Sinking of Merrimac Drama and Hobson's Resolve
The article recounts Lieutenant Hobson and a volunteer crew preparing to ram the harbor at Santiago de Cuba with the collier Merrimac. It details the daring plan to sink the ship to block the channel and the insistence on flying the Stars and Stripes, despite risks, as Hobson seeks permission from Admiral Sampson and warns of potential death.
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Captain Gridley Dead Admirals Flagship Commander Dies in Japan
Captain Charles W. Gridley commander of the cruiser Olympia and a key adviser to Admiral Dewey died in Kobe Japan. The navy department received a cablegram dated June 4 stating he died today with his remains to accompany him on Coptic. Gridley rose to prominence at Manila Bay and was noted as a superb navigator and brave officer. He had been invalided home after suffering a rupture believed linked to the battle.
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Department
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Americans Land Troops Near Santiago under Sampson’s Guns
Reports from June 7 describe 5,000 U.S. troops landing at Punta Cabrera near Santiago with 3,000 Cuban insurgents under Garcia. Reinforcements move by sea, protected by Admiral Sampson’s fleet, as Spaniards rush to bolster defenses around Santiago de Cuba.
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Two Negroes Lynched in Clarke County City
An excursion boat from Quincy Illinois and Hannibal Missouri arrived with about 300 Black passengers. City Marshal Neloan tried to quell a fight, shot one man, and a mob seized Sam Young Curtis Young Bob Taylor and Charles Taylor and hanged Curtis and Sam Young. The others faced possible lynching.
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Curtis Young
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Spanish torpedo destroyer reported sunk near Santiago de Cuba
Reports from Port Antonio claim the Spanish torpedo destroyer Terror was sunk by the American battleship Oregon after signals were ignored. Other accounts from Mole St. Nicholas deny the sinking and note no new Merrimac prisoner information. A launch spotted a flag misread as a truce before returning to Morro Castle. Resolute and the dispatch boat Straanee arrived at the fleet.
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United States Manufactures Set New Yearly Export Record
New York June 7 The Washington correspondent reports that US manufacturers are set to post a record fiscal year with exports exceeding imports for the first time. Ten months show exports surpassing imports by over 40 million dollars and likely the full year by about 50 million. Exports have grown across most industries from 1895 to 1898, rising from about 130 million to near 290 million.
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United States
Washington
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Bureau of Statistics
Why Not Indeed
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