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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1898
Page
1
The text touts the originality and quality of California Fig Syrup Co. laxative, claiming only the genuine syrup made by the company is effective and non irritant. It emphasizes the product’s medical standing and warning against imitations, naming its offices in San Francisco Louisville and New York.
Spanish forces press a renewed assault on Marines stationed at Guantanamo Bay as constant artillery and skirmishes persist with limited gains reported. Marines hold positions despite sustained bombardment and reinforcements are deployed to the waterfront sector.
A crisis in Chicago wheat trading surrounds Joseph Leiter as prices plunge and margins force withdrawal. Reports say Leiter transferred cash wheat and options to Armour and Lamson Bros, with bankers pressing for margin calls as a panic spreads. The Leiter group is described as trustees, with demands from creditors and heavy losses amid a market slump. The Marblehead and Texas repelled Spaniards at Guantanamo in a separate dispatch, detailing skirmishes and reinforcements.
Six hundred Marines pitched tents around the ruined Guantanamo fortifications as the Stars and Stripes first floated in Cuba. Captain Clark and the battleship Oregon led the landings with forty Marines, followed by 600 more under Lieutenant Colonel R. W. Huntington. The force silenced guns, burned Spanish camps, and secured the bay while awaiting arrival of additional troops.
Anxiously awaited news from Tampa shows General Shafter leading an expedition, convoyed by American warships, toward Santiago de Cuba. Transports arrive this week and operations begin promptly after. The Dauntless departed Guantanamo as Adria worked the Haytien cable for direct Washington comms.
A Madrid dispatch reported by The Financial News says three Spanish ironclads from Madagascan waters have appeared off Manila, with Admiral Dewey’s ships moving to engage them.
San Francisco June 15 The Thirteenth regiment of Minnesota volunteers are presented with a handsome state flag by Mrs Elizabeth Runge for Minneapolis citizens. It is described as the handsomest banner to be carried by any troops headed to the Philippines.
Port Townsend Wash June 16 The steamer Cottage City arrives from Alaska reporting Lake Linderman clear of ice. Extra steamers are plying day and night to move miners across. Eight scows loaded with supplies were wrecked in Bennet lake ice, losing all aboard. About three hundred men have reached Western Alaska via Yakutat bay. reports from there mention rich diggings struck on Alsace river.
The flagship San Francisco with Commodore Howell aboard ran ashore near High Head life saving station in a heavy fog at 7 a m while rounding Cape Cod. By tossing coal and ballast and with four Boston tugs, she refloated at 6 p m, appearing uninjured.
Official dispatch from Maprio June 9 states six American vessels bombarded the Santiago fortifications. Reina Mercedes crews suffered six killed and 17 wounded. Spanish troops lost three officers and one officer with 17 men wounded. Americans fired 1300 shots. damage at La Socapa and Morro minor, Morro castle damaged.
London reports doubt on forts at Santiago and suggests bombardment aimed to distract Spaniards from a Cuban landing. Reina Mercedes sinking seen as probable due to defective boilers and unprotected deck. Colonel Ordonez, a renowned artillery expert, dies, a serious loss to Spain.
A Cape Haytien dispatch reports the American victory at Santiago de Cuba clears the way for Admiral Sampson to enter and destroy Cervera's fleet. Land forts are weak, and a strong attack is anticipated. The Reina Mercedes captain was killed. American and insurgent forces dig in near Diaguier with guns ready for a new move.
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