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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1898
Page
4
Montauk Point near Long Island City hosts a camp of Cuban army volunteers under Maj Gen Seo M Young. Attorneys for the Montauk tribe claim land ownership and protest government possession, while Corbin orders 19 volunteer outfits mustered out, signaling a rapid drawdown and potential regular army growth to 100000 for overseas duties.
The Chicago Tribune prints figures showing 350 officers and men killed in battle or died of wounds, with 1,284 dead in camps, transports, or at home after contracting disease. Camp tallies and causes such as typhoid fever and dysentery are listed, plus state rankings and troop movements. Ensign William V Powelson, Maine survivor, marries in a Philadelphia hospital to Miss Margaret O Miner of Wyoming Ohio.
General Shafter arrived at Camp Wilkie Montauk aboard the City of Mexico with his staff. General Wheeler ordered a salute and troops to receive him while the reception at shore was modest with only General Young greeting the commander.
The Vesuvius arrives in New York from Cuban waters as an order bans visitors at Brooklyn navy yard. General Blanco pushes to quell anti American sentiment in Cuba while insurgents in Pinar del Rio welcome peace tidings. Lieutenant Wobson is promoted to naval constructor without exam. Spanish leaders face discontent with ten Polavieja cited as potential dictator. Manila army officers are promoted for the capture of the city. American soldiers' graves at Santiago are being located for repatriation. For the first time a woman serves in the U.S. army.
The report notes Dr. Abita McGee sworn into service and Spanish prisoners cheering at Portsmouth. A transport to New York unloads coal and ships reach Montauk with hundreds of passengers including 2048 Spanish evacuees, officers, women, and children arriving safely in Santander after a sea voyage.
The War Department reports August expenditures for all army purposes at about 33 million dollars. Outlays for September are expected near this level, with a slower decline not likely until December. Muster-out of the first 100,000 volunteers cannot begin before October, after which monthly expenses should fall by at least 10 million dollars.
Fire broke out in coal bunkers aboard the hospital ship Catania during a Santiago to Montauk voyage with hundreds of sick soldiers aboard. Engineers detected the blaze in time and, through quick action, the danger was averted on the perilous trip.
Lieut. Col. Henry of the French army killed himself in Paris after admitting he forged a letter used to convict Captain Dreyfus of treason. He confessed to perjury and said the letter revealed government secrets, undermining the Zola trial. The incident prompts questions about other officers' involvement and a possible new inquiry.
A mob of about 2000 shoremen, largely black, gathered at Mallory wharf in Galveston after a delay in labor supply. Police fired after Mayor Fly urged restraint. five shot fell, mob scattered, Governor Culberson sought federal riot support from President McKinley.
A report from a special committee of the supreme lodge Knights of Pythias exonerates the supreme officers from charges of extravagance and mismanagement. The committee finds they conducted lodge business honestly for the order's interest. Detroit is named as the 1900 encampment site.
The article notes Bob Armstrong and Joe Goddard will clash soon in Philadelphia arena, promising a lively bout. It also mentions Juanes J. Corbett receiving condolence telegrams, including one from John L. Sullivan.
The Chicago Times Herald profiles A Schiffeneder of 101 Sedgwick Street Chicago as a Civil War hero born in Austria who enlisted in 1862 with the Twenty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers. He fought in the Shenandoah Valley and Gettysburg where he was wounded, endured captivity, and later served with Sherman to the sea before health declines and a reported relief from Dr Williams' Pills.
A report from a Humane Society meeting quotes Harry Wheaton Howard on horse care in Berlin Paris London. He says Berlin treats horses worst, London best, noting public cabs in Berlin with up to 18 000 numbered vehicles, wet streets and frequent whippings. In London horses are well groomed with no whipping though tails may be docked and manes cut.
In Pelham New York the smallest village held a militiature election with all pine voters casting nine ballots. The court voted six to three in favor of a $15 000 appropriation for road improvements. The voting took minutes to complete. The issue appeared alongside a feature on naval life in AINSLEE'S September issue.
An ad claims Lane's Family Medicine moves the bowels daily as essential for health. It purports gentle action on liver and kidneys, cures sick headaches, and lists a price of 25 and Je. Includes a testimonial from Amos Kelner of Cherry Valley dated November 23.
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