Troops Sail for Porto Rico Departing in Groups
Newport News dispatch reports the Second Brigade of the First Army Corps under Brigadier General Haines sailing to Porto Rico aboard the auxiliary cruiser St Paul and transports City of Washington Massachusetts Seneca Roumanian St Louis. The expedition includes 805 men 83 officers 454 horses 426 mules and wartime detachments from several regiments.
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Newport News
Ohio Regiment
First Army Corps
Haines
Porto Rico
St. Paul
Old Point
Washington
Massachusetts
Seneca
Roumanian
St.Louis
Massachusetts—Ambulance
Signal Corps
New York Cavalry
City
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Third
Milinois
Bennett
Missouri
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Indiana
City of Washington
Seneca—A Detachment of the Fourth Pennsylvania
Brooke
First Army
Secretary Long Refutes Dewey Philippine Future Talk
Secretary Long stated no cable request had been sent to Admiral Dewey to discuss the Philippines political future. He also called the idea that Dewey’s views would precede Spain peace terms as improbable due to travel times and the quick schedule for the government’s answer within a day or two.
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Washington
Long
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Spain
Hong Kong
Dewey
Manila
Warship Reports Reveal Oregon Charge and Glorious Fire
Washington dispatches publish captain Cook and Commodore Schley accounts from the Santiago battle. Schley lauds the Oregon’s speed and steady fire as the Brooklyn pressed the enemy and the chase of the Colon continued with four and a half boilers and increasing speed. The Ericsson and prize crews rescued officers and sailors from the Vizcaya and Maria Teresa, while the wounded were taken aboard.
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Washington
Sampson
Santiago
Cook
Brooklyn
Commodore Schley
Oregon
Texas
Iowa
Indiana
Cape Cruz
Schley
N. R. Usher
Ericsson
New York
Siboney
Gloucester
Colon
Vizcaya
Oquendo
Maria Teresa
Ifriegson
Vesge
Vixen Resolute and the Harvard Mentioned Together
A brief reference notes the vessels Vixen the Resolute and the Harvard in a list or summary. The line ties together three named ships without further context or events.
Admiral Kimberly Speaks On Navy Strength At Chau tauquan
Rear Admiral Kimberly, U S N retired, addressed the Chau tauquan assembly in South Framingham on Our Navy. He urged building a strong navy and said ships are useless without capable officers. The audience applauded when Admiral Dewey was mentioned.
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South Framingham
Chautauquan Assembly
Kimberly
Admiral Dewey
Lexington Launches Essex State Police Boat Lexington
The state police cutter Lexington was launched at 5:40 PM at Arthur D. Story yard in Essex with 2000 spectators. Captain Proctor’s daughter Mildred Proctor broke a bottle of Essex water on the bow as officials and veterans from Lexing ton and Essex attended the ceremony and repast.
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Essex
Lexington
Arthur D. Story
Mildred Leslie Proctor
Proctor
Swampscott
Old Glory
Congregational Church
Story
Woman’s Relief Corps
Wade
New Bedford
Stephen T. Brownell
Fall River
State House
George G. Meade
O. H. P. Sargent
Curfew Terror in Cambridge as Youths Tied to Home
Fog shrouds Cambridge streets as Mayor Sortwell enforces curfew for under 16. Police act as Pied Pipers guiding children home by 9 30 pm amid a silent city. Citizens await the curfew bell, unsure if delays will be tolerated.
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Cambridge
Hamelin
Coxey
Sortwell
Joseph Banigan Dead in Providence Rubber Magnate
Joseph Banigan a Providence area rubber manufacturer died at his home from a complication of diseases. Born June 6 189 in Ireland he came to Providence as a boy and later helped found the Woonsocket Rubber Company with $10 000 borrowed capital. The firm grew into a $100 000 capital company producing rubber boots and shoes with stock dividends up to 40 percent and cash dividends of 8 percent.
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Providence
Joseph Banigan
Mr. Banigan
Ireland
Augustus ©. Bourne
Woonsocket
Lyman A
Simon
Woonsocket Rubber Company
Ninth Regiment Recruiting Efforts Reach Full Quota
Lieutenant M. J. Healy and four non commissioned officers return to Dunn Loring today after recruiting in Clinton and nearby towns. Transportation provided by Quartermaster Hyde. The full quota of recruits is on hand and Captain Keefe, who worked at the East Armory, left for Dunn Loring on Wednesday.
