Invasion Begun as U S Troops Head to Cuba and Puerto Rico
Major General Nelson A Miles travels to Tampa to coordinate the invasion of Cuba while 32 transports and Sampsons fleet prepare to move toward Puerto Rico and San Juan. Troop convoys head along the Florida coast toward Key West as ships converge near Santiago.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
United States Army
Tampa
Fla
Southern Railway
Alger
Sixth Street
Miles
Cuba
Collaze
Hernandez
Sixth Cavalry
Porto Rico
Santiago
War Department
Tampa Bay
Florida
Key West
Admiral Sampson
Sampson
Schley
San Juan
Four Expeditions Begin Invasion Of Cuba
Washington May 31 The war department announced the invasion of Cuba had begun with about 25 transports ready to carry around 40 000 troops from gulf ports. Details of start locations and four separate landings remain undisclosed as Admiral Sampson guards the passage. Insurgent support has been organized with arms landed and distributed to aid the campaign.
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Washington
Cuba
War Department
Gulf Ports
Gulf
Philippines
Tampa
Mobile
Key West
Sampson
Florida Straits
Porto Rico
Sinks a Steamer During Fog Collision With Foscolia
The U S cruiser Columbia was damaged in a collision with the British steamship Foscolia eight miles south of Fire Island light. The Foscolia sank at 3 a m Sunday. The Columbia rescued 21 crew members and towed to Tompkinsville. Captain Landa led the Columbia and Captain John Evans commanded the Foscolia.
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New York
Columbia
Landa
Tompkinsville
Foscolia
John Evans
Fire Island Light
Restormel Seized En Route to Santiago Harbor
Key West May 1. British steamer Restormel brought in under prize crew after attempting to enter Santiago de Cuba with coal. Laden from Cardiff to Porto Rico, vessel leaks badly and carries rumored Spanish officers. Prize court hearing scheduled this afternoon. commander barred from contacting British authorities until ruling.
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Santiago Harbor
Key West
Santiago de Cuba
Cardiff
Porto Rico
Poison Plot Claimed Involving Nebraska Boys
May 1 report from San Francisco states Colonel Little of a Kansas regiment corroborates alleged Nebraska boy poisoning plans. He cites a possible first attempt connected to a Spaniard and warmed by a friend, though he withholds further details. Alumni Phi Kappa Psi banquet honors volunteers. Quartermaster Sergeant White of Nebraska attends.
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Nebraska
Little
Kansas
San Francisco
Kansas Regiment
Alumni Association
Phi Kappa Psis
White
Decoration Day Receipts Hit Record in Western League
President Hickey of the Western Baseball Association reports total receipts from Decoration Day games at Cedar Rapids Peoria Rock Island and Dubuque amounted to 987 50 the largest on the day in the association s history. The money will be divided equally among the clubs.
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St. Josefu
Hickey
Western Baseball Association
Cedar Rapids
Peoria
Rock Island
Dubuque
Association
Parry and Leon Battle to Draw in Bantam World Title Fight
Jimmy Parry and Casper Leon fought 20 rounds for the bantam world title at Lenox Athletic Club in New York. After 10 rounds of scientific boxing Referee Johnny White scored the bout a draw.
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Barry-Leon
New York
Jimmy Parry
Casper Leon
Lenox Athletic Club
Johnny White
Brooke's Army Ready to Move from Chattanooga
General Brooke's 14 000 man army is prepared to depart from Chattanooga. Major Frank Nye, regular army subsistence commissary, arrived from Tampa and assumed charge today.
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Brooke
Chattanooga
Frank N. Nye
Tampa
Fla
Generals King Greene Otis ordered to report to Merritt
Washington May 21 Brigadier Generals Charles H King I V Greene and H Gray Otis were ordered to report to Major General Merritt commanding the department of the Pacific for assignment to duty with the forces in the region.
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Merritt
Washington
Charles H. King
I. V. Greene
H. Gray Otis
Geeral Merritt
Department of the Pacific
Government Leases Land Near Boyce Station
It is announced that the government has leased 4,000 acres of land near Boyce station four miles northeast of Chattanooga where troops will be encamped.
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Onarranooga
Boyce Station
Chattanooga
Volunteer Signal Corps Enlistment Plans Unveiled
General Greeley chief signal officer announces arrangements to raise a volunteer signal corps of about 90 officers and 800 men, with one company per army division. Recruitment aims to draw from National Guard signal corps units across the several states.
