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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1898
Page
1
An Omaha exchange notes that western newspapers carry more advertisements from people seeking workers than job seekers. It cites Iowa bragging about volunteer cuts, upcoming veg crop growth, and a critique of apathy. It also covers remarks on yellow fever in Havana, war outcomes, and Episcopal expansion into Japan.
Contracts with Kowloon company in Hong Kong set $80,000 per wreck to raise Isla de Cuba Isla de Luzon and Don Juan de Austria. Additional wrecks will be sold. Gun boat Cebu raised from Pasig river where it sank on August 13 and found not badly damaged.
A Havana report claims Cubans will resist United States authorities and that Spaniards would have prolonged the war if they knew Shafter's army status. The piece notes such topics spark debate but suggests both Cuba and Spain may have exhausted their fighting appetite for decades to come.
Spain plans negotiations with South American governments and San Domingo for the sale of several old gunboats in Cuban waters. Spain seeks to replenish its depleted exchequer by offloading vessels no longer useful to its navy.
Spain’s Senor Salmeron, a noted critic of the war with the United States and Cuba policy, writes to followers blaming Sagasta and the government for Spain’s position. He accuses the ministry of losing Cuba and other colonial possessions.
The piece compares tropical buzzards as helpful scavengers cleaning waste and disease, noting their timid nature and harmless behavior. It then contrasts invading buzzards from the states with a call for moral action in Cuba alongside physical hygiene, urging against encouraging predatory elements during a new order’s establishment.
President McKinley, addressing the peace cross unveiling at the site of the new Episcopal cathedral on Mount Saint Albans in Washington, DC, lauds the project as a sacred enterprise and a positive contribution to citizenship, education, and national mind. He thanks Bishop Satterlee and the church for inviting him to participate.
General Kitchener arrived in London to an ovation from officers and crowds. Mrs. Richard Cooper, last surviving daughter of James Fenimore Cooper, died in Coopers Town aged 79. Maj. A. J. Billings died in London after rising from private to major and provost marshal. French papers split over Dreyfus report. A Philadelphia rail incident halted by a police officer. Dupuy offered to form a new cabinet. Havana harbor deemed clear of mines to American evacuation ships.
Fragmentary report notes on the 27th a cabinet decision about British protectorate status in Egypt and mentions Boston as the chosen site for a future saddlery convention with Cleveland as a close second. It also references an epidemic at Samarcand Russia with high mortality.
The Portland firm asks a United States court to declare them bankrupt with assets listed at 150000 dollars and liabilities of 411000 dollars. The failure is linked to financing the East Side electric railway project between Portland and Oregon City.
Dartmouth students vote to abolish hazing. James A. Davis died in Dorchester County Maryland. steered the first steamer to cross Lake Erie. John Hays celebrated his ninety fourth birthday in Cleveland, discoverer of Lake Superior’s copper wealth. Meddler sold at Morris Park NY for $49,000 to William C. Whitney. Brig Gen Joseph Roberts died in Philadelphia aged 84. entered West Point in 1835. G B Pratt died in Attleboro MA. founded over 50 papers in New England. Seattle assay office and San Francisco mint report Klondike gold cleanup receipts of 8 million. George Wilson Phillips died in Springfield MA. inventor of much first match factory machinery. Fort Worth race turmoil yields Hope Adams shot and killed. Elks lodge of colored men organized in Cincinnati. Grand Exalted Ruler calls action void. Tacoma express firm to run semimonthly dog train mail to Dawson starting Nov 7. US gold produced 1897 valued at 57,363,000. South Africa leads, Australasia and Russia follow. Captain Henry O Neill aged 92, war veteran and longtime Louisville police figure, becomes a father at last. wife 30 years old.
Illinois state news lists several elderly deaths including Mrs Janny Ferris Assumption Mrs Phoebs Lewis Decatur Mrs Sarah Gray Carbondale Greenfield veteran Rev David Stubblefield Greenfield and Green B Cheat Metropolis. notes historic Unity church sale Chicago and other items ranging from a murder near Streator to a Pekin fire and a two week hunger arrest in Jacksonville.
Miss Rebecca Wilson of Blooming ton announces her engagement to Rev T W McVettie pastor of the First Methodist church of Peoria. Lieut Crossman resigns as commander of the Alten naval militia after three years in command due to business affairs.
Washington reports from Paris say progress in peace negotiations is encouraging and likely to end sooner than anticipated. US commissioners have not begun discussing the Philippine question, which will wait until next week. Spaniards, learning the US stance is firm, see less protracted talks ahead. The US denies guaranteeing Cuban municipal debts but expects municipalities to pay. Bonds held by US citizens may require protection of investments. State Department lacks figures on municipal liabilities.
The Acme Wrecking company of San Francisco seeks navy approval to raise the battleship Maine in Havana harbor. It plans water jets to loosen mud then attach steel barrels and chains to frame the wreck, with salvage via condemnation if the government accepts the ship in the United States. No payment demand is made to the government.
Paris dispatch reports La Valente addressing the Philippine question yesterday. He suggested Americans could make concessions to compensate for their Cuban policy and argued the word control is vague. The paper notes the discussion forecasts contention over wording and potential implications.
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