Montejo Reported Slain amid Manila Uprising
A curving rumor says Admiral Montejo, commander of the Spanish fleet near Manila, was mobbed and killed by insurgents after the destruction of ships and forts at Cavite. The tale places him fleeing with two companions, reflecting Spanish losses in the Philippines.
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Kong
Montejo
Dewey
Manila
Cavite
United States
San Roque
Boston
Sisters of Charity
Dewer
Favorite Remedy Offered For Kidney and Bladder Ailments
Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is promoted as a cure for kidney bladder liver and blood diseases. A free sample bottle is mailed to address requests with a note to mention the paper. The remedy targets frequent nighttime urination back pain and urine sediment with bottles priced at 1 for full size or 5 for six. Oswego druggist C J Vowinkel endorses it as the best kidney bladder and blood remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Kennedy
C. J. Vowinkel
Oswego
N. Y
Fire hits L. C. Chase & Co store rooms at 129 Washington
A two alarm fire confined to the fourth and fifth floors of the L. C. Chase & Co building at 129 Washington street caused smoke and water damage. The blaze started in the store room with rolls of blanket material and spread upward to the sewing area on the fifth floor. Damage is estimated at about $10,000 with insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Chase & Co
Washington Street
L. C. Chase
Brattle Square
Quincy House
Hox 18
McDonough
Chase
Wakefield Rattan Company
E. R
BE. H. Tarbell
William Read & Sons
Cambridge Aldermen Back Fire Department Staffing Plan
Cambridge Board of Aldermen heard the fire committee support increasing permanent staff by one on Ladder Companies 1 and 2 and adding one permanent man on seven steamers replacing call men to five per company. They advised against creating an assistant chief engineer and recommended eleven new keyless fire alarm boxes and conversion of sixteen existing key boxes to keyless boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Committee On Fire Department
Cadets Guard Telegraph Hill as Hull Welcomes Signal Cadets
Signal Corps watchers prepare Telegraph Hill camp at Hull May 10. Cadets win local favor as they set up tents, tidy grounds, and guard underground signal wires to Fort Warren while dining on standard rations.
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Telegraph Hii
Hull
Telegraph Hill
Fort Warren
Battery A Begins First Day At Galloupe Point Camp
Battery A First Battalion starts its tour of duty at Galloupe Point Swampscott. Captain J. C. R. Peabody and officers supervise setup with guns parked by dusk. Drills delayed till tomorrow while a suitable ground is found inland. Quarters face the ocean with views toward Nahant and the Lynn Marblehead road.
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Swampscott
Galloupe’s Point
J. C. R. Peabody
H. F. Jaquith
Parker
Nahant
Lynn
Marblehead
Cadets Guard Lodge’s Mansion in Nahant Camp
Company C First Corps of Cadets arrived at Eastern Point for guard duty around Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s estate. Sentries patrol roads to the Lodge estate and Bailey’s Hill while others guard a signal station and shorelines. Cadets may soon dig breastworks with government cannons planned behind Bailey’s Hill.
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Atailey’s Hill
Eastern Point
Bailey’s Hill
Signal Men On Cape Cod Move Headquarters
Provincetown May 10 The M V M Signal Corps patrolling Cape Cod have set up headquarters in a former skating rink while awaiting the polling booth. The station sits on one of the cape’s highest points.
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Provincetown
M. V. M. Signal Corps
Cape Cod
Cape
Cape Cod Lighthouses Station Shows Signal Strength and Range
The Nigna station sits 169 feet above sea level near a cliff edge north of the lighthouse. It enables observers to monitor shipping across the northern and middle Atlantic, with line telegraph to North Truro and Boston offices. Flags allow signaling with U S fleets in Provincetown harbor or along the coast.
