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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1898
Page
5
The dispatch reports Spain readying to authorize Cambon to sign the peace protocol while U S forces halt operations. Rome and Washington cover the Cerruti claim, with Italy granting Colombia extra time to settle debts, and naval actions and health updates flow from multiple ports.
Washington August 11 a protocol outlining how future negotiations toward a peace treaty will be conducted was agreed by Secretary Day and the French ambassador and reduced to a signed form. Spain conceded much and the protocol awaits Spanish assent before formal signatures by Day and Cambon.
The text suggests a Napoleonic style demand to refuse armistice without a solid peace pledge. The naval contingent pushes for surrender of Morro Castle at Havana harbor and control points at key ports to secure a decisive finish.
The report suggests Secretary Day is favored to head a peace commission drafting a treaty. Possible alternatives include Eustis or other diplomats, with naval promotions and reductions tied to peace efforts. Troop movements and transport plans indicate strategic shifts as San Francisco and Merritt region logistics are aligned for potential deployment.
The foreign office announced George V. Curzon as viceroy of India in succession to the Earl of Elgin. Mrs Curzon, nee Leiter, daughter of L. Z. Leiter of Chicago, becomes parliamentary secretary and wife to the new viceroy.
Detroit August 11 The state central committee of Democrats with Populist and Silver Republican additions met to map a campaign and oust secretary Justin R Whiting tri party candidate for governor spoke urging full silver state victory. They pushed state issues while assigning the financial policy burden to congressional candidates. Hampton of Petoskey named secretary with Coburn of Howard City as assistant.
Washington reports the president will urge Congress to advance Acting Rear Admiral Sampoon eight numbers and Commodore Schley six, elevating Sampoon to rear admiral and placing Schley directly below him in rank.
Levin Lester and his wife filed two mortgages totaling $1,000,000 with the county recorder in Chicago. The loans are held by Northwestern Mutual Life, running ten years at 4 percent interest.
Santiago de Cuba reports Garcia occupying Gibara and besieging Holguin with about 8,000 troops. Newport News notes transport Obdam delay due to pay-strike by engineers. Culver disembarks Fifth Lineis regiment as orders shift. Virginia troops protest reports of Camp Alger disturbance and typhoid cases rise at Fort Meyer with 31 patients from multiple regiments.
Key West reports the tug Uncas under Lt. R. Brainerd reaching port after a two week blockade duty on the north Cuban coast. The ship endured a six inch gun sand battery near Matanzas with twenty missiles landing nearby before exiting range and returning fire. A butterfly landing on the gun muzzle spurred a seaman to claim the butterfly foretells peace.
Madrid reports from San Juan de Porto Rico that American forces attacked Guamani as a guerrilla force under Major Cervera kept up continuous fire for an hour and held the position. Coamo was abandoned after a large Spanish force attacked. Troop C of New York pursued fleeing Spanish engineers after Coamo’s capture, checking them at the Cuyon river and engaging at Asoninte with a Spanish battery.
Spaniards maintain several guns including two machine guns sent home from the torpedo boat destroyer Terror at San Juan. Flanking the position will be difficult. All wounded from Tuesday’s fighting are expected to recover.
Washington reports describe the Twenty second Kansas volunteers at Manassas desecrating Major J T Drake’s grave. Soldiers supposedly pulled teeth and tore shoulder straps for relics while a surgeon was arrested after the incident.
A Manila letter dated July 14 sent by steamer Empress of Japan reports growing tension between Americans and Germans. It claims Germans back Spain openly, but cannot support them militarily due to a weak navy and seek only small gains. Spaniards previously viewed Germany as deliverers, but opinion has soured locally.
General Shafter's Santiago report notes Aug 9 sickness totals 2430 with 2043 fever cases and 233 new cases. Deaths Aug 8 include Albert McKelFar and John Hegan tied to typhoid fever. George Cullman also listed. The Tenth Regular Infantry moved from Santiago to Long Island.
