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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1898
Page
7
President McKinley issued a proclamation suspending hostilities after the August 12 1898 protocol with France and Spain. Spain to evacuate Cuba Porto Rico and Western islands. US to occupy Manila harbor. peace talks to follow in Paris by October 1. Copies of the protocol sent to military and naval commands. France and Spain have duplied copies for verification.
A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba August 11 reports General Garcia suspended operations for thirty days and sent his troops home on furlough. Jack York of Pennsylvania, serving with Garcia, arrived and confirmed the pause and orders to report back.
San Francisco dispatch reports the directors of the Hawaiian Commercial Company will ask stockholders to increase capital from 10 million to 15 million dollars. They plan to boost plantation and mill output and adopt improved manufacturing methods on the islands.
A Manila Bay dispatch reports the third Philippine expedition faced extreme peril on a voyage from Honolulu. Six men and one officer died, fifty sickened by typhoid and meningitis as the fire in the Morgan City bunkers raged. Captain Dillon kept troops ignorant to prevent panic while crews fought the blaze.
Birmingham residents outraged by Rev. Robert Wear resigning as chaplain of the Fifth U S Immune Volunteers and staying home from Santiago. A dummy in his likeness was displayed before the courthouse with a placard criticizing his decision to remain with his Birmingham congregation rather than sail for Santiago.
A Washington dispatch reports the president will urge Congress to advance acting Rear Admiral Sampson by eight numbers and Commodore Sehley by six, making both rear admirals. Schley would rank immediately below Sampson, and Captain Clark of the Oregon would advance six numbers in the captain’s grade with Wainwright rising eight. Other float promotions are to be recommended.
The War Department publicized regulations guiding US officers collecting imports exports taxes and other charges at Cuban ports under US control. Duties and exactions are set to mirror the lowest rates charged to imports and vessels from Spain, aligning Cuban port duties with Spanish standards.
Rome correspondent reports the pope’s health worsening with increasing weakness and fatigue from thinking and prayer. The pontiff remains largely speechless, a decrepit figure whose condition confounds observers and weighs on the church.
The New York Herald reports a two hour dawn battle at the Cape San Juan lighthouse in Porto Rico on August 11. Spanish forces attacked with a machine gun and were repelled by a small American garrison led by Lieutenant Atwater and reinforced by 250 sailors from the Amphitrite Cincinnati and Leyden. Refugees count about 100 Spanish dead.
The Missouri Democratic state convention in Springfield nominated William Marshall for chief justice long term, LeRoy B. Valliant for short term, William T. Carrington for state superintendent, and William J. McCully for railroad and warehouse commissioner. The Chicago 1896 platform was adopted favoring free coinage at 16 to 1. Bryan was praised, while Republicans were censured for anti trust enforcement and bond issuances. American soldiers and sailors were thanked.
Frank Finley alias Frank Shelvey, private soldier at McPherson Georgia, charged with robbing mails sent to sick soldiers and stealing remittances and postage stamps. Held to the grand jury by U S Commissioner N B Broyles with bond set at 500 dollars. Evidence shows Shelvey preyed on letters from mothers and friends, causing families to fear for sons’ welfare.
A Chickamauga dispatch reports Washington orders two divisions to depart Camp Thomas. General Breckinridge opposes splitting the army but the plan is approved. The Second division will march 112 miles to Knoxville, with brigades sent to mountain posts around Chattanooga as part of the reorganization.
J W Sago chief officer of the Britannic was arrested at Queenstown on the Cunard liner Lucania arrival. Charged with being concerned in robbing the mails and smuggling, he traveled under his own name and said he fled because of his connection with the smuggling operations.
Washington officials report progress on a protocol guiding future peace talks with Spain. Secretary Day and M Cambon prepared bilingual copies, with a Madrid submission anticipated. The plan includes a cessation of hostilities clause and a commission led by Day to draft a formal treaty. Naval cuts follow to a peace footing, with monitors to be retired from active service.
General Fitzhugh Lee left Jacksonville Florida on Saturday evening for Washington after receiving a telegram from the adjutant general stating the secretary of war wishes to confer with him. In his absence Major General J Warren Keifer will command the Seventh Army Corps.
General Shafter reports from Santiago de Cuba a health bulletin listing 2830 sick and 2043 fever cases for August 9 190? with 233 new cases and eight deaths over August 9 and 10. Adjutant General in Washington released the sanitary totals.
A Pittsburg dispatch reports that if the United Mine Workers resolution is obeyed all diggers in the Pittsburg district not receiving the district price will quit work. It is unclear how many miners are operating against the Chicago agreement, so the strike’s scope cannot yet be estimated.
A Madrid cable describes the protocol between Spain and the United States defining peace terms. Spain renounces Cuba sovereignty and cedes Porto Rico and other Antilles islands, with Manila to be occupied by the United States pending treaty ratification. Commissioners will meet in Havana San Juan de Porto Rico and Paris to finalize evacuations and peace negotiations. Hostilities to be suspended once the protocol is signed. August 12, 1898.
The Spanish government on Saturday night telegraphed the governors general of Porto Rico and the Philippines with instructions to carry out the protocol with the United States and to prepare for evacuation. It also sent guidance on policy if the mor agents refuse to observe the armistice.
An order issued in Washington directs division commanders to grant thirty day furloughs to troops under the August order. The measure, backed by the division hospital head, provides leave for healthy and wounded soldiers and includes transportation arrangements.
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