Tampa troops in review and Roosevelt's Rough Riders arrive
General Miles directs maneuvers at Tampa as the First United States Volunteer Cavalry under Colonel Wood and Colonel Roosevelt camps near the Tampa Bay hotel. Thousands of troops prepare for Cuba though no embarkation date is set while Admiral Cervera remains a key unknown.
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Tampa
Fla
Miles
Cuba
Cervera
J. H. Dorst
Florida
Point Banes
Dorst
Osceola
Pacificos
Nelson A. Miles
Palmetto Beach
Michigan
Leonard Wood
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Tampa Bay Hotel
Wood
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Middle-of-the-Roaders Nominate Full Iowa State Ticket
Middle-of-the-road populists in Des Moines nominate a full slate of state officers for the fall election. The convention adopts a platform against fusion and for initiative and referendum, urges rapid war termination, opposes territorial expansion and bond issues, favors free silver for foreign commerce, government-issued currency, and government ownership of utilities.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Urgent Deficiency Bill Sought 100 Million Fast Action
Chairman Cannon of the appropriations committee urged on the house floor that $100,000,000 from the urgent deficiency bill must be placed in an official’s hands within a day or two for immediate action.
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Cannon
Appropriations Committee
House
Cortijo Comments on Fort McPherson Treatment
La Lucha Havana publishes a Fort McPherson photo and interviews with Colonel de Cortijo and Surgeon Garcia Julian, exchanged from captivity. They thank officers and Americans for kindness but say the U S treated them as criminals rather than army officers, unlike other nations.
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Fort McPherson
la Lucha
Havana
de Cortijo
Garcia Julian
Spain Faces Renewed Revolutionary Mood In Madrid
Advices from Madrid report renewed revolutionary feeling across Spain. Emilio Castelar attacks on the queen regent threaten prosecution as he eyes leadership in a new republic. Senate notes a brilliant Spanish fleet victory while the Bank of Spain faces a potential run and danger of a forced currency. The government plans a 1.5 billion peseta loan at 4 percent, to be raised with Bank of Spain help.
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Madrid
Spain
Emilio Castelar
Casa Valencia
Santiago de Cuba
Amov
Senate
Bank of Spain
Santiago Harbor Engagement Report Tells of Heavy Fighting
Dispatches from Cape Haytien describe Tuesday’s bombardment near Santiago with American warships in front of the harbor and Spanish defenses at Morro Socapa and Punta Gorda. Fire from Iowa Texas New Orleans and other vessels battering the forts. Spanish losses described as heavy while American casualties appear unrecorded.
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Cape Haytien
Santiago
Porter
St. Paul
New Orleans
Iowa
Cervera
Texas
Massachusetts
Punta Gorda
Bob” Evans
F. J. Higginson
J. W. Phillip
W. M. Folger
Morro
Battle reports from Santiago harbor discredited by navy officials
Reports reaching Cape Haytien via the Associated Press claimed a battle inside Santiago harbor with Commodore Schley attacking the forts and fleet. Navy officials, however, dismissed the claim as unverified and contrary to official channels, noting lack of confirmation at the navy department.
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Washington
Schley
Santiago Harbor
Navy Department
Associated Press
Cape Haytien
Santiago
Morro Castle
Santiago Bay
Butler Commissioned to Temporary Duty at Camp Alger
Washington reports Major General M. C. Butler received his commission on Tuesday and will be sent to Camp Alger to assist General Graham in organizing forces there. The War Department plans a new temporary southern coastal military department with Butler in command, likely including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Butler is inundated with staff requests from former Confederates, but will appoint mainly regular army officers.
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Camp Alger
Graham
Washington
Butler
Secretary of War
South Atlantic
General Butler
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Flora
Draper Moody and Brewster Dry Goods Firm Fails in Atlanta
The wholesale dry goods house Moody and Brewster at 11 North Pryor Street Atlanta failed Tuesday. Mortgages to local creditors total 953,432.31. Moody blames partner G B Brewster's wheat speculation. Brewster left the city days ago and Moody suspects he may be in New York or across the Canadian border.
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Moody and Brewster
Atlanta
Moody & Brewster
North Pryor Street
Moody
G. 8
Brewester
New York
Spanish Fleet at Cadiz Seen as Paper Threat
Washington officials are told Cadiz is a paper fleet with many vessels listed by press dispatches being antiquated. Naval officers privately doubt the fleet’s offensive power as assertions of a major armada for Cervera’s aid circulate with little basis in reality.
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Spain
Cadiz
West Indies
Cervera
Washington
Ress
Oregon Joins Squadron With Royal Welcome by Fleet
A Key West special reports the United States battleship Oregon joining the fleet Thursday morning after a record long ironclad voyage. Oregon sailed in at 15 knots, paused between dispatch boats, and received a grand cheer from sailors as bands played the Washington Post march.
