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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1898
Page
2
MARSHFIELD WISCONSIN APRIL 25 Both houses pass a declaration of war with Spain. Resignations move John Sherman from secretary of whate Assistant Secretary Day takes over. Reports place Spanish fleet near Cape Verde with neutral replies from nations. Wisconsin troops mobilize after 3000 join.
Reports say Mr Gladatone is dying and a large fire in Glasgow Scotland caused 750000 dollars in damage. American magnates yacht crews in the Mediterranean face danger from warships. Mexico’s border commission on Texas completes its work. Baronto resigns as Japanese commerce minister. Count Kaneko to succeed. Buenos Aires sources hint at a Chile Argentina boundary commission. Nicaragua and Costa Rica agree to arbitration to settle international questions aboard the U S warship Alert with Guatemala, Costa Rica, and the Greater Republic of Central America acting members.
Washington reports a secret Senate vote approved a war declaration against Spain after a long debate on Cuban belligerent rights. The House had passed a similar resolution. Amendments about naval manpower and funding followed, with vigorous discussion on future military needs.
Amid war measures, the House passed a bill declaring the existence of a state of war with Spain and approved amendments to army reorganization. A Senate conference on naval appropriations and a Ways and Means debate on war costs followed, with clashes over funding methods including bonds, income tax, silver seigniorage, and legal tender notes.
In a Bullarat era gold rush tale a group of miners at a long-deserted claim found a comrade dead by his own hand. After hauling his body to the surface they woke to the discovery that all had disappeared by dawn, the claim left as it was with tools idle and a tragedy that stirred the camp. The Weekly Telegraph reports this grim scene and notes the ore-rich era’s perilous lure.
In earlier times much of the discipline was carried out by the Head Master. A certain Dr Keate served as Head Master around the middle of the period, reflecting the harsher punitive practices described.
Washington April 30 reports alarm rumors ground in a day of news chiefly focused on Cuba Spain and maneuvers. Spanish cruisers Maria Teresa Almirante Oquendo Viscaya and Cristobal Colon sailed west toward Cuba while torpedo boats Acor Rayo Ar de la and transporte San Francisco moved north toward the Canary Islands. State Department notes no decisive action yet while Dewey’s squadron heads to the Philippines and US forces prepare for the first strike against Cuba.
The past three months have been filled with events of which history will not fail to take note. They have succeeded each other with startling rapidity, leaving even well informed people unable to track all developments.
A short verse asks if pine trees yearn for respite from lightning thunder wind and sun. The speaker ponders nature's endless turmoil and pleads for one hour of quiet rest from the All-Giver.
A teacher asks what Christian showed he had for his difficulty while pupils answer with a chorus line. The scene references The New Pilgrim's Progress as presented in the Boston Evening Transcript with a schoolroom exchange about the journey and its trials.
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