All Pay Honor to Dewey Across California Towns
In California cities and towns national colors adorned public buildings and homes for the first anniversary of Manila Bay. In San Francisco cannon salutes from the Iowa gun and bells marked the day while Golden Gate Park hosted a flag display and a military band concert. Forts and ships in the harbor fired salutes as vessels decked with flags departed Bay Area ports.
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Cannon Accident Hurts Three in Mauch Chunk Dewey Day
Premature cannon discharge during Dewey Day celebrations in Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania injures three people. A boy is badly burned and cut, Jerry Conway loses three fingers, and James McGee sustains an arm amputation, yet shows nerve by carrying his severed arm to the hospital car.
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Dewey Day Observed In New York Public Schools And Navy Visit
On May 1 Dewey Day was celebrated in New York public schools with special exercises and flag decor. President McKinley visited the navy yards at ten o'clock, meeting Rear Admiral Philip Green as he landed. The party inspected facilities, lunched with the commandant, and a 21 gun salute fired from the Vermont as the tug returned to East River. McKinley sent a message praising Dewey and his fleet.
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Manila
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Navy Yards
Philip Green
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East River
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Navy Yard
Dewey
United States
Dewey Day Celebrations Mark May 1 in Schools
May 1 Dewey Day was observed in schools with an hour set aside for proper exercises. Banquets and entertainments followed, including an "expansion" dinner at the Quadrangle club. In New Orleans and Pittsburg alike, public schools held special exercises as the city draped itself in honor of Dewey.
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Dewey
The Position of Germany
London May 1 A Berlin Times correspondent notes Emperor William’s generous impulses serve state policy and his foreign policy ideas exceed press factions. The piece cites English text of telegrams with McKinley and discusses German commercial rivalry with Britain and the United States, urging a respite to build naval power for future advantages. Berliner Post argues Germany should delay conflict to strengthen navy and policy.
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Berlin
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McKinley
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Holleben
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Berliner Post
China partition likely after Anglo-Russian accord
London reacts cautiously to the Anglo Russian agreement on China spheres of influence. The Daily Chronicle foresees further partitions with Germany and France and warns that Britain may provoke war while America is left out in the cold for past delays in joining the global effort.
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China
Daily Chronicle
Germany
France
Charles Beresford
America
Army Will Be A Great Power In Cuban Politics
A Havana dispatch reports Cuban army leaders plan to issue certificates to discharged soldiers and officers detailing compensation once a Cuban republic is formed. Payments could reach 20 dollars monthly for privates and 500 dollars for major generals, risking continued army influence over future government and finances. A jury bribery arrest in Seattle accompanies the dispatch.
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New York
Tribune
Havana
Grant Goes to Manila New York May 1
Brigadier General Frederick Grant will depart for the Pacific coast this afternoon and his wife will accompany him. Lieutenant Rush of the Third Kentucky volunteers, General Grant's aide, will probably go to Manila with him.
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Manila
New York
Frederick Grant
Pacific Coast
Rush
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Kentucky Volunteers
Navy maneuvers and apprentice enlistments announced
The Herald reports heat Admiral Sampson’s squadron will reach Tompkinaville on Tuesday with ships examined for repairs. Re organization includes enlisting 2,600 boys as naval apprentices led by Crowninshield. Barracks at Yerba Buena island will house 400, with ships split for afloat and ashore duties.
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Aden
Arragansett Bay
Navy Department
Crowninshield
Bureau of Investigation
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Adais
Yerba Buena Island
Pacific
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Newport Naval
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Coasters Habor Island
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Blocklinger
Isla de Cuba
Qaeet
Don Juan de Austria
John M. Steele
Negotiations Over Cuban Troop Payments Under Brooke Plan
Havana May sees Governor General Brooke seek quick decision from General Maximo Gomez and Cuban generals on muster rolls. Brooke proposes paying $100 per man to those entitled to share in a $3,000,000 fund, or, if Gomez supports, begin payment for 38,920 troops immediately.
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Cost disagreement delays Nicaragua canal commission report
A Washington dispatch reports the Nicaraguan canal commission has not yet submitted its cost estimate for the proposed waterway due to lack of unanimous agreement. Once the report is ready, the president will appoint the Isthmian canal commission per the river and harbor appropriation act. Rear Admiral Walker and Civil Engineer Haupt agree closely, while Gen. Haines, the third member, questions the estimate.
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Tis
Canal cost estimates clash amid commission report
Three commissioners debated a fair price for constructing the canal features. Rear Admiral Walker favored a base sum with a ten percent emergency add on, while General Haines warned the cost would exceed that figure. Walker and Haupt had estimated 125 million dollars, but Maines, in a minority report, added twenty percent to the cost.
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Maines
Corporations Should Pay Taxes Says Governor Flower
New York May 1 Governor Ross Well P Flower head of large enterprises backs a measure to tax corporations on franchises. He supports stating a reasonable annual profit plus additional taxes tied to franchise value, favoring permanent franchises under these rules. He notes safety in large investments if franchises are taxed. city benefits grow with franchise value.
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Ross Well P. Flower
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Blower
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United States Supreme Court
Nebraska
Montana Man Is Promoted In Regular Army
Washington May 1 In line with the president’s request to choose from volunteers in the Philippines the army promotes several gallant officers. Names include J C Morace first lieutenant California heavy artillery George T Ballinger first lieutenant First California infantry Athiph D P Tister second lieutenant First Colorado William J Gibson captain Forty first town Christ A Beech sergeant Thirteenth Minnesota BV Duryea second lieutenant First Montana Wallace C Taylor captain First Nebraska Rees Jacklin first lieutenant Private nk PB Tuwkins Tenth Pennsylvania Evan A Young first lieutenant First South Dakota William Webb second lieutenant Fifth Light Infantry.
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Philippines
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Californie Heavy Artillery
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California Infantry
Athiph DP. Tister
Colorado
Willim J. Gibson
Pitty
Town
Christ A. Beech
Minnesota
Duryea
Montana
Wallace C. Taylor
French Papers Angry Over Anglo Russian Affairs
May 1 Mavis reports French papers criticize Anglo Russian diplomacy and British commercial interests in the Yangtze Klang region. In Denver Major General H. C. Merriam and aide J. B. Bennett traveled to Wardner Idaho to investigate miners’ strike concerns. Rumor says Merriam was ordered toward Utah then Cuba, possibly Idaho, due to regional unrest near General Shafter in San Salvador.
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Agrett Ia Liberte
Yang Tae Klang
Russia
Great Britain
Merriam
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H. C. Merriam
Department of the Colorado
J. B. Benenett
Wardner
Utah
Cuba
Idaho
Department of the Columbia
Shafter
Wart Payment Accepted
London reports the Bank of Spain has accepted part payment of advances to the treasury with bills drawn on the United States for the Philippine Indemnity. Deutsche Bank Berlin and Paris bankers may take over portions to bolster Spain’s gold reserve. Peace prospects in the Philippines are welcomed as raising optimism for freeing Spanish prisoners held by Filipinos.
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Treasury
United States
Deutsche Bank of Berlin
Paris
Philippines
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