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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1898
Page
2
This column surveys war heroes and veterans, naval prowess, and global trade on a sweeping stage. It recalls rebel leaders, doctors who served, and the courage of servicemen, alongside notes on wheat prices, telegraph cables, and a colossal electric searchlight at Fort Monroe.
A sweeping review notes debates in the U S Congress on Hawaiian annexation and Indian appropriations, civil and military bills, and naval moves. It reports troop landings, battles near Cuba, strategic shelling from ships, and a war loan in Massachusetts, with political conventions across states and the death of Gen Crofton.
A Mississippi report details a 296 000 loan to the state through a trustee board with conditions and warrants to be issued, alongside local notes on legal actions. The piece also recounts a Mississippi pardon, the bank tax ruling by the Supreme Court, and various military, political, and civic updates from Jackson to Gulfport, including troop movements, public notices, and local incidents.
The fourth biennial General Federation of Women's Clubs meeting opens in Broadway Theater with welcomes from Colorado Governor Alva Adams and Denver Mayor T. M. McMurray. Delegates total 534, about 25 percent above the last gathering, with 60,000 members in 593 clubs and 150,000 in 40 state federations.
A serious engagement Friday near Santings involved over 1400 American cavalry and rough riders entrenching in thickets. U.S. casualties reached 12 to 14 dead with about 50 wounded, including six women. twelve Spaniards were found dead, with the Spaniards holding battlefield advantages in numbers and positions under Gen. Young.
The report lists four troops of the First Cavalry four troops of the Tenth Cavalry and eight troops of Roosevelt’s mounted units. Officers and men were wounded with Lieut J M Thomas shot through the right leg and in critical condition. Other wounded include several privates from First Cavalry and Tenth Cavalry as listed.
A launch event in London at Blackwell yards collapsed a staging area near a Japanese cruiser under construction. Water surged into the yard as the platform gave way, leaving five men, 18 women, and children dead or recovered, while hundreds were affected. US Ambassador John Hay and Mrs Hay attended with naval attaché Lieut. Wetl.
Columbus Ohio June 23 The Republican state convention reconvened at nine this morning to establish a permanent organization. Prayer by Dr J C Wart. Apparent unity with national administration men in control. Nominees by acclamation include Secretary of State Charles Kinney Supreme Judge W T Spear Clerk of the Supreme Court Josiah I Allen and others on the board of public works W G Johnson. Platform endorses protection and reciprocity reestablished and supports enlarging the Niua canal and measures for annexation of Hawaii and aiding Spain for Cuba relief, with McKinley administration viewed favorably.
R G Dun weekly trade review reports little new business from war unsettled markets. Wheat halted decline and rose on foreign demand while exports stay heavy. Corn stable. iron industry dull in the east, busier in the west. Enormous demand for agricultural supplies and railway equipment marks a strong year. Fire kills two German workers in Philadelphia oilcloth works. Fulton man shoots his father-in-law, then dies by suicide.
A Chicago Chronicle note recalls a clergyman who preached long from a text about being weighed in the balance. After about an hour many listeners grew weary and left, prompting the minister to declare that those weighed must not pass out. He resumed the sermon, though departures had minor impact. Also mentioned: Brera te ear ae Will-Why don′t lack and a note on sleeping cars cooled by 16-inch rotary fans in B&O trains.
Mrs Lucy Goodwin writes to Mrs Pinkham detailing a four year illness and her complete recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Sanative Wash and Liver Tide. She asks the letter be published to share her cure.
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