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Newspaper

Traverse Bay Eagle

Location

Traverse City, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1898

Page

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Line of Fresh Meats on Hand for Immediate Call

Local butcher advertises a constant stock line of fresh meats and invites customers to call for purchase. Phone 64.

Train Schedule From Traverse City to Manistee and Back

Travel trains depart Traverse City at 8 30 am on Sundays including May 22 and every other Sunday after. return from Manistee at 5 40 pm. Round trips cost at most one dollar for any distance. Tickets valid only on sale day and non transferable.

Traverse City Manistee

Battle reports on Spain America clash near Santiago de Cuba

Reports from Santiago de Cuba Port au Prince and London claim varying outcomes of the naval war. The Alfonso XIIl troopship is reported captured near Cuba while Spanish and American fleets exchange fire with damaged ships and guarded claims of victory or check.

New York Key West Cuba

American Squadron Bombards Spanish Fleet Off Santiago

From Havana the Spanish fleet at Santiago de Cuba engages the American squadron. After twenty minutes of fire the Texas and other ships press the attack on El Morro, destroying it. Socapa and Punta Gorda forts deliver the last shots as Spanish losses are described as considerable.

Madrid Amon Santiago de Cuba Cervera Havana Schley Port-au-Prince Haiti Associated Press el Morro Socapa Punta Gorda

Spaniards Claim U S Fleet Repulsed At Santiago

Spanish account of the May 21 engagement off Santiago de Cuba reports the American squadron including Iowa Massachusetts Brooklyn Texas New Orleans Marblehead Minneapolis and other vessels firing on the harbor while the Spanish cruiser Christobal Colon and gunboats El Morro Socapa and Punta Gorda returned fire from the shore and sea.

Havana Associated Press Santiago de Cuba Iowa Massachusetts Brooklyn Texas New Orleans Marblehead Minneapolis Christobal Colon Punta Gorda el Morry Socapa

Torpedo Boat Porter Joins Battle Off Santiago de Cuba

Cape Haytien dispatch reports Porter, St Paul, and New Orleans joining the American squadron at the harbor entrance. Iowa Massachusetts and Texas pour heavy fire on Morro Secapa and Punta Gorda forts for two hours, with Spanish guns silenced and numerous casualties on the Spanish side. No American deaths reported, though damage to the auxiliary cruiser is feared.

Cristopal Colon Santiago de Cuba New York Cape Haytien Porter Mole St. Nicholas Washington Cervera Mole St. Paul New Orleans Iowa Texas Massachusetts Punta Gorda J. W. Phillips William M. Folger Morro Secapa Schley

London Sentiments Conflict Over Santiago Cuba News

London puzzled by contradictory Santiago de Cuba reports. News placards dispute whether the Spanish fleet was destroyed or surrendered and claim varying battle details. Dispatches describe inshore maneuvers, heavy fire on Morro, and Commodore Schley’s alleged actions near Reina Mercedes.

London Santiago de Cuba Navy Department Brooklyn Morro Schley Texas

Spanish Triumphs and Yankee Fears Splash Across Havana Progreso

El Progreso in Havana denounces the United States as cowards and proclaims Spanish victories. It claims the Spanish fleet bombarded Boston, threatens New York, and predicts Spain will plant the flag on the American continent while praising Captain General Blanco and Cuba’s pacification.

Boston United States America Spain New York McKinley Philadelphia Blanco Cuba Philippines

Trans Missisippi and International Exposition Opens in Omaha

The dedication of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha Neb took place June 2 amid a thousand bands and banners. A three mile parade drew at least one hundred thousand along the route as President McKinley spoke by telegraph. Enjoyment continued with a Marine Band concert and a grand night pyrotechnic display. At Kingston Jamaica the West Indian and Panama Cable company said cables from Santiago de Cuba remain intact.

Omaha Neb National Marine Band Middle West Dr. Nichols St. Louis Trans- Mississippi G. W. Wattles John L. Webster John N. Baldwin Council Bluffs McKinley Marine Band Kingston Jamaica West Indian Panama Santiago de Cuba

Explosion at Tobias New & Co tar paper plant

A terrific blast rocked the Tobias New & Co tar paper factory on West Nineteenth Street New York injuring several workers. The plant was wrecked and thousands of dollars in damage resulted. No fatalities reported though some injuries are feared to be fatal.

New York Havana Tobias, New & Co West Nineteenth Street

Cochran Renominated by Acclamation in Fourth District

Charles F. Cochran is renominated by acclamation for Congress by Democrats of Missouri's Fourth District at Savannah. The nomination comes as the party formalizes its candidate slate in St. Joseph and nearby counties ahead of the June election.

St. Joseph Charles F. Cochran Savannah

Spanish gun boat sorties near Havana reported by warship

Key West dispatches say a small Spanish gun boat left Havana on Sunday morning and again on Tuesday, venturing two miles offshore. She was chased and fired upon, then returned to port. A blockade squadron ship neared Havana Monday night, ~five miles away, seeing lit streets and debunking darkness rumors.

Key West Havana

Unconfirmed report of bombardment near Santiago

In Washington on June 2 officials at the navy department had not received confirmation of a bombardment at Santiago. Experienced officers doubt the report and see no motive for Commodore Schley to start such an attack, though he may have exchanged shots to test ranges.

Washington Navy Department Santiago Schley

Spain Buying Cattle in Mexico Reported

Report from Mexico City says Spanish government agents are buying cattle and grain to smuggle them out on tramp steamers to run the Cuban blockade. The government vows neutrality and is investigating the activity, with Spaniards working in secret as Mexico begins exporting wheat to Europe.

Spain Mexico Mexico City Mex Europe

Argonauts Drowned Off Cape Flattery

The schooner Jane Gray, carrying prospectors from Seattle to Kotzebue Sound, wrecked off Cape Flattery. Of 61 aboard, 27 were saved including crew Crockett, Baneen, Carlsen, Olsen, and Johnson, with passengers Ingraham, Lessey, Ackard, Pennington, Blackwell, Loneston, Richards, Weaver, Brooke, Reilly, Coutrie, Heller, Davenport, Sella, Bianchi, Ceira, Wachter, Kingsbury, Roberts, Watson, Wilson, and Johnson.

San Francisco Merchants’ Exchange Jane Gray Seattle Kotzebue Sound Cape Flattery Crockett Baneen Carlsen Olsen Johnson Ingraham Lessey Ackard Pennington Blackwell Lioneston Richards Weaver Brooke

Sailor's Friend Samuel Plimsoll Near Death in Folkestone

London June 2 Samuel Plimsoll known as The Sailor's Friend and inventor of the Plimsoll mark to prevent ship overloading is said to be dying at Folkestone. He once led the National Amalgamated Sailors and Firemen's Union of Great Britain and Ireland and wrote Our Seamen and Cattle Ships.

London Samuel Plimsoll Plimsoll Folkestone National Amalgamated Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union of Great Britain and Ireland

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