Americans Bombard Santiago Forts and Vizcaya
Journal reports limited action with Sampson and Dewey silent from Havana to Manila. Officials expect news within 24 to 36 hours as cable work nears, while Shafter and Miles prepare Cuba landings and Fernandina camp ready for extra troops. Hobson’s promotion debated with options between line and staff.
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Washington
Sampson
Santiago
Dewey
Manila
Guantanamo
War Department
Shafter
Cuba
Guantanamo Harbor
Col. Huntington
Alger
General Miles
Tampa
Miles
Fernandina
Fla
Chickamauga
Camp Alger
Hobson
Linnard
Pearson
North Carolina
Bombardment of Santiago Harbor by Sampson Fleet
Rear Admiral Sampson’s fleet pounded the Santiago de Cuba batteries at daylight for a third time. The New York opened at 5.25 a.m. and the line of battleships returned heavy fire while Vesuvius and Porter kept flank positions. Reports say western batteries were wrecked or dismantled and no American lives were harmed. Lieut Hobson and his men remain at Morro.
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Vixen
Scorpion
New York
Dauntless
Vesuvius
Texas
New Orleans
Cervera
Sampson
Lieut. Hobson
FE Morro
Associated Press
Santiago de Cuba
Kingston
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Hobson
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Celtic
Yale
Guantanamo
Marine Battalion
Lee
Naval War Board
Caribbean Sea
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Navy Department
Hampton Roads
Stewart
Caimanea Shelled by Fleet at Guantanamo Bay
At Camp McCalla near Guantanamo Bay on June 15 the Texas Marblehead and Suwanee bombarded Cairan era fortifications ending a one hour thirty minute bombardment. The fort wall was torn down by 12 inch shells and earthworks were blown apart. Spaniards fled as boats were shelled. a starving prisoner surrendered asking for food and water.
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Associated Press
Camp McCalla
Guantanamo Bay
Kingston
Cairanera
Guantanamo
Texas
Marblehead
Suwanee
St. Paul
Spanish Soldier Surrenders and Deserted Harbor Engagement
An intercepted Spaniard reports 2000 soldiers willing to surrender but fearing American execution after capture. He was fed, clothed, and taken aboard the Marblehead where he volunteered to return to his comrades but anticipates being shot. A small Marblehead launch fought and retreated from bushwhackers, with one gunner lost overboard and several Spaniards believed killed.
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Marblehead
Dareing Bush Fighters and the Dauntless Landing at Guantanamo
A June report from Guantanamo Bay describes marines landing in hostile territory and learning lessons about Spanish bush fighters. Cuban auxiliaries, many Black, aid the woodsmen in bushcraft, displaying effective disguises and tactics while the Americans note issues with magazine rifle handling and camp defense.
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Associated Press
Dauntless
Guantanamo Bay
Kingston
Jam
Washington
Neville
Blue's Plucky Trip Near Santiago De Cuba
Lieut Victor Blue rode 72 miles on a mule to locate Spanish warships in Santiago harbor. He landed west of the city with Cuban guides, reached an observation point north west of Santiago, avoided enemy forces, and returned by a long detour with no engagements.
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Santiago de Cuba
Dandy
Kineston
Jamaica
Victor Blue
Sampson
Santiago
Santiago City
Blue
Purisima Concepcion Sails From Kingston With Food
Kingston Jamaica June 16 The Spanish steamer Purisima Concepcion loaded with food for Manzanillo departed Kingston at 2 AM heading west The United States Consul Dent had protested but authorities granted clearance Admiral Sampson is likely to deploy a fast auxiliary cruiser to intercept the vessel and its officer Lieutenant Commander Joaquin Montague who left Kingston aboard it
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The
Associated Press
Kingston
Purisima Concepion
Manzanillo
United States
Dent
Sampson
Joaquin Montague
Cadiz Alarms as American Fleet Feared
Cadiz Spain June 16 Great excitement over fears of the American fleet reaching Spain. Dispatched reinforcements to the Balearic islands Canaries and Ceuta. The reserve squadron of two ironclads one torpedo boat one cruiser and two destroyers sailed at dawn and returned by evening. Movements suspected as misdirection. treat any sailing report cautiously.
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Cadiz
Gibraltar
Spain
Balearic Islands
Canaries
Ceuta
Vizcaya Struck by Cable Shell in Sea Battle
Madrid June 17 reports a Círvera cable fired shell from an American ship struck the Vizcaya from a high angle but her armor prevented any damage. The incident underscores the clash between naval forces with no effect on the Vizcaya’s combat readiness.
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Madrid
Vizcaya
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Promoted as Health Guards
Advert says Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills protect health whether at home or on vacation, claiming they purify the blood and preserve well being.
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Hood
Vesuvius fires high explosive shells at Santiago entrance
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius conducts the first naval use of air-fired explosive shells, delivering three 200-pound guncotton projectiles at the western headland near Santiago harbor. The blast devastates the fortification as New Orleans shells the eastward defences at Morro Castle in dawn action.
