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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1899
Page
2
A wide flood sweep affects southern Germany and Austria with northern Zwickau submerged. Reports note casualties and property damage while other dispatches cover city politics and international events. Highlights include Dreyfus trial reactions, a Wyoming sheep train death, and health notes from the Vatican.
London dispatches report Kruger will not yield to British demands and favors arbitration as a means to resolve tensions. Transvaal and Orange Free State reportedly reject British suzerainty, with preparations for possible conflict and a call for Hague-style mediation amid rising alarm and street clashes in Johannesburg.
Charles A. Pillsbury, noted miller, died in Minneapolis at 5 p m after a period of illness centered on heart trouble linked to stomach enlargement. He had traveled to Europe in 1898 for health, consulted physicians in London Paris Vienna and Berlin, and returned in June. He had recently made a Minnesota trip and suffered nausea on return. He remained largely homebound, spoke with family, and died after a night of pain with doctors present.
Washington dispatch reports persistent rumors of an extra session of Congress despite denials. Public figures close to the president say no session before December. McKinley aims for progress in the Philippine campaign by regular session. Otis lacks force until late October, delaying decisive progress until mid November. The president hopes to report improved conditions by December 1.
Detroit dispatch reports General Russell A. Alger plans to retire from the Michigan senatorial race. A formal announcement is expected within the week, likely tomorrow, signaling Alger’s withdrawal from the contest.
Austin report says promoter Charles Loving may struggle to obtain a Texas business permit for his 25 million dollar cattle syndicate incorporated in New Jersey. State officials oppose out of state incorporation for Texas business and may require charters to be issued in Texas.
Portland, Sept. 18. The Press prints Tom Reed’s note to Republicans of the First Maine District thanking them for 23 years of political service and friendship. He says no honor compares with support from home and pledges fidelity to liberty self-government and the rights of man.
At Carterville Illinois a race riot left six Black miners dead and one mortally wounded after armed Black miners confronted white miners at the Illinois Central depot. A running gun battle through town followed before the attackers were killed or fled. Governor Tanner had recalled the militia last week as tensions rose.
Mrs. J C S Blackburn wife of the ex senator died in Versailles Ky tonight of heart disease at age 60. Her husband had left home a few days earlier with her health improving and was en route from the east when she died. At her bedside were all her children except one daughter who is ill in Washington as the wife of Colonel William P Hall U S A.
General Clark Carr of Galesburg Illinois denies interest in succeeding Calhoun as Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He says he is not a candidate and has heard nothing to indicate his name is under consideration. The report places him in Washington amid rumors of a possible appointment.
Prince David Kawananakoa, cousin of former Queen Liliuokalani, arrived in Washington from Honolulu for a personal visit. He plans to see the ex-queen, now living in Washington, then proceed to New York for yacht races in October.
At a meeting of the striking street railroad men last night four hundred workers attended and unanimously voted to continue the strike. Speeches predicted victory as the question was settled by a rising vote with all present standing.
Washington dispatch reports western pension grants with Nebraska listing an increase for Joseph D. Cross of Plainview from six to eight dollars in the September 2 issue.
The Vanderbilt family and lawyers decided the will of Cornelius Vanderbilt would not be probated nor its contents released until Alfred Vanderbilt, the second son, returns from the mountains of Japan. A cable was sent urging his swift return to New York. No other decisions were disclosed.
In Chicago on September 16, a planned joint debate between William J. Bryan and Bourke Cochran did not occur. Bryan declined to speak in the same session, citing a wish to avoid a public debate. Cochran praised Bryan, while Bryan consented to address the conference the following day.
Paris dispatches report that Captain Dreyfus will withdraw his petition for revision allowing the government to pursue a pardon. The action would not erase verdicts or military status, but may lead to release and settlement in the south of France. A cabinet pledge and potential cassation review are noted.
Senator Foster of Washington received a telegram from E C Bellows of Vancouver stating Corporal Damphoffer of Company B Sixteenth Infantry was sentenced to be shot to death at Manila. Damphoffer, a Vancouver resident aged 19, asks for clemency. Foster will seek intervention with President McKinley.
A large fire in Lincoln destroyed the Western Newspaper Union and Nebraska Independent building, plus the Masonic Temple and library. Losses exceed 300 000 dollars with no insurance estimate and one fireman feared dead after the Mason temple roof collapse. Nearby H Herpolsheimer store and St Pauls church were in danger as flames spread.
A Missouri Pacific fast freight wreck ten miles south of Nebraska City claims engineer Tom Gillian fireman Miller Rouse and brakeman William Foster. The bridge burn caused the crash. three bodies were not recovered as flames consumed the wreckage. Conductor Montgomery survived in the dining car and attempted to aid Gillian before conditions prevented rescue.
Commissary General Weston says a Colorado regiment soldier misinformed about high Philippine supply prices. Sugars about 40 percent cheaper, rice 50 percent cheaper, beef cheaper in Australia and Chicago prices lower. Government saves on transport, no loss expected on stores sold to officers at cost, wines not purchased except for hospitals funded by hospital allowances.
George B. Loving, promoting a cattle deal claimed to total 23.5 million dollars, visited Kansas City on route to Fort Worth after eight weeks in New York. He said capital for a company to buy 600000 head of cattle and 12000000 acres of ranch land across Texas New Mexico and Wyoming had been pledged.
No mass meeting will be held in New York to protest Dreyfus condemnation. Attempts to organize a leading role failed as those asked declined and deemed the movement a mistake, leading promoters to abandon the plan.
Rear Admiral Schley is ordered to hold in readiness for sea and to await formal orders assigning him command of the South Atlantic squadron. Secretary Long is said to believe Schley desires sea duty, as stated in a prior application to the department.
Washington officials view the Venezuelan situation as critical while other notes cover a bronze bust for Maine, a steamer Dublin carrying 550 animals to Manila, Miles as Dewey parade marshal, McKinley camera fiends, a Berlin threat against Saxony’s king, Portland’s Buck ascending Mount Washington, Stonehenge sale threat, Mergenthaler Linotype dividends, Lytton Dickens named rabbit inspector, Louisiana cane paper experiments, Sherman house sale, Boston car with 100000 lb capacity, Old Home week New Hampshire success, smallpox in Altoona, Evans literary bureau remark, Faneuil Hall belfry replacement, Armour & Co penalties hearing, Tilton repartee, Aberdeen Angus prices, czar aphasia note, Lovink cattle syndicate interest and opposition.
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