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Newspaper

Wayne County Herald

Location

Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1899

Page

2

Winding Tumult as Cuban Change Sparks Flags and Speech

Reports from Santiago describe the transfer of Cuba from Spain to the United States with a palace audience, the lowering of the Spanish flag, and Americans raising the Stars and Stripes amid guarded crowds. The Reina Mercedes wrecking project aims to raise the cruiser near Santiago Harbor, valued at over 250000. Separate items note a fatal sawmill accident in Gallipolis, the death of Ambassador Romeco of Mexico in Washington, cattle shipments from Texas to Havana, the fatal shaft accident at Lake Superior Iron, and a hog cholera outbreak affecting farmers in Toledo.

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Tragedy and turmoil in scattered reports from across towns

A Paulding domestic tragedy ends with a wife shot and husband’s suicide. An Ohio incident describes a boy with epilepsy slipping from a moving vehicle. Ottawa reports Canada’s two cent postal rate as a New Year gift. Tollgate raids near Falmouth Kentucky disrupts gates and threats jail. Moyniett seeks Ohio Supreme Court action against National Biscuit in anti trust case.

On Big Treant Moynett Ohio Supreme Court National Biscuit Tint Obio Ut

Fires and crimes disrupt towns in scattered reports

A ragged wire service style column lists incidents from Newark New York to Pittsburgh Pittsburg We wes and Baltimore and Ohio rail collisions. Fire destroys Sherman Opera House in Newark. Burglary nets money and checks. Bankruptcies and robberies appear alongside industrial accidents and shipyard plant sales. Multiple named places and people appear amid a flood of brief items.

Pittsburg Newark NY Sherman Opera Isabel Maton Ruth Ashmore New York Henry Wessel Meney Meney Aul Elecha Aggregatiog ST RM Weonsecket Newark Cpm Sears Phillipsburg Grover Lucy Pearl Fin Dewitt Gours Lee Norma Canm Kate Adams Div Cornelas Mercannes James Brooks Metsanney Baltimore and Ohio Devils Baltimore Rookwood

Notable Misfortunes and Crimes Across Cities

A sprawling dispatch reports multiple untimely deaths and fires including Charles Forthwein of St Louis aged 59, a Minneapolia lumber plant blaze at 4,000 loss, a Duluth murder suicide linked to jealousy, a Kansas City draft of war veteran, and a Minnesota streetcar fatality of Mrs. Caroline Barger. It notes firm bankruptcies, a large opium cargo into San Francisco, and railroad accidents along with political and legal notes.

Charles Forthwein St. Lous C A Smith Lumber Company Minneapolia Furleoy Ran Thomas Greene Walter M Clock Sulivan County Caroline Barger Miamisburg Ohio Dwyer Kansas City Grip Lanarillo Wandhine Minneapolis Minn Clewetar Coo, Powers & Co Manufacturers Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska Theodore N Morrison Chicago Lown WR. Johnson Paola Kan Ida Williams St. Louis Hank Williams Prank Brown Chiiteaxo Sit St Louis Forfei Lindell Street Railway Company Oakland Cal Omaha Ned J W Etler Sone, Wague Hartley Tonto Hiro Hastings Dakota Ghange Milwaukee Ar Pont Rathway Elventh Avenue Portsmouth Thevoransrins Rachel Glenn Nother Sarah Phildren James Brown Honey Prather Brown Prather Antehinaon = Kan Quincy Til Alliance Parthe Atwell Crssidy Brognod Atchison=fopeka all Sonata Fe Hoehne Colo George R. Lastman Twelfth Infanary San Juan Adams St Tonis Senate Leedy Iew Railways Board Supreme Court Duluth L. Borglund Peter Transon

Foreign cabinet resignations and wide war news from 1900s era

The report covers Agui naldo's Fulpino cabinet resignation, Spanish commander Vos surrender in the Visayas, a call for a joint frontier commission in Africa, and multiple overseas incidents. It notes a U S cavalry death in San Juan Puerto Rico, police seizures in Paris linked to the Dreyfus era, and various duels and trials involving military and political figures.

Fulpino Aguinaldo Vos Visayas Houdo Safishurs Africa Tenry San Juan Louis C. Haimond Cumpans United States Cavalry Minjeror Nicholas St Petersburg Gus. Henry Porto Rico Ned Rock Mountain Alrolo 9 Switzerland Canton Ticino Alrolo Havana United States M Lepte Les Droits a'Homme Max Regis Algiers Paris Dreyfus Robert G Wells Nicopol-Mariopol Mining and Metallurgical Company Mariopol Tussia Pittsburg Marlopot Nzof Gabriel Pages Cardenas Corunna Flrie Reed JD. Steeman New York Bahia Bermuda British East Africa Baluchis Treut Hannyuton Masindi Dudley Lima Penu Iowa Oregon Grace Company Jdent Gozo Vian Mattisick Keglevich Stephanie Keglovich Philip of Saxe Coburg

Prominent Officials Die in Rapid Succession

Washington reports the sudden death of Captain Frederic Marcy Lynde U A retired naval officer and Michigan native. Also noted is the death in Washington of Justin Morrill the senior U S Senator from Vermont after a brief illness. Colonel Arthur L Wagner is ordered to St Paul Minnesota to serve as adjutant general of the Dakota department reflecting Major Samuel D.

