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Newspaper
Barre Evening Enterprise
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1898
Page
1
A. IL Buzzell promotes Red Star Lunch Room with weekly meal schedule and in house painting and wallpaper services offered. J G C Doper at 160 Main St Halch in Mayo announces mail orders and experienced staff. Mark Twain stage cast listed with dates at Blinehard Opera House April 30. Clinics and new GOe goods at 45 cents per pound advertised by I M Averill.
On May 1 in Lisson, reliable news arrived claiming the Spanish fleet was completely defeated.
The Governor General reports April 30 cable from Madrid describing Fort Cavite near Manila repelling a foe at dawn. Spanish ships suffered heavy losses including cruiser Maria Christina burned and Commander Cadarso killed. Admiral transfers flag to Isla de Cuba as Don Juan and Astilla are lost.
General Blanco reports to Madrid that an American warship seized a Spanish merchant ship off Cuba. Prisoners include a Spanish colonel, a surgeon, six officers and three NCOs. Passengers aboard were released.
Sir John Moore dies as he wished to die in battle and in service to his country. He bids farewell to friends and family, is carried from Coruna in a cloak to a hastily dug grave as Soult retreats, and Wolfe’s lines immortalize the scene in Cornhill Magazine.
A Chicago railway surgeons conference discussed whistle deafness, a prevalent ear condition among locomotive engineers. The ailment heightens sensitivity to certain noises while rendering other sounds inaudible, risking accidents. Experts urge testing and temporary duty relief until hearing normalizes.
The Aurora notes two engagements with the second beginning after American landing. Spanish cruisers Mirando and Ulloa suffered heavy damage while the Madrid authorities consider the defeat serious yet honorable.
The note promotes a penny book titled War in Cuba, described as a 650 page fully illustrated complete history from 1868 to 1898 by Gonzaloo de Quesada, with Dea and C.W. Perry of 85 Washington St. Barre selling the item.
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