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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1898
Page
2
A collage of wry aphorisms and editorials touching on love, loyalty, and public life. It mocks marital roles, political figures like Senator Quay and Louis Philippe, and compares American and European manners while noting Greece and the Mediterranean steamship issue.
Nov 15 The Spanish commissioners delay memorandum and demand a Wednesday meeting, signaling a final stand in peace talks. They warn they will not sign a treaty yielding the Philippine islands without substantial Spanish debt relief. The American proposal aims to purchase the Philippines, with Spain to concede sovereignty limits.
Elwood Indiana November 13 Elwood newspapers suspend publication pending a wage scale dispute. Publishers say the new scale is exorbitant and refuse to agree, prompting a halt in printing and distribution until settlement.
Thomas Moors, seven, of B J Moors and a member of Company Second regiment Missouri volunteers, died last night after rabies exposure from a dog bite two weeks earlier. He barked and convulsed, attacked attendants, and could not be saved by physicians.
Washington report by Brigadier General Charles P. Eagan details a large subsistence surplus totaling 96,008,715 with 20,222,689 on hand. He recalls the May to June 1899 Tampa and Santiago campaign logistics, describes a crippling freight blockade and the decisive unloading orders that allowed 16,390 troops to receive four months of rations. He notes stores were kept beyond immediate needs and aided both Spanish-American forces and destitute Santiago residents. Official returns on certain disposals and transport provisioning remain unavailable.
Spanish troops in Puerto Principe and Nuevitas area mutinied demanding back pay before sailing for Spain. About 7,100 soldiers assembled at the palace, General Emile March ordered disbandment, clashes ensued, then orders to pay were promised. The Alava left with 140,000 to cover dues. naval vessels moved to Neuvitas and Quibara to compel embarkation if needed.
Governor Adams reports a telegram from Adjutant General Corbin stating that volunteer regiments serving in the Philippines will be recalled as replacements arrive to take their places. A race riot topic surfaces with plans for meetings in Cooper Union and other cities to discuss the situation.
At the Century theater in St Louis Francisco Colleng stabbed the prima donna Nedda Morrison with a dagger during the finale. Blood spurted on the left forearm she fainted and the curtain fell. Morrison to hotel. wound not serious. About 3,000 workers in Shooworkon Gas Strike. Joint-executive council ordered 2,600 employees to quit seven factories. Firms affected include H Howe company, Hutchingsy, and J A Bye Co.
November 10 report from Loilay details General Breckinridge inspector general of the U S Army testifying before the war investigations committee. He judged the Santiago campaign as expected given Shafter’s limitations, suggested Miles might have led to better results, and discussed troop disembarkation planning and ground actions near San Juan and Cuba. He noted the plan existed, praised some zeal, and criticized Shafter’s overall conduct while avoiding sensational detail. He cited Lord Beresford quotes and emphasized the war’s context and divine supervision, with a cautious stance on specific commands.
Chairman Dingley states tariff revision is unlikely for the coming session. He cites ongoing war taxes to fund military needs and a likely yearlong continuation of wartime revenue measures. Military administration should continue a year to restore order and evaluate wiser legislation.
General Miles denied any omission in his May order to send all available army troops to Cuba if such an order existed. He told reporters he has no comment and would support publication if the order exists, insisting his record on sending troops to relief districts is well known.
The W. G. T. U. national convention voted 287 the 71 to abandon the temple project as an affiliated interest. Five hours of animated debate preceded the decision with opposition calling it repudiation of moral obligation while most leaders opposed them and carried their point.
An express passenger train from Montreal to Toronto crashed into a freight train after an open switch at the Diamond crossing, two miles from Trenton Ontario. Eight people were killed or fatally injured in the nighttime collision aboard the Grand Trunk Railway lines.
E W Stephens proprietor of the Columbia Herald has purchased the late Henry W Ewing’s interest in Tribune Printing. He plans to reorganize the company and assume control immediately, continuing publication of the Herald and operating the Columbia printing establishment.
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B H Macke or H B Eckam arrested as Eckam alias Macke pursued from Gallup New Mexico to Albuquerque. He allegedly used funds from Indian trusts and banks to finance Indian payments and ran a trading post in a reservation near Topske. A U S ta says he will be brought to Kansas for trial. A hotel cashier Miss Lizzie McGrath helped locate him.
A cryptic item lists prizes for buyers of Diamond CG Soap at the Cudahy Packing Co in Omaha Nebraska. The fragmentary text questions why romance or clairvoyance is not instantly felt on first sight, suggesting a curious juxtaposition of gifts and emotions. The wording hints at advertising era diction and local commercial detail.
General Merritt to command at Governor's Island resuming the Department of the Past upon return from Europe. General Shafter to assume duties if needed. both officers seek active field service if possible. Shafter reaches 64 in October 1692 and will retire. Merritt cannot advance in rank before Miles retires in five years.
The court of cassation has ordered that Alfred Dreyfus be informed by telegraph that revision proceedings have begun and that he should prepare his defense. A cable from the ministry reports Dreyfus is in good health. This marks a shift in practice for the Dreyfus case.
Victonaia B C reports Dawson suffered a nine million five hundred thousand fire disaster October 14 starting in Green Tree saloon after a quarrel between two women. Forty buildings burned including the new post office. arson and lamp-throwing blamed amid tense aftermath in Third Avenue.
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