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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1893
Page
2
A noisy mix of candidacy notices for Cheyenne County offices including surveyor sheriff and county clerk, plus unrelated items about coffee prices burial of forests fires and a Mediterranean naval plan. Other items note Dodge County Wisconsin judge support, land and timber losses, and a disputed statement about the Nebraska Republican party.
Tur WU P railway Company has secured a six year extension on bonds due September 1, 1893. The original issue was for 16,000,000 dollars, all of which is paid except 5,172,000 dollars.
Cleveland reports the appointment of William B. Stornblower of New York as associate justice to fill the vacancy from the death of Samuel Blatchford. The action completes a standard judicial succession to the high court.
An express train collision near Kankakee Tuesday night killed and wounded many tourists returning from a fair. The LotharttEnvestment company, a major outfit with $4,000,000 capital, along with several subsidiaries, has entered receivership due to failure to collect interest on western farm loans.
In congress from huis' Fc Choainvell resolution inquiring why homesteaders were shot down by troops at the opening of the Cherokee strip on Saturday. The killing seemed to have been wantonly cruel, as going into the wild parched land and fire devastated country would have proved punishment enough for any ordinary offence. The latest evidence bearing on the pension suspension case instigated by President Cleveland is questioned, with pension commissioners deemed to have acted illegally. Grand Army reunions nationwide stir the issue.
The pension bureau will be conducted by rules of Locbren’s predecessors, Commissioners Raum and Noble, sparking congratulations from old soldiers. Some Republicans push Maxwell renomination, with Linn county backing instructing delegates to support him at the state convention amid mixed local views. Meanwhile, Cherokee Strip land seekers abandon the area as water scarcity, dust storms, and barren, treeless lands deter hopeful settlers and many relinquish claims.
The Bee argues Dodge County bias should not dictate statewide GOP nominating. supports Judge Maxwell as unbiased for a reform era. It contends the party must choose a judiciary free of corporate ties amid rail lawsuits and landmark laws, warning of a split between reformers and railroad allies.
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