Reports on naval actions and new rifles for Puerto Rico
The government reports to Spain on the naval engagement and Sampson’s actions, kept strictly secret. Twenty Krag Jørgensen rifles are sent to Porto Rico for the expedition, to counter the Mausers. ordnance aims to equip volunteers and regulars with 30 caliber arms. Leona arrives from Santiago with convalescents and reporters. a suicide in Antonio. wreck obstructions found near Axtell. Broadhurst mill fire in Jamestown cause $40,000 loss. Thomas C. Renominated in Arkansas. Baumhoff named Postmaster at St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gton
Porto Rico
Ardnance Bureau
Philippines
Havana
Springfield
Miles
Ordnance Bureau
New York
St. Thomas
D. W. IL
Ponce
Ships En Route To Transport Spanish Prisoners
Four large steamers including Isla Luzon Panaya Alicante and St Augustine sail from Cadiz and Martinique to Santiago to transport Spanish prisoners with Alicante serving as hospital ship for up to 800. Additional ships will follow to meet a 22 000 man accommodation contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hecker
War Department
Martinique
Santiago
Cadiz
Spain
Peninsula
Buffalo yarn and tall tales from the old west
A long parody piece recounts a buffalo hunt near Medicine Valley circa 1870 told by Tiger Jack the Terror of the Rockies. Liar’s Convention anecdotes follow with wind storms and humorous shocks in Uncle Silas’s country store. The humor weaves tall tales, barbs, and staged bravado among frontier figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Kansas
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Medicine Valley
Buffalo
Liars
Uncle Silas
Abe Wilcox
Cy Campbell
Montana
Silas
Nevada
Abner Johnson
Century Magazine looks at women clubs and leadership
Mrs. Amelia Gere Mason argues in The Century that women clubs span literary to anti suffrage groups, raising intelligence yet risking loss of individuality. She warns that pursuing culture through mass clubs may become a new form of tyranny and calls for balanced growth of individuals and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Gere Mason
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Conven
Ron
Cambon
Publica
Maring
Madrid
Rifles
OPS
Iona
United Stated
Leona
McIntosh
United States
Siboriky
New York Post
Antonio
Frank Mertman
Sug
Cotton Belt
Axtell
Baker
Jamestown
N. Y
Broadhut
Congress
Little Rock
Third District
Thomas C
St. Louis
Frederick W. Baumhoff
Corbin
Alger
Shafter
Adjutant General of the Army
J. H. Farrell
Ninth
Massachusetts Volunteers
Thomas Rolston
Twentyfourth Infantry
William H. Byers
Seventh Infantry
Will
Atlanta
Hobson
Lithia Springs
Tampa
Jacksboro
Tex
Billy Donivan
Craney’s
Chicago, Rock Island and Texas
Donivan
Shaw
Cleburne
Stewart
Stokes Shaw
John Wilkins
Taylor
S. A. Lebarn
Taylor Electric Light Company
Hempstead
T. S. Benson
R. E. Hanway
Ottawa
Wilfried Laurier
Canada
Shreveport
William Jacobs
J. A. Meadwell
Red Chute
Bossler Parish
Thrilling Buffalo Yarn
Meeks
Chicago
Philadelphia
Fleischman’s
R. M. Wilson
Kandy
Lowney
of Brazos
Madison
Grimes
Robertson
Burleson
Frank W. McConnico
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
Pacific Mutual Life
Union Life
Fidelity and Casualty of
Bryan
D. Riaccon Nico
Academy of Music and Next
John Mike’s
Tyler Haswell
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