Broken on Wabash Recruits Ready for War at Charlestown
Recruits hurry for naval service as Lt. Cmdr Edward W. Sturdy of the Wabash oversees examinations at Charlestown. Lt. Sewell inspects harbors with engineers while Fort Warren and Grover's Cliff prepare for ten inch guns. Massachusetts Naval Brigade to Philadelphia to bring Catskill monitor.
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Amander Sturdy
Wabash
Navy
Charlestown
Sewell
Engineering Orps
Esterday
Fort Warren
Hmit
Oodruff
Reilly
Watertown Arsenal
Machias
Washington
Long Island Head
Grover’s Cliff
Winthrop
Henry Minnett
Sturdy
Gloucester
Massachusetts Naval Brigade
Philadelphia
Hyde
Wood
Alto
Iton Office of the Pennsylva Company Bridge Agent
The Pennsylva Company dealers in gas and building materials operated from rooms 1st and 12 Mason 70 Kilby Street near the Subway and Terminal Station. They acted as selling agent for some of the largest bridges in the country.
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Iton
Pennsylva Company
Mason
Kilby Street
Ted
B Ig
Donahoe Urges War Only For Cuba Freedom
Patrick Donahoe publisher of the Boston Pilot says he opposes war unless to defend Cuba’s liberty. He believes the Pope would help end cruelty in Cuba without forcing war and praises McKinley’s temperate, cautious stance as president. He emphasizes Cuba’s independence over any action against the United States.
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Patrick Donahoe
The
Boston Pilot
Holy Father
Spain
Cuba
Maine
Rou H
McKinley
Fort Warren Boys Respond to Memorial Fund Drive
Soldiers at Fort Warren and Battery G M. V. M. contribute to the Maine memorial monument fund. Messrs. Kidder Peabody & Co. send ten dollars, Fort Warren volunteers contribute thirty six dollars ten cents, boosting the Boston fund total to eight thousand seven hundred fourteen dollars and thirty cents.
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Maine Memorial
First Regiment Heavy Artillery
M. Vv. M
Charm Sent To McKinley Shields President From Evil Influences
Professor E Matook the Egyptian astrologer of Boston states President McKinley is safe from harm during these trying days. A charm was prepared after a March 24 1898 note from Secretary John Addison Porter and is said to protect McKinley by warding off evil, with prayers and fasting described by Matook.
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E. Matook
President McKinley
Professor Matook
Executive Mansion
Washington
Professor E. Matook
Edinboro Street
Boston
John Addison Porter
Matook
Turkey
Egypt
Europe
Congress
Frye Hopes for Peace Letter Cited by The Press
Portland March 31 The Press will print a letter from William P Frye noting Portland business leaders favoring peace with Spain and backing the President. He says diplomatic negotiations near conclusion and warns of possible disappointment while assuring cautious careful action by the foreign relations committee in harmony with the President.
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Portland
Spain
Committee On Foreign Relations
William P. Frye
Ex-President Harrison Silent on U S Spain Relations
Ex-President Harrison, arriving in New York, says he feels grave interest in U S Spain relations but will not take part in conducting them. He hopes the President and Congress maintain confidence and harmony, warns against a collapse, and says he can serve the country best by remaining silent.
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New York
Harrison
Spain
Congress
Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci reaches Key West
Key West Florida reports the Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci arrived this morning, with dispatch noting its Havana itinerary.
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Key West
Fla
Amerigo Vespuczi
Havana
Sagasta Delivers Conciliatory Note on U S Demands
Spanish ministers presented Sagasta’s concise lines to the queen regent and to General Woodford. Sagasta touched each U S demand, outlining limits compatible with national honor. Cabinet reportedly showed strong conciliatory sentiment while withholding the full text.
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Senorasta
United States
Senor Sagasta
Correa
Woodford
Senors Sagasta
Gullen
Moret
Washington
Congress Delays Action as Spain Cuba Crisis Looms
Washington March 31 announcement shows bolting Republicans delaying any move until Monday. European mediation expected if war nears, with Germany Spain Cuba tensions cited. White House a hub for leaders awaiting President’s clear policy. Navy orders push naval militia to ready status. governors asked to drill and equip promptly.
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Germany
Spain
White House
Congress
State Department
Woodford
Berlin
Cuba
Reconcentrados in Cuba described by Blanco reports
Washington reports Blanco and Cuban provincial leaders detail efforts to relieve reconcentrados. Decree of November 14 allows return home and arm possession. Clergy doctors and committees distribute aid. official charity provided funds on November 23 and March 2. Private charity aids protective committees and kitchens, reviving public spirit and work across cities including Santa Clara where many reconcentrados labor.
