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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1899
Page
2
Che Marshfield Cimples, Williams & DeGuery report on wartime developments across Cuba and the Philippines. Dispatches note Cuban annexation debates, Manila insurrection hopes, naval actions, prisoner conditions, yellow fever, and military trials. Includes Aguinaldo, Dewey, and McKinley references with brief mentions of Spanish and British actions.
A compilation of brief items notes deaths from a range of causes including an Arkansas politician and a Grand Forks man, a silk ribbon trust formed with 34000 dollars capital, yachting party drownings near Halifax, a New York conspiracy claim against Captain Carter, and tax and labor developments across Chicago, Providence and Yale.
A Chicago student Walter Koeller was killed and robbed by two schoolmates as New York and nearby cities report a surge of notable deaths and incidents. Alfred Manderson of Spring Lake New Jersey dies at 60 from seed firm ties amid broader tax board reassessments.
The Anchor Line steamship City of Rome reached New York after a collision with an iceberg off Newfoundland. Nearly 1,000 passengers survived thanks to Captain Yass and his crew. In Evansville, Indiana, Thomas of Posey county and Daniel Powell, a Black man, escaped a mob. Powell was shot by a mob two weeks earlier. Mount Vernon’s William Carr was killed by a Black shooter who fled and is being hunted. Gen Royal T. Frank said Key West garrison will move to New York once transport is arranged due to yellow fever. two new cases cited. Treasury officials tighten Chinaman entrance to the United States to prevent Philadelphia expo-related smuggling. risk of others entering with no Expo link.
A disjointed foreign dispatch reports Dreyfus found guilty and jailed for ten years. It cites Emperor William at a maneuvers event and mentions Vaughan as a misidentified figure. Allegations of Brazil territory purchases and France facing further disclosures are noted amid unrest. The Danish royal family and Copenhagen labor accords are referenced along with European military mobilization warnings.
Emperor William, addressing the burgomaster of Juhe, spoke Friday on peace, saying centuries must pass before universal peace can be achieved and that the surest bulwark of peace for the German empire is its princes and the army they lead.
Reports from Charlottetown and coastal ports say a Wednesday night gale devastated fishing and coasting craft. The storm hit hardest in the gulf of St. Lawrence from Cape Brenton to Quebec, with at least a dozen lives lost and hundreds of boats smashed. Three bodies were recovered near South Klidare, eight or nine missing there.
Dr EB Rosen Kranz, once Milwaukee resident and Melrose fats owner, was arrested Friday after a coroner's jury ordered action. Testimony suggested the fire was incendiary and implicated Kranz, with the next grand jury expected to consider the matter.
Ripon Wis Sept 9 The Ripon college board of trustees authorizes the building committee to collect the 5000 donation for a science hall. Upon subscription payment the committee may contract for construction. The board prefers a site on the brow of the campus and work may start within a month.
In Oshkosh Wisconsin on September 8 the will of William Bedient was admitted to probate detailing an estate near $3,000 with most left to the public library. The widow and two daughters plan to contest the will claiming competency issues.
London reports Montague claims no war. Pretoria backs peace and independence. Volksraad debates troop concentration near the border and ammo stops at Nelagabay, while warning of potential conflict. Bosmia predicts broad Afrikaner mobilization and England’s aim to crush the union among Transvaal Orange Free State Cape Colony and Natal.
In Washington on September 9, about 125 delegates attended a Lee veterans of the Spanish American war meeting. General Joseph W. Keller presided as a resolution was adopted creating a permanent organization and committees were appointed to carry out its work.
In Matton Illinois on a September night Cash Wilder, a dime novel writer, shot A Hughes son of Judge Hughes, inflicting a mortal wound. Wilder provides no excuse for the shooting.
In New York on a September date Owen Zeigler stops Charley Burns of Cincinnati. The decisive knockout ends the match as Zeigler claims victory in a brief boxing bout.
In a rough night at the Broad Way Athletic Club, a fierce slugging display culminated in a late round finish. Barnes pressured his opponent with an aggressive attack while Zeigler steadied, shifting momentum in the eleventh and sealing victory early in the twelfth.
Captain Williams of the internal revenue bureau ruled that religious property transfers subject to church property poygession require stamps and taxation based on actual real estate value. Despite church claims executors act as trustees, the department rejected the trustee view, implying large tax payments on such transfers.
From the transport Sheridan returning from Mania Shoreday night, officers of the Minnesota and South Dakota regiments were barred from landing. Charges have been filed against Surgeon Major T. C. Watts, Lieut. Colonel Lee Stover, and Horace C. Bates as an official investigation proceeds. Tensions rose between South Dakota and Minnesota veterans both in the Philippines and on the voyage home, with sharp feelings toward former commander Colonel Ames, now invalided home.
Chisagi and John G. Leiga, back from Samoa after months of inquiry, report that Justice Chambers and Consul Marx ignored the German consul and pressed an offensive line. Admiral Kantz is said to have followed similar conduct, reflecting patient endurance by the Germans.
In Omaha Nebraska a theft of 410000 from the Nebraska nations bank appears partly recovered as teller Copeland is found among authorities. The shortage allegedly covered by the American Surety company.
Berlin dispatch notes the Loka Anzeiger reports Baron Von Der Pecke Von der Horst, former Prussian minister of the Interior, has been appointed governor of Westphalia. He succeeds Dr Sudt, who had followed him in the ministry.
Salt Lake City report states H J Grant was arraigned before Judge Norrell on polygamy charges and pleaded guilty. He was fined 100 dollars and paid the amount.
In Perry county Kentucky the Byeraple Breach feud flared again with gun violence. Phil McComb was killed in the ensuing clash as authorities investigated the reopening of the long running dispute.
Yellow fever cases rise to thirty with two deaths in Key West over the last 24 hours, authorities report a continued outbreak and urge precautions as health officials monitor the situation.
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