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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1903
Page
6
Washington reports confirm Admiral Cotton will lead the Brooklyn and San Francisco to Beyroot with the European squadron. Minister Leishman’s status is unclear while Chekib Bey’s reception in Washington remains unsettled amid an attempted life attack in Beirut.
Bulgarian insurgents suffered a severe reverse at Smilovo on Friday with about 1000 killed. About 3000 Bulgarians held a hill but were driven off by six Turkish battalions led by Servet Pasha, Turkish losses were light. Dispatches from Constantinople and allied fronts report uprisings and shifting control in Macedonia.
The Vesuvius eruption continues in dramatic display with no evident threat to nearby residents. Hundreds stay awake to watch the spectacle through the night in Rome as observers report the ongoing activity.
R W Hos of Cedar Rapids Iowa was killed when struck by a train at Cerrilos New Mexico on Sunday. Source indicates a fatal rail accident involving a Cedar Rapids man in New Mexico.
A large Belgrade crowd gathered in the theater square Sunday to show sympathy for the Macedonians. Politicians spoke condemning Turkish misrule and urging Serbians to aid the Macedonians, declaring Servia Bulgaria and Montenegro should occupy and rebuild the Turkish empire.
New York reports the Reliance defeats Shamrock in the fourth race of the series as Shamrock fails to beat the five and a half hour time limit. Reliance led by twelve minutes at the outer mark and finished strongly, but the regatta clock held the fate of the race.
Insurgent activity fears grow in the vilayet of Salonica as Bulgarians organize bands to ignite widespread arson. Turkish residents vow to exterminate Bulgarians if disturbances flare. Bulgarian residents flee Salonica amid reported violence. Also a Bulgarian attack near Urgas allegedly kills about 200 as government buildings are blown up.
Mystic Connecticut reports opening address by Hezekiah Butterworth of Boston on the Pan American canal linking oceans and uniting mankind. Supreme Justice Charles B Lore urged against lynching citing Wilmington case. Falls City method for criminal assault praised. Alfred T Love and Henry W Wilbur also spoke. Wilbur F Copeland outlined Straight Edge Co operative industries.
Congress will convene an extraordinary session to authorize payment of the Burrell claim based on the Washington arbitration decision. Alfred El Burrell sued the republic over Triunfo company treatment and was awarded 445000 dollars in gold. The government delayed, prompting renewed attempts at settlement through Senor Jopez, Salvadorean minister to the United States.
A Boston dispatch to Chief Inspector Watts cites United States Minister Powell in Mexico City regarding Willard S. Allen, former treasurer of the Preachers' Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, said to have been seen there last Sunday. Powell had no direct knowledge of Allen’s presence, but had heard the report.
A misread cipher caused initial reports that United States Vice Consul William Magelssen was assassinated in Beyroot Syria. He was only shot at and uninjured. Minister Leishman in Constantinople clarified the error, easing Washington tensions and opening paths for peaceful adjustment. Local Turkish officials regret the incident and seek to apprehend the shooter.
President Roosevelt was told the report of the assassination of Vice Consul William C. Magelssen at Beyroot Syria was incorrect and that he escaped injury. The White House said no change in policy and the European squadron would proceed to its destination, with Roosevelt and Secretary Hay weighing Turkey unrest at Sagamore Hill. Hay planned to return to Washington after the conference.
Rawlins Wyoming June 30 W C Hussey claim agent Union Pacific settles with forty one estates of miners killed in Hanna mines. Widow receives 800 while each child gets 50 and each single man 45 from the total payout.
In response to an inquiry about the reported assassination of Vice Consul Magelssen at Beirut, Syria, Mr. Fryer, treasurer of the board of Presbyterian missions at Beirut, says the attack was evidently premeditated but the bullet missed him and he escaped unharmed.
The Sofia dispatch cites Turkish measures in Macedonia as barbaric and aimed at exterminating Bulgarians. Villages are burned, prisoners murdered, and violence inflames fears of European intervention as rumors swirl of war and Turkish force concentrations near the Bulgarian frontier. }
Lou Dillon trotted a mile in two minutes at Readville Massachusetts before a large crowd. Millard Sanders drove the mare with pacers Peggy from Paris and Carrie Nation as partners. The second attempt succeeded after a nod to start, with Dillon gliding past the wire to win in a flawless back stretch.
