War Declared as US Extends War on Spain
Washington reports formal declaration of war between United States and Spain. Senate passes naval appropriation and Hull army bill. Secretary Sherman resigns, Day to succeed, with John B. Moore named to follow Day on international law. Roosevelt to join military service. prize definitions to follow. Volunteers mobilization circulars issued to governors. News from hostilities scarce amid global tensions.
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Washington
Sherman
Day
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Spain
Senate
Federal Service
State Department
John B. Moore
New York
War Department
Judge Day
Moore
Columbia’ University
Department
John Vinne
Key West
Navy Department
Cal. Wood
Dr. Wood
Army
Philippines
Hortense
New Orleans
Mary Willick
Galveston
Territories
Rendegronus
United States Army
Protecting the Paris Near Cape Cod in Naval Dispatches
Boston April 27 The cruiser Minne apollo and the Columbia are stationed off Cape Cod and Newport to guard the Paris on its voyage from Grand Banks to New York. The Faris tracks a Nantucket shoal run, while the Topeka is expected later to help if needed.
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Columbia
Minneapolix
Boston
Minneapollo
Cape Cod
Newport
United States
Paris
Grand Banks
New York
Highland Light
Sruiday
Nantucket Shoal
Minneapolis
Massachusetts Bay
Nantucket Shoals
Topeka
Shoals
Hersalf
War Department Calls for 124000 Troops for Northwestern States
Washington April 27 War Department issues call to governors of Minnesota Montana Wisconsin Oregon Iowa North Dakota for quotas totaling 124000 troops. Minnesota three infantry regiments Montana one infantry regiment Wisconsin three infantry regiments Oregon one infantry regiment Iowa three infantry regiments and two light batteries North Dakota five cavalry troops one Dakota seven cavalry troops mobilization orders issued for convenient centers across states.
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War Department
Washington
Minnesota
Montana
Wisconsin
Oregon
Towa
North Dakota
Dakota
MINES AT MATANZAS Harbor Defenses Tightened By Spanish Officers
New York report from April 27 says the Ward steamer Vigilancia arrived at quarantine after leaving Tampico on April 17 and reaching Matanzas on the 21st. Excitement rose as troops drilled while Spanish officers planted mines and buoys were removed to make the harbor defensively ready with a gunboat earning vigilance over the work.
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New York
Ward Line
Mexico
Matanzas
Cuba
Tampico
Morelog
Taok
McIntosh
Tsily
Astor Offers Own Battery of Artillery for Cuba
John Jacob Astor of New York has raised and equipped a battery of artillery at his own expense and proposes to offer it to the government under his plans for service in Cuba. The offer comes as the department is flooded with similar proposals to raise volunteers, though the president’s authority limits acceptance to only three regiments outside state quotas.
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Geronimo
Alger
Col. Wood
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosvelt
Cuba
Soosevelt
Key West
Commodore Achley
Columbia
Minneapolis
Hampton Roads
Philippines
Asiatic
Dewey
Washington
John Jacob Astor
New York
Parliament queried on Senor Polo Bernabe role in Canada
London April 28 in the house of commons James M Hogan and Car nellite MP for mid Lipperary will ask the government leader about Senor Polo y Bernabe the former Spanish minister at Washington now in Canada and whether he is baseing in Toronto to supply Spain with information and if there is foundation for claims he is accredited to the whole of America north of the equator and has a definite status in Canada, raising questions on diplomatic limits.
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Senor Bernabe
America
Equator
Canada
Seizure of Hawaii Rumors Stir Coast Headlines
Honolulu reports note speculation in The Hawaiian Star that the islands may be seized as a U S coaling station amid war tensions. An officer from the USS Bennington was seen in the city weeks earlier, buying United States flags, fueling talk of imminent action.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Hawaiian Star
United States
Bennington
LANDING IN CUBA A U S LIEUT ROWAN ON WAY TO CAMP
First Lieutenant Andrew Rown of the Nineteenth Infantry, under War Department orders, landed on Cuba’s coast west of Santiago with Cuban guides and an open boat. The guides did not return while Rowan proceeds toward Gen. Golto’s camp to coordinate insurgent aid for the invasion of eastern Cuba. mission timing depends on events and dispatches.
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Wis
Cen
Garcia
Kingston
Jam
Andrew
Rowan
Nineteenth Infantry
War Department
Santiago
Rowan Ip
Goltol
Tle
War
Protest Over Seizure of Spanish Steamer Miguel Jover
Barcelonan April 28. The owner of the Spanish steamer Miguel Jover, seized by the American squadron, protested to Foreign Minister Senor Bullen that the capture occurred before hostilities began, arguing the seizure was invalid.
