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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1898
Page
1
Camp Hastings May diary describes Fifth Regiment drill and reorganization amid rain and wind. One soldier rejected for a blind eye, mail from home lifts spirits, governor inspection canceled by a shower, and a deadly Glen Campbell shooting ends with the suspect mortally wounded and an inquest planned.
On Monday ool mothers organized in Bit Gretna to feed Indiana boys at Camp Hastings. They gathered at the Christy building to assemble baskets of sandwiches pies cakes and salads then packed five large wooden boxes for the evening train to transport to the camp.
News from Washington in May reports the Spanish flying squadron arriving at Cadiz. The Oregon’s safety is assured and Dewey eyes Cuba operations. Some fear ending peace without destroying the Spanish navy, while a few speculate a move toward Manila via Suez. Sampson’s silence leaves Porto Rico action uncertain.
Key West reports the Norwegian steamer Bratsborg, escorted by the Mangrove, remains a prize of war as the United States weighs its status. It had been warned off the Cuban coast while carrying 800 cattle from Progreso to Havana, and later sailed toward New York. Captain Thorson cannot fully explain the cargo, and the Bratsborg and the Fernandito were taken in. Also noted is Chaplain Chidwick of the Cincinnati ill with erysipelas but not seriously.
A valuable horse was stolen from Benjamin Long's barn in Young township near West Lebanon on Wednesday night. Saddle and bridle taken, a lap robe found on the road near the farm suggests riding the horse. A suspicious neighbor was seen the prior day, no clue yet. Indiana is represented in the Navy by Alexander McCracken, first lieutenant on the gunboat Marietta, born and trained in Indiana.
A dispatch notes Pennsylvania troops at Mt Gretna will move south this week to Chickamauga or Tampa. U S troops sailed to invade Cuba while Spain is believed to have abandoned the West Indies. Mr G B Coleman of Blairsville bought two carloads of wheat, sold at 1 23 per bushel, with four more carloads to ship this week after Tuesday’s 1 40 price.
Mr. G A Rankin of Atwood reports a ewe that bore four lambs over two months old. His nine ewes have produced 19 lambs this spring, all alive. Also noted an ordered sheep damages payment of $8 to Oliver Ross of Montgomery township. County dog tax funds are with Treasurer Phil Sutton. Attorney John S Taylor named commissioner for the western district of the United States court.
Rear Admiral Dewey and his Asiatic squadron will gain a substantial bounty under existing law for the Manila victory. If fleet losses are not overstated, officers and men may share about 187000 dollars in approved bounty money. Miss Grace Neal, daughter of Sheriff T. S. Neal, is home from a Philadelphia hospital where she has been a patient for weeks and remains in poor condition.
Washington May 10. Senate votes thanks to Commodore Dewey and his officers and men for the Manila Bay victory. A bill increases rear admirals, while a joint resolution commits a bronze medal for each participant and authorizes a $10,000 appropriation. House approves volunteer engineer brigade and 10,600 immune troops. Senate also passes army power to feed and arm Cuban groups.
A large gathering at the Widdowson homestead near Onberg marked Thomas Widdowson's 60th birthday. Friends, family, and neighbors shared a noon dinner, heard speeches, and noted his long service as a neighborhood pioneer. Attendees included many descendants and local residents, with photographs taken by Logan Long.
Saltsburg staged a patriotic Sabbath farewell as 22 men from Salis bury joined Company D recruits in Blairsville and departed for Camp Hastings. The town lined streets to cheer, G A R members escorted the volunteers, and a martial send off featured fireworks, fife playing by Rev. R B Carroll, and a mass student march to the depot.
The week saw pension increases for Templeton Kerr Jamison Harkcom and grants for Catherine Rish and John R. Curry. Local grading for the YY stock yards proceeds with Caldwell and Mullen directing work as ties and rails arrive. Hotel Cain plans a cold storage and front upgrade. Townsend & Son report profits from wheat, a 75 foot flag pole rises at West Lebanon, and mercantile tax is due with July 1 deadline.
War boom prices at a public sale of the personal property of John Thompson, deceased, Burrell township, last week. Wheat brought 1.30 per bushel, potatoes 1.20, oats 0. something cents. Auctioneer S S Gibson conducted the sale.
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