04 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1899
Page
1
A chaotic digest notes rumors of Salia bury resigning in London, Dewey plans August in the Mediterranean, and looming war rumors in Washington. Reports cite mob violence in Long Beach, strikes in New York, Yaqui uprisings in Sonora, and a San Francisco gold shipment aboard the Bertha.
Martial law signals and a method for settling the Cleveland street car strike emerge amid a panorama of events. fires devastate Tupper Lake hotel district, yellow fever breaks at National Soldiers Home Hamp ton Va, and leaders plan a September Chicago trust conference as Cuba debates census picks.
Washington volunteers and U S troops under Brigadier General Hall captured Calamba on Laguna de Bay after two hours of combat. Four Americans killed and 12 wounded. 50 Spanish prisoners released. Filipinos retreated but later regrouped as U S forces established a garrison.
Reports from San Francisco dated July 31 describe rising unease in Samoa as rival factions clash over the kingship. Chief Justice Chambers plans to depart for Washington amid tensions with the high commission over court support.
Adolph Luetgert once Chicago sausage maker and life inmate here for his wife s murder was found dead in his Joliet cell. Postmortems by Dra Werner and O Malley cite fatty degeneration of the heart with heavy surrounding fat as the cause.
In Baltimore city jail yard four African American men were executed on a single scaffold. Corneling Gardiner Join Myera Charles James and Joseph Bryan were hanged for crimes against Annie Bailey and Mary Pack. Myera and Bryan died instantly. Gardiner survived briefly before dying.
In Manila on July 81 a Spanish transport Alva sails to the Caroline islands to repatriate garrison and inhabitants. A cable boat departs Tambay near Taguig and lays 18 miles of land wire, aiming to reach Calamba tonight, marking a first test of coastal telecommunication alongside military moves.
Lieutenant Colonel Plaemmer wired the War Department that several men from the Second Oregon wish to enlist in the Thirty-First Infantry and return to the Philippines if granted 80 days furlough. The War Department has authorized such furloughs for men who wish to enlist.
The Times prints what purports to be a full uncensored list of American army fatalities in the Philippines up to June 2. The list, furnished by Fred J. Eitel of Manila Freedom, claims 736 officers and 699 privates plus 14 civilians died.
A Washington report links Secretary Alger’s resignation to a Roosevelt letter urging reforms in the war department and criticizing the conduct of campaigns in the Philippines and Cuba. The piece notes friction between Roosevelt and Alger and outlines subsequent cabinet dynamics and naval matters.
A Tribune special from New York cites a Herald cablegram quoting Admiral Dewey predicting future conflict with Germany. The forecast follows a discussion of possible clashes with German forces at Manila.
A Minneapolis Kansas Messenger correspondent recalls humorous and grim moments during the war battlefields. A water buffalo and a small pig disrupt the line before Calocan as soldiers laugh at chaos amid bullets. Rebels’ captured muzzle loaders are packed with odd objects and dynamite. The cannon explodes unexpectedly, and twenty rebels die from a prior blast.
A long notice catalogs many alum containing baking powders from firms in Tacoma San Francisco Chicago Seattle and Portland with the claim that powders priced at 25 cents or 10 cents per pound may contain alum and warns grocers may push private labels while some powders are hidden under disguises. It notes many brands and emphasizes avoid powders above a quarter per pound and that pure cream of tartar powders are rarer at low prices.
Newport News and Hampton impose strict quarantine after 30 suspected yellow fever cases and three deaths at the National Soldiers' Home near Hampton. Old Point authorities already barred entry, while police monitor the water front. Governor confirms fever presence as officials mobilize to prevent spread.
An Erie railroad wreck near Lackawaxon New York killed the locomotive engineer and fireman of the westbound Chicago Express after a landslide plus a cloudburst. The train slammed into a freight wreck, many passengers injured, several cars burned, and debris blocked both lines as a cloudburst raged.
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