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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1898
Page
13
Washington reports San Juan’s fortifications reduced by Admiral Sampson after a lively battle. The American fleet sustained few casualties and remained largely uninjured. In Martinique, Cape Verde fleet arrives as Furor and Terror stay in port.
Fort Monroe reports the Flying squadron ordered to sail with unknown destination. Washington confirms the arrival of the Spanish fleet at Martinique on May 13.
Information from the St Thomas cable says San Juan surrendered last evening. In Key West Gussie led an expedition at Cabanas after a lively engagement. The Canary Islands are placed under martial law.
Reports from Washington May 13 state the American fleet lies off St. Thomas and San Juan while the Spanish fleet is reported at Hong Kong. The blockade remains strict and cable traffic is on an American vessel. Thirty regiments have been ordered to Chickamauga.
May 13 dispatches report Seaman Frank Widsmark killed on the New York while eight others are wounded. Havana reports nine hundred Spaniards killed in a battle with insurgents. Washington notes the Spanish fleet arrival will delay Cuban invasion.
Admiral Sampson departs St. Thomas at 2 35 p m to pursue the Spanish fleet in a quiet, decisive move saluting the ongoing naval operation with steady advance toward decisive action and strategic reach.
Madrid reports martial law across the peninsula while Sagasta struggles to form a new cabinet. In Washington officials question the Spanish fleet's objective, fearing a direct voyage to Cuba. New Port News notes the Flying squadron sailed at 3 40 p m.
A report from Key West on May 13 at 4 15 p m states that Gussie failed to land its party after an engagement with Spaniards. The Fourteenth Minnesota has been ordered to Chickamauga. In Boston the War Department ordered women and children to be removed from Fort Warren an order considered significant.
May 14 dispatch notes a Spanish fleet of eight warships and seven torpedo boats, with Defense Secretary Long projecting a twenty million deficiency. In Martinique a special to the Herald reports increased fleet size as a war panorama grows. Minnesota troops move northern bound with the thirteenth to San Francisco and the twelfth to Chickamauga as Cuban insurgents seize Byamo.
The report notes Wilson and the Sixth Corps at Chickamauga and states Sampson reported to the Navy Department from Cape Hayti. The department indicates he will proceed to Ceinfuegos.
Key West May 17 12:06 p m The Wilmington sunk the Derelict after a few shots. The derelict, evidently set afloat by the Spaniards to sink a torpedo boat, was heavily loaded with old iron.
Report notes boats arriving from the blockading fleet with no knowledge of the boat blown up. It suggests the vessel may have come from the Wilmington sinking the Derelict. Government bans Anglo American and Haitian cable firms from transmitting or receiving messages about Spanish fleet movements except to the government.
Washington May 14 dispatch reports heavy fighting at Ceinfeugos Wednesday during an expedition led by Capt. Maynard of the Nashville. Maynard was wounded and four sailors were killed. The mission aimed to sever the cable, which was completed. Spanish losses are estimated at 400.
Washington reports the Spanish fleet has left Curacao on the Venezuelan coast. Destination unknown. Admiral Dewey says Manila is short of food and may surrender soon.
Across the globe cur rent dispatches report tensions rising as serious rumors of a coming war between England and France circulate from London to Key West and Washington. Reports recount naval actions in the Atlantic and Pacific theater with casualties and strategic moves by ships named Winslow and Wilmington and a long tally of casualties among Spanish forces.
Washington May 17 cabinet meeting lasted an hour and a half with initial reticence. Secretary Long said censorship of press messages was not discussed but publication of army and navy plans caused embarrassment. A leaked interview with General Merritt about volunteers will be investigated. No call for more volunteers was announced as government remains in communication with Admiral Dewey to determine forces needed to subdue the Philippines.
Washington reports sighting of the Spanish fleet off Venezuela with movements west at full speed. A demonstration against Charleston is expected as the fleet probes for opportunities to strike Havana or southern Cuban ports while avoiding Admiral Sampson's forces. The Terror lies at Port De France as observers track the fleet.
