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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1898
Page
2
The Aberdeen Herald digestes scattered items from war and science. It cites Sahara balloon plans by two French scientists and mentions American forces coping with deathless guns. Headlines touch superstition in Spain, Russian debt auctions, Cuba, Admiral Diederichs, a New York germ claim, The Chigger Waltz, Strangled on Sunday, and Britain’s stance in the war.
The Boston Traveler reports that Joseph Leadbetters is astonished to learn his 18-year-old wife is actually the wife of another man. The incident leaves him deeply affected by a single, surprising development.
The Senate passes a vote of thanks to Lieut Hobson praising his deed for the republic. The piece reflects on leadership, succession, and the danger of throne and bicycle analogies as well as remarks on Spain’s colonies, American strength, and foreign observers praising the army and navy led by Admiral Dewey's report.
A newspaper editorial praises Chinese stewards aboard the admiral's ship for heroic labor hoisting ammunition at Manila bay. It urges granting them American citizenship, arguing their sacrifice deserves recognition alongside famed generals who became presidents. It notes American hero worship and presidential rewards have favored military figures like Washington, Jackson, Taylor, Grant, and Garfield.
Anton Seid loved his dogs Wotan the St Bernard and Mime the dashhound, naming them after Wagnerian characters. He prepared for them in his will and took joy in their companionship, his two animals being his especial favorites.
A review of global events reports a furlough for a sick soldier in Camp Wikoi, Merritt's Manila duties, and Otis taking command in the Philippines. News notes insurrection in Hainan, the Norge sinking La Coquette, Cuban protocol tensions, and port collisions at Port Huron.
Reports detail Manco proposing Cuban duty regulation, Miles leading Wisconsin volunteers from Ponce, and Dewey aiming for Manila if war resumes. Shafter defends the Santiago campaign while Aguinaldo backs US authority. Russia’s famine distress worsens, Samoa tensions rise, and US Germany friction grows over Samoa. Klondike gold output pegged at about five million, Hobson named Greensboro postmaster.
John H. Lane storekeeper of the transport Minnewaska collapses and dies on his vessel in Savannah Georgia. The July earnings of 56 railroads total 24 423 488 dollars, up 650 278 from July 1897. A major business move may be a Porto Rico US cable link as one of the first post acquisition ventures.
Russian note from St. Petersburg reports Emperor Nicholas aims to reduce armaments and seeks a broad international conference. Count Muravieff submitted the proposal on August 22 to foreign diplomats, presenting peace as the ideal and inviting powers to join.
London reports a note from the Russian Empire urging general peace through international discussion. The proposal advocates reducing armaments and convening a world conference to unite states under principles of Europe and rights for lasting security. Found His Long Lost Daughter in Hot Springs Arkansas. A. Hughes, a New York broker, discovers his daughter, lost for 20 years, while staying at the Arlington hotel dining hall.
A Louisville & Nashville troop train derailed near Birmingham killing a private and a sergeant from Company G and injuring several enlisted men. The unit, the Ninth New York, was en route from Ferny to Huntsville when the locomotive and tender jumped a curve, derailing five cars and tumbling five hundred yards into a steep embankment. Emergency teams tended to the injured at the scene and in nearby infirmaries.
Wanda Von Speno Bodenbach, reported as a niece of the queen regent and heir to a fortune, died in New York of heart disease. Baron P. de Lange said the 18 year old, recently starved and in distress after fleeing with a socialite lover, could not endure the encounter with an old friend, causing his breakdown.
Ex Governor Claud Ingale died at his Harrry homestead this morning after his illness. Family friends and three physicians witnessed his passing in prayer as Mrs Matthews expressed his faith in Jesus. The dying man spoke once, saying yes, before lapsing into a coma.
Efforts to equip a Chickamauga hospital train for sick Pennsylvanians accelerated in Cincinnati. Governor Hast to Pittsburgh in 80 minutes oversaw transport, coordinating with Red Cross staff as 211 Pennsylvanians and other soldiers arrived. At Chickamauga, ill cases were mapped for transfer amid protests over muster rolls and diets. Poisoning reports at Morse Hill illness prompt doctors to act.
Washington reports General George M. Stern of the army asked Secretary for a general investigation. Alger said tonight the request has been referred to the department for action to determine whether Stern asked or intended to seek a general inquiry.
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