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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1898
Page
2
Kansas notes report ten year dairy data with butter and cheese production gains. It cites total state dairy value of 6,049,552 dollars, a 15 percent rise, and lists yearly butter cheese and milk sold values for a decade. Also includes various local items and biographical notes from Fort Scott and Topeka asides.
A Reglafer Gazette piece recalls Civil War era women’s heroism in nursing and tending wounded. It profiles Mrs. James Houseweart of Byron Illinois who credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health during a critical period. The column wanders through topics on arcane science, American guns in Britain, and local rail hub plans in St. Louis before shifting to moral anecdotes and ad blurbs.
News from Honolulu reports a Carolines revolt against Spain. Native kings unite after truces to attack Ponape where Spanish defenders withdrew to barracks. gunboat Quiros failed to aid and vanished. James Wilder confirms rising discontent and local republics within three archipelago groups.
A massive blaze in New Westminster British Columbia destroyed the central business district after a wind driven start from a steamer spark. Ten streets burned in three hours wiping out banks churches hotels and most merchants with losses estimated around 2.5 million dollars and insured for 1.5 million.
News from Porto Cortez reports serious rioting in Guatemala during recent elections with about 300 killed or wounded. A trading schooner brought details via Port Barrios, notes censorship kept facts from cables. Colonel James A. Sexton, new G A R commander, accepts President McKinley’s call to assist in war department investigation and returns home.
A Philadelphia grocery cellar at 1444 South Street exploded after forty gallons of gasoline ignited. Four bodies were recovered by 10 pm and a soldier among the dead is identified. adjoining buildings collapsed in the blast. News from elsewhere notes a Kansas City soldier dying after a cable car fall and an extradition hearing for Mrs Botkin set in San Francisco next Tuesday.
Judge Thomas M. Cooley noted jurist and constitutional lawyer died at his Michigan home. He had recently returned from a sanitarium after treatment for mental weakness and slipped into coma in recent weeks. His passing ends a long career with public service and legal influence.
European journals urged international action against anarchists in the wake of high profile assassinations. They recall the murders of M. Carnot and Senor Canovas de Castillo and describe widespread shock across capitals. Messages of condolence from King Humbert and the pope reflect shared concern as Europe braces for heightened security and public fear.
A War Department official said General Lee's Seventh Corps will likely be sent to Havana within three weeks. Spanish troops may stay until November, but Blanco and his men wish to return to Spain, leaving limited chance for delay. The rainy season ends soon. by arrival the climate's danger should lessen for the veterans stationed in Jacksonville.
The draft instructions prepared for Paris treaty talks direct peace commissioners to demand Luzon from Spain with guarantees on governance and non‑alienation, while leaving other islands to Spain under a civilized government. The plan aims for a quick settlement by late fall.
Dispatch from Manila reports Spanish gunboats repelling an insurgent flotilla at Vigayas. Five insurgent vessels were sunk. hundreds of insurgents believed dead. Also noted is news of a U S political shuffle with Senator Hoar possible as ambassador to London and Navy Secretary Long pivotal to administration plans.
The War Department weighs a three department layout for Cuba with Havanna Santa Clara and Santiago as hubs under Major Generals Fitzhugh Lee James H Wilson and Lawton. Troop movements include regulars likely to Cuba and Porto Rico with Montauk transfers and a Schwan board to select southern site camps. The Seventh Corps under Fitzhugh Lee may accompany regulars. garrison goals target 40,000 to 41,000 men in Cuba and 12,000 in Porto Rico.
Sent from Havana by a Cuban revolutionary government representative Palma receives a dramatic letter detailing two fires and the collapse of civil services. It reports chaos in Havana with public offices nearly abandoned, workers displaced, and the army seizing horses to satisfy Spanish demands.
Santiago Sept. 14. An amending report to General Lawton says insurgent commander Maxi mo Gomez has offered his resignation as chief of the Cuban army to the Cuban government at Camaguey and it has been accepted. Gomez protests Cuban courts yielding control to the United States and cites disapproval of passive submission to conditions risking the Cuban republic.
In an official note from Constantinople dated Sept 14, the United States refused to accept Turkey's repudiation of responsibility for American losses during the Armenian troubles. The stance preserves U.S. accountability amid regional tensions. In Missouri five hundred women gathered in St. Joseph to support Fourth regiment volunteers seeking mustering out. Chicago moves to an entirely new city government form via a nine member commission as preparation for consolidating city town and county. Jerome Arizona reports fifteen missing as a fire devastates the town with substantial losses and ongoing rebuilding efforts.
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