Madrid crowds cheer soldiers amid diplomatic notes
Madrid crowds welcomed troops as a governor returned from the palace, waving a Spanish flag and marching through main streets. Admiral Beranger urged Spanish torpedo destroyers to reach Cuban waters to press the U S squadron. The premier denied cabinet crisis rumors as the Senate prepares to reconvene.
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London
Madrid
Daily Mail
Triday
Beranger
Cuban
Tortugas
Spaniards Seek First Naval Battle Amid Patriotism Surge
In Havana on April 22 Spanish sentiment rises as merchants report readiness for naval combat. Produce and stock exchange directors met with the captain-general to pledge unconditional support and to assure efforts to prevent a price rise in provisions.
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Havana
Produce and Stock Exchanges
Matanzas
Key West
Mantanzas
Aranguren
Nestor Aranguren
Vote Seats Contested in House as Patterson Defeat Persists
The sitting member Carmack retained the seat by 186 to 118 after Republicans joined Democrats in the vote. Patterson faced bitter denunciations over gold wing ties while both contestants spoke in defense of their claims. In the Senate, death of Senator Walthall of Mississippi was announced and funeral plans arranged for tomorrow in the Senate chamber. A two hour secret session followed.
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Carmack
Patterson
House
Senate
Walthall
Mississippi
Comforting the Queer and Naval Defeats in Madrid
Spanish Vice-Admiral Cha con voices confidence that the Navy will defeat Cas as talks continue. Madrid reports on fiscal decisions under the stamp tax act of 1866, proposing new levies including one cent on chewing gum and two to four cents on beverages. A tonnage tax is also mentioned as part of revised duties.
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Honolulu
Sewatl
Admiral Miller
United States
Quartermaster’s Department
Cuba
Lloyds of London
New York
Michael Davitt
Lord Granville
Ambassador Hay
Spain
London
Full Ways and Means
Jamaica
Representative Grout Opposes War Declaration
Representative Grout of Vermont, after meeting Secretary Alger, said no declaration of war is needed as evidence shows a state of war exists. He noted the squadron left port under war orders and the President acts under congressional intervention with armed support.
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Washington
Grout
Vermont
Alger
Congress
Spain
Captain Sampson Orders Search for Alphonso XII
Captain Sampson's fleet is ordered to intercept the Alphonso XII, Spain's largest steamer, en route from Barcelona to Havana with soldiers. The vessel is valued at about 1.6 million dollars and carries 1000 troops. The publicized order explains the fleet's separation today.
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Sampson
Alphonso XII
Spain
Cuba
Key West
Barcelona
Havana
Compagnie Espanol
Forty Eight Pounds Lost Through Change in Habits
A Clinton Iowa Daily Herald clipping recounts a man describing a severe health decline from liquor tea and coffee and a failing gold cure. The piece emphasizes the value of temperance and recovery through lifestyle change rather than medical gimmicks.
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Aily Herald
Clinton
Iowa
Transatlantique Ship Versus Alphonso Naval Assessment
Transatlantique is a new fast steel vessel worth at least $1,000,000. It carries 1000 Spanish soldiers and substantial war supplies and can reach about seventeen knots. Alphonso cannot resist capture and would struggle against any of Sampson's fleet.
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Transatlantique
Alphonso
Sampson
Mary Davis Robinson Dies at 92 in Springfield
Mary Davis Robinson aged 92 wife of Charles Robinson of Lexington and mother of the late ex Governor George D. Robinson of Chicopee died in Springfield today. Burial will be in Lexington on Monday.
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Springfield
Mary Davis Robinson
Charles Robinson
Lexington
George D. Robinson
Chicopee
First Naval Battle Continues As War Moves Ahead
Sagasta says Cuba armistice ends after severed ties with the United States. The President signs a call for 100000 volunteers and states mobilize militiamen under regular army officers. Censorship, blockades, and war insurance measures unfold as the nation girds for conflict.
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Cuba
United States
Lincoln
Italy
Spain
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Hawaiian Islands
Navy Department
Sampson Named Rear Admiral as Atlantic Fleet Heads to Cuba
The North Atlantic squadron led by William T. Sampson sails from Key West toward Cuba to blockade Havana. The fleet's departure triggers a temporary promotion plan to advance Sampson, with several ships remaining at Key West and ongoing supply actions to Havana.
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Key West
Cuba
Sampson
Fla
North Atlantic
United States Navy
William
William McKinley
Debate Over Formal Declaration of War Divides House
In Washington on April 22 lawmakers clash over whether Congress should declare war or simply notify powers of wartime status. Administration preference leans toward no formal declaration, while some representatives demand a definitive declaration after the first overt act to clarify international status.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
House
Oregon to Be Sent to Capture Philippines
The Navy Department has ordered the Oregon intercepted if found and sent back toward the Pacific squadron. This confirms the theory that the next major naval move will be the capture of the Philippines.
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Oregon
Philippines
Washington
Navy Department
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Naval pageant alongside three warships at anchorage
Midnight, as the Mayflower, the gunboat Machias, and other vessels formed the harbor parade. Torpedo boats Dupont Porter Winslow Foote joined later, while monitors Puritan Terror coaled and officers watched. Cruiser Detroit steamed in with Marblehead and Mangrove, pilots aboard New York Cincinnati Indiana.
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Iowa
Indiana
Machias
Dupont
Porter
Winslow
Foote
Terror
Detroit
Marblehead
Dolphin
Juan Santo
Pedro Hernandez
Cincinnati
Felize Sosa
Naval promotion talks target Captain Sampson
The North Atlantic squadron reports under naval regulations the senior officer would command the entire force, ranking Captain Sampson. To avoid this, the proposed plan is to confer the additional rank upon Captain Sampson.
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North Atlantic
Captain Sampson
Gage Seeks List of Spanish Vessels in U S Harbors
Secretary Gage, after the blockade order, telegrams all Atlantic Gulf and Pacific customs collectors to report Spanish ships in American ports and notify foreign consuls. Collectors must list vessel names and inform masters seeking clearances near blockaded Cuban ports Cardenas to Bahia Honda and Cienfuegos.
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Gage
Washington
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Seaboard
Cuba
Cardenas
Bahia Hondo
Havana
Matanzas
Cienfuegos
United States
United States imposes telegram code censorship with Cuba
The United States announces immediate censorship of cipher telegrams to and from Havana. The measure forbids code messages in and out of Havana and takes effect at once.
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United States
Havana
Key West
Bark W. E. Stowe Arrives at Halifax with Sugar Cargo
Talk CAPTAIN FRIGHTENED reports the bark W. E. Stowe under Captain Sweltzer backing into Halifax Nova Scotia with a cargo of sugar bound for Boston. Fearing a potential war between the United States and Spain, the captain may not proceed. Uncertain how to resume voyage due to evolving affairs.
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Barkentine
W. E. Stowe
Sweltzer
Boston
United States
Spain
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