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Santiago
Key West
United States
Vesuvius
Santiago Harbor
Folger
New Orleans
Sampson
Morro Castle
Bryan Warns Against Imperialism Policy at Island Park
William Jennings Bryan spoke to about five thousand at Beautiful Island Park, urging Americans to treat war and the silver question as separate issues. He warned against colonization for victory sake, urged sober deliberation, and said patriotism is not monopolized by any party while stressing unity beyond partisanship.
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Winfield
Beautiful Island Park
Southern Kansas Chautauqua Assembly
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Thomas
South
Manila Bay
Four are lost as Gypsum Princess sinks after collision
In fog off Nantucket lightship four miles east a German Lloyd liner reports the Nova Scotia schooner Gypsum Princess struck at right angles and sank in two minutes. Captain David Merriam his wife two younger sons Edgar and Ruth, and cook Sanford Murray perished. Survivors include Fulton Lake second mate William Fitz Edward Paulsen Alfred Johanson Bernhard Hansen and Churchill Parker.
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Mediterranean
Nantucket
Nova Scotia
David Merriam
Windsor
Merriam
Edgar Merriam
Robert Merriam
Ruth Merriam
Sanford Murray
Princess
Parrsboro
New Brighton
Richmond
Delaware
The
Ems
Paulsen
Fulton Lake
William Fitz
Edward Paulsen
Alfred Johanson
Bernhard Hansen
Churchill Parker
Cuban General Gomez reports near La Reforma operations
Washington dispatch details Gomez army movements around La Reforma. Gomez’s forces skirmish with Spanish units, capture 12 officers as prisoners of war, and desertions rise as Spanish troops suffer from poor pay and harsh treatment. The Cuban troops await integration with the US army to confront Spaniards.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Gomez
la Reforma
Garcia
United States Army
British vice consul seeks apology over Twickenham order
SOMEBODY MUST APOLOGIZE. Key West reports British vice consul Mr Taylor has not yet heard from Washington regarding his removal from the captured steamer Twickenham. He asserts he acted within rights and warns this could be his last boarding. The prize commissioners hear Captain Robinson's case as debates over Kingston Jamaica and supercargo Spanish officer Fournier continue.
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Key West
Fla
Taylor
Washington
Twickenham
Robinson
Judge Locke
Havana
General Blanco
Remey
Fairless
Nassau
Cuba
Gibara
G. B. Patterson
Kingston
Jamaica
Fournier
United States
Pushing the Indictment
President Heureaux of San Domingo cabled from Anagua that he secured Jimenez’s imprisonment and that Henriques, the foreign minister, is at Nassau pushing the indictment. He says Jimenez will be declared a filibuster and that the country enjoys tranquility.
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New York
Heureaux
San Domingo
Anagua
Jimenez
Henriques
Nassau
Supplies for Sampson to Equip Guantanamo Landing Party
In Washington on June 16 half a million 6MM cartridges for the Guantanamo landing party are to be shipped by the auxiliary cruiser Yale from Norfolk today. The Yale will also bring joy to the Jackies as part of the transport and support movement.
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Washington, D. C
Guantanamo
Yale
Norfolk
Graves Desecrated in Pawtucket Cemetery Vandalism
Pawtucket Rhode Island police probe the desecration of 40 veterans graves at Mineral Springs cemetery. Flags placed by Tower Post G A R No 177 on May 29 were removed within days, with no suspects identified. Residents demand conviction as past vandalism remains unsolved and a large reward failed to yield clues.
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Pawtucket, R. II
Pawtucket
Mineral Springs
Tower Post
Not Every Man Has a Cough and Carter’s Balsam
An advertisement touts Carter's Cough Balsam as effective for coughs and wisdom in using it. Priced twenty five cents for the small bottle and fifty cents for the large. Promoted by Carter & Sherburne at Merrimack and Bridge streets, a low priced drug store.
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Carter
Carter & Sherburne
Merrimack
Bridge Streets
Populist Convention Renominates State Ticket In Topeka
In Topeka Kansas on June 16 the populist convention voted 880 to 22 to suspend the Metropolitan police law and, after debate, renominated the entire state ticket. The convention refused to reconsider the police measure.
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Topeka
Kas
Chicago Centers on Volunteer Recruitment Rush
Chicago Illinois June 16 The city sees rapid volunteer mobilization with orders from Washington. Ordinance supplies arrive in large quantities including seven thousand rifles. Arms and equipment for Griggesby's cowboys are en route as hundreds of recruits arrive daily.
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Chicago
Ill
Washington
Griggesby’s Cowboys
Itching Piles Cure Promoted by Dean’s Ointment
Itching piles can be cured and relief is instant with Dean's Ointment. A permanent cure is claimed and the product is available at any drug store for 60 cents.
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Dean
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