Bombardment Destroys Fort at Guantanamo Bay
Six thousand Spaniards desert and join insurgents as Texas Marblehead and Suwanee bombard fortifications at Caimenera near Guantanamo. Ships open fire at 2 pm, fort wall torn down, bricks flying thirty feet. Marines and Cuban auxiliaries assist, Spaniards flee and are shelled inland. Germany’s neutral stance discussed as Manila tensions rise.
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Camp MoCatta
Guantanamo Bay
Kingston
Jamaica
Marblehead
Texas
Spanish Deserting Forces Reach Cuban Patriot Army
A Key West dispatch reports over 6000 Spanish volunteers and many regulares from Puerto Principe garrisons have deserted to the Cuban patriot army. The exodus followed fear of the American fleet as Castillianos withdrew artillery inland to Puerto Principe City. Santa Cruz del Sur is invested and sailboat communication with Jamaica is reestablished.
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Junta
La Guanaja
Camaguay
Puerto Principe
Blanco
Castillianos
Santa Cruz del Sur
Jamaica
British subjects leaving Cuba on Talbot voyage
In Jamaica on June 15 4 ve m delayed in transmission it is understood the British warship Talbot which brought 34 refugees from Havana five days ago sailed from Porto Royal yesterday to Havana to bring the British Consul and any British subjects wishing to depart the Cuban capital.
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Kirestow
Jamaica
Talbot
Havana
Porto Royal
Carrier pigeons banned in Spain decree issued
Maconip June 16 A government decree gazetted prohibits the use of carrier pigeons in Spain asserting they are powerful war aids and could aid enemy forces during conflict.
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Maconip
Spain
Fire devastates La Grange business district in Missouri
Fragmented wires report a fire in La Grange Missouri destroying center town tan businesses. Damages cited as thirty thousand dollars. Reports from Glasgow Kentucky claim Caleb Gaines a colored man was removed from a dam site after a flood. Four lives lost when dam at Chelees Park Kansas City broke last night. Political note: a Populist bolter from Minneapolis seeks a full state ticket. Navy note: Commander George E. Wadleigh selected for Philadelphia duty at Boston yard. Public ad: Witch Hazel Salve praised for pile relief with claims of two minute cure. See fourth page for more.
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La Grange
Hoss
Aaperial
Glasgow
Caleb Gaines
Chelees Park
Kansas Cityenbark
Minneapolis
Reverses in the Philippines Ad mitted at Madrid
The article reports on Spanish reverses in the Philippines, noting the naval Reserve Squadron sailing from Cadiz and the use of military balloons. It describes balloon operations led by General Greeley, Captain Waxfeld, and the arrival of French balloons in New York to support future actions in Cuba and Porto Rico, alongside general war commentary and local satire.
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Germany
Cable and
Associated Press
Brau
Tre Cologne
Gazette today
Spain
Philippine
Manila
Wasaixeron
Jane if
Port Tampa
General Greeley
Stenalorfies
Joe Waxfeld
gorpp
Greelay
France
New York
Tampa
Cuba
Porto Rico
Spanish Reserve Squadron Sails From Osdiz
The Spanish reserve squadron departed Osdiz for an unknown destination today with Minister of Marine Captain Amnon aboard one ship. He is expected to return upon reaching open sea to relay final instructions to Admiral Camara.
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Mann
Osdiz
Amnon
Camara
Not Mutilated and Other June News Dispatches
New York dispatches report the denial that marines killed in combat were mutilated, attributing apparent wounds to Mauser bullets in ambush at close range. Surgeon Edgar disputes mutilation claims while confirming near loss of life and combat injuries. The U S settlement over sealing disputes in the Bering Sea ends with a payment of about 473000 dollars to Sir Johan Pauncefate. In Sacramento, Frank BeTew, the Dixon polponer, is hanged for murder after a previous confession. In Washington, the President will ask Congress to advance Lieut. Richmond P. Hobson, who sunk the Merrimac, ten places higher on the naval constructors list.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Washington
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bute
Thia
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rfles
Associated Press
New York
Stephen Crane
Guantanamo Bay
Edgar
Kraak Betew
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Dixon polponer
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fover
ay Asociated Press
Wasmngton
Congress
Richmond P. Hobson
Santiago harbor
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