Soldiers Stand Ready Amid Awaited Orders
Troops are rested with arms at ease awaiting official orders. Command staff emphasize readiness and vigilance as forces stay on standby in their fortified positions.
05 Apr 1898
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1898
Page
1
Troops are rested with arms at ease awaiting official orders. Command staff emphasize readiness and vigilance as forces stay on standby in their fortified positions.
Washington April 5. The President will urge congressional action on intervention in Cuba as the House and Senate align on a line of action. He will not declare armed intervention in the message and aims to secure congressional support, with arbitration or autonomy not to be mentioned.
In Chicago on Sunday ministers debated Spain Cuba and the crisis facing the United States. Rev P H Swift of Englewood’s First M ER church called Spain insincere and treacherous and suggested Madrid officials could blow up the Maine and feign sympathy in the same week.
The Chicago Federation of Labor with about 100000 members voted unanimously to support Senator Mason on the Cuban question. They urged U S intervention in support of the insurgents and to avenge those who died in the Maine explosion.
The steamship Mascotte docked in Tampa from Havana with a full passenger load. Captain Hanlon reports Americans are abandoning Cuba as quickly as transport allows.
The Spanish Minister is arranging to depart the United States and has asked a local music house to retrieve his piano and organ. Adolph Fisher of Zarvesville Ohio endured piles for thirty five years and was cured using three boxes of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve from Servant's Pharmacy 508 Ohio Street.
The ad promotes cheap coal including Rich Hill Nut Lexington Whipple grades and Scranton anthracite plus seasoned wood in cord and stove lengths. It also lists feed sewer pipe vitrified building and fire brick with yard and downtown office addresses and a telephone number.
The grand jury returned indictments against Dan Gallivan for felonious assault on A J Jacobs Tom Ambles for assault with intent to kill Ed Granville Will Jackson for petit larceny John Clemans for assault with intent to kill Kila Hubbari and Bettie Snepard for robbery Sherman Clark for burglary Win Moore for bringing stolen goods into the county Win Rush for robbery Mate Berry and John Welch for grand larceny Allie Marshall for felonious assault Also an ad for DeWitt's Little Early Risers at Servant's Pharmacy 508 Ohio street Storage 508 Ohio street Sharp's M M
In Wheeling district the miners and operators ended talks with a disagreement over Chicago scale amendments. A strike of about 2,000 men was ordered by the district board, while the Kanawha district remains largely at work and the Eastern Ohio mines operate. The dispute centers on replacing screens as required by the Chicago agreement.
Passengers in electric car No 10, under the control of Motorman Grosshans, were passengers in a city transit car described in a clipped report. The brief text notes the car's movement and the operator without further detail on incident or outcome.
The Warrensburg Star lauds bloodhounds Rough and Tough for their performance in pursuing robbers on Sunday, noting they know their business and can do all they are credited for.
Reports from Cypress Junction Illinois describe the Shawneetown levee breaching with 10 foot flood waves endangering every frame house. Three boats will evacuate 400 people to Evansville as crews race to reach the town and deliver tents and provisions amid rising death toll estimates.
An advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It notes a refund if the remedy fails and emphasizes the genuine product marked with L. B. on each tablet priced at 5 cents.
A belt at the Broadway powerhouse broke this morning, halting the electric railway and delaying traffic for several minutes. No injuries reported and service resumed shortly after.
Henry Harris a Black man with smallpox in White Rock Newberry County South Carolina was isolated in a house. After the attending physician returned he found the house burned and Harris missing. A mob had ordered him to leave or be killed and set the house on fire. Harris reportedly crawled away into a field.
Collections promptly tended to. Credit reports furnished. Judgments notes and accounts for sale. Announcement made of all suits filed and of judgments secured.
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