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Newspaper
The Sidney Republican
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1902
Page
6
A sweeping anthology of anecdotes and quips touches on political figures, social norms, and cultural clashes. It mocks prize fights, remarks on Harvard, Kipling, Parisian letters, and Chinese modernization while noting local incidents, parrot deaths, and Colorado’s self-made locomotive.
Attorney General Knox announces a federal equity suit to dissolve the merger of the Northern Securities Company with two railroads, testing Sherman Act violations. President Roosevelt directed action. bankers anticipate a protracted court fight with defendants Morgan and others. The case may be filed in Minnesota or New York, with a decision from the Supreme Court pending.
The McKinley memorial fund attracts growing public interest with rising mail to the national association in Cleveland and reports to the February 26 Washington trustees meeting. Missouri's new auxiliary pledges 25000, while Kansas City solicits pennies from residents. Alaska canvassing by Governor Brady and New York expected to report about 100000 by February 26.
A Ouray Colorado sleigh carrying Mr and Mrs Sagasser Miss Burberry S L Sox and two Chinese men from Silverton slid 200 feet after a hill slide. The sleigh struck a tree and the group sought shelter in a nearby cabin before being rescued. All passengers escaped unharmed though some were bruised and one horse was slightly injured.
Andrew Carnegie offers sixty thousand dollars for a Pueblo library building contingent on a ten percent annual maintenance appropriation by the city council. Sites on Victorian avenue and other locations are under study with a plan to include an art exhibition hall and potential public gallery.
The Senate ratified the treaty with Denmark approving the $5,000,000 acquisition of the Danish West Indies islands St Thomas St John and St Croix. Debate over Article 3 provision and amendments occurred before a decisive aye vote. The pact grants U S possession once ratifications exchange and highlights St Thomas harbor as strategically vital.
Riots in Barcelona escalate as a state of siege is proclaimed. Troops fire on the mob, killing ten and wounding sixty five as 40,000 workers strike. Factories close, markets targeted, women with banners prominent in disturbances amid political maneuvers in Madrid.
New York reports Santos Dumont is at Monaco preparing new plans for crossing the Mediterranean. He lost his motor in the wreck and faces danger yet remains certain he will eventually cross the sea, despite near death from drowning and smoke.
A permit was issued for a planned largest office building in Chicago at Dearborn and Munroe. The structure will cost about $840,000 and begin construction soon, with a bank as a key backer.
President Roosevelt publicized his decision in the Schley case, disputing Admiral Dewey’s credit to Schley for Santiago’s victory. He calls it a captains fight, faults Schley’s retrograde move, and says Sampson and Schley had nominal command though Brooklyn and Oregon earned crucial credit.
Reports from Assino on the Ivory coast describe a quartz reef eight feet wide yielding two to eight ounces per pan. In North Rhodesia, the British Chartered South Africa Company reports a forty square mile copper field 150 miles north of Victoria Falls extending to the Congo Free State. Assays show forty four percent copper and substantial silver, prompting plans to divert the Cape to Cairo railroad to the copper region with completion anticipated in early 1903.
A St. Joseph official says heavy stock purchases in the St. Joseph and Grand Island line point to Chicago Great Western buyers. They plan to extend the Grand Island terminus to Denver and to build its own line, with access to Kansas City via a leased track.
A survivor reports that a French scientific mission aboard the yacht Salvatti landed near New Guinea. Natives attacked at night, killing 32 and mortally wounding several, including Baron Villars and Count de Saint Remey. Survivors, including M Rouyer, were rescued as cannibals fled after a volley from the rescuers.
The Savernake under Frederick J. Toole wrecked November on Isle of Clement Homere in the Society Islands. After months stranded, Toole and crew attempted distant rescue routes, met with French restrictions, and were eventually repatriated via Manga Reva and Papeete aboard the gunboat Zelee and schooners, arriving January 21 in Papeete.
At Litchfield Illinois on February 17 two people died and five were injured in a rear end collision between the Diamond Special of the Illinois Central and a freight train. The fast passenger train reportedly led before the crash, and fog reduced visibility to about 100 feet. No Pullman cars were badly damaged and the freight locomotive sustained heavy damage. No passengers were harmed.
Religious services at First Presbyterian Church in Washington were held under the Woman's Suffrage Association with Rev. Anna Martin Spencer of Providence preaching and Rev. Olympia Brown and Rev. Anna H. Shaw assisting. A conference at the Riggs house followed to discuss reaching conservative church women, led by Laura De Merrite with a panel including Sarah Perkins, Laura Clay, Anna Shaw, Mrs. Thomas, Miss Beede, Theodosie G. Ammons, and Clara Bewick Colby.
New York financial summary shows associated banks reaching record loans totaling $932,004,700 and deposits at $1,015,279,000 for the week ending Saturday. Despite a cash decline, the report notes a large net gain in loans and deposits with a slight drop in surplus reserves and a mismatch with cash movements to Boston and Philadelphia.
Major W C Gorgas states Havana’s sanitary drive focused on eradicating yellow fever by killing infected mosquitoes. Since September 28, 1901 no cases have been reported, a dramatic shift after adopting the mosquito-targeted plan. Deaths fell from 1,244 cases and 310 deaths in 1900 to six deaths since March 1, 1901.
Reports from Shamaka say the city is almost entirely destroyed with thousands left homeless. Officials in Baku and Tiflis note extensive loss of life, with hundreds unaccounted for as searches proceed amid ongoing tremors.
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