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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1898
Page
2
Ex cursion group from Columbus Edinburg and Franklin became known as the Denver Club. Floral funeral offering featured a snow clad mountain with a railroad circling it. Local mentions include James Ferry treated for a neck boil and Raymond Thompson returning from Shelby Co. Olive Tuempaon plans a Shelbyville visit. Mrs Bette Way and daughter visiting Shehacine friends. Fatciner of Indianapolis visiting relative on Seventh Street.
The Daughters of Syria, a New York social group, plan to sew a national flag for a front-line regiment as Uncle Sam faces Spain. They expect to gift a banner to the Twenty second Regiment, due to national colors delays. The society, two years old, offers English classes and aims to open a women’s reading room with Syrian support only.
The New York Sun explains the term Morro used for Cuban forts. It notes Morro signifies a protruding lip or height, relates to fortress positions, and discusses mixed meanings including Moorish, wine joking, and horse collar usage.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat reports Commodore O Neill has delivered large quantities of explosive melinite to Admiral Sampson s fleet. Melinite, transported safely by omitting a key ingredient, is said to be twelve times as powerful as gunpowder and four times that of dynamite, making it the most powerful practical explosive.
The article surveys war lines from Seligman as agents for the government to Sagasta signaling Spain will not concede territorial losses. It notes a war tax plan targeting Standard Oil and the Sugar Trust, plans for Cuban governance post Spanish rule, and military governor structure. It adds technical gunnery data on Massachusetts and Vizcaya class ships and remarks on Spain’s dire finances and Bank of Spain weakness.
Dr. Dias Iraya presents a plan for US occupation of Cuba to establish a government under US jurisdiction, followed by a vote on its form. He argues troops must stay two to five years to rebuild trust, protect property, and census voters while autonomists gain influence and insurgents risk retaliation. John M. Maxwell reports in the Chicago Tribune.
A Galveston News opinion notes that war with Spain could expand American aims and justify a colonial policy. It cites Jefferson on federative policy, arguing a larger union reduces local passions and that victory brings new national responsibilities.
A physician in Ann Arbor claims cigarette smokers are likely to die in Cuba and suggests the remark aims to deter student enlistment, noting that in Cuba everyone smokes, including women.
An officer explains that the Krag Jorgensen rifle changes aiming and firing method. Bullets rise after leaving the gun and future range engagement at 500 yards may require kneeling or prone positions. The article questions whether fatalities will rise despite greater penetrating power compared to earlier rifles.
The Richmond Dispatch reports Governor Bradley of Kentucky will raise a colored infantry regiment under the second call, with similar plans in North Carolina and Missouri. It notes Virginia may accept colored troops and that five white and five colored regiments are planned among ten immunes, with regular army recruits needed.
The sea serpent this year features a steel skin and a tail adorned with a Spanish flag, as noted by the New York Tribune.
Reports from the Moana after Sydney arrivals describe Australia and New Zealand rallying to the U S war effort. In Auckland audiences demanded The Star Spangled Banner after Dewey’s naval triumph, the orchestra performing it three times as crowds cheered. United States consul Colonel Bell noted a flood of volunteer offers that he could not accept.
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