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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1898
Page
8
A garbled 1897 obituary fragment mentions Josiah and Uth day 2 17th day in Missouri. The text references a river, government flow, and an inland resident, with scattered remarks about bills, rops, and accounts, indicating confusion over cause and date.
The president's message to Congress urges authorization for measures to end hostilities in Cuba and establish a stable government, endorsing U S military action if needed. He highlights the Maine incident, argues Spain bears responsibility, and opposes recognizing the current Cuban government while seeking peaceful arbitration where possible.
Twenty deserters from the Vermont are taken from the prison and restored to duty. After two years out of the service and amid rising war concerns they are reenlisted to serve six-year terms. Victor Albizua, a Spaniard on the Dolphin, is honorably discharged from the service.
Chris Merry, convicted wife killer, has been informed Governor Tanner will not intervene. He is likely to be hanged on April 22 in Joliet, after a final appeal failure. Merry expressed readiness for the sentence and remarked life would end quickly if he chose to despair.
Spain informs the U S that the armistice proclaimed by the queen regent is unconditional and linked to liberal reforms for Cuba. Madrid notes condolences over the Maine disaster and proposes submitting the Maine dispute to maritime power experts. Some officials call the move a trick, arguing Cubans seek independence and may reject the truce.
Consul General Lee orders immediate sailing as the Olivette departs with Evelyn and Bache in tow. Crowded harbors watch ships pass out, Union Jack dipped in salute, and Lee heads to Washington after brief Key West reception.
Mrs. Catherine Snyder of Warsaw Indiana has been confirmed as the lawful heir of Robert Morris a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Morris lent 100000 to the national government during the revolution and with interest the sum now stands at about 1000000. She is shown as the daughter of John Morris, a son of Robert who died in Middletown Ohio about seventy years ago. Discovery of old family records enabled the background to be established.
New details from Alaska raise the death count from the Chilkoot Pass avalanche. Sixty six bodies recovered and about 150 unaccounted for, with conservative estimates placing deaths between 75 and 100 as survivors fear more losses.
Gold is shipped from Havana to New York City with $600,090 received and $499,000 more engaged for shipment as war looms. A fire gutted the Southern Pacific pattern storehouse in Sacramento California last Sunday night, with losses estimated between $200,000 and $1,000,000.
White settlers and cattle raisers in Arizona and New Mexico alarmed by proposed U S troop withdrawals. They fear Apache outbreaks and urge Washington to consider state guard deployment. About 38 000 Apaches in New Mexico. tensions rise with White Mountain группа incidents fueling unease.
The German steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse set a new westward Atlantic record from Southampton to New York. Captain Englehart reported an average 22.09 knots over the crossing, time five days and twenty hours from Needles to Sandy Hook, surpassing its maiden voyage and best Cunard averages.
Leaders of Volunteers In Religious Work in Racine and two women of the Volunteers of America were taken to a private residence after inhaling coal gas that escaped from a coal stove with the top left partly open. They were revived but reported in dangerous condition.
Cairo dispatch reports Anglo Egyptian forces led by Gen. Kitchener attacked the Dervishes Friday morning and surged to the center of Mahmouds fortifications, an entirely successful assault with heavy Dervish losses. Distinct items note canvas uniforms for troops and strategic troop movements to Key West. A jail escape after murdering a jailer in Marysville Kan is reported along with a weekly New York bank statement showing reserve declines. The US buys the British steamer Safiro from the China and Manila Steamship Company.
Regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Includes wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed with bid ranges and quality terms.
The land department reports annual school land sales in several counties with brisk demand. Average price per acre exceeded the legal minimum in most districts, with some tracts bidding up to 25. Counties and average prices per acre are listed. the total 15 457 acres sold at an average near 13 dollars. The excerpt also notes a law class of eighteen admitted to examination by the supreme court on April 5.
Newcastle and surrounding counties form a leading sheepmen association to bolster wool interests and resist cattlemen on ranges. Officers named include President D. W. Wetster and Secretary John Berry.
Across Beadle and Hand counties a prairie fire on April 8 destroyed homes barns livestock grain and hay with total losses estimated between 10 000 and 15 000. Wesington narrowly escaped devastation and Ole Swanson’s farm burned including house and contents. Wind blew at fifty miles per hour as fires spread, with seven or eight farmers reporting losses and one family escaping death.
A massive snowslide at Chilkoot Pass traps and buries miners and tents as a Chinook wind tempers the snow. Data show at least 31 bodies recovered. rescue efforts involve about 2,000 workers with hundreds more feared dead across the trail.
The piece contrasts U S campaigns in tropical climates with Seminole conflicts in Florida. It notes 7 400 troops faced 3 000 Seminoles, with 1 531 American deaths and 53 000 000 in pensions. It cites heat miasmas and diseases as fatal factors for outsiders in tropical operations.
Minor notes report a new naval recruiting station to open in Cleveland Ohio. Lewis Adams 17 is jailed in Norman Oklahoma charged with stealing a horse from his grandfather. Japan asks US to back Britain at Wei Hai Wei. New York Governor Black sent a war appropriation bill of 1 million dollars to the Legislature, which passed.
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