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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1898
Page
6
Spanish reports from Bermuda claim a three hour bombardment to cover a landing near Santiago harbor while Americans press a coastal assault. Havana cables relay that Spaniards say they repelled the attack but provide few specifics on the landing.
Washington reports troop transports are ready to sail to Cuba but wait for a naval convoy to ensure safe passage from Florida. Official war department list notes about 34 large steamships at Florida points plus 15 vessels for support, totaling around 50 transports with 16 naval escorts prepared for the invasion operation.
Madrid moves to secure an honorable peace as the cabinet authorizes Duke Almodovar de Rio to expedite diplomacy. He meets ambassadors in Madrid while Madrid instructs its minister in Vienna and Aguera to travel to Austria seeking intervention. Rome reports a papal appeal to influence the powers and suggests the queen regent may resign to ease unrest. Washington notes Madrid reports Spain’s government actions.
R G Dun notes steady progress toward an end of the struggle with lower money rates. Finances show growing willingness to lend at low rates while gold shipments ease. Wheat exports rise with Atlantic and Pacific totals surpassing last year as the season nears end. Over 210 million bushels of wheat and nearly 200 million of corn have been shipped, with 4,184,800 bushels exported in the past week.
Official dispatches describe American ships bombarding Baiquiri near Aguadores and near Santiago de Cuba. Reports claim no damage and note possession actions at Guantanamo Bay. The Havana and Kingston cables are said to be cut, with combat units engaging. The Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes was sunk with casualties aboard.
London reports a receiving order in bankruptcy against Ernest Terah Hooley once marked as the country’s leading promoter. Several factions allegedly amounting to two million dollars are involved, with a $265,000 claim said to have triggered the crisis.
Constable Ice Wall was fatally shot by George Washington a Black man who tried to flee and was captured. He was lynched to an electric light pole by about 500 bystanders amid the Vetmour Texas incident.
In Chicago on June 10 the Republican district conventions announced renominations in several districts. James R. Mann was renominated in the First, William R. Lorimer in the Second, Hugh R. Belknap in the Third, George E. White in the Fifth, and George E. Foss in the Seventh.
Andreas Mal oak was executed in the Newark county jail for the July 21 1897 murder of Mrs Annie Kmerz. The hanging took place on Thursday in New Jersey with the crime dating back to 1897.
Danville Kentucky reports Rev Dr W C Roberts of New York has been elected president of Center College and accepted. He previously led Lake Forest University in Chicago and most recently served as secretary of the northern board of home missions for the Presbyterian Church.
The First National Bank reports subscribers have totaled 1,080,000 dollars for the new three percent government bonds. Subscriptions are starting to arrive from interior cities and towns.
A vivid account describes a grand naval review during the World’s Fair year. Ships blaze with colors, crews render disciplined maneuvers, and spectators watch from grandstands as judges and dignitaries survey the fleet. The scene captures pride in maritime prowess and national spectacle.
Washington notes the Senate agreed to the conference report on the war revenue bill after a four hour debate. The session was quiet with no acrimony and no peace or armistice proposals had surfaced, though Count Almodovar de lio had begun steps toward peace.
A communication from Capt. Gen. Agusti dated Manila June 3 reports a grave situation in the Philippines. Aguinaldo has stirred unrest, telegraph lines and railways are cut, and the province of Cavite has rebelled with towns and villages occupied by numerous forces. The writer says there is no communication with the provinces.
Debate centered on how soon a vote could be reached. The conference bill was viewed as reasonably satisfactory by most, except for the bond provision. The report passed 43 to 22, reflecting opposition to any increase in interest-bearing debt.
The Western Union Telegraph company says the cable laying between Port Townsend Washington and Victoria British Columbia is finished and offices can now accept telegrams for Victoria direct.
At Western university annual commencement on June 10 in Pittsburgh Virginia Admiral Dewey was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws. The announcement drew strong applause from the audience.
Mass rumor suggests the Spanish garrison at Manila chose capture by Americans over massacre by insurgents. General Correa asserts Captain General Augusti will resist to the end.
San Francisco reports Count H. Matsu, the new Japanese consul, and Dr. B. Tomatsuri of the Japanese navy arriving. Tomatsuri is dispatched by his government to study the ongoing war between Spain and the United States.
A Spanish column defends the Za pote line to stop the invader as Manila faces land and sea attacks after enemy incursions through Bulacan Laguna and Moron. The commander seeks to raise civic courage and relies on reluctant natives and volunteers amid desertions after key towns Baccor and Imus fell.
Madrid reports from Admiral Cervera that six American ships bombarded Santiago and nearby coast. Reina Mercedes suffered six killed and 17 wounded, plus three officers killed and an officer and 17 men wounded among troops. Americans fired 1500 shells. damage to La Socapa and Morro batteries was minor. Morro barracks damaged with notable enemy losses.
