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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1898
Page
2
Recalled gold rush days and their perils with rheumatism and disease. Adam Vangundy of Bluffs, once a forty-niner leader, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing his rheumatic pain after 1897 use. Also notes on bicycle pumps, Sioux City carnival plans, railway car comfort, coke burning innovations.
New York September 20 Herald report says Berlin seeks influence over the Philippines by coal wealth. German Asiatic commander studied Cebu lignite deposits with a special engineer, aiming to use Cebu as a coal station while Berlin hopes to limit American control and avoid advancing Germany’s risk in Manila. Oregon and Iowa bound for Manila to support the effort.
The Filipino government states rumors of strained Filipino American relations are baseless and malicious. Aguinaldo says relations have been friendly and withdraws forces from Manila suburbs as proof of trust in the United States.
The World’s Havana special reports Captain Brown of the American schooner Maryland died aboard his ship in Havana harbor after contracting yellow fever. Four crew members are also down with the illness, heightening health concerns surrounding port activity.
The World’s Paris dispatch reports legal and political maneuvers over a possible revision of the Dreyfus case. A ministerial decision to send to an examining commission signals whether revision will proceed, while army chiefs debate a late coup. Public sentiment leans toward justice, though Esterhazy’s promised confession stirs keen curiosity.
Leech Lake Indians met Indian Agent Sutherland in Leach Lake Minnesota September 20 to announce they will ignore U S authority and govern their tribal matters, reject 1889 land cession acts, and confiscate timber from White Earth rivals if cut. Nuaytoway Keship urged restraint, Major Sutherland warned against steps harming future welfare. Indian prisoners seized by Pillagers were present but not arrested.
General Miller urges solid barracks to replace tents at the Presidio to curb sickness as winter nears. He cites lack of congressional funding for permanent barracks and notes nine new cases at Camp Merriam, including two messes and a suspected typhoid, all progressing well. No troop movements ordered.
Secretary Alger arrived in Cincinnati from Detroit with Major Hopkins to begin inspections of western camps and hospitals. He met Surgeon General Sternberg and General Ludington as he planned visits to Fort Thomas and Lexington, Kentucky.
Reports from Havana detail completion of evacuation plans for Spanish troops from Puerto Rico, with evacuation to begin from east ports Gibra Neuvitas Cienfuegos and Havana. Troops will carry arms and equipment, total troops around 100000. American forces may land to occupy posts as Spaniards depart, end of February target.
San Juan Puerto Rico September 20 The embarkation of Spanish troops is reported complete. Two ships of Campania Trans Atlantica expected to arrive September 28 to transport troops luggage artillery and equipment. Puerto Rican troops to be landed near Cadiz and those who wish to remain may do so. Americans gratified by Spaniards spirit and cooperation. Evacuation terms agreed and flag changes anticipated within three weeks.
United States peace commissioners set sail from New York aboard the Campania this afternoon bound for Paris. Chairman Bay expects negotiations to proceed without delay despite some discussion.
Manila interview with Archbishop Bozal warns against Philippine independence, notes rebels, urges Western intervention, asserts religious orders must go, cites exodus of Spanish priests, and reports Spaniards' discontent with Spain and tilt toward American rule amid ongoing annexation debate.
Chicago reports an unconfirmed rumor that James J. Hill and Chicago elites may join in a reorganization of the Baltimore and Ohio to form a through trunk line from Atlantic to Pacific. Officials deny any connection with the Great Northern, stressing no cross lines between St Paul and Chicago. Local officials in Cincinnati Milwaukee confirm talks but say the plan centers on the Baltimore and Ohio itself.
Rev Thomas Apple D D LL D a leading Reform church theologian in America died at 69 in Lancaster Pa He led Mercerburg College from 1865 to 1971 then taught church history and exegesis at the Reformed Theological Seminary He edited the Mercerburg Review and the Reformed Church Quarterly and attended the Belfast Alliance in 1884 as a delegate.
Washington September 17 General Schofield after a half hour conference with the president announced he would not serve as a member of the committee to investigate the conduct of the war.
Des Moines reports the Fiftieth Iowa Regiment of United States Volunteers returns from Jacksonville to Camp McKinley. They face possible muster out or redeployment to the Philippines, with about 1,100 men present, 14 deaths in four months, and 60 unfit for duty. Governor Drake funds university endowment totaling 26,300 dollars, including 14,000 for Mary J. Drake chair. A Creston court ruling allows saloon operations without new owner consent. A water strike near Vallison reveals coal at 61 feet. High diver killed in Pla Sept. 20.
Ten minutes into a dramatic ascent from Hotel Avenal in Pi Bay New Jersey an acronaut named Leo Stevens faced a massive balloon failure as crowds of about five thousand watched. The craft shrank to a web like shape while Stevens released a parachute and descended over the water two miles from shore. He clung to a life preserver as a fishing boat aided him after the balloon failed and he swam to shore exhausted but alive.
An advertisement extols new decorative porcelain game plaques by J. C. Hubinger Bros Co. at fifty thousand dollars cost, offered free to buyers of three ten cent packages of Elastic Starch. Plaques measure forty inches round, with gold trim and reading matter, and are distributed through grocery stores.
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