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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1899
Page
1
Palot Grinders offers reads wized paints with ready mixed options and shading. Prices quoted range from 65 to 80 cents per gallon with discounts for calls.
Reports from Santiago de Cuba describe bands of men looting and burning cane fields amid troop orders limiting cash for provincial works. The Movaty district and Guantanamo area suffer depredations with several murders alleged, while the Isabel plantation loses its entire cane crop to fires. Cuban inspectors warn locals may desert to the mountains if not paid in money for labor.
The Virginia Coal Iron and Railway Company announced the largest southern deal in a decade. It buys Max Meadows blast furnaces in Virginia and Bristol and Elizabethton and the South Atlantic and Ohio railroads for 15 million dollars. The merged assets include 125000 acres of coking coal lands and 60009 acres of ore lands, with rail links from Big Stone Gap Virginia to Elizabethton Tennessee.
Rushing for the Atlin gold fields in northern British Columbia has begun with two steamers, Cutich and Danbde, departing Vancouver with over a hundred passengers. The travelers bought supplies in Vancouver and head toward Atlin for the prospect.
The Berlin correspondent notes cautious German hope for stable ties with the United States outweighing Samoa concerns. Journals show no harsh tone, suggesting Berlin will avoid extreme demands like island cessions. Germany plans to protest anti American remarks in Washington and reiterates friendly reception for Americans.
Washington reports chemist Wiley found no borax boric acid sulphites salicylic or benzoic acids in 13 canned meat samples from markets and war department. Saltpeter appeared in corned and luncheon beef but not in roast beef. cans were well preserved and largely undented. A separate note covers accidental shooting and a new Porto Rico tariff and a monument appeal.
In a report to Assistant Secretary of War Meiieljohn Captain Augustus P. Gardner analyzes Porto Rico's social system, focusing on education. He notes a 1887 census error, estimates 600 schools with scarce teachers, and 4.5 million pesos in national tax largely spent on salaries. He urges careful organization to avoid political mismanagement and lingering Spanish influence.
The sermon cites Ehud from Judges as a model for left handed strength overcoming oppression. It urges perseverance, warns against worldly elevation, and contrasts earthly fame with eternal reward, urging readiness for death and faith in divine deliverance.
Miss Jennie Moore daughter of the late I J Moore, a noted society belle, died at the family residence on Gough street from injuries after lace curtains ignited by a gas jet. She tried to extinguish the blaze but her clothing caught fire, and she perished after hours of agony.
In South Omaha Nebraska on January 23 a blast attempt targeted F B Towle manager of the Omaha Packing company. William Barrier saw a flicker on the porch, removed a burning package with a fuse containing six sticks of dynamite. Suspects are believed to be ex-employees.
An Italian steamer reports a peasant woman Ferrarini in Jan 13th insanity threw her three sons into the sea and leapt after them. all four drowned. Her husband and daughter later vanished at sea, while the remaining son, once prosperous in La Plata, was implicated in Genoa. Harrisburg reports a political clash as Quay and anti Quay factions claim impending victory with votes needed to secure a majority.
A mob of Slavs gathered in Pittston in front of Peter Connell's house last night. A man fired a revolver shot, striking Connell in the bear and causing his death. No arrests reported. Also, three children of John and Susie Shear drowned after breaking through ice at Ravenns reservoir yesterday.
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