Port au Prince reports fall of San Juan fortifications
Special cablegram from Port au Prince says Admiral Sampson has battered the San Juan defenses to the point of destruction as American ships including the New York Iowa Indiana and Detroit bombard the shore batteries. The Yale captured the Spanish steamer Rita with war supplies, and a prize crew was placed aboard.
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Port AU Prince
Hayti
Sampson
San Juan
Porto Rico
Iowa
Indiana
New York
Montgomery
Detroit
Marblehead
Puritan
Yale
Porto Rican
Rita
The Concord's Captain Walker in Manila fight status
Interest centers on Commander Walker of the Concord who fought at Manila. His son is at Harvard Medical School and a Chauncy Hall graduate of 1893 who entered Harvard that year and finished in 1897 then went to medical school. He is a favorite with many friends.
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Walker
Concord
Manila
Harvard Medical School
Chauncy Hall
Harvard
New Hampshire
Naval Academy
North Atlantic
Navy
Jamestown
Pacific
Essex
South Atlantic
Dale
Trenton
Asiatic
Miantonomoh
Brooke's Army in Retreat as Regiments Depart for Tampa
General Brooke's force dwindles with three infantry regiments leaving for Tampa. Wheeler moves to take command of volunteer cavalry there while thousands of horses and rations head toward the front. American ships bombard San Juan, destroying Morro Castle and surrounding fortifications with precise gunnery and no reported casualties.
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Chickamauga National Park
Brooke
Eighth Infantry
Tampa
Eighth
Joseph Wheeler
Washington
Chicago
Burt
Manila Crisis and Dewey Battle Echoes Abroad
The Manila garrison fears a British attack as 5,000 Spanish soldiers and 100,000 volunteers are ready. The Cavite forts and Spanish ships face American fire, with Dewey’s squadron overwhelming the Spanish fleet. A British reports recount tension with locals and an apology from Governor Aguosti over insults to Englishmen.
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Manila
Bay
Pasig
Hong Kong
The
Times
Linnet
Tit
Montejo
Cavite
Reina Marta’ Christina
Isla de Cuba
Dewey
Montojo
Boston
Madrid
Subic
Caece
Augusti
City paving department banquet at Savoy Hotel
The annual banquet of the paving department division of the city was held last night at the Savoy Hotel. Superintendent of Streets Wells, principal guest, delivered a congratulatory address on the department’s work, with Deputy Kelly also speaking. Attendees included Deputy Superintendents Atwood and Cutter, and other departmental officers.
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Savoy Hotel
Streets Wells
Kelly
Atwood
Cutter
Insurgents Crackdown Reported in Caribbean
May 11 dispatch from Porto Rico and Haiti notes Senora Marten, wife of Ponce police chief, imprisoned on suspected insurgent ties. About 200 patriots arrested, daily executions feared in San Juan. Over 300 arsons alleged on orders of Captain-General Munoz. Civilians flee inland as insurrection persists. US cruiser Yale spotted heading north to join Admiral Sampson.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Senora Marten
Ponce
San Juan
Munoz
United States
Yale
Hayti
Sampson
Navy mobilizes coastal naval reserves for harbor quarters
The Navy Department plans to mobilize coastal naval reserves along the Atlantic coast. Commodore Howison prepared to arrange harbor quartering for men. Captain Wadleigh traveled from the navy yard to the Minnesota to confer with Captain Weeks of the naval brigade about manning vacancies on ships.
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Navy Department
Interior States
Atlantic
Howison
Department
Navy
Wadleigh
Navy Yard
Minnesota
Weeks
Naval Brigade
Denny
Navy Yard Towboats and Yeoman Recruits Move in Harbor
The Boston pilots vote unanimously to stop charging pilotage fees while recruits are pressed at Charlestown Navy Yard. East Boston harbor workers Holloway Pom eroy and ONeil seek acceptance on the Wabash as engineers. Lieutenant Arthur W. Dodd assumes charge of the hydrographic office and will command the Restless torpedo boat. The Argus towboat with Montauk in tow heads for Portland from Highland Light.
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Ned Evans
Speedy Ocean
Kate Jones
Boston Towboat Company
Navy Department
Fort Warren
Department
Charlestown Navy Yard
Joe Holloway
Brick Pomeroy
Jack O'Neil
East Boston
Navy Yard
Navy
Arthur W. Dodd
Hydrographic Office
Rockland
Restless
Hiram W. Sidley
Haley & Appleton
Argus
Haley
Highland Light
Cape Cod
Portland
Five steamers chartered for Manila transport
To aid Dewey in San Francisco on May 12 the government arranged for chartering steamers Conemaugh and Ohio, joining City of Sydney City of Pekin Australia as transports to Manila. The five ships include Conemaugh and Ohio formerly tied to Klondike trade, with Monterey reportedly ordered to Manila.
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San Francisco
Ohio
Philadelphia
Manila
Sydney
Pekin
Australia
Conemaugh
Monterey
Stearns Curtis Wedding Dignified Boston Event
Missary Helen Curtis daughter of Mrs J Gardner Curtis of Longwood wed Frank Abbott Stearns son of a noted Boston architect last evening at the Curtis home on Kent street. Rev Reginald H Howe officiated. The bride wore white satin duchess lace and violets. A reception followed with family and close friends. They plan to reside at John street Brookline after Sept 1 in a home by John QG Stearns.
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Helen Curtis
J. Gardner Curtis
Longwood
Frank Abbott Stearns
Boston
Curtis
Kent Street
Reginald H. Howe
Church of Our Saviour, Longwood
Harriet G. Curtis
Helen
Rosamond Newton
Holyoke
William Stearns
Brookline
State Senate Debates Free Transfer Bill and Road Tax Measures
The Senate reconsidered the general free transfer bill with a motion by Shaw, voting shows mixed support. Discussions touched on Charity Club appropriations, Deaf Mutes school funds, and waterfront square construction rules. House debates covered liquor local option, Lynn and Salem turnpike inquiry, inheritance tax, and wide tire provisions for draught wagons.
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Engl
Stevenson
Pittsfiel
Whipple
Brockton
Andover
New Bedford
Eton
Kenefik
P&ton
Leominster
Lips of
Somerville
Reed
Taunton
Senate
Copley Square
D Mouth
Clarendon Streets
Lewis
Framingham
South Framingham Camp
Adjutant-General
Boston
Bachelder
House
State Highway Commission
Lynn and
Salem
Essex County
Committee On Roads and Bridges
Washburn
Worcester
Dean of
Wakefield
Fire destroys Armour Elevator D and lumber district in Chicago
Fire at Armour Elevator D and adjacent lumber area in Chicago destroys over a million bushels of grain and five million feet of lumber. Losses total about $914000 with insurance covering Armour Elevator D and related grain holdings. Spontaneous combustion in the annex is blamed for the blaze.
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Chicago
Armour Elevator D
Downes
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Armour & Co
Joseph Leiter
Swannell Manufacturing Company
Wright & Lawther
National Linseed Oil Company
Francis Beidler & Co
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Joe" Wheeler
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Harrison G. O. Colby
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Shawmut Furniture No
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Titus
SANTV
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REP
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Shapleigh Coffee CO
George Downing
Washington, D. C
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