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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1898
Page
15
Washington reports Admiral Sampson reduced San Juan fortifications after a lively battle. The American fleet suffered few casualties and remained largely uninjured. Elsewhere, Martinique notes the Cape Verde fleet arriving as Furor and Terror sit in port.
Fort Monroe reports at 9 55 a m May 13 the flying squadron has been ordered to sail with an unknown destination. Washington confirms the arrival of the Spanish fleet at Martinique on May 13.
London reports San Juan surrendered last evening as info via St. Thomas cable. Key West notes Gussie led an expedition at Cabanas after a lively engagement. The Canary Islands are placed under martial law.
The American fleet lies off St. Thomas awaiting the Spanish fleet reported at Martinique. The Hong Kong blockade is strictly maintained with a cable on an American vessel. In Washington, May 13, thirty regiments have been ordered to Chickamauga.
On May 13 at St. Thomas and Havana naval reports indicate nine hundred Spaniards killed or wounded in battles with insurgents. In Washington, officials say the arrival of the Spanish fleet will delay the Cuban invasion. Seaman Frank Widsmark is reported among the dead.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe naval movements and casualties involving Spain and the United States with mentions of Washington Wilmington and losses among sailors and civilians. The garbled text references ships, destinations, and combat events, suggesting a wartime summary of nautical actions and fatalities.
A fragmentary note recalls the Monitor Jasof, an Ericsson era coastal defense ship from the Civil War period. It mentions a small displacement, old guns, and defensive duties, reflecting worn details of a historic vessel.
The Spanish fleet was sighted off Venezuela and moving west at full speed. A demonstration against Charleston by the fleet was expected. The Terror torpedo boat remained at Port De France as Admiral Sampson’s fleet sought an opportunity to engage near Havana or southern Cuban ports.
On a quiet hunt Sampson moves to pursue the Spanish fleet as Minnesota’s twelfth starts Monday at eleven. An expected call of one hundred thousand volunteers looms in Washington. Admiral Sampson leaves for the station as St Thomas reports the time and dates of naval movements.
The report notes the Spanish fleet refuses to state its whereabouts as it remains eighteen hours off the Cuban coast, raising questions about its movements and strategic position amid ongoing tensions.
The cruiser St Louis sailed west from St Thomas at 3:30 p m May 14 while in Havana reports show a massive death toll among recon centrations with bodies removed from the city by cartloads urging further action.
Washington May 16 report that the city of Pekin sails Thursday for the Philippines with more than a thousand men under orders. General Merritt will follow later. General Graham will command troops at Falls Church Virginia and General Lee the Seventh.
Havana May 18 reports an engagement on the Caribbean sea with claims that the American fleet attempting a landing was repulsed. The flying squadron is said to have passed Miami.
Washington reports Secretary Long states the Oregon is safe but location not disclosed. In San Francisco the Charleston carried large ammunition stocks with no troops aboard. Negotiations proceed to swap imprisoned journalists Thrall and Jones for Col Cortijo and Surgeon Julian, all held as prisoners of war.
The Navy Department reports unknown American ships sighted near Hayti on Sunday and says it cannot account for reported cannonading, outlining ongoing inquiries and a lack of confirmed details.
Havana reports Santiago de Cuba on the southeast coast has been bombarded. Kingston notes warships moving northward along the eastern side of Jamaica as of May 19.
Halifax reports May 19 nine warships sighted off Indian Island fifty miles from port heading south. In Washington, May 19 France has asked for an explanation of the sale of an island and related actions.
George Palmer in Engineering Magazine states that one or more tanks can be built, expanding the drainage area supplying a tank from under one square mile to as much as 100 square miles, depending on design.
Advice from the Colorado Board of Horticulture on pruning stresses using a sharp knife for clean cuts, following the limb shoulder, avoiding stubs, and painting wounds with white lead and linseed oil. When heavy limbs must be cut with a saw, cut from the underside first to prevent bark damage.
In a London Tit-Bits snippet a cough lozenge seller grows irritable over slow trade. He taunts a bystander to buy, offering remedies for black eyes, illustrating a petty street confrontation and sharp salesmanship in a bustling market scene.
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