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Newspaper
The Sidney Republican
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1902
Page
4
A collage of brief items touches on Mecca pilgrimage and cholera, Prince Henry and Funston alike in Kansas, China’s rebellions, Andrew Carnegie’s wealth, Missouri goats, butter, and arsenic near Tacoma. The piece notes a warning from a railroad ticket agent about Tacoma, Spain’s king, old bicycles versus future transport, women and Chinese language learning, and a Sedalia fire from a penny pinching penny.
It is intimated that some of our women are contracting foreign alliances just in order to get an opportunity to attend King Edwards coronation.
The passage critiques beauty column prescriptions and jokes about Senator Depew owning 150 pairs of trousers with a precise change rate every quarter hour. District Attorney Jerome admits he does not know how to run a newspaper, a remark seen as peculiar for a man in public life.
A St Louis Spanish teacher was fined 28 for kissing a young female pupil, with the girl likely upset at the jury for not placing a higher value on the act. A St Louis preacher who urged women to propose appears to wait for that arrangement. James Dick of Glasgow died leaving 5,000,000 to Glasgow charities.
James J Hill is a diligent student of William Shakespeare. He admires Dill's universal outlook and his dexterous method in crafting dramatic combinations.
Reduction of diamond production looms this season. Buyers who are hesitant in gem purchases are urged to place orders now to secure supply and avoid shortages.
The mystery around which agency blew up the battleship Maine fuels sensational tales while a single man who knows the truth may surface the same day to reveal it.
Full and generous credit is given to Pennsylvania corporations for advancing wages to their employees. The totals will amount to several hundred thousand dollars, larger than any other state in the Union.
Prof Kent of the Yale Divinity School upholds hazing and cites Joseph and his brothers as a biblical precedent. Yale seeks attention amid competition from Western theological schools and public interest. Spain prepares a welcome for its young king as unrest looms in the background. Chicago is forecast to become a leading city with a steadily low death rate, despite no annexation.
The Morning Lead recounts alleged crimes by Australian officers in South Africa. It says officers killed Boers allegedly plotting surrender, shot a German missionary after fear of disclosure, and were himself executed by a squad after some refusal. The account stirs indignation in Australia.
The Rocky Mountain smelter in Denver plans to reopen around May 1 with capacity raised to 40 or 100 tons of ore daily and operate independently of the American Smelting and Refining Company. Company officers deny closure was due to ore shortages, stating a directors' meeting is near and capital stock will rise. The plant has been closed only for a clean up and repairs, with new furnaces to be added to boost efficiency.
A Missouri- sourced report says W. T. Wallace, lynched last week in Denver, pleaded guilty to assault and was sentenced to two years in the Jefferson City penitentiary. Previously arrested for similar charges, he sought hospital treatment after claiming a fall and cut face from a broken window during a burglary incident tied to the night’s events.
A moving stairway device was installed in a Chicago department store this morning, extending from the main floor to the second story. It moves passengers in about thirty seconds with a capacity of two people per second and features rubber-covered steps and safety devices. The crowd praised the new arrangement for easing elevator congestion.
Pretoria reports say President Steyn and General De la Rey have been relocated and a meeting with Acting President Schalk Burger is expected without delay. General Botha may attend. Commandant Mears pledges obedience to Boer government terms while De Villiers seeks terms via the Whatherley district and fighting conditions threaten the Orange River Colony.
In Little Rock on April unspecified, authentic figures revise results for the U S Senate contest. James P L Chirk has seven General Assembly supporters, while James Ik Jones leads Hoodtowerful with clear backing. The number needed to elect a senator is OS. Chirk's election appears assured as RO Miner Wal Kee defeats Wes Lempkins for Congress.
Chicago voters cast ballots on April 20 amid a partisan shift that leaves the new city council with thirty nine Republicans, thirty Democrats and one independent. The outgoing council held thirty eight Republicans, twenty nine Democrats and three independents.
Reports from Denver describe a fighting incident on the upper Green river country range near Big Piney. Sheepmen Roan and Abe IMM were seriously wounded, about 1100 sheep were killed, and two cattlemen were shot but not fatally hurt. Details remain scarce as lines to Big Piney are down and officials seek further messages.
Washington reports Congressman Bell’s bill would sell 2000 acres of the Pite’s Peak forest reserve surrounding Seven Lakes to Colorado Springs to secure land for water works. Cripple Creek fears loss of water. Bell argues the bill only secures title for dams and reservoirs, with interior approval likely and shared access for Victor and Cripple Creek.
March 31 report from Penver outlines Colorado Sugar Company moves to bring German families to Grand Junction to cultivate sugar beets and orchards. Gelder and McKinnie elected to lead, stock sold for 173000, four hundred families to be relocated, plant capacity 350 tons, cost 550000. Gelder argues American Sugar Refining may dominate beet sugar, driving independent producers from the field.
Sugar world outputs rose from 1.54 million tons in 1840 to 8.8 million in 1900 while world population grew from 0.95 to about 1.04 billion. Beets’ share jumped to 67 percent. cane to 33 percent. US per capita sugar rose from 22 to 68 pounds. Also advises seed potato treatment with corrosive sublimate, 2 oz per 15 gallons, in hot water, warning it is deadly poison and to use caution.
The census bureau summarizes wool and mohair output for Colorado Idaho New Mexico Utah and Wyoming. It lists fleeces shorn weights of wool unwashed and value totals for farms reporting and for mohair and goat hair farms in each state with figures in thousands to millions of dollars.
French scientists led by M Balland study voandzou known as flycine and voandzou subterranea native to intertropical Africa. The grain like beans yields a nutritious composition with water 10 percent nitrogen 19 fat 6 starch 5 and cellulose 4. Balland argues it could feed man, matching daily requirements, prompting calls to cultivate widely, with Algeria trial for colonial soldiers.
Cairo reports near 1000 cholera deaths at Mecca since March. Manila cholera abated with natives and Chinese affected. Confederate Memorial Assoc may place museum in Richmond. Otis hints at writing a book or lecture. Telescope contract in Cambridgeport for Cincinnati Univ. agriculture tour April. Royal and colonial notes follow.
Linnie Haguewood described as the Helen Keller of the West has attained financial independence. Miss Dora Donald of Gary addresses Haguewood's progress at Ida Grove Iowa, noting her proficiency in stereotype making proofreading and book binding. She works in a blind oriented print shop using Braille and a typewriter and was born October 12 1879.
A newly married pair traveling from Antwerp to Paris witness a man cut his throat in their railway car. In Paris a hotel guest is killed in a lift, and at a lunch invitation the host's servant dies unexpectedly. The bride faints, and the couple flee back to Antwerp.
Fire insurance companies in New York City raised rates at a Tuesday meeting at 32 Nassau Street. The New York Fire Insurance Exchange approved a 25 percent flat increase on factory and manufacturing risks and on all hotels. Apartment houses face a 15 percent rise. The move aims to curb heavy losses sustained in recent months.
Miss Mary Boise a radical Prohibitionist and Carrie Nation lieutenant whipped Mayor Albert Parker of Topeka Kansas with a rawhide. She planned to whip Governor Stanley District Judge Hazen and Prosecuting Attorney Nichols for enforcing the prohibitory law. Parker said Boise was stirred by cranks opposing current liquor policy.
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