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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1900
Page
3
Lincoln Neb shows a population a little over forty thousand. August notes include Omaha deaths and other national items such as rail sales, race plans, and mining markets. Various international updates cover Capetown chargers, yellow fever, and mint coin production totals for August.
Houston reports state a gulf coast hurricane devastates Galveston with 1000 plus dead or missing and widespread destruction. Timmins, a Houston official, says 4000 houses collapsed and water flooded the Tremont hotel area as winds of about eighty mph battered the island.
Mail advices from Colon report rebels captured Turbaco near Cartagena and the railway last Monday. The next day the Colombian warship Cordoba arrived with 400 troops and heavy fighting followed. Excitement rose in Cartagena as the mail steamer departed Colon.
Washington reports the president will likely accept General Chaffee's recommendation to promote Colonel Aaron S. Daggett of the Fourteenth Infantry to brigadier general. The move would occur as General Joseph Wheeler retires next Monday.
Exports of gold and silver from New York last week totaled 964,428 dollars in silver bars and coin plus 9,800 dollars in gold. Net imports of specie were 30,228 dollars in gold and 136,109 dollars in silver. Dry goods and merchandise imports were valued at 10,366,880 dollars.
A Salt Lake Tribune dispatch reports Japan aims to mobilize a larger Asia war force. For a week letters have urged 1,300 Japanese workers on the Oregon Short Line to return home for military service, signaling broader mobilization.
The Philippine commission will meet next Wednesday to decide on using one third of the treasury’s 6 million dollars for roads and bridges across the archipelago. Manila revenue officials levy a 5 percent tax on salaries of American civilians earning 300 dollars or more, a sale tax that provokes protests among locals, while foreigners accept it. Military operation reports are largely trivial, and Manila endures a severe recent typhoon.
Sir Redvers Buller advances across the Mauchberg ten miles east of Lydenburg and engages the Boers. Lydenburg’s occupation last Thursday marks a late war phase. Boers plan trek into German territory as Lord Methuen moves on Lichtenburg from Mafeking. Papers seized at Pretoria allege the Netherlands Railway Company aided the Boers by converting workshops into arsenals and supplying horseshoes.
Sir William Henry Preece, consulting engineer to the British Post Office, tells the British Association session in Bradford that experiments in wireless telegraphy have shown audible signals can be conveyed across six to eight miles of sea without wires.
Paris September 10. France faces a coal famine with gas, rail and steamship firms sending agents to the United States to study relief options and sign large contracts if favorable. Many industries suffer and severe hardship is expected for the poor.
The American ship May Flint collided with the bark Vidette in the bay off the mail dock and sank. It drifted onto the battleship Iowa bows, then split, filled with water, and sank. No lives reported lost. cause of collision unknown.
Hong Kong reports anticipate disturbances during the Feast of Latens celebration. Authorities have prepared to cope with unrest, issuing bail cartridges to troops and positioning six Maxim machine guns. Police orders aim to suppress the Dragon procession, while Chinese participants insist on proceeding despite official bans.
Acting Secretary Hill announces a telegram from Commissioner Rockhill dated Shanghai September 7 reporting missionaries arriving from the west and northwest find quiet along the routes. Only four northwest provinces show signs of disturbance.
United States minister Conger asks that Li Hung Chang be allowed to travel to Pekin for a conference. Washington orders split of 5000 American troops among Pekin Tien Tsin and Taku for the winter as tensions rise.
In Joliet Illinois on September 10 several departments of the Illinois Steel company were closed because the drainage channel has low water. The controlling gate at Lockport is closed and the flow shut off to permit tearing out cofferdams at the new water power facility.
The census bureau reports Portland Oregon has a population of 90,426, up from 46,385 in 1900. The city’s growth since 1890 is 44,941 people, a 94.95 percent increase.
Major Marchand of Fashoda fame sails from Marseille for China to join an international commission handling diplomatic issues and disputes among foreign corps. A large crowd gave him a rousing send-off.
Lyons Neb Sept 5 The report says James Wood an Omaha Indian was killed on the reservation by a white man who used a knife after a quarrel over land payments. Wood was disemboweled but said to be alive. three others were cut but not seriously hurt. The assailant, who fled after days at large, was captured at Bancroft with unknown name.
Sheriff Bronson brought C D Brinkman from Lincoln to Plattsmouth after he confessed to running a small town restaurant bootlegging operation seventeen miles south of Lincoln. Brinkman posted bond and fled before trial. He and his wife, with two children, had lived in Plattsmouth. she had him jailed previously for drunkenness and abuse and police sent him to jail.
John Lawson of Monroe township, Columbus Nebon farm, reports wheat yields from two fields using irrigation. Nine acres yielded fifty one bushels per acre, ten acres produced forty two bushels per acre, grain tested sixty one pounds to the bushel. He believes irrigation will bring wondrous changes to Nebraska farming.
