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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
2
A fragmentary item from the Wayne County Herald describes Wool Piett and mobile members in an event with offload details. The readable text hints at an organization or shipment noting participants and a possible schedule.
Report covers Cuban demonstrations surrounding the deposed commander in chief and calls for pacific solution as the assembly pressure mounts. Also notes Manila fort battles and local unrest in Pennsylvania with property damage and school disruption.
A Washington summary notes a federal inquiry on postal renumeration, military death tallies through May 1808, a War Department photo project for the SpanishAmerican War, and epidemic warnings. It also mentions Atlantic harbor work costs, Imperial outrages reports, and diplomatic moves toward Hague talks with various nations.
Reports describe tensions over Alaska territorial transfer to British control, Yukon White Pass strike amid wage cuts, Ontario railway plans to link Hudson Bay to the Great Lakes, and Dunker migration movements to the Ned River valley with a large colony forming west from Saint Paul. The Dawson consul warns the Chere people situation could worsen, with potential heavy impact on trade routes and port status.
The page lists bids for cattle hogs sheep and lambs along with prices for wheat corn oats rye and butter. Prices range widely with No 2 white oats at 31g and corn around 4.10 per bushel. cattle hogs and sheep show tiered quotes across multiple grades and regions including Milwaukee and Western market notes.
Roving forces under Gen Wheaton advance from San Pedro Makati toward Laguna de Bay with a gunboat shelling Pasig river approaches. Casualties run high for both sides as insurgents shrink under artillery fire and American regulars suffer several wounded.
In Havana a public session of the Cuban military assembly impeached General Maximo Gomez and removed him from command. The motion carried 26 to 4 with only Generals Caspedes and Nunez as supporters. The assembly charged Gomez with insubordination and treachery for acting independently of the body and accepting a U.S. envoy’s terms.
A destructive tornado hits Oklahoma City on a Friday night, ripping roofs from homes, overturning buildings, and causing fires. Residents report widespread damage as darkness falls, with cries for help heard amid collapsed structures and injured people awaiting aid.
Philadelphia records 93,424 typhoid cases and 4,133 deaths this year amid a year marked by wartime casualties. Officials note the death toll mirrors those killed in battles on land and sea during the Spanish American War.
Table compiled by Brad Street lists weekly bank clearings at principal centers with percentage change versus year ago. New York shows 1,280,042,578. Chicago, Philadelphia, and others appear with varying gains and losses.
A compilation of late state news items reports deaths from apoplexy and accidental causes in Grecovilly Toledo and Zanesville, suicides near Ga leno Village and Columbus, drownings in Niles and Ohio fever outbreaks in Findlay. Fires destroy barns and planing units in Steubenville and Akron incineraries, while theft and jail escapes occur in Connersville and Chillicothe.
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