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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1898
Page
7
A condensed collection notes naval actions and crimes from San Francisco to Havana. Topics include the sunken ships Rosalie and Torpedo Vessels War, a wreck near Milwaukee with casualties, U S budget shifts for emergency defense funds, and measures to protect the American flag from desecration.
A tragic Brooklyn fire claimed three lives in a flat as authorities investigated the cause. Across headlines, McKinley plans a tour of Porto Rico and Cuba while other major events unfold from Idaho mining to European diplomacy and new American ventures.
Paris reports that the United States and Spain finalized their peace terms after 11 weeks of negotiations. Spanish commissioners exhibit bitterness over colonial losses while Senor Montero Rios and Senor Ojeda show signs of collapse. The treaty outlines evacuation and property issues with tensions over the Carolines and Cuban bonds.
The urgency deficiency bill to support the military and naval establishments passed the House with amendments, bringing the total to 69,895,802 dollars. An amendment by McRae on volunteer muster was accepted to avoid altering existing service laws. Senate action followed on canal and treaty measures with adjournment.
In Missouri City Missouri a country church siege left Miss Della Clevenger mortally wounded and her escort George Allen killed. Ernest Clevenger, cousin to Della, is identified as the killer driven by violent jealousy. The incident occurred tonight two miles from town.
The House voted 119 to 101 to pass the anti ticket scalping bill ending a decade long railroad push. The measure, debated four hours with no amendments adopted, follows the 1888 Interstate Commerce Commission concerns and pledges by Sherman of New York. The Senate opened then adjourned in respect after announcing two representative deaths.
The Vedamore reports 45 of 88 crew from the Londonian missing after its Boston to London voyage. The Londonian is presumed sunk with Captain William Lee, Chief Engineer Stafford, Chief Officer Murray among the dead. many seamen and cattlemen unaccounted. Also note Chicago picks Willard A. Smith to lead U S Paris Exposition civil engineering division.
Havana dispatch reports General Emilio Nunez returning from Sagua la Grande Guanajay and Santa Clara as a Santa Cruz committee to disarm Cuban troops. He notes army in country districts is rapidly disappearing and soldiers finding peaceful avocations.
The annual Brady report on Alaska covers mining expansion, prospectors from many states, routes to Klondike, and the impact of war on activity. It notes quartz finds near Ketchikan, timber needs, roads like the Pacific Arctic Railway, and a strong salmon trade with Chinese labor. It urges more land surveys, homestead clarity, and federal support including a naval site on Japonsky and funding for schools and lighthouses.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamship Kinshin Maru sailed from Yokohama for Seattle on November 29 carrying 3,500 tons of tea silk and curios the heaviest Orient cargo to Seattle. It surpasses the 2,700 tons aboard the Agapanthus in December 1896 and also brings marines to man the Japanese cruiser Chitose under construction in San Francisco.
The hop crop faces good future prospects with strong demand and limited supply. Buyers are cautious and have purchased little this year, but expectations point to solid demand. English buyers are sourcing only high quality hops at roughly 15 shillings 1 5 d per cwt and about 18 cents to the seller in England.
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