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Newspaper
The Sidney Republican
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1901
Page
2
Reports note explorers reaching within 38 miles of the north pole while the south remains 172 miles away. Luxor houses millions of sacred cats buried with kings in mausoleums. A Liverpool roof garden thrives with currants gooseberries flowers and exotics.
In Samara region villagers report a new sect led by an elderly woman known as the Blessed Mother. Eleven women and a bodyguard of ten virgins live apart in hill dug holes, practicing fasting and prayer. They claim imminent world destruction and miraculous powers.
George Arnold, 82, who vanished from Mrs. F. J. Warne’s Syracuse residence, was located three miles away under a tree in a field. Weak and without food or water, he had crawled over fences with his wooden leg discarded nearby after acting peculiarly following his wife’s death in Toronto.
At St Ansgarius Swedish church in Chicago a crowd gathered for the burial of David Linds kog. A wooden post in the basement split causing the floor to sag and a rush toward the doors. Three women fainted as splintering beams sounded and a potential panic was averted by Pastor Herman Lindskog's actions.
Over the last year 1420 patients were treated at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Eleven died of hydrophobia, seven due to late treatment. Of 1413 treated in time, four died, a rate of 0.284 percent. Began in 1881 with 3.00 percent, fell to 0.55 in 1888, and since then mostly under 0.10 percent.
San Francisco Oct 13 The house of deputies adopted canon prohibiting remarriage of divorced persons for causes arising before former marriage. Majority 182 158. amendment by Huntington rejected 158 173. Bishops and deputies debated sections and adopted changes to constitution and worship forms. New missionary districts and bishops named for Hankow Philippines Olympia Porto Rico with Honolulu district created. honorary seat granted to Bishop Willis.
The American Bankers' Association began a three day session in Milwaukee on October 16 with bankers from nearly every state. The rolls show paid membership rising to 5,504 by October 1901, with total resources near 8.0 billion dollars. Officership for the next year includes Myron T. Herrick as president and James St. Branch as secretary.
New York October 16 Johann Moet the anarchist was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary by the Court of Special Sessions for publishing in Freiheit an alleged seditious article titled Murder Against Murder the day after President McKinley was shot. The judge held the republ ishing of the piece a criminal act regardless of timing or origin.
Albany New York October 16 1901 Superintendent Collins will request a state official to witness the electrocution of Leon F Czolgosz the McKinley assassin. Only twenty five witnesses will be present in the death chamber. Public letters flowers and fruit sent to him have not been delivered as prison guards isolate him to prevent notoriety.
London population grows by 2 1 2 thousand each month. The Irving Terry Company arrives in New York. John D Rockefeller pledges 200 000 to Barnard College endowment. Smuggling of Chinese persists at Puget Sound. One hundred seventy one of 425 Siberian reindeer die en route to Alaska. Fifty Japanese miners hired by Colorado Fuel and Iron at Gallup Arizona. Cornelius Vanderbilt patents rail car inventions. North German Lloyd may extend lines to Honolulu. Smallpox cases on western reservations 100 150. Seventeen year locust to hit orchards next year. Molineaux granted new trial for murder. Mrs Franklin’s great granddaughter dies aged eighty. Francis Murphy arrives in San Francisco. Roosevelt to speak at Thanksgiving dedication in New York. Marconi transmits signals 350 miles. Western Consolidated Stone Company formed. VanKuran sentenced for embezzlement. packing plant to cost 1 000 000. Carrie Nation bonds peace and appeals for false arrest suit in Wheeling. British officers buy remounts in South Africa. Southern California to be powered by Kern River. Santa Fe declares 2 percent dividend. U S money orders with Sweden favor trade. August Paulens shot dead by brother. Motor car used in upper Congo. Rock River conference deems A B Smart unfit for pastoral work. Carlisle Indian School has 1 007 pupils. Italians discharged from Paterson mills after assassination. Parker proposes global Congregational federation. Amphion ordered to Panama. Icarus already there. Republican Club banquet in Massachusetts canceled in McKinley’s memory. German emigration to Argentina rising. Morse buys several Boston routes.
Miss Stone’s captors seek 110000 dollars in ransom, about 420 pounds of gold, to free the missionary held in Turkish territory near Philippopolis. Spokesmen from the Macedonian committee argue the kidnapping aims to pressure Turkey to cede control of Macedonia, while Spencer Eddy advocates for the mission.
Frederick D. McKenney for Colorado seeks demurrer arguing Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction. Kansas suit concerns Arkansas River water rights between states and private Colorado parties, with Colorado asserting misjoinder and multifarious claims. Arguments note that Kansas has no sovereign right to sue and that several private entities are not parties to the case.
Washington October 17. Lieutenant Commander James N Sears testified on the Cuban campaign and the July 3 battle near Santiago. He described blockading distances at Cienfuegos and Santiago and noted Schley’s fleet actions. Captain Cook added statements on the May retrograde movement and praised Schley as cool brave and admirable in battle. Denver report follows on railroad board changes and Gould’s Colorado interests.
The Denver election for the Denver and Rio Grande road directors completed Tuesday with the choice of George Gould Jacob H Schiff E H Harriman Winslow Pierce Arthur Coppell all of New York C G Warner and Russell Harding of St Louis E T Jeffery and E O Wolcott also listed among the directors.
At the Chicago Athletic Club on Tuesday a banquet honored Sir Thomas Lipton. Prominent guests, including professional figures, toasted Lipton with a green loving cup. Lipton spoke of a possible third effort for the America's Cup and received repeated cheers.
A note outlines plans for the 1903 convention of the Amer Missionary Society to be held in Minneapolis next year. It mentions aiming to stage a large exhibit and to organize the gathering to make it the society’s largest convention to date.
A London report describes a meeting where delegates discussed governance of India and the position of Australia. A sense of cautious progress is noted as officials emphasize order and gradual change to maintain peace among natives.
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