War Declared by Congress and Cuba Conflict Looms
Congress formally declares war on Spain and approves naval and army measures as President McKinley urges decisive action. Secretary Sherman resigns, John B. Moore to replace Day, and volunteer quotas are issued as hostilities loom near Cuba with prizes in Key West and tensions rising in Asiatic waters.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Spain
Senate
Sherman
State Department
Day
John B. Moore
New York
War Department
Columbia
Moore
Department
United States Army
House of Representatives
United States of America
Madrid
Cuba
Cuban
United States Congress
Cardenas
Bahia Honda
Cienfuego
Congress of the United States
Kingdom of Spain
William M’kinley
Reed
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
Congress Acts Promptly on War Declaration
Congress moved promptly to place the declaration of war on its passage after receiving the president's request. The House acted without debate and without excitement, while some discussion occurred in the Senate.
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House
Senate
Picket Boats Armed At Fort Monroe
At Fort Monroe Virginia on April 25 the flying squadron steamed in with rapid fire guns mounted on bow cabins. The picket boats patrolled all night and inbound steamers were required to halt and show papers. The torpedo boat Rodgers returned to Norfolk for repairs after a shoal accident and post sea leakage.
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Fort Monroe
Rodgers
Norfolk
Night naval warning and repairs reported
The fleet is ordered to lay to until daybreak and remains on a warlike footing. A pocket fleet of armed steamer cutters is active all night. The Rodgers torpedo boat returned to Norfolk after forty hours at sea with one plate sprung and minor repairs.
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Rodgers
Leny
Norfolk
Movements Off Havana Reported Amid Blockade
Onboard the flagship New York off Havana April 25 the fleet pursued moving lights while the British schooner Iolanthe of Windsor was allowed to proceed. No shots fired since yesterday. torpedo boat Porter made a night shore landing to gather intelligence as Morro Castle searchlights swept the horizon.
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Associated Press
New York
Havana
Iolanthe
Windsor
Matanzas
Porter
Fremont
Morro Castle
Santa Clara Batteries
Il Morro
Nght
Signalling Flight Fleet Set To Sail For Key West
Old Point Comfort Va April 25 Special to the Post. The flagship and other ships in the flying squadron carried out extensive signalling today and the fleet is expected to sail for Key West tomorrow. All officers were ordered aboard by 7 oclock tonight.
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Old Point Comfort
Key West
Norfolk and Hampton Roads Put Under Pacific Blockade
On board flagship Brooklyn off Fort Monroe on April 25 the port of Norfolk Portsmouth Newport News and Annapolis are described as under coastal repairs and the area declared in a pacific blockade from sunset to sunrise. The naval centers including Richmond and Fort Monroe are cited as strategic key points with ships under Army Department control.
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Commodore Schley
Hampton Roads
Washington
Brooklyn
Fortress Monroe
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Newport News
Kentucky
Kearsarge
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Richmond
Army Department
War Powers Bill Becomes Law After Quick House Vote
The House approved the measure with unanimous consent and rapid passage. President Hobart signed at 6 10 PM, and the bill became law. Maguire objected to declaring war begun April 21, calling it a legal move to justify piracy against vessels at Key West.
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United States
Adams
House
Maguire
Dem
Cal
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Morgan
Reed
Hobart
J. Maguire
Key West
Daughters of Revolution Elect New Leadership in Boston
Mrs Henry Sanger Snow of New York was re elected president general of the General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution in Paul Revere Hall. Miss Adeline Sterling of New Jersey was elected first vice president with Waring as treasurer and Casey as registrar.
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Henry Sanger Snow
New York
General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution
Paul Revere Hall
Anna D. West
Somerville
Edward E. Hale
Adeline Sterling
New Jersey
Miss Waring
Miss Waring Was Re-Elected Treasurer, Miss Casey
Algonquin
Old South Church
Quincy
Adams Chapter
Nelson VY. Titus
Liner St Louis Becomes War Vessel as New York Ships Await
Captain Caspar F. Goodrich formally commands the St Louis now a vessel of war. The New York arrives from Southampton to be commissioned as Harvard, with limited crew agreeing to a year at sea. Both liners to serve as scouts and despatch transports along the Atlantic coast amid the war build‑up.
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New York
Caspar F. Goodrich
St. Louis
Naval Service
Southampton
C. F. Cotton
Harvard
Atlantic
French Cruiser Admiral Rigault de Genouilly Sails to Porto Rico
The third class French cruiser Admiral Rigault de Genouilly departs St. Thomas in the West Indies for San Juan de Porto Rico to protect French interests in those waters.
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ST. Thomas
West Indies
Rigault de Genouilly
San Juan de Porto Rico
France
China Closets and Households in a Busy Boston Session
A brief column notes bargains on china closets from 16.50 as households admire safety and display. It then shifts to Boston political action with Senate and House debates on labor protection, taxation, caucus nominating rules, and proposed playgrounds funding. Multiple votes reveal party divisions and procedural moves amid a Spain war context and state leave provisions for servicemen.
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Fall River
Kenefick
Palmer
Fitzgerald
Boston
Callender
Kiley
Boston Municipal League
Jordan Marsh & Co Ordered to Cuba
The War Department orders 4000 infantry and 1000 cavalry and light artillery from Tampa to Cuba without delay. Three vessels will protect the landing port and shell the town if needed, establishing a base to distribute provisions to starving Cubans.
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Washington
War Department
Tampa
Cuba
Troops planned for Cuba invasion mobilize at Mobile
Washington April 25 The invasion army will be three corps totaling 81,000 men under General Miles. Corps commanders are Lee Merritt and Graham with rivalry for the Third Corps. Fourteen chartered vessels will transport troops to Cuba landing at Cardenas.
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Cuba
Mobile
Ala
Miles
Lee
Merritt
Graham
Third Corps
Brooks
Hack
Grand Republic
New York
Iron Steamship Company
Long Island Sound
Puritan
Priscilla
Cardenas
War Department fixes navigation around New York Harbor
The War Department issued precautions for the southern entrance of New York Harbor during wartime. Submarine mines are placed to aid safe navigation for friendly ships and to protect defenses. No vessel may pass Sandy Hook or the Narrows from sunrise to sunset.
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War Department
New York Harbor
Sandy Hook
Narrows
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