Dewey West Battle Naval Officers Demand Combat or Return Home
Naval officers insist Dewey West must join combat at once or be sent back home. The dispute centers on deployment orders and wartime duty amid ongoing hostilities.
29 Apr 1898
Page 1
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1898
Page
1
Naval officers insist Dewey West must join combat at once or be sent back home. The dispute centers on deployment orders and wartime duty amid ongoing hostilities.
The Asiatic squadron and the Spanish fleet move toward Manila with Dewey hoping for a sea engagement today. A bombardment of Manila would follow if Spain resists, while coal supply and entry restrictions threaten extended actions. England’s Pauncefote hints at a possible trade bargain over the Philippines.
An advertisement offers cheap coal and various grades from Whipple to Rich Hill and Nut, plus Scranton anthracite and seasoned wood. Also available are feed, sewer pipe, vitrified building and fire brick. Yard address is 813 to 819 E Third St with downtown office at 225 Ohio and phone TM 43.
Serious orders compel the regular army encamped at Tampa to mobilize for Cuba. All regiments are packing at once with baggage sent to headquarters, as reports place the flotilla Florida and Olovette steaming to Matanzas. The 5th Infantry is represented by four companies and detached to guard Drink to the success of your Uncle Sam.
Oil's Capital Soda Fountain lists assets including £82 000 and £50 000 sums with Barinto Magoun & Co and National Park Bank. A consignment of 207000 marks arrives on the Bulgaria from Hamburg, converted to $4265, with Muller Schall & Co. The Hayes ship brings $3 350 000 in gold.
Dispatches describe Admiral Dewey and American forces shaping Manila’s capture as pivotal, with a Philippine insurgent guard aiding the squadron. Plans discuss using Manila as a supply base or temporary home for ships, while European powers watch the move closely.
Gold shipments totaling 804,106 tons arrived in New York from Europe aboard the steamship Teutonic. The consignment was signed over to financial institutions led by the Bank of North and related interests as the vessel docked yesterday.
The report states total European gold arrivals since February 25 amount to 54,782,483 within total import engagements of 58,189,859. It notes a product claim for One Minute Cough Cure saving many grippe sufferers and lists Servant's Pharmacy at 508 Ohio Street as a supplier.
Members of Company I Second Regiment N G M are mobilized at the City park. The unit has no tents and is using a hall for sleeping quarters.
An advertisement touts Brazilian Balm as a topical and injectable remedy for soreness pain and various troubles claiming rapid relief. It cites Mrs. Geo W Roberts of Wilmington Delaware praising a strong solution with warm water used as an injection and notes availability at Servant's Pharmacy.
Missouri receives President McKinley’s call for 125 000 volunteers for the U S service. Governor Stephens to muster one light artillery battery and five infantry regiments for two years, rendezvous at St Louis with mustering rules and guard preference. Bids for transportation of National Guard troops to Jefferson Barracks requested from Missouri railways.
Judge Burress today fined John Joplin and Ed Drayer ten dollars each for malicious destruction of property while Delphia Jackson was assessed ten dollars for late hours.
DeWitt and Company advertises Little Early Risers pills touted as a famous 50s remedy. The item promotes quick relief with a focus on digestive and general health benefits.
St Omer Commandery No 11 announces Ascension services for Thursday May 19 at 8 o clock. The group meets at the Asylum at 7:39 and walks to First M E church at Fourth and Osage for a sermon by Rev H D Stauffer. A banquet follows at the Asylum. dress is full Templar uniform or black suit. Harrison Stevens offers carriages for events, phone 167.
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