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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1899
Page
1
The Aberdeen Herald surveys varied topics from Kipling and nobility to naval power and immigration. It notes Noah Webster's memory, Dutch snails in Paris meals, and American art’s rising patriotism while touching on Spain, France, and British maritime primacy.
The piece argues for money and power over noble disarmament, noting Eritrean lease terms to capitalists and burdens of taxes on colonists. It recalls a public court drama on betrothal promises, then revisits Khartum and Kitchener’s victory, praising perseverance and Thoreau’s question of whether dedicated effort can fail.
A letter to the Secretary of War from Army and Navy Journal readers tells of a soldier who asks not to ship the Second Division of the Second Brigade to Cuba until after December 12 so he can send his birthday cake and candies to remind him of home. A related comic exchange and a note on boarding-house utility close the excerpt.
Brigadier General Stone reports dire hunger across Puerto Rico after a 10 day interior survey. He warns insurrection risks if relief delays persist, notes 100,000 people feasting on bread or meat for two weeks, and cites a decimated coffee crop and high Brazil competition as key causes. He proposes railroads aid and an agricultural experiment station to foster winter vegetables.
A navy department scheme, urged by Rear Admiral Bradford, establishes coaling stations in the West Indies to secure control of the Virgin, Mona, and Windward passages and Gulf approaches. Proposed sites include Culebra, Mayaguez, Guantanamo or Nipe Bay, with Dry Tortugas facilities under construction to block access through the Yucatan or Bahama channels.
The army beef inquiry court in Washington ordered the official reports of army officers on beef supplied during the Spanish American War to be admitted as evidence, per General Miles. A pine timber sale in Lockport Michigan funds construction of the Maine at Cramps shipyards Philadelphia.
A two-building blaze on East Sixty-seventh and East Sixty-eighth streets in New York at 2 a.m. killed six people including Mrs St John and a seven year old, with several missing and multiple injuries among residents and firemen. Wallace Andrews, president of the New York Steam Heating Co., remains among the missing along with other family members and servants. The Andrews house and the Adams house were consumed as fire crews battled the flames.
Havana reports General Gomez plans to solidify Cuban support for independence and urge U.S. withdrawal. He seeks to present a unified national mood, claiming the dissolution of the Cuban military assembly as his achievement and aiming to become general-in-chief.
Montreal reports official figures show 1898 Canadian gold production at 13.7 million dollars, with about 10 million from the Klondike. Estimates for the current year put Klondike output near 20 million, while British Columbia also improves. Silver yield grows, led by BC mines, and copper output surpasses one million.
Washington April 8 336 officers and men who died in the Spanish American war were buried with full honors at Arlington Cemetery. President McKinley cabinet and government dignitaries led a large procession of officials regulars militia and about 15000 spectators in a solemn tribute.
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn issued orders on the reception of the eighth volunteer regiments still in Cuba. An isolated camp will be set up near Savannah for troops to stay while proving they have no infectious cases.
The Railway Age reports that not less than 5,000 miles of new railways will be built in 1899 with an investment near 150 million dollars. Currently over 4,000 miles are under contract or construction.
Seattle reports Charles Gotchey was shot and likely mortally wounded by George W. Snell after a bicycle collision days earlier. The incident occurred in Blaine Washington as the Post-Intelligencer notes. Separately, President appoints John Blair Shoenfeldt of Douglas Wyoming as agent for Indians at the Union Agency in the Indian Territory.
Lawton and King dispatch an expedition of 1500 picked men in canoes to cross Laguna de Bay and capture Santa Cruz at the lake’s far end. The force includes units from the Fourteenth Infantry, Fourth Cavalry, North Dakota and Idaho volunteers, plus mountain guns and sharpshooters.
Hollister D. McGuire fish commissioner and A W Reed state senator from Douglas county drowned in the North Umpqua river near Riverdale six miles below Roseburg. They, with W F Hubbard hatchery head, attempted to reach shore after a broken rowlock and the boat swamped. Reed could not swim and vanished after drifting downstream.
Justice Stephen J. Field, Supreme Court retiree since 1897, died at his Capitol Hill home at 6 30 pm. after a kidney illness traced to a severe cold. He had been unconscious since Saturday and passed peacefully.
Paris officials on April 11 called for cautious measures after recent fires in New York prompted renewed attention to fire safety. Authorities urged non-inflammatory, prudent steps to prevent further incidents.
Dispatches report ongoing reconnaissance by U S forces along with gun and mortar activity near La Loma and Grande channels as the Monadnock shells rebel positions north of Malolos. Scandia arrives from Manila with veterans and officers killed in action in the Philippines.
The government announced 19 ships including battleship Pennsylvanian Jersey and armored cruiser Nebraska California among others. petitions pour into the White House urging preferred names reflecting regional ties and urgency across counties.
The text lists numerous fragments of names places and affiliations, including references to American regions universities and officials. It appears as a jumbled OCR capture with no coherent narrative or clear event, leaving only scattered entities such as Washington America Italy Manila and Portland.
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