The Hornets of Doubt and Early Seeds of Virtue
A fragment from The Register reflecting on moral virtue and contemporaries. It cites Spain, Woodford hostility, Lord J Bull, fishing yarns, Sorosis topics on realism, headaches powders, and Montreal Fish and Game Protection Club seeking wolf scalps bounty. It notes Lucknow gathering of 21 missionaries organizing Boston University Alumni Association of Southern Asia and endorses equal rights for women as livelihood partners.
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Fish and Game Protection Club
Montreal
Canada
Province of
Quebec
Lucknow
Boston University Alumni Association of
Southern Asia
Spaniards Sighted Off Curacao As War News Updates
Washington reports indicate a Spanish squadron seen off Curacao Venezuela, likely steering toward Cuba. Meanwhile USS Nashville and Marblehead exchange heavy fire with the enemy, with Captain McGuire’s rescue of wounded and two dead seamen aboard Marblehead. Wounded include Captain Maynard and Lt Winslow.
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Nashville
Marblehead
Windom
Maynard
Winslow
Captain Maynard
The
Cameron Winslow
Robert Boltz
John Davis
John Doran
Ernest Sunezench
Herman W. Kochmaister
Hendrickson
Colorado Volunteers and Cavalry for San Francisco and Chickamauga
Denver May 16 The First regiment of Colorado volunteers will leave soon in Sampson's squadron and the destination remains undisclosed. Commodore Schiley's flying squadron also hides its movements. Rumors place Spanish ships at Curacao for coating as scouts patrol the Caribbean. Sampson may meet the fleet or Schley head it toward Havana.
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San Francisco
Chickamauga
Denver
Colorado Volunteers
Sampson
Schiley
Curacao
Caribbean
Schley A
Havana
Battle at Cienfuegos cuts Spanish cable in bay
Key West reports a naval action off Cienfuegos where Marblehead Nashville and Windom engaged forts at Colorados Point Light. The Windom's crew suffered wounded and two dead. Spanish losses estimated at 400. Sailors cut the cable under heavy fire, silencing shore batteries as boats moved in to sever the line.
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Key West
Cienfuegos
Marblehead
Nashville
Windom
Colorados Point Light
Cienfuegos Bay
Madrid
McGuire
Provident loan plan debated at Chicago Merchants banquet
Discussion at a Chicago Merchants' club banquet centered on forming a provident loan association to aid needy small borrowers with fair rates. The plan aims to free them from usurious pawnbrokers, with legislative action needed to authorize the organization.
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Merchants’ Club
Chicago
Provident Loan Association
Public health contrast over war losses and drink dangers
A Chicago paper laments apathy toward yearly four thousand Maine-related deaths and links it to the broader toll of preventable deaths in the nation. The Union Signal urges public vigilance on dangerous drinks amid estimates of nearly a million annual preventable deaths.
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Maine
Chicago
Union
United States
Sullivan Offers War Time Boxing Aid for Spain
The article notes John L. Sullivan of Boston ready to support the war effort against Spain. It praises his past restraint and now his plan to use prize ring rhetoric to rally public support. It urges Secretary Alger to enlist Sullivan and even suggests Fitzsimmons and Corbett join to press the cause.
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John L. Sullivan
Boston
Sullivan
War Department
Alger
Havoc Wreaked On Cardenas Harbor By American Boats
Key West Florida May 12 American torpedo boats caused furious havoc in Cardenas harbor and town firing on the shore and destroying a gunboat and two torpedo destroyers. The Hudson captain described a vortex of shot smoke and fire with buildings near the wharf and barracks burning as masked batteries engaged their vessels and shallow water prevented larger boats from entering the harbor.
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Key West
Fla
Cardenas
Hudson
Dispatches Arrive In Key West From Cuban Front
Lieutenant Andrew 8 Rowan of the Nineteenth Infantry has reached Key West from Cuba with important dispatches from General Calixto Garcia commander of the insurgent Department of the East for General Miles or General Shafter, commanding the army of invasion.
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Andrew 8. Rowan
Nineteenth Infantry
Key West
Cuba
Calixto Garcia
Department of the East
Five Sailors Dead in Spanish Attack at Cardenas Harbor
Key West May 12 The first U S loss of life in the current war occurred as the gunboat Wilmington torpedo boat Winslow and gunboat Hudson engaged Spanish gunboats near Matanzas in the Bay of Cardenas Cuba Aboard Winslow Ensign Bagley and five sailors were killed and several wounded as the Winslow