First Move Lands Forces Prepare for Cuba Invasion
Sudden orders send eight batteries of artillery, the Twenty-fourth Infantry and four Ninth Cavalry companies toward Tampa, with a possible aim to invade Cuba or seize Cuban ports to aid reconcentrados. Batteries depart first as trains head south at speed. more troops, including negro units, follow. Muster rolls open as California National Guard companies respond.
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Cuba
Gomez and Garcia
Grebie
Grimes
Saliff
Lancaster
Anderson
Taylor
Thorpe
Riley
Dillenback
Randolph
Chickamauga
Tenth Cavalry
G. ¥. Henry
Ffth Infantry
A. 8. Burt
Tampa
Sixteenth Infantry
Washington
Idaho
Park
Chattanooga
Desperate gman and lonely ros tale misfit pleas
Fragmented text references a desperate man seeking pleas with a lonely figure and a pattern of men risking death to gain money or avoid danger. Mentions a winded phrase about a Golden Medical Discovery claimed to cure consumption and disease, with unclear attribution and cadence.
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Swn
Revolveta Pleason
Pacific Fleet Fights Sunday Off Hanila
Washington April 29 It is expected American and Spanish squadrons will clash off Hanila Sunday. Commodore Dewey seeks the Spanish fleet to capture or sink them. Manila will not be bombarded. The Spanish fleet sailed from St Vincent after two torpedo boats collided.
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John B. Felder & Sonericus
Washington
Hanila
Dewey
New York
Evening Post
Key West
Machias
Cardenas
Exy West
Cushing
Matanzas at Our Mercy and the Sample of Sampson
Reports from Key West detailing Admiral Sampson’s bombardment of Matanzas describe the height of the attack, the cessation of firing, and the visible damage to the fortifications. Observers note the coolness and discipline of officers and crews, while Madrid blocks dispatches about the action.
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Sampson
Key West
Matanzas
Ered
Havana
Staff Francee
Tre
EmperorFrancis Joseph aids Spain with naval fund
Vienna dispatch reports Emperor Francis Joseph privately gave £20000 to Spain’s national naval subscription and allowed Austrian officers to join the Spanish flag. Archduke Eugene heads to Madrid to stay with the queen regent during a critical period. Austria claims neutrality but would aid the queen regent if Madrid revolts.
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Francis Joseph
Lesvos
Vienna
Morning Post
Spain
Iris
Eugene
Madrid
Austria
Spanish Fleet Makes Start for Unknown Destination
Washington officials received word that the Spanish squadron of seven warships departed Cape Verde, with the report stating a westerly voyage. Dispatches from St Vincent note the Maris Teresa and other ships sailed, while torpedo boats Pluton Terror and Ruror followed, and that noncombatants head elsewhere. The move marks Spain's first major action since hostilities began.
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Washinatox
Mry Department
Cape de Verde Islands
London Evening News
St. Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
Maris Teresa
Almirante Oquendo
Viscaya
Cristobal Colon
Gore
Cisco
Ciudad de Cadiz
Evening News
Ee Sime
Atlantic
Cuba
Spain
Associated Press
Spanish Sloop Engracia Seized by Newport at Key West
The Spanish sloop Engracia, captured off Cardenas by USS Newport under Captain B F Tilley, is brought into Key West with seven crewmen and a cargo of fish. Newport says the prize is important as it carried news of US fleet movements toward Havana.
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Newport
Key West
Engracia
B. F. Tilley
Cardenas
Engraciato
Havana
United States
Catalina
Detroit
Disturbances and War Talk Across U S Fleet Commentary
The April 29 dispatches report 90 disturbances as newspapers belittle the U S fleet. Imparcial claims America bluffing Spain and cites five ironclads and multiple cruisers as the fleet’s true strength. Reports question the Matanzas bombardment and note no U S casualties. Also in Salt Lake City a Mormon church leader urges restraint amid low enlistment, while Detroit reports 225 Michigan naval militiamen marching to Norfolk.
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Mapen
United States
Imparcial
America
Spain
Injit
Dandet
Tartarin
Sampson
Matanzas
Sal Lake City
Mormon Church
Wells
Brigham Young
Tabernacle
Michigan
Detroit
Michigan Naval Militia
Norfolk
Yantic
Pate
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Manila
St. .Vincent
Fabra Newss
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Yorktown
Mare Island Mw
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Scilt
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Zo’vlock
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Ninth Cavalry
Fort Washakie
Wyoming
Pacific Railway
Washin
Wnasavi
Tennessee Volunteers
Fla
Port Antonio
Kinestos
Jamaica
Santiago de Cuba
Banentona
Volunteers of
Virginia
Federal
Manna
Cape Verde
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Island of
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St. Joan's
N.F
British Colonial Office
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Mew
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