Sampson Attacks San Juan and Spanish Fort Falls
Sampson with nine warships arrived before San Juan. Iowa fired the first shot, followed by Indiana. Morro fort feebly responded, was silenced, and reduced to ruins. The Spanish steamer Rita was captured by the Yale. New England coast warned of potential Spanish ships approaching. Reports from Havana claim a fleet opened fire on forts with no immediate losses. Cape Verde squadron believed to be at Martinique, voyage details uncertain.
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Yale
New England
Cape Verde
French West Indies
Cardenas
Winston
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Associated Press
Sampson
San Juan
Iowa
Indiana
Morro Fort
Rita
Portsmouth
N. H
Carpenter
Navy Yard
Erben
New York
Havana
Blanco
Porto Rico
Madrid
Martinique
el Heraldo
Cervera
Fort de France
London
Daily Mail
Winslow
Hudson
Finsten Bagley
Winnington
John Varveres
Olier
John Dencefe
J. W. Meek
Josiah Tunell
Wilmington
Coast Guards
Ligera
Antonio Lopez
Bianco
Fight of Cardenas Report Details Ship Actions
Washington reports reveal key points of the Cardenas engagement. Commander Merry noted the Machias may have participated while the battle lasted from 1 40 p m to 3 p m as ships withdrew to outer anchorage. Casualties occurred on the Winslow with several sailors killed and wounded.
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Washington
Navy Department
Cardenas
Machias
Merry
Todd
Wilmington
Bernandou
Winslow
Department
Hudson
Diana Cay
Romero
Blanco Cays
Cardenas Bay
Winstow
Man tied to Spain spy fate ends in hanging
Washington May 13 George Downing alias Rawlings, an English born 83 who served as a spy for Spain, hanged himself in his Washington barracks cell with a towel and silk handkerchief. He had worked with Spanish attaches after anti loyalty actions, and was found dead before life could be saved.
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Washington
George Downing
Rawlings
Spain
Washington Barracks
Downing
Brooklyn
Senor Polo
Wilkie
Secret Service
Toronto
Montreal
Spaniards Repel US Landing Attempt at Cienfuegos
Havana dispatch reports early Wednesday morning gunfire from four American warships against Cienfuegos. Boats laden with arms for rebels approached shore, faced infantry and coastal batteries, and withdrew after heavy exchanges. Fourteen Spaniards wounded. American losses described as heavy. Ensuing dispatches claim American repulse and Cuban enthusiasm.
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Madrid
Havana
Amerifeatt
Cienfuegos
Remao
Cuba
Troops Move Toward Cuba and Philippines Amid Railroa
May 13 reports from Tampa and Camp grounds in Michigan and Wisconsin indicate most troops will be loaded onto transports by Sunday. Regiments advancing include the Second Seventh Sixteenth and First and Tenth cavalry with others marching toward Tampa. Major General Merritt and General Otis to lead the Philippine expedition. The Thirty-first Michigan joins the regular army. storms disrupted camp at Island Take and exams tested hundreds of recruits. Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers head to the Philippines via the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Port Tampa
Chickamauga National Park
Brooke
Eighth Infantry
Otis
Joseph Wheeler
Washington
Glasscock
Signal Corps
the Park
San Francisco
Manila
United States
Philippine Islands
Wesley Merritt
Department of the East
New York
Philippines
BE. S. Otis
Department of the Colorado
Denver
Merritt
Eeramony
Buck
War Department
Island Take
Mich
Thirty-first Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Cornelius Gardner
Pingree
Alger
Bates
St. Paul
Minnesota
Illinois Brigadier Fitzsimons to Lead Troops in Camp Tanner
Illinois dispatch from Camp Tanner Springfield May 13 reports the Third and Fifth regiments remaining in camp as contracts for transportation are awarded and tents are supplied by the government. General Fitzsimons of Chicago, newly appointed brigadier, has returned and expects to be sent south. Supplies arrive from Chicago armory and will be distributed to the First Infantry. surplus turned over to the state arsenal. Major Adams assists with records at headquarters as the Second regiment to be mustered next. Camp Harvey Wisconsin notes a large crowd as the Third Wisconsin volunteers are mustered into U S service with Colonel Moore and companies from multiple Wisconsin cities.