Ful ton bloodhounds were telegraphed from Holmesville to trail burglars who attempted to enter J. Simmons house at Beatrice. The dogs followed the track to Frank Lilly six miles from Holmesville, the man under suspicion.
In Arapahoe Nebraska Lena Stagemeijer and Minnie Noltemeier both about 14 were shot by two boys named Halloway while hunting. Stagemeijer died at once and Noltemeier was seriously wounded and unable to speak. The shooters fled the area and details are scarce.
L. D. Thomas, 76, was killed on his son in law Walter Bowers ranch twenty miles north of Lodge Pole Nebraska. While raking hay a team ran away and dragged him about 300 yards breaking both tegs and crushing his head. He died at once. He had moved from Kansas four years ago.
WOLBACH Neb Sept 5 Little David Edison the son of Mr and Mrs J M Lowe died from eating toadstools. The mother saw him with what she supposed were mushrooms. He suffered great agony.
West Point Nebraska September 5. Residents sign a petition to establish a rural free delivery mail route in Cuming county. The proposed route runs west of the river to Monterey and Aloys covering twenty eight miles of the county’s thickest settled area.
Sheriff Byrnes sent Andrew Maloney to Norfolk asylum after he appeared at St Marys hospital August 20. He showed violent symptoms of insanity and was moved to the county jail. In all moments he cannot say where he belongs and has given several names. He is about 32 years old and described as Irish with a heavy build.
Omaha reports a surge in railroad land sales tied to western stockmen. A. L. Lynch notes cattle and sheep interests pushing frontier pasture needs as two syndicates seek 7,480 and 17,280 acre tracts. Kinney eyes 5,000 acres near Kimball for cattle grazing amid growing acquisitions and 10,000 sheep moved into the Kimball area.
Lincoln dispatch reports the Nebraska state fair ends with the best attendance yet and paid admissions near 40 000. Management says premiums will be paid in cash and mailed to exhibitors starting today with final payments by September 20.
In Beatrice Nebraska on September 10 W W Duncan offers an annual Chautauqua report. Receipts total 5855.80 with ticket sales 4650.50 concessions 175 rent 496.50 and other items. Disbursements 4374.76 including 1746 for talent 880 for music 520.50 for labor. After debts are paid the cash balance stands at 1054.39.
George Lovejoy a young school teacher near West Union Sargent Neb accidentally shot himself while out hunting He began teaching Monday and after school on Tuesday evening he returned to his brother’s where he boarded, loaded his gun and went to the bottoms where he was found dead.
Lincoln reports Company B of the Second Nebraska National Guard will be mustered out of state service as Captain Carson completes property handover. Adjutant General Barry ordered the action after Captain Carson failed to gather men for drill and the company could not join the encampment.
Phillip Jones, a brakeman on freight No. 18 at Broken Bow Nebraska, slipped while jumping from the engine to turn a switch and the locomotive passed over his legs. Both limbs were crushed above the knee. He was taken to Ravenna and died from his wounds.
Geneva Nebraska residents celebrate third place at the state fair with credit to organizers Dr. Herriot P Youngers George Finley George Kenyon A Stevens F M Flory and John Mille. Mrs Emma Kelley earned several premiums for her efforts.
Word reached Lyons Nebraska that the Omaha Indian Wood who was disemboweled by a white man on a reservation last Saturday has died. The assailant remains at large with little chance of capture. The dispute involved a sum of two dollars.
A Cambridge boy stole watermelons from a suburban resident and was pursued. Bloodhounds tracked him down and he confessed the theft. He was allowed to go free after a mock trial.
The Dewey or naval arch fund in New York has seen only $300 added since May 1 and none since August 1. Committee expenses are growing beyond current collections.
The text recalls a link between a Harrison and Cromwell era figures, noting Thomas Harrison who served under Cromwell and signed King Charles death warrant and was executed in 1660 after the Restoration. It ends with a reflective, humble sentiment.
A Grand Rapids notice promotes Steketee's Dry Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia appetite loss dizziness and liver issues. Offers recipe and one gallon batch guidance for 30c postage with details on ingredients from Holland and Germany. Also notes drugsellers carry the product and a stray fact about women in French manufacturing.
An old newspaper fragment markets Allen's Foot-Kase powder for softening shoes and relieving swollen feet plus Magnetic Starch for linen, with a note on Bowels care and Cascar- et/Candy Cathartic laxatives. It includes a Saadi quote about kindness and references to imitations.
A Railway Age table lists the ten largest systems by mileage as of July 1900. Notable leaders include New York Central and Pennsylvania with over ten thousand and nine thousand miles respectively, followed by Canadian Pacific Southern Pacific and others. The New York Sun notes a quirky aside about life in China and a yearly cost in a separate line.
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