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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1898
Page
6
The brief item notes the appointment or recognition of Ferritet Tomantal as an Army officer connected to the Governor General role in the Philippines. The record provides a concise, period-tinged reference to a colonial administration figure.
Washington dispatch notes Major General Wesley Merritt leaving San Francisco aboard the Newport with about 10 000 troops bound for Manila. The plan seeks to seize Manila without bombardment, establishing a colonial regime and imperial policy for the United States. German interference is warned off, while Spanish fleet risks are considered unlikely to alter events.
The article predicts Major General Merritt will become the central authority in the Philippines, replacing Dewey under a military government. It notes Aguinaldo's uncertain future, five German warships in Manila, and suggests Merritt may excel as governor more than as a field commander.
The proclamation by President William McKinley extends the U S blockade along Cuba’s southern coast from Cape Frances to Cape Cruz and includes the port of San Juan Porto Rico. Neutral ships have thirty days to depart with cargo. The note adds about 500 miles to the blockade line, with few viable harbors to burden the fleet. The San Juan block is effectively in force per Captain Sigsbee’s report on the St Paul and the Terror engagement.
A Madrid cipher in the London Standard says Spain's cabinet will delay crisis actions, urging Admiral Camara to Manila and Blanco Linares Cervera to prolong resistance at Santiago. Cuban defenses brace for reinforcements from Holguin Manzanillo and Guantanamo, while 15 000 troops bolster Santiago. Separately, a Montreal court quashes debt seizures against Spanish assets, and Hong Kong reports 2 000 Spanish troops building earthworks without artillery at Sung Kiang.
The Egyptian government sanctioned the Spanish fleet to coal from its transports at Port Said, after previously limiting coal to fuel return. A consular officer secretly bought 20,000 tons of coal, enabling shipment to Dewey’s squadron or other American vessels via the Suez Canal, pending permission.
The regular monthly inspection at Camp Alger on Thursday saw heavy heat push many men to succumb. Drill paused in the afternoon to allow rest, and a wholesale movement of troops south is anticipated after transportation is arranged. Aguadores bombarded. Cuban insurgents said defeated in Havana and Pinar del Rio with thirty one Cubans killed. Americans reportedly bombarded Aguadores, injuring four Spaniards.
From the front reports Lieut Carranza is missing in Montreal while new navy yard machinery arrives in Boston. A hospital at Fort Monroe is planned, 700 Dakota troops sail for Manila, and Schley’s squadron merges with Sampson’s fleet.
Gen Shafter dispatches reveal the first land engagement near Santiago. Lawton's division takes Cabana while Cuban patriots fight in the front lines and Spanish defenses at Morro Castle come under bombardment by the fleet. The White House awaits further reports as Vesuvius shells the harbor fortifications.
Record heat spans from Gulf to lakes as Chicago leads a nationwide heat wave. Thermometer hits 90s in many cities with smoke daily sufferings reported and heat records set in Pueblo 102 and other locales. Major updates include McKinley stays at the helm, Swift & Co awarded army meat contract, and officers reshuffled in the war effort.
Two men suspected of being American spies were arrested at Palmas on Mallorca. The Senate debated Hawaiian annexation timing as U S reports claim peace talks. Spaniards abandoned Morro Castle at Santiago de Cuba and regrouped in the city. Fifteen regiments ordered to Cuba with Shafter closing on Santiago. Camara’s fleet holed up at Port Said and coal requests denied.
Mrs. John P. Sawyer of Mobile Kansas was killed by her husband who says he mistook her for a burglar. Post offices in Cuba and the Philippines placed under New York and San Francisco postmasters. Gustave Fuqua of Owensboro Kentucky was accidentally shot and killed by Bayard Tyler during a camp hunt when a rifle discharged accidentally.
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