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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1899
Page
3
A curtailed roundup reports on a Henderson Tenn murder turning mob violence, a railway blast in Bilbao, Denver line control shifts, an ax attack in Missouri, a $250000 bill tied to early railway service, and Carnegie pledging funds to a Pittsburgh library addition. Also noted are fires, baptist jubilee plans, Canadian rail expansion, and global political tensions.
A wide range of items are noted including Cuban tensions, Spanish delegations, naval losses near Florida, a lynching in Georgia, labor clashes in Oakland, river and rail developments, and political shifts in the United States. Other reports cover fires, wrecks, riots in Russia, Missouri tax findings, and census work.
Washington April 21 The Second Oregon volunteers will be the second regiment to leave the Philippines when mustering out begins. The first regiment to leave will be the First California, then Oregon, followed by Utah artillery and others in the order listed. The army may reach 85,000 in the Philippines if insurrection continues.
Dr. A J Chapman of Courtland Mississippi arrives aboard the Franklin from Bluefields Nicaragua telling of escape from Zelaya forces after being captured February 24 near Ramara with English subject Stephen Powers. Powers was killed at first fire. Chapman wounded, later escaped to Bluefields. Jack Martin of the San Jacinto was captured and later to be shot. Street Railway Trust incorporation noted in Trenton. Porto Rico troops recalled as General Henry orders withdrawal of Seventeenth Infantry and two Seventh artillery batteries from the island.
A large commission of Filipino elites is said to meet General Otis to seek peace. Americans doubt the bid, suspecting protection of property. Aguinaldo’s former Manila lieutenant hints at openness to overtures. Aguinaldo reportedly shifts HQ to Tarland as US forces bolster Calumpit.
A New York dispatch reports Briga dier-General Schwan describing the recall as in line with the war department's plan for Lawton's Luzon campaign. Otis aims to defeat insurgents, survey territory, and spread the Philippine government proclamation while preparing for moves on Malolos and Manila.
Official German circles dismiss as wild and baseless the claim that Emperor William plans to crown his brother Henry king in China. They also reject a Paris Soir interview quote blaming Americans for Samoa and portraying the United States as a military power.
Ottawa dispatch says the government has considered Washington’s plan for a modus vivendi on the Southern Alaska boundary. An order in council approves the US proposal in principle but requires that the final settlement be agreed upon by both nations with prompt action toward a definitive boundary decision.
Reese Hutchinson, Auburn college graduate and electrician, exhibited a pocket sized apparatus that augments vibration to restore hearing for deaf mutes. The device connects by wires to an audiphone held at the ear and was tested by two totally deaf men who timed the music from 50 feet away with evident delight.
Denver report says the Grobe smelter is turned over to American Smelting and Refining Company. Workers are told wages may fall if the eight hour law is enforced. Omaha and Grant smelters to join the trust May 1, with Argo to follow.
A Louisville report to the Daily News states a vast liquor combine with $2,000,000 capital will be nearly finished in Chicago tomorrow. The move absorbs nearly every U S distillery as Kentucky distilleries and warehouse firms finalize purchase and absorption plans.
Manila reports detail a costly assault at Quingua where Colonel Stotsenburg and Lieutenant Sisson were killed, 44 Nebraska troops wounded, and Filipino defenders repulsed. Major Bell and Major Mufford aided a costly, two hour fight as reinforcements arrived and the town remained under American control. The piece lauds Stotsenburg as a fearless, popular leader and notes the Nebraska regiment suffered its heaviest losses of the campaign.
In Newnan Georgia on April 25 Sam Hose a Black man was burned at a public road altar attended by nearly two thousand. He was deprived of ears fingers and other parts before the blaze and his body was cut up with relics sold to spectators. Hose had killed Alfred Crawford and assaulted his wife near Palmetto ten days earlier.
The Illinois Staats Zeitung urges Captain Coghlan's removal after his New York remarks in a furious editorial. It states the American government should get rid of officers of the kind of Coghlan.
Secret service men report counterfeiters arrested in Philadelphia and Lancaster planned to bribe a trusted official of a United States sub treasuries and flood the government with ten million dollars in counterfeit notes. The gang possessed a fifty and a hundred partly finished and planned plates for a twenty dollar note with paper and machinery ready.
The Samoan high commission is empowered to govern Samoa provisional ly with orders to preserve life and property. All previous officials are suspended, and unanimous action is required for most moves unless Berlin Treaty provisions are suspended ad referendum. Secretary Hay hosted a luncheon with the commission, which begins its mission tomorrow.
Victoria reports the Yukon ice breaking up with floods from Marsh Lake to White Horse rapids. A four man party led by Stuart of Snohomish sank after crossing near White Horse rapids on April 2 with their dogs. John Deland was rescued after going through Summit lake ice. Grave anxiety grows for others on the trail amid claim disputes and anti alien law pressures as Americans seek British partners to hold properties.
The fishing schooner Eliza of Beverly struck Rose and Crown shoals near Hyannis. Eleven of her 14 crew were lost, with three survivors reaching Siasconset in the dory. Names of the lost include Captain Martin Hopkins and crew members Seth Hopkins Oscar Hopkins Lorenzo Smith and others.
M C Wetmore, forced to sell Liggett Myers shares, summoned 3000 employees to hear a farewell address vowing to fight trusts. He pledged fortune and life to anti trust efforts and sent word to W J Bryan offering assistance.
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