BlockBefore

The Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower, 1898-05-07

The front page of 1898-05-07. 435 words, read by machine from the Library of Congress scan and reproduced without correction.

Front page text

435 words

Each block below is one column or story as the page set it. This is microfilm of 1890s newsprint, so the reading carries mistakes; nothing has been corrected, because correcting a name invents one. Blocks that read as noise rather than language were dropped whole.

Nkw Yokk. May 6. A special from KingHton, Jamaica, says: Four I' lilted States warships have been sighted oil l'uerto de llanesm, Cuba, i he are supposed to te part of Itear Admiral Samosou's tleet. London, May 8. It is said there ara indications that Hear Admiral Samp Samp-sou - sou Samp-sou may attack the Canary Islands. London, May . A story is pub published - lished published here In the effect tint the llnlish Admlial l yhon was nolilied by the Washington Naval Strategic Hoard to remove IJrtttHh subject Irom tha Canary Islands. It is said this ac accounts - counts accounts for the Drilisli second class cruiser Charybdis being sent to Las I 'aim as, and leads to the conlcusion that Itear Admiral Sampson may at attack - tack attack the CaƱar; Inlands, which would draw the Spanish th-et out of Cadiz or give the rolled States a naval base irom which to attack Spain.

Shanghai, published today, gives wh4 puiport to be tli Japanese repoit of the l!(tttnit at Manila, received via Fermos. It says ttt after disposing of the Spanish lleel and Cavile, Com Commodore - modore Commodore Dewey bombarded Manila Itself. Thecity.lt (pilars, win soon on lire In many parta, the work chiefly of the Insurgents. A (treat loa of life )h reported to have occurred among the Spauish. London, My 8. The New Agency of thlH city publishes a dispa'ch from Washington, 1). C. which sava that Sacreiarv Loiht admita he has received

Nkw York, May 8 I out met Ion hare been tent to Cramp's ship llulld llulld-ing - ing llulld-ing company by It. A. C. Smith, presi president - dent president of tha American Mail Steamship company, that the lint of the twin twin-vcroMr - vcroMr twin-vcroMr steamships now in course of conrt ruction at the yards, should be christened Admiral Dewev. The Ad Ad-iiiIihI - iiiIihI Ad-iiiIihI leey and sinter ships are to tie limit with fpeciul reference to quick

Ilfl I1SI in -riiri n, ,7 -- the suliject of Commodore Dewey's having bombarded Manilla. VO ANXIKTY FKLT. Washington. Msv 8 The firth day since the battle oil Manila opened with without - out without bringing the sllgntest trace of news of that engagement, from any olllciclal source to the Navy Department. There is no apprehansiou expressed however, as to the American licet at Maulla,

(WHOLESALE & RETJJL.) Tin- Digest toro of tlm kind in the Territory U now filled copiplctrly with gu-nt asoninent in every licpat tinetit. Dry Goods, Millinery, Clothing. II its, Shoes, Carpets, furniture, Crockery, Hardware, Stoves. Tinware-. Implements, Bain Wagons, Ranch Supplies.

Provenance

Library of Congress, Chronicling America See this issue at the Library of Congress. Digitised by the National Digital Newspaper Program. These issues are in the public domain in the United States. Page text is machine-read from microfilm and reproduced exactly as the recogniser returned it. Nothing is corrected and nothing is summarised.