Braggart Rumors Of Dewey Defeat And Manila Mission
A London Daily dispatch from Hong Kong reports Spaniards plotting to undermine American forces. It cites fear of American naval bombardment, mentions hunger and high flour prices in Manila, and notes unrest among Juans blamed on Spanish actions.
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London Daily
Hong Kong
America
Admiralty
Bom- Manila
United States
Stil Wildman
Vila
Doeu
Cebu
Nish
Juans
Returnees Rebel Against Spain Over Pay and Tributes
Soldiers who had promised regular pay to support their families while absent return home after seven months to find their families starving and asked for tribute. They rose against Spain in response to unpaid wages and forced demands.
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Spain
Van Wyck Fires Police Chief and Two Commissioners
Mayor Van Wyck of New York replaces Police Commissioner Hamilton with Jacob Hess and appoints Deputy Devery as acting chief. McCullagh is placed on a pension of 000 a year and the board backs the mayor’s actions amid Tammany influence.
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York
van Wyck
New York
Phillips Hamilton
Jacob Hess
Hamilton
McCullagh
Devery
Tammany Or
Senator Platt
French Goods Boycotted in Cincinnati by Patriotic Women
Ironic ladies in Cincinnati refuse to buy products made in France as patriotic feeling rises. Merchants find it advantageous to drop French wares wherever feasible, with leading citizens urging refusal to purchase French manufactured goods.
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Irotic
Cincinnati
France
Senate opens with Gladstone theme in chaplain prayer
The opening of the Senate Thursday featured a chaplain's invocation using Gladstone as a theme with death referenced. A resolution from a Texas member was passed requesting the secretary of war to prepare specifications for improving Nant Pass harbor. The morning session resumed with discussion on the war relief bill and remarks from Mr. McLay of South Carolina outlining its features.
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Gladstone
Senate
Texas
Secretary of War
Ntas Pass Harbor
McLay
South Carolina
Madrid dispatch cites Spanish flag deception near Guantanamo
Captain General Blanco reports that American warships hoisted Spanish flags to deceive Guantanamo garrison but were repulsed by defenders. He claims insurgents were defeated in Matanzas and Havana with several killed. Madrid newspapers react with indignation and attack America over the incident.
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Madrid
Blanco
Havana
Guantanamo
Matanzas
America
United States
President McKinley to Open Trans-Mississippi Exposition
On Wednesday June 1 at noon President McKinley will be connected by telephony with Omaha officials for the exposition opening. His message will be read to the assembled crowd as he starts the exposition machinery. President Wattles prepared the opening program and three day outline.
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McKinley
Omaha
Wattles
Trains Collide in Vandalia Cut Near Collinsville
A construction train and a special bearing inspection train collided in a deep cut two and a half miles east of Collinsville Illinois on Saturday afternoon. Four men on the construction train were killed and twenty others injured, five seriously. The engineer and fireman of the special escaped by jumping. one official was injured.
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St. Louis
Miller
Collinsville
Spain Presses for Decisive Naval War
Madrid report says new Spanish cabinet is anxious to force a war with Admiral Cervera’s fleet to elicit European intervention quickly. It notes Spain’s desperate internal economic situation and expects conflict with American warships may not be delayed.
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Madrid
London Chronicle
Cervera
Spain
Polo sails from Canada to Liverpool en route to Madrid
A Montreal report says Senor Polo y Bernabe left Canada aboard the Dominion bound for Liverpool with all staff. He states he could not delay departure any longer and left voluntarily after respecting Canada’s neutrality rule. He will proceed to Madrid.
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New York Herald
Montreal
Spain
Senor Polo Y Bernabe
Dominion
Liverpool
Madrid
Canada
Tornado Wrecks Northwest Arkansas Killing At Least Seven
A tornado cut through northwest Arkansas last Friday night causing immense property damage and killing at least seven people. Reports are arriving slowly and feared higher death tolls may follow as more names are confirmed.