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Volunteer Signal Corps
Washington
General Greeley
Volunteer
Signal Corps
Congress
Army
National Guard
Harvard Joins Schley Squadron Off Cuba May 31
The Harvard sails to join Commodore Schley's squadron and takes aboard a pilot familiar with Cuba's south coast. The move aligns the vessel with the U S naval squadron in the Caribbean operations.
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Harvard
Schley
Kinaston
Jamaica
Cuba
All Quiet at Manila on May Day in American Fleet
All quiet at Manila with no sickness reported in the American fleet. The scene remains calm as naval units maintain status quo amid evolving tensions in the region.
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Manila
Schley reports Spanish fleet bottled up at Santiago Harbor
Commodore Schley and the flying squadron have the Spanish fleet trapped in Santiago de Cuba harbor. He notes Cristobal Colon Maria Teresa and two torpedo boats are likely present and believes the entire fleet is inside. St Paul arrived with dispatches and captured the coal ship Restormel destined for the Spaniards. The fleet, including Brooklyn Texas Massachusetts Iowa Marblehead and Vixen, expresses jubilation at the breakthrough.
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Cristobal Colon
Maria Teresa
Schley
Brooklyn
United States
St. Paul
Mole St. Nicholas
Key West
Sigsbee
Santiago de Cuba
Flying Squadron
Texas
Massachusetts
Iowa
Marblehead
Vixen
United States France conclude first Dingley law reciprocity pact
The United States and France seal the first commercial agreement under section 111 of the Dingley law after eight months of talks. Signed by France's Titi bon and U S reciprocity commissioner John A Kasson, the pact cuts meat products and lard compound duties for the U S and reduces tariffs on brandies wine vermouth and works of art for France. The new rates take effect on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washmerox
United States
France
Titibon
John A. Kasson
Debate on War Tax in Senate May 28
Washington May 28 The senate resumed debate on the war revenue measure after routine business. Senator Allison urged a vote on the corporation tax. Mr Gorman proposed an excise tax on corporations with gross receipts over 250000 annually of one half of one percent. Senator Faulkner urged a one quarter of one percent alternative. The finance committee amendment to tax corporations was laid on the table 41 to 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Allison
Gorman
Faulkner
Finance Committee
Rainy Season Begins Near Key West and Cuba
Rainy season starts in Cuba as the fleet faces bad weather recently. Warships and dispatch boats suffered frequent rainstorms, but off the Cuban coast conditions are pleasant today. The cruiser New Orleans, formerly Amazonas, arrived and earns praise for speed and fighting ability during the cruise.
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Key West
Cuba
Cuban
New Orleans
Amazonas
McShane Buys Bank Stock After Failure
Missouri National bank failure leaves 2,900 of 3,000 Omaha building stock in Chicago worthless due to a $100,000 mortgage and high rents. Receiver I. B. Wallace sells stock for $100 to John A. McShane of Omaha, who held the mortgage.
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McShane
Kansas City
Missouri National Bank
Omaha
Chicago
I. B. Wallace
John A. McShane
No Foundation For The Story In Washington Inquiry
Inquiries at the state department and the British embassy fail to establish any solid basis for reports that the United States and Great Britain are negotiating a close agreement. No evidence of forthcoming talks or a binding accord is found.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Steamer Armeria Heads to Key West with Army Ammo
The steamer Armeria sailed from Norton Virginia for Key West carrying 2,500 tons of ammunition including a large number of 13 inch shells.
