Norfolk and Seaboard Rail Lines announce service details
Norfolk Virginia notes a travel sale with ten day return and describes Seaboard Air Line routes from Atlanta to Washington Norfolk with Pullman sleeping cars. Central of Georgia Railway agents provide further information. promotions list Clem Clement and Anderson as general agents in Atlanta and Portsmouth.
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Steamboat Co
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Central of Georgia Railway
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Kimball Houses
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Vigilant American fleet watches Cuban coast for Spanish fleet
Key West May 17 The blockading squadron keeps sailors in tops scanning 30 miles for a Spanish approach near Cape Antonio Havana area. Commodore Watson warns of possible moves, while vessels off Havana and Venezuela are monitored. Ensign Worth Bagley laid to rest at Oakwood cemetery Raveton May 17.
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Yucatan Channel
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Key West
Havana
Conde Vendito
Legazpi
Santa Clara
Dalourdien
Fulton
Bagley
Ravetan
Worth Bagley
Cardenas
Oaks Wood Cemetery
Navy boat blown up amid Havana harbor torpedo removal
A Havana dispatch claims a small naval boat with 17 crewmen was blown up while removing torpedoes at Cabanas near Havana. West specialists doubt the report, linking it to a different incident involving a Spanish derelict. No confirmation from Key West or West Indies sources.
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Havana
Cardenas
New York
Cabanas
Kep
Spanish Trap Wrecked by Wilmington off Havana
The United States cruiser Wilmington shelled and sank a drifting Spanish trap about 30 miles off Havana after warnings of dangerous wreckage. The iron laden schooner was intended to lure torpedo boats and was found to be packed with rusty iron and possibly explosives.
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Key West
United States
C. Todd
Havana
Todd
Gladstone Likelier to Die As His Illness Worsens
An official bulletin reports Mr. Gladstone's condition has turned grave with the end near within 24 hours. The ailing statesman shows little nourishment, difficult pulse, cold extremities, and near unconsciousness as family members stay by his side. Henry Gladstone arrived from London amid fears for his father.
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London
Greely tightens news on naval movements aboard Caribbean fleet
Brigadier General Greely, head of the signal service, orders Haytien and Anglo American cable firms not to transmit messages revealing fleet or military movements. If Admiral Leon is in Haitien waters, only official government messages may disclose actions. Cabinet day notes and bread contract details follow in other items.
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New York
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Haytien
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Anglo-American Cable Company
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Three Georgians Named Majors in Army by McKinley
President McKinley sent to the Senate the names of Hugh Gordon Jan H Varnadoe and Dr B H Carleton for major appointments in the army. Carleton will be inspector general with the rank of major and Varnadoe will be chief commissary with the same rank.
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Varnado
Food Prices Soar in Havana Refugee Crisis
Refugees arriving from Havana report scarce provisions in Cuba with meat at 50c per pound in gold and eggs at $1.20 per dozen. Hundreds of impoverished people face starvation as shortages bite and prices spike.
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Krxasrox
Havana
Candler Elected Bishop After General Conference Ballot
At the general conference session in Baurmont on May 17 Dr W A Candler of Georgia H C Morrison and E E Hoss were elected bishops on the second ballot Candler 145 Morrison 140 Hoss 119 as the vote totals stood
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W. A. Candler
Georgia
H. C. Morrison
E. E. Hoss
Candler
Morrison
Hoss
Forcing Cubans to Enlist in Spanish Army
Kingston Jamaica May 17 It is reported that the Cuban provisional government will compel all insurgent sympathizers in cities to join the Spanish army.
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United States Revenue Cutter
St. Lawrence
Capenseura
United States Revenue
Gresham
Montreal
Navy
Wile
Mark Hanna
St. Lawrence Canal
New York
Blanco
Kingston
Jamaica
Strategy Board Doomed by McKinley Plan
A confidential friend says President McKinley will abolish the board of strategy and let the army and naval chiefs draft their own campaign plans directly with the commander in chief. The move reflects dissatisfaction with delays and inefficiency attributed to the current board.
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Navy
Wasmixotos
McKinley
Board of Strategy
Provincetown Crowd Ponders Naval Target Practice
May 17 Provincetown Mass witnesses intense excitement over possible sea battle off South Channelway. Reported heavy firing from 10:40 to 11:16 AM sparked belief Commodore Howell of the San Francisco may be testing warships near Azores. San Francisco and Prairie ships later sighted. Kingston Jamaica reports unsettled warship sightings.
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