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Nigna
Middle Atlantic
Cape
North Truro
Rom
Department
Boston
United States
Provincetown
Feeding the Volunteers Ready for Framingham Rations
Colonel J McEwen Hyde acting quartermaster for the Boston district completed preparations to supply troops at Framingham with ten days of rations and travel provisions. Rail routes are arranged for rapid troop transport to proposed points such as Chickamauga Tampa or Key West pending War Department orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
J. McEwen Hyde
Boston
Framingham
High Street
Hyde
Camp Dewey
Chickamauga
Tampa
Key West
Washington
Bustle in Flying Squadron Off Fort Monroe
Off Fort Monroe Virginia on May 10 the flying squadron showed bustle as ships prepared for possible action. The New Orleans would coal from lighters, the St Paul would coal at Newport News for 600 tons, and the Minneapolis coaled in the morning joining the squadron later. Captain Folger denied a slow voyage claim and said Newport was reached Saturday night. A night call to battle occurred with crews ready to fire within six minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Fort Monroe
Old Point Comfort
New Orleans
Newport News
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Folger
Progress Club Reveals Old Glory at 15 West Concord
The Progress Club unfurled the Stars and Stripes from its building at 15 West Concord Street last evening amid cheers and bugle calls. Fireworks lit the street as 100 members sang The Star Spangled Banner and J. V. Fuentes of the Cuban junta spoke on Cuba and Its Struggle for Freedom with Sol Sheinfield presiding.
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Progress Club
West
Concord Street
M. Green
Cuba
J. V. Fuentes
Sol Sheinfield
Princess Louise committed to private asylum amid scandal
Vienna reports Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was placed in a private asylum after weeks with her lover at a Croatian castle. Debts ran into millions of florins as forged bills bearing the Archduchess Stephanie’s signature circulated. Prince Philip reportedly had the lover arrested amid suspicion he forged the notes. King Leopold prepared to settle the debts and resolve the forgery matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vienna
Daily Chronicle
Louise of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
von Mattachich-Reglinch
Agram
Croatia
Stephanie
Philip of
Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha
Eee
Leopold
Peary’s Windward Missing After London Departure
Anxiety grows among naval and shipping circles as the Windward, turned over to the American government for Arctic exploration, fails to report for 57 days since leaving London on March 18. The vessel, under the Stars and Stripes, sailed before the war with Spain began.
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New York
London
Alfred Harmesworth
Peary
Spain
Shelling Spanish Workmen Off Matanzas Coast
Spanish soldiers rush coastal works from Bahia Honda to Cardenas as batteries rise nightly. The Hornet and Winstow pound Matanzas area blockading forces shelling battery crews and telegraph lines. A party at the lighthouse near Matanzas Harbor flees after a Hornet shell hits near them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kate
Cardenas
Key West
Fla
Bahia Honda
Hornet
Winstow
Matanzas
Matanzas Harbor
Point Sabanilla
Monteserrat Blockade Run Report Reaches Madrid
A Havana dispatch says the Spanish steamer Monteserrat with troops and money for Havana slipped past the US fleet, entered Cienfuegos and then Havana, claiming to prove the Cuban blockade is ineffective. Madrid cautions that confirmation from America is needed before accepting the blockade running tale as fact.
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Madrid
Havana
Monteserrat
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Wall Street men discuss gifting a battleship to the government
In New York on May 10 O. H. P. Belmont and six other Wall Street figures reportedly met with Secretary Long to propose a gift of a first class battleship. If a direct gift is not acceptable, they said the present could assume another form.
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New York
Cadiz
War and Naval Departments
Philippines
Augusti
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Admiral Butler
Camara
O. H. P. Belmont
Wall Street
Long
Fate Worked for Dewey in Maneuvering to Manila Bay
In Washington, Acting Admiral Dewey avoided Asiatic duty, preferring the European station where Admiral Selfridge would soon depart. He faced staff reluctance, with two officers declining staff appointments and Captain Lamberton choosing to command the Boston after the Maine explosion. A dozen squadron officers pressed to return home, now expected to receive Congressional thanks and a gold medal.
