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Newspaper
Wilson News
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1899
Page
1
Manila reports detail a split insurgent force with Mascardo defying orders and Aguinaldo ordering a court martial. American gunboats bombard Sosmoan and Guagua driving defenders from positions as Yeoman forces press toward Rio San Fernando.
Denver report states Gov. Thomas, returning to the city, wired Adj. Gen. Corbin to deny a reported interview about Colorado Volunteers as false and malicious. He says he told the interviewer he twice asked for the Colorado regiment’s return and would renew the request. He notes the Spanish war ended and volunteers should be allowed to go home if they wish.
The Reichstag committee, after agreeing with the Imperial Cabinet and the U.S. ambassador on meat inspection, reported against the measure and for a bill hostile to American interests, signaling probable government refusal to sanction it.
Four hundred cavalry artillery and infantry recruits will depart Fort Slocum this afternoon bound for Cuba and the Philippines. The cavalry and infantry go to San Francisco to sail for Manila while the artillery heads directly to Cuba to garrison forts. Recruits are from New York Boston and Chicago.
A fog bound morning report notes the steam ship Scottish Prince ashore three miles east of Jones Inlet with cargo of coffee and no hull leakage yet. Separate dispatches confirm the Loch Sley wreck off Kangaroo Island on April 24 with five drowned from a crew of twenty five and four survivors missing in the bush. In Zanzibar a dhow carrying fifty slaves wrecked off Wasseim in a gale with thirty drowned.
From San Francisco May 9 an account by C S Bradford describes Prince Ludwig Von Lowenstein of Germany dying March 26 near Caloocan Philippines during a battle. He sought refuge in timber as Oregon troops fired, a bullet entering his right side and killing him instantly. A passport signed by Aguinaldo was found on his body.
The Bingham School in Mebane reports recent wins over Whitsett Institute Graham Juniors and A M College with scores 17 to 6 14 to 4 and 7 to 6. The Maryland team edged the locals 5 to 4 on April 24. Kalesthenic and Polemic Societies select contestants for commencement and two Northern capitalists plan a cotton mill on the South Yadkin between Mocksville and Salisbury.
Washington May 9 Rear Admiral Watson ordered to report to Admiral Dewey in Manila to relieve him when possible. Dewey plans to come to New York after peace is restored and will return on his flagship Olympia. Watson now commands Mare Island Navy Yard and will be joined by Rear Admiral Kemp.
Admiral Kautz reports from Apia on May 3 that Brutus arrived April 29 and conditions in Samoa have improved. Marines have been withdrawn from shore as their presence is no longer required and the scene is described as peaceful.
Six masked burglars held up Emmet Meyer the night watchman and an engineer at Bengel's Bavarian Brewery in Wilmington Delaware. They bound Meyer and forced open the safe taking five hundred dollars in cash and nine hundred in checks. Police expected to catch the thieves later after an explosion and a pursuit led to one man found bound in the engine room.
In Spencer Port New York a canal breach opened last night sending water a beach thirty feet wide over the village. The flood covered Main street cellars six feet deep while Mc Caber lumberyards and nearby farms suffered heavy damage. Livestock saved. navigation blocked for ten days.
A Spring Place telephone message says the dwelling of Dr Bagwell in Dalton Ga burned last night killing the doctor, five children and an old woman with others injured.
Russell Sage rejects reports of quitting the gas war and says no overtures have been made to end the fight. He notes rival companies must take the initiative while consumers enjoy half dollar gas as the contest continues in New York.
Edgecombe County article reports a Sunday night fire at Mrs. Turner Battle’s home, likely incendiary, destroying the residence. Mrs. Gordon Battle was burned. Joseph Bunn, who rescued her, died from injuries. The home was only partly insured. A separate Duluth note mentions a streetcar explosion by strikers and a non fatal gunshot incident.
The Raleigh cruiser ran aground early this morning about three hundred feet outside the South jetty. It is believed she will float off at high tide tonight. The vessel is resting easy.
Buffalo Creek is congested with freight boats this morning due to a shortage of freight handlers. The Lehigh Valley railway has sent workers from various points to manage its own freight. No change reported in elevator operations.
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