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Arkansas
Protest Over Passport Ban In Turkey Sparks Diplomatic Action
A Constantinope cable dispatch reports U S Minister Angell has protested Turkish authorities for denying passports to Americans for interior travel. The move prompts diplomatic exchanges as officials seek travel rights for U S citizens.
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Constantinople
United States
Angell
Prizes Condemned in Key West Court Sale
In the U S circuit court at Key West on Saturday the Spanish prizes Mathilde Candidate Sofia and Argonauta with rifles and ammunition on the latter valued at 5600 dollars were condemned and ordered sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Key West
Mathilde
Candidate
Sofia
Argonauta
Geneva Convention Articles On Neutrality Published
War department issues general order with extracts from Geneva treaty articles on neutrality for medical personnel and equipment aiding the sick and wounded. Regulations for observance are issued and require display of the Red Cross on those caring for the ill and injured.
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Alger
War Department
Bhe
Department
Red Cross
Destructive Midwestern Storm Claims Dozens of Lives
Reports recount a sweeping storm across Iowa Indiana and Wisconsin causing heavy property losses. Forty two killed and twenty eight missing in updates with nine dead in Wisconsin and fourteen in Illinois. Iowa tally at nineteen fatalities. Damaged areas include Cedar Jones and Jackson counties with farms ruined and county poorhouse wrecked.
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Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Stanwood
Cedar County
Jones County
Jackson County
Mississippi River
Illinois
Savannah
Stillman Valley
Lanark
Pineries
Hertford Junction
Elmhurst
Mississippi
Towa
All England Mourns Gladstone Death
Universal sorrow spreads across England at the passing of ex Prime Minister William Gladstone. Flags half mast bells toll and crepe drapes adorn public spaces as Hawarden Castle notes a peaceful end and a nation grieves one of modern civil statesmen. The American secretary of state sends a formal telegram of sympathy to Gladstone’s family.
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London
Gladstone
Hawarden
England
Hay
Kid McCoy Defeats Gus Ruhlin in Syracuse Ring Thriller
In Syracuse at the Alhambra three thousand fans watched Kid McCoy beat Gus Ruhlin after twenty rounds. Ruhlin absorbed heavy punishment yet stayed ready for more, while Jim Corbett immediately urged McCoy to a rematch, which McCoy declined to consider.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Kid McCoy
Gus Rublin
Cleveland
McCoy
Alhambra
Ruhlin
Jim Corbett
War Paragraphs Chronicle Quick Clicks of the War
The New Orleans sails to join the south flying squadron while Newark, Philadelphia and others near readiness. Porto Rico allows plain language messages to the U S. May H Morgan christens the Alabama at Cramps yards. Spanish torpedo boats reach Las Palmas and conscription limits draw crews. War plans, troop movements, and naval orders unfold across Cuba and Manila scenes.
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New Orleans
Newark
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Kearsage
Kentucky
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Porto Rico
United States
May H. Morgan
Senator Morgan
Alabama
Cramps
London
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Cortijo
Julian
Fort McPherson
Washington
Tampa
Tampa Bay
6Th Cavalry
10Th Cavalry
McKinley
Cuba
Mexico
Cape Verde
Santiago de Cuba
West Indian
Cape de Verde
Georgia Volunteers
Lakeland
Fla
Seventy-first Regiment
Second Regiment
Massachusetts
Florida
Fitzhugh Lee
Fitzhugh, Jr
Monterey
Philippines
Honolulu
Spain's fleet reaches Santiago de Cuba in secret admission
Admiral Cervera’s Cape Verde squadron entered Santiago de Cuba on May 19 without incident, prompting officials to inform Premier Sagasta and the queen regent. Navy officers had previously doubted the report, while American fleets remained at Key West awaiting developments.
