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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1899
Page
6
A proposed organization represents seven million dollars in capital. Key backers and business figures outline a plan to form a combine to unify operations across sectors. The move signals strong financial backing and ambitious growth potential.
Promoters claim essential backing for a new independent telephone equipment trust worth seven million dollars. W L Blaine of Victor Telephone Manufacturing leads as promoter in chief with options for about 90 percent of independent apparatus plants. Names cited include John L Mitchell of Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, Assistant US Treasurer Williams, and New York banker Merigold as financial sponsors. Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Co of Chicago reportedly resists joining the effort.
In New York on March 24 reports say the leading champagne importing houses in the United States nearly completed a group to control the popular brands. The new company will be capitalized at fifty million dollars.
Cuban generals Diaz Monteagudo Riaz Nadales Betancourt and Peraza met after consulting commands and said they would accept the $3,000,000 for soldiers and help organize a new Cuban army of 10,000 under American administration. The assembly discussed the reorganization motion by Gomez and passed it, but under current conditions the action was deemed unimportant.
The Roumania sails from Santiago carrying 554 Cuban and 120 Puerto Rican soldiers' remains. On arrival in New York on Tuesday, arrangements will send those with requests to their homes or Arlington National Cemetery for unknowns. A salute will be fired from Governors Island on arrival.
Secretary of War Alger and party left Savannah for Havana aboard the Transport Ingalls arriving at 4 30 p m and departing again at 9 30 p m. They will travel across Cuba with Ingalls meeting them at Cienfuegos for a three week itinerary.
A Washington dispatch reports medical officers in the Philippines note Aguinaldo's army using brass tipped bullets. Several American soldiers are wounded by the toxic projectiles, with wounds harder to heal than those from ordinary bullets. Officials say insurgents lack a government to appeal to and this shows their unfitness for self government.
Manila reports that 400 rebel riflemen from Panay clashed March 16 with seven companies of the Eighteenth U.S. Infantry and a Tennessee battalion near Jaro. American casualties included one dead and 15 wounded with several sunstrokes. General Miller estimated about 50 rebels killed and 100 wounded.
In Chicago, Harry H. Hammond, who assaulted John T. Shayne the state street farrier, is released on $20,000 bail. Doctors say Shayne’s recovery hinges on blood poisoning. In Lansing, Governor Pingree denies attending the Silver Democratic banquet in New York on April 1, stating no invitation has been received.
Des Moines March 25 J W Gener ser cashier of the German Savings bank of this city dropped dead on the street of heart trouble. He was about 40 years of age and one of the best known bankers in the state.
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