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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1899
Page
2
A garbled page recounts scattered items from finance to art and science. It cites a New York caterer, British investors, postal practices in Latin America, a Boston library appointment, a serpents temple in Dahomey, and a statue of General Sherman in New York. Concludes with notes on modern scandals and cultural curiosities.
South Dakota legislature will discuss partisan bills this week with several party measures to be debated. A $1,225,000 appropriation is being sought for reform school dormitory costs and new buildings in Madison, Spearfish, and other areas. The session also contemplates a constitutional amendment on state officer salaries and land valuation, plus funding for railroad commissions and penitentiary matters.
Over 600 packages of butter have arrived for the National Tuttermakers association exhibition in Lions Falls. Iowa leads with 176 packages, Minnesota 156, then a list of states with smaller totals. Foreign butter from Great Britain, Austria, and others will also be shown. A large silver roving cue awaits the top ben butter maker. The audience will include about 2,000 visitors as the event opens next week. The new Sioux Falls auditorium is dedicated Thursday evening, with a capacity of about 1,800 seated.
South Dakota Senate and House debate finance and taxation measures including pay raises for judges and officials, joining resolutions, and bills to fund reform schools, livestock control, and infrastructure. A dispute over insurance commissioner duties and a plan to adjourn for a convention highlight the session.
A wounded veteran from Hinton county suffers after a brutal act in Mu Iola where he was drugged and bled from an injection. Doctors fear lasting nerve damage and transmission risk. he will likely need months of recovery and possible New York examination by experts. The incident follows a local window smasher in Huron Akron and related county notices.
The case centers on Consul General Wildman accused of robbing, amid links to Aguinaldo’s insurgents in Hong Kong. The U S State Department seeks clarity on his actions with Philippine junta leaders, including alleged profits from arms purchases and custody of funds, as legal scrutiny continues.
Washington Jan 18 Captain It. by G Iavine eleventh United States infantry testified before the War investigation committee about beef aboard a transport to Cuba. He described a foul odor and alleged tainted meat, while questions on supply, transportation and medical stores surfaced during the session.
Jan 18 dispatch reports Spain ready to cede island holdings to the Marhanna Coadrones and Pelow Island due to scarce forces then notes Washington on Senator Allison’s move to stay as head of the appropriations committee and avoid France chairmanship, affecting the miltary and budget leadership.
Maine Republican leader Representative Nelson Dingley Jr. died last night at the Hamilton House in Lewiston after a month of pneumonia and heart failure. He had served as speaker of the Maine House and as a congressman from the second district, with a career marked by journalism leadership and key roles in national finance and tariff legislation. Interment will be in Lewiston after funeral services in the city.
A large majority of different steel and company stocks have been deposited with J. and W. Seligman & Co. under an agreement to organize a corporation under New Jersey law named the American Bi e and es ream pany. Time for execution is noted as not expiring. The report appears in a single sentence with reference to the trust arrangement and the future corporation.
From Manila to San Francisco the transport Senator arrives with eight sick soldiers aboard. Among them are Sergeant Shou of the Fourth United States Cavalry and Colonel C F Whipple of the Ordnance Department. Captain Frank Warren carries dispatches to Washington. The war corps reports about six percent illness.
The British ambassador Sir Julian Pauncefote will remain in Washington for another year as negotiations with the United States continue. The British government seeks to maintain friendship and assure stable relations with the United States amid tensions over Spain and the Caribbean, with a careful approach to avoid any offensive actions while awaiting a constructive conclusion.
Colonel George F Webster of Kentucky politics and Civil War era is described through his long career, including service as a state legislator kept in the union during secession, and as a quartermaster in the Union Army. He studied law, lived in Newport and New York, and joined Tammany Hall after moving east. He died after Bright's disease following a long illness.
Washington January 1 General Leone Ard Wood military governor of Santiago Cubs testified before a Senate inquiry committee. He described inland supply conditions noting no nation has run fifty campaigns with zero combat deaths. He reviewed beef supply quality and stated most cattles were saluted and discarded, citing duty to the war and his own family.
In Morgantown West Virginia January a decision named William L Wilson for Yale College presidency though the candidate Dwight who led at Washington and Lee University declines to assume. The announced salary is 520 007 per year.
A historical report notes a large buildup as authorities indicate a spring movement. About 330,000 men are described as armed and ready with equipment and supplies. The article mentions strategic planning and anticipated operations, reflecting wartime mobilization and advisory efforts shaping the campaign.
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