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Capt. Gridley is Dead

Capt. Gridley

The Brave Commander of the Olympia No More.

DIES WHILE ON HIS WAY HOME

The Fatality Probably Results From an Injury Received at Manila—No Details Known—He Was Born In Indiana, Appointed From Michigan and Served With Farragut.

Capt. Charles V. Gridley, the commander of the Olympia, Admiral Dewey’s flagship, in the Manila engagement, is dead.

Secretary Long yesterday received the following telegram from Paymaster William M. Galt, who is returning to Washington at the end of his term:

“Kobe, Japan, June 4, 1898”

“Secretary of the Navy:
“Capt. Gridley died today. Remains accompany me on Coptic. “GALT.”

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War Cost to Date

About $3,000,000 a Day the Average Expense of Fitting Army and Navy. WASHINGTON, D. C. (Special).—The first twenty-nine days of the war which the United States is waging against the kingdom of…
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The Language of Eden

Said by Highlanders to Have Been Gaelic The Scottish Highlanders have always been firmly convinced that Adam and Eve used “ta Gaelic;” and it is gratifying to find that philologists,…
USS Maine entering Havanna Harbor
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Intervention is Imminent

The Herald, Los Angeles, CA, January 13, 1898

Anti-Liberal Rioting at Havana Forces President McKinley to Order Cruisers to the Front — The Crisis Is Reached

HAVANA, Jan. 12. — Via Key West, Jan. 12 — (Special to The Herald.) The long anticipated anti-liberal outbreak took place here this morning. It took the form of an attack by army and volunteer officers and the ultra-Spanish element upon the leading liberal newspaper offices, crying “Down with autonomy!”

El Reconcentrado was first visited and wrecked.

The office of La Discuscion, which is situated next door to the Hotel Inglatera, and above which the New York Journal bureau is located, was next attacked and gutted. Amid cries of “Down with autonomy” were heard cheers for Spain and counter cries for annexation.

The demonstration and attack being headed by army officers in uniform, the police, mounted and unmounted, made no attempt to interfere and all calls by telephone to the palace and military governor for assistance to protect the properties were unanswered.