Navy Sends Dewey Powder as News Delayed
Washington reports Secretary Long has not heard from Commodore Dewey in Manila. The Navy Department plans a 200000 pound powder shipment with ammunition for Dewey and repairs after Manila Bay action. News from Sampson’s squadron is awaited while Brazil declares neutrality.
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Navy Department
Dewey
Washington
Long
Manila
Mr. Long
Cavite
Corregidor Island
Olympia
Manila Bay
State Department
Brazil
United States
Cape Verde
Cadiz
War Department
Hull
West Point
Opposition to Bond Issue in Dingley Bill Sparks Senate Debate
The Senate Finance Committee did not meet today as Democrats work on a substitute for the bond provision of the Dingley Bill. Republicans fear a defection by Senator Wolcett. The vote and fate of the bond feature remain unsettled as aides prepare the alternative.
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Jones
Nevada
Wolcott
Senator Wolcott
Senate Finance Committee
Dingley
Senator Wolcett
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Omer
Roosevelt Goes South for Mounted Riflemen Post
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt will depart Washington for San Antonio to assume duties as lieutenant colonel of the regiment of mounted riflemen under Colonel Leonard Wood. He has effectively severed ties with the Navy Department though his resignation may await successor appointment. The successor is not yet disclosed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
San Antonio
Tex
Leonard Wood
Navy Department
Generals Confirmed by Senate in May 5 Order
The Senate confirmed multiple promotions to brigadier general today including officers from the infantry cavalry and artillery branches such as Thom as M. Anderson Charles E. Compton Abraham K. Arnold John S. Poland John C. Bates Andrew S. Burt Simon Snyder Hamilton S. Hawkins Royal T. Frank Jacob F. Kent Samuel S. Sumner Francis L. Guenther Alexander C. M. Pennington Guy V. Henry John S. Rogers Louis H. Carpenter Samuel B. M. Young Edward B. Williston Henry W. Lawton George M. Randall Theodore Schwab William Luddow Adna R. Chaffee George W. Davis Alfred E. Bates and John Francis Weston with further appointments as lieutenant colonels and staff roles.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas M. Anderson
U.S. Infantry
Charles E. Compton
Fourth
United States Cavalry
Abraham K. Arnold
U. S
John S. Poland
Seventeenth
U. S. Infantry
John C. Bates
U. 8S. Infantry
Andrew S. Burt
Twenty-fifth
Simon Snyder
Hamilton S. Hawkins
Twentieth
Royal T. Frank
U. S. Artillery
Jacob F. Kent
Twenty
Samuel S. Sumner
U. S. Cavalry
Francis L. Guenther
U.S. Artillery
Alexander C. M. Pennington
Guy V. Henry
Tenth
U. 8S. Cavalry
John S. Rogers
Louis H. Carpenter
Samuel B. M. Young
Edward B. Williston
U. 8S. Artillery
Henry W. Lawton
U.S. Army
George M. Randall
Theodore Schwab
U. S. Army
William Ludlow
Corps of Engineers
Adna R. Chaffee
U. 8. Cavalry
George W. Davis
U. 8. Infantry
Alfred E. Bates
U. 58. Army
John Francis Weston
Cost of a Year's War Calls for Bureau Estimates
Washington May 5 Secretary Alger has asked the chiefs of the War Department bureaus to submit detailed estimates for the cost of maintaining a full year of war. The move signals a drive to assess potential financial requirements and plan funding accordingly.
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Washington
Alger
Public testimonial on Doan’s Kidney Pills relief
A Boston man Mr L Glidden testifies Doan’s Kidney Pills cured his six month kidney pain and backache. He bought at Knight’s pharmacy and urges others to try them, noting price 50 cents and U S mail by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole agents.
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Boston
L. Glidden
Eutaw St
East
Glidden
Dean
Knight’s Pharmacy
Court St
Doan
Whelden
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
War Department Budget Estimates for Thirteen Months
The War Department presented totals for sustaining the war to June 3, 1899. The Commissary, Quartermaster, Paymaster, Surgeon, Engineer, Signal, Ordnance, Inspector, and related chief offices sum to 157,312,184.39 dollars. Adding 10 percent covers potential shortfalls, estimating 151,048,402.82 dollars needed to wage war for about thirteen months.
