22 Aug 1898
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1898
Page
1
Reports from Chicago Philadelphia New Haven Montauk Point and Washington detail markets and naval dispatches. Wheat corn and oats prices fixed while ships return to owners and sick soldiers receive care. Ambassadors officers and Aguinaldo exchange diplomatic notes amid continuing Manila operations.
Governor Tanner told a delegation of striking miners that importing black or white labor from other states to replace strikers is unacceptable and would occur at the owners’ peril. He urged miners to obey laws while pledging to maintain order and public safety. meanwhile Pana mine owner Captain D H Harts said they will hire outside non union workers to keep mines running despite consequences.
The Civic Federation's national conference approves war policy praise for McKinley and gratitude to armed forces. It argues for trusteeship of liberated islands, keeping naval stations and delaying permanent annexation until self-government is possible.
Gas plug blew out causing a lantern to ignite escaping gas. Fire on Market street near the Chicago river burned Saturday night, totaling about 350000 dollars in damage. The Chicago and Northwestern Railway freight yards near the scene sustained 20000 dollars of the loss, while the elevator company bore the remainder.
Summary of a brutal double murder in Friendship near Americus Georgia, where a Black assailant killed Mrs James McGarrah and her son James Boone with an ax, then mutilated a Black woman before lynching by a mob after the suspect was captured. Includes brief dispatches from New Albany Indiana Madison Wisconsin and Jeffersonville Indiana with other crimes and notes.
Official dispatches outline six article capitulation of Manila and defenses to United States control. Spanish troops deposit arms, officers retain sidearms, repatriation to be decided by Washington, and funds handed to U S authorities. Cable to Manila reported open with General Otis arriving. Paris peace commission to decide island disposition.
Journal commentary explains that capitulation terms likely cover all Spanish possessions in the Philippines, not Manila alone. War officials view suburbs broadly, stressing that both European and native troops capitulate with the city and defenses, and noting the unusual arm return clause tied to evacuation actions.
Huge crowds line the Hudson as battleships from the North Atlantic squadron parade past General Grant's tomb. Rear Admiral Sampson leads ships including the New York Iowa Indiana Brooklyn Massachusetts Oregon and Texas amid a 21Gun salute and roaring cheers.
The board of medical officers started its inquiry into typhoid fever at Camp Alger and will inspect camps for unsanitary conditions. They will recommend corrections. A Sanitary report from Gen. Shafter shows 1111 total sick as of Aug 25. Captain Isaac Maas of Vincennes, aged 88, died at home after 65 years in Free Masonry. He helped build the first eleven miles of the Baltimore and Ohio road east of Vincennes.
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