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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1898
Page
2
An order directs removal from camps and transport of remaining soldiers toward home states for muster out. The war’s end nears and camps are to be reduced, with the department yet to publish a definitive muster list. Concerns over reassigning regiments to policing duties and potential embarrassment fade as sentiment shifts toward peace.
Col Nicholas Senn, returning from Porto Rico, warns the invasion exposed troops to typhoid. After landing at Ponce in August, 669 fever cases appeared. An army fever investigation found many true typhoid cases originating from U.S. camps, risking further sickness in the island.
A jagged fragment hints at a public display with the American flag and Hawaii symbol. Reports mention a violent incident with a 60 year old man killed near his home in Missouri, a shooting involving Dave Underwood, and a referenced quarrel linked to a voyage of the Angora and pontoon bridge construction.
The Spanish cabinet on Saturday appointed Gen. Gomes Parrodo second in command and Rear Admiral Luis Pastor Landers to the evacuation commission for Cuba, with Marquis de Montoro as finance minister on the island. The peace commissioners were not named, but the panel is expected to be decided, avoiding a cabinet crisis amid a prolonged peace process. The Cuban commission is urged to argue for compensation by Cuba for public works losses, seeking repayment via Cuba taking on much of the debt as of 1905, while papers urge strengthening Conta and Andalusian ports against Anglo Russian risks.
In Princeton Kentucky a sensational incident occurred when Jimmy Johnson a white 12 year old and Charles Wood a Black 14 year old quarreled over marbles. Wood allegedly picked up a rock and struck Johnson in the back of the head, killing him instantly. Authorities fear a mob may hang Wood amid high emotions surrounding the case and the Johnson family.
Two men were instantly killed and four fatally injured when a cornice collapsed on a new Philadelphia building. Albert Green and Thomas Lyon were workers on a tin scaffold, buried under debris as bricklayers on the pavement were struck. Rescue efforts followed over a period as they were pulled free. Meanwhile Spain and the Philippines push Manila negotiations, insisting the capitulation does not affect peace talks.
A positive statement to Senator Cannon of Utah says no extra session will be held this fall. The war department reports volunteers prefer to remain, with mustering out likely by arbitrary orders, while officers and rank and file show continued desire to stay in service. A Kansas incident recounts a shooting after a elopement, Benton shooting Summers as Summers fled with Benton’s daughter. Vesuvio erupts again with lava streams and explosions. Governor Reed of California commutes John Corbett’s five year burglary sentence.
The Iowa Good Templars met in Marshalltown to review a thriving year. Officers were elected. 140 lodges with 4,690 members, finances show receipts of 6,686 and expenditures 5,571. Juvenile Temples numbered 51 with 1,695 members. Five new temples organized, twenty-five reorganized. delegates announced for Toronto. Lucinda Maier of Geneva won the gold metal contest.
Bancroft man W F Molloway trains two pure white Arabian horses to dive from a sixteen foot riverbank chute into the Des Moines River in Bancroft. The horses leap feet first with grace, while local land claims work continues in Des Moines with Judge J L Stevens handling Bernen findings and reimbursements for settlers on the Des Moines River land grant.
A cyclone swept across Buchanan County striking Fairbank Tuesday afternoon with immense damage to farm buildings and stock. Telecommunication to Waterloo was cut as two paths of destruction crossed area farms including George Harrison, Philip Fay, and J I Hartman. No injuries reported though hog losses high and hay sheds ruined.
Burlington suffered the greatest flood in its history as heavy rains destroyed sewers and culverts. The mouth of a ten foot sewer was torn free, many houses near the outlet demolished, riverfront logs washed away, and terraces wiped out. City property damage may reach $10,000 with sewer repairs alone at $5,000. Bridges and rail lines suffered washouts but commerce continued with minor delays. Several escapes occurred with no lives lost.
A jumble of late 19th century items reports shootings near Mason City and a fatal shotgun blast, a Logan railroad wreck injuring crews who escaped, a murder indictment by a Iowa grand jury, and a football injury in Ames. Other notes mention a bank reopening in Boon, a missing Colfax merchant found in Cunha, a boy suffocated in Brayton elevators, and a dynamite discovery tied to a Niles town safe job.
A Sunday night rear end collision on the New Haven and Hartford line near Shinron Massachusetts left six dead and twenty six seriously injured. An express train struck the rear of a local section, wrecking the last car and injuring most aboard who were rushed to Boston by special trains, ambulances, and surgeons. The crash occurred on a curve with signals dimmed at the scene and brakes applied too late to avert disaster as the engine drove five feet into the following car.
Crowds along the Hudson and riverfront salute Rear Admiral Sampson as ships sail past in a grand homecoming. Gen Grant’s gun salute marks the event while battleships join in the ceremony and pay homage to the dead at Santiago. A gun salute ends the parade. A Black private, Jtn Neeley, is killed in Hampton, Georgia following a bar fight.
Lee to begin movements over five weeks with General Pitalapgh Lea commanding Seventh Army Corps at Jacksonville. Additional troops to Cuba by October first, with departure line varying by climate. Riots and disorder over the Koldders to be met. army growth referenced. May record note involves May Attond, Rosewater of Onna, Omaha exposition invite and president’s tentative acceptance with potential date. Weekly bank statement shows reserve drop of 4.26 million, gains in Janus and deposits, legal tenders decline, banks hold excess over reserve. Cable from Hong Kong to Mauija la again operating, per Major Merritt reporting to war department.
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