Bombardment of Santiago Forts Reported by Sampson
Information released by the Navy Department cites a 7:80 to 10 a.m. bombardment of Santiago forts on June 6 silencing defenses within 2,000 yards with no injuries. London Daily Mail notes American victory clearing the way for Samp son to target the Spanish fleet as allied forces prepare near Daiquiri. Reports also claim Americans landed at Aguadores.
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Sampson
Santiago
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Sasirson
London Daily Mail
Cape Haytien
Neighbor Kills Man Over Farm Partition Dispute
Eden Nugen of Fall Branch near Charleston W Va was shot by neighbor John Muddleston after a quarrel over a partition line between adjacent farm lands. Nugen died soon after the shooting, the result of the dispute.
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Enjed
Eden Nugen
Fall Branch
Charleston
W. Va
John KR. Muddleston
Nugen
Aguinaldo Proclamation Promotes Native Philippine Administration
Tiong Hong notes Aguinaldo announces a postwar plan to organize a native administration under American protectorate with the aim of forming a republican assembly after the war.
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Aguinaldo
Tiong Hong
Philippines
Two Deaths Prompted by Sudden Heart Failure
John H. Sonntag Sr in Burton's drug store Evansville Indiana discussed the death of George L Dixon when he collapsed and died from heart failure. Earlier James I Morrison also died at his home from heart failure. In Alderaan West Virginia brothers John and Kellaa Boyd drank highly concentrated essence of lemon and succumbed to its effects.
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John H. Sonntag, Sr
Burton
Evansville
Ind
George L. Dixon
James I. Morrison
John
Kellaa Boyd
Deraen
W. Va
Riots flare in Multan during Muharram festival
Serious rioting broke out in Multan, Punjab, India between Muslims and Hindus over Muharram. Knives were used, 36 people were seriously injured, and many arrests were made.
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India
Multan
Punjaab
Sunk in Channel by Daredevil Navy Rescue
Admiral Sampson reports sending the collier Merrimac into the mined channel to cork the harbor entrance at Santiago de Cuba. Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson led seven volunteers under cover of darkness in a daring act that secured the bottleneck and thwarted the Spanish fleet.
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Adoiral Sampson
Merrimac
Santiago de Cuba
Richmond P. Hobson
New York
Merrimac Sinking Attacked by Richard Towson and Crew
Richard P Towson steered the collier Merrimac into the harbor throat and, under heavy fire from the batteries and forts guarding the entrance, exploded and sank. Ensign Powell of the New York with a steam launch crept under Morro Castle fire to rescue the sinking crew and held his position until daylight.
Bank of Spain in danger as run on notes grows
A Madrid dispatch reports Spain drifting toward a forced paper currency amid a bank run on the Bank of Spain. Long queues form before offices while small notes exchange for silver, and a 5 percent discount is charged by money changers. The government cannot coin rapidly enough to meet 260 million pesetas in circulation.
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Spain
Bank of Spain
London
Madrid
State Department
Washington
Porto Rico
Recruiting Progress Under Presidential Call for 125000 Men
The War Department reports rapid recruiting of volunteers under the President’s call for 125,000 men and says enlistment under the 75,000 quota will proceed as swiftly as possible. An order issued Saturday exempts several states from furnishing quotas.
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War Department
Delaware
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota
South Dakota
Vermont
Wyoming
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
District of Columbia
Hobson's daring raid praised as heroic naval feat
The account lauds Lieut Hobson and his men for sinking a collier at the harbor entrance of Santiago, comparing his act to Cushing's Albemarle explosion. It notes Hobson faced near certain death, received admiral approval, and reports six Spanish ships trapped in Santiago harbor. It also lists states excused from a 125,000 man call and notes cavalry organization limits.
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Merrimac
Lieut. Hobson
Powell
Lieut
Hobson
Cushing
Albemarle
Lobsun
Maine
Sampson
Schley
Vesuvius
Santiago
Last Cable Severed Cuts Spain's Cuba Link in War
Telephonic and cable lines to Madrid are entirely cut, isolating Spanish forces in Cuba. The action is a war measure. commanders note no expected complications from the severing. The text mentions Ines and a three mile limit as considerations for the expedition.