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M. J. Healy
Ninth
Clinton
Dunn Loring
Quartermaster Hyde
Keefe
Ben
East Armory
Concho Brings Wounded Arrives at Fort Monroe
The Concho a vessel with wounded and sick soldiers aboard reached Fort Monroe today authorities there did not want landing War Department said all ships with sick and wounded would proceed to New York for evacuation
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Washington
Fort Monroe
War Department
New York
Curfew Laws Spark Juvenile Debate and Mischief Night
Reports describe curfew enforcement causing debates among police executives over juvenile rule breaking. Weather and fear of fines kept many indoors as youths dodged patrols, while some women attempted to test the law and Harvard questions were raised about accountability.
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Spoon
Harvard
Eliot
Munyon’s Rheumatism Pellets Promoted as Cure All
Advert says Munyon's Rheumatism Pellets cure lumbago sciatica and all rheumatic pains with doctors free. Claims to offer medical relief and free consultations.
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Munyon
Love of Erin Clan na Gael Holds Rhode Island Reunion
The Clan na Gael of Rhode Island held its twenty second annual reunion and field day at Rocky Point. A parade featured military units from across the state with many invited guests from Boston and New York. Speakers urged Irish independence and condemned an England arbitration treaty, ending with a banquet in Providence.
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Providence
Clan na-Gael
Rhode Island
Rocky Point
Boston
Clan-na-Gael
Thomas F. Doherty
Bernard McTiernan
Washington
John J. Teevans
P. J. Cuyder
South Boston
John Devoy
New York
M. J. Jordan
Thomas H. Devlin
James F. Corcoran
Olneyville
Timothy F. Canty
Sheares Club
John L. Gannon
M. D. Lynch
Napper Tandy Club
M. J. Burke
Clan-na-Gael Rifles
Thomas J. Mathews
Ireland
England
Seaman Karl J. Anderson Buried After Shell Accident
The body of Karl J. Anderson of the U S cruiser Brooklyn was buried ashore at Playa Del Este Guantanamo after an accidental discharge of a Spanish one pound shell smuggled from a wrecked cruiser. Marines gave mourning honors on his twenty fourth birthday.
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Playa del Este
Guantanamo
Karl J. Anderson
U. S
Brooklyn
Anderson
Cook
Fort Totten and Fort Rodman Named in Honoring Officers
Washington announces two Civil War era fort renamings by presidential directive. Willetts Point New York becomes Fort Totten in memory of Brigadier General J G Totten who died in 1864, Clark's Point New Bedford Massachusetts becomes Fort Rodman in honor of Lt Col William J Rodman killed at Port Hudson in 1863.
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Washington
Willetts Point
N. Y
New York Harbor
Fort Totten
J. G. Totten
Clark’s Point
New Bedford
Mass
Fort Rodman
William JL. Rodman
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Port Hudson
Army stores sold in San Francisco embezzlement case
Quartermaster Sergeant James M. Young of the Twentieth Kansas Regiment has been ordered under arrest by Colonel Funs ton for allegedly selling stores issued as food for the regiment. Young admits guilt and says he was only following a common practice cited by other commissary officers at Camp Merritt. regimental commanders deny the alleged widespread issue, but a full investigation will proceed.
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San Francisco
James M. Young
Twentieth
Kansas Regiment
Funston
Young
Camp Merritt
Regiment drill and court-martial proceedings at Camp Dalton
Rain disrupts drill as the first battalion practices stacking arms and awaits tent drills. The court-martial finishes the cases of Sergeant Perkins and Corporal Murdock, with further minor cases to be heard tomorrow. Guards and details are assigned for the funeral of Private Stalker and daily duties.
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Camp Dalton
Weaver
Perkins
Murdock
Whitney
Washington
Camp Alger
Dunn Loring
Facey
Richardson
Dunton
John T. Hints
Stoneham
Stalker
Sixth Regiment
Boston
Kincaid
Company K
Rice & Hutchins
Chaplain House
George P. Winless
Augusta
H Company
Sykes
F Company
EK Company
Coleman
B Company
Sunshine for the Eighth at Chickamauga Park
Weather improves at Chickamauga Park Georgia allowing marching and drills. The Illinois regiment One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana replaces it on baggage duties after mutinous hints from Illinois troops. Eighth Massachusetts bays tents and prepares for division battle exercise as Porto Rico memories linger. Major Graves and Burnham improve after furlough while typhoid convalescent Wardwell begins thirty day mountain leave. Captain Peabody grants field compasses to noncoms for reconnaissance work.