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Commissary Department
Quartermaster’s Department
Ordnance
Inspector-general’s Office
Gouos
War Department
Ladies Aid Assoc Endorses McKinley Policy At May Meeting
The May gathering in Legion of Honor Hall featured Laura Wentworth Fowler leading a resolution praising President McKinley for demanding freedom to the oppressed. A $100 gift from Mrs. Anna C. Ames was announced, with half designated for Memorial Day in Forestdale Malden. New members were admitted as talks covered opportunities for middle aged women and upcoming events including a Vendome reception.
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Ladies’ Aid Association
Legion of Honor Hall
Laura Wentworth Fowler
McKinley
Wolcott
Anna C. Ames
Ames
Henry Grant Weston
Forestdale
Malden
Micah Dyer
B. Reed Wales
Fowler
Lee
Massachusetts Women's Club
Soldiers’ Home
Chelsea
Mary E. Tufts
Dorchester Woman's Club
Hattie E. Ralph
Harriet W. Leighton
S. Butterfield
E. M. Chase
E. B. Richardson
Battle in Cuba reported 16 Spaniards killed
The Leyden tug and Cuban forces clashed with Spanish troops on Cuba's northern coast. In a two day engagement near Matanzas and Havana, 16 Spaniards were killed and 60 wounded as Cuban detachments aided by the Leyden and Wilmington landed arms and men. Captain Dorst carried dispatches for General Miles.
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Key West
J. H. Angus
Cuba
Baldamoro Acosta
J. H. Dorst
United States Cavalry
Acosta
Angus
Matanzas
Terror
Amphitrite
Leyden
Villa Vicosa
Havana
Sampson
Pnw
Wilmington
Dorst
Perico Diaz
Diaz
Miles
Colonel Delgado Killed in Havana Province Engagement
News from Key West reports Colonel Julian Delgado killed in action with Cuban forces in Havana province. Twenty-one Spaniards and Cuban fighters died in the engagement. Delgado was among the minor Cuban leaders.
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Key West
Fla
Julian Delgado
Havana
Change in Fall River line service announced
The steamboat train now departs Park Square station Boston at 4 p m daily including Sundays, connecting with Fall River steamers at 6 p m and stopping at Newport at 7 30 p m.
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Fall River Line
Park Square Station
Boston
Fall River
Newport
Norwich Line Boat Train Leaves Kneeland Street Station
The Norwich Line boat train still leaves Kneeland Street station Plymouth Division M Y N H R R at 7 02 p m This is the latest Sound Line boat train leaving Boston for New York
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Norwich Line
Kneeland Street
Plymouth Division
M. Y
N. H
Sound Line
Boston
New York
Captain Frank Wildes of the Boston Lincoln, Dewey’s Manila Hero
A Boston navy officer born in Boston, Captain Frank Wildes, distinguished aboard the Boston and under Commodore Dewey at Manila, narrates a long career from Annapolis appointment by Governor Rice to service in the Civil War and multiple ships. His sisters reside in Roxbury while his wife and daughter live in Portland Maine.
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Manila
Charleston
Mare Island
Navy Department
Boston
Navy
Annapolis
Governor Rice
Congress
Frank Wildes
Charlestown Yard
Centre Street
Roxbury
Portland
Naval Academy
Lackawanna
Porter
Mobile
Farragut
Wildes
Suwanee
Vancouver Island
Pensacola
Boston Navy Yard
Wyoming
West Indies
Wachusett
Ife
Newport Torpedo School
Philadelphia
Cold Springs
N. Y
North Atlantic
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Yorktown
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Dewey
Corea
Post
Miss Wildes
Frank
Hong Kong
Aince
Captain Wadleigh
Charlestown
Fessenden Carney
Washington
Society of
National Capital Tour Attracts War Time Travelers
Travelers join the Royal Blue Line for a nine day Washington schedule beginning May 12 featuring Congress in session and stops in Alexandria Mt. Vernon Philadelphia and New York City with side trips to Gettysburg Luray and Old Point Comfort. Another tour departs May 24. Send for illustrated itinerary from A J Simmons N E A 211 Washington Street Boston.
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Royal Blue Line
Boston
Washington
Congress
Alexandria
Mt. Vernon
Philadelphia
New York City
Gettysburg
Luray
Old Point Comfort
A. J. Simmons
Ashington Street
American Wringer Co Promises Prompt Delivery Service
An advertisement from the American Wringer Co lists its Boston address at 77 and 79 Franklin Street and the telephone number B 2690, offering out of order wringer repair and delivery at lower prices and with better service than competitors.
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The
American Wringer Co
Franklin Street
Boston
Mass
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Geuiser Stet
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Misses Wildes
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North Weymouth
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