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Jover
Barcelomn
Miguel Jover
Senor Bullen
Shenandoah Safe After Irish Coast Passage Report
British steamer Shenandoah, sailing from Newport News to Liverpool on April 18, was reported past Kinsale on the Irish coast. The dispatch clarifies she has not been captured by Spain, easing any fears of capture.
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Seon
Iriah
New York
Newport News
Liverpool
Kinsale
United States Offer for Greek Navy Reported
Athens dispatches claim the United States offered to purchase the entire Greek navy. Other notes describe major Sheffield munitions orders cancelled and Postal Telegraph plans to install a hydroelectric dynamo system in Del welh Iowa to power Chicago Great Western telegraph operations.
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London
Athens
United States
Sheffield
Postal Telegraph Company
Chicago
Switgl
Orlweln
Chiengzo Great Western Railway
US buys Hamburg American ships Fuerst Bismarck and Columbia
The United States government has acquired the Hamburg American steamship Fuerst Bismarck and Columbia. The vessels are in port and will be sent to the Brooklyn navy yard for use as auxiliary cruisers.
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New York
Hamburg- American Steamship
United States
Fuerst Bismarck
Columbia
Badenhauser Anys
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Consuls General Vouch Green Neutrality Stance
London April 28 consuls general of Ecuador Nicaragua El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras and San Domingo report their governments will observe them neutral while expressing sympathy for Spain. They state their nationals favor Spain but remain officially neutral in the conflict.
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London
Ecuador
Nicaragua
Salvador
Trenduras
Costa Rica
Republic of San Domingo
Spain
Powder Works In Ruins After Dover Explosion
A series of explosions at the Allinte Powder company plant near Dover Morris county New Jersey killed six workers and seriously injured four others. The blasts began at 2 10 PM and razed ten buildings, likely started by a spark from a careless smoker. The factory stored ammunition and explosives later destroyed, with total losses uncertain.
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Aston
Dover
Morris County
N. J
Allintle Powder Company
WAITING FOR COAL Oregon and Marietta Detained in Straits
The New York Heralds Valparaiso correspondent reports the battleship Oregon and the gunboat Marietta detained at Sandy Point in the Straits of Magellan waiting for coal. Capt Clark expects a U S coal ship. News of Mathozas demand causes sensation.
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Oregon
Marietta
Straits of Magellan
New York
Valparaiso
Chile
Santiago
United States
Sandy Point
Clark
Mathozas
Montevideo
Watch the Spaniard British Cruisers Ordered to Newfoundland
St Johns April 30 British colonial office to Bermuda orders the cruisers Cordelia and Pelican to Newfoundland waters to be ready to cope with any emergency if the Spanish fleet visits the coast for coal.
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Newfoundland
St. Johns
N. I
Bermuda
Cordelia
General Hubbard Named Brigadier General in Washington
Minnesotan ex-Governor Wil Hubbard was appointed brigadier general after seeking the post in Washington. Senator Davis supported him and urged the White House to grant the promotion, with the president affirming Hubbard’s likely appointment.
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Washington
Ox-Gov
Ifnbbard
Red Wilug
Davis
Hubbard
White House
Grant and Woodford Seek Army Commissions
Centre Commissions in the volunteer Army report that Washington on April 30 saw Senator Pratt and President Roosevelt discuss commissions for Gen. Woodford and Col. Fred D Grant. The president is understood to have promised Woodford a major general’s rank and Grant a brigadier general’s rank.
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Volunteer Army
Washington
Pratt Liw
Stewart IL. Woodford
Fred D
Grant
Gen. Woodford
Col
Fire destroys farm in Devils Lake area
A north Dakota farmer, A. I. Walker, lost his barn and granary, nineteen horses, cattle, a separator, farm machinery, and 2000 bushels of seed grain in a blaze triggered while burning stubble twelve miles northeast of Devils Lake. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars with no insurance.
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North Dakota
Pariser Losca
Devils Lake
N. D
A. I. Walker
Luss
Britons in Cuba Warship Aids Evacuation Plan
London April 30 negotiations open to remove British subjects from Cuba after arrests of Englishmen accused as American spies. British ships to be employed to evacuate if necessary.
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Warahipa
London
Cuba
Clergyman Victor Liebreck Dies in Accident at Munchier Me
Fatality reported in Stevens Point Wisconsin on April 30. Rev Victor Liebreck assistant pastor at St Peters Polish Catholic church was killed when a carriage overturn at Munchier Me. Liebreck a Russian national had been in the United States for Steen years.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Victor Liebreck
St. Peters
Munchier
Liebreck
Interstate Bridge Opening Nears For Osceola Wis
The St Croix river bridge at Osceola Wisconsin will be ready for public travel by Monday as construction reaches completion ahead of schedule. Local officials anticipate smoother crossings once the interstate wagon bridge opens.
