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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1898
Page
3
Rev. Talmage presents Moses defending Zipporah’s seven sisters at a Midianite well as a moral catalyst. He extols practical work for women, links ancient trials to modern virtue, and urges lifelong preparedness, humility, and service shaping destiny across centuries.
The Arkansas River at Rock, Arkansas, is on a rampage with 24.1 feet at Little Rock and rising, flooding Webbie Falls Verdigris and Milinois rivers driving extensive inundation from Van Buren through Lincoln County. Farms, plantations, and homes are ruined including a drowned family near Waittle Rock. levee at Grady area under severe strain. Local crops and property suffer incalculable damage as the situation worsens by the hour.
Tampa residents report rapid troop embarkation preparations for Cuba. Seven transports including the Comal Allegheny Berkshire Florida Whitney Gussie and Decatur H Miller are at Port Tampa with coal supplies and carpenters fitting stalls for cavalry artillery horses and pack mules. Rations for 7000 men for 30 days expected by Saturday as drills continue amid heat.
A county is broken and a town threatened with destruction as a river flood rises on Newport White. A rescue boat could not return upriver and about 100 people were saved. A four member family remained cut off by the swift current and could not be reached. The White River dam boom is rising two inches per hour.
News arrives that Maj. W. D. Smith guiding newspaper men to Gen. Gomez was captured by Spanish troops and beheaded after it was learned he was an American. Two English journalists with him, Mr. Nichols and Mr. Hare, were also aboard and their fate is unknown.
London May 7 reports a rumor that Spain has several squadrons. One squadron would be off California, another to relieve Manila, and a third bound for Porto, suggesting strength if the rumors are true.
Washington May 7 Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was sworn in Friday as lieutenant colonel of United States volunteers to lead the mounted rifle regiment to be formed mainly from rough riders.
An official Havana dispatch states that since April 30 hostilities against Gomez have grown in activity and vigor. In Kansas City a government order was placed with the Jacob Cold Packing Co for 2,500,000 pounds of pork sides hams and bacon to supply the U.S. Army within 30 days.
In New Orleans a fugitive known as Dennis Burrell alias Brown resisted arrest on Friday. He shot and killed two police officers before being killed by pursuing citizens after a lengthy chase.
May 9 report from Port au Prince says United States cruiser Montgomery likely engaged a larger Spanish warship northwest of Cape Haytien. French steamer Olinde Rodrigues saw the pursuit, with cannon fire heard by nightfall. Officials deny any engagement, stating the Montgomeery was not in battle.
Reports from Porto Rico describe rising annexationist activity and a tense mood as Spanish authorities bolster coastal troops and martial law tightens control. Volunteers swell to about thirty thousand, arms leak to revolutionaries, prices rise, and trade slows amid uncertain coal supplies and limited escape routes for Americans. France, Germany, and possibly Britain dispatch warships to San Juan.
Miss Helen Gould of New York donates one hundred thousand dollars to the U S government for war needs and its check is received at the treasury. The Cunard steamer Umbria arrives at Queenstown from New York, with passengers applauding the news of Commodore Dewey's victory. no war ships sighted.
London May 9 report says the flower of the Spanish navy is being formed into a formidable squadron at Cadiz to sail May 15 under sealed orders.
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