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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1899
Page
2
A broad briefing notes real estate speculation in Indiana, Franco German boundary talks in Togoland, and political moves in Illinois and Kansas. It lists military inductions, hurricane losses in Porto Rico, and the arrival of U S troops to the Philippines while citing business deals and public notices across cities.
The United States Navy reports heavy fighting at Subig Bay near Olongapo. Marines and sailors from Charleston Monterey Concord and Zafira supported by Baltimore engaged insurgents, destroying a 16-centimeter cannon. One sailor wounded and one heat prostration reported.
General preparations for Admiral Dewey’s reception are nearly complete with minor details awaiting his arrival. Subcommittees have reported, and the distribution committee allocated nearly 20 000 tickets, though applications exceed 100 000. Municipal assembly and school stands tickets will be handled by local authorities.
Lieutenant W. B. MacKinlay recently back from Porto Rico where he spent fourteen months with the signal corps arrives to enlist recruits for the Forty-fifth Infantry based at Fort Snelling Minnesota. He witnessed the August storm and published a graphic account for Leslie's.
The Transvaal government decides to return Cecil Rhodes referenced lion to the donor, declining any further dealings with Rhodes. The Volk stein conveys thanks to President Steyn and Mr. Fischer of the Orange Free State for their support. The decision follows a capetown agricultural union event attended by Transvaal delegates about ten days ago.
Buffalo Bill Cody has entered a new industry bringing jobs and prosperity to Wyoming. He will co‑lead a major smelter project at Grand Encampment, reviving long idle mines with supporting facilities. The project aims to boost mining activity and regional economic growth.
New York reports Vice President Hobart may be unable to preside at the next session of the U S Senate. Kidney trouble, not acute, requires long rest and could force withdrawal from public duties. He has suffered a Georgia grip attack and relapse since returning to Washington.
Miss Viola Horlocker arrives in Hastings with sister Zora Gladys Horlocker to answer a charge of sending poisoned candy to Mrs. Charles E. Movey last May. Bond set and renewed to move the case to December term. defense claims innocence.
The Rogers ranch in Beaver County Oklahoma and the Childress cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle, totaling 900000 acres with 200000 cattle, were purchased by T L Eilison of Fort Worth for the Swift packing house interests in Chicago. Three more large ranches are under review for Swift purchase. Swift and Company and Nelson Morris have recently invested in ranches and plan large scale cattle operations.
Survivors from the Edmonton trail arrive in Wrangell Alaska via Seattle on Sept 25 after canoeing down the Stickeen river from Glenora. Passengers include German Luhi and Pete Ries of Wisconsin and Joan Tallon of Minneapolis. They worked months on the Cassiar Central railroad and have funds to return to the United States. John Tallon belonged to the Minneapolis Minnehaha party once famed for hardships on the winter trek.
Washington September 25 The total enlistments to date for the newly called volunteer regiments reach 9 251 with 18 secured on Saturday The Thirty eighth regiment reports 1 179 men while the Forty fifth has 1 032 The Thirty ninth HQ is at Mort Crook Nebraska and the Forty fifth HQ at Fort Snelling Minnesota The Forty eighth and Forty ninth colored regiments have enrolled 341 and 166 men respectively.
The United States transport Valencia arrived yesterday with companies of the First Montana regiment United States volunteers. They came from Yokohama after a 19 day voyage. Whistles and sirens signaled the ship’s sighting as quarantine boats met and inspected her.
Washington cabinet members debated Chinese exclusion in the Philippines. They will seek General Otis's detailed actions on a Chinese minister’s complaint about a shipload of Chinese being stunned and the use of church property by U.S. troops. The talks touched on church occupancy and a potential shift toward a more elastic exclusion policy.
C E Wantland reports September and October will be record months for Union Pacific land business. Sales in Wyoming Nebraska Colorado and Utah may exceed 100000 monthly and could reach 150000. Purchasers include prominent cattle and sheep men with expected fall movement from Iowa to western Nebraska eastern Wyoming and Colorado.
Naval officers aboard the new battleship Kearsarge report a speed of thirteen and a half knots on the Newport News to New York run with 90 to 110 screw revolutions. Officials expect about 16.25 knots in next week’s trial, a quarter knot above the contract requirement, with potential for more speed but limited by safety margins.
