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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1898
Page
6
Message held back Alcnera See Given Time to Get Americans Out of Cuba. Large crowds depart Havana as ships run at or beyond safe capacity amid evacuation efforts.
Washington reports describe peace efforts by European powers to avert war amid rumors of mass American casualties in Havana. The McKinley administration delays transmitting a Cuba message to Congress while Gen. Lee and other Americans in Cuba plan to depart. The Spanish government reevaluates its stance and White House leaders weigh next steps as the crisis deepens.
The piece notes the delay of President McKinley’s message and shows the crowd’s disappointment in the Capitol over the halted Cuban policy. It discusses Madrid’s stance, Woodford’s reports, and the likely hardline U.S. position before any proposal, plus Alberta Utget’s shipments to Cuba from East St. Louis stockyards.
Exaggerated first reports give way to the truth of a devastating Shawneetown flood. Submerged homes, looting, and destitution spread as armed guards patrol the levee while residents flee by boat. The mayor and relief committee seek funds to rebuild and aid hundreds left homeless.
Hundreds stranded as Shawneetown residents retreat from ruined homes and storehouses. Officials report 25 dead with further missing, while 12 hundred rely on public relief. Emergency funds and supplies pour in from Evansville, Springfield, Harrisburg, and regional grocers and mills as relief drives organize food, clothing, coal, and shelter.
The Shawneetown flood wrecked the colored Baptist church and damaged the electric light and pumping plants. Supplies to flood victims arrive from sister cities, with relief measures and urgency noted as the community recovers after the disaster.
In a remarkable stampede from Dawson to Swedish Creek on February 16, temperatures plunged to sixty below zero. Stampeders abandoned blankets, relied on camp fires, and many perished or were fatally injured. Three died soon after, two more had legs amputated and died from shock. The schooner Julia A Ware drifted ashore near Long Island, New York, with the crew missing.
The German Austrian French British Italian Russian representatives deliver a joint appeal to U S President McKinley. He responds praising their goodwill and vows to restore order in Cuba, stressing the need for peace, humanity, and prompt action to end the protracted conflict affecting the United States and Spain.
Many states display rapid progress in preparing their buildings for the Iana Mississippi exposition in Omaha. Minnesota Montana Arkansas Denver Missouri Wisconsin Nebraska and Georgia have plans advancing including a pine Atlanta landmark. Plans for New York and New Jersey plus several others are expected soon with thirty five states committed and presses for new commissions as winter helps speed construction. The Government building rises toward completion while annexes are needed to house the growing exhibit spaces.
The Sisseton and Walywion Indians learn May will receive 2000 eswsith eye wheel valued at 100000 from Washington. Two men visited Sisseton to protest government issues of raions, claiming full American citizenship and that their lands were contracted to be sold.
The War Department ordered a sampled canvas uniform as a light serviceable field dress for the United States Army. It marks a departure aimed at health and practicality in native service. The gray brown color blends with earth and foliage, remaining cool in summer and suitable in winter.
A massive snowslide at Chilkoot Pass traps hundreds of gold miners, with at least 160 feared dead. The avalanche, triggered by warming winds and heavy snow, wipes out a Stonehouse to Scales route block, burying a mountain village and leaving responders racing to recover bodies. Dozens of women among victims. rescue efforts mobilized with thousands of laborers aiding the scene.
Examines the perils of fighting in tropical climates with lessons from the Seminole War in southern Florida. Notes 3,000 Seminoles resisted with guerrilla tactics in everglades, 1,431 soldiers dead including 58 in battle, 24 from wounds, 1,259 from disease, and pensions totaling 40 million for survivors and dependents. Describes heat, vapors, deadly dews, and swamp conditions as enduring hazards across imperial campaigns.
Minor notes report a naval recruiting station to be established in Cleveland Ohio. Toewis Adams aged 17 is jailed at Norma Oklahoma charged with stealing a horse from his grandfather. Japan asks U S to join Britain over Wei-lai Wei. Gov Back of New York sent a war appropriation bill of 1 000 000 to the Legislature which passed immediately.
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