In Bartow Florida on Monday Sheriff Tillis arrested a Black man on liquor charges and put him in a car. A contingent of twenty five to thirty Black soldiers from the Tenth Cavalry boarded the car demanding release. Tillis refused and the soldiers seized the prisoner and left with him.
Washington announces policy driven troop realignments to shrink large camps. The Thirty first Michigan and One Hundred and Fifty eighth Indiana move to Knoxville Tennessee. One Hundred and Fifty seventh Indiana and Thirty second Michigan relocate to Huntsville Alabama. One Hundred and Fifty ninth Indiana and Seventh Tifoils relocate to Middletown Pennsylvania.
Miss Dorothy Finney a Red Cross nurse who served at Iester hospital Chickamauga Park Georgia died yesterday after a sneering illness. She came from New Brunswick New Jersey and will be shipped there for interment as one of the corps most efficient nurses.
A new Department of Santiago is established in Washington. Major General Henry W. Lawton is assigned to command, while Brigadier General Wood remains in charge of Santiago city.
Seattle August 11 reports confirm eighteen aboard the river steamer Jessie of the Columbian Exploration Company perished in a July 28 storm on the Kuskokwim river Alaska. The Jessie towed the barge Minerva loaded with supplies and Indians who found the wrecked barge carried the news to Alaska Commercial Company headquarters.
Middlesboro Kentucky August 1. Hamilton a Shawnee Tennessee businessman shot and killed two men named Baker and Howard over a debt. Hamilton's father is a preacher. The incident occurred yesterday in a dispute related to money.
Daniel Sullivan a local pioneer left home Monday and has not returned since. Last seen at Gleason's camp eight miles from Marquette and has been in feeble health recently.
Aug 11 in Montgomery Alabama Judge Richardson declares victory over General Wheeler in the Eighth district, ending the congressional race with Richardson ahead.
At Cavite Manila Bay Aug 3 10 the first blood of the Philippine campaign was shed in a night skirmish at Malate trenches Eleven killed and forty four wounded as Spaniards attacked in a storm gaining the top of our earthworks before being repulsed Mon night and Tue night fighting continued with multiple casualties. The World dispatch notes Monterey monnitor arrival and Madison action toward Manila with Dewey fleet and Merritt forces assembling for a potential assault.
London dispatch dated Aug 3 describes a nighttime battle near the trenches at Cavite where 2,500 Spanish troops attacked the Pennsylvanians, First California, and First Colorado regiments. Two American officers were wounded and several soldiers killed or wounded as relief troops arrived, while Spanish losses remain unknown. General MacArthur's brigade landed today amid heavy rain and difficult conditions.
Five men from the Eighth Illinois Regiment including William Diamond Philip Anderson Harry Dawce George Eaves and Isaac Johnson were arrested in Springfield on August 10 for desertion from the regiment.
Monday evening reports say deserters left two guns shelter tents ponchos and canteens in a barber shop. others believed to have fled into the grass at camp. Major Nathan E Morgan of Appleton Wisconsin suffers typhoid at Riverside hospital with brief improvement. engineers ordered to Montauk Point from Fort Sheridan for Eastward movement.
Five tramps boarded Chicago and Northwestern train No 70 at Jefferger Wisconsin Aug 11 landing on the side track. Two grabbed Superintendent Moulton on the platform while others entered the car demanding passenger valuables. Conductor Brown and Superintendent Moulton hampered the robbers and three were captured.
Pittsburg August 11 report that chimney glass workers and manufacturers renewed the present year's wage scale for the current fire. Workers conceded to allow machines for the first time, a change that will displace several blowers gatherers and teasers.
New York reports the auxiliary cruiser Yale is to sail to Santiagua with the Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry arriving from Springfield via the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
A Rock Island resident testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved back pain and kidney irregularities after years of distress. The ad urges readers to visit Wm. Clendenin's drug store or mail orders from Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo, priced at 60 cents.
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