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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1899
Page
2
The article argues against surgical cure for cancer and blood diseases, stating that such operations are futile and harmful. It contends the disease is in the blood, not removable by cutting, and that surgery often hastens death rather than heals.
The transfer of Cuba from Spain to the United States is completed with the hoisting of the American flag over the palace and forts. Generals Brooke Wade and Castellanos witness the ceremony as 21 guns salute and crowds cheer while Spain departs, marking a pivotal shift in Caribbean control and signaling a period of American administration.
New York December report notes record exports and gold gains. Exports near 1.28 billion and gold imports about 140 million. Cotton, breadstuffs, and iron goods drive gains amid high prices and industrial progress. Failures in 1898 total 11,438 with liabilities around 141 million, down from 1897.
Henry Clay Montgomery a grain dealer and reading businessman at Deogtury HI and former Macon county treasurer killed himself in his Great Northern hotel room between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. Financial woes from his Decatur grain business were blamed for the act. Judge Hamilton Ward of the New York Supreme Court died Wednesday at age 70. He served in the Thirty-ninth Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses and was attorney general of New York in 1879.
A dated dispatch from Iloilo on Panay Island reports a grave crisis as fifteen hundred armed natives gather in Melo and seventeen thousand more are said to await orders to disembark around Negros. Rebels mass, women flee, and Americans shelter as Gen Miller refuses delay and prepares to land forces. Gunboat Hl Cano appears with the Spanish flag amid tense streets and riverfront buildings filled with rebels.
Chicago reports that state legislatures across the Midwest will convene soon, with focus shifting from Senate contests to reform in taxation, revenue, and state governance. Governors and lawmakers target fair tax assessments, economical spending, and anti extravagance drives, with Michigan’s Pingree reforms, Indiana county and township cuts, and Wisconsin anti pass moves highlighted. Nebraska and South Dakota also pursue revenue and liquor law enforcement respectively.
Public funeral services were held in Washington for Don Matias Romero, Mexico’s ambassador to the United States, who died Friday morning. President McKinley and Vice President Hobart attended, with cabinet members and diplomats present. The body was later moved to Mount Olivet cemetery for temporary vault placement before removal to Mexico.
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