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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1898
Page
6
The Spanish admiral Cervera is granted parole for one year and will receive pay and allowances of an American admiral. He may remain in the United States, possibly spending part of the period in Washington, and is unlikely to return to Spain until political tensions ease.
The Washington Artillery of New Orleans founded in 1846 is claimed as the oldest artillery group in the United States. It was first in the South to offer services for the Mexican War, ready the day after acceptance. Currently it has five batteries and about 350 members.
The report notes flour exports to Porto Rico with wheat flour as the leading commodity. From 1893 to 1897 average annual exports were 148 487 barrels valued at 570 619 dollars. In 1888 1892 the yearly export averaged 141 324 barrels while value rose to 68 293 dollars due to higher prices.
Over 1893 to 1897 the average annual value of wood and its manufactures sent to Porto Rico was 292 336 dollars. This edges up from 283 273 dollars in 1885 to 1892 and reflects a long prior decline dating to 1871 when exports peaked at 900 407 dollars.
The president favors music at evenings with visitors playing the piano. Controller Dawes, an accomplished musician, often entertains him. The public piano organs attract him, though they cannot enter White House grounds, making distance seem magical.
The present value of the British fleet is about £52,000,000. Papers show large ships are less dominant than claimed, all but two are battleships, with the V Powerful and Terrible as the notable cruisers. Among 12,000 to 13,000 ton ships there are 11 (seven battleships, four cruisers), and 10,000 to 12,000 ton ships total ten (two battleships).
One lesson from the Santiago engagement is that battleships should not carry torpedoes. Torpedo boats and destroyers counted for little in sea battles, while rapid fire batteries proved crucial. The crowning lesson urges building no slow battleships and making every new vessel as swift as any in its class.
The 1893 exports from Porto Rico reached 18,341,430 dollars, the largest on record, while imports stood at 18,282,690 dollars. The 1894 imports rose to 19,086,535 dollars, marking a notable increase after years of smaller inbound value.
The record shows $60,793 of fruits and nuts imported from Porto Rico, the largest in a decade and second only to 1571’s $76,31. After 1885 the annual import value fell sharply, averaging $1,241 in 1895 1887 versus $42,808 in 1892. Oranges dominate the fruit mix with the drop from $9,360 (1888 1892) to $3,040 (1904 1897).
The colonial administration reports Porto Rico’s foreign trade for 1893 at 36,694,120 dollars, a record high. Thus the decade’s opening year 1887 value of 21,287,001 dollars shows a gain of over 15 million by 1893. The 1892-1896 five year span averaged 35,870,585 dollars versus 24,961,217 in 1887-1891.
In Porto Rico export trade meat products remain nearly as valuable as breadstuffs. Over the last five years average annual meat exports reached 662,576 dollars, slightly higher than breadstuffs, though earlier years 1888 1893 showed different trends. Meat exports rose while breadstuffs declined, with 1890s figures showing 604,678 dollars for meat in 1892 compared to higher later totals.
Spain imports non agricultural time ports from Porto Rico emphasize bags and sacks guano and tobacco manufactures. The yearly value of bags and sacks imported during 1892 1896 amounted to 41 187 dollars guano 31 297 dollars and tobacco figures follow in the record.
A digest of latest happenings from Washington and regions nationwide. Reports cover political moves, economic signs, and social updates shaping the national landscape.
Reports from Washington detail naval moves to Cuba and Manila, with shifts of troops and proclamations from McKinley. The dispatches note Puerto Rico engagements, American flag-raising at several ports, and debates over peace terms and colonial strategy.
Across the nation business indicators hint at broad prosperity. The U S Treasury reports a "conscience fund" balance since 1811 totaling $297,452.
The week ending the 29th saw United States clearing houses handle 1 039 315 602 dollars, down from 1 152 589 613. Business failures totaled 189 in the seven days, down from 207. Baseball league percentages follow, led by Cincinnati and Boston at .651. Near Waterloo New York a farmhouse owned by Mrs J Zartman burned, killing Mrs Zartman her daughter and a hired man.