Victoria British Columbia papers carried by the Empress from the Orient discuss war plans. Editorials claim the Japanese government has arranged a loan of 100 million dollars for military use and regard the report as believed.
Baltimore reports Colonel A P Gorman Jr the son of Senator A P Gorman nominated by the Howard County Democratic convention for the state senate after a decisive victory. He is 30 and plans to begin his political career where his father started thirty years ago.
News conveyed to family of Rev H G Magelssen that the vice consul who was declared assassinated in Beirut is alive and uninjured. Messages reached the family of the vice consul's brother and the parents at Highland Prairie Minnesota. Arrangements for a family reunion and thanksgiving services at the Norwegian Lutheran church are being considered.
The September Century issue features John Gilmer Speed on The Horse in America with a collection of horse portraits, a Berlin Bourse article by William C. Dreher comparing German and New York methods, and frontispiece art by Castaigne and Tobin. It also includes Cardinal Gibbons on Leo XII, Hovey on Pelee, Booker T Washington on Heroes in Black Skins, and an ad for Red Cross Ball Blue.
James Trister purchased and cut down Johnston’s giant oak on Joseph M Johns ton's Amora area farm. The tree, believed largest in Indiana, measured six and a half feet at the base and yielded four twelve foot logs totaling 6 790 feet of lumber.
An advertisement touts Laliv’e Catarrh Cure as the only positive remedy for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It states internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, promises a $100 reward for any uncured case, and urges sending testimonials to Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A recent surge in published statistics on cancer in England and Great Britain has caused unease. Death rates rose from 68 to 83 per 100 000 between 1890 and 1900, and the cancer share of deaths for those over 35 increased from 1 in 20 to 1 in 12. A cautious analyst suggests better, broader reporting may explain much of the rise.
The Adriatic line between Lecco and Sondrio, eighty seven miles, runs on electricity with speeds above forty miles per hour. The Milan to Porlezza line on Lake Lugano, forty five miles, reaches fifty miles per hour with a motor car and three coaches.
A woman describes relief from sick headaches after quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffees. She stopped headaches, did household work for a family of six, and praises neighbors adopting Postum for health. The endorsement adds notice of Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and the booklet The Road to Wellville in each package.
The fragment ponders how small stakes influence play and asks about anticipated Christmas gifts, hinting at a light casual tone about incentives and expectations during the season.
Greatly reduced rates for home visitors excursions to polia in Indiana Ohio and Kentucky Iola Sept 1 15 and Oct 6 with half fare sales to Baltimore Little Rock and Detroit also offered Homeseekers trips to many South and Southeast points one way and round trip tickets on first and third Tuesdays Wabash promises direct service to World’s Fair Grounds with no bus transfers Sleeper cars free reclining chairs and high back coaches on all trains Contact Wabash City office 1001 Farnam Omaha Neb or Gen Agt Harry F Moore Pass Dept Omaha Neb for rates and information.
The Ministerial Association of Lancaster County under Rev. A N Stubblebine has led to the arrest of Patrick McManus, a Pennsylvania road contractor, for violating a 1794 Sunday work prohibition. Locals say they do not see themselves as Sabbath breakers but view this as an overzealous display.
Hundreds of dealers report the extra quantity and superior quality of De fiancé Starch are replacing all other brands. Some say they cannot sell any other starch.
Dr Gil lespie the present moderator of the Church of Scotland recounts a humorous encounter with a ragged boy asking who cares for him. The boy says his father and mother are dead and his brother is at Glasca’ college with two heads kept in a bottle, prompting surprise at the boy’s outlook.
A bold notice promotes a one dollar steel 500-pound range with a three month home trial. Readers are told to mail to SEARK Knoxnick & Co. in Chicago to receive a free steel range picture and other cooking gear, claiming the best stove for any family regardless of income. The piece closes with a nature motif about genius and a broken die.
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