25 Aug 1898
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1898
Page
1
Two hundred soldiers arrived at Olivette on Tuesday and were taken to Boston area hospitals where health improves daily. Nurses and physicians credit rapid recovery to New England breezes beds and nourishing food. Some men already move about the yards while plans include early discharge and furloughs.
Secretary of War Alger toured Camp Wikoff at Montauk Point on August 24 arriving with an informal escort. He inspected the Second Massachusetts Volunteers, noting the thin, exhausted troops and a lack of enthusiasm among regiments as officers and men faced war weariness and red tape delays.
A rumor from Saratoga claims C. P. Huntington was shot at Pine Knot Camp on Raquette Lake. Wires were torn down in a storm and telegraph lines cut, leaving the report unverified and sparking widespread suspense among friends and financial circles.
Minnie Harrison, 26, of 322 Medford Street Charlestown, jumped from Warren Bridge into the Charles River at 12 15 am and was pulled from the water by Crawtender Thomas B Pollard. She was taken to Station 15 in City Square for drinking intoxication after a near fatal plunge.
The adjutant general announced that Lieutenant William H. Alborn of the First Cavalry died at Montauk Point from typhoid fever. He had been chosen for assignment to duty at the military academy.
Four alarms fire in New York after a large ammonia tank explodes in East Fifty fifth street. Crescent Brewery and Central Bottling Company plant catch fire, engulfing a block and forcing residents into the streets as crews rescue civilians.
In Southport Lancashire the Liberal Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland defeated Conservative Lord Skelmersdale by 272 votes after 5100 to 4828 ballots. The result marks a government setback with Curzon’s long held seat since 1892 lost amid Unionist tensions and a Home Rule debate resurging through secretary Gladstone Chamberlain's letter urging solid Liberal support.
The Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Veteran Association met at Rocky Point for its annual reunion. It passed resolutions praising Secretary of War Alger for wartime department management and arranged to send him a copy.
Mrs Harbour wife of Jefferson L Harbour assistant editor of Youths Companion Boston was thrown from her carriage and run over by a heavy vehicle this afternoon her injuries so serious that death is feared. Thursday Friday and Saturday will close the great Chemnitz manufacturers hosiery sale for gentlemen at Shuman Corner selling by the box six pairs per box at various prices.
The report notes about fifty eight soldiers in care with twenty four able to handle meals unattended. Several tents and improved drainage show hospital care is thorough. Five severely ill at Chelsea Marine Hospital and five listed as critical at Chelsea remain under treatment.
Seven hundred workers at the Audengeld and Honeybrook strippings of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company walked off the job, with others told to go home pending settlement of grievances. The strike followed the alleged discharge of two Hungarian laborers, the company claiming incompetence. Superintendent Richards warned that if workers are not at work by tomorrow, the mines will shut for the rest of the year.
Negotiations through diplomatic channels aim for Spanish cooperation in removing mines and torpedoes from Havana Harbor before the military commission gathers. The State Department sent the suggestion to the French embassy for forwarding to the Cuban authorities.
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