06 Jun 1898
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1898
Page
1
June wheat closed at 1.08, corn 31, oats 24. In Cape Haytien reports cannonading by Sampson’s squadron preceded a US landing at Aguadores near Santiago harbor with no reported deaths. In Washington the War Revenue Bill passed House to conference by 137 to 106.
A joint meeting of the city school and academy boards approved a plan aligning the High School course with Academy entry requirements. Expected to raise Academy enrollment to around two hundred within two years with proper leadership. The Presbyterian church communion service saw nine new members and two infant baptisms. Rev. Stark's three and a half year pastorate has 163 members added.
A boy, Harry Bennet, held the reins as C. N. Stewart’s horse bolted after papers spilled in the buggy. He controlled the animal in the middle of the road and stopped it without damage. Also notes Miss Anna Crawford elected International Secretary of the YWCA in New York and other local social items.
The daring 1898 action by Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson and seven sailors to sink the collier Merrimac across the Santiago de Cuba harbor entrance. They attempted to halt Spanish ships by blocking the channel with torpedoes and a wrecked vessel, facing heavy fire and risking capture.
Madrid reports Captain Amon presented a dispatch on the Santiago de Cuba fight. The Merrimac was sunk and a large American cruiser repulsed at the channel entrance. The Reina Mercedes captured one lieutenant and seven sailors. others’ fate unknown. American missionaries recount a Sierra Leone massacre amid hut tax protests and Timni uprisings.
Indianapolis June 6 Governor Mount grows angry over war department delays and silence on Indiana second call plans. Officials fear plans not matured and may abandon recruiting existing front line units. If so Indiana could face two infantry regiments. many volunteers await front assignment. Lt Crosby of the gunboat Leyden plants a 30 foot American flag on Pitcrau Key near Cardenas harbor.
Anderson Indiana launches a statewide social purity drive with local groups forming ninety three county leagues and plans two major meetings in Rensselaer and Monticello. In Indianapolis Judge Baker calls grand jury for June 13 amid embezzlement case at Mount Vernon bank where cashier Albert Wade is indicted for sixty thousand dollars. In Sharon Pennsylvania Pardoe Mercer county residents raise an American flag. violence erupts with several shot and two men Geo Davis and John Danks feared dead.
Elmira N Y June 6 A Weston Co bankers at Painted Frost WY and the Weston Engine Co have made a general assignment. Enterprises at North Tonawanda NY Manistique Mich Ottawa Ont and Gouverneur controlled by A Weston may be involved tying up from two to five million dollars worth of property.
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