Mysterious silence and rumors amid Spanish American war
Madrid and Washington data show a calm yet unsettled mood as officials offer no new news on Cervera’s fleet. Reports claim Vizcaya and Alfonso XIII destroyed, Mangrove and other ships rumors persist. Spaniards active in yards, torpedo boat destroyers prepared for sea.
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Madrid
la Correspondencia Espana
London
Port de Paix
Hayti
Cervera
Vizcaya
Washington
Little Mangrove
Sampson’s
Schley
Navy Department
West Indies
Long
Santiago de Cuba
Cadiz Harbor
Location of our fleets circle of Cuba action surge
AP dispatch from Montego Bay May 25 reports Commodore Schley with battleships Massachusetts Texas armored cruiser Brooklyn and armed yacht Scorpion cruising off Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. Admiral Sampson possibly sailing toward Cienfuegos while Iowa chases, rumors of a phantom Spanish fleet deemed unsubstantiated.
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Associated Press
Montego Bay
Jamaica
Cuba
Commodore Schley
Key West
Massachusetts
Texas
Brooklyn
Scorpion
Cienfuegos
Santiago de Cuba
Sampson
Circle of Cuba
Iowa
Schley
Cape San Antonio
Dupont
Hmit
Isle of Pines
Don 18 Not Always a Chump Prick by Which He Secured Caual
In St. Pierre Martinique on May 25 the torpedo boat destroyer Terror is coal loaded by the Spanish steamer Alicante at the harbor mouth. Alicante has claimed to be a hospital ship but now is shown to carry coal for Spanish warships. The U S consul warns French port officials not to let the Terror coal beyond necessity.
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St. Pierre
Martinique
Associated Press
Alicante
France
United States
Spanish Consul Demands Right to Search British Ship
Kingston Jamaica May 25 The Spanish consul demands colonial authorities right to search the steamer Adula on arrival from Cienfuegos seeking dispatches from the American blockading fleet to the navy and communications from spies. Officials say no proof of official Marblehead dispatches exists, only personal letters. search without proof refused pending London advice.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Associated Press
Adula
Cienfuegos
Navy Department
United States
Marblehead
London
Rioting in Manila as Insurgents Threaten Attack
Reports from the Japanese cruiser Akitsushima arriving from Manila describe rioting and fires, growing food scarcity with horse flesh sold at 1.50 per pound. Spanish volunteers demand pay food. Aguinaldo greeted in the Philippines from Hong Kong. Dewey aided insurgents with guns and rifles. Montijo faces court martial for alleged incompetence.
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Hong Kong
Akitsushima
Manila
Montijo
Dewey
Callao
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Pacific expedition pressures Hawaiian neutrality
The Philippine expedition now sails in earnest and its coal needs may force Hawaii into a critical role. Transports will stop at Hawaii to refuel from coal heaps laid up by Consul General Howard. If Hawaii allows coal without a neutral pretext, it risks breaching neutrality and aligning with the United States against Spain.
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Hawaii
Washington
Charleston
Howard
Law of Nations
United States
Spain
Cable cut near Santiago not severing Blanco link
Washington reports late yesterday that the cable cut by the American warship St Louis was not the French line from Santiago to Haiti via Guantanamo but one of the two English cables running from Santiago toward Jamaica. General Blanco remains connected to the world through the French Wayvi route or the English Jamaica link.
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Washington
Santiago
St. Louis
Haiti
Guantanamo
Jamaica
General Blanco
Wayui
Baseball Scores From League Play Across Cities
Chicago reports yesterday's League records on the diamond with results from Cleveland, St Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and Columbus. Notable tallies include St Louis 12 over Boston 10 and Chicago 13 over Baltimore 15. Continuous play across multiple venues highlights tight standings and close finishes.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
St Louis
Boston
St. Louis
Louisville
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Detroit
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Omaha
Columbus
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules liquor license not transferable
In Madison on May 25 the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in the appeal of State of Wisconsin v. Harry H. Bayne from Marathon county circuit court, held that a liquor license is not transferable. The decision clarifies the nontransferable nature of liquor licenses under state law and affects permit ownership and sale considerations.
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Madison
Wis
State of
Wisconsin
Harry H. Bayne
Marathon County
Supreme Court
Soldiers at School First Division in Battle Drill
Chickamauga Park May 25 reports 36 000 volunteers in tents with 44 000 expected by nightfall. Third Tennessee under Col J P Duffe and First Vermont under O D Clark join First Brigade of the First Division. Eighth New York expected to complete the division. General Wilson leads drills with noted Breckinridge inspections and hospital upgrades at St Vincent's. Poland succeeds Arnold as commander of the Second Division, One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Indiana units now under native Indiana commander.
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Chickamauga National Park
Volunteer Army
Tennessee
J. P. Duffe
Vermont
O. D. Clark
New York
Fred D. Grant
Maryland
Missouri
E. C. Hardin
Nebraska
District of Columbia
First Corps
Wilson
Breckinridge
St. Vincent's Hospital
Sisters of Charity
Snodgrass Hill
Poland
Arnold
John S. Poland
A. K. Arnold
First Army Corps
Harry B. Smith
One Hundred and Fifty-eighth
Indiana
Smith
Mail to Soldiers and Sailors Information Update
Washington May 25 two postmaster general orders adjust soldier and sailor mail rules. Philippine mail now treated like domestic mail with forwarding to San Francisco. Unpaid letters must be marked soldier sailor or marine and signed by an authorized official. Postage collected on delivery. Letters to soldiers should be addressed correctly.
