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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1898
Page
4
Washington correspondence describes cranks seeking audience at the White House as a rare but persistent phenomenon. Police and ushers screen visitors. Germans and others with religious mania are noted among those detained at the door. Officials emphasize the president rarely sees visitors during business hours, and many cranks are deterred before reaching the president.
Frances Elizabeth Willard died at midnight at the Imperial Hotel New York after a three week illness. Born 1839 in Churchville New York she rose from scant schooling to graduate with high honors in 1859 and study in Paris Berlin and Rome later leading the Woman's Christian Temperance Union to national prominence as its president.
A report describes how White House staff including Captain Dubois and Mr. Cissel screen visitors, sending cranky or deranged individuals away. Only once since McKinley’s administration did a crank reach the business part of the building, then being handled by clerks and a watchful doorkeeper.
A massive shipment of rifles and cartridges, stated to total millions, was loaded on a steamer near Montauk point after midnight Saturday. The cargo, from seven tugs, sailed for Cuba as Cuban spies traced the effort while government tugs combed Long Island Sound and the Jersey coast. One tug reportedly carried 106,000 rounds and more than 500 rifles before disappearing to sea toward international waters.
Rev C O Brown D D was expelled from the Chicago Association of Congregational Churches at a called Monday meeting in the Y M C A lecture room. The body censured itself for receiving him after barring him from the Bay conference in California.
The Clara Nevada of the Alaskan Filec is reported lost near Union British Columbia after going down on the return from Skaguay near Seward City. About forty aboard are feared dead as witnesses claim an explosion and fire onboard. Rumors say the boiler needed repairs on the up trip. The Northern Pacific runs a faster St Paul to Tacoma train to meet Alaska travel demand.
The Spanish Government disavows responsibility for the De Lome note and regards the incident as closed in Washington. A State Department abstract notes Madrid accepts De Lome’s resignation, stating he leaves without employment, while omitting flattering phrases. The note asserts Spain’s disapproval of criticisms against the head of a friendly state and questions the value of pursuing commercial negotiations given recent events.
A party of French miners and aeronauts sail by steamer to Canada en route to the Klondike. They carry balloons with drag ropes and steel shovels to dredge snow or earth for low flight. In Douglas County Montana, the sheriff tied to the lynching of Adam Uber faces indictment for willful neglect of duty with trial set for February 15.
A Monday House session adopted resolutions for information on Cuba and for correspondence on excluding American fruit beef and horses from Germany. Senate focus centered on coast defenses and the Maine disaster, with debate over war fortifications and the Kansas Pacific sale amid a broad discussion of bankruptcy legislation in both chambers. The Maine tragedy dominated Friday’s House proceedings and colored the day’s mood.
A long, lively reminiscence recalls Civil War era talk among Pennsylvania National Guard officers at Lake Conneaut. It discusses the rebel yell, its universal appeal from Swiss yodel to Florida cowhand, and a humorous Libby prison incident involving Captain Hamilton and a barrel. Also notes Grant's cigar habit after the Wilderness battle and a guardhouse quip at Fort Logan.
The article notes how Queen Elizabeth, seeking year round blooms, created a personal garden that evolved into a national treasure. Her modest aim to supply royal cut flowers grew into a public garden at Kew, now enjoyed by all, reflecting national pride in its fragrant trees plants and herbs.
Brooklyn Eagle notes etiquette for the Empress of Japan's carriage procession. The public must stay by the street, not observe from windows or doors, sit by the curb, doff hats, remain silent, and refrain from following or making noise during her passage. The rule applies to all except European women whose head coverings may stay on.
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