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Osceola
Wis
St. Croix River
Markets Report From Grain and Live Stock Centers
Grain and live stock quotations from St Paul Minneapolis Chicago and Sioux City dated April 30 cover wheat corn oats rye and barley prices by grade with futures and cash bids. Cattle hog and sheep markets show bid ranges and regional variations across multiple markets.
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Northern
Duluth
Minn
Rye
We Ste
Finx
Chicago
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Texas
New Brighton
South St. Paul
Holfers
Calver
Slowx City
Conners
Unhealthy Work and Train Wrecking Claims
Report covers Spanish spies alleged to plan wrecks and disrupt troop trains to Key West. Also recalls a Great Northern case where a man died of exposure after being put off a train and a bank dispute over damages and earnings in Hillsboro. Supreme Court rulings addressed recoveries and contracts in the cited cases.
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Atlanta
Atlsin‘son
James L. Tong
Goof Hope, Ga
Key West
Bismarck
N. C
Hang Va
Great Northern Railway
Trail County
Joeol Haug
Great Northern
Hillsboro
Alton
Tie
Welso
Elaug
Supreme Court
Tower Court
National Bank of Hillsboro
Hyde
Warl
Col Grant May Lead Brooklyn Fourteenth Regiment
Maj Edmund H. Mitchell said he met Col D. Grant by appointment and Grant agreed to accept the command if elected. Mitchell had resigned the Brooklyn regiment over eight months ago and indicated Grant would be elected to lead the unit.
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Cal. Grant
New York
Edmund H. Mitchell
Fourteenth Regiment
Brooklyn
Red D. Grant
Miss Helen Gould Offers $100,000 for War Aid
Miss Helen Gould confirmed she tendered to the government one hundred thousand dollars to aid in prosecuting the war against Spain. She said President McKinley acknowledged the offer but it had not yet been accepted.
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Gould
Flcht
New York
Helen Gould
Misa Gould
McKinley
Spain
Austria
Franca
Congress
New Mexico
Texan
Tampa
Cuba
Boy Drowns After Canoe Capsizes on Tye Lakes
White Earth Minn April 30. Intelligence received from Iwin Lats reports a fourteen year old boy, son of Peter Morrison, drowned when his canoe capsized while fishing on the Tye lakes.
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White Earth
Minn
Peter Morrison
Tye Lakes
German Picot Goes to Wanita Berlin April 30
Government orders Maathila to guard German interests in the Philippines from East Asia patrols. Brief items note a prisoner transfer in Sioux Falls and a yacht price dispute with the Ogden Goolet estate. A blazing fire in Rhinelander destroys Blattery’s building, total loss and insured.
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Picot
Wanita
Berlin
Maathila
Philippe
Primatia Generic Arts
New York
Ogden Goolet
Rhinelander
Wis
Ft. Slattery
Eling Nelson
Blattery
Sawmill boiler blast kills Bulley Bros. owner at Orange Post
A boiler accident at Bulley Bros sawmill near Orange Post, in Buruvit county, killed one of the owners. The incident occurred April 30 as the Bulley family operates the Bulley Bros mill.
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Annapleston
Shell Lake
Wis
Bulley Bros
Oreange
Buruvit c County
King
War Summary Update From April War Fronts
The report notes exhausting tar funds and heavy Matanzas bombardment with many Spaniards killed. It mentions troop movements toward Ciba and Havana, neutralities declared, and financial aid promised to sustain the war. It reports the steamer Guido captured, Bolivar seized, silver valued at $60,000 aboard, and U.S. bombardments with fleet actions around Matanzas.
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Matanzas
Yampa
Fin
Ciba
Moore
Noalatont
France
Terret
Guido
Thoraday
Manila
Java
Cuba
Havana
Spain
Bolivar
Archival notes on early 20th century wartime events
The text lists scattered items from April including Germany resisting neutrality proclamations, Santa Cruz powder mills exploded, West Point class of 08 graduation, Spain routing fleets via Portugal, US ships capturing Spanish vessels, and Cuban economic distress amid yellow fever fears. It also mentions a correspondent in Cuban custody and a war department representative en route to Gen. Garela.
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Wedapendnay
Germany
Santa Cruz
Onl
West Point
Spain
Cape Verdes
Portugal
Cuba
Paris
United States
United States Captures Spanish Vessels and Calls for Troops
The war department mobilizes 125000 volunteers while Spain declares war and faces U S actions. Army sails to Cuba as blockade tightens. Cruisers Minneapolis and Columbia sighted off New England coast. York captures Spanish steamer Pedro near Key West.
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War Department
States
Judge Day
John Sherman
Minnesota
Spain
Congress
Leo
Sigsbee
Minneapolis
Columbia
New England
Cuba
Key West
Atlantic
Cruleer
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