Washington dispatch says General Henderson of Iowa intends to push the new financial bill drafted by a GOP special committee to a caucus soon after House organization. The plan is to have it considered in caucus before any committee reference.
The Post reports former Senator White is dangerously ill at the Palace hotel in San Francisco and suffered a severe pulmonary hemorrhage today. He had returned recently from a country trip and was bedridden due to feebleness, alarming his friends.
In Utica on September 23 a bronze bust of the late Governor Horatio Seymour was unveiled by the Oneida Historical Society. Dr. George L. Miller of Omaha presented the bust, Governor Roosevelt delivered an address, and speeches were given by Dr. Miller and Thomas J. Proctor, president of the society, with Grand Army Republican veterans conducting the exercises.
The war department considers creating a four department Philippine army division with MacArthur leading north of Manila Lawton commanding south of Manila a northern Dagupan terminus unit and a southern force including Lloilo and Cebu. Each department would control all available troops to secure garrisons and protect peaceful tribes aiding US authority against Aguinaldo followers.
President Kruger writes friends that affairs are serious and may worsen before a peaceful settlement is reached. In Capetown the Cape assembly discussed volunteers with W P Schriner proposing a united English Dutch defense force for independence from imperial troops. Berkshire battalion reportedly moved toward the Orange Free State border following Seyn's opening speech.
A war ship from Porto Rico with forty political exiles arrived in Santo Domingo. The exiles' return sparked enthusiasm among locals. The government fixed October 6 to October for the primary elections and ordered a celetoral college meeting in late October, a revolutionary move met with public approval as crowds shouted Down with the constitution.
In St. Petersburg on September 23, Russian newspapers express strong sympathy for the Boers as war with Britain and the Transvaal seems likely. Novoe Vremya questions Suez Canal status if Africa becomes a British colony from Cairo to the Cape. Novosii denounces Britain's grab policy and cautions that any war will not be a triumphal march.
A Toronto capitalist and W. R. Jackson of Savory Theatre in Vancouver seek to hire Dreyfus to lecture in Europe and America for 1000 dollars per day. Jackson cables: offer 200 pounds per day plus expenses for one year with bonds and French consul reference.
ALGIERS Sept 23 Max Regis former manager of Algiers and a noted Jew- painter fled the villa outside town where he and followers were besieged for days fearing government arrest. He reportedly boarded a boat bound for Spain. Eight companions were arrested.
New Orleans reports no new fever cases today, attributed to cooler weather. Two deaths were recorded, linked to the same illness, amid the drop in new infections.
In Berlin on September 23 the German peace society will adopt resolutions protesting Britain’s war with the Transvaal. The group gathers to urge an end to hostilities and advocate pacifist steps in the conflict.
Charles S. Pillsbury died intestate in Minneapolis as of Sept 23 with no will found. His widow Mary A. Pillsbury and sons John and Charles petition probate court to appoint administrators. Estate valued at about 300000 real and 200000 personal property, with inventory possibly higher. Petition heard October 18.
Report states the weight of the cock of Gibraltar measures about 1437 feet in height.
John Elbert, who died in Chicago last week, was the first engineer to build a locomotive west of Chicago. In 1842 he brought the first engine from the east, named Pioneer, now exhibited at Field Columbian Museum. Also noted is Thomas Atchison purchasing Ortiz gold mines in New Mexico for about 3 million dollars and planning a large electric ore reduction plant.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder as the cure for swollen, smarting feet and bunions. It encourages shaking the powder into shoes, lists availability at druggists and shoe stores, and mentions a free sample and the address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Laundry Starch from J. C. Mubinger offering a coupon book to obtain two free packages and two Shakespeare picture cards plus a calendar. Grocers distribute ten large packages and twenty calendar pictures to early buyers of Endless Chain Starch Book.
A Chicago institution at 150 to 166 West Madison Street for over 30 years, the John M Smyth Co has furnished home goods to over 500000 households and earned public trust through fair dealing. The firm’s illustrated catalogue showcases thousands of household articles with prices, including garments highlighted as examples of value. In the southern U.S. cotton mill sector, seven million dollars in new capital has been invested in the last five months.
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