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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1898
Page
10
President McKinley proclaims suspension of hostilities with Spain and orders immediate ceasefire. Commands to generals Miles Merritt Shafter and naval leaders Dewey Sampson include lifting blockades and evacuations as protocol details are shared with Madrid and Havana.
Washington reports that the War Department instructed Maj. Gen. Lawton to enforce the United States occupation in Santiago de Cuba. Insurgents encamped near the city must respect military authority, cease hostilities, and obey U S laws and officials. The president, via Adjutant General H C Corbin, reaffirmed U S responsibility to maintain order and protect persons and property.
Staunton Illinois August 17 State Senator W H Wall was shot and killed in his field after a quarrel over a horse. Otto Mattias who boards with the Schadlichs fled. Mrs Schadlich was arrested. Wall was a longtime Democrat and senior member of Wall and Panhorst banking firm.
A Gary Indiana cyclone and hail destroyed farms and buildings killing eight in Mortz Siding near Gary and injuring others. The storm wrecked the Northwestern railroad, uprooted telegraph lines, and ruined crops including wheat. In Hawkins county Tennessee a severe cloudburst is now thought to have killed up to 32 people with heavy crop damage. Additional storms hit Wisconsin Michigan with damage to barns, tobacco fields, and fruit orchards totaling thousands in losses.
War department outlines tariff rates for Cuban port possessions under U S control. Lawton leads the new military department of Santiago. Peace protocol signed with Spain, and leaders including Schley Sampson and Dewey announced for promotions and command changes. Military movements and fever precautions noted as hostilities cease. Roosevelt and Rough Riders arrive in New York as Montauk Point camps are prepared and isolation refined. Commissions set to adjust evacuation of Cuba and Puerto Rico with key generals and admirals named.
Hong Kong dispatches report Manila captured by combined land and naval forces after heavy bombardment. Seven thousand prisoners taken, 12 000 rifles seized, American losses eight killed and fifty wounded. Dewey Merritt and Augusti feature in the action with Spanish losses described as greater.
Col Isaac B Tichenor died at his Washington home aged 69. Charles H Meyer German consul in Philadelphia died of apoplexy aged 72. Coal deposits found 40 miles from Sitka Alaska. Fresno fire destroyed property valued at 500000 and killed four. Gen Fitzhugh Lee to enter Virginia senatorial race. Mrs Delilah Cromwell oldest Nebraska woman died at Table Rock aged 120. J Frank Lee largest man in Michigan died Bangor weight 452 pounds. Two young women suicide by jumping from ferry in Philadelphia. John Searles wealthy farmer murdered wife then killed himself near Peru Illinois. Yellow fever cases at Key West barracks. New York democratic state committee set Syracuse Sept 2 convention. Samuel S Barney nominated by Wisconsin Fifth district Republicans. 14th annual Society of American Florists meeting in Omaha. Theobald Otsen renominated in Fourth Wisconsin. National Wholesale Liquor Dealers association meets in Detroit. George Ennett killed sister Anna then suicide in Rockford Illinois. New York board of aldermen tabled sweeping penalty ordinance. Kynoch Birmingham order for 10000000 military cartridges to U S. R W Colson found dead on graves of his ten children at Bellefontaine cemetery. suicide. Mrs Womert widow of Emanuel Womert killed by burglars then suicide. New York aldermen urged government to establish a national cemetery for Spanish War dead.
In San Francisco Patrick J. Corbett shot and killed his wife and then shot himself as dawn broke on Tuesday. Family and friends say temporary insanity may have driven the tragedy involving James J. Corbett's father amid a grim domestic incident.
Des Moines IA August 12 figures from the state auditor show a nine million dollar cut in the total Iowa assessment with personality assessment down seven and a half million. The new total assessment stands at five hundred forty four million one hundred thousand.
Detroit August 15 Col John Atkinson prominent Irish-American of the city died suddenly from neuralgia of the heart on Sunday He was a leading political supporter of Gov Pingree and a legislator from Detroit whose work aided the administration.
The Adjutant General reports Private Alexander La Duke of Company I, Second Wisconsin Volunteers, was convicted by court martial for killing Private Thomas Stafford of the Thirteenth Infantry. He received life imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth and awaits transport in Ponce Puerto Rico. The March 4 shot account was erroneous.
During a ball game at the old settlers reunion in Cissna Park a portion of the grand stand collapsed. Spectators were injured including Ernest Cunningham of Danville and Mrs Ira Kirtley of Hoopeston who both suffered broken limbs. about six others were severely bruised.
The lord mayor Rt. Hon. Horatio David Davies cancels his planned American tour indefinitely due to his wife’s illness.
Washington reports Albert C. Wright of Madison Wisconsin named supervisor of Indian schools replacing James J. Spener of Washington. Wright assumes duties immediately and will oversee policy and administration of federally funded schools.
Fort Worth Texas reports the first large export of flour to Cuba. A Tuesday shipment via Galveston carried 1,000 barrels from the city, signaling a new trade flow for the port.
Washington reports that on August 17 the president offered Senator Allison of Iowa a seat on the peace commission. Allison declined the offer stating he could not accept the honor.
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