Navy to abandon wrecking of Spanish ships near Santiago
Washington reports the navy department will end current salvage work on Cristobal Colon Vizcaya and Almirante Oquendo after costly results and consider new bids to raise the Colon under tighter terms. Plan to focus on Reina Mercedes and destroy Merrimac to cut costs while training crews. A Swedish wrecking firm arrives with promises to salvage remaining vessels and seek arbitration for compensation.
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New York
The
Tribune
Washington
Navy Department
Cristobal Colon
Vizcaya
Santiago
Hobson
United States
Merritt and Chapman Wrecking Company
Cervera
Infanta Maria Teresa
Norfolk
Board of Construction
Colon
Department
Colby Chester
Cuba
Reina Mercedes
Oquendo
Chester
Merrimac
Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company
Howe
Crishopal Colon
Navy Yard
Soleil Blasts American Peace Policy Over Cuba
The Soleil denounces the American peace commissioners for pursuing a plan to seize Spanish colonies and impose debts on Spain, calling it hypocrisy by Liberals and Republicans. In Memphis, a quarantine convention committee seeks McKinley guidance to prevent yellow fever recurrences, inviting all states and top medical experts.
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Paris
the Soleil
Spain
Memphis
McKinley
Far East tensions spark naval mobilizations amid rival claims
A wave of warlike activity sweeps across Wei Hai Wei Port Arthur and Port Niu Chwang as Britain Russia and France maneuver. British ships at Wei Hai Wei ready for sea while Russia strengthens its Far East position after seizing Niu Chwang. Additional reports note the Marylands fate and unrest in Montevideo with arrests and frontier groups forming.
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Wei Hai Nei
Centuron
Narcissus
Hermione
Handy
Peacock
Victorious
Port Arthur
London
Wei Hai Wei
Russia
Great Britain
France
Far East
Port Niu Chwang
Niu Chwang
Leao Tong
Liaou
Empress Dowager
Li Hung Chang
Manchuria
Italian peddler returns missing securities worth 25000
A swarthy Italian peddler delivers a package to Farson Leach Co. at 55 Nassau Street then returns with it after clerks call him back. The envelope contained $25,000 in government bonds. the man says he found it and asked for no reward. Substantial recognition awaits the finder.
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New York
Farson, Leach & Co
Nassau Street
Washington
Leach
Cedar Street
Mr. Leach
Women as stowaways on transport Ohio report
Across the Pacific the Doric and transport Ohio carry orders to stop the Indiana at Honolulu and land two women wives of Kansas officers, allowing them to Hong Kong Manila if needed. The Ohio may overtake Indiana, the Pennsylvania sails with the Fifty first Iowa regiment.
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San Francisco
Doric
Ohio
Pacific
Merriam
Indiana
Honolulu
Funston
Kansas
J. G. Schlieman
F. E. Buchan
Buchan
Oregon
Hong Kong
Manila
Pennsylvania
Fifty-first
Iowa
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Reed
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Trio
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Negro Regiment
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Tennessee River
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Berwick Bay
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