Campaign success in Philippines tempered by evacuations
A dispatch from Manila reports General Lawton plans to evacuate all territory captured and return to Manila with 100000 troops needed to pacify the islands. The war department says the campaign succeeded in capturing gunboats and driving rebels from Santa Cruz despite the withdrawal.
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Philippine Islands
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Santa Cruz
Raleigh at Howes parade greets sailors in New York crowds
The Raleigh return from Manila sparked a citywide celebration in New York with a flotilla of captured Spanish prizes and about twenty five excursion boats. Crowds gathered from Tompkinsville to Grant’s Tomb and the North River as the cruiser fired a salute. Navy officials announced the Raleigh to be sent to Charleston for Confederate veterans gathering.
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Detroit at Greytown in gunboat dispute resolution
Washington dispatch reports Detroit arrived at Greytown to inquire into state affairs before moving onward. United States Minister Merry seeks settlement with Nicaragua authorities amid tensions over taxation and possible legal action under General Torres.
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Anagua
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Taliaferro Wins Florida Senate Nomination in Quick Ballot
The Florida Senate chose James P. Taliaferro of Jacksonville on a single joint ballot after a Tuesday session that began with a strong Taliaferro lead. After initial counts showed 54 votes with three absentees, changes pushed his total to 59, securing a majority and ending the contest amid cordial sentiment. Taliaferro is described as a capable, dynamic leader with Confederate veteran roots and a record of business success.
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Orange Courthouse
Spain elections show government favored in early returns
A Madrid dispatch reports early returns indicate the government may secure 950 of 410 seats. Ministerialist candidates total 243 elected, Sagasta wins Le Grone by a small margin after a sharp contest with a republican. Romero y Robledo fails to win a seat for first time since 1863, while Emilio Castelar loses at Murcia.
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Murcia
Governor Johnston calls Alabama extra session May 2 1899
Governor Johnston issues a proclamation calling the Alabama general assembly to meet in Montgomery on May 2 1899 for three purposes repeal of the constitutional convention act amendment to the constitution and consideration of a primary election law. He warns that failing to repeal the act could trigger a costly bitter campaign and partisan manipulation.
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Porter May Resign Secretary to the President
The White House officially denies a report that John Addison Porter will resign his post as President McKinley’s private secretary. Porter has not tendered resignation but has struggled with nervous prostration from the demanding duties since the new administration began.
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McKinley
White House
Washington
Porter
Yorktown crew captured in Baler rescue mission
Secretary of the Navy reports that the Yorktown rescued Spanish forces at Baler Luzon on April 12 but 400 insurgents surrounded them. Several American sailors and officers are missing. fate of Lt. J O Gilmore and crew unknown. Officials fear treatment by insurgents and seek swift prisoner release.
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Luzon
Philippine Islands
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Fever Starts in Havana Three Yellow Fever Cases Reported
Yellow fever cases emerged in Havana with three infections on Thursday. Colonel Davis isolated affected houses and restricted entry except for the physician and needed assistants who underwent clothing changes and fumigation before interacting with the public. No Americans among the ill.
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Taliaferro Leads In First Senate House Ballot But No Decision Reached
A Tallahassee turnaround shows Taliaferro with 46 in the Senate and 39 in the House plus 8 for Call and 5 scattering while Pasco trails. The day highlights legislators’ lines and weak points as two scattering votes went to Clark, two blank, and one to Sparkman.
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Griggs Visits Atlanta For Federal Prison Site Tour
U S Attorney General John W Griggs accompanied by L F Livingston Major Frank L Strong O Cooper and architect Eames inspected sites in and near Atlanta for a new federal prison A Central railroad site near Fort McPherson is favored with a final decision expected about a week after Griggs returns to Washington
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Shafter dodges Otis claims amid Philippine war talk
Maj. General Shafter, en route to Syracuse, ignores General Otis and criticizes General Lawton's figures. He supports Lawton's judgment, questions Otis, and says he never met Otis while noting Lawton’s right to critique tactics. He also reports improved health after a Chicago stopover.
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Philippines
Diplomatic reshuffle announced after Washington cabinet meeting
The Tuesday cabinet meeting in Washington announced a series of diplomatic changes. W. W. Rockhill resigns as minister to Greece. Arthur Sherborn Hardy of New Hampshire becomes minister to Persia. John Irwin, former Idaho governor, is appointed minister to Portugal, succeeding Lawrence Townsend. Townsend moves to Belgium, Bellamy Storer goes to Madrid.
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Arthur Sherborn Hardy
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Rockhill
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Iowa
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Portugal
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Belgium
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Madrid
Pearson's Weekly Quote Reveals Complex Family Note
A Pearsons Weekly excerpt relays a refusal statement from a girl who says she has had many similar experiences recently and cannot offer more than a half sister relationship to the speaker. The piece frames it as a personal boundary shared in print.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Mayflower Ancestry Quip Sparks Frosty Exchange
A Washington Star line quotes a chilly exchange about ancestors and travel class. The icy young woman claims kin came aboard the Mayflower and traveled only first class, prompting a retort from her friend.
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Washington Star
Man swallows false teeth in strange episode
A man swallowed his false teeth and reportedly went mad. The item rails about stomach fortitude and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion constipation kidney and liver troubles malaria fever and nervous affections. The ad asserts many druggists stock it and mentions a separate note about the British sealer Geneva recovering 1 243 sealskins in two months off California.
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ad text assemblage promoting tobacco cures and remedies with multiple product pitches and endorsements. includes claims for no to bac, hall's catarrh cure, cascarets, laxative bromo quinine, and various druggists and wholesalers. ends with a trial note about a man charged with insanity for eccentric dress in Washington.
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