Manila Bay Battle President Dewey’s Greatest Victory
The Manila Bay battle of May 1 1898 saw Commodore Dewey’s Asiatic squadron defeat Spanish forces at Cavite. The engagement lasted from dawn to early afternoon with minimal American casualties and swift capture of key ships and forts.
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Manila Bay
Spain
United States
George Dewey
Asiatic Squadron
Hong Kong
Manila
Philippine Islands
Great Britain
Mirs Bay
Dewey
Olympia
Gridley
Baltimore
Dyer
Raleigh
Coghlan
Boston
Wildes
Concord
Walker
Petrel
Wood
Corregidor Island
Bay of
Corregidor
Blontejo
Ising
Cavite
Reina Cristina
Juse
Castilla
Don Juan d'Austria
Don Antonio de Mon
Isla de Cuba
Isla de Luzon
Quiras
Marquis de Oners
Corree
Bay
Cavite Point
Benjamin P. Lamberton
Montejo
Admiral Dewey Honor Tour Draws Huge Crowds
A Chicago May 2 report chronicles Admiral Dewey's Manila Bay anniversary celebration with 600000 spectators. He bowled to cheers as parades, civic groups, and military units escorted his carriage through flag decorated streets.
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Admilral Dewey Geis
Minols
St. Louis
Chicago
America
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Jacksonville
Admiral Dewey
Grand Army of the Republic of
Joliet
Battery A
Belleville
Ill
Cairo
Fulton, Ky
I Want to Stop by the Window of Millinery Genius
Mr Blykins admires a display of millinery and his wife questions the taste. She is surprised by his praise and notes the designer earns about $20 per lot of odds and ends, prompting compliments on financial genius.
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Mr. Blykins
Washington Star
Love Microbe Said to Strengthen Quickstep
The Chicago Tribune quotes Miss Quickstep claiming engagement cured her poor health and boosted strength. She attributes the change to a theory that the love microbe displaced other microbes in her system, a humorous take on illness and vitality.
Old Adage Verified in Town Topiva
Local item notes homespun wisdom and family anecdotes as Mack recalls milestone moments. The column reflects a rural tone with a lighthearted take on domestic help during busy times.
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Jack
Mack
American Ship Sea Witch Incident Draws British Inquiry
London May 4 United States Ambassador Choate asked Lord Salisbury for explanations on the Sea Witch boarding by British sloop Wasp within three miles of Portuguese East Africa. Captain Howe alleges a warlike boarding and forced examination of his manifest.
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London
United States
Choate
Lord Salisbury
Howe
Wasp
East Africa
Hay
Delagoa Bay
Sea Witch
Champ Clark of Missouri A Humorous Statesman and Leader
The article profiles Champ Clark of Missouri as a witty yet thoughtful congressman. It notes his early flamboyance in the Fifty-third Congress, a sobering defeat, and a matured return in the Fifty-fifth Congress with respect from both allies and foes. It highlights his admiration for Tom Reed, his Bible study for public appeal, and his 50 years dated March 7, 1850, with a friendly, companionable demeanor.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
Congress
House
Clark
Washington Star
Tom Reed
Reed
United States
Patrick Henry
House of Burgesses
Solomon
Champ
Desperate Fight in Panay Leaves Four Americans Dead
A dispatch from Noilo reports a reconnoitering party of the Twenty-Sixth Infantry at Leambang, Panay, was surrounded. Four Americans were killed and 16 others severely wounded, with the rest escaping after a fierce engagement.
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Manila
Noilo
Leambang
Panay
Twenty-Sixth Infantry
Three People Drowned On Tow Boat Graves Sinking
Telena Arkansas May 4. The tow boat Graves sank in 90 feet of water opposite Moon's landing. Fireman Fred Duncan and two Negro women cooks were drowned.
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Telena
Ark
Moon's Landing
Fred Duncan
Etymology of Pickaninny Traced to Jamaica
A writer in the current American Anthropologist discusses the term pickaninny from Pequeño Ninos. It cites Sir Hans Sloane 1707 History of Jamaica noting piganinnes as a corruption of pequenos ninos used for Jamaica's black or alive babies.
