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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1898
Page
1
In Dillon Montana Fidel Huber Manager promotes the Kupfer Watch as a proven winner. The price range runs from 12 to 40 dollars with other American models from 2.50 up. Readers are invited to view the new stock now arriving and consider investing in a timepiece.
Washington July 18. More than $200,000 will be paid as head money to the officers and sailors who destroyed Cervera's fleet off Santiago. The law provides $100 for each enemy ship’s man. totals show 2087 enemy crewmen on ships destroyed, yielding about $208,700 in head money to Sampson's fleet.
Special to the Tribune from Washington July 14 Dewey confirms dispatches about the German gunboat Irene hindering insurgents at Subic Bay Aguinaldo says the Irene blocked Spanish fort captures and Dewey sent Raleigh and Concord to open fire capturing 500 prisoners The German captain defended his actions as humane twice prompting wide comment in Washington.
Special to the Tribune Washington July 14 Miles has assumed command of the army before Santiago and will personally direct its future movements. The surrender demand covers Santiago city and the surrounding province including Holguin Manzanillo Baracoa and Guantanamo with garrisons at each location.
Reports from Washington and Manila outline suspected yellow fever cases near Santiago and in the quartermaster's department. Immunes are being prepared for shipment to Santiago to garrison the town. News from Dewey awaiting General Merritt and Shafter's status, with no new information by July 1 p.m.
Reports say Santiago de Cuba will fall and military operations there may cease until fall. General Brooke and the cabinet consult on Porto Rico while no Havana assault is planned at noon. Troops withdraw from Santiago to be replaced by garrison regiments ready to embark from New Orleans and Galveston.
Santiago capitulated this afternoon at 3 o clock under terms proposed by General Shafter. The surrender was unconditional except for appointing commissioners for talks. President McKinley ordered Shafter to follow the original plan and to begin firing at 12 if the city refused.
General Brooke reports in Washington that he is consulting with President McKinley and cabinet on the Porto Rico campaign. Troops to be withdrawn from Santiago likely proceed to Porto Rico as the next destination.
Washington officials state no campaign against Havana will proceed until the rainy season ends in October. The plan will hold unless an unforeseen event changes the decision.
Troops for the fourth expedition to the Philippines break camp in San Francisco and plan to sail tomorrow afternoon. They will stop at Honolulu to participate in the Hawaiian annexation ceremonies and garrison the islands. The fifth expedition is booked for July 23.
The note indicates funds or attention redirected toward the coast of Spain, signaling a shift in focus or strategic concern involving maritime interests. No further details are provided in the fragment.
Washington reports that Major General Shafter told General Toral the Spanish must surrender by 12 o clock noon or face unrelenting bombardment of Santiago de Cuba. He warned that continued resistance would bring carnage and ruin until surrender.
Washington reports deny sensational claims that Spainish forces at Santiago escaped under a flag of truce. Shafter states the port is fully enclosed and escape is impossible. A separate London Telegraph dispatch notes an American squadron under Watson near Rangier.
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