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Newspaper
Silverton Silvertonian
Location
Silverton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1898
Page
3
In Rangoon Central Jail British officials employ a large scale treadmill punishment. Six wooden cylinders with sharp plank steps force about 70 convicts to tread for two and a half hours without pause. Violent contact bruises skin as convicts persevere to keep pace amid fanatical resistance.
The passage promotes St Jacobs Oil as an easy cure for bruises and spots. It notes a light rap or blow can cause a bruise, but with the oil the spot vanishes and soreness heals. The tone resembles a period medical remedy advertisement.
After sundown in Manila nearly everyone smokes as a family stroll unfolds with parents and children over six sharing cigarettes. German soldiers carry four ounce religious books among their gear, highlighting a routine blend of faith and occupation in daily life observed.
Washington dispatch reports General John R. Brooke will be named military governor of Cuba and travel to consult the president on policy. In a letter he endorsed Fitzhugh Lee for Havana, Carpenter for Pinar del Rio, Snyder for Muerto Trinpe, and Wood for Santiago, expecting the president to endorse these provincial governors.
An assorted Montana newspaper page notes wealth growth since the Civil War, comparing it to Dumas fiction, and reports on hunts, bounties, pensions, land, a fatal timber accident, hunting trips, bond filings, sheep winter prospects, a memorial for Spanish American War fallen, rising Kalispell tax receipts, and Montana internal revenue figures with Chinese certificates of residence.
A petition signed by about 500 Spaniards remaining in Cuba requests protection from the queen regent. It claims U S entry in Puerto Rico involved violence that could recur in Cuba and asks Spain to demand a firm, responsible guarantee from the United States or ally with Buwer to secure protection.
Salore reports that NPROT nuns will be settled at Timbuctoo, with plans outlined for their relocation and community integration. The brief notes local support and expectations for resettlement outcomes.
A dense market brief lists wholesale quotations for grains and feeds including wheat at club and blue stem grades, oats and barley at country points, and mixed feeds. It covers Spokane and Portland prices, produce like butter cheese eggs and flour, poultry and meats, and farm receipts from Spokane including hay, potatoes, onions and beans with regional river and market notes. It adds national trade notes on war tax enforcement, exports, coal and ore production, hop crop value, and wool industry statistics by state.
Colonel W. J. Brigan of the Third Nebraska regiment is said to have resigned or to be about to resign. He visited General Lee, head of the Seventh corps, and announced intent to quit the service before Lee sails for Cuba on the Panama transport. Neither general commented. Bryan planned a written statement to the press to avoid misstatements.
Neva river jumped nine feet Thursday night flooding lower quarters of Petersburg and causing heavy loss of life. By Friday the flood was subsiding and relief efforts began as authorities assessed damage and casualties.
A paragraph promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal deafness remedy claiming catarrh causes most deafness and promising a $100 prize for any cure it cannot achieve. It also mentions two Chinese walls with dimensions and dates, attributing lengths and ages to the Great Wall.
A shoeware powder ad for Allen's Foot-Ease promises relief from swollen, nervy feet and blisters, plus cures for corns and chilblains with widespread testimonials. Other clippings tout French milk imports, St Jacobs Oil claims, Bengal's size, cold cures, Paris cycle tech, San Francisco lodging, Berlin demography, Jesse Moore Whiskey, France debt, Dr King cures, Rome Coliseum stats, and penny postage schemes.
General Calixto Garcia famed Cuban fighter and commission head died Sunday morning at the Hotel Raleigh due to pneumonia worsened by New York's cold. He contracted a cold after visiting Washington and attending a dinner with General Miles. Funeral set for Wednesday at St Patrick's Church with burial in Arlington before transport to Cuba aboard the Dolphin.
General Miles testified before the house committee on military affairs about reorganizing and expanding the army. He cited two pending bills, the Hawley bill in the senate and Hull’s house version, and urged regard for home needs, colonial possessions, seacoast fortifications, and a goal of one soldier per thousand population with native troops at two per thousand.
The United States says it has no knowledge of any transfer of Samoa to Germany and will not relinquish its rights. The tripartite Samoa governance arrangement remains in force. German ambassador Von Holleben visited the State Department and met with Secretary of State Hay.
The president today sent nominations to the senate for War Regular Army promotions. Captains to major include Charlee A. P. Hatfield J. H. Kerr J. H. Dorst George S. Anderson. First lieutenants to captain include Leslie W. Cornish T. R. Rivers John A. Lockwood Henry T. Allen. Also second lieutenants promoted to first lieutenant in infantry and various medical department appointments from eastern states.
Kansas City reports the thirteenth annual convention of the Americas Federation of Labor opening with about 150 delegates from across the nation. London representatives William Thorne and William Inskip attend to discuss closer U S Britain trade union ties in industry and politics.
A smooth gang operates in the Mississippi valley producing standard silver dollar counterfeit notes dated 1800. So far about 200000 of the fake dollars are believed circulated.
Kansas City hosts the second annual convention of the National Building Trades Council with broad national representation. The meeting began this morning and is expected to run about four days. In New York on December 13 Admiral Schley and his family are living at the Relian Office.
An old health advertising fragment touts Jacobs Oil as a remedy that soothes cold and heat sensations and treats nervous discomfort. It claims prompt relief and benefit for sensitivities in nerves through topical application.
In Merced rattlesnake Jack Mogan claims a dry winter is coming based on rattlesnake behavior. He predicts no bites, citing 25 years of observation, a view echoed by local readers and followed by barometer checks and weather forecasts. A death in San Francisco linked to fright ends the fragment.
A letter from Mrs Flora Hoffmann of Canton Ohio praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, recounting months of illness with abdominal pain dizziness and insomnia before following advice and improving. The piece notes Pinkham's longstanding female wellness work and the large volume of correspondence handled annually.
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