Frederic Marcy Lynde U. A Washington Michigan Justin 3. Morrill United States Vermont D. C Arthur L. Wagner United States Army St Paul Minn Department of Dakota Samuel D

Fragmentary 19th Century News Snippets From Washington to St Louis

Reading shows a mix of local industry notes and court actions. Copper ore near Mount Faroma yields 20 percent copper with gold, a bakery building collapse in St Louis buries workers, and the Minnesota Supreme Court blocks seed grain loan funds as unconstitutional. The millers meet in St Louis and plan Detroit for next gathering, while a Princeton case reports Motra Sexton hanged for Nathan Stark’s murder. A Mrs Brown related to Feungsteins appears.

Leata Coppiérimine Mount Faroma Washington Conrae Treydt Bakery Company St Louis Luke Tully Minnesota Supreme Court Acta Tiey Fraternity of Operative Millers of America Dietroit Oficera Princeton Motra Sexton Nathan Stark Sexton Ife Nathaniel Brown Oliis

Vanderbilt Engagement and Regional Business Moves

William K Vanderbilt Jr. is reported engaged to Miss Virginia Ball. Havana street railway franchises were bought for 1 800 000 by Montreal and New York capitalists. A fox fur supply is abundant in Dawenon City and meals cost about a dollar. Dr. HQR Butler of Atlanta urges Black Americans to seek federal intervention for humanitarian reasons. Deputy Sheriff John Green of New Mexico in Denver reports fugitive cattleman Grant C. Gillett based in Jimfez Chihuahua Mexico. A merger forms among George A Clark & Bro Clark Mile End Spool Cotton and Conts Thread Co dominating the thread industry.

William K Vanderbilt, Jr Virginia Ball Kingston Havana Montreal New York Havana Street Railway Dawenon City Hqr. Butler Atlanta United States John Green New Mexico Denver Grant C. Gillett Jimfez Chihuahua Mexico George A Clark & Bro Clark Mile End Spool Cotton Company Conts Thread Company

Market Reports: US cattle hogs and grains by city

A dense price list covers markets in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Tulsa Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more. It lists cattle hogs and sheep prices, wheat corn oats rye and other grains with No 2 grades and assorted units, reflecting a broad market snapshot.

Chicago Corp Indianapolis St. Louis Ste. Onts Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Ness Eatra New York

Southern notes and tragedies mix with cotton boom

The item cites Mercedes Gareis's death in Georgia, a fatal shooting in Tennessee, and a debutant elopement near Atlanta. It adds a Houston cotton record of 2,000,000 bales for six months, a fatal fire near Hillsboro Texas, and a destructive fire in Kentucky affecting Letterfield enterprises and the courthouse.

Jackson Tenn Andrew Mutret Thomas Bhnrma Harris Houston Texas AC Henderson Ossie Malone

Cost of the war and garrisons exceeds early estimates

The article analyzes war costs through the current fiscal year, estimating total Army and Navy expenses around 188 million dollars with monthly outlays ranging from ten to twenty million. It notes continued spending for garrisons, contracts, arm production, and pay for veterans, with future payments likely drawn from new dependencies' revenues.

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Wake Island Cable Station Plan Nears Realization

A San Francisco steamship bound for Honolulu carries orders to the Bennington’s commander at Wa wall directing him to seize Wake Island for a Pacific cable station. The move serves the U.S. goal of linking the Philippines and Hawaii with the United States under the Paris treaty.

Bneck Pacific San Francisco Honolulu Bennington Wawall Teland United States Puroses Philippines Hawaii

Wake Island Proposed as Cable Station Link

Mauk Wake Island in the Pacific is proposed as a cable station site after failure to secure a Caroline Island. Located at latitude 19 north longitude 168 east, Wake Island lies about 2,000 miles from Niihau and near Guam, and is described as ideal for Pacific telecommunication purposes.

Pacific American Peace Commission Carolines Wake Island Nihau Ibn- Wahan Guam United States

Santa Claus burned in Sunday school fire mishap

Charles T Tyron a noted sprinter and pole vaulter acting as Santa at a Sun day school in Ann Arbor was badly burned when his disguise caught fire from a candle. Mrs Sherman, wife of the former senator, is recovering from a previous stroke and nearing work at home in City.

Fanta Claus Santa Claus Ann Arbor Charles T Tyron Pole Sautter Sherman John Sherman United States Bouse Wilcity

Sore Im portant Dotogs of Our Neighbors

A miscellany from across the region recounts a string of local incidents and state news. Notable items include a Berlin order for the Springfiest Machine Tool Co, several fatal accidents and injuries, church calls and clergy moves, legal actions, and community concerns from towns like Ananda Warren Youngstown and Akron.

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