08 Mar 1899
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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1899
Page
1
Manila reports March 8 at 3 pm describes Jungles near the Pasig River cleared of rebels. Temperature 87 at 4 pm. air cloudy and troops unsettled by heat. Troops less prostrated, fewer open-field exposures today, rebels seldom appear in open except early morning and evening.
Cablegram from General Otis lists March 6 casualties near San Pedro Makati. Washington units report wounded Corporal Frank Johnson and Privates Frank TL Rose Steedman Russell and others. Second Oregon and Nebraska units log injuries including severed abdomen and crushed foot. March 7 near San Pedro Makati lists killed Private A Lovejoy in First Washington Company C.
A Manila to Herald dispatch reports American forces under Maj. Grant shelling the enemy from the Laguna de Bay and advancing with the Twentieth Infantry First Nebraska and First Wyoming driving insurgents toward the Pasig river. Casualties include Capt J D O'Brien wounded and Maj Shell lightly hurt. Insurgent losses described as severe with renewed efforts to threaten Manila waterworks.
Dr John Raffel, president of Apia's municipal council, arrived in San Francisco aboard the Alameda. He said Samoa's Mataafa government was provisional with wide native and foreign support and recognized by the three treaty powers. He added the German consul balked at enforcing a supreme court decision he felt opposed Samoan customs.
The article discusses the Samoan provisional government resisting recognition of a court and the Mataafa faction. It cites Home Government instructions, treasury and executive roles of council leaders, and fears that recognizing the Malletoa government could drive Mataafa partisans into the bush and destabilize Apia.
Victoria March report details the central China insurrection where rebels and imperial troops clashed on January 28, yielding heavy casualties. Rebels captured Kuyang Meng-Sheng Shachou and Kauchon, massacres followed, a garrison commandant was butchered, and widespread famine fears rose as harvests were abandoned.
Chicago March reports show a large surge in homeseekers excurion traffic to the western territory. About 356 full tickets and many half fare tickets were sold as families joined the westward movement aided by uniform rates across lines. Major lines and routes are listed with counts and the westward excurison marks the first venture from the region to coast points, with another excursion planned for March 21.
Princess Kaiulani, daughter of Liliuokalani, is on her death bed in Honolulu after leaving for San Francisco. Doctors cite heart rheuma as the cause as her condition worsens within a day. Kaiulani was named heir apparent to the Hawaiian throne after Queen Liliuokalani’s death, now living with her Scotch-Canadian father in Honolulu.
Ottawa plans a new telegraph route from Lake Bennett to Dawson City with survey work northward from Quesnel to connect to the Dawson line. The government will hold the line in its possession, deeming it essential for national safety and too valuable to be deeded away.
A Washington dispatch cites Count Cassini describing Russia’s open door policy and a shared commercial outlook with the United States. It notes Russia’s aim to extend Siberian rail links, promote European trade via China, and welcomes closer US ties while warning against US provocation.
Reports from Honolulu note the United States cruiser Philadelphia sailed from its port for Samoa on February 8. The collier Standish is having her hulls repaired and loading coal to proceed to Samoa as soon as possible. An artesian well on the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company plantation has yielded about 40,000,000 gallons daily for irrigation and cultivation.
A Buenos Aires dispatch quotes Argentinian and Chilean commissioners failing to settle Punta de Atacama questions. Chileans want to divide the territory while Argentina claims the whole area, which Bolivia once surrendered to Argentina. The question remains unresolved.
The article discusses a boundary dispute judged by a United States Minister with Queen Victoria's boundaries referenced. A Chilean pinion is noted in opposition to a joint understanding. It reports heavy rainfall destroying a large share of Argentine wheat crops and most grain being sheltered.
Sir Claud Mebont, British minister, warned the Tyl nese foreign office that any attempt to repudiate the railway contract will be deemed a breach of faith and meriting retributive measures. He cited Lord Salisbury's assurance of support for China if another power sought to press repudiation.
The Italian minister reports that China’s response to Italy’s demand for a coating station at San Mun Bay is not insulting. Diplomatic relations between Italy and China are likely to endure. Russia has reiterated a protest against a British railroad loan, aiming to use the contract as leverage for compensation, territorial or otherwise.
Hayward elected United States senator to succeed William V. Allen with solid Republican support and one absent. Allen claimed 58 votes from fusion forces. In other items, unrest near Leveh Lake Indian Reservation grows as annual pay is spent, agents fear attacks, and marshals retreat from liquor dealings during pay days. Katie Thompking arraigned for shooting at a dance, injuring Della Smith and Howard Galloway, with suspect captured and held.
A burglar entered the Mapleton home of Mrs Abigail Kin berlin while she was alone on the night of February 22 and held a cocked revolver to her temple, forcing her to move about as he searched the premises. Officer Ben Wheeler and John Kelly of Trenton Darton are among those arrested in unrelated incidents.
A fragmented report notes the sivaner Alameda arriving from Austria via amon and Hontula to Api. Under the provisional government led by Matutia, the departure and movement imply shifting sentiment among natives toward Paris as major powers decide who will be king.
Telegraphic briefs report a wage advance at Whitingville cotton mill and the Linwood and Saundersville cotton mill affecting about 2 000 operatives. Other items note steel billets at 24 per ton in Pittsburg, and various voting figures for March 8 in Washington. The Twelfth New York infantry is to be mustered out and ordered home from Matangzaa.
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