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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1897
Page
2
The passage describes widespread famines in Cuba, wartime casualties, and a rail disaster near Chester with casualties and buried workers. It also recounts violent crimes including a murder-suicide involving a mother, a man found dead with his revolver, and ongoing war-related fatalities amid reports from New York World journalism.
Retired Michigan congressman Burrows arrived in Washington and predicts a short session. He cites concerns over currency migration and unity, but believes Hawai‘i statehood and the Philippine question will be addressed later. He expects Spain’s affairs to influence early 1898 remarks.
A transformed report shows Canada resisting pressure to end sealing for a year as the United States prompts negotiation. Officials discuss proposals for broader control mechanisms while Congress debates security and governance reforms.
An explosion involving eighty quarts of a volatile giscera product wrecked an open field near Westernfield, injuring several villagers. One woman died in related incidents while a string of arrests and accidents unfolds across nearby towns including Yorktown and Montpelier. Authorities recall broader economic tensions as the blast echoes into regional crime, transport, and industrial concerns.
In a New York interview Secretary of War Alger favors dividing Alaska into two territories with Yukon as one. He predicts 100000 to 200000 people by next summer and argues Territorial status is better than the current arrangement.
The markets show cattle and hog prices across Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with values for wheat corn oats and butter. Grain grades include No 2 red No 2 yellow and No 2 white while livestock quotes cover hogs sheep and cattle with recent bid and asking ranges.
Reports claim possible settlement by resort to arms as French and British troops face off near Lagos Hinterland. Rumors of a Nikki collision are deemed unlikely by colonial officials who warn against further clashes with French forces.
The United States offers to suspend pelagic sealing for one year if Great Britain and Canada agree. It would also halt all seal hunting on the Priblof Islands within U S territory, extending protection to lands three miles from shore. The move seeks a broader halt to sealing in Bering Sea negotiations.
A sweeping cold wave moved from the northwest across the country, bringing record lows in Medicine Hat and cities like Havre Bismarck Helena St Paul Duluth and Winnipeg. Thermometers plunged to 22 below in Medicine Hat and near zero elsewhere as blizzard paths shift toward Dawson City and Port Barrow.
Secretary Long urges Congress to expand naval capacity beyond new ships. He notes risks from insufficient munitions and bases, supports coastal battleship growth on the Pacific, and warns against excess costs while praising recent rebuilding as competitive with world powers. Also mentions bank exam findings and local incidents.
A broad survey reports on state finances for blind instruction, trustees seeking funds for gymnasium and lavatory upgrades, and a tax-supported per capita cost. It notes crimes, accidents, and legal actions including sorcery conviction, several fatal and serious injuries, and local public notices across towns such as Columbus Lima and Bellefontaine.
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