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Madrid
Amon
Cervera
Cape Verde
Santiago de Cuba
Cuenvena
Senor Sagasta
Infanta
Isabel
Admiralty
Admiral Cervera
Washington
Navy Department
Key West
Cuban
Brigadier Generals Appointed to Various Army Commands
President directs assignments of brigadier generals to corps divisions and departments. Guenther to Second corps Falls Church VA Pennington to Hempstead camp NY Arnold to cavalry Tampa Poland and Snyder to First corps Chicamauga Park Kent to Fifth corps Tampa Henry to cavalry Tampa Anderson to Pacific department Hawkins to Seventh corps Tampa Sumner to cavalry Tampa Bates to Fourth corps Mobile Burt to Seventh corps Tampa Williston to First corps and light artillery at Chickamauga Camp ton to Third corps Chickamauga Carpenter to Third corps Chickamauga Lawton to Fifth corps Tampa Davis to Fourth corps Mobile Chaffee to headquarters staff Ludlow to headquarters army.
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Francis L. Guenther
Falls Church
Alex ©. Pennington
Hempstead
N. Y
Abraham K. Arnold
Tampa
John 8. Poland
Chickamauga Park
Simon Snyder
Chicamauga Park
Jacob F. Kent
Fifth Corps
Guy W. Henry
Cavalry
Thomas Anderson
Department of the Pacific
Hamilton M. Hawkins
Seventh Corps
Samuel 8
Sumner
John
Bates
Fourth Corps
Mobile
Andrews Burt
E. B. Williston
Charles E. Campton
Louis H. Carpenter
Henry W. Lawton
George W. Davis
A. R. Chaffee
William Ludlow
Army
Proclamation by Masso Calls Cubans to Join Cause
Bartolome Masso, president of the Cuban republic, issues a proclamation urging autonomists guerrillas and pro Spain Cubans to join the Cuban ranks. He promises aid from United States troops and a decisive blow to Spain, warning those who do not join that they must seek a home elsewhere.
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General Masso
Cuban Republic
Spain
Cuba
Wm. Astor Chanler
General Wheeler
W. Anthrop Chanler
Cuban
Bartolome Masso
Tampa
Fla
New Orleans
Masso
Guerrilas
United States
Navy Orders Monterey to Manila to reinforce Dewey
The Navy Department orders the Monterey to proceed to Manila to reinforce Admiral Dewey’s squadron amid thousands of troops headed for the Philippines. The 4000-ton barbette turret monitor, 256 by 59 by 14.5 feet, carries two 12 inch and two 10 inch guns, six 6 pounders, four 1 pounders, and two Gatlings with 19 officers and 172 sailors aboard.
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Navy Department
Monterey
Philippines
Manila
Dewey
Philippine
United States
de Monterey
Passenger Train Crash Kills Soldier on Georgia Line
A passenger train on the Chattanooga Rome and Southern railroad struck the rear of a military train at Rossville Georgia injuring several and killing Private George M Walker. Engineer Wheeler and Fireman Hamby were arrested and a judicial investigation ordered.
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Chattanooga, Rome and Southern Railroad
Chattanooga
First Missouri Volunteers
Chickamauga
Rossville
George M. Walker
A. Maynard Lane
Howard Brolaski
Walker
Wheeler
Hamby
Cavender
Movements at Tampa as siege guns arrive for Havana
Rainy season pushes troops to reoccupy higher ground in Tampa. Forty eight five inch siege guns, each firing 100 pound shells over six miles, arrive for use against Havana. An entire regiment will operate the weapons as General Wheeler shifts headquarters from Tampa Bay hotel to the cavalry camp.
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Florida
Port Tampa
Tampa
Havana
Wheeler
Tampa Bay Hotel
Calvary Camp
Oregon Reaches Barbadoes and Refuels
A London dispatch states the American battleship Oregon arrived at Barbadoes and took on board 200 tons of coal before sailing again. Her destination remains unknown.
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London
Barbadoes
Oregon
Montserrat Escapes Blockade Reaches Cadiz
Spanish dispatch says the American auxiliary cruiser Montserrat arrived at Corunna from Cienfuegos after escaping blockading ships. Crowds cheered the crew ashore, embracing captain and officers as popular demonstrations marked the event. The Montserrat to be sent to Ferrol or Cadiz to mount her guns.
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Montserrat
Cienfuegos
Cadis
Corunna
Spain
Ferrol
Cadiz
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General Wesley Merritt
M’laurin
Polo
Turkey
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Mw’coy
Santiago
Long
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