Weather Forecast for Boston May 8
Light rain to night and to morrow, followed by fair Wednesday night. East winds.
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Newspaper
Barre Evening Enterprise
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1898
Page
1
Light rain to night and to morrow, followed by fair Wednesday night. East winds.
The adjourned Barre city meeting debated buying or condemning the Barre Water Works and selecting a school site. The school report favored a four room building near Main and Blackwell streets at an estimated 8000 to 10000 dollars. The council authorized buying a site and pledging city credit for water works.
A Madrid dispatch reports Spanish officials deny surrender and vow to pursue the war to the bitter end. Manila bombardment affects outlying quarters while the citadel shells the American fleet. A Rome dispatch notes the Queen Regent informing the Pope of Spain's resolve to resist. Washington reports Representative Grout introduces a resolution thanking Dewey and promoting him to Admiral.
Secretary Long announced Commodore Dewey will serve as acting admiral for the present and is to be nominated rear admiral later. No official advices were received by noon today.
Madrid dispatches say Spain will mobilize naval strength in a united campaign against the United States The extraordinary cabinet meeting was long and tense with public excitement though the government remains as constituted
A May report states British Ambassador Sir Julian Pauncefort will be succeeded in Washington by Sir Thomas H. Anderson the Under Secretary of State Foreign Affairs. Anderson is described as an experienced diplomat.
Jamaica May 3 The Spaniards have evacuated Bayonne a key Cuban town with 7000 residents at a strategic point insurgents have taken possession of the place.
Word from Manila Impossible reports cables cut since yesterday morning halting telegraph messages. The Tendon Times line was severed by a cut 50 miles from Manila, possibly taking a week to repair. Reports of Manila’s surrender after 10 am yesterday are deemed fabrication while Dewey’s bombardment began yesterday. It is uncertain if Manila has fallen.
Sprigrinp May Col. Clark with the secon regiment and companies left here this morning for South Framingham where they will go into camp today. The streets were crowded and the enthusiasm of the crowd was evident. Many women fainted as patriotism surged.
Hong Kong dispatch notes no news from Manila as of May 3. Cable lines are cut and communication is interrupted, with no details on the situation or local reactions.
Key West May 3 report that the gunboat Casein brought in a prize schooner Paco captured last night. The capture advances naval actions in the region.
Secretary Long says a cable congratulating Dewey will go once the official report confirms his victory as reported by the press. The President will wait for the official report before any decision to send troops to Manila.
Mapriv M Cortes proposes a vote of censorship on the Minister of Marine due to alleged lack of foresight linked to Spanish losses. The cabinet crisis is deemed postponed by a few hours as the session proceeds.
Montremen May 3 The 40th anniversary of the wedding of Hon and Mrs Chas Dewey will be celebrated at their State street home this evening. Mr Dewey is a brother of the famous Commodore.
An American warship has cut the Man ila cable and taken it aboard to restore interrupted communications. If confirmed, Washington authorities will be informed of the real facts in the Cavite battle. Earlier reports from Spanish sources are likely inaccurate.
Watertown N Y May 3 The first National Bank of Carthage closed its doors today The president has absconded and an investigation is being nile
The Detroit Free Press notes insurgent leaders push provisional administration under United States protection in the Philippines. An old sailor yarn unfolds as a marooned narrator recounts ten years alone, interwoven with skepticism from a fellow sailor and a comic exit.
An official dispatch from Havana states the entire American squadron departed Havana and sailed toward Key West. No reason is given but speculation centers on new information about Spanish fleet movements. There is a possibility the Oregon faces danger or the Spanish fleet nears the American coast.
Cadiz reports the second Spanish squadron nearing completion with three large warships and several smaller vessels preparing for active service Sagaste will inform the Cortes for the Queen Regent's plan to pursue the war to a bitter end.
Cleveland crowds discuss a plan by wealthy Jews to purchase a large warship for presentation to the U S Government to be used against Spain. The drive reflects strong anti Spain sentiment among Jewish communities worldwide.
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