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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1898
Page
2
A collage of remarks on war duties and public figures including Woodford and Nashville victory, a Chicago fire drill featuring Catherine Cagney, wheat price trends, Paris railway reservoir notices, and a 19th century Italian spatology clerk.
A May dispatch from Manila via Hong Kong describes Commodore Dewey's forces cutting the cable, driving Spaniards from Cavite, and setting the Castillo aflame. Reports credit captures, heavy losses, and English and American ships sustaining limited damage as Manila's defense tightens.
Nassau May 10 A & Rowan of the Nineteenth Infantry attached to the secret service department arrived from the north side of Cuba in an open boat with a party of six Cubans. Rowan saw twelve warships moving eastward, brought maps and plans, and arranged Garcia's cooperation in landing troops. Fram arrives to load salt petre for Bayonne France. authorities forbid and place marines on board.
Report from Milan cites a violent clash in Via Somtraire and Via Torino as troops faced a rooftop assault with tiles and chimneys rained down. Witnesses say hundreds were killed or wounded amid the chaotic afternoon battle.
Teyjot Biddle, Populist state central committee chair, was elected captain of the Kansas volunteers organized in Marion and McPherson counties. Iowa liquor law voided by supreme court in case against Hy Rhodes, railroad agent, ruling state ban on liquor transport unconstitutional as interference with interstate commerce.
At Chickamauga park officers and regiments prepare to move as orders arrive to rush to Tampa. Infantry from the Second Seventh Sixteenth and Twelfth regiments lead the lift, with cavalry divisions and artillery sent ahead. Railway teams rush park equipment and horses, while General Brooke keeps headquarters at Chickamauga as miles of troops assemble for Cuba.
In Chicago May wheat rose to 1.85, with July bid jumping then sliding from 2.35 to 1.56 and finally easing to 1.14 after a volatile session. Markets recorded unprecedented price swings as buying and selling surged.
News dispatches report Admiral Dewey ordered to proceed to the Philippine islands and commence operations against the Spanish fleet with instructions to capture or destroy ships using utmost endeavor. Other items note troop mobilizations and political moves amid the Spanish American War with cargo provisions and ship guard details.
London and Rome dispatches report strong backing from European figures for the United States to hold the Philippines. Sir Charles Dilke and Sir Henry Howarth affirm the right of conquest and prudent policy to keep the islands, while Guido Bacelli urges retention to prevent derelict contention and European entanglement in the Far East.
Tawra Florida May 11 The steamer Gussie chartered by the government for transport to Cuba sails before daylight loaded with arms ammunition and supplies for Cuban insurgents A detachment of United States troops accompanies the voyage to guard the cargo Cap tain W H Darst leads the force Major General James T Wade now commands the army of invasion after orders from Washington.
Dispatches from Rome report widespread unrest as tax hikes and bread shortages spark riots. The crisis, labeled brutal by authorities, sees Florence under harsh measures with feared death toll approaching one thousand amid continued casualties and uncertain figures.
The torpedo boat Winslow engaged three Spanish gunboats off Cardenas bay. She disabled one and escaped unscathed. The crew, including Lieutenant Bernardo and Ensign Bagley, faced odds of three to one and claimed their armament matched the Spanish boats.
An advertorial letter from Mrs. Eva DeLaEage of Horton Iowa credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with curing her son's facial eruptions after ineffectual medicines. The piece continues with notices touting 5 Drops as a wartime healthcare aid and a Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road locomotive delivery description.
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