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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1898
Page
1
Complete list of legislative candidates including post office addresses and party designations such as Republican fusion and holdover status. Includes Senate nominees and contested seats with affiliations noted, reflecting the era’s political alignments and ticket lines.
In Hib, Eva Woodsen Paris was shot and killed by John Steenerson a young Swede arriving from the county authorities report the instant death. A motive remains unclear as detectives pursue lines of inquiry regarding payback and jealousy.
The occupation of Porto Rico is completed with a noon flag raising in San Juan. General Henry and the alcade attended, American troops and ships paraded, and crowds cheered as the Stars and Stripes was raised marking the ending of Spanish rule. Evacuation officials completed their task and will report to Washington Thursday.
In Ponce Porto Rico Oct 20 enthusiastic crowds welcomed the formal surrender of the island to the United States General Henry addressed the gathering declaring the flag of the United States now floats over the island and unity prosperity and protection follow The Alcalde spoke of a new era under the American republic and Porto Rico joining the nation by choice not force hoping for prosperity and progress with the union
Oct 20 Watersatoy reports the United States has taken possession of Puerto Rico. Washington confirms troops raise flags on public buildings and salute in the wake of occupation. Brooke, chairman, notes completion of devication and armistice context.
Washington Oct 20 The government industrial commission met in the Capitol and adjourned to Nov 15 to resume active work. Senator Kyle was elected chairman with ex-Representative Phillips as first vice chairman and Rep Gardiner as second vice chair. The secretaryship election was deferred to November and headquarters were set at the Bliss building.
In Jacksonville on October 20 the war investigation commission held three sessions. The first two covered Seventh Army Corps general staff officers while night sessions heard testimony from officers and men of the Second South Carolina regiment. Officers examined included the surgeon chief, quartermaster, commissary, and department chiefs, with detailed departmental information disclosed.
The Chicago peace jubilee opened with eight thousand in the Auditorium building. Notables including Archbishop Ireland Judge Emory Speer General Miles and Mayor Harrison attended. Speer spoke after Peck introduced him. Several afternoon meetings across the city featured Beveridge Northrop Duffield and Booker T. Washington among others. A separate cascade of events honored educators and soldiers. Dining and social events followed the day’s ceremonies.
Paris dispatch reports American commissioners have definitively declined to assume the Cuban debt or any portion of it. They also refused a treaty or contract cession of sovereignty, arguing such a move would force Spain to bear the debt burden.
In Paris on October 20 La Liberte reports U S commissioners will not negotiate or concede terms, acting only as mandatories to carry out exact orders. Spain’s failure to obtain arbitration is seen as inevitable, with threats of naval demonstration if terms are rejected, as Madrid concedes to war pressures.
In Paris on October 20 General Horace Porter hosted a banquet for American and Spanish peace commissioners. The event featured an elaborately decorated dining room and the two commissions sat together, a notable departure from prior expectations reported by the London Times Paris correspondent. Cabinet meeting in Mann did not occur as Senor Bagasta prepared a long dispatch to Senor Montero Rios, with news from Porto Rico suggesting officials hope to naturalize as Americans.
The Union Veterans of Iowa held a two day state convention in October with about 100 delegates. J B Morgan of Davenport praised Governor Shaw for securing General J Ruch Lincoln's brigadier general appointment, arguing he was a Confederate veteran. The address sparked lively discussion but the convention nearly endorsed it.
Washington October 20 Adjutant General Corbin reports Major General Brooke dispatch detailing the order of volunteer troops leaving Porto Rico for the United States The sequence includes Sixth Massachusetts Third Wisconsin Lancaster artillery Third Illinois Fourth Ohio with cavalry First Kentucky volunteers and First volunteer engineer regiment to follow as arrivals occur Also mentions a Chinese emperor visit by a physician from the French legation for a medical exam dated October 20.
The German Emperor William II and Empress Auguste Victoria visited Constantinople on October 20. The Hohenzollern anchored near Dolmabahce as the sultan greeted them with a formal landing. Salutes rang from warships and batteries while the sultan presented a magnificent sword and a priceless diamond necklace to the emperor and empress. Police Detective Commissioner Witmer was dispatched for protection.
Terrific weather continues along the south and east coasts of Great Britain interrupting the Dover Culair service. Lifeboats and rocket apparatus are heavily used. A Norwegian vessel was wrecked near Leith with casualties. Leith breakwater and pier washed away. West Firth of Forth area reports seven foreign colliers wrecked.
The transport Michigan reaches New York from Santiago with General Layton and a large staff aboard. It carries the bodies of Brigadier General Wile, killed at San Juan, and Captain M A Wetherill of the Sixth United States Infantry, killed in the assault of Santiago.
A report notes certificates related to Governor Tanner obtained by a Chicago Video Coal representative. The certificates suggest potential injunction proceedings to challenge Tanner for alleged interference with the operation of negro mines.
A heavy early snowstorm swept the state section over 24 hours, dropping nearly 10 inches. Stockmen warn continued snowfall and coming cold could severely affect unprotected range cattle if the storm persists and turns colder.
In Havana on October 20 a three hour conference among General Wade General Butler and Admiral Sampson discussed five Spanish evacuation notes. Spain claims evacuation dates are impossible and retains sovereignty until peace treaty in Paris. Admiral Sampson asserts December 1 as the end date for Spanish authority in Cuba. Commission visits Playa Marina to inspect troop landing facilities and hosts luncheon with Cuban General Menocal. Estimated city cleanup and drainage costs run to about 11 million dollars. Jamaica-bound enslaved Africans face transit friction as the schooner Golden Rod brings 63 negroes. British consul Mason protests Wood policy while awaiting Jamaica landings. Five-inch guns and a pair of rapid-fire guns arrive from the former Terror.
New York Oct 3 Miss Robina Walworth aged is dead after five weeks of typhoid fever contracted at Camp Wilco. Her mother Mrs Ella Hardee Walworth serves as directress general of the Woman's National War Relief association. A Vaseur graduate she left teaching to a nursing course when war began. She served at Montauk Point caring for sick and wounded soldiers until her health failed.
The San Juan correspondent reports the remodeling of currency and banking systems as a serious Porto Rican issue. The attempt to set an exchange rate of two Porto Rican dollars to one American dollar failed, and a shift from silver to U S currency could hinder production and provoke unrest across industries. Also, Minneapolis police recover $61,000 in stolen government bonds hidden in a plow, linking to Hardwood Manufacturing theft two weeks prior.
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