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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1899
Page
2
A collection of dated and varied excerpts discusses German influence in Samoa, U S Philippines policy, and observances from Mennonite pastor selection to New Jersey trust failures. It cites figures like Funston and Creelman, touches on French nursing, schooling satire, and historical trade notes such as catty tea measurements.
General Hale's brigade advances along the Quingua river toward Calumpit as part of MacArthur's division. Heavy fighting with insurgents yields 50 enemy killed. 200 natives dead counted. Hale crosses the river at dawn, aims to secure Calumpit with MacArthur’s division following. Fever and heat hinder troops. gunboats cannot ascend the river.
In Parwerro Georgia April 26 the body of Ligo Strickland a black man tied to a persimmon tree was found with ears cut off and his left finger severed. A bloodstained hate note and threats marked the scene as three times the mob dangled him before strangling him to death. An inquest at Palmetto returned death at hands unknown. A man named Albert Sewell is sought after for remarks about whites.
Secret service officers arrested Ellery P. Ingham former United States district attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Samuel B Downey deputy internal revenue collector Lancaster along with several others in a Lancaster counterfeit and bogus treasury notes and tobacco stamps plot. Arrests extend to Henry K Newitt William Jacobs William E Kendig Thomas Burns Arthur Taylor Baldwin S Bredel and others connected to the conspiracy in Lancaster and Philadelphia areas.
Federal officials in Washington warn that millions of Pennsylvania cigars seized in a counterfeit crackdown will be confiscated. The total may reach between five and ten million boxes, with no stamps allowed to salvage stocks. Internal Commissioner Wilson notes holders cannot legally retain or stamp them, and retailers may claim against manufacturers instead.
One hundred twenty sailors from the U S cruiser Raleigh were feasted in the Waldorf Astoria Astor Gallery New York last night A committee including Roswell P Flower William C Whitney William McAdoo Bradley Martin Philip Rhinelander and others organized the event The decor featured silken banners and flags and a fashionable crowd attended to entertain the sailors.
The report notes the American Steel Hoop trust with $23 million capital, bubonic plague deaths around 250000 in India, and anti Quay Republicans backing B F Jones. Descriptions include Manila talks, union labor victories in Pana Illinois, and multiple political shifts and violent incidents in the United States and abroad.
A telegram from Adjutant General Corbin reports Governor Poynter directing Lt Col Colton to become colonel of the First Nebraska to replace Col Stotesenburg killed in Sunday’s action. Washington dispatch lists killed and wounded from the regiment including Lt Col Colton’s appointment reversal and mournful messages to the troops.
General Hale's brigade and regiments with three guns moved along the Rio Grande ford fighting small rebel bands. The South Dakota regiment bore the brunt, with five dead and nine wounded, while nearly 200 rebels were reported slain. Memorial services were held for Col. John M. Stotsenburg at the university chapel. An explosion at Fleer's gum works on Four Lawbill Street caused two deaths and several injuries.
A report notes Bernard aged 18 months in Sparta Michigan stands 27 inches tall, 7 feet long and weighs 165 pounds claiming the biggest St Bernard in the state. The item also mentions various ads and assorted phrases about tonics and remedies.
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