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Army
Washington
Emory Smith
Philippine Islands
United States
Philippines
San Francisco
Congress
Military
Naval
Marine Service
Navy
Naval Hospital
Soldier Letter Address to Camp Alger West Office
Instructions indicate how to address a soldier letter to John Smith at Camp Alger Falls Church Va. The west office for Camp Alger is the location to send mail without omitting any details in the address.
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Camp Alger
John Smith
Twenty-second Illinois Infantry
Falls Church
Illinois Fourth Getty Orders to Report to Tampa
Springfield May 25 Colonel Cas mar Andel commanding the Fourth regiment received orders to report with his unit at Tampa Florida. The regiment is poorly equipped and will likely depart Camp Tanner in two or three days. Colonel Nicholas Senn leaves for Chickamauga to join the Sixth army corps as assistant surgeon general. First Lieutenant George R. Linn named ordnance officer of the regiment. At Jacksonville no brigading orders for the Wisconsin regiment. Colonel Schadel uncertain of next move. Milwaukee breweries entertained Badgers upon arrival. Camp Eaton Island Lake Michigan May 26 orders direct the Thirty third regiment to Washington. regiment ready when transportation arrives. Last company G Michigan quota under president’s call mustered in Monday. Detroit recruiting office to close soon. Camp Eaton records to Lansing.
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Springfield
Ill
Casmar Andel
Tampa
Fla
Camp Tanner
Nicholas Senn
Chickamauga
Sixth Army Corps
Senn
Tanner
Camp Eaton
Island Lake
Mich
War Department
Boynton
Washington
Michigan
Detroit
Lansing
Spies Arrested at Camp Alger Amid Water Pollution Rumors
Washington May 25 report notes arrests by a Ninth Ohio battalion member of Mariano Soto mayor of Puerto Principe Cuban insurgent W H Streeks and H E McPevitt who spoke Spanish arousing guard suspicions. Pollution claims lack foundation. Army reorganizes Camp Alger units and hospital corps. 12,000 troops arranged into brigades. sick list improves except three at Fort Myer.
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Washington
Camp Alger
Ninth Ohio Battalion
Mariano Soto
Puerto Principe
W. H. Streeks
H. E. McPevitt
Michigan
Camp
Alger
George H. Thomas
Graham
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Girard
F. C. Stankard
Illinois
Ort Myer
Kansas volunteers include 600 teachers in 8000 call
John McDonald of the Kansas State Teachers association said 600 of 8000 Kansas volunteers are school teachers. He noted many country schools closed when President McKinley called for troops. In Louisville the Illinois Naval Reserve detachment arrived en route to Tampa and was welcomed by prominent citizens.
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Topeka
Kan
John McDonald
Kansas State Teachers’ Association
Kansas
McKinley
Illinois Naval Reserve
Louisville
Chicago Naval Volunteers
Tampa
Fla
Multiple Madrid towns share name in US reach
A broad dispatch notes eight U.S. towns named Madrid and cites other items: 1898 wheat crop forecast, Epworth League in Bloomington Illinois, a man dies by his own hand at a German cemetery near Kenosha Wisconsin, and Governor Tanner names Benjamin F. Shaffner to command the Illinois naval militia.
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United States
Madrid
Epworth League of Ilinois
Bloomington
Kenosha
Wis
Tanner
Benjamin F. Shaffner
Chicago
Ilinois
Harmon Hohenstreiter
Redding Township
Ind
Hitt
Representative Hitt
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Fort Myer
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Chippewa Falls
Physical Training in the Army Modernizes Soldiers
The army emphasizes progressive physical training across posts with calisthenics, weights, vaulting, and gymnasiums to build endurance and reduce fatigue. Fort Thomas Kentucky features a model 100 by 200 foot drill hall and devices. training aims to strengthen the whole force, not just a few athletes, with field days and potential regimental athletic associations.
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Marshall Saxe
Forrest
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Like to Convince the Family An Official Is a Bank in Tennessee
The German farmers of the mountains hold deposits in a Tennessee bank ranging from small sums to several thousand dollars. They earn interest, withdraw all in a week or ten days to take home, then redeposit to show their families they possess funds.
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Tennessee
Denver Mecca for June Sojourn Thru Northwestern Lines
Northwestern line tickets go on sale daily June 1 with flexible stay limits. Expo worth seeing with contact to Chicago Northwestern agents. Denver highlighted as Colorado Mecca for the American Medical Association and travelers. Chicago Great Western offers round trips to Denver June 2 3 5 return by July 6 via A G Fitz Brewster House for details on routes and stopovers.
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Chicago & Northwestern R’y
Denver
American Medical Association
Colorado
Chicago Great Western Railway
A. G. Fitz
Brewster House
Limited choice piece goods at $20 a suit
The Up-to-date Tailor offers a limited stock of light weight piece goods at $20 per suit and urges early calls. Also an advertisement for carpet cleaning by A. M. Hoover notes readiness to take orders with telephone number 3808.
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Joan S. HiArpster
A. M. Hoover
First excursion to Omaha for Trans-Mississippi Exposition
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers excursion tickets from Freeport at 11.85 dollars for a round trip to Omaha for the Exposition opening June 1. Tickets are valid for trains arriving in Omaha on June 1 and returnable by June 6.
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Omaha
Chicago Great Western Ry
Freeport
Piano Tuning Advice and Local Listings
A column warns against dishonest piano tuners and endorses hiring at first class warerooms. It notes C. R. Ferry and Mrs. L. E. Kryder with addresses on Stephenson Street, offering reliable work and warranties. Also promotes Hot Springs South Dakota medicinal baths with subdaily tourist tickets and full information via railway agents.
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C. R. Ferry
Stephenson St
Black Hills
South Dakota
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Falk
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The
Freeport Light & Fuel Co
Stephens
Omaha Exposition
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