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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
2
Telegraphic items from the war front report Spanish armistice talks, Cuban insurrection notes, and American troop movements. Gen Shafter and Commodore Watson are referenced with plans for San Juan and Manila campaigns. Also noted are economic frictions in Santiago merchants and policy debates in Washington over Cuba and Porto Rico.
Richard Crocker arrives from Europe and a hay crop outlook is favorable. John McKane’s property sale valued at 150,040. Cincinnati merchant Frederick H. Alms noted as a music patron. Glyson house in Cincinnati to receivers. New York judge orders public opening of bids for public works. Tammany party wary of ex Senator Hill’s olive branch. Helen Gould and Mrs Russell Sage visit wounded soldiers on Governor’s Island. Aquarium adds odd specimens to its collection. Congressman Stark nominated by fusionists in Nebraska’s fourth district. John Addison Porter to tax for governor of Connecticut. Nine million dollars moved from clearing house to U S treasury. David McGoaker of New York with dry foods stores makes an assignment. Policeman Charlie Gebhardt and Hoboker murdered in a shooting.
The sister of Charles Gul teau and assistant to President Garfield fled St Joseph Michigan to seek a divorce from husband W. A. Norton former Ravenswood Illinois News publisher. She claims desertion and elopement. Janet Jennings Red Cross nurse criticized hospital neglect of wounded Cuban soldiers as caused by overwork at Siboney and hospital ship Relief. Earthquake damages Chili. Chess result Pilboury and Tarrasch tie in Vienna. Austrian sailors accused of brutality on La Bourgogne freed at Havre. Italy and Argentina sign general arbitration treaty. Li-Lao-Yank proclaims a new dynasty in Evang el province. Rumors of papal illness denied by Dr Tappont. Sir James Winter to represent Newfoundland at Canada US conference. Prince of Wales knees injure him, may skip German spa visit. Evan McColl Canadian poet dead at Toronto aged 90. Ottawa dispatch previews Quebec conference topics. Brussels sugar conference cited as broken by France and Russia. Li Houi king of Core n seeks to abdicate and seek refuge at British consulate. Regent of Lippe-Detmold protests perceived insults by William. Pugwash N S wiped out by fire. 1,200 inhabitants lose homes, churches, mills. French steamer Dahome, from July 16 to Halifax, reports collision in fog off Cape Speir.
Fragmented wartime lines mix poems and quotes from Detroit Journal Detroit Prep Press and Philadelphia Record about Spaniards Yankees and siege imagery. The garbled OCR mentions photographs tobacco wood food and a stubborn figure Pareja resisting capture amid tightening naval and land pressure.
A New York Post criticizes San Francisco schools for rigidly forcing boys to stand with folded arms and rigid marching. A detective warns the practice trains a prison habit that could resurface in adulthood, causing suspicion and discomfort in daily life.
Momentous conference at the White House between the president, Ambassador Cambon of France, and Secretary Day pushed the Spain United States peace talks beyond terms to a preliminary basis. Cambon presented Spain’s plenipotentiary credentials, and Madrid’s ratification now appears the key to ending the war. The talks touched on Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines, indemnity, and armistice, with one American term allegedly modified. Spain’s final approval remains pending but prospects look hopeful for ratification soon.
The new federal bankrupt law, approved July 1898, took effect August 1 for voluntary bankruptcies and November 1 for involuntary ones. It supersedes state laws, creates federal court oversight, appoints referees and trustees, and aims to curb dishonest debtors while tightening creditor safeguards.
A July hail storm shattered thousands of window panes in Chicago and damaged interiors of apartments and schools after heavy rain. Parks shrubs were torn up, greenhouses damaged, and trolley wires toppled in suburbs. Horses were killed by live wires and a person was seriously injured. William D. Magruder, 43, Baltimore native and gun salesman, was found dead in New York.
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