War Nears as Maine Inquiry Spurs Talk of Action
Havana and Key West reports reveal naval officers expect a U S response if Spain refuses indemnity. Discussion centers on landing troops east of Havana, aiding insurgents, and blockading or bombarding the city amid divers' slow progress on Maine wreck investigation. Senator Proctor tours Matanzas and Artemisa to witness reconcentrados' suffering and ruined tobacco lands. The Almirante Oquendo arrives in Havana with ceremonies, while the Maine wreck board continues its inquiry in Key West.
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Havana
Key West
Fla
Maine
United States
Spain
Vizcaya
Almirante Oquindo
Alfonso XII
Madrid
Proctor
Senate
Matanzas
Artemisa
Almirante Oquendo
Fort Cabanas
Joaquin Lasaga
Almirante
Olivette
Board of Inquiry
Adm
Sicard
Washington
Appointment of ex King Milan as Servian army chief
The article notes the appointment of ex King Milan as general in chief of the Servian army amid a curious plan. It discusses Queen Natalie’s lavish lifestyle and the Belgrade court's reaction. It also describes a large Chinese and imperial army and soldier pay and duties.
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Milan Neral
Kingander
Natalie
Belgrade
Irish speaking midshipman aboard Vizcaya linked to Farragut
The Irish speaking midshipman San Farragut aboard the Vizcaya proudly claims kinship to the famed American admiral. He notes his grandfather’s American roots and relation to Admiral Farragut. His mother is described as the source of his Spanish blood.
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the Vizcaya
San Farragut
Farragut
Rer
Amer
Farut
Civil War figures and pronunciation notes mixed in text
The text lists Confederate losses of ships and schooners, Union enlistment figures, and war department expenditures across 1862 to 1865. It also discusses pronunciations of aya and a ship name, with a note on how the word is spoken in English.
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Indus
War Department
Local governance bills and naval expansion amid era shifts
The article notes Salisbury's plan for local governing boards over taxes and poor relief, with elections by the people. It discusses US officer counts and artillery regiments as defense needs rise. Additional items cover fruit lore about apples, a Russian prince funding operatic androids, and a New Brunswick church cradle list to aid mothers with children during services.
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Epworth League
New Brunswick
Alfonso KIIL Arrives With 1500 Spanish Soldiers at Havana
The Alfonso KIIL, a Spanish line ship, brings 1,500 soldiers to Havana on the prior Sunday. Rockets and batteries fired for an hour accompanied by bells as the ship reached shore.
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Havana
Alfonso Kiil
Spain
Turkey's New Minister
Constantinople March 5 Jouck Bey the newly appointed minister to the United started for his post at.
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Constantinople
Jouck Bey
The
United
Weshii
Congress Faces Heavy Schedule With Appropriations Bills
Washington March 7 Officials say Senate consideration will hinge on the District of Columbia and postal appropriation bills. The Maine survivors relief and two additional artillery regiments for coastal defense look likely to pass this week. Debates focus on telephone charges limits, five percent of public lands proceeds, and foreign policy outlook remains unsettled. The Thorp Eppes election contest and Bowman act claims also loom, with the program described as orderly.
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Kent
Washington
District of Alaska
London
Amazonas
Barossa
Vito Deodoro
Floriana
la Sevine
Toulon
State Department
Maine
Great Britain
Brazil
Geneva
WasningTon
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Senate
George W. Melville
United States
Nicaraguan Canal
Hawaiian Islands
Kitt
Committee On Foreign Affairs
gWasuixaton
Montgomery
Nashville
Gen. Lee
Scretary
Columbia
Sene Committee On Appropriations
House
Methodist Bank Nt
Pettigrew
Cannon
District of Columbia
Thorp-Eppes
Post Office
Satenio Akeed
DHA
Tug Underwriter Arrives Charleston After Rough Passage
The tug Underwriter towing the Merritt Co. Derrick Chief reached Charleston harbor after a 24 hour gale. Crew suffered seas and a coal spill. two men, J. Frank Hammond and Charles Sellamy, were treated at the Marine Hospital. Capt. Wiley is expected to arrive Monday and proceed to Havana. Orders in Charlestown navy yard seek enlistments for machinists seamen firemen and coal passers. The German bark Abandoned at Sea reports crew landed. a separate fire in Russia reports twenty dead from a burning mine. A carpenter on the Carpenter line died of pneumonia.
