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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1898
Page
1
Review of recent war coverage notes Cervera’s fleet heading toward the Philippines and preparations for Cuban and Philippine campaigns. Secretary Alger releases troop plans and funding requests, while Madrid reports dictate no peace terms. Also mentions the trans Mississippin exposition opening in Omaha with McKinley address.
Reports from North and South America, Europe, and the Pacific detail astringent war actions. United States troops land near Punita Cabrera joining General Calixto Garcia’s insurgents as battleship Oregon engages near Santiago. Meantime Spain’s fleet and Cervera face blockade. Merritt and Schley coordinate the Manila expedition and negotiations on prisoner exchanges. Belgium faces neutrality breach over war munitions at Antwerp.
Major Henry T. Stanton, a widely known Kentucky poet, died at Frankfort. J. C. Fickes of Steubenville Ohio built a boat propelled on the bicycle principle. Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett author of Littl Lord Fauntleroy is granted a divorce from Dr Swain M Burnett with permission to resume the maiden name Hodgson.
Off Jean Rabel Haiti a clash occurred between three Spanish and four American warships. Americans likely scouts. one Spanish cruiser entered Jean Rabel for water. US troopship Resource and destroyer Mayflower arrived at Mole St Nicolas after pursuit by Spanish vessels. Reports note Admiral Cervera’s squadron split with only a cruiser and torpedo boat at Santiago. Kingston dispatch claims Spanish destroyer Terror sunk by Americans.
Washington reports Captain Charles Vernon Gridley commander of the cruiser Olympia and adviser to Admiral Dewey died from war related causes. The navy department received a Kobe Japan cablegram dated June 4 noting his death and that his remains travel on the Coptic. Gridley led from the conning tower during the Manila Bay battle earning high praise from superiors for gallantry and ability.
In Provincetown Massachusetts on June 7 a whaleboat fell from the davits of the cruiser San Francisco drowning 50 year old coxswain Claus Wessel. Seaman Stevenson suffered a fractured leg and Wessel's body was recovered later that afternoon. Great Britain's marine steam tonnage figure is noted in the same line of the report.
Washington reports steps to expel Lieutenant Carranza and Senor du Bose from Canada within days unless they leave. The Carranza letter detailing a spy system was sent to Sir Julian Pauncefote and the British foreign office, prompting swift action. Montreal confirms Carranza admitted authorship of the letter, claiming it was altered to suit U S ends.
The ambulance ship Solace arrived in New York with 54 wounded and sick aboard including four heroes from the Nashville and Marblehead. Some were transferred from Cuban waters and Key West, several in convalescing hammocks amid the ship’s tarps and decks. The voyage from Key West was rough but spirits remained high as patients recalled clashes with the Spanish and blockade duty.
A thousand people gathered at Dayline near the Vicksburg Shreveport line to witness the burning of William Street, a Black man accused of brutally assaulting Mrs. Parrish on May 30. The mob chained Street to a post and ignited the fire at 1 o clock, lasting about ten minutes. lawyers warned that such crimes would not be tolerated.
Washington reports indicate government circles believe Spain seeks peace and is looking for a favorable moment to approach the United States. Authorities note numerous evidences but no actual overture has been made to date.
American fleet renewed bombardment at Cape Haytien Hayti on June 6. An auxiliary cruiser attempted to force the harbor but was sunk after passing the first torpedo line. One officer, one engineer and six sailors were taken prisoner by Spanish forces.
Rear-Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley merge commands off Santiago de Cuba with the New York, Oregon, Mayflower, and Porter forming a united blockade. The combined force totals 12 fighting ships plus logistics vessels awaiting orders as operations loom.
Dispatches from Port au Prince report the Merrimac, described as an auxiliary cruiser, torpedoed 600 feet up the Santiago de Cuba channel after passing the first line of defenses during bombardment of Santiago fortifications. Only funnel and masts show above water. Six crew captured, casualties unconfirmed. chaos erupts in the city.
Washington reports from June 6 say navy officials dismiss Jamaica’s claim of the Cadiz fleet sailing to join Cervera at Santiago as a bugaboo. A late telegram notes Cadiz fleet still at Cadiz with fewer than 16 ships. Madrid dispatches cite El Heraldo on Santigo de Colm, calling Spain’s misfortune unmisakable and Cervera’s squadron of little value to defense or Yankee expedition.
Cable to Madrid cut as Admiral Sammon plans a campaign. Our ships form a cordon at the Santiago harbor entrance to halt possible Spanish exit. Communication with shore established. Cuban insurgents hold surrounding high ground while new batteries rise on both sides of the entrance.
Washington reports naval officials believe the collier raid on the harbor was prearranged by Admiral Sampson to block the channel and relieve ships at Santiago. The Merrimac's destruction is seen as a clever American scheme with eight Spanish prisoners hailed as war heroes.
Port Townsend June 6 The Farallon reports Sitka grand jury brought two true bills against Johan A. Smith former U S commissioner at Skagway on extortion and bribe accepting accusations and he has been seized by authorities.
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