The Kaslo Morning News
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alternative: [British Columbia News]
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-12-08
issued: 1898-05-15
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note: mat aliiadjWWB-as If You See it in the NEWS It is True. VOL. III. THE KASLO MORNING NEWS. KASLO, B. C. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 15,1898. ADS PAY EVERY DAY | IN THE DAILY SEWS. ') NO. 16. A well supported morning daily pa-] [per is the best advertisement any town can have. Tbe people of Kaslo should remember this. via mm to to lit Ip, Marietta and Nichteroy are Reported as Safe in Brazilian TEElOMlMmCllSmiATlON. J. L Retail.!, Miijm Mi-Ann aad Others Talked el lor Legislative ileum's. Special Dispatch to the Kaslo Morning Nows. Washington, May 14.���Information reached the authorities here late thin afternoon that the Spanish squadron had boen sighted off the island of Curacao, one of tho Dutch West IndloB lying off the coast of Venezuela. This information was regarded as of vital importance, as it not only ilxed tho position of the enemy but disclosed the purpose of the Spanish admiral to eludo the fleet of Admiral Sampson and mako his way through tho Curri- bean sea, probably to Cuba. The island of Curacao was orignally Spanish and is peopled mainly by descendants of Spaniards, though it is now one of the Dutch possessions. Tiie Spanish squadron's course was doubtless influenced by the fact that the French cable starting from Cu- racitH, Venezula, touched at tho island of Curacao, thenco proceeding northward through the Carribean sea to Hayti, with qpurs running oast and . ^ west to Porto Rico and Cuba. He is anxious to get in touch from Curacao with tbe Spanish authorities in Cuba and Porto Hico and through them directly with the Spanish admiralty at Madrid. No immediate battlo with Admiral Sampson's fleet Is expected, as It seems thc Spaniards have succeeded in passing to the south of the American fleet, and aro now well to tho westward of it. As the enemy is in reach of the rebels, the navy department regards it of the most vital concern, that the exact -.hereabouts of American ships should not bo made known during tho noxt fow days. May 14.���Tho third class French …
note: From 1898-04-28 to 1898-07-10, the weekly British Columbia News was published as a daily, under the title of The Kaslo Morning News, in order to deliver news of the Spanish-American War.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Kaslo (B.C.)
spatial: Kaslo
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0066032
language: English
lat: 49.9105560
long: -116.9050000
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Kaslo, B.C. : The News Pub. Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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