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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1898
Page
3
Reports describe American forces advancing toward Cape San Juan and Ponce while maintaining a blockade with lighted lamps along the coast. Major Miles directs operations in Porto Rico with insurgent aid. several regiments land and fortify positions as combat potential rises. Thunderous clashes and political unrest ripple through nearby regions as factions contend for control.
A House of Commons reply by the foreign secretary discussed objections to gaining a port on Nanguit. The issue centers on British control versus strong Russian influence, with two thirds of the area reportedly under British claim and ongoing government concern about Russian power.
The Wanderer returned to Key West after successfully discharging arms and ammunition at Bahia Honda and near Manati river and Puerto Padre in Cuba. About 2,000 rifles and carbines with nearly 1,000,000 rounds were carried for Cuban insurgents with Cuban scouts and insurgents aiding the operation. Three Cuban scouts were killed earlier. no shots fired during landings.
The president will establish a fully equipped coaling station at Pango Pango harbor Samoa. Civil Engineer Frank P. Chambers to depart Washington for official instructions and to coordinate with authorities. The site, valued by naval officers, is key to American Pacific interests and naval policy stemming from Asiatic waters.
W Rankine good and Harry Price of Cincinnati advocate a fund among school children to raise money for a battleship named The American Boy. They met President McKinley who endorsed the plan in a letter praising patriotic effort and inviting boys and girls to contribute.
President confer with Secretaries and Navy official to dispatch General Shafter's army from Cuba to Montauk Point New York. Roosevelt faces rebuke for urgent moves, but war department aims to remove troops soon. Medical chiefs warn malaria and yellow fever risk in Cuba. hoped all troops reach the United States by month end.
Colonel Williams and federal agents closed a Brooklyn vinegar works and a Manhattan Yeast Company facility after two months of surveillance. Three men were arrested, 27 barrels of whisky seized, and the yeast factory shut down. The whisky was produced at the Brooklyn malt vinegar works and shipped to New York aboard two-horse drays carrying 20 to 25 barrels per trip.
Admiral Cervera arrived in Norfolk this morning on leave to visit Captain Conache and the Spanish sick at the naval hospital. He lunched with Medical Director Cleborne and will remain several days. In Washington the attorney general holds no changes to tariff, immigration, or tonnage tax rules between Hawaii and the United States until Congress acts. He notes Hawaiian annexation relations appear temporarily unchanged.
A letter from Theodore Roosevelt to General Shafter urges shipping the army north to avoid yellow fever and malaria deaths. Roosevelt argues that remaining in Santiago during the sickness season would cripple the force, with 4 000+ sick and over half the troops unfit for duty. The letter, signed by Roosevelt as Colonel Commanding First Brigade, claims unity among officers to act.
In Ponce August 6, American troops paused awaiting more transports expected hourly with no immediate fighting likely for days. A scouting clash near Juana Diaz and Coamo reportedly wounded a Spaniard. General Roy Stone met Spanish resistance near Arecibo while advancing with the Second Wisconsin.
Washington reports no dispatches from General Miles but says the news is good. Observers expect his march across Puerto Rico to bring him to the San Juan gates by the end of next week with only light resistance anticipated at the capital.
A violent electrical storm crippled Philadelphia on August 5 flooding basements of city blocks and major stores. Peter Schell 28 drowned in a cellar at Twenty third and Christian streets. An Atlantic Refining oil tank at Gibson's Point was struck and destroyed by fire causing about 30000 in damage. Firemen suffered heat exhaustion but recovered.
Santiago de Cuba reports the San Juan carrying officers' families under a flag of truce to Manzanillo for return to Spain. General Wool appoints Major Barbour health and street commissioner. Santiago divides into 16 districts with 4,000 men cleaning streets. In Ponce the transport Massachusetts and units from New York cavalry and Philadelphia troops are ashore at Guanica with other regiments disembarking.
Corvallis Oregon August 6 Charles Ryder 32 an employee at the saw mill was accidentally killed this afternoon while operating the gang edger A small slab wood piece jammed in the saw lifted the cover and struck him near the heart He died shortly after without speaking He was unmarried
Madrid reports Colonel san Martin who led the Ponce garrison was court martialed and executed for abandoning the town. Lieutenant Colonel Punza, second in command, chose death by his own hand as volunteers retreat in disarray. Hospital supplies for Porto Rico prepared in Philadelphia will be sent by rail to aid the sick and wounded.
Civil engineer Lyman E. Cooley reports after east trip and New York talks that the government will build the Nicaragua canal rather than turn the project to private firms. He cites dredging needs, dam sites, and favorable embankment conditions as making the waterway feasible in seven years, with Congress pressured to act before the short fall session.
Henry Johnson a 62 year old man who may be delirious from a long overland trip rests in a cell at the depot station. He imagines driving a mule team over plains and has no clear account of his own movements or his companion. He left California January 16 and last wrote from Santa Barbara to his sister Mrs. Arthur Eaton in Chicago.
Paris court finds Judet editor liable for libel against M. Emile Zola with a 2000 franc fine and 500 francs each for two assistants. The editors were damaged 5,000 francs each. Leaving the court, they were cheered while a man shouting Vive Zola was chased and narrowly beaten.
Aug 56 report details the Morro castle shelling that sparked panic in San Juan. Garretson's brigade, arriving from Yauco, was welcomed by hundreds of Porto Ricans. They marched 17 miles to Yaksby, travel stained and mud bespattered, amid cheers. Front officers expect Spaniards to stay on defense. A night skirmish between Captain Austins pickets and Spanish forces caused some firing but no damage.
G E Levey reports a looming Chinese uprising amid famine and drought in Northern and Central China. He warns missionaries will suffer first as mobs threaten destruction. English governing troops in Wuhu prepare to quell any violence amid mounting unrest.
Passengers from Sagua recount dire conditions in Havana Matanza and Cardenas. Food prices soar with beef scarce beans costly and eggs scarce while starvation and deaths rise daily amid reconcentrados scenes at Los Foscos. Officials allegedly beat and abuse detainees.
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip reports 6000 bonds daily issued to subscribers with many denying knowledge of the transactions. Investigations focus on unauthorized use of names and substantial suspected sums in the millions. Predictions place total allotments between 4400 and 5000 dollars. Separately a copper river stampede from Victoria describes 3000 men marching toward the coast seeking relief to avoid starvation. The note adds a fact about 13000 stamp varieties.
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