In Chicago Mrs Amelia Currier Volar, living with granddaughter Mrs George Haines, marks her hundredth birthday. The item lists other terse notices: a Wisconsin murder suicide, a James Clark ninety ninth birthday in Quincy TH, the death of physician Dr William Feper in Philadelphia, drownings near Sandusky Ohio and Cobden Illinois, and the death of Dr C L Strickland in Jackson Tennessee.
During a storm the Chinese warship Jutschi foundered at Port Arthur with 146 crew lost. Separately Prince Dismarck, Germany’s leading statesman at 83, died of lung congestion at Friedrichsruhe.
Pennsylvania volunteers led by Col Tlulings capture Juan Diaz ten miles from Ponce on the road to San Juan. Citizens welcome the Americans with enthusiasm as Gen Miles advances toward San Juan. Dewey reports Spaniards ready to surrender Manila while public debt shows a July decrease and cash balance edges up.
Notable deaths include Rev J H D Wingfield Episcopal bishop of northern California in Benicia and Mrs Albert Bowker long time president of Newton Massachusetts Woman’s Board of Missions. Fred Rader of Cincinnati elected president of United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations. War correspondent Sylvester Scovel for the New York World ordered off a battleship and expelled from Cuba. Li Lao Yank proclaims a new dynasty Vast Progress in Kwang-si China. National Irrigation Congress to meet in Cheyenne Wyoming September 1 2 3. San Francisco Merchants Association urges president to retain Philippine regime. Steamers Lakme and North Fork sail to Honolulu with 750 volunteers. German embassy requests medical officers visit American military hospitals. Five hundred American trolley cars ordered for a Paris based electric railway system. Harriet Benton of Odessa Missouri graduates Kansas City College of Pharmacy wins gold medal. French scientists led by Dr Terwagu...
President McKinley and M. Cambon conferred on a plan for Spain to withdraw from Cuba and Puerto Rico with U S control until stable government is formed. The United States would claim Guam and the Ladrones and control Manila Bay area while a future Philippine government is negotiated. Spain would accept these terms in Madrid for an end to the war.
From Ponce Puerto Rico July 31 through Aug 2 1901 Col Hulings with ten companies of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania occupies Juan Diaz near Ponce and raises the flag to cheering crowds. Gen Miles sends no message. Schwan’s brigade lands as part of Puerto Rico operations. Santiago surrender notes report strong fortifications and over 22 000 Spanish troops.
Detroit August 2. The mayors convention opened with about 200 delegates and welcome remarks from Gov. Pingree and Mayor Maybury. Des Moines mayor John MacVicar delivered the annual address after amendments to the league constitution. James A. Lavery urged recognizing labor rights and opposing monopolies in public office.
The Washington report states President McKinley will convene an extra session of Congress in both houses as soon as peace terms are accepted, signaling a prompt legislative response to the concluded negotiations. The note appears in The Post with no date beyond August 2.
The report details Admiral Dewey's communications on the Spanish surrender and gains in munitions and troops in Cuba. It notes high morale among the Spanish and American forces, plans to move prisoners to healthful San Luis, and the expectation of a large postwar army requiring congressional action for new laws on garrison needs in Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
The US auxiliary cruiser Dixie formerly El Sud left St. Thomas aug 2 for Ponce. She scouted Puerto Rico’s north coast, contacted several transports, overhauled an English bark, and near San Juan fired a six pounder at El Morro without response. She spotted a sunken vessel blocking the harbor entrance.
The July 30 1895 debt statement shows debtless cash in the treasury at 978 081 006 a decrease of 19 004 486 for the month. Independent of cash the statement shows an increase in the debt of 182 159.
Cripple Creek district in Colorado Springs reports July gold output of 1,321,552 dollars, $18,000 over the prior best month. The first six months of the year total 7,000,060 dollars.
Authorities say no more Illinois regiments will be ordered to the front. Troops to be called after will come from states that currently have no regiments at the front.
A freight collision on the Central railroad at Fort McPherson near Atlanta killed two men and injured four or five others. A train carrying soldiers to Lithia Springs camp was struck by a freight train. Both locomotives and cars were badly wrecked with bodies torn and scattered on the rails.
Returns from Birmingham headquarters show the Democratic ticket favored with an estimated governor Joseph F Johnston likely reelected by a margin just under 50 000, compared with 38 000 last year.
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