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Charleston
Charrestos
Ss. CC
Merritt Cing Co
Arleston Harbor
Aves
J. Irank Wlammond
Charles Sellamy
Marine Hospital
Wiley
Havana
Charlestown Navy Yard
Arags
Porte
Tragedy At Sea Speedwell Sinks Off Marquesas
The schooner Speedwell was struck by a squall off Marquesas on Thursday. Nine of thirteen aboard died, including Capt. Collier’s three children and the Nichols family from Bridgeport Connecticut. Survivors—Captain Collier, deckhands Samuel Cates and Jesse Green, and passenger R. W. Bates—were rescued exhausted after rigging and a dinghy escape.
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Key West
Fla
Speedwell
Collier
Mareo
Marquesas
George
Tom
Wilbur
Nichols
Bradley Nichols
Bridgeport
Capt. Collier
Samuel Cates
Jesse Green
R. W. Rated
Myers, Fla
Marco
Oelock
Cates
Green
Mr. Bates
Two Torpedo Boats Exceed Speed Trials
The Gwyn and Talbot, newly completed government torpedo boats, ran official trials in Narragansett Bay on March 4 and both surpassed contract speeds. Gwyn averaged 20.9 knots and Talbot 21.1, with naval officials expressing satisfaction at the performance and noting rough water on Gwyn caused a slight disparity. Nearby, Judge John Newton endrenne, ex-treasurer of the Confederate States, is dying of kidney disease, and a steam kiln accident at the Central Coal and Coke saw mill in Texarkana, Ark., injured several workers, with two expected to die.
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Gwyn
Talbot
Bristron
Merreshofts
Narragansett Bay
Naval Board
Fred K. Rogers
C.F. Roelker
Naval
de Fanscom
Stauntron
John Newton Endrene
Confederate States
Here
J. N. Hiendren
John Lb. Baldwin
Texankana
Ark
Central Coal and Coke Saw
Outlaws Kill W. S. Hoy. arrest seeks Bennett aid
News from Brown's Fork reports W. S. Hoy, a prominent stock grower, killed by outlaws. One suspect named Bennett has been captured while others are surrounded in the mountains, with likely pursuit and possible lynching. General Merritt returns to New York en route to Key West after inspection tour of southern forts.
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Verna
Garden tour reveals Edmonton seven acre model farm
The Brown City Banner reports a visit to Donald Ross’s seven acre Edmonton garden. Ross, a hospitable Scotsman, showed crops thriving with onions yielding 750 bushels per acre and beets, cabbages, carrots, and tomatoes sold at listed prices. Canadian government agents promote settlement in Western Canada.
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Brown City
Michigan
Canada
Edmonton
Ed“monton
Donald Ross
Ross
United States
Stage Manager-Mr Heavy as Alonzo Probes Audience Reaction
N Y Weekly notes actor Mr Heavy doubts playing Alonzo in a new production. He worries about meeting audience expectations while acknowledging the character dies in the first act. The remark frames a challenge of performance and fate.
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Heavy
Alonzo
N. Y
Hypnotic Wonders in American Hospitals
Hypnotic wards across hospitals reportedly hold sancects that can induce trance with a mere glance. The article also touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a persistent cure for kidney trouble and for malaria bilious dyspeptic rheumatic and nervous ailments.
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Paris
Debt Burden Cited in Quip About Family
In a humoristic exchange from Humoristiche Blaetter a nephew laments debts while an uncle notes having ready-made debts to transfer. The playful dialogue frames financial strain as a family joke amid a tough year.
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Blaetter
Grain-O the night coffee substitute and patent remedies
Grain-O offers a caffeine free drink that looks like coffee and calms sleep for many. It is advertised as nourishing and suitable for nervous people children and young readers. The ad promotes Dr Kline nerve restorer and St Jacobs Oil with testimonials and free trials.
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