25 Jun 1898
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1898
Page
1
The Weekly Call reports the Spaniards failed to exploit a supposed great victory at Guantanamo. They deny any American troops landed, implying the battle could not have occurred. The piece also mentions patriotic Alabama girls and Rich Hobson, and notes Vesuvius shells use compressed air, producing no smoke and possibly ending powder use.
Some Spanish politicians declare that Spain has determined to prosecute the war to the bitter end. If so, they can rest assured that we will do our best to accommodate them, and if it lasts much longer the end will be bitter in deed.
Report notes the Panther and 800 marines reached eastern Cuba without a public notice of their departure from Florida. The government is withholding full details on troop transport movements.
Americans, witnessing mutilation of Marines at Guantanamo Bay, conclude they face savages rather than soldiers. They warn that Shafter's regulars, trained to counter savage tactics, will meet them when engaged.
The drive for United States three per cent bonds for the $200,000,000 war loan is seen as boosting international opinion of the United States. The contrast with Spain's continued war efforts is described as highlighting the futility of Spain's persistence and its financial collapse.
The remark accuses Spain of misleading its own people with fairy tales of victories over the Yankee pigs and warns that such yarns about imaginary fleets will backfire, predicting Spain will be stripped of its colonial possessions once dealt with.
Reports describe a brief clash at the mouth of Guantanamo Bay where U S Marines were surprised by Spains forces. The account suggests better-trained regulars from Shafter's command might have altered the outcome.
A critic argues that if disaster befalls the marine battalion in Cuba the burden lies on those whose hesitating tactics delayed General Shafter's expedition. The men were landed under a premeditated plan and now face imminent peril due to incompetence.
Commander Symmonds of the Marietta recounts sailors and officers working in extreme heat at Para River as they coaled the ship. Wheelbarrows were used and all hands pitched in off watch to hurry the unloading, exemplifying the kind of men who win battles.
People begin to grasp the scale of the initial Cuba expedition and its rarity in military history. Moving an army by sea is massive. Napoleon failed to transport to Egypt, and his invasion of England never occurred. The Spanish Armada, famous for grand undertakings, was only slightly larger than the current force bound for Santiago.
A sharp, contentious remark argues that American gunnery would not waste a port with noisy explosions. It cites eight U.S. warships bombarding a harbor for three hours without damage as an example, dismissing Spaniards as likely to believe such a claim.
In sessions across the Senate and House, officials discussed a nonpartisan labor commission, Behring Sea award funding, and Hawaiian annexation. Debates spanned the Newlands resolution, international bank, and pensions, with violent incidents in London and Ohio noted alongside troop movements to Cuba and the Paris-bound international fishery congress invitation.
A notice lists Princeton University conferring the degree of LLD on Admiral Dewey and notes other items including H. F. Bowers becoming supreme president of the American Protective Association and moving its headquarters to Clinton Iowa. It covers Behring Sea settlement, canal cost estimates, Cassini’s arrival, presidential travel plans, and other 1898 diplomatic and military updates.
A captain from the steamer Lapwing reports nine stern wheel steamers of a fleet of eleven were seriously damaged while trying to cross Queen Charlotte sound at Vancouver Island's northern end. Near Wetumpka Alabama on the night of the 14th a house fire cremated Wim Gurden his wife and William Curley. Gurden was reputed to hoard gold and robbers are suspected. On the 16th trains No. 5 and No. 6 on the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe collided on a siding near Conroy Colorado. several people were slightly injured.
Telegrams report the senate idle on the 18th while the house resumed work on the District of Columbia appropriation bill but concluded nothing before two o clock when special order allowed eulogies to Senator Isham G. Harris of Tennessee.
Illinois state news notes changes in postmaster salaries effective July 1 among presidential class posts. The report also lists obituaries for notable Illinois figures, the Lincoln University commencement prizes, and Chaplain Morgan Resigns after 14 years with the Sixth Illinois Regiment citing age and campaign hardships.
Col Bluford Wilson denies accepting the colonelcy of the Illinois raised colored regiment. He claims he will lead only the unit he raised or none at all. Leiter's wheat deal collapses after margins fail and father withdraws support amid rumors of betrayed partners.
Mrs John Shank, 57, hanged herself at Sterling driven by despondency over property in Pennsylvania. She survived the Johnstown flood where her first husband drowned. She married again last March.
H. J. Hoffman a retired contractor from Aurora was found dead in Milwaukee Wisconsin at his child’s grave site after decorating the grave with flowers he killed himself with a bullet to the brain, police said.
Auditor McCullough issues a permit allowing State Savings Loan and Trust Co of Quincy to operate as a trust company after a $50,000 deposit was made with the auditor.
Governor Tanner appoints Rev. Horace W. Bolton to succeed Rev. Frank Dewitt Talmage as chaplain of the second regiment, Illinois volunteers, now stationed in Jacksonville Florida.
Jacob Patterson, a well known resident near Eureka, was thrown from his buggy and probably fatally injured. His throat was almost cut from ear to ear.
Captain D A Wooden aged man received his commission from Commander Black of Chicago appointing him aid-de-camp with the rank of colonel in the G A R organization.
The pacing stallion Guinette born in 2005, who raced for a purse of $20,000 with rider John Gentry in 2004 and was owned by James A. Mursphy of Chicago, died recently.
A barco news recounts the Dyna mite cruiser Vesuvius blasting Santiago harbor defenses on June 18 19 with massive gun cotton charges. It describes wrecked batteries Morro castle flag half mast and Spanish demoralization as U S ships fired with precision and ceased after 38 minutes with no fleet casualties.
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