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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1899
Page
16
A garbled report details Filipino attacks on American troops near San Miguel and Balinag. It references Pio del Illay’s army, Cuban troops, and evacuations at Zamboanga Mindanao. Mentions Spanish and American military involvement, Mindanao opposition to annexation, and subscription drives for a statue in San Francisco.
Report from The Hague on international arbitration proposals discussed by delegates led by Sir Julian Pauncefote. A Russian paper proposing a permanent tribunal lacked substance, sparking crowd reactions. Americans reportedly work on an organic statute for a permanent tribunal, likely to be endorsed by British delegates if principle is accepted.
Foreign Office officials confirm a near hopeless stalemate in Alaska border talks with the United States and Canada after American demands for a slice of Alaska. London and New York dispatches note patriotic Canadian resistance and frustration over the impasse. In Rome, ex-Premier Crispi sought to explain Italy's rout in Erythrea amid a parliamentary uproar. Tornadoes threaten Nebraska towns and a Chicago-Milwaukee line roundhouse burns with losses and casualties.
Washington May 27 The cabinet devoted the session to minor matters and the civil service order. Final changes approved and the order will be ready for the president's signature once the draft is final. The cabinet praised the order which will exempt about 4 000 of 65 000 classified positions.
In a Dawson British season air report the Iowa supreme court upholds life imprisonment for Edward Murray in the Novak murder case. Judge Granger writes the majority opinion, with Waterman and Ladd dissenting. The trial ties to a store fire and controversial death, with Murray linked to a disputed corpse. Des Moines also notes six new Iowa intercollegiate records set at the Des Moines meet, Drake University leading.
Automobile left Cleveland early Monday to set a Cleveland to New York record. It reached Astor House at 6 46 yesterday afternoon, covering 70745 miles in 40 hours 4 minutes at an average 17.0 mph. One serious accident marred the trip, but the party plans a return to Cleveland. Also from Watse, a newspaper man plans to travel the Mississippi river’s full length starting at Hernando De Soto Minnesota.
Dover Nebraska May 2 Excitement over the idling of Sheriff Coleman last week by eight boys led to improvements in W M Hoxie who is recovering and expected to fully recover. Also reported are results from Thursday baseball games across the national league with scores showing Chicago over Washington and other city matchups.
In May a mining camp tightens control with saloons closed and editor arrested for printing alleged sedition. Four hundred seventy seven work permits issued as Last Chance mine restarts. Militia detains 825 rioters in a new prison while coroner probes May 1 deaths. Courtship Paris in peril as the Wind shifts and seas run high near Cornwall.
Fragments describe political shifts in New York and Ohio, a shell explosion at a maritime pyrotechnics school near Tow Lon, drownings in Arkansas, and Admiral Dewey planning a New York arrival. Reports note a van Joint Commission arrival at Apoa, and G eneral Reyes in Nicaragua wounded by ambush. McKinley weighs a Yellowstone trip, while the Bear Creek grain firm head Edward O Rourke is missing. Captain Julius Myers, 74, dies after Confederate ship Huntsville incidents near Mont Clair New Jersey.
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