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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1899
Page
2
A rambling Kansas column mixes letters and notes on crops and seeds, local happenings, odd names and palindromes, births, deaths, and small town incidents. It mentions sunflowers, weeds, and a brother in the Kansas country writing about planting sunflowers and other crops, plus assorted local news from Hutchinson, Topeka, and Arkansas City.
Brigadier General Lloyd Wheaton commands a mixed brigade including the Twentieth and Twenty second US Infantry, Washington and Oregon volunteers, Fourth US cavalry and Sixth Artillery. At daylight they advance on Pasig driving Filipinos from Guadaloupe church and surrounding trenches. Gunboat fire and Scott's battery support the assault as the line moves to clear the jungle and reach Pasig by mid afternoon. Casualties include 6 US wounded and about 700 rebels reported marching north for retreat.
An interview in the army beef investigation features Libby, McNeill & Libby director Kaward Ti den detailing cattle grading and canned beef production. Witnesses discuss forequarter use, price points, and government purchases, while inspectors describe condemnation rates and handling at stockyards and rendering.
Report from Manila dated March 15 describes General Wheaton's column advancing beyond Pasig toward La Puente de Hay. American troops, including the Twentieth and Twenty-second regiments with Oregon and Washington volunteers, wrest control of the Pasig river line aided by gunboats. Filipino resistance in Pateros and Taguig reported. casualties include Private Stewart and Private Munson dead.
The Missouri Senate voted 20 to 0 to apply the general anti trust law to insurance underwriters of St Louis and Kansas City. The measure ends years of immunity for insurance firms from such legislation and faced spirited opposition from industry spokesmen. The report also notes a foreclosed sale of property near Anna Park and club assets, with Gruner of the lumber trade purchasing for 33000, and a separate note that marines stationed in Peking, China, have departed.
Five sisters of the American Sacred Heart order, sent to Cuba to aid First Division hospitals, are ordered to leave by Archbishop Chapelle amid tensions with anti American elements in the church. General O Blezne and Father Craft defend their American roots and Sioux scholarship as backlash grows over Vatican sympathies.
A German man named Muller, living in the United States, was arrested on a complaint by the U S consul general. He admitted sending a letter to University of Michigan President Angell claiming he would kill President McKinley if no one else would. The man, a Civil War veteran, has periodic mental instability and was parading grievances against the U S government. The case stems from a threatening letter sent to Washington. Kipling plans brief stay then departure for England.
A New York dispatch from Havana notes Cuban politics swirl around General Gomez as the military assembly presses a dispute over his leadership. Maceo or Garcia would have rivaled Gomez, but the assembly lacks loyal following. The army remains the decisive force, while calls grow for ending military rule and U S guardianship.
After talks among Hay, the British and German envoys a three power accord outlines a plan to recognize Deo Wilhelm Solf as Apia municipal president and to maintain the current status quo on the Samoan kingship. The article notes Mataafa’s de facto kingship and Muletow’s presence aboard a British ship, with no permanent throne settlement planned yet.
A cautious, unofficial push by United States officials seeks to urge China through its Peking minister to warn the empress dowager of China’s perilous position. The goal is a public statement that U S commercial interests require no further cessions of Chinese coast territory, though such action is unlikely.
Reports from Washington indicate German central committees plan a congress in Berlin to discuss tuberculosis prevention and cure. The gathering, under the empress’s patronage, may meet in the Reichstag building with the Chancellor as honorary president.
A garbled mix of character dialogue and bold sales lines references a ship's crew and a patent medicine claim. It mentions the U S Receiving Ship Normont, a ship’s housekeeping, and a joke about marriage equity. The text blends dialog with promotional medical claims.
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