since. Simpson was committed at 15 and the school claims jurisdiction until 21. Only gubernatorial or board intervention can restore the couple if school officials refuse.
President names Abraham B. Jones of Alabama at Tuxpan Mexico Daniel W Marr of Virginia at Buenos Ayres Argentina and Theophilus Liefeld of Connecticut at Freiburg Baden for U S consular posts in the Argentine Republic and Germany.
Ohio contest for control of the legislature likely to go to courts. Official returns from about a quarter of counties show close splits between Republicans and Democrats. Wood County figures shift and potential vacancies threaten the 145-member joint ballot victory. Analysts warn even small vote changes could flip the balance and alter the U S Senate race.
Omaha reports little official detail on Union Pacific reorganization after foreclosure sale. S. H. H. Clark widely eyed for presidency. rumors link C. S. Mellen and Edward Dickinson to top post. Other named candidates include W. H. Truesdale, Edwin Winter, and O. W. Mink as discussion continues in railroad circles.
The Utah Ute delegation with Indian Agent Beck and Commission Chairman Jeffries met Secretary Biles to oppose allotments. They stated they would not yield their objective and warned that final allotments would demand government action.
Washington reports the full text of Spain's answer to Woodford is at the State Department under review. Officials expect the president to use the note in a forthcoming address, with no anticipated policy shifts unless events force change. Weyler's court martial appears to be Spanish government led, while Hannis Taylor's remarks are seen as personal statements.
Dr W H Evans and Benton Klulin appointed to study Alaska agriculture have reported to Secretary Wilson. They note limited current cultivation, potential for certain crops and livestock to support a sizable population with proper methods, and possible expansion of pasturage and garden areas at about $200 per acre soil prep. Agriculture would be subsidiary to shifting industries.
The New York Herald prints a letter from Hannis Taylor former United States minister to Spain. He recounts efforts to avert a diplomatic rupture during the Competitor case and argues Spain’s ruling classes refuse concessions the Cubans would accept. Also notes Oscar Hammerstein, theater manager in New York, is assigned for creditors.
The corpse of a man was found floating in the river opposite Iona Island today and is believed to be Stenographer McKay, a victim of the Garrison wreck on October 24.
England will not be represented at the Florida fisheries conference. The United States ambassador Colonel John Hay received a polite note confirming Britain's decision not to take part.
The Chicago supreme court ruled Illinois cannot bar Lloyds insurance under the Lloyds plan. John A. Barnes, fined $500 for noncompliant policies, was represented by Attorney Myron H. Beach. The decision declares the law unconstitutional and permits Lloyds business in Illinois, opening the market to out of state insurers.
The annual reports of the infantry school at Fort Leavenworth the cavalry and light artillery school at Fort Riley and the artillery school at Fort Monroe have been made public. They show instructional progress at each institution.
Iowa Patent Office in Des Moines notes that a minor but non obvious change in art machine or composition that yields a marked advantage is patentable. Statements from Ex Commissioner Simonds Judge Coxe Commissioner Butterworth and A P Greeley emphasize usefulness and non frivolous nature as criteria for patentability.
The government issued 516 patents last week, 125 to Milo G. Kellogg of Chicago for improvements in multiple switch boards. Some applications have been in the patent office over ten years with $4,375 paid in government fees. Images include stop mechanism for bolts, a shaft shifter, an early car coupler, and parallel jawed pliers, all copyrighted. Inventors may obtain information by addressing Sues & Co. at Bee Building Omaha Neb.
Quotations from New York Chicago and St Louis give price ranges for cattle hogs and produce. Market summaries note trading activity and price shifts across key commodities with reference to notable buyers and sellers in these hubs.
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