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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1898
Page
2
Weather Bureau observer Buckerman reports mean barometer 22 inches and mean temperature 25 degrees with a maximum 39 and minimum 16 above zero. Prevailing wind direction 8, precipitation 0.00 inches in the last 24 hours. Forecast includes min temperature 10 above zero for Dec 22.
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with increasing warmth on Friday. Temperatures rise and skies stay mostly clear into the day, with no precipitation expected.
Friday reports a large gathering set for next Thursday night to protest the jury verdict acquitting Rosser the soldier murderer. Relatives of Hildebrand argue justice was denied at the trial in San Francisco and the Sacramento Bee called the result a travesty upon justice and a disgrace to California courts. Judge Wallace is cited for urging acquittal in the first trial.
Fortress Monroe, famed as the Gibraltar of America, will gain stronger defenses. Plans call for extending fortifications by at least a half mile on the Chesapeake bay side to shield Washington's entrance. About 1000 tons of crushed stone will arrive to aid construction.
United States minister Edwin H. Conger at Pekin protests the proposed extension of French jurisdiction at Shanghai. The clash with the vigorous British protest is expected to stiffen Chinese resistance, but sustained support could prevent eventual Chinese capitulation.
Six regular regiments will be sent to the Philippines for three or four years. Officers may take families, totaling about 4000 women and children, with 265000 regulars stationed on the islands. A wreck near the Atlantic coast involved a man named Booze and his family on a small schooner during the recent storm.
The military telegraph line from Puerto Principe southward to Santa Cruz, the cable point, is nearing completion as the full connection with General Carpenter is expected soon.
The War Department has not fixed plans for mustering out 50,000 volunteers decided at the cabinet meeting, but it is understood the process will be mapped out by the first of the year.
Secretary of War Alger directs the Fourth Infantry at Fort Sheridan and the Seventeenth Infantry at Columbus barracks Ohio to sail for the Philippines on or before January 15.
Soothing healing cleansing notice touts De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve as the remedy for sores burns and wounds. It claims it never fails to cure piles and endorses Eagle Drug Store while Trib is clean.
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