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Key West
United States
Oregon
Indiana
Washington Post
The
Hawaii as U S Ally in War with Spain
Washington naval officials deem Hawaii an ally of the United States in the Spanish American War. The cruiser Charleston reached Honolulu for coal and may sail to the Philippines, with Hawaii’s government providing support and thus losing neutrality as U S forces move toward Manila.
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Charleston
Washington
Hawaii
United States
Spain
Navy Department
Honolulu
Philippines
Ray Wood
Manila
Honolulu Harbor
Alger's Estimates for Army Reenforcement Funded
The secretary of war asked Congress for 53 million 879 thousand 258 dollars to provide pay subsistence supplies quarters transportation clothing and contingencies for 75 000 volunteers called by the president, covering through January 1 1891 and listing line items for engineers signals and civilian assistants.
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Secretary of War
Congress
Chicamauga Picked as Second Call Troops Mobilization Site
A Washington dispatch reports 75 000 troops will be stationed at Chicamauga as a permanent camp. Secretary Alger orders preparation. the park is too small, the commission may lease more ground. It will be the nation’s largest camp with troops organized into three corps for equipment and drill.
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Washington
New York Evening World
Chicamauga
Alger
Chicamauga Park
Park Commission
United States
Pennsylvania GOP ticket set for fall vote in Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania Republican state convention in Harrisburg condemned the proposed ticket for fall voters. The lineup includes Governor Col William A. Stone of Allegheny Lieutenant Governor General J P Gobin of Lebanon Secretary of Internal Affairs General James W Latta of Philadelphia Superior Court Judge William W Porter of Philadelphia and Congressmen at Large Galusha E Grow of Susquehanna and Samuel A Davenport of Erie.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
William A. Stone
Allegheny
J. P
Gobin
Lebanon
James W. Latta
Philadelphia
William W. Porter
Galusha E. Grow
Susquehanna
Samuel A. Davenport
Erie
First Forge Lands Cuban Expedition to Cuba
Key West dispatch reports over 400 troops with a pack train and arms sailed May 21 aboard the Plant line steamer Florida for Cuba under Colonel Jose Lacret. The force, largely Cuban, carried 7,000 rifles and 2,000,000 rounds, landed May 26 with American officers aboard, and proceeded inland after unloading without incident.
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Key West
Cuba
Florida
Jose Lacret
Matanzas
Joaquin Castillo
United States Army
J. A. Dorst
Thomas Estrada Palma
J. I. Cartaya
Messrs. Castillo
Cartaya
Dorset
Julio Sanguilly
Maximo Gomez
Aurelian Ladd
United States
Calixto Garcia
Marblehead
Osceola
Feria
Rojas
Associated Press
Georgia Fruit Growers Meet in Macon
The Georgia Fruit Growers association gathered in Macon on Tuesday with strong statewide attendance and keen interest. President John D. Cunningham of Marietta opened the session discussing the peach situation, noting his roles as association president and president of the American Fruit Growers union.
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Georgia Fruit Growers’ Association
Macon
John D. Cunningham
Marietta
Cunningham
The
American Fruit Growers’ Union
Spanish View: Havana Reports U.S. Fleet Repulsed at Santiago
Havana officials say the bombardment of Santiago lasted nineteen minutes and the American fleet withdrew. They claim a trans-Atlantic steamer auxiliary cruiser was damaged and shells exploded on the Iowa with a fire on another battleship.
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Santiago
Havana
War Parade of Daily Occurrences Brightens Cuba Effort
The Florida brings 400 troops to Cuba, including 300 Cubans and 100 Americans, plus 75 mules, 52 horses, 7,000 rifles, and 2,000,000 rounds for General Garcia. American engineers, canvas attire, two weeks rations, and Butler's temporary duty at Camp Alger are noted.
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Florida
Cuba
Garcia
Engineer Corps
United States
M. ©. Butler
Camp Alger
Gen. Graham
Navy Department
Rita
Charleston
Yale
General Greely
Washington
Tampa
Joseph E. Maxfield
Signal Corps
Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Congress
Spain
San Juan de Porto Rico
Key West
Maine
Pope
McKinley
Clara Barton
New York
National Committee of the Red Cross
Atlantic
Philippines
War Department
Jacksonville
Lee
Corbin
James B. Erwin
Fourth
United States Cavalry
Georgia
W. W. Gordon
Savannah
Vienna
London Daily Mail
Austria
Restormel
St. Paul
Satiago
Maria Dolores
Rio Janeiro
Porto Rican
France
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Gen. Miles
Chairman Cannon
Cortijo
Gervera
NAVY
Gen. Butler
Stone Defente Wanamaker
Georgia Fruit Growers
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