Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — CAPTAIN SIGSBEE TOO LATE. [ARTICLE]

CAPTAIN SIGSBEE TOO LATE.

Falls to Reeck Fortress Sesise ta Time to toil Texan. Captain D. Sigsbee did ant hare the satisfaction of sailing tola Havnun harbor, his first risk there store the dcsttrmetion of the Maine, to rein mend «f his own ship. It was considered to naval amdes as a rather dramatic thing for Ssgshee's ship to be the first to reach Havana to response to a call for the proteeditos ©ff American interests there, just as he was sent to the Cuban capital to the Maine for a similar reason. But they do things to a hniny to the navy nowadays, and Captain SSgriee aouid not reach the Texas before she steamed oua of Hampton roads. A triegram was sent to Captain SSgshee at Fortress Monroe fey the department telling him to take the first train for Tanga and take passage on the regnlar passenger vessel, thence to Havana.