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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1898
Page
2
General Otis reports improving existing conditions with excellent troop conduct and a growing volume of business. The message emphasizes disciplined operations, rising activity, and steady progress in the field.
Washington December 24 Adjutant General Corbin testified before the war investigating board. He was reticent and slow to answer, while Colonel Denby noted the aim was to judge department efficiency. Corbin discussed preparation, Miles plans, Shafter’s expedition, and inspector general duties with cautious replies.
Telegraphic dispatches from General Otis in Manila and General Henry in San Juan report improved conditions. Otis says the city is quiet, order prevails, native population grows, business rises, troops conduct praised, and courts punish disorders. foreign newspapers are said to print untruths. Henry notes no complaints of disorder and offers to investigate if specific charges arrive.
New York capitalists closed the base of a famed mine group 16 miles south of Tucson. The seven extensively developed mines were put under Boston ownership. A. T. Count Manfred von Matuschka of Bilesia and Miss Ella Walker of Detroit were wed in Detroit on Tuesday. Miss Walker is Hiram Walker’s granddaughter, founder of Walkerville's distillery in Ontario.
Isabella Fulton, a Chicago schoolteacher visiting her sister in Reading, Pa., committed death by her own action by throwing herself in front of a train. The pres bass appointed William Sinclair was of the White House when he held under the preceding administration.
William L Beakes Jr, an electrician, charged a door knob with electricity, the man touched it and was shocked and fell unconscious. He later recovered but had no memory of events after seeking shelter for the night near Newbe.
Two brothers near Harrodsburg Kentucky resemble each other closely. One joined the Baptist Church and, lacking suitable clothes, paid his brother ten cents to be baptized in his place.
Health officers warn of a severe outbreak with an estimated 100000 cases in the area. Officials urge vigilance and report rising hospitalizations as the epidemic spreads across communities.
New York reports 100000 influenza cases as the grippe outbreak worsens. Health officials urge vigilance and care after a board meeting led by Commissioner Gosby, detailing transmission by air and contact and urging precautionary treatment for sufferers.
The minority on the house military affairs committee prepares a substitute for the Hull bill. It calls for a standing army of 30 000 with 12 000 artillery, 8 000 infantry, 6 000 cavalry and support corps. It also allows the president to issue a proclamation for 50 000 additional volunteers for two years to meet needs in Porto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines, Hawaii and the Ladrones. Existing volunteers would be mustered out after 60 days. new volunteers preferred for enlistment if they elect within 15 days. No regular army officer who served before the Spanish American War would be mustered out.
The Tacoma sailed from San Francisco to Honolulu with 111 army mules. After a brief exercise in Honolulu the mules will join 200 more mules and horses there and proceed to Manila for U S troops. The ship also carries wagons dump-carts grading ploughs and gear for road work in the Philippines.
Colonel Roose velt spoke to nearly 400 youngsters at the Childrens Aid Society school in Sullivan Street by special invitation. The children sang for him, performed the flag drill, and he spoke about his regiment.
Washington Dec 24 The secretary of war has named William P Watson to serve as auditor of customs accounts for Cuba at Havana. Watson previously worked as examiner of national banks in Chicago and more recently with the fourth auditor’s office in the treasury department.
In Macon Georgia on December 24 Private Turner of the Sixth Virginia regiment colored boarded streetcar conductor O A Thrower after drinking heavily and using vile language in front of women Turner threatened to kill the conductor and was shot and killed almost instantly by Thrower in the car authorities report.
Governor Leslie M. Shaw declared a shift from a conservative stance to full accord with the national administration on expansion. Speaking at Des Moines on December 24, he blamed manifest destiny for U S acquisitions like the Philippines and urged American civilization be carried there, even if some cannot assimilate.
Rear Admiral Schley was presented with a handsome costly sword scabbard and belt funded by residents of Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware communities.
Sevat Viggersen of Hyde Montana says dyspepsia and headaches plagued him for years until Hood's Sarsaparilla. He reports good health since using it, keeps it on hand and recommends it to neighbors who are pleased. Hood's Pills are the favorite family care, easy to take and operate.
Arch bishop Ireland has left Washington for home and is cited as one of the ardent backers of territorial expansion. He has spoken with influential senators and representatives, claiming he voices a majority view in Cuba that inhabitants favor annexation to the United States to avoid an independent government under insurgent forces.
Two Pennsylvania Railroad express trains, the Washington and the Pittsburg flyer, collided at Colona New Jersey just beyond Rahway in dense fog. The rear car of the Pittsburg flyer was torn apart, killing two and injuring ten as the Washington express failed to stop in time. The engineer believed signals were clear while the Pittsburg flyer moved slowly.
Concorpt December 23. Colonel Edward S. Barrett, national president of the Sons of the American Revolution, was killed when he fell from a window at his home. He was about 60 years old.
Two fast moving cars on the Worcester and Suburban Electric road collided head on at the foot of a long Leicester hill. John Kerrigan of Cherry Valley and Walter Holbrook of Leicester were killed while several others received dangerous injuries.
Pittsburg reports the Drake & Stratton company has secured a U S government contract through the war department to build a large dock at Havana Cuba and a short railroad to Morro castle with a total cost around 500000 dollars.
Mrs. Fulton, 85, died after a fire started while she and her husband smoked in the Woodstock sitting room near Wesster City. She suffered for 18 hours before death. Local authorities report the accident occurred at the couple's residence six miles north of Wesster City in Iowa.
From Knox county reports say three moon shiners named Jacob Lambert Greer and an unknown man were killed in a battle with revenue officers in Mippleporo Kentucky. Several of their comrades were wounded while the officers sustained no injuries.
Maprio reports continued Carlist agitation in several Northern provinces with arrests at Morello in Castellon de la Plana. Another Carlist was arrested at Placencia in Caceres for distributing arms. A claimed loan by Don Carlos in England is denied, with it explained that an attempt failed.
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