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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1898
Page
4
The big Capitol building suffered damage from an explosion and fire, with debris and soaked rooms, though the Supreme Court chambers fared relatively well. Reports from Washington to New York note state election activity, with Republicans and Democrats predicting varying plurality outcomes and congressional shifts.
An examination of the Capitol gas meter room shows the big meter blown to pieces, indicating a gas explosion as the cause of the damage, pending official inquiry. Colonel Bryan arrives in St. Louis from Savannah after a military stopover, refusing to discuss politics or army conditions. Chicago prepares for a grand opera season at the Auditorium featuring Lohengrin Romeo and Juliet Tannhauser Barber of Seville Aida and Faust, with new stars joining familiar favorites as the company tours to New York and Boston afterward.
Across England Scotland and Wales bells ring and flags fly for the fifty seventh birthday of the Prince of Wales. The royal family gathers at Sandringham while congratulatory telegrams pour in from European rulers as Imperial penny postage begins. In Oakland a brakeman Doc Conardy dies after being struck by a train. In Toulon France’s Mediterranean squadron readies for sea under Admiral Fournier amid dispatches and reassignments.
Washington November 9 chairman Babcock admitted the next house of representatives was in doubt. He claimed 174 districts sure with 13 districts in doubt. A majority requires 179.
The second annual Wisconsin State Federation of Women’s Clubs opened at First Methodist Church in La Crosse with capacity crowds and delegates from over fifty counties. Prominent figures include Miss Jane Addams and Mrs Ide, with preparations for a reception at Pasadena underway under Mrs Robert A La Follette’s direction.
Paris reports council decided to stout all French war vessels and order thirty reserve ships into commission. A grease kettle fire at Great Western Tin Plate plant in Kor. 10 destroyed the mill, with 275 workers unemployed. Lena M Nelson schooner run aground near Ludington Benton Harbor. Teresa ashore near Cat Island and described as disarmed cruiser Infiota Marin a flying American flag. New steamship line California and Oriental to connect San Francisco and San Diego with three ships en route. Winter tariff increases grain and product freight 2.44 cents per 100 pounds from lake ports to the east. Monteyideon carried Westmeath crew to Montreal.
The J. P. Donalison reports two consorts missing in a gale six miles southeast of Doomy Lighthouse near Lake Erie, with six crew per boat and no sighting yet. Across the country, San Francisco tallies show Gaze leading Maguire for the state ticket with 23,826 votes among 756 precincts reported. Omaha cites Pointer Jus ion’s governor win by about 10,000 and a Republican legislature majority. Parkersburg notes West Virginia Republicans control both houses, ensuring a Republican senator.
Washington reports Republican leaders predicting a twenty seat majority in the next House. Chicago dispatches update election returns with Republicans at 183, Democrats 118, Zenists 164 from 47 districts. 10 districts remain in doubt. In Pana, Illinois, William Lynch shot by Black workers and a widow’s house attacked. soldiers restore order while fears of wider violence grow. London parade and civic ceremonies mark Lord Mayor Moore’s farewell with flags and Anglo American symbolism. U.S. lacks ambassador to speak at Guild Hall banquet.
A multi city dispatch notes disorder in Brooklyn white and black clashes with deaths and weapon seizures. reports Salisbury to announce Egyptian protectorate. rowing race results in Halifax. and Missouri YMCA convention opening with notable religious workers from several states.
The Rev L C Ferguson preached a Sunday sermon at the Christian Church centered on responsibility to self, neighbor, and city. He argued God holds individuals and communities accountable for evils they cause or fail to eradicate, with focus on liquor laws and election duty. He urged voters and citizens to act against the saloon, equating inaction with complicity and warning that legalized drinking harms body and soul.
Representatives from Chicago clubs including the board of trade the Hamilton club and the real estate board met in Chicago on November 10 to discuss whether to work for a constitutional convention. Other leading social political and commercial organizations participated in the discussion.
Honolulu dispatch reports a growing illness among soldiers with typhoid rampant and a crowded military hospital. Since August 28, 15 soldiers died from diseases, including seven from typhoid, as 208 New Yorkers on the sick list. efforts to improve sanitation continue while troopships Valencia and Senator sailed and Arizona prepares to sail for Manila. Captain Barnesson of the Arizona resigns command and goes to Seattle. First Officer C W Ames takes Jim. General Xing has been confined due to a vaccination wound effects and fears of blood poisoning.
The American liner St Louis, due from Southampton tomorrow, carries a distinguished party including Ferdinand W. Peck United States Commissioner General to the Paris Exposition Mrs Peck Thomas W Cridler Third Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs Cridler Tustin McCarthy Olga Nethersole and Mme Nordica among its notable passengers.
The fourth National Purity Congress under the W C T U began at Plymouth Congregational Church in St Paul Minnesota and will run two days Delegates from across the country will present papers on educational and rescue work with leaders including Mother TM Prindle Mrs J H Wellox Mrs Charlotte Earholm and Mrs Mabel L Conklin The sessions were opened and presided over by Mrs Mary Wood-Allen of Ann Arbor Michigan
Washington November 10 The Star notes several skirmishes between 1 and 2 pm with eight Negroes killed and three wounded and three whites wounded by 2 pm Special trains bring reinforcements from Goldsboro 500 men from Goldsboro and 150 from Lunenburg plus offers of aid Other forces may command the situation and patrol the city under governor sanctioned plan to aid security
New York November 9 The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers begins its annual convention in New York with three days of papers on war era naval topics including torpedo boat destroyers on the Pacific Coast bilge keels rolling experiments and the stability of battleships under various conditions. The program features G W Dickie Lawrence Spear W I Babcock Philip Hickborn and Cecil H Peabody among speakers.
The fifth annual convention opens in Hot Springs Arkansas with large delegate attendance. National President Mrs Kate Cahett Corrie of Texas presides at the Arlington Hotel. Local chapter head Mrs J M Kellar welcomes visitors and Mrs G D Wright of Baltimore replies. A spirited race for the presidency is under debate among several candidates.
In Wilmington North Carolina, Nov 10, a mob led by ex-Representative Waddell and the white committee of twenty-five attacked the Record, a negro newspaper. Armed citizens surrounded the armory, breached the Record office door, smashed furniture, gutted the interior, and set the two-story building on fire.
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