05 Oct 1898
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1898
Page
1
An old clinic advertises limited practice to eye ear nose and throat with spectacles examined. Free examinations offered for various defects. Located at 3e-28 North Market Street near the City Hotel with hours from 2 to 6 p.m.
Frederick notice listing Issell and Waters estate and insurance brokers located at 25 Court Street in the Masonic Building Thormont area. Public record segment identifies the firm and address for notices or filings related to estate and insurance matters.
Joseph Brown and Minus Delaney faced a joint hearing before Mayor Black and Coroner Minshull in Chester. Brown confessed details of the fatal Friday night crime against Peter and Mrs. Leonard, describing the robbery, assaults, and subsequent actions. They remain held without bail for court as the case proceeds. Separate items note Arctic boundary questions, a political nomination in Warren Ohio, and recent baseball results across major cities.
The Produce Markets reflect slow flour and steady wheat in Philadelphia, with No. 2 red wheat at 68 48 and corn firm. In Baltimore, flour quiet, wheat dull, and corn firmer with No. 2 western SG. Prices for butter, cheese, lard, and pork show varied movement, and stock tables in New York list modest gains and softer calves and sheep.
The war investigating commission began hearings in Washington as Major General Wheeler testified about Santiago and Wikoff. He defended Shafter’s efforts to protect troops, discussed transport shortages, and claimed Wikoff as a model camp with ample hospital capacity. He noted isolated cases of misconduct but said overall provisions were strong. The session paused as Wheeler’s testimony continued, with Boynton and Fitzhugh Lee slated for future appearances.
Charleston reports the four masted schooner Sarah L Palmer with phosphate rock from Charlotte Harbor to Carteret N J foundered off Stone Inlet seven miles south of Charleston. Captain Whittier and six crewmen drowned. two black sailors survived. Freight train robbers captured near Randall Station Erie road were Thomas Riley and John Keily.
The nineteenth annual Pennsylvania Firemen convention opened in Lendon with State President John E. Spears presiding. Rev W E Stahler offered the prayer and Mayor John A Webner gave the welcome. Charles H Cohn of Allentown was elected state president in this morning session. EScranton’s dictation supports securing the 1853 convention. Portuzal’s Lisbon policy aims at colonial protection with expert commentary invited.
Senator Penrose and Colonel Stone spoke at a Huntingdon county meeting urging scrutiny of Wanamaker's campaign tactics. Penrose cited alleged 1896 moves to influence Republicans, including a Pittsburg meeting with Richard Quay and a Wanamaker envoy proposing a $250,000 payoff for trapping Quay’s support and controlling senatorial appointments.
Connecticut governor seeks necessary papers to base an extradition request for Dr Nancy A Guilford from London. A telegram indicates documents will be sent to Washington promptly for the British government action.
The United States transport Obdam returned to Santiago with its bunkers afire. 80 tons of water flooded the main hold as a gang removed a large cargo of ammunition. Spontaneous combustion is suspected, with efforts led by Captain Baker and naval officers to prevent an explosion.
A Pekin crowd quiets as Europeans are insulted, prompting a British marine protection detachment for the legation. A roped off area cages suspects labeled punished for assaulting Europeans while the Chinese foreign office apologizes and rumors swirl about Li Hung Chang and the dowager empress.
Forty thousand witnesses saw the new battleship Tilneys launched in Newport News Virginia with a high ceremony. Miss Nannie Letter of Chicago served as sponsor as Governor Taner and Mayor Harrison attended along with many dignitaries. A grand reception followed and a ball closed the day.
Savannah reports Campbell Island near Darien wiped out by disaster. Estimates of dead range from 20 to 50 with a population of colored truck growers. Four deaths confirmed in Brunswick. Property damage about half a million dollars. Telegraph and telephones down. ships ashore and docks vanish. Georgia coast community braces amid widespread wreckage.
A New York court set a tax on the late Jay Gould's estate at 12 7945 million dollars, ruling 6 000 000 dollars passed to Goulds son as a debt payment not exempt from tax. Executors argued the amount was a filial transfer for services rendered over thirteen years. The decision upholds a taxable value of 5 000 000 dollars, with the estate liable for tax on the remainder.
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