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Washington
Dewey
Navy Department
Manila Bay
Asiatic
F. W. McNair
Howell
Selfridge
Lamberton
Boston
Maine
Spain
Congress
Chelsea Aldermen Consider Telephones and Funds Actions
Chelsea aldermen received a petition from Richard son & Co requesting an investigation into the superintendent of wires for failing to provide telephone service. The merger of actions included transferring unexpended Fourth of July funds to the Mayor for an emergency war fund and appointing special police officers at the Naval Hospital Grounds. The Mayor’s veto on a male clerk in the treasurer’s office was sustained, and an order suspending newspaper sale licenses was adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson & Co
Chelsea Board of Aldermen
Electrical Committee
John Lynch
William Reagan
Patrick Sweeney
United States Magazine
Naval Hospital Grounds
Trio of Burglars Nabbed at Cartick Jewelry Store
Officer Lewis and fellow units surprised three burglars at 10 Columbus avenue around midnight. The trio, named John Smith 27 Edward J Burke 28 Worcester and John J Blaney 443 East Third street, were captured as they attempted to flee with most of the store’s valuables including clocks and watches.
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Lewis
Division 4
William Cartick
Columbus Avenue
Goylstone Street
Wowland
Hogsett
Station
John Smith
Edward J. Burke
Worcester
John J. Blaney
East Third Street
14000 Troops to be Encamped at Tampa by Thursday
By Thursday six large government transports at Port Tampa will be ready for loading troops and horses. Coal and water are supplied, and ammunition boxes for rifles gatlings and Hotchkiss guns are being loaded. State troops mobilization starts tomorrow with about a thousand volunteers to be encamped. Regulars at Tampa will exceed 12000 with state and Cuban volunteers reaching 14000.
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Tampa
Fla
Port Tampa
Chickamauga
Spain Signals Possible Cadiz Return From Cape Verde
London reports no confirmation of Spanish fleet movement but notes Cadiz as the likely destination. Observers question Spain's motive and viability of continuing the conflict, suggesting a retreat from West Indian possessions may reflect a strategic shift.
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London
Cape Verde Islands
Cadiz
Spain
Fishermen report forty seven cannon shots off Cape Lookout
Captain Allen of the schooner Alert and members of the Beaufort fishing fleet report hearing heavy cannonading off Cape Lookout at about 10 oclock this morning totaling forty seven distinct shots observed by ocean fleet men from Beaufort North Carolina
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Beaufort
N. C
Allen
Alert
Cape Lookout
Cadet Drill Night At Naugus Head Camp
Salem Cadet men woke to a cold night at Naugus Head camp with sixteen tents pitched under the hill. Lt Col Johnson commands from the Cadet armory in Salem as Lt Symonds led yesterday and Sgt Verry kept guard. Col Miller of the regulars is due to arrive to direct fortifications or harbor mining efforts. The unit may move later in May to Ort Pickering or Fort Lee.
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Naugus Head
Salem
Ort Pickering
Fort Lee
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Pazcon
Deway
York
Lon
Count Rascon
Great Britain
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Pain
PEKIN
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Cal
Gehe
Australia
City of Peking
City of Sydney
Maila
Asiatic Squadron
Connemagh
Perkins
California
Graves
William Rose
Gaskill
Superior Criminal Court
Rose
Graven
Beacon Street
Harry Levi
Leighton
Levi
Gates
Harvard Bottling Company
Tremont Street
Alexander Cleary
Somerville
Somerville Hospital
Vira Wilson
Cleary
Perr
Dean
Liberal
Cambridge Aldermen
Signal Corps
Tip End
Guard Lodge
Captain Dyer
Baltimore
N. M. Dyer
Princess
Cuban
Montserrat
Havana Harbor
Beecham
Fate
Manila Command
Chelsea
Castorea
San Juan
Porto Rico
The
New York Herald
Aaron H. Cragin
New Hampshire
Lebanon
N. H
N. P. Banks
Lincoln
Grant
Verona Lake
N. J
Milan
Daily News
Mallory Line
San Marcos
Concho
Rio Grande
Teona
Ward Line
Vigilancia
Seguranea
Orezeba
Yucatan
Seneca
Saratoga
San Diego
City of Washington
Monteo
Central Square
Camebridge
Salvation Army
Loudwick
Burnett
Hagner
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Swan M. Burnett
Hodgson
MR. Allen
Senate
Charles H. Allen
Massachusetts
George M. Warren
Castine District
NAVY
Philadelphia
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