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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1899
Page
2
The report notes about 13 200 names believed on Cuban army muster rolls as Weyler nears completion of his task before the United States steps in to intervene.
Col Funston of Kansas gains a record for gallantry in the Philippines stirring talk of another kissing epidemic when volunteers return home. He is described as a young and handsome daredevil.
After reviewing testimony from those who tried to eat it General Eagan states canned roast beef does not lodge in the throat or stomach, asserting it would not even remain after swallowing.
Dr. Roswell Park of Buffalo warns that if current death rates persist for ten years, 1909 could see cancer deaths in New York exceed those from consumption, smallpox, and typhoid fever combined. The physician emphasizes emerging cancer risk and urges public health attention.
Former residents of Vermont start a movement to place a statue of Admiral Dewey at the Montpelier state house entrance. The plan envisions an opposite placement to Ethan Allen’s statue near the porch leading to the building.
Readers in the United States wake to military reports from Manila on the same day. The note reflects how current Asian and European developments were already anticipated by American newspapers, contrasting with the slower news reach of 1815 after Waterloo.
Baldwin works report orders for 70 locomotives for Russia’s Manchuria line while Westinghouse secures large contracts to fit its brake on all Russian lines. Warships and military railroads drive the surge in iron and steel activity.
A Porto Rico party forms to commend the able patriotic and true American spirit shown by Hon. William McKinley in freeing the island from Spanish rule. The group pledges faithfulness to its new country, aims for harmony unity and good government, and hopes for a speedy settlement of national affairs.
The report praises General Joe Wheeler as humorous, hearty, and patriotically proud. His pugnacity is praised as indomitable and admirable, with military skill matching his combative nature. He would be a valuable asset for the Philippines, and Aguinaldo’s forces could become livelier if Wheeler joins the field.
The report shows clearances at all time highs and failures at multi year lows. In the three months ending March nationwide failures are fewer than in any corresponding quarter since 1982 and Habillies failures are the smallest since 1967.
George IL Giddings of San Antonio testified in the beef investigation that Commissary General Eagan lacked confidence in refrigerated beef but was forced by Secretary of War Apver to try it. He said the information came from Gen. Kagan and that Eagan preferred supplying soldiers in the field with beef on the hoof.
Judge Hilyer told the Georgia Baptist convention that U S homicides exceeded those in England Scotland and Prussia. He cited 1894 and 1896 U S totals and warned public confidence in slow law enforcement, noting quick press coverage and rising lynchings as criminals gain rights while verdicts are overturned and offenders escape punishment.
Longtime county settler Captain James B Wright, a Civil War veteran, dies at Assumption aged 76. The obituary also lists other regional seniors including Mrs Hannah English of Jacksonville aged 95 and Richard Jones of Cairo aged 65, with brief bios of James Clark of Quincy noted as America’s oldest Free Mason and 1799 birth date. Clark’s life spanned Ohio, Illinois and California gold rush days, later settling in Oregon and Quincy, where he remained active in farming mining and commerce.
Joseph Brown killed by his wife in Chicago after a violent quarrel. The couple's two children aged eight and four were present as Brown threatened to kill his wife with a butcher knife. In the ensuing struggle both were wounded. Brown was stabbed five times and died after being struck and kicked during the fight.
The Central Alinda Broom-Corn association, Charleston War, heard brokers from central and Ilnvis and dealers from St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, Indianapolis and Urbana. They agreed to raise broom-corn price by half a cent per pound to 6 to 8 cents, due to Bay ply shortage, and adjourned to meet in Tuscola on May appears.
William Warren Murphy a 20 year old resident in northeastern Douglas County amputated his right foot with a pocketknife while alone in the room. He then called his brothers who staunched the bleeding. Doctors had refused to perform the operation and feared it could be fatal. The patient is reported to be improving after the drastic act.
Health commissioners in Urbana found a health law violation after two children of Alva Adams died of diphtheria. Investigators linked the deaths to a bed in a room whose windows had not been opened for 12 years, with the last occupant dying of diphtheria. The city council ordered burning of the building and its contents.
Miss Bertha Willis of Galesburg dies days before her wedding to Julius Skoekel. She was buried in the wedding dress she would have worn, and the funeral was held at the scheduled marriage ceremony hour.
The body of Philip Lehr a private in Company C Twelfth United States Infantry is buried with military honors at Ottawa. Lehr died in the battle of Santiago on July 1 last.
Springfield April 6 a stormy house scene over the omnibus appropriation bill. Democrats objected to a 4000 annual legal services item tied to Senator Berry, while Republicans worried it would extend the session. After a tense roll call, Dennis Leahy was briefly recorded for the bill, then removed as Bush switched sides, yielding passage by a narrow margin.
Kenney Indiana April 7 Mat Myers a farmer aged 81 was killed while blowing out stumps with dynamite. He tried to warm a stick on a shovel of coals and it exploded. He was thrown 15 feet, his leg torn off and a large hole torn in his side. Fragments were found 300 feet away.
Robert M Cox a longtime Peoria business and political figure was found dead in his bed Thursday morning. A widower with no children, he left an estate estimated at 125000 dollars. The death ends a half century of local involvement and influence.
An early morning blaze at 4 East Sixty-seventh Street destroyed Wallace C. Andrews residence, killing thirteen including Andrews and family, while a nearby home at 3 East Sixty-ninth Street burned with Mary Laughlan and several servants dying. Firemen saved several occupants. causes undetermined.
In Apia Samoa March 24 to April 8 American and British warships shell Mataafa forces daily. Admiral Kautz posts proclamations denying Mataafa legitimacy under the Berlin treaty while German consul challenges them. Fighting tightens as Porpoise and Philadelphia bomb the coast and King Matafitoa is crowned with guards from both sides present.
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