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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1898
Page
6
A chronological list of events from January to August detailing the Maine explosion, Spanish actions, U S declarations, mobilizations, battles, transports, and diplomatic moves leading to and including the peace protocol with Spain. It names key figures such as McKinley Sigsbee Dewey Sampson Hobson and Aguinaldo and ships like Maine Olympia Oregon and Merrimac.
A fragment lists monetary amounts and dates for U S payments to Spain including Reina Christina Castilla Velasco Don Juan de Ulloa Don Juan de Austria Isla de Cuba Isla de Luzon and Quiros. It also references ten gunboats and prize captures near Cuba with dates in May through July and totals up to several million dollars.
State Senator H W Wall was shot and killed near Staunton Illinois by Otto Mattias after a dispute over a horse on the Schadlich property. Mrs Schadlich attempted to fire with a shotgun but was prevented by Mattias before he fired the fatal buckshot hit. Wall a longtime Democrat and senior partner in Wall and Panhorst Bank of Staunton.
Ambassador Hay accepted the appointment to succeed Day as Secretary of State. Col. Hay, born 1838 in Indiana, served as Lincoln’s private secretary and held posts in Madrid Paris and Vienna. He edited for the New York Tribune and authored Pike County Ballads and Castilian Days. He later moved to Cleveland and became assistant Secretary of State under Rutherford B. Hayes.
John Searls a wealthy farmer and former Bureau County supervisor murdered his young wife at their tavk home west of Peru Illinois and then killed himself. His son Grant found them the next morning after forcing entry noting a blood scene and a large pocketknife in the husband’s hand. The couple had married about a year earlier amid frequent quarrels over a will and shared unhappy relations.
A sensational silver-brick swindle harms Smith H. Knott of Normal Illinois, a 66 year old retired farmer. He is said to have lost about 25000 to 30000 dollars after fraudulent assays induced investment in a valueless silver mine near El Paso Texas where he connected with Lieberling and his four sons of Peoria County Illinois. In the scam Knott reportedly received 10000 cash and notes as part of the scheme.
The peace protocol assigns American military commissioners to Cuba and Porto Rico. Maj. Gen Wade, Rear Admiral Sampson, Maj. Gen. Butler will oversee Cuba sections, with Maj. Gen. Brooke, Rear Admiral Schley, Brig. Gen. Gordon for Porto Rico. They will meet in Washington to receive presidential instructions and coordinate evacuation and transitions. The task includes maintaining law and order during the period of Spanish withdrawal.
At the old settlers reunion in Cissna Park a temporary grand stand collapsed injuring twenty eight spectators. The 89 foot long structure with ten tiers held over 2,000 for a Chicago Unions vs Danville game. Six women and three men suffered broken limbs and three women arms were fractured.
Notes of Current Events report a cable laid to Porto Rico immediately. It also notes Nebraska corn crop prospects improved by rain may reach 25 million dollars. A Nev. burial at Wing's Ferry mentions Margaret Fallon reportedly aged 117.
The President plans to discharge 40,000 volunteers from current service to save millions. They will come from prior calls and those with prior service. no one in the Philippines or Porto Rico will be released. Further reinforcements may go to Cuba or Manila as contingencies require.
A report details the voyage of 300 American officers and soldiers from Santiago to quarantine off New York. Ill from neglect aboard Cuban ships, several died at Egmont Key before General Coppinger ordered the sick moved to Seguranca for urgent care.
A satirical remark links a clean motion to national strength and humorously urges fortification with Suppho. The cartoon depicts Uncle Sam marching beside a rampart of soap cakes, contrasting Anglo-Saxon cleanliness with a soap-avoiding enemy, hinting at wartime morale and propaganda themes.
Reports describe mass cremations of Spanish dead at Santiago amid horrific piles and kerosene fire. Over 700 burned so far with fresh efforts Monday afternoon. a grim scene of unburied corpses, decomposition, and a nationwide stench feared to threaten nearby populations.
Americans and Cuban leaders reportedly met in the Santiago palace to decide disbanding Garcia's army, with Gen Garcia in attendance. The plan, funded by the United States, would cost about 15 million dollars and affect Cuban prosperity as insurgents raid fields.
Six Porto Ricans aided by a priest arrived at Coamo from Siates after a mountain trek. They report Spanish soldiers from Maniti to Ciales, drunk and enraged by an improvised American flag on the plaza, attacking and slaying men women and children. About ninety people were killed or wounded.
Report from Hong Kong that Aguinaldo's forces near Mer pila engaged U S troops as rebels mutinied over surrender rights. Insurgents allegedly attacked in trenches after restrictions on surrender participation were imposed by Maj. Gen. Merritt.
From the front Lieut Hobson is haunted by female admirers. All submarine mines removed from New York harbor. Francis Murphy appointed chaplain of the Fifth Pennsylvania regiment. Under Admiral Dewey Cavite facilities are reestablished. Isle of Pines people starving and reports of food to Cuba proven false. Correspondence between Admiral Sampson and Gen Shafter before Santiago made public. Spanish officers surrendering at Santiago may return wives and children to Spain at government expense. The cruiser HoIe?
A fragmented relic notes advertisers claim civilization advances with Sappho and urge a brisk market for their article in recently controlled Spanish possessions. The piece comments on prophecy and consumer demand, highlighting persuasive ads and readers' reactions.
A German observer notes a marked drop in typhoid fever and diarrhoea deaths in northern Germany. From 1875 to 1894 per 10 000 living death rates fell from 6.17 to 1.86 for typhoid and from 1.63 to 0.30 for diarrhoea, likely tied to antiseptic methods and new sanitary buildings after twenty years of sanitary awakening.
A witty Indianapolis Journal remark notes that many young women will trust a man with their hearts whom no butcher would trust for a pound of liver. The quip contrasts modern romance with business caution in a sharp, ironic tone.
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