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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1898
Page
2
A column of eclectic items covers engineering and bridge debates in the Midwest, novel social schemes in New Jersey, portraits of public figures and artists, and vivid vignettes from the Klondike and Washington society. It notes Bejar’s epics, Miss Burns’ Klondike ride, Zola’s lectures, and Dewey gaining post offices, interwoven with frontier life, architecture, and wartime reflections in Manila.
New York notes reveal trains out of New York to showcase luxurious vaudeville cars on the Lehigh Valley line as a test of a new era in comfortable travel. Later items mention Princeton players, lawyer Avah Te Colo, economist David A Wells, and Roosevelt’s Norwich tour.
Centerville resident Karlen Melute slept through a fire alarm after responding as a fireman. Doctors say he may recover fully. Niles and Centerville are noted in uncertain details with other scattered items about trains plays and boxing matches.
Vancouver dispatch reports bears and panthers invading towns across British Columbia. Four bears entered Whitewater City, attacked the hotel kitchen, killed two, and seized food. residents armed for defence as panic spread. Nanaimo and nearby areas also reported panther sightings, with a nurse and farmer's family escaping harm as beasts were slain or pursued.
An explosion and fire at the Capitol damaged the Supreme Court building on the main floor and basement. The blast wrecked the court room and library, destroyed records from 1792 to 1822, and scorched priceless documents while fire and water devastated the subterranean work areas. The clerk’s office survived with little damage and authorities work to salvage what remains as the court plans alternates for proceedings.
A Wilmington special reports tense citywide mood after a violent clash last night. Reports say armed Black residents paraded streets with firearms, while authorities fear renewed violence and a call for vengeance. The scene prompted widespread anxiety as residents brace for further unrest.
The Maria Teresa, Spanish cruiser of Cervera, was sunk near Santiago July 3 and raised for repairs. Wrecking by Merritt crew in Charleston with 58 sailors, including Captain Haeri, indicates heavy losses. The vessel lay in deep water north of San Salvador. voyage details reflect Navy efforts and costs of salvage. News from Washington confirms the crew’s rescue and ship’s fate.
The war investigating committees began the day’s work and will convene in Chicago after completion. They will meet Monday at the Auditorium Hotel to hear complaints and call witnesses with personal knowledge of abuses at Chicago hospitals. Hospital officials deny grave neglect and promise cooperation.
Treasury report notes Box Treasury sound but a deficiency between recoups and expenditures due to war. Details: net ordinary revenue up, military outlays up, receipts from railroad sales entered treasury, large expenditures for Pacific railroads, and notes on gold balance history and public debt movements through 1908.
New York reports the cruiser New York, flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron under Commodore Philip in command, has completed coal loading and is taking aboard ore for a long cruise to an unknown destination believed to be wealthy ports.
Nov 6 reports typhoid fever decreasing at Camp Shipp Alabama as the Fourth Wisconsin remains the exception. Preparations move the command to other sites with work on winter quarters beginning.
In a cable to General Brooke, General Brooke declares rumors of wilful cruelty by U S soldiers in the Vance province unfounded. He notes that new regiments arrived briefly, then departed, with no confirmed misconduct. The missive seeks to quell sensational charges against troops.
London reports the Rome correspondent says thousand Danakils, allied with Italian protection, attacked a caravan near Jibatil on the Gulf of Aden. They seized 200 camels, rifles, ammunition, and gifts, fled, and tensions may arise with France, Yemen, and Abyssinia amid envoy movements from Paris to Menelik II’s court.
Charlen Lines, city night watchman in Wabash, chased a burglary suspect two blocks after hearing a noise. The burglar surrendered at gunpoint and was captured as Lines returned to his home to dress, keeping the thief under guard with a revolver.
Major J Kircheik of the Shind Wiseou t Hn Volunteers is compelled by court action to accept the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Ba Crime county despite being a Republican. He is currently on a sixty day furlough in Puerto Rico and may decline if elected. The county clerk was ordered to place his name on the ticket. If elected he plans to refuse to serve.
Moscow marks the czars succession with the fourth anniversary of the event. Metropolit Serguth led services at the venerable Unpesieky cathedral in the Krмmlin with the consecration of the metropolitan and czar. The city shone with illumination as officials attended the celebration. London notes hope for political calm and resumption of friendly negotiations between France and Great Britain on the upper Nile.
Georgia attorney general reports to Governor Chandler on whether 1000 square milles in Tenayaney North Carolin belong to Georgia or Tennessee. Chattanooga could be in Georgia if the section reopens boundary, with implications for state lines and jurisdiction. Jamaica dateline notes British views on mobilization and potential naval demonstrations amid rising tensions.
The article discusses the development and makers of smokeless powder in America, mentioning Dolde Ditmar and the American Powder Company among others, with a focus on powder suitability for rifles and cannons. It also reports on Rev. Charles High Gauthier being appointed archbishop of Kingston and notes about tulip fields and other historic curiosities, followed by a father’s tale from Appleton about recovery after illness using Williams’ Pills and a boy’s return to school.
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