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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1899
Page
4
Our weekly London letter notes that the boys returned amid general belief Dreyfus will be convicted, with exciting scenes expected next week. The dispatch lists commodity prices from San Francisco Denver and New York, including wheat and barley steady, cattle receipts, and copper and lead market levels, reflecting a broad exchange snapshot across major cities.
Rennes court martial hearing on Captain Dreyfus draws strong attention in Paris with Mor nard and Demange sparring over defense strategy. Plequart and Picquart clash as the defense challenges alleged secret funds and wartime powers.
Returning Utah Battery troops arrive in Salt Lake City after a San Francisco reception. They describe hard campaigns in the Philippine Islands, discuss logistics, island life, and Judge Otis’s campaign, and question the value of overseas expansion amid wartime losses and costs.
Local brief items report near completion of H Busch building on Bridge Street and Bradshaw’s threshing machine unit being shipped to the valley. Notices record a mortgage filing between Central Pacific lines, water notices on Second and Third Streets, and a railroad promotion from Union Pacific. Reports from Manila and Santo Domingo cover cable ship grounding, troop movements, and arrests. Various ads hail Mrs Winslow’s Syrup, Hood’s Sarsaparilla, Shiloh’s cough remedies, and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Bold items cover frontier watching and local election conventions in Lexington Nevada.
Fragmentary dialogue shows attention to Dreyfus case in which Demange questions Gons about an informer and a proposed Legion of Honor decoration. The exchange hints at motives and delays in honors connected to the case.
Madrid reports bubonic plague introduced to Oporto by a rice steamer from India with forty six cases. Portuguese Foreign Office says few cases appeared and strong measures were taken. Despite warnings, outbreak is reportedly diminishing.
Washington dispatch reports Arthur Pratt of Salt Lake City chosen as census supervisor for the state of Used. Personal mentions note movements of Max Schoen J Miller Mrs A D Wilcox J D Bradshaw T J Bradshaw W L Wilkinson Wilber W Hobbs W A Clark Jr H Wilbur and Mrs J H McClintic nee Lacy Connor. Trask of Sioux City Iowa arrived for a brief stay before returning home on No 3.
Berlin Aug 12 The Lower House of the Prussian Diet rejected the entire canal bill 225 to 147 with 32 abstaining. The Dortmund Rhine canal bill was rejected 235 to 125 with three abstentions.
Cattle receipts across Chicago Kansas City and Omaha on August 19 show steady to slow markets. Chicago reports beef steers 4.00 to 6.00, cows and heifers 2.60 to 4.85, Texas and stockers mixed. sheep and lambs range 2.75 to 6.15. Kansas City shows native steers 4.00 to 6.00, Texas cattle 3.40 to 5.00, cows 2.25 to 3.75, stockers 3.50 to 6.00, bulls up to 4.00. Omaha cites steady cattle market, native beef steers 4.00 to 5.00, Texas steers 3.50 to 4.50, cows 1.60 to 4.25, stockers 3.00 to 4.80, calves around 4.00 to 5.00. sheep active with yearlings 3.75 to 4.10.
Properties five miles north of Winnemucca on the Humboldt river will cut 250 tons of hay yearly with ample water. A second parcel fifteen miles north on the Little Humboldt will yield 800 to 1000 tons of hay and offers a fine stock range for cattle or sheep. For particulars address.
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