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Washington
Blanco
Cuba
Santa Clara
Migration pressures and mortality among new arrivals
Officials note mass emigration in several cities with 12 000 passports signed in Puebla alone. Mortality rises not from lack of provisions but from new arrivals, especially decompensated groups who ignore medical advice, aided by soldiers' charity, often with fatal results. The crisis eases but remains unresolved as many dependents are children and women needing support.
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Pueeego
Spain's Counter Proposals on McKinley Plan
Washington dispatch reports Spain neither accepts nor rejects McKinley proposals. Spain argues she should propose terms for her own territorial arrangements and that the United States should not decide for her.
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New York
Washington
Spain
Woodford
McKinley
United States
Sagasta Delays Cortes Meeting Until April 20
Spain informs the United States that only the Cortes can handle Cuba independence and territorial issues. The Cortes will not meet until April 20, but Congress may be called earlier if Madrid resents McKinley’s hard line and peace efforts fail.
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Congress
Washington
Spain
White House
McKinley
Cuba
Sagasta
United States
Cortes
Madrid
Riot in Guanabacoa after officer shot in Havana
Soldiers of the La Reina battalion led by Lieutenant-Colonel Benedicto attacked passersby in Guanabacoa in revenge for Brigadier General Nestor Aranguren s death. Two citizens wounded, one reported killed. Benedicto severely wounded and hospitalized.
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Havana
Key West
la Reina Battalion
Benedicto
Francisco Vidal
No. 5 Camarera
Guanabacoa
Alfonso Doce
Nestor Aranguren
Aranguren
McKinley Urges Peace Quest as Cable News Ties
Washington March 31 The Republican committee reported to the conference that President McKinley said he prayed for peace while outlining swift communications with Spain. He indicated a possible forty eight hour window for dispatches and a delay in Congress action until after the House adjourns next week.
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Senate
Washington
Republican Committee
McKinley
Madrid
House
Ex-President Harrison Considered for Secretary of State
Ex-President Benjamin Harrison is spoken of for Secretary of State if war comes and if Secretary Sherman resigns, as it is believed Sherman will resign. The report comes amid talks in Washington on potential cabinet changes.
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Harrison
Sherman
Washington
Benjamin Harrison
Spain's Press Censorship Affects Madrid Despatch
A Madrid despatch to the Associated Press shows censor edits replacing demands with preposition and omitting critical lines about peace or war. The report notes Spanish cruisers Infanta Maria Teresa and Cristobal Colon arriving at Cadiz with the second torpedo squadron and mentions the destroyer Tomoher.
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London
Madrid
Associated Press
Spain
Cuba
Infanta Maria Teresa
Cristobal Colon
Cadiz
Giralda
Hugh McCalmont
Tomo
Union backs President Duffy Boyle pledge support in war era
The Irish Catholic Benevolent Union of the United States and Canada issues an address urging members to endorse President McKinley and stand by the flag in defense of the nation's honor. A letter to McKinley accompanies the address, pledging loyal moral, physical, and financial support.
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Penn
Duffy
Boyle
Irish Catholic Benevolent Union
United States
Canada
McKinley
Union
New York Legislature Passes $1,000,000 National Guard Bill
Governor's message arrives as both houses convene. Assembly reads it at 10:30 a.m. Then Nixon introduces a $1,000,000 appropriation for the national guard naval reserve and volunteers. Bill is immediately placed on final passage and passes unanimously within about four minutes.
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Albany
N. Y
Nixon
National Guard
Naval Reserve
Ships Cleared for Action at Key West in War Readiness
All war vessels at Key West and Dry Tortugas stripped of superstructures and prepared for battle. Sailors’ boxes and officers’ valuables stored ashore. Castine and torpedo boats patrolling southward as Captain Sampson tightens readiness for possible conflict with Spain. Officials overhaul marine stock for instant use. fleet now ready to move within fifteen minutes notice, with no expected action before Saturday or later.
