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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1902
Page
2
Obituary notes the death of saler Sredefeet to EB O Dana aged sixty one the oldest master mechanic of the Illinois Central railway at Freeport New Jersey.
Washington reports say Cuba talks may slow as Cubans oppose concessions and seek deals with other nations. General Bliss plans Cuba voyage to push a U S commercial treaty within three weeks, aiming for senate ratification before holiday recess.
A man posing as Harry A Williams and a man claiming to be Benjamin F Whitmore were arrested on extortion charges. They allegedly threatened to halt work by the Waterfront Improvement Company on Ricker's Island in the East River unless paid. The alleged sum was 4600 dollars and involved threats to withdraw an army tug a dredge and scows.
Cholera appeared Wednesday among soldiers guarding the Maraquina river water supply in Manila. Seven men have died and several more are seriously ill as the detachment is kept on duty to protect the source from contamination.
Madrid reports Senor Sagasta told King Alfonso he felt compelled to quit attempts to form a new cabinet. The king urged further effort. Senor Montero Rios, president of the senate, plans resigning and exiting politics.
President Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal Co answers Mitchell’s charges to the anthracite strike commission. He admits plant size and payroll, contests a 20 percent wage increase as unjust, argues current wages compare favorably, cites regional prosperity, rejects shorter hours without pay cuts, notes higher production costs during strikes, denies wage weighing disputes, and condemns daily strikes while limiting the commission’s scope to company terms. He calls for a lawful, cooperative union before any broader labor accord.
In Boston Italian ambassador des Planches and consul may advise Mascagni on rights before Massachusetts courts. Foreign Minister Prinetti orders aid from Washington. Senators and deputies plan to question the government at Parliament opening. Secretary Hay cannot intervene in local justice.
Ul-Physician aides report Governor Yates condition improved after twenty three days of illness. For five hours Sunday his temperature stayed at 99.85 degrees, the lowest reading since his illness began.
Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut was given fifty thousand dollars to equip an astronomical observatory. The donation supports the construction and outfitting of a new facility for celestial research.
Armour & Co packing plant covering four acres valued at 900000 in Sioux City was totally wrecked by a Sunday morning fire. Fire started in the fertilizer building and fueled by ammonia drums explosions, gutting the plant. Insurance covers 721500 and six hundred workers lose jobs. Authorities say inadequate pressure hampered firefighting. No injuries reported. The firm says it will rebuild.
Manila reports rising cholera cases with about thirty daily and spread reaching the Funston reserve hospital Santa Mesa casual camp and Bilibid prison. There is concern over possible water supply contamination in the Marquina valley and a general epidemic if infected. A Catholic church conference will meet to address the situation and discuss allegiance amid friar land negotiations with Civil Governor Taft.
In Panama on Wednesday, Colombian warships attacked revolutionary schooners loaded with provisions. An American crewed boat was hit. Richard Kane of Washington was killed, George Walker and others wounded as Bogota forces repelled rebels with fatal fire.
Congress appropriated 35000 for service schools with 7123 to Fort Monroe artillery school 5247 to Fort Totten submarine defense school 1118 to Fort Riley cavalry and artillery school 11512 to Leavenworth general service and staff college An order adds a training school for farmers and blacksmiths at Fort Riley in connection with the school of application there.
In Nan Kin the funeral of Liu Jun II, famed Nanxin viceroy, drew unprecedented foreign official respect. A long cortege and imperial pomp marked the rites as nearly a quarter million people watched the procession to the jetty where the remains departed on a Chinese cruiser for Hunan. Foreign warships fired minute guns along the route.
Harlan Buckles, sentenced to life for the murder of deputy marshal Robert I. Reid, was hanged by a mob of about seventy five men in the courthouse yard at Elizabethtown Kentucky early Sunday. The mob, some from Larne county, abducted him from jail and hanged him from a tree before dispersing.
A large portion of the Illinois delegation backed Congressman Cannon of the Eighteenth Illinois district to succeed Speaker Henderson. A. J. Hopkins announced that a majority of Congressmen from Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and Michigan would support Mr. Cannon.
Danish Ambassador Jusserand and his American wife departed Sunday for Paris to spend the new year and then proceed to Washington in January. A large tribute greeted them at the station with Foreign Minister Leuntzer and US Ambassador Swenson among the dignitaries and friends. Floral gifts were presented to Mme Jusserand.
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar dies in London after appendicitis worsened by kidney congestion. Born near London in 1823, he married morganatically in 1851 to Lady Augusta Gordon Lennox.
Peink Germany agrees to submit the issue of whether the Chinese Indemnity should be paid in gold or silver to The Hague tribunal. The agreement requires that notice of this protocol feature be included in the arbitration proceedings.
Cattle pens show liberal runs yet poor demand with rain and snow weighing on prices. Cows down 5 to 10 cents. range steers steady on good stock while common cattle sell slowly. Hogs open fairly active 10 cents higher. most hog lots 6.23 to 6.99 with best loads 5.30 to 6.35. Sheep quotations vary by grade from 1.50 to 5.25 for yearlings, wethers, ewes, and lambs with feeder stock listed.
Cattle prices steady to mixed across categories in Kansas City with corn cattle and quarantine steady. Hogs rise modestly with top quotes around 6.40 while sheep and lambs trade steady with native and western flocks showing varied levels.
The Province of Friday reports United States surveyors encroached on Canadian territory northwest of Cape Fox and claim thousands of square miles in British Columbia west of Portland Canal. The line runs west to an old Hudson Bay post near the Yhoot and Strikine rivers, with Russia as a competing origin for the post per the American claim.
Grocers, butchers and bakers of St. Joseph have formed a merger for mutual protection. The affiliated group with the Missouri retail merchants association plans to present a garnishee bill at the next legislature to enforce collection of unpaid bills, saying current law blocks such recoveries even from solvent debtors.
JLANSING Mich At the first session of the National Grange the reports of the secretary and treasurer showing flourishing condition were received. Last year 256 new granges were organized in several states with Michigan leading at ninety six. A number of resolutions were introduced and referred to the resolutions committee.
The Pope county mine on land owned by Mrs William Melingley formerly widow of the late president shipped Illinois first carload of zinc ore. Operated by the Saxtons for years after the Civil War for spar and lead the mines were abandoned after carbonate zinc ore discovery.
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