01 Jul 1898
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1898
Page
1
REE METHODIST PRAYER MEETING each Thursday at 7 30 p m. Bath school every Sunday at 10 p m. E CHURCH services on second third and fourth Sundays at 11 4m and 7 4 p m. Sunday school every Sunday at 10 a m. M B E church Lafayette first and fifth Sunday each month. GEO H BENNETT, Pastor.
English coal shortages worsen during a Welsh strike. UK rail and shipping face disruption as American supplies pivot to the United States. Reports from Cuba and Spain detail naval actions near Santiago and Buayrqi. U S ships bombard, land troops, and Cuban skirmishers assist. Other items note Verdun like maneuvers, political shifts in France, and Kentucky property taxation.
A Madrid dispatch says Spain aims to reinforce Porto Rico at once. An Austro-Hungarian vessel carries 500 torpedos to the Philippines for Spain. Commodore Watson sails on the Newark to join Sampson with an armored squadron off the Spanish coast. The Newark and other ships head from Santiago as American artillery tightens positions around the harbor.
Astoria reports the sternwheel steamers Gamecock and Staghound towed by Elihe Thompson bound for Alaska were wrecked with decks awash and hull damage. No lives lost, but $125000 in property damage. Crowds viewed the wrecks as the ships were towed into port after capsizing.
A detailed recount of the La Guasina action near Siboney Cuba on June 28 as Colonel Wood and Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt led regular cavalry into a well prepared Spanish ambush. The text notes 164 American fatalities and 60 wounded or missing with heavier Spanish losses, and highlights the brave, unwavering defense of U S troops under heavy fire.
Reports from May Abandon Calmanera say the town of Caimanera on the upper bay will be abandoned by Spaniards due to food shortages. They are said to fall back on Guantanamo. A wind powered clock in Broesel is described as never wound by humans.
Roosevelt's Rough Riders and regulars assault Spanish forces near Santiago de Cuba. Four troops of the first cavalry four of the tenth cavalry and eight rough riders clash with about two thousand Spaniards, lasting an hour. Multiple officers die or are wounded including Captain Capron Major Brodie Lieutenant Thomas and Hamilton Fish Jr. Thirty or more soldiers wounded, with at least ten likely to die.
Washington dispatches describe a proposed Atlantic crossing to the Spanish coast after the fall of Santiago. A two‑pronged fleet would strike with fast cruisers led by Samson and a second command of battleships to overwhelm defenses and force a decisive blow on Spain.
Washington dispatch notes Spanish Cadiz fleet advancing steadily eastward sighted off Pantellaria and nearing Candia en route to Port Said. Officials expect Dewey to resist, Monterey nearing Manila under Brutus escort, with canal passage risk due to heavy draught and possible clerical push to save the Philippines for Spain.
The queen regent signed and the decree suspending the cortes was read in the senate amid a crowded chamber. Senor Salmeron charged omission of remarks from yesterday’s report while the president blamed an overheard error. The chamber adjourned without cheers for the throne. Not In Fort Morro. Off Santiago de Cuba a truce inquiry located Hobson and his men in Santiago town and reported all well. The University of Chicago spent over $1,000,000 in 1807 with $800,000 for faculty salaries.
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