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Fitzsimons
Tanner
Springfield
Ills
South
Jones
Chicago
Department of the Lakes
Charles Fitzsimons
Illinois
Charles Adams
First Infantry
General Headquarters
Senn
United States
Danville
Purner
Thei
Camp Harvey
Wis
Wisconsin Volunteers
Martin T. Moore
la Crosse
Neillisville
Tomah
Hudson
Mauston
Portage
Eau Claire
Wausau
Menominee
Sparta
Engineers Hoist a Flag at Locomotive Engineers Meet
St Louis May 13 The convention opened with debate over a new ritual but little progress was made as a flag raising at Union Station and a reception at the Southern hotel dominated the day. Grand Chief Arthur spoke before about 500 delegates and thousands of spectators as a large United States flag was unfurled from Union Station. Mayors and terminal officials joined in speeches amid whistles and ceremonial bombs.
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St. Louis
Convention of Locomotive Engineers
Union Station
Southern Hotel
W A. Murdock
Chicago
P. M. Arthur
Locomotive Engineers
Ladies Auxiliary
United States
Ziegenhein
Bryan
Terminal Association
Newlands resolution backs Hawaiian annexation vote
Washington May 13 The house committee on foreign affairs approved the Newlands resolution for immediate annexation of the Hawaiian islands by a 10 to 4 vote. An order set a deadline for views from both majority and minority next Tuesday, after which the measure may be raised in the house. Committee members include Hitt Adams Pennsylvan ia Heatwole Cousins Smith Mich Gillette Mass Pearson North Carolina Quigg New York Berry Kentucky and Newlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Newlands
Hawaiian Islands
House
Hitt
Adams
Pennsylvania
Heatwole
Cousins
Smith
Michigan
Gillette
Massachusetts
Pearson
North Carolina
Quigg
New York
Berry
Kentucky
National Chiefs appoint executive committee at Milwaukee session
Milwaukee May 13 little business transacted at yesterday's session of the National Association Chiefs of Police of the United States and Canada. President Janssen named an executive committee to serve the year including Chiefs Farley Cassada McDermott Demmer Leslie Deitsch Quigley and Pritchard and a committee to attend the National Prison association convention in Indianapolis in October. Springfield Illinois May 13 the Illinois Army and Navy League organized at a conference called by Governor Tanner to aid Illinois soldiers sailors and dependents with officers elected including President F P S Grosscup and secretary Fred H Vines with a vice president at large Mrs John R Tanner and one per judicial district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
National Association
Police
United States
Canada
Janssen
Farley
Denver
Cassada
Elmira
McDermott
Savannah
Demmer
Aurora
Ills
Leslie
Pittsburg
Deitsch
Cincinnati
Quigley
Indianapolis
Pritch
Springfield
Illl
Illinois Army and Navy League
Tanner
Grosscup
Chicago
John R. Tanner
Fred H. Vines
Four Torpedo Boats Reported Arriving at Las Palmas
A Daily Mail dispatch from Funchal Madeira says four torpedo boats reached Las Palmas last Saturday. The report notes the arrival of the vessels and places it in the Spanish enclave’s harbor, without further details on national origin or mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
Funchal
Madeira
Las Palmas
Amputation Fatality Rate and Military Nominations
Telegram summaries note nine percent of amputation cases are fatal. The Senate confirmed most military nominations in executive session on Tuesday May 10, with two exceptions. A 700000 pound meat order for army use was awarded to Doll Packing of Kansas City. Reports show 64752 volunteers accepted by Tuesday. A Chicago fire destroyed Armour elevator D with over a million bushels of grain, estimated loss 1375000 dollars. The Young Men’s Christian Association in Chicago marks 40th anniversary forthcoming. James R. Mann offers services to Governor Tanner for frontline posting if sent. The Reverse Pull Championship cup was won by Charlie W Budd at Budd shoot in Des Moines. Naval officials say some passengers on the French steamer Lafayette bound for Havana were Spanish-hired artillery officers. Knights of Pythias Wisconsin officers elected including Grand chancellor D S Classon of Oconto and grand keeper Frank Barry of Milwaukee. Porto Rico famine relief refugees reach St Thomas DW I. Internal disorders and fires are increasing in towns and countryside.
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Senate
Doll Packing Company
Kansas City
Galtee Moore
Corbin
Chicago
Armour
Young Men's Christian Association
James R. Mann
Tanner
Schmelzer Arms Company
Des Moines
Charlie W. Budd
Lafayette
Havana
Spain
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Wisconsin
D. $. Classon
Oconto
Frank Barry
Milwaukee
St. Thomas
Porto Rico
Cotton Labor in India Opposes America's Chinese Wall
A January Indian Textile Journal excerpt tours Bombay cotton mills and the rural-to-factory labor shift. It details wages, living conditions, and attire of Indian workers, noting the vast pool of coerced labor in Bombay, China, and Japan. The piece lauds the so called Chinese wall as a barrier to such labor.
