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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1898
Page
6
A brief public notice from Corydon Indiana referencing publishers Thomas and Ellis. Limited readable text mentions a publisher pair and location, with no clear event or date. Further details unavailable in the OCR fragment.
A string of clashes in Havana sees a Spanish battalion arresting a Cuban officer and slapping him, sparking street fights in which Cubans suffer. a later night raid by a Spanish lieutenant and twenty soldiers prompts police defiance and a near-murder, with Col. Delgado preventing bloodshed and Gen. Arolas ordering officers to strip Cuban decorations or lethal resistance.
The New York Herald reports organized opposition by hundreds of thousands of women to Brigham H. Roberts taking his seat in the Fifty-sixth Congress over polygamy and Mormon doctrine. The movement begins with the Presbyterian Woman's Board of Home Missions meeting December 20.
Major General Wheeler likely ends active service after discussions at the War Department with Secretary Alger and Adjutant General Corbin. He will be relieved from active duty unless war recurs, remaining on the volunteer army list until peace is declared. He can continue duties as a member of the House during this session.
A reception is being prepared by Cubans in Pinar Del Rio for American troops expected to arrive soon. Casilda dispatch reports 700 American troops landed Tuesday and were enthusiastically received. they have taken possession of Trinidad.
War Department advises reveal dire Havana sanitation with rising death rates and shocking slums, warning of danger to U.S. troops to be landed soon.
General Rie wodidos and Dr. Leidzilan, officials of the Filipino junta, have set out for Washington under instructions to clear misapprehensions, reduce suspicions, and foster the friendliest relations with the U S government and people.
At Columbus Ohio Oscar Gardner was acquitted by a jury of prize fighting. On April 7 he fought George Stout whose head struck the floor during the glove contest leading to Stout's death.
Judge Day announced that all negotiable points were settled and only engrossing remained. Spain refused to cede a coal station in the Caroline Islands to the United States, affecting the final terms.
The Agricultural Department investigates convict labor as a means to improve roads and end competition between prison and free labor. The effort aims to determine feasibility and potential economic effects of using inmate work for public road projects.
Hranih Jackley of Frankton Indiana went stone blind after a paroxysm of coughing rupturing a blood vessel in the optic nerves. Recovery is not expected. Secretary Long wrote to Captain Whiting of the monitor Monadek conveying high Navy commendation for the officers and crew for safely taking the vessel across the Pacific to Dewey.
Robbers entered the Bank of Antioch, blew the safe, and escaped with 375000. Authorities believe the thief known as Lave fled on a hand car toward Chicago.
The message reviews wartime actions against Spain, Cuban autonomy efforts, the Maine disaster, and the April 1898 war declaration. It details preparations, battles from Manila to Santiago, the capitulation of Havana, Porto Rico occupation, and the peace protocol, plus foreign affairs and Central American matters.
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