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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1898
Page
14
A garbled old ad and miscellany praise Hood's Sarsaparilla as spring blood purifier. Mentions April and seasonal woes, plus various product pitches, names, and fragmentary notes on wars and public figures.
Richmond April 39 General Fitzhugh Lee returns with Miss Cisneros after Cuban prison rescue. He expects a Major General’s commission if hostilities surge and says militia will be ordered out by Tuesday. Congress may empower quick enlistment of national guards for Cuba with 100000 volunteers called. States pledge full militia strength for foreign service.
A testimonial traces a fibroid tumor being cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It recounts severe bleeding and pain, notes a hospital operation avoided, and includes a letter from Mrs. B. A. Louvano praising the remedy's effect and a physician's initial diagnosis of fibroid tumor.
Washington April 19 Attorney General Griggs Secretary Long Secretary Sherman and Assistant Secretary Day met with the president for an hour. The purpose was not disclosed but centered on Cuban resolutions before Congress. It is believed the president may return the resolution without approval to preserve his constitutional prerogative. War with Spain appears likely within days depending on Congress action and the president’s possible veto.
San Francisco April 19 troops at Presidio ordered to New Orleans and Chattanooga will likely depart tomorrow evening or possibly Wednesday. General Shaffer arrived from Bakersfield and worked at department headquarters. Efforts aim to have a parade and public school children join an ovation for the departure, though Shaffer could not confirm any formal orders to the National Guard.
Fragmentary report notes remodeled yachts depart New York for the South, labeled as the mosquito fleet. Details are unclear but imply a nautical movement with names and dates obscured.
The U S senate passed resolutions declaring Cuba free and independent and demanding Spain relinquish control. The president is empowered to use land and naval forces and call out state militias to enforce the action while the U S aims to pacify the island and leave its government to its people.
Washington April 19 Theo dore Roosevelt probably will resign his office as assistant secretary of the treasury if hostilities with Spain occur to accept a commission for active service in the army. He is believed to prefer service with New York state troops and has urged war as the solution since the Maine disaster.
Key West April 19 naval officers say troop mobilization on the southern coast changes the plan to attack Havana. The fleet may delay action for at least a week and shift ships, transferring the New York to the flying squadron and replacing it with the Massachusetts.
New York april 19 Great Britain declares coal contraband of war in act aimed at preventing Spanish fleet operations. US naval officials report France Haiti and others may follow, while Dewey stockpiles coal for Manila voyage as Hawaii’s role looms. British ban aims to curb Spanish access to fuel in West Indies and Pacific theatres.
A fragment from the 1890s notes that by 1899 every city of size in Wisconsin will be linked by long distance telephone with old grounded circuits being replaced by new metallic lines. A poem fragment titled Little Breeches reflects maternal pride and fear as a boy grows. Boston Transcript recalls Adelaide Ide, daughter of ex-chief justice Henry C. Ide, recalling her childhood in Samoa and how Robert Louis Stevenson offered her his birthday in a legal deed to grant it to her.
A fragment describes a Frenchman described as a fugitive from justice and under suspicion in his homeland. The note mentions a person named aghos who has been convicted and imprisoned, implying a tale of guilt knowledge linked to an innocence case. The passage is brief and cryptic.
President McKinley seriously considers halting shipments of provisions and coal to Cuba and Puerto Rico. State department reports Spain is buying vast supplies for Havana and San Juan, raising questions if such an export ban is legal in peacetime. Government lawyers will study the issue before action.
Hawarden April 19 Mr Gladstone remains in poor health with little change over the past week. Mrs Gladstone and the family attended service at Hawarden chapel yesterday with Rev Stephen Gladstone officiating. The officiating clergyman asked the prayers of the church for his father and also requested the prayers of the father.
Washington observers from across the Senate view Britain’s decision to treat coal as contraband in West Indian possessions during possible war with Spain as aiding the United States. They argue it would limit Spain’s supplies, hasten Puerto Rico action, and shorten hostilities. Conservative members foresee Spain unable to sustain conflict far from its supply base.
Berlin reports Senor Sandoval, a Spanish agent, will travel to Kiel on Monday to test thirteen Sch warzkopf torpedoes purchased for Spain before shipment. The embassy has been notified of the developments.
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