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Newspaper
Wilson News
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1899
Page
1
Manila reports Gen. Smith’s unit recovered the body of Captain Tilley, killed by Filipinos while displaying a flag of truce near Escalante. The restive Cavite insurrection falters under General Tolas amid shortages. two gunboats sail to Cuba to help maintain order.
In Hong Kong on May 30 Admiral Dewey lauds Hobson for bravery and dignity while noting he is modest and too bashful. Dewey, recovered, sits in retirement at the Weak and plans to return home next week.
Brigadier General Merriam reports that General Shafter has a hundred troops on the ground at Wardner Idaho and has complete control of the situation. He is the main difficulty to be settled without further prosecution. The public has been warned, with no prosecutions in sight.
In Havana on May 31 Gen Leonard Wood, governor of the Santiago department, arrived to take part in talks with Gen Brooke and other generals. Separately the Iris steamer chief engineer B R Roberts died today from carbonic acid gas while cleaning her boxers.
Pekin May 30 The French Minister M Pichon and staff were granted an audience with the Emperor who received a letter from President Loubet. Today the German Minister will seek an audience to decorate the Emperor with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Black Eagle and present two grandiose Berlin porcelain works.
Manila May 31 A relief expedition departs for Paranaque to rescue or avenge the hospital ship Relief crew captured by insurgents. The party includes the third engineer and several sailors aboard a catboat, but they were surrounded and the men were taken ashore. Captain Barker sails for the United States as Captain Geo White remains in charge of the Asiatic Station until Rear Admiral Watson arrives. A hundred Maccabees are organized as scouts under Captain Wrenn wearing US army shirts and trousers.
An American woman staying at the Hotel Metropole with a companion shot herself this morning and died instantly. She reportedly gave the name Darcie, but hotel officials refused to provide further details.
Reports from San Francisco dated May 31 describe a fresh gold discovery in lower California. Diggers are reportedly averaging from half an ounce to two ounces daily with gold at about nine hundred fine. Placers span about three miles by one mile, drawing labor from Yoora and other mines as workers abandon existing sites for the new diggings.
May 31 Port Townsend Washington dispatches report Deputy Collector Andrews at Skaguay Alaska handling bonded liquor shipments. Shipments via Skaguay Dawson and the United States pool allege British Columbia dockside traders flood warehouses to exploit Alaska prohibitions ending July 1. Shippers seek delay from Collector Ivey to postpone action until that date.
Seattle reports Klondike gold valued at over a million dollars this season as many miners do not return. A first river steamboat carried several miners and railroad officials. Ex governor Holliday of Virginia dies at 71. In Boston Wheeler is greeted at Memorial Day exercises as the first former Confederate officer to speak in New England.
At Chapel Hill on May 31 the university showcased a vibrant cress day with senior and junior class orations, poems, and speeches. The Trustees elected G. M. McKee as instructor of expression and Dr. H. F. Linscott to full professor of Latin, while resignations of Prof Harrington and J C Briggs were accepted and Baskerville received a chemistry chair raise.
The Duke of Westminster's Flying Fox captured the Derby with Democles runner up and Innocent third. Sloar rode Holocauste but finished unplaced. Milner and Krueger Arrive for Conference. Governor General Milner of Cape Colony and President Krueger of the Transvaal Republic arrived at Bellefontein to meet.
Miles City May 31. The Cheyenne Reservation agent has requested additional troops though the reason remains unspecified.
New York May 31 an alderman will introduce a resolution offering ten thousand dollars as a reward for the return of the kidnapped baby Marion Clarke.
The Hague May 31. The American plan of arbitration was presented to a sub committee. It rejects the Russian demand for compulsory arbitration in international rivers and inter oceanic canals. Diplomats see a signal that the U S will build the Nicaragua canal and bar interference. The U S also opposes extending obligatory arbitration to commercial treaties and consular conventions.
Morganton reports six smallpox cases all in a pest house while North Carolina State University counts 644 students with 165 at the summer session. Smithfield ships 73 576 pounds of tobacco the largest ever. Jim Crow cars run on Southern Railway though the law starts June 1. Governor Russell names health board: R H Lewis C J O Hagan J L Nicholson A Anderson A W Shafter. Durham wants First Regiment Band with $1000 yearly bonus. Raleigh and Greensboro also seek the group.
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