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I Fem
Dore Sampson
Ciommand
Pleet
Fla
Castine
Sampson
Havana
Iowa
Indiana
New York
Naval Station
Annapolis
Brooklyn
Maine
Spain
Congress
McKinley
Selling a Man‑of‑War to the United States
London March 31 Anticipation grows that Chill will sell a battleship to the United States Commander F M Symonds in the gunboat Mari etta is ordered from Callao to Valparaiso to hoist the American flag aboard the vessel Coal will be loaded onto the Oregon at Callao to avoid delays in her Horn passage The United States government seeks to purchase the Blanco Encalada, in Chillan service for several years
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London
Chill
United States
F. M. Symords
Marietta
Callao
Valparaiso
Symonds
Oregon
Overhauling of dynamite cruiser Vesuvius nears completion
Washington March 31 The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius is nearly finished with repairs and will likely depart the Washington Navy Yard soon The ship carries vast magazines of dynamite and an officer notes that if struck there may be little to salvage and the crew would face a swift demise rather than a lengthy inquiry or salvage ops
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Washington
Washington Navy Yard
Unclear maritime note on Mare boat Marietta at Callao Peru
The report notes the Mare boat Marietta arriving at Callao Peru and suggests continued expectations this week. Details are fragmentary and several words are garbled, but the core point concerns the vessel and port of Callao.
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Washington
Marietta
Callao
Peru
SpanT& Temerario Seen Off East Coast Warned
The presence of the SpanT& Temerario on the East Coast of America has been reported with advisories issued to warning mariners to guard against her in those waters.
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Coaast
America
Spanish consul packs up in Key West
Rafael Seco the Spanish consul at Key West received instructions to pack up his effects and leave the United States. He moved his office today from the United States building.
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Key West
Rafael Seco
United States
Seco
Republicans Hold Back Cuban Recognition Move In House
Washington March 31 Republicans in the House refused to back Democratic leader Bailey’s bid to recognize Cuba’s independence. They want to claim the action for themselves against Spain. Speaker Reed signaled the House may act when ready and excluded Democratic-led resolutions.
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House
Representative Bailey
Cuba
Spain
Reed
Tom Reed
President asks no new Cuba relief funds
Washington March 31 The President reportedly abandons plans to seek Congress for a $500,000 Cuban famine aid after Spain allocates about $579,000 to Captain-General Blanco.
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Washington
Congress
Cuba
Spain
Blanco
United States
$500000 for Cubans provisions aid bill introduced
Representative Wheeler of Alabama proposed a 500000 dollar appropriation to buy provisions for Cuban non combatants. The bill directs the President to convey aid immediately and use forces as needed to reach starving Cubans and to inform Spain the action is humanitarian, not war.
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Washington
Wheeler
Alabama
Parnellite Leader Chairs House of Commons Sympathy Resolution
In London on March 31 a Parnellite meeting in the House of Commons led by John Redmond adopted a resolution expressing deep sympathy with the American people’s fight for Cuba's independence. The motion hoped for speedy success benefiting humanity and the republic of America.
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Cuba
London
House of Commons
John Redmond
America
Cuca
Queen Regent Hints at Resolute War End
Madrid reports a tense cabinet day with papers noting Minister Woodford’s cordial diplomacy while the Spanish government remains unflinching against external interference to end the war. El Epoca says the Queen Regent urged ministers to sustain patriotic resolve to defend national honor and territory as the rebellion weakens.
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Madrid
Woodford
el Epoca
Senator Lodge Pushes Purchase Of Danish West Indies
Senator Lodge reports a bill directing the President to buy the Danish West India Islands St Croix St Thomas and St John for a naval coal station. The purchase may be made on terms deemed advisable and a sum of five million dollars or less is appropriated for the acquisition.
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Congress
Senate
Maine
House Committee
Cuba
Lodge
Danish West Indies
Sigsbee and Barker
Washington
Senator Lodge
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Visitors disperse from White House after cipher despatch
At April 1 eleven thirty P. M. visitors drawn by a cipher despatch from Minister Woodford gradually left the President's office. By midnight only Secretary Porter remained, followed soon after by the telegraph operator and translators still handling the message.
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Washington
Woodford
Porter
Estate settlement ends Stetson dispute over 1.5 million
An accord halts further action in the John Stetson Jr estate case. Jo Stetson will receive about 45 percent, his wife’s relatives about half, with roughly 600000 held for later distribution, total estate valued around 1.5 million. Adah Richmond gets nothing. Co executors Adams and Cha fee will handle final distribution and legal fees. Remains to resolve which Stetson relatives receive about 100000 each.
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John Stetson, Jr
Adah Richmond
Navy energy and torpedo boats debated in wartime talk
Washington Post correspondent reports on Navy Secretary Roosevelt's warning against halting modernization and the risk of relying on improvised vessels. He recalls a 1901 proposal for torpedo destroyers, the $50 million Congress appropriated months ago, and argues fortifying fleets with purpose built ships and submarines over makeshift tugs and yachts.
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Washington the Post
Assis Navy
Roosevelt
The
Navy
Formidable
Cong
Navy Department
Fas
JEN
Congress
Lodge
Diator Chandler
St. Louis
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