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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1898
Page
8
A collage of unrelated quips from multiple papers mocks wartime politics and events. It spins lines about electoral votes, Dewey, Aguinaldo, Spanish prisoners, and the Maine tragedy, alluding to battles, ambassadors, and public sentiment with satirical edge. Names and places appear in rapid, fragmented snippets.
Doig reports to Bank of British North America in Dawson that season’s clean-up tops seven million dollars based on government mining inspector figures. Famine drove miners home to Circle City starving labor, leaving many claims untouched. Police say four hundred thousand in royalties collected, potentially four million dollars, with about three million unaccounted as some go out of the country. Estimates suggest at most two million may escape royalties and ten million is the external season’s gold dust total.
Notes of Current Events report the last monument in Chickamauga Park dedicated to Wisconsin soldiers. Dr. David Hayes, a renowned Civil War surgeon, dies in Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania from heart disease. Cottonseed industry data show 4.1 million tons consumed last year worth about 120 million dollars.
A St Louis report describes Spanish prisoners captured by the American navy at Santiago arriving at Portsmouth New Hampshire on Sunday and being led ashore on Seavey's Island. The procession showed a thin, hungry crowd in bare feet and ragged clothing, eliciting pity from onlookers rather than anger.
insurgents and Americans act independently in the Philippines while heavy sentences are imposed for sleeping sentries at Chick fumuga. The auxiliary cruiser Bugle destroyed the Spanish steamer Santo Domingo at Cape Francis. Gen Aguinaldo seeks annexation to the United States as dynamite cruiser Nietheror is bought for conversion to a collier. Dewey manages German affairs with diplomacy. Over 500 workers rush Yorktown at Mare Island Navy Yard. Minneota repairs begin at Charlestown. Conditions in Havana worsen as shark meat becomes a delicacy. Most South American countries sympathize with Spain. Dry dock repairs at Brooklyn Navy Yard completed. Red Cross feeds Santiago as supplies run low and yellow fever wanes in the army. Gen Toral praised for knowing when defeated. Panama refitted as a transport. Maryland to honor Commodore Schier. Don Cameron offers free hospital estate. U S Weather Bureau to operate in Caribbean. Pythians warned that war service endowments may be void. In Santiago battle Oregon fired 1776 shells. Captain McKettrick, related to Gen. Shafter, is on staff.
Madrid government says Toral will be court martialed for surrendering Santiago to the Americans. Blanco denies responsibility for capitulation while ministers dispute inclusion of troops near Santiago and expect some units to refuse arms. Government did not authorize the surrender but left initiative to Blanco. Toral’s action to be reviewed by the supreme military council.
A traveling portrait of Admiral Cervera aboard the St Louis arrives at Portsmouth New Hampshire as Spanish prisoners disembark. He appears brave though humiliated, speaking slowly and aided by customs officers and sailors. Americans across the ship offer kindness to the old admiral during the northbound voyage.
Sylvester Scovel, a newspaper reporter, gains an unenviable distinction for stopping a major general in a moment of triumph. The account portrays him as daring and reckless, detailing an incident involving General Shafter.
Seovet attempted a violent act during a Stars and Stripes hoisting at a Santiago ceremony and was repelled. After the clash he confronted Gen Shatter and struck her in the face, leading to immediate arrest under wartime rules.
Fifteen soldiers of Company A 22d Kansas Infantry at Camp Alger are reported poisoned by hash made from meat cooked in a corroded tin-lined kettle. Surgeon Duncan diagnoses a severe piomaine poisoning with fifteen men in serious condition and not expected to live.
Surgeons report rapid healing of wounded sailors with bichloride of mercury used to bathe wounds and antiseptic gauze dressing. Dr Van Reypen notes no blood poisoning among about 450 wounded, no inflammation, and no discharge, praising sterilized gauze and mercury's germ-killing effects.
Seven American warships bombarded the Manzanillo headquarters on the western coast of Santiago province, about ninety miles from Santiago. Spanish gunboats Delgado and Parga resisted and were burned to the water’s edge as shells set them ablaze, with many Spanish sailors killed by the explosions.
Advices from the Empress of India suggest Manila may capitulate as military officials hint at surrender while civil and church authorities oppose. Smokeless powder output for the Navy Department climbs with the ordnance bureau receiving over 8,000 pounds daily for large guns.
Disease and starvation ravage Blanco’s troops as Havana suffers. Refugees recount grim shortages with food scarce for the poor and daily deaths. Soldiers roam streets begging from wealthier households amid the capital’s dire crisis.
Reports from Calis's south coast say the Florida and Fanita tried to land troops for Gomez but met a sanguinary resistance. Captain Nunez, brother of Col Nunez, and several others were killed as Fanita returned fire. Spaniards retreated to the woods and boats moved to Logtas, where a Jamting was effected.
A week of war reports covers the Harvard bringing 1000+ Spanish prisoners to Portsmouth New Brunswick, yellow fever cases, Toral surrender terms, Shafter bombardment orders, and the collapse of Spanish control in eastern Cuba. Descriptions include bombardments, blockhouses destroyed near Baracoa and Guantanamo, troops laying down arms, and U.S. military governance beginning in Santiago area.
Report states Pleas Bill was acquitted of the murder of Ambrose Christopher at Trine Kentucky. The article notes the United States has about 12 percent black population. Amin was killed in a fight at Satisaw Oklahoma Territory and a bystander died from fright. A Thornton grey is raging near Arrowhead Watery Canyon California. Many orange and pear trees have been ruined.
The document discusses Spanish aristocracy visiting San Sebastian on the northern Basque coast, amid tensions with Commodore Watson Wil and Captain Eulate. It mentions a vow in Havana, the fate of the Maine, and US reactions to Cuban insurgent appointments, with details on naval ships, uniforms, and medical reports from front lines near Santiago.
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