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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1898
Page
2
At Sioux Valley Junction Nos 2 and 4 meet near Woatastaen SVE VIGO OW, amid operations overseen by agent L. H. Jones. Fortunes or schedules not specified in readable text.
Mart ial law has been extended indefinitely in Rio Janeiro as unrest grows. Senator Pinheiro Machado and other high officials have been arrested on charges of conspiring against President Moraes, provoking a strong reaction in the Brazilian capital.
In St. Paul on December 17 the jury found Bickel not guilty. He served as vice president and oversaw operations at Minnesota Savings Bank. The verdict covers one among several indictments alleging violations of state banking laws.
A Boston owned group of seven mines near Tucson, Arizona, has been closed by New York capitalists. The mines are extensively developed and lie 16 miles south of Tucson. Count Manfred von Matuschka of Silesia wed Miss Ella Walker of Detroit in Detroit on Tuesday, with Miss Walker being Hiram Walker’s granddaughter, founder of Walkerville’s distillery.
Key West Florida reports the court of inquiry will press on through the coming week as it delays a final report on the Maine disaster. Officially Barker is denied carrying the report to Washington. Rumors of a synopsis reaching Washington persist with no confirmation. Captains Sampson Chadwick Porter stay aboard the Iowa and New York.
Senator Proctor of Vermont describes a carefully prepared plan to restore peace in Cuba. He suggests Cubans keep what they have won and Spain retains what she holds, with annexation not supported and autonomy deemed late for wealthier elites. A Washington dispatch notes that Proctor’s partition idea gains fringe support while insurgents’ reaction remains uncertain.
The battleship Indiana is to join Texas and Massachusetts at Dry Tortugas before heading to Hampton Roads with orders to likely depart within days. Detroit and Montgomery arrived from the Tortugas, refueling the New York and Iowa, while torpedo boats Porter Dupont returned. The fleet now includes Iowa New York Nashville Montgomery Detroit and torpedo boats Dupont Winslow Foote Cushing. Indiana to be added soon.
London editorial in the Daily Mail refutes American accusations of British coldness. It cites Britain’s knowledge of Spaniards and a paper navy, asserting the Anglo Saxon will always defeat the Latin and that the United States should focus on greater global troubles rather than worrying over a weak foe.
Newport News dispatch reports the Maine wreck was caused by an internal explosion. Captain Wiley aboard the Underwriter, which arrived from Havana with the derrick Chief, asserted the wreck is a blown up, tangled mass of distorted metal and that only underwater inspection could confirm the cause. The statement followed arrival of the tug at midnight.
London editors reiterate that Michael Davitt’s claim England hates America is ludicrous and urge him to secure six votes for a pro Spanish resolution in any open meeting across England Scotland or Wales.
A relief fund of 9233 dollars and 21 carloads of provisions and clothing collected in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma for starving Cubans of Matanzas were forwarded south from Kansas City during the day. The relief measures are under the management of the Kansas City Star.
London reports Sea man Newman who was aboard the Maine at Havana harbor asserts the explosion was external on the port side. New York notes the ship William T Parker seized by Marshal Hauter with gun shipments to Cuban insurgents under Washington orders.
A woman, Mrs. George Bisch, was burned to death when her clothing caught fire while burning rubbish at her home in Clinton Iowa March 22. Her husband is believed fatally burned.
Washington on March 19 the house devoted the day to the post office appropriation bill under the 56 minute rule. Debates centered on clerk hire at post offices and rural free delivery. The house raised rural free delivery funds from 150 000 to 800 000 and rejected higher clerk hire.
A large delegation of lumbermen mainly from Georgian Bay met the premier and Sir Louis Davies in Ottawa on March 19. They urged a duty of two dollars per thousand feet on lumber imported from the United States and another delegation called for an export duty on nickel ore.
WasaHinotox on March 19 reports the treasury shows available cash balance of 226 million 189 thousand 582 dollars and a gold reserve of 170 million 882 thousand 007 dollars.
Ex Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster argued for recognizing Cuba as a free and independent republic as the next logical step in U S policy. He said Spain must accept intervention or declare war and urged using recognition rather than war to place the decision on Spain.
A Washington dispatch reports a near finalized Austria Spain alliance to protect the Spanish throne from internal attack. The pact empowers Sagasta to pursue relinquishment of Cuba and is seen as a keystone for a peaceful resolution of the Cuban crisis, marking a major development since the latest tensions began.
The cruiser Amazonas, built by the Arm strongs for Brazil and bought by the United States, was formally transferred from the Brazilian flag to the Stars and Stripes just after 11 o'clock in Grav2send March 21.
Maprio March 21 General Weyler repudiates a New York Journal letter claiming he warned the United States against sending a warship to Havana while he was captain general. He says the document is false and notes Havana harbor was prepared for such an emergency, asserting Martinez Campos neglected to finish work.
Philadelphia March 21. At League Island navy yard the sea going tug Leyden is undocked. Columbia cruiser is slated for coal transfer and the monitor Miantonomah is prepared for immediate response to sailing orders expected momentarily.
In Havana on March 21 Spanish and four American divers continued recovery work on the wreck. Two bodies were found but not identified. The team also retrieved the ship's service plate and a 6 pounder cannon.
Dover England March 21 The United States cruiser San Francisco was off this port at nine in the morning.
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