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Key West
Norton
Armeria
Sagasta Soon to Fall and Silvela as Successor
Diplomatic circles fear the Sagasta cabinet will not endure as discord grows between Gamazo and Puigcerver over the income tax. Rumors suggest Sagasta may fall soon and Senor Silvela, a progressive conservative, is frequently mentioned as likely premier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gordon Bonna
T. Maprio
Senor Sagasta
Gamazo
Commerce
Puigcerver
Sagasta
Senor Silvela
Americans Hold Spaniards to Protect Callao Captain
Rear Admiral in Manila warns authorities to spare the Spanish gunboat Callao captain after surrender. Spaniards threaten execution despite American fleet presence at Cavite Manila Bay. Insurgents say they remain neutral while awaiting events. Leyte captured, and 6000 rifles landed at Cavite for insurgents. Salt provisions plentiful, fresh meat scarce. no sickness aboard the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wey
Manila
Cavite
Manila Bay
Aguinaldo
Leyte
Lliclo
Third Hawkeye Regiment Mustered for Spanish War
Des Moines May 31 The Fifty-first Iowa volunteers the third regiment of the National Guard to serve in the Spanish war mustered into service yesterday and are expected to leave for Chickamauga Thursday. Twelve companies from Des Moines Villisca Glenwood Knoxville Shenandoah Oskaloosa Creston Bedford Corning Council Bluffs Red Oak join under Colonel Loper. The Forty ninth regiment to fill Iowa quota will be mustered Saturday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Guard
Chickamauga
Villisca
Glenwood
Knoxville
Shenandoah
O.K
Loosa
Creston
Bedford
Corning
Council Bluffs
Red Oak
Loper
Fortyninth
Memorial Day Observances in Philadelphia at Lincoln Monument
Memorial Day services at Fairmount park near the Lincoln monument were led by George G. Meade post No. 1 followed by a visit to Commander General Meade’s grave. Archdea con Cyrus T. Brady delivered the address. In Laural Hill cemetery General Daniel E. Sickles gave the oration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pairapetouia
Lincoln Monument
Fairmount Park
George G. Meade
Meade
Cyrus T. Brady
Laural Hill Cemetery
Daniel E. Sickles
Memorial Day Parade by Iowa National Guard Regiments
About 1400 Iowa National Guard members from two regiments marched at Camp McKinley. Salutes were fired by entire regiments, a first for Memorial Day observances. The memorial address was delivered by John N. Baldwin of Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Camp McKinley
National Guard
John N. Baldwin
Council Bruffs
Memorial Day Parade in St Louis Features Flags with Flowers
Memorial day observance in St Louis featured veterans laying flowers and carrying small flags, creating a procession of flags and flowers unlike any prior parade. The unusual display marked a new element in the remembrance event.
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St. Louis
Services at Lincoln's Monument in Oak Ridge cemetery
May 31 services were held at the base of Lincoln's monument in Oak Ridge cemetery. Rev. D. F. Howe addressed the Springfield G A R posts and kindred organizations.
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Lincoln’s Monument
Springfield
Oak Ridge
D. F. Howe
Mustering Progress Report Shows 121000 In Volunteer Army
Adjutant General Corbin announces 121,000 troops have been mustered under the 125000 call. The remaining 8500 are in state camps awaiting mustering officers visit. All states and territories have met their quotas except Iowa Mississippi and North Carolina where delays remain.
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Washtaton
Corbin
Iowa
Mississippi
North Carolina
Volunteer Army
Iowa Governor to call troops quota for state
Governor Shaw to issue a call tomorrow for Iowa's quota of volunteers under a Washington mobilization. In Sioux City on May 28 Dan Boone, held on murder suspicions with two others, confessed to killing Alex Smith of Sioux City.
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Iowa
Des Motives
Shaw
Washington
Sioux City
Dan’’ Boone
Neill
Watertown
Alex Smith
Arraignment in Marion for two suspects ends with held to grand jury
Herrick and Foulke were arraigned before Justice Barnhill at Marion and waived examination. They were held to the grand jury. Marion has quieted down and no lynching is expected.
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Marion
Crpar Rapids
Preacher Charged With Embezzlement in Iowa City
Rev. J. W. Hayden, a preacher from Iowa County now in Iowa City, was arrested on embezzlement charges. Olive Ferrebee of Iowa County reports he sold two of her horses for 140 dollars and fled with the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jowa Oity
J. W. Hayden
Iowa County
Iowa City
Olive Ferrebee
Mrs. Nagle Drowns in Mississippi River Sabula Death
Body of Mrs. Nagle, who fatally drowned by self harm near Sabula Iowa, was recovered yesterday. Sabula lies about 125 miles north of Moline and the body has drifted that distance since the March incident.
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Mvescatine
Nagle
Mississippi River
Sabula
Here
Drowned Iowa Traveler Believed Lost With Party
Marshalltown May 25 Thomas Barnes drown in Lake Bennett Alaska May 10 was member of the Starbuck company from Iowa. The horses belonging to the Iowa party are also thought to be lost.
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Marshalltown
Thomas Barnes
Lake Bennett
Alaska
Starbuck Company
Iowa
First Pension of the War Issued in Chicago
Jonathan Merriam the United States pension agent at Chicago issued the first pension voucher of the war with Spain. It honors Mrs. Elsie A Montfort of Council Bluffs Iowa mother of Seaman William F Montfort a victim of the Maine explosion in Havana harbor February 15.
