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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1898
Page
1
An item notes syrup of figs with mentions of San Francisco Louisville and New York, signaling a regional or promotional reference across three major cities. No clear event or outcome is stated.
Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce retires after decades of service and will keep command at the Brooklyn navy yard until orders from Washington arrive. His departure makes Rear Admiral George Dewey the senior active officer, with Schley expected to take Bunce’s place at the yard. Bunce was born December 25, 1836.
Chauncey M. Depew said the North Dakota rate decision will have little effect in the East but will be significant in the West where Populist railroad commissioners set rates without studying operating costs between points.
Major General Lee reports from Havana on December 24 that seven thousand rations were sent to Gaines and about forty thousand to other Havana province points. Rations, including 2000 cans of condensed milk, are being distributed in Havana city for the ill and debilitated.
Maprio dispatch says General Rios the Spanish commander at Iloilo on Panay will travel to Manila to arrange repatriation of Spanish troops.
The expedition plans from Manila advance with two regiments a battery and the Baltimore making up the force as it heads toward its destination.
Senator Frye advocates fresh compacts with Spain as old agreements grow obsolete. The piece notes features of earlier deals and cautions against rising lawlessness and the need for precautionary measures amid changing international relations.
Washington reports say a military and naval expedition heads to Iloilo on Panay to protect American interests. General Otis dispatched two regiments and artillery to Iloilo, while Admiral Dewey sails Baltimore toward the same port. The action is described as precautionary with no confirmed lawlessness yet. Senator Frye comments on European sentiment and future treaties after peace. Congress holds authority over disposition of the islands and ratification may shape new arrangements.
Washington December 28 General Otis at Manila forwards a War Department cable listing deaths since the last report. Names include Frank N. Rouse and Fred Taylor drowned and typhoid fever claimed others, with Marwin W. Carleton and Ole G. Hagberg among the fallen.
Christmas was observed by American forces in Manila with Protestant and Catholic services. Chaplain Harris led the Colorado and Pennsylvania regiments, Father McKinnon preached to the California regiment, and no midnight mass occurred due to the Manila archbishop withholding sanction as Filipinos celebrated widely.
In St Joseph Missouri on December 28 Louis Hax a banker and furniture maker and cattle promoter and Herman Garlisch Drum quist a financier active in state Democratic politics were found dead in their beds at separate homes. Both men appeared in robust health and the time of death was unknown. The odd coincidence fuels speculation about the pair’s deaths.
Major H. R. Brinkerhoff of Jefferson Barracks is ordered to join the Third Infantry at Fort Snelling and accompany it on its move.
The auxiliary cruiser Badger left League Island navy yard for Norfolk where she has been ordered by the navy department for further equipment preparatory to sailing for San Francisco.
The peace treaty will be sent to the Senate by President McKinley on January 4 with a brief transmittal note. The Foreign Relations Committee will review it in secret, likely reporting favorably due to expansionist leanings. The Senate will debate in secret for an undetermined period and ratification is expected this session or, if needed, in an extra session after March 4.
Lindus Cody, a wealthy Cleveland real estate dealer and supporter of President Simpson, will depart January 9 for Cuba to start missionary work on the island on behalf of the Christian alliance.
In Hinissoro Texas on December 28 Mrs Isa bel, her daughter Mrs Malone, and Mrs Malone's infant died in a home fire started by kerosene used to kindle a flame. The tragedy occurred at the residence near here.
Philadelphia police faced a busy 24 hours with gravest cases including a possible triple murder in a court near Eleventh and Race. Four people died in Christmas oil lamp-related fires and burns across the city, among them Mrs Ford and her infant, Miss Coyle, Mrs McNichol, and Griffith Harmon who fell from a window.
George Russell and Edward Sizemore were arrested at their home seven miles east of Onawa Iowa on charges of murdering Charles Beck in Decatur Nebraska on December 24 1891. Beck's mutilated body was found on the Missouri river bank and authorities suspected foul play after initial belief of a drunken fall.
In Dallas on December 27 an armed clash between three white men and Black civilians left Oscar White dead and Frank Holland seriously wounded. Police dispersed the mob as hundreds gathered. the three white men were arrested.
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