09 Sep 1898
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1898
Page
1
A compact roundup highlighting notable events and actions covered by The Press Dispatches this week. It notes civic activities, local meetings, and community updates with emphasis on dates, places, and involved organizations.
Abandon Camp Wikoff planned within three weeks. Comedian James Wilson praised for bravery at Santiago. Heat waves in New York cause deaths and prostrations. Manila messages report ships arriving and ports open. Dreyfus case near retrial. Netherlands royal ascent. various shipboard incidents and mutinies. American debt and arms orders. Incendiaries, train wrecks, and labor strikes feature in the day’s brief items.
General Kitchener enters Omdurman at the head of the Anglo Egyptian column after routing the Dervishes. Casualties run about 200 on our side, with thousands of Dervishes killed or wounded. The battle featured a notable Twenty first Lancers charge and heavy cross fire from three brigades.
At Camp Wikoff on Sept. 6 President McKinley spent hours visiting hospital wards and cantonments, spoke to troops, reviewed cavalry, and issued orders to move regiments east of the Mississippi. He was joined by Hobart Alger Griggs Hedfield Proctor Shafter among others as General Shafter rests.
Major General Joseph Wheeler presents letters from soldiers and families defending the Cuban campaign. He notes no complaints from troops about privation or starvation and praises the care in hospitals, nurses, and doctors amid harsh Cuban conditions. He argues newspapers misrepresented conditions and that officers and men willingly faced hardships for American honor.
New York dispatch notes Dan and Co. weekly review shows August had the smallest failures in five years, while overall clearings reached record highs and prices declined across commodities. Wheat outlook remains robust, foreign buying strong, and exports up. iron and steel demand boosts prices and production, with notable gains in Bessemer pig, coke, and tin plate markets. Failures totaled 171 in the U.S. and 22 in Canada, down from last year.
Aug 30 Madrid reports negotiations with Washington to allow Spaniards in the Ladrones to travel to Manila as the Ladrones situation grows critical. Sept 6 New Orleans notes the torpedoing of the government steamboat Jonn I Meigs at St Philip with Lt Jervey and a party removing river torpedoes. Crew losses include Charles Starr and Sgt John Newman. wounded Frits Koch and D B Reddy.
A Bloomington sent dispatch reports four men killed instantly and several injured in a dynamite blast while blasting rock for a new pike near Stinteville. The dead were John Williams John Grubb Buck Wampler and Edward Watts. The fatally injured include Ben Fyffe Milton Hike and Willie Liford. Coroner summoned from Bloomington. All victims were well known county citizens aged 40 to 50.
In San Francisco on September 1, remnants of a large raft started down the coast for the Bibl Lumber Company were towed into port after breaking in two near Point Keyes. About 1,000,000 feet of amber logs were lost, but the salvage will cover the lows and expenses.
The marine hospital service was informed of 10 new yellow fever cases discovered at Orwood, Misa, marking a renewed outbreak in the region as of September 5.
Jackson Miss Sept 5 The board of health received a telegram from Inspector Grant stating yellow fever has appeared at Minton Station No report of case numbers available at this time
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