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Chickamauga Park
Chickamauga
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Lee
Illinois
Rossville
Indiana
Eighth Massachusetts
New York
Kansas
Porto Rico
Graves
Burnham
Lookout Inn
Wardwell
Company H
Peabody
No More Sutlers At Camp Alger Reported Illness
Two suspected typhoid cases were reported at Camp Alger today with Fort Myer Hospital patients doing well and likely to recover. Vendors faced an order banning sales of drinks and eatables as rain flooded company streets, turning them into bath areas for regiments.
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Washington
Camp Alger
Fort Myer Hospital
Spaniards Paid Off at Seavey's Island
Spanish prisoners confined at Seavey's Island were paid off by the Spanish government through Admiral Cervera in Annapolis. Payments ranged from $4 to $10 each in American currency. The surgeon general reports no deaths among the Spaniards in the past five days and additional clothes and shoes will be provided at U S government expense.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Seavey’s Island
Cervera
Annapolis
United States
Munyon Kidney Pellets Claim Cure for Kidney Ailments
Munyon's Kidney Pellets are advertised to cure pains in the back and all forms of kidney disease. Munyon's Doctors free.
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Munyon
Outbreak of Illness Hits Ninth Massachusetts Troops
Troops in Santiago endure heat and rain causing colds and dysentery with swamp fever cases. Most illnesses mild, 542 fever cases returned to duty. One death from yellow fever reported in Private J H Farrell of Company H. roster lists James Farrell and John Farrell among Ninth Regiment members.
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Santiago
Massachusetts
J. H. Farrell
East
Boston
Siboney
James F. Farrell
Farrell
John Farrell
Worcester
Massachusetts Officers Return From Santiago In Convalescent Condition
Adjutant General Corbin releases details of the Massachusetts officers and men arriving at Fort Monroe aboard the Hudson from Santiago. Warriner suffers a gunshot wound to the chest and back a convalescent. Hapgood gunshot wound to chest convalescent. McDonald coccygeal sprain convalescent. Moynihan gunshot wound through both lungs convalescent.
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Washington
Corbin
Massachusetts
Fort Monroe
Hudson
Santiago
W.S. Warriner
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Oscar D. Hapgood
Henry McDonald
Second
Daniel J. Moynihan
Massachusetts Infantry
Rough Rider William Tudor Returns Home From Savannah
William Tudor of Boston, a Rough Rider, arrived from Savannah on the City of Augusta. Ill with malaria, he was met by his mother and family physician and taken to Dr. C. E. Quimby in New York before returning to Boston. Tudor had left Columbia when the war began and was later awarded his degree by President Low.
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New York
William Tudor
Boston
Savannah
Augusta
C. E. Quimby
West Thirty-sixth Street
Quimby
Tudor
Columbia
Tampa
Low
Death of Lt G L Sneed Returns Home In State
The body of Lieutenant G L Sneed of the First Louisiana died in Miami of typhoid fever and was welcomed by locals and press at the train in New Orleans. He served as assistant city editor of the Times Demokrat and lay in state at City Hall before a procession to Kosciusko, his birthplace.
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New Orleans
G. L. Sneed
Louisiana
Miami
Sneed
Times- Democrat
Kosciusko
Madrid peace hopes ease Spanish politics
Madrid officials weigh direct negotiations with the United States over the Philippines and expect a prolonged process if McKinley accepts a moderate basis. Public calm favors settlement. Cadets note little chance of popular discontent if Spain keeps the Philippines and avoids indemnity.
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Philippines
London
Madrid
Washington
MacKinley
McKinley
Spain
Se Sagasta
Almodovar de Rio
Daily Mail
Don Carlos
Marquise de Corralbo
Flowers for Dr Lorimer Sailors Say Farewell on Canada
On the Canada steamship leaving Charles town, Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimer, Tremont Temple, and his wife departed amid many floral gifts. Attending were Mrs. Lorimer, Rev. Dr. Morgan of Haverhill, Dr. J Benson Marvin and family, Miss Martha and Winnie Marvin, and Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Jameson of Boston. Parishioners sent token remembrances as Lorimer greeted friends in the main saloon.
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Canada
Charlestown
George C. Lorimer
Tremont Temple
Lorimer
Charles T. Morgan
First Baptist Church
C. T. Jameson
Boston
Dr. Lorimer
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America
Daily Telegraph
Carrie
Annie
Seattle
Alaska
Straits of Magewan
Hobson
Atlanta
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Merritt & Chapman
ST. Thomas
Bradbury
Winchester
Horace Dennison Bradbury
Central Street
Tremont Row
J. Edward Wilson
Wilson Brothers
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