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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1898
Page
3
Reports from Santiago de Cuba claim the Merrimac was blown up by Spaniards, while other dispatches say an American plan drove the incident. The attack damaged the American cruiser, with several crew captured, and left only parts visible above water as the vessel sank.
A Porto Pinea dispatch reports four revolutionary expedition members marching from Monte Cristo to Basti under Iznor Jimenez. Troops awaited the party and captured all. Leader Jimenez to be examined. Gen. A. Gust Moraies shot without delay. The fate of the remaining rebels appears to be execution.
Three crew members die after tug Record sinks in the ship canal at David Mion. Capt John Bricklet M R Cook and steward George Richards among the drowned. Tug swung broadside against a steamer as a strong current carried it out.
New York Mayor Van Wyck could be removed while an investigation into his actions removing Police Commissioners Hiamiton and Philipps proceeds. Senator Platt urged the governor to act, with a possible special legislative session around June 27. In Wheeling, West Virginia, Mrs Georgs W Atkinson, wife of Governor Atkinson, was temporarily released in a forgery case after Judge Blizzard sustained defense demurrer on a technical point about guilty knowledge.
The National Red Cross Society announced a finance committee led by J. Pierpont Morgan with Frederick D. Tappan August Belmont James Speyer Gustave H. Schwab Elwin Langston and Levi P. Morton. Also notes a South African Exposition invitation to American manufacturers and a Racine elephant incident.
A sail boat carrying fifteen men capsized near Seul Croix Point on Lake Mielizan on Wednesday. Four men drowned. names are not available in the readable text.
Col Stone, Warren, to be Pennsylvania governor hopeful. the Harrisburg result shows Col Win. Stove of Allegheny won the first ballot, with Josus Wanamaker of Philadelphia a close second. Wanamaker opposed Quay. Stone avoids a Quay alliance. The platform backs wartime policy, aims for a strong navy, canal and waterway links, and protectionist immigration limits.
A large blast at Tobias New & Co tar paper factory injured nine and damaged the plant. Provisions say one possibly fatal outcome looms for at least four workers. Injured include Tobias New, Philip Greenfield, Victor Rasche, John Nelli, and others. Firemen state the cause was tar gas accumulation in the engine room.
A New York paper reports a sharp fall in flour prices across all grades, with fancy patents down 59 to 75 cents and cheaper grades also lower. The decline follows a week of weakening values, influenced by past market booms and speculative factors led by major players.
The Jane Grey schooner from Seattle to Kulzebue Sound foundered at 2 oclock Sunday morning about ninety miles west of Cape Pistrery in a moderate gale. Ten of the nine aboard survived after thirty hours with scant food and water, aided by Capt. Crockett.
Pat Galvin arrives in Tacoma Wash from Dawson Yukon with a report of spring cleanup of 32 000 000 dollars. Sluicing had been in progress for a week as of April 28 and the best creeks Sulphur Dominion Bear and Henderson ranked strong after El Dorado and Bonanza. Water from Lebarge to Dawson began two weeks earlier than last year. Miners planned to start for St Michael with treasure between May 28 and June 5, returning to the states around July 1.
Gunboat Uncas reached near Matanzas catching sight of a Spanish blockhouse a mile and a half west of the lighthouse. From 60 yards off shore two shells pierced the building, wrecking it, with Leyden Lane also firing twice. No confirmation of casualties. Elisha King of Rushville Ind reports a $2500 swindle involving forged signatures on a mortgage sold by a stranger named M H Dawson WarSaw Ind. Plans by Peters Burns of Dayton for a Danville Soldiers Home costing 620,009 total inmates 2520 hospital 520. Captain Nickerson secures seed grain for Arapaho Shoshone wards at Fort Wasla Wyoming after bureau initially refused.
Miss Ina Yone Yaxigasawa, aged 25, graduates from the State University of California as the first Japanese girl to complete a American college program. She has lived in the United States sixteen years.
Historical market listing details Chicago cattle and hog grades plus shipping prices for various lots. Terms cover No 2 red and No 2 white corn, oats, wheat, and hay with range prices from $0.33 to $5.50 per bushel, including hogs at $3.00 to $4.50 and cattle $2.50 to $5.50, with scattered brand and creamer notes.
The Hawkeye State dispatch reports Cor. Shaw issuing two proclamations seeking volunteers to fill the second call. Prisco is ordered to assist in enforcing the measure, signaling a mobilization effort amid ongoing demands.
Telegrams indicate Col Lopez of the Fifty-first Iowa Volunteers mustered May 33 and ordered to report in San Francisco under Gen Merritt. The Forty-ninth, sworn into US service June 2, was told uniforms are unavailable. men will be equipped otherwise. Also, a giant South African mummy, 7 feet 9 inches, packed in a heavy box, was found in a Sioux City freight house after being shipped by a circus partner to P A Oller.
Robert son of Mrs. Simp Son, two years old, died after three months with a hat pin found in his stomach at autopsy. The five and a half inch pin bent at the end baffled doctors who could not explain how he lived so long. Circus posters were censored by Webster City police under Mayor Burlsson after a minister complained about suggestive images.
At the Sixth district judicial convention in Oskaloosa T Scott of Poweshiek, W G Clements of Jasper, A R Dewey of Washington were nominated on the first ballot. Davi Ityan of Newton, G W Lafferty of Oskaloosa and M Brown of Sigourney drew large votes.
A passenger list from the Jane Gray tragedy shows Missionary Hey W C Campbell of Winter Iowa among those drowned ninety miles west of Cape Flattery on May 1. Campbell, en route to the Belving Sea to spread the gospel, was a well known figure in Iowa.
Frank Briggs a Northwestern switchman suffered a severe injury in Carrol yards last week after an eight to a frog accident. Amputation may be required. he survives in Boone and will play at the Exposition. The Atlantic City Band was notified it will provide music for the dedication of the Iowa building on Thursday the 23rd. City Hall at Riverton remains incomplete with jail cells measured and the hall size noted. Robbery at Lehigh involved burglars drilling a safe at H W Hoss store and seizing between 1500 and 3950 plus postal orders. Fire at Waterloo damaged the sash, glass, and machinery, causing substantial losses to several companies including Beek Nan mata Watts and Waterloo Manufacturing Company. total loss around 5,000.
A head end crash on the Chicago & Northwestern near Norway damaged two locomotives and left four trainmen seriously injured. An east bound freight halted to water when No 1, the west bound passenger, collided on the sidetrack. Engineer Will Sinich and Fireman Will Hobson of the passenger and crew Dug Spaulding and Calvin Spaulding of the freight were severely injured. Hobson suffered a brain concussion.
Senate discussed a bill to create two assistant secretaries of war with $4000 salaries, passed several measures including harbor survey and railroad expansion, and debated excise tax proposals. The House voted on civil rights provisions, opened June July coastal saving stations, and approved a deficiency bill for emergency army and navy expenses.
The article describes the Lord of Misrule directing English court amusements from Henry III era and later, overseeing games and sports during Christmas week. It notes the position was filled by wealthy nobles who funded the festive pageantry, with Essex allegedly spending $15,000 of his own money during Elizabeth I’s era.
A garbled column on marriage and baby weights notes witty exchanges about knowing a spouse before marriage. It then shifts to a skewed, humorous measurement piece: exaggerations of baby weights and adult heights, with absurd predictions for the future. The tone mimics a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper humor section.
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