30 Sep 1898
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1898
Page
1
A brief dispatch from Constantinople reports fighting at Alashgorb between Turkish forces and Armenian fighters from Russia. About fifty Armenians were killed in the clash, with the incident noted among international war developments.
An order from army headquarters directs the Fourth United States Volunteer Infantry detachment from the Seventh Army Corps to occupy Manzanillo Cuba. The division will be led by the senior officer on duty until a permanent commander is chosen. The force includes Cavalry Brigade Gen L H Carpenter First Infantry Brigade Gen Simon Snider and Second Infantry Brigade Gen E B Williston. It notes casualties and deaths in the war, and reports total army deaths at 2,624 among 265,000.
In Paris the US and Spanish peace teams met informally at the foreign office with M. Delcasse presiding. The breakfast, lasting eighty minutes, fostered introductions among Commissioners Porter, Gray, Davis, Frye, Montero Rios, Castill o, and Brisson, aiming to ease relations ahead of formal talks.
War Department investigators, idle yesterday, examined complaints the president has received. They plan an expanded inquiry into the department’s conduct in both the Pacific and Atlantic regions, sending letters to General Merriam in the Pacific, General Otis in the Philippines, and General Meritt who held the post in the Philippines until recently.
Washington reports show that the death toll of the American army in the Spanish American War is under one percent. Official war department figures indicate the number of men and officers lost, with updates arriving periodically from field reports.
Flora bankers suffer a $12,000 theft and gunfire as safeblowers flee by road and foot amid a town confused by a pursued handcar hoax. Rewards offered. Wabash locomotive disaster silences Lafayette reports. Confederate Memorial Society criticizes Miss Lucy Lee Hill naming. assaults, elections, and blazes widen the day’s notices.
Governor Tanner ordered troops to Pana after Sheriff Colburn feared fire and bloodshed from striking miners. Captain Craig and Col John B Hamitten led armed troops to protect citizens and property, while operators faced scrutiny over mine activity. The riot followed a street clash injuring a white bystander and prompting warrants for involved black miners.
The State Federation of Labor in Decatur Illinois on September 30 debated measures to curb labor importation and convicts. A committee investigated trouble at Pana and resolutions urged an employer liability act, repeal of garnishee law, barbers board, free text books, postal savings banks, and disarmament of armed blacks reportedly aided by state authorities. The group adjourned, planning to meet next year at Danville.
The fifteenth annual Indiana Federation of Labor convention in Terre Haute endorsed sympathy for Pana miners, urged free school books, and called a boycott on Donkey Printing. It backed laws protecting union rights, urged pledges from candidates, and condemned Congress over the postal savings bank bill.
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