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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1898
Page
2
Reports from Paris and Washington discuss the Cuba evacuation, Philippine governance, and future military and naval policy. Merritt and Dewey dispute surrender rumors, while Spain seeks favorable terms. Entreaties about Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Cuban debt shape looming American strategy and public policy.
Reported yellow fever cases rise in Jackson with three white and three Black new infections. City exits continue as cases spread across Madison, Starkville, Water Valley, and other points. Government decisions on levies, constables, and farming shifts appear amid health scare.
A physician Dr. Wim Walker explains Lieut Lafferty’s illness and death during Camp Wikrot unit duties. The letter to the war investigating commission details typhoid fever followed by phlebitis and pneumonia, with Ward staff including Annie Wheeler and Nurse Murray cited for care. Lafferty’s death is noted as the sole one in three weeks, with praise for medical staff and the general hospital at Camp Wikro.
Washington notices a wider discharge range for U S major generals and generals of volunteers. The War Department says the volunteer army is largely down percent and many officers will revert to former duties. Names listed include Major Generals and Brigadier Generals with discharge dates and remaining duties noted.
US Secret Service and police reveal discovery of counterfeit $100 silver certificates produced in St Francisca. Circulation involved 3,000 Mickelpurians sent to the Klondike. notes swapped for salt dust and undetected until miners in Orthoind attempted passes. Banks refuse to handle such large denomination notes. ink and paper allegedly varied from authentic government issues.
Reports from Thin Kow describe a large fire at a treaty port on the Yangtze close to Han Kow. The blaze destroyed 1000 base and laid waste to miles of built up ground with damages estimated between five and ten million taels.
Det. 8 Joseph Murray, United States agent in-charge of the Pribilof islands, dies at his home after paralysis struck Monday. He was en route to Washington to report on island conditions. Other items note the American Board of Foreign Missions meeting closure and preparations for a Samoan field expedition led by Woodruff and Clenhorn, plus drowning of Culver Military Academy cadets Horner and Morehead at a lake.
Minneapolis special describes a violent engagement near Walker Minnesota with Gen Bacon and Maj Wilkinson leading the defense as soldiers and reporters faced heavy firing from the woods. The narrative covers injuries including Major Wilkinson’s wounding and Captain Butler’s death, plus Colonel Sheehan’s decisive flank attack that likely saved the reporters.
From New York and Havana reports a Cuban Junta warns that famine and disease surpass battles in killing. Letters describe rural starvation amid Spanish efforts to seal coast imports, while calls grow for American peace commissioners to press food relief and halt excess duties.
A telegram to President McKinley from editors and conservative sources warns of an uprising among Red Lake Case Lake Leech Lake Indians near Walker. It urges a force of at least ten soldiers to deter hostilities and protect agency officials.
In Kingston Jamaica a Maroon dispute over land led to a mass gathering of Maroons and Africans at Anotte Hay. Police arrested 12 in suspicions of instigating unrest after arrests sparked rioting, with revolvers, bottles, stones and sticks used and several officers wounded. The court case on treaty rights vs statute of limitations was postponed to October 14.
Fragmentary tale shows a grim captain ordering a stout armed volunteer to haul shells and ammunition, while a little man boasts hidden grit and a claimed edge in strength. Amid chatter of women engineers, ads, jokes, and notices, the scene blends wartime logistics with social quips.
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