24 Nov 1898
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1898
Page
1
Joshua Benjamin Thomas a veteran Albany Democrat, noted for 56 inch whiskers. A long serving state central committee member and frequent delegate, he parries hotel clerks with a joke by letting his whiskers fly and claiming he is not registered.
Paris dispatch reports the Madrid government delaying a joint session as peace commissioners inch toward a treaty. American optimism centers on Spain accepting the Philippine terms and potential open door concessions, with forthcoming meetings and possible replacement of Montero Rios.
The piece discusses the Open Door policy amid Anglo Spanish tensions over the Sulu archipelago and US trade. It cites Hay on tariff equality, notes naval orders preceding the Cuba war, and quotes observers on logistics, medical care, and executive power.
New York Nov 24 James J F Archibald a San Francisco newspaper man with the First California Infantry to Santiago testified before the war investigating commission He criticized volunteers for not knowing how to hustle and offered insights to aid the inquiry focusing on military effort and logistics
Washington reports Capt Crowninshield chief of the bureau of navigation praises gunnery in the recent war. He notes high hits per gun, ranges, and rate of fire, and urges Congress to expand naval force to 20 000 men and 2 000 apprentices and to create a national naval reserve under departmental control.
Paris reports that Aguinaldo government representative Sad that agon cillo will travel to Washington to determine the United States attitude and plans regarding the insurgent government during November 4 to 11.
In Fort Scott Charles Mehde, aged tailor, killed himself after announcing plans to secure a $5000 life policy benefit for his wife and children. In Oakland a coroner’s inquest into 13 year old Lillian Brandes's death found her father guilty of murder and named her stepmother as an accessory.
Maj. Gen. Merriam completes the Hawaii department report and says Honolulu is thoroughly infected with typhoid fever. He attributes some spread to men sent from the mainland who were placed in Honolulu hospitals.
Milan Mo November 24 The state’s case against Charles and Henry Wilson for attacking Postmaster Ellison at Pollack a year ago crushing his skull and causing paralysis ended with a guilty verdict. The jury sentenced them to three years in the penitentiary.
Duluth Minnesota reports Tampa and Arthur Orr wrecked on the north coast of Lake Superior. The ships and cargoes are valued at about $450000 and lie within nine miles of each other.
The Commercial club of St. Paul presents a loving cup award to Sigsbee in a ceremony noted in the St. Paul news release dated November 24.
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science, has completed exams for a class of about 70 active workers in Christian Science mind healing. They are to be conferred as healers and teachers by the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, with divine sovereignty as their crown and the spiritualized man as their priest.
Kahoka Missouri November 24 The jury in the state of Missouri versus Otto Remling found him guilty of murder in the second degree after a 14 hour deliberation The court sentenced him to the minimum ten years in the penitentiary Remling was accused of killing a woman near his home and disposing of the body in a well He was the fifth person arrested in the crime
Havana dispatch via Key West notes a surge of activity with war-related construction. Havana wharves are being built and rail links established as camps are prepared. Government boats and supplies arrive and the first U.S. troops are due Friday.
Grant Gillett, a Dickinson county stockman, suffered the week's blizzard toll with 75 cattle perishing from cold and exposure before they could be rounded up. The loss is the heaviest known to date among reported cattle hardships reaching Topeka.
Paymaster Wilcox and Naval Cadet Sargent of the United States Monadnock have returned to Manila after a six weeks inland tour. They were well received but faced travel obstacles as authorities barred unescorted mountain journeys due to head hunters who would annihilate any party under 20 rifles.
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