In Emporia Kansas on June 9 ex Senator William A Peffer was nominated for governor by the prohibition state convention. The vote was unanimous and the platform supports prohibition and woman suffrage and endorses the U S war effort in Spain.
Advices from Nagasaki report the German first class cruiser Kasserine Augusta left Nagasaki en route to Manila. Berlin dispatches note the voyage departing for the Far East with possible operations in the Philippines.
The Bradstreet assessment notes a spring demand slowdown but confirms that 1898’s spring business largely met expectations with strong bank clearings and railway earnings. It records weekly failures at 203 in the U S versus 262 last year and 17 in Canada versus 30, while grain prices ease amid robust exports and hopeful crop prospects.
Dr J B Murphy of Chicago, inventor of the Murphy intestinal button, told the Artemeda Medical association in Denver that a conditional cure for lung consumption is possible. The method collapses the diseased lung with injected nitrogen to rest it while natural pleural effusion aids healing.
Washington reports Japan has entered a strong protest against a ten cent per pound uniform tea duty in the war revenue bill. The Japanese government says the tax would ruin its tea trade with the United States and would prefer a value graded duty.
The New York Court of Appeals upholds Martin Thorn's first degree murder conviction for killing William Guidensuppe, a bath robber, in Woodside Queens last July. Augusta Nack, Thorn's accomplice who testified for the state, is serving 15 years, and Thorn faces execution by electric chair.
Heavy Failure Bangor Maine June 11 L B Clark & Co tanners have failed for 550000 The firm was the last of the big tanneries in Maine and the failure will cause heavy losses to Maine and Boston banks The plant was at King Man and the firm had offices there in Boston and in England.
June 9 Montreal reports that Carranza and Du Bose are quietly making preparations to depart the country though they deny an expulsion order.
Tribune correspondent reports from Kingston that Havana is nearly impregnable from the sea with an army of 50,000 in good condition, ample food, and no current yellow fever epidemic.
Practically complete returns from 25 of 32 counties in Oregon give Geer for governor a lead over King. Geer shows 35,648 votes while King has 28,078, Geer's plurality 7,570. The fusionist Geer leads in the partial tally.
The House approved the conference report on the war revenue bill by a 114 to 107 vote. Key votes included Republicans Brewster and Hill among the nay side and Democrats Cummings Driggs Fitzgerald McAleer and McClellan among those voting yes. The act imposes taxes on beer tobacco insurance women and other goods, with rates and exemptions detailed for banks brokers pawnbrokers theaters circuses and numerous other items. It also authorizes treasury bonds and imposes transfer and sale taxes, plus a silver coinage provision replacing a prior seigniorage amendment.
Vancouver dispatch reports renewed China Japan friction as Shashi consulate is burned and nearby residences attacked. Japan orders cruisers Takao and gunboat Mara to Shanghai and Sasebo to protect Japanese residents amid alleged involvement of recently dismissed Chinese officials.
Tacoma reports say tea importers rush cargo to America before wartime duties take effect. Four of Northern Pacific Steamship fleet may arrive this month to load tea and speed ships to Tacoma, saving duties and aiding troop transports to Manila. Vessels Olympia and Arizona named. Columbia and Tacoma in transit or Yokohama. Officials offer no comment on such moves.
The post office department opens Camp Alger postal station near Falls Church Virginia and Chickamauga Park postal station in Chattanooga Tennessee as money order branches to allow soldiers to receive funds within the encampments. Send money orders to soldiers drawn as Camp Alger or Chickamauga Park post offices.
Mrs. William Ri. Day wife of the secretary of state has recovered enough to leave Cleveland General Hospital after six weeks of treatment. She returns to Canton and will not join her husband in Washington this summer, instead seeking a quiet residence to regain her strength.
Marines under Lieut. Col. I. W. Huntington engaged Spanish guerrillas and regulars at the entrance to Guantanamo Bay. Four Americans were killed and several wounded in a 13 hour battle that began Friday and ended after reinforcements arrived from the Marblehead.
Liverpool dispatches from Sierra Leone describe a brutal uprising with about one thousand killed. Authorities note 120 Freetown residents, mainly traders, massacred and many colonists seized by war bands. Three hundred native allies perished and six United Brethren missionaries were killed at Manchbargru.
Otway Luc as a wealthy farmer living in South Solon 18 miles south of Springfield was shot dead Sunday night. Charles Selzer, 25, is the identified suspect still at large as armed men search for him. The motive appears linked to an old feud.
Adrian C. Anson has been engaged as manager of the New York baseball club and took charge of the team Saturday in Anson, New York.
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