Doings of the Week in Press Dispatches
A compact review of recent global and domestic press coverage across seven days. Highlights include major events, notable editorials, and recurring themes from newspapers in multiple lands.
30 Sep 1898
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1898
Page
1
A compact review of recent global and domestic press coverage across seven days. Highlights include major events, notable editorials, and recurring themes from newspapers in multiple lands.
The article notes the navy sending 400 sailors to Manila to replace expiring terms, General Blanco easing Cuban rail travel for soldiers, and ships and crews crossing seas. It also covers reports from Luzon, Alaska studies failing, and ongoing weather and disaster updates across continents.
A snapshot lists a private soldier’s pay at 2.25 annually, daily powder output of 16 000 tons, Cuba’s 16 000 000 acres of virgin forest, war elevating army horse prices, and Italy’s war department spending 45 000 000 per year.
The wrecking company under Lieutenant Hobzon has floated the cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa and towed her from Siboney toward Guantanamo Bay. The voyage north is aided by the Potomac and convoyed by New York Scorpion and Alvarado, with Newark’s Captain Goodrich assisting in salvage efforts amid signals and cheers from Cuban onlookers and a looming hurricane.
The war department announced that the Cuban commission secured permission from Spanish authorities to land the Comal cargo at Matanzas duty free. The steamer, at Key West, carried supplies for Cuba’s suffering people and had been fined for port-regulation violations. The dispute was referred to Washington for final adjustment.
The Centurion leads a British squadron including Victorious and other ships sailing from Che Foo under sealed orders. The aim is a naval demonstration at Tuku near Tien Tsin to project power in Chinese waters amid tensions over Kang Yu Wei’s arrest and Russian troop threats.
Ten thousand Spanish residents on Porto Rico refuse to live under the American flag and demand repatriation at government expense. The matter is sent to the state council for reparation. Degressive fever forces Jackson to consider depopulation after a new outbreak near the old infection site. Vesuvian eruption widens in Naples with fears of a repeat of 1872 violence.
Salem September 26 in obedience to Governor Lord the Oregon legislature convened in a special session at the state capitol. Both houses organized with near full attendance and a harmonious start.
The Observer reports Count Esterhazy claiming he authored the bordereau written at Colonel Sandherr's request to indict Dreyfus and deny German spy evidence. He says the forgery aimed to prove Dreyfus guilty, tying intelligence plots to troop concentrations and Italian fortifications.
Kingston reports confirm heavy losses from the Saint Vincent Saint Lucia and Barbadoes hurricane as about 800 lives perished at Saint Vincent and shipping wrecks litter the coast.
Rev Cyrog L Brady archdeacon and chaplain in Philadelphia denounces mistreatment at Chickamauga camps. He cites six hour waits for medical care, fever in rain soaked wards, unskilled attendants and flies in patients mouths, urging disclosure of wider abuses within the army system.
The German bark Olga arrived at the Delaware breakwater with a crew decimated by scurvy. From Sourabaya to Java and Sourabaya, only Captain Dreyer and five others survived as disease struck one by one, killing the captain and the mate before a new commander took charge. The vessel awaits orders to discharge its sugar cargo.
Chicago reports a 10,000,000 ounce silver bullion shipment from Philadelphia headed to the Pacific coast. Assistant Secretary Van derlip conferred with Western railroad officials to arrange a fast guarded train move. The move signals a shift from express to freight transport for federal silver reserves.
Reports from Manila indicate Aguinaldo and followers delay submission while Americans consider protectorate options. Merritt denies any agreement with Aguinaldo as Merritt leaves for Paris. Merchants expect changes to duties and a possible American newspaper presence in the city.
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