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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1899
Page
2
Reports record British war plans and colonial tensions. Nations debate arbitral settlements in Alaska and Behring Sea. Local crime, accidents, and notable deaths appear alongside weather and labor notes. Prominent figures like Colonel Yates and Sampson feature amid global shifts and naval changes.
Reports from Elani's Langto cite 86 killed and 4 wounded in a Boer clash. John Barrett lectures in Siam. Cripple Creek mine cave-in claims lives and injuries. Leaders attend inaugurations. troops move to the Philippines. naval and political shifts unfold across continents.
M Ruperto Santiago a wealthy Visayan who swore allegiance to the United States has been arrested at Iloilo for organizing a revolutionary junta. His capture raises fears of native unrest as a squad from the Eighteenth Regiment searches Panay for a coxswain.
Manila dispatch reports General Young moving from San Isidro toward Santa Rosa when a strong rebel position beyond the Tuboatin river was met. A brisk fight followed and the rebels were repulsed. Two Americans were killed and one wounded. Pursuit proved impossible by the river’s width and depth.
Secretary of State Hay said Senor Regidor would have no official status in Washington and whether he is heard by the Philippine peace commission rests with the commission itself. The State Department stated it is not concerned in the matter.
London reports no new war features as Boers may be rearming in Natal while British troops rest. Ladysmith telegrams travel slowly and a Daily Telegraph note cites cavalry skirmishes near Reitfontein. Glencoe engagement lists 7000 Boer troops and heavy losses, with a second Boer force advancing then retreating.
A Bulawayo telegram reports Boer forces threatening Chief Khama and Chief Lindwei who back Britain. Their Bechuanaland area lies northwest of the Transvaal with Bechuanaland. observers suggest the aim is to cut Bulawayo railway to hinder Colonel Plumer's relief of Mafeking. An armored Rhodesian train is also rumored north of Mafeking.
Cape Town dispatch notes Rhodes observed the battle while the Boers carried away their dead and wounded in cars. No reliable casualty estimates are available. Rhodes visited and watched the fight and later hosted daily dinner parties with ample luxuries.
Mrs Patton, widow of Captain Patton, tells how the American ship George B Stetson caught fire and burned off Formosa while sailing from Portland to Tianjin with railroad lumber. After two days adrift in a lifeboat, she and the baby survived landing at Tilin Tsen, then reached Nagasaki. The ship carried 20 crewmen.
Tele graphic orders from Washington halt all new volunteer recruits for the department. The Thirty-ninth United States Volunteer Infantry and two companies of the Forty-fifth were inspected by Captain Henry P. McCain. The post received 214 pack mules and 80 men from St. Louis for use in the Philippines, to be shipped on the Lennox from Portland.
General Rios Rivera, former civil governor of Havana province, denies resigning and says he was dismissed. He cites lack of grounds for the dismissal and attributes the action to influence from Domingo Mendez Capote, secretary of state in Brooke's advisory cabinet.
Deputy Sheriff H J Day is a defaulter for a little over 2100 dollars. He left for Portland on business and telegraphed his wife from Portland that he would return Tuesday. A $100 reward is offered for his arrest. The missing funds were tax money collected in the past two months.
War department received word from the hospital ship Relief in Manila of the disappearance at sea between Guam and Manila of Lieutenant Robert D. Carmody. He had gone to Guam with a marine battalion aboard Yosemite. He was aboard Guam possibly ill and on return orders or furlough. he may have jumped overboard while delirious.
The U S transport Missouri arrives at Port Said carrying medical supplies and nurses, en route to Manila. Miss Helen Gould donates 6000 dollars to the League for Social Service for a crusade against Mormonism with one million pamphlets and petitions to be distributed nationwide through 50 000 clergymen.
Manila report says General Young with infantry pushes toward Cabanatuan. Roads broken by floods and ravines slow supply transport. bridges destroyed and mud heavy. Insurgents have subsisted off the country. 3,000 rebels near Angeles and 2,000 at Bamban.
London reports Ladysmith remains under threat as Boer forces estimated at 17 000 press a 12 000 British line. General White holds better artillery but shorter range, with delays tied to Joubert’s column. Censorship tightens and locals flee farms toward town as two heavy Boer guns shell Dundee.
Mobile Alabama reports a blaze at Faires Bald win county about 30 miles northeast of Mobile burned two houses. Fourteen people perished including the Goodlaw family of eight and six Smithson residents. Authorities say the fires likely started by accident.
A southeast hurricane battering Santiago de Cuba caused widespread destruction with twelve houses wrecked and harbor access cut off. Jamaica reported extensive flood damage across railways and roads. In Kansas City 600 sheep perished in a stockyards fire injuring four firefighters, with losses around $90,000.
The president proclaims a national day of thanksgiving and prayer on the coming Thursday for blessings of peace, progress, and unity after pestilence and disaster. He urges all people to observe moments of rest from labor, charity for the needy, and reverence for divine aid as the United States recovers and grows stronger.
Partial text references malaria like languor and digestion issues from baking powders, mentions forDr alum and Pennsylvania authorities, a health topic. Also notes a 83-year-old filly and a trap incident, and Maryland Arundel election real estate details.
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