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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1898
Page
2
Martial law has been extended indefinitely in Rio Janeiro amid unsettled conditions. Senator Pinheiro Machado and other top public figures were arrested on charges of conspiring against President Moraes, triggering a strong reaction in the city.
St Paul Dec 17 The jury in the Bickel case returned a verdict of not guilty. Bickel was vice president of Minnesota Savings Bank and in charge of the institution. He faced charges under state banking laws as part of a group of indictments.
New York financiers have closed the rag of the San Vier mines from Boston owners. The seven mines are extensively developed and lie 16 miles south of Tucson, Arizona. Count Manfred von Matuschka of Enesia and Miss Elia Walker of Detroit were married at Detroit last Tuesday. Miss Walker is a granddaughter of Hiram Walker, founder of the Walkerville distillery in Ontario.
Washington April 19 Theodor Roosevelt may resign as assistant secretary of the navy to seek active army service if war with Spain breaks out He is believed to favor joining New York state troops and has long urged immediate action against Spain following the Maine disaster and the ongoing crisis.
Washington April 19 By a 67 to 21 vote the Senate adopted resolutions directing armed intervention in Cuba recognizing the insurgent government and stating the US would not claim sovereignty beyond wartime needs. Thirty-one Democrats 30 Republicans 6 Populists voted for. 19 Republicans and 2 Democrats opposed. The session began at 10 and lasted with ongoing debate led by White Wellington and Caffery in the peace faction.
Senator Allen of Nebraska denounces a White House scene on April 7 in which six great powers pressed the president and exchanged notes on Hispano American affairs. He says it marks interference and challenges the Monroe doctrine, warning further European demands and an upcoming push for arbitration over Spanish Cuban bonds within six months.
Washington April 18 1900 dispatch reports the largest peacetime army concentration to four southern hubs Chickamauga New Orleans Tampa and Mobile. Six cavalry regiments and artillery at Chickamauga eight infantry at New Orleans seven infantry at Tampa and Mobile with totals reflecting wartime scale mobilization under Generals Miles Cop pinger Wade Brooke and Secretary Alger.
Philadelphia April 19 The old monitors Montauk and Lehigh assigned to Portland and Boston have gone into commission. Full crews have not yet reached League Island, but skeleton crews of naval reserves are aboard.
An official Havana dispatch reports that tranquillity prevails on the island. Political parties are more united than ever, rallying around the government and the flag. Newspapers publish patriotic articles and support for the regime.
General Coppinger left Omaha in the afternoon for Mobile via the Missouri Pacific road. He travels with his personal aides. A crowd at the depot bid them Godspeed, with many Omaha representatives in attendance.
Washington April 19 A telegram from Ambassador Porter says Hon Robert M McLain former minister to France died in Paris at 6 am after a period of illness. He passed away quietly leaving a long career in public service.
Washington April 18 The War Department outlines troop movements with regiments dispatched to Chickamauga Battlefield New Orleans Mobile and Tampa Infantry and artillery units named for each location Heavy batteries stay at current posts Two new artillery regiments lack full strength and equipment and are not included in the day’s orders Units are positioned to be accessible on the Gulf coast General Shafter commands division at New Orleans
Proposals have been invited from steamship companies to charter vessels for government transport to Cuba. Instructions to commanding officers of regiments ordered to move were dispatched and to be enacted as soon as possible.
Washington April 18. Secretary Alger named division commanders to assemble at New Orleans Tampa Mobile and Chickamauga. W B Shafter Wade J J Coppinger and J R Brooke will bring staffs and quartermasters. Major General Nelson A Miles will command the army from Atlanta with temporary and later permanent headquarters.
The President will issue an ultimatum to Spain as soon as empowered, with 24 to 48 hours to respond whether to withdraw troops and flag from Cuba. A refusal will trigger action by the United States, including naval and land forces, per cabinet decisions. The President would sign a Cuba recognition amendment only if constitutional prerogatives allow.
Washington April 18 The cabinet devoted the session to a general discussion of the Cuban situation but reported no important results. No information on a note from powers was received, and Spanish efforts to rally support are not seen as likely to force a specific action. The administration remains awaiting congressional action and will not try to sway, or delay, its decision.
Havana April 18 The Cristo district defense committee offered services to maintain order in disturbances or war with the United States. General Blanco expressed strong emotion and said he was willing to die rather than permit Spain's prestige and sovereignty to be degraded.
Senor Potus the Spanish vice consul in Jacksonville Florida has received orders from the Spanish minister in Washington to be prepared to leave at a moment's notice He has packed his personal effects and is awaiting further orders
At Chickamauga park in Chattanooga Tennessee the Twenty-fifth infantry established Camp Boynton in Chickamauga with white tents filling Willow Glen field after arriving at 10 a m. Colonel Burt issued the first order naming the camp Camp Boynton.
The passage promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a constitutional remedy for catarrh that cannot be cured locally. It claims the medicine cleanses the blood of scrofulous taints and that Hood's Pills provide prompt, efficient relief, noting failures of other remedies. It emphasizes reliability and ease of use.
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