Secretary Long prepared a def icience estimate of over twenty million for navy ordinance equipment and construction. A Pioneer Press London bulletin notes three powers urged England to press the Americans to confine the war to the West Indies, but the English cabinet refused and hinted it would join if coercion began. Oregon reportedly passed the danger line but officials withheld location while the Spanish fleet sits about eighteen hours from the Cuban coast.
May 18 dispatches from San Juan and Washington indicate the Cape Verde fleet at San Juan Porto Rico and a purported engagement in the Caribbean. Spanish fleet presence at San Juan is deemed credible by naval authorities as a new cabinet forms in Madrid and reports say the American fleet was repulsed while the flying squadron moved past Miami.
The cruiser St Louis departed St Thomas at 3 30 p m and set course west. From Havana reports describe a dire scene with hundreds dying as recon centratioes are conveyed from the city by cartloads.
Washington and San Francisco dispatches reveal official word that the Oregon is safe, while Long declines to disclose its whereabouts. Reports from May 18 note Charleston voyage carried ammunition but no troops. Negotiations proceed to exchange prisoners of war Thrall and Jones for Col Cortijo and Surgeon Julian.
Minneapolis reports the Minnesota twelfth unit begins Monday at eleven o’clock with a expected call of one hundred thousand volunteers. Washington notes a second call of a hundred thousand volunteers is confidently anticipated.
Washington May 16 3 40 pm City of Pekin sails Thursday for the Philippines with more than one thousand men under orders Merritt will go later Graham will command troops at Falls Church Va Lee the Seventh.
On Foot to Send Troops to Cuba Long reports inability to learn details about the Spanish fleet. Two American ships pursued the Spaniards with a lively chase on Wednesday. Persistent cannonading Sunday off Tortuga as Pelayo and land Carlos V sail from Cadiz toward the West Indies.
The Oregon is believed safe and with Sampson's fleet. The British government investigates Polo and will likely fire him. The Alabama was launched today at 12:50. Watson's fleet coal ed at Key West and proceeded to Havana as the blockade tightens.
Port au Prince reports no confirmation of the Spanish fleet's arrival at San Juan. The note indicates uncertainty as of May 18 at 1 45 p m. No official word has been received from authorities or ship captains regarding the fleet's status.
San Francisco May 18 2 39 p m the Charleston has sailed from this port with United States troops for the Philippine Islands the navy department states it has received no information of a battle yet in the West Indies the navy department knows of no American vessels being near Hayti Sunday and cant account for the reported cannonading
Havana reports bombardment on the southeast coast near Santiago de Cuba at 9 02 am local time. Warships observed passing northward along the eastern side of Jamaica near Kingston on May 19.
Halifax reports nine warships seen off Indian Island about fifty miles away as they move southward. In Washington on May nineteenth France has asked for an explanation of events prompting this request.
Arrangements completed for exchange of Thrall and Jones as part of the reported sale of the Island of Newfoundland to Spain to establish a coaling station.
The Charleston has returned to San Francisco port on May 19 at 2 30 p m after a slight accident. Madrid reports May 19 with much damage from the bombardment of Santiago de Cuba.
Secretary Long has no advice on the Spanish fleet whereabouts. The Montgomery pursued a Spanish cruiser into Neuvitas. The Cape Verde fleet reported off Havana and Martinique. The Cruiser Harvard left Washington. The Oregon arrived at Barbadoes Island and was ordered to Key West. Schley's squadron to depart today. The Columbia arrived in port.
The report says Marble Head and Nashville chased two Spanish warships off Cuba's west coast but the Spaniards escaped during the night. An Enginering Magazine excerpt by George Palmer details Hindoo tank irrigation, defining tanks, koontas, sangor and cherroo and how drainage areas feed rivers and tanks across varied scales.
The Colorado Board of Horticulture advises pruning with a sharp knife for clean cuts that follow the limb shoulder and leave a surface no larger than the removed base. Avoid sharp stubs, and when using a saw on heavy limbs, cut the underside first to prevent bark damage. Paint wounds with white lead and linseed oil, optionally adding lampblack for a darker effect.
A shopkeeper patients irritably presses a passerby to buy cough lozenges. The bystander protests, and the seller responds with a sharp remark about selling other items for black eyes, reflecting sharp street humor from London Tit-Bits.
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