Cuban Cabinet Discusses Peace Questions
Blanco presides as Cuban colonial cabinet discusses peace questions and voices belief that many grave issues will arise from the situation.
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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1898
Page
4
Blanco presides as Cuban colonial cabinet discusses peace questions and voices belief that many grave issues will arise from the situation.
Havana reports the colonial cabinet met under Captain General Bigaco to review evacuation plans, justice and civil rights, trade and debt, and other vital issues. Paris commission questions were prepared with Madrid-approved answers for the secretary general Dr. Congosto to take to Europe.
In Cairo and London reports from Sept 27 detail General Kitchener’s return to Omdurman with posts at Fashoda and on the Sobat river. No fighting occurred with the French at Fashoda, but tension rose as Britain asserted claims. The garrison includes Eleventh and Twelfth Soudanese batteries under Colonel Jackson. Also notices of mortgage foreclosure in Beadle County appear, detailing default by Rosetta Hibbard and a sale planned at the Beadle County courthouse to recover seven hundred forty five dollars.
Disturbances in public places between Cubans and Spaniards are increasing. The Cubans are described as insolent and abusive toward Spaniards who are called vanquished. Many wear miniature Cuban flags, provoking Spanish officers like a red rag to a bull.
Paris dispatch reports a mutiny among French Guiana convicts in Cayenne. The rebels overpowered guards, seized arms from the military storehouse, and besiege the main prison threatening release of about 4,000 inmates. Reinforcements have been sent from Martinique but may not arrive in time.
Maprio reports General Augusti former captain general of the Philippine Islands has landed at Victor capital of Avila province about thirty miles south of Balboa. He looks ill and says little about Manila events though he admits he considered surrender before capitulation. He praises the army and hopes the supreme court will judge his conduct.
San Francisco, Sept. 23. George Mulligan, a Klondike miner, had $61,000 lost on a street car. John Donahue, the grip man, found and returned the purse. Most of the money was in checks and a $57,000 Dawson City draft from the Bank of British Columbia. only $40 in currency was missing.
The Champlain monument was unveiled in the afternoon with business closures and flags flying from rooftops as crowds of country people filled the old city streets. The event reflected local pride and strong regional identity.
In Suakim on September 27 the remnant of the Khalifa’s army was defeated and Gedarif captured after three hours of heavy fighting. An Egyptian force of 1,400 under Colonel Parsons routed 3,000 Dervishes, with 500 killed. Egyptian casualties included three officers wounded and 37 soldiers killed with 59 wounded.
Washington Sept 24 The war department will provide facilities for sending packages to soldiers in the Philippines who remain in the East through Christmas. A vessel from San Francisco will depart in early November to reach Manila before Christmas, carrying packages free of charge within size and weight limits.
Commodore John C. Watson arrives in San Francisco from Guantanamo via Port Antonio and departs within an hour for Newry, where he will meet his family before taking command at Mare Island San Francisco.
Telegrams from Key West relay General Gomez's claim that Santa Clara province faces starvation. Villages suffer as vegetables run out, animals die, and children and the elderly perish. Cubans plead for aid while Spanish actions worsen conditions, urging U S help to avoid armistice breach.
An old remedy for teething is recommended, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It soothes the child and gums, eases pain, cures wind colic, and is offered at twenty five cents per bottle.
Professor M Schoenert teaches vocal instrumental music and German. Beginners or advanced pupils receive thorough instruction and guaranteed satisfaction. Call anytime. residence and studio at College on the second floor.
The undersigned invites orders for spring delivery in 1899 of fruit shade and ornamental trees, shrubbery bulbs house plants and more. Past season shows 95 percent of trees grow. All nursery stock warranted. J S Vanderburgh.
General Blanco has authorized free entry of the Camal and other relief vessels for Cuba. Matanzas will be the first port to land relief supplies, following Captain Page’s distress report.
Chicago report states Richard C. Gunning former South Town assessor was found guilty after a rapid trial of soliciting a $1,000 bribe from Charles Fellowes, an agent for the Reliance building. Maximum penalty is $5,000 fine. Fire at Sandstone destroys half a block. losses tally about $15,000.
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