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Bianco
Madrid
Cuba
Spain
Ines
Landing near Santiago shapes up fierce Cuban insurgent link
Kingston dispatch says 5,000 U S troops landed near Punta Cabrera west of Santiago de Cuba joining Gen Calixto Garcia's 3,000 insurgents under cover of Admiral Sampson's fleet. Heavy siege guns accompanied the force as Spain concentrates 9,000 regulars and 5,000 volunteers in the siege.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Punta Cabrera
Santiago de Cuba
Calixto Garcia
Sampson
Aempiral Cervero
Guantanamo
Holguin
Manzanillo
Linare
Oriente
United States
Garcia
Lacret
Florida
Cuba
San Pablo
Santiago
Morro
Socupa
Gen. Linares
Federal call funds for Alger and volunteers
The Secretary of War sent to Congress a request for 33,879,958 dollars to equip and support 75,000 volunteers called by the President. Amounts cover pay, subsistence, regular supplies, cavalry and artillery horses, barracks, army transportation, and clothing through January 1, 1800.
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Secretary of War
Congress
Gridley Dies in Kobe After Manila Bay Role
Commander Charles W. Gridley who led Admiral Dewey’s flagship Olympia at the Battle of Manila Bay has died in Kobe Japan. A navy dispatch from Paymaster William W. Galt aboard the Raleigh reports his death with no known wounds from the battle. The news notes Gridley’s pivotal command and his status as Dewey’s commander during the historic engagement.
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Dewey
Manila
Charles W. Gridley
Olympia
Manila Bay
Kobe
Japan
Navy Department
Wiliam W. Galt
Raleigh
United States
Gridley
Rumors of Gomez Leading Insurgents Against Americans
The report from Madrid via Havana cites quarrels among insurgent chiefs iavela and Gomes, stirring belief Gomez will command forces against the United States. Captain Gridley mourns leaving a wife two daughters and a son aged 18 after a vessel fight. The Coptic steamship ships May 28 toward San Francisco after Kobe wake.
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Bays Gomez
Pain
Blanco
Madrid
Havana
Iavela
Gomes
Gomez
Tol
San Francisco
Wake
Kobe
Ttik
Olympia
Wis
Gridley
Erla
Captain Gridley Condemned by Medical Board in Hong Kong
An official dispatch from Admiral Dewey dated May 27 reports that Olympia commander Captain Charles W. Gridley has been condemned by a medical survey board and invalided home. Paymaster Galt, healthy and completing his tour, departed Hong Kong aboard the Occidental and Orient.
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Dewey
Olympia
Gridley
Galt
Hong Kong
Occidental
Orien
Senate Handles War Revenue Bill Amid Annexation Debate
The Senate spent hours in secret session on the Hawaiian question, then voted to drop discussion behind closed doors. In open session the war revenue bill moved forward with key amendments, while the House approved railway and legal code measures and funded life saving stations. The week closed with Senate passage of the war revenue bill amid numerous amendments and a Dawes commission ratification bill proceeding in the Senate.
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Senate
House
Lake St. Francis
Lake City
Ark
Alaska
Secretary of the Treasury
Atlantic
Gulf
Jenkins
Wisconsin
Grosvenor
Ohio
Settle
Kentucky
Congress
Gorman
Dem
Maryland
Yeas
Butler
North Carolina
Army
Navy
Finance Committee
Wolcott
Rep
Colo
Treasury
Aldrich
S. J
Tillman
South Carolina
United States
Allison
Messrs. Allison
Jones
Arkansas
Lacey
Iowa
Dalzell
Committee On Rules
Dinglef
Bailey
Messrs
Dingley
Payne
Hailey
Dawes Commission
Spain
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Annapote
Naval Register
C. D. Gridley
Boston
Capt. Gridley
Annapolis
J. F. Bliss
Capt
Mr. Bliss
Lew Wallace
Crawfordsville
Wallace
Gen. Wallace
McKinley
Santiago Harbor
Richard P. Towson
Cuban
Alger A
Fae Eernees
the Bank
Enginer
Lena N
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