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Sir Hans Sloane
Jamaica
Hans
Income Tax in India Summary
The passage notes income tax in India applies to incomes of 233 pounds and upward and claims only about one in 700 people falls within its scope. It presents a dated and vague framing of tax liability and eligibility.
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India
Indiia
Increase In Indian Schools
There are now £ 060 Indian Schools. The first one was established only 90 years ago.
Lochren's Decision Declares Boric Wire Federal Coastline Jurisdiction
Judge Lochren in St Paul denies Rafael Ortiz habeas corpus seeking release from Minnesota prison. Ortiz, convicted by a Porto Rican military tribunal of murder, had sentence commuted to life. Opinion argues Porto Rico became U.S. territory with constitutional extension and military law as sole authority.
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St. Paul
Minn
Lochren
United States Circuit Court
Rafael Ortiz
Porto
Tochren
Porto Rico
United States
Great Britain
Congress
Spain
Arizona
Minnesota
Fire destroys New Jersey Storage docks at Constable Hook
A major blaze at Constable Hook in New Jersey destroyed docks and sheds of the New Jersey Storage Co tied to Standard Oil. Losses run about 500000 total, with Standard Oil incurring roughly 400000. three oil barges and the Adelphia tank ship burned, Pier 1 and 2 total losses, Pier 3 damaged, Pier 4 saved, other vessels damaged.
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Standard Co
Constable Hook
N. J
New York
New Jersey Storage Co
Standard Oil Co
Constable Hook Works
Adelphia
Staten Island
Josephus
Arthur Sewell
Maine
Havana Transport Aims at Washington in Post Office Probe
Havana reports say Col. Burton inspector general travels to Washington after postal affair findings. Charles Neely, ex-treasurer of Cuba’s post office department, is accused of embezzling 36000 dollars and was arrested in Rochester New York. Neely carries 6502 dollars in cash and securities upon capture. He posted 320000 bail for examination.
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Havana
Ingalls
Col. Burton
Washington
Rochester
N. Y
Charles II. Neely
Post Office Department
Cuba
New York
C. F. Neely
N.Y
California
Ins
Neely
Cuban Editor Alberti Shot Dead in Theater
Alberti editor of Don Claridades in Gibara Cuba was killed by an unknown assassin at the theater Sunday night. He was an active politician and his paper had criticized American official actions.
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Gibara
Cuba
Senor Alberti
Don Claridaes
Alberti
Directors Resign From American Steel and Wire Board
In New York on May 8 the American Steel and Wire Co directors Henry W. Seligman and Frederick W. Straus resigned from the board. They cited that John W. Gates did not retire from management as they had understood, prompting their withdrawal.
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Steel and Wire
New York
American Steel and Wire Co
Henry W. Seligman
Frederick W. Straus
American Steel & Wire Co
John W. Gates
Britons Victor in Stubborn Standford Engagements
London May 5 reports occupation of Standford by British forces after hard fighting. General Hutton led mounted infantry to a clash with Irish brigade from Lorenzo Marquez, suffering heavy losses on the Boer side. Subsequent dispatches describe Roberts and Pole-Carew operations, river crossings, and battles at Rooidagn Warrenton and Vet River as Boers retreat. London May 8 notes Boers withdrawing toward Mafeking with British forces pressing from the western frontier.
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London
Standfort
War Office
Cronje
Ladysmith
Hutton
Brandfort
Lorenzo Marquez
Lord Roberts
Wet River
Tosday
Pole- Carew
Wavell
Maxwell
MacDonald
Highland
Warrenton
Barton
Rooidagn
Paget
Dvoers
Vet River
Pole-Carew
Natal
Mafeking
Kroonstad
Col. Plumer
Hamiton
Winburg
Must Hoop the Old Faith
Chicago May 7 The report of the constitutional commission to the Methodist general conference will call for maintaining John Wesley’s religion The episcopacy may be abandoned and other constitutional features changed but the articles of religion and church doctrines are to be retained The heretic must leave the church but Methodism will not accept departure from the theology of the fathers
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Chicago
Constitutional Commission
Methodist General Conference
John Wesley
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Origin of
Ile Day
Senal
Cavite Vizio Province
Don Antonio de Ulloa
Lieut. Hughes
Don Juan de’Austria
Isle de Cuba
Marquis del Onero
Correo
Subig
Luzon
Staten~ Man
House of Representatives
Pinos
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