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Chicago
Jonathan Merriam
United States
Spain
Elsie A. Montfort
Council Bluffs
William F. Montfort
Maine
Havana Harbor
Iowa Bankers Endorse Currency Bill At Meeting
Mason City Iowa May 28 The state bankers association adjourned after their 12th annual endorsement of the currency bill before congress H McNider was elected president C H Martin Des Moines vice president C B Mills Sioux Rapids secretary and J M Dinwiddie treasurer.
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Iowa
Mason City
Oeare Aioe
Lincoln Commissioned Iowa Volunteer Colonel by Shaw
Governor Shaw commissions Colonel James Rush Lincoln, commander of Camp McKinley, as colonel of Iowa's volunteers. Lincoln, inspector general of Iowa and ex confederate, is expected to lead the newly formed regiment under the recent call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Lincoln
Des Moines
James Rush Lincoln
Camp
McKinley
Iowa
Murderer Surrenders in Iowa Brother Killing
John H. Lutter of Lincoln Township turned himself in to Sheriff O Banion in Storm Lake after admitting he shot and killed his brother Fred Lutter. Anton Lutter, who lives in Oregon, accompanied him and supported the confession amid long running ill feeling between the brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Rapids
John H. Lutter
Lincoln Township
Storm Lake
O’banion
Fred Lutter
Anton
Oregon
John
Fred
U S consul reports low disease risk for troops in Cuba
A G Brice the United States consul at Matanzas Iowa said volunteers in the states were unlikely to fall victim to disease in Cuba and that field operations are practical during the rainy season with proper health rules observed.
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Cuba
Des Moines
United States
Matanzas
A. G. Brice
Bedford
Camp McKinky
Four Convicts Injured as Derrick Slips at Anamosa Penitentiary
At the Anamosa state penitentiary in Iowa four convicts were injured when a heavy rainstorm preceded a derrick that used for lifting stone slipped from its foundation. Reynolds died within an hour from skull and chest injuries. A second convict suffered a fatal skull fracture. W. B. Paul lost a leg below the knee and Winslow had a crushed foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
State Penitentiary At
Reynolds
W. B. Paul
Winslow
Great Western Ballasting Its Roadbed
The Chicago Great Western railroad speeds ballasting between Marshalltown and Des Moines at a mile per day and between Des Moines and St Joseph Missouri. Gravel from a Berwick Iowa pit is used. Dirt between ties is removed and the right of way hauled. The track is raised five inches with jacks and two more gravel coatings are applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western
Curiaco
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Marshalltown
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Berwick
Nebraskans Busy Drilling for Active Service
Colonel Bratt of the Nebraska volunteers pushes rapid drill work to perfect his regiment and enter active service soon. The effort reflects widespread mobilization in Nebraska as volunteers prepare for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bratt
Nebraska Volunteers
Better drilled organization in the camp improves readiness
The Utah light battery conducts daily field evolutions and theoretical work to stay useful for service in the Philippines. If left idle ammunition would be used for target practice, and men would receive further instruction. The government quartermaster shipped 250 pairs of shoes to the Kansas unit last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Philippines
Kansas
Dewey Keeps Up the Blockade and Ships Reach Key West
News from Cavite reports no change in the blockade and Manila cannot buy provisions except rice. The Oregon arrives at Key West after coaling at Callao, Rio, and Barbadoes, while Captain Clark learns of Manila victory from Rio. A volunteer corps conducts a full tactical sham battle at Chickamauga with 9,000 men uninjured. The Harvard arrives at Kingston as Cervera remains bottled up near Santiago, and a Madrid dispatch warns of revolution following Spain’s defeat. A 75,000 volunteer call is issued to form new army corps and the America-bound expedition to Manila departs with Brigadier General Anderson aboard the Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volunteer Army
Poland
Chickamauga
Cervera
Harvard
Kingston
Jamaica
Amercan
Santiago de Cuba
Schley
Washington
Madrid
Francis Joseph of Austria
Manila
Pacific
Anderson
Australia
Pekin
Sidney
Honoulu Harbor
Charleston
Prize steamer Panama to be sold after capture
The prize steamer Panama, seized by the Man grove early in the war, was taken north by a cruiser this morning to be sold. Her cargo was released by the United States court last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Panama
Recruits Leave Atlanta for Tampa Lacking Uniforms
One thousand thirty three recruits departed Atlanta for Tampa over the Southern and Central Railroad of Georgia. The group traveled without uniforms or firearms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Tampa
Southern and Central Railroad
Georgia
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Silvela
Dewey
Dons
Dulngs
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