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America
India
United States
Indian Textile Journal
Bombay
Indiana
Fauily
China
Japan
South and Free Trade Letter From The Northern Ensign
An American writer Benjamin Budge from Cushing, Iowa, critiques free trade as a scheme to gain wealth without producing it. He cites the South’s wartime industrial weakness, noting they lacked mills, railroads, tools, and skilled workers to supply clothing, arms, and munitions. He likens free traders to freebooters and emphasizes industrial diversification.
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Benjamin Budge
Cushing
Northern Ensign
Wick
Scotland
Cost of Living in Europe Challenged by Consul Dubois
Consul Dubois argues that European living costs are not cheaper than in America and that the apparent difference stems from varying living standards. He supports his claim with comparative observations on how people in both regions spend money and allocate resources.
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Dubois
Europe
America
Young Housekeeper Misreads Beef Tongues Request
A Buffalo Express anecdote recalls a new housekeeper asking for two or three whole beef tongues. The butcher questions the size, the housewife admits a miscalculation, then resolves to buy tomorrow regardless of cost, vowing to avoid the impertinent seller.
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Buffalo Express
Speak Well of Others and Do Well for Praise
Epictetus counsel on speaking well of others inspires a practical valued creed. S. E. Parker of Sharon Wisconsin reports using DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for itching piles with relief in two minutes praising it as the greatest pile cure on the market.
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S. E. Parker
Sharon, Wis
DeWitt
H. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther & Co
Emmert & Burrell
Early gold and silver price shifts cited in remarks
The text notes gold priced earlier and cheaper than silver until silver mines in Cilicia Spain and Laurium lowered silver prices. It mentions relief from piles as a primary concern, and advertises DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve by H. J. Moogh of Guenther & Co. Emmert & Burrell.
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M. Geary
Pierson
Mich
DeWitt
H. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther & Co
Emmert & Burrell
Cilicia
Spain
One Guenther & Co
Surnames in England and Wales and a Patent Cure Claim
The piece notes surname frequencies in England and Wales with Smith Jones Williams Taylor Davies and Brown as common names. It also quotes JL KeNeon praising One Minute Cough Cure from a Georgia merchant and cites firms Emmert & Burrell C P Guenther & Co and H J Moogh. It adds a remark on Japan’s historical civilization via China and current exchanges of scholars and scientists with China.
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England
Wales
Smith
Jones
Williams
Taylor
Davies
Brown
JL. M. Keneon
Merchant, Odell
Emmert & Burrell
C. P. Guenther & Co
H. J. Moogh
Foley’s Honey and Tar Promises Comfort for Consumptives
An advertisement asserts Foley's Honey and Tar provides relief even in advanced tuberculosis cases while claiming potential cures in early stages. It includes a statement by H. d. Moogh Swarts & Fleck that a perfectly proportioned mouth measures three-quarters the length of the nose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
H. d. Moogh
Swarts ,& Fleck
Poley’s Kidney Cure Promoted at Local Drugstores
At TI, J Moogk and Swarts Pleek drug stores a marvelous cure is advertised for kidney complaints nervous exhaustion and female weakness. The product named Poley’s Kidney Cure is promoted as a general remedy with claims of wide efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Moogk’s
Swarts & Pleek
Poley
Homeseekers Excursion Fare Notice
On May 17 June 7 and 21 the Co M and St Paul By Co will sell Homeseekers Excursion tickets to points west on C M and St Paul and connecting lines for one fare plus $2.00 for round trip Details fully furnished at ticket office J B Swear d&w
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Homeseekers
Co. M
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Hioflo
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Chickamauga Park
Tate Na Hind
Prairie State
Brotherhood
Hawaii
Council of Chiefs of Police
Ilinois Army and Navy League
N. K
Philadelphis
Epictetus
Chi
Wm. Koenig
Freeport
Brussels
Ingrain
New Orleans
Queen & Crescent
W. C. Rinearson
W.C. Rinearson
Enga Sions
Duirtineton
Te Heaver
Densyor & Rha
Seenic
Grady
Bo & Q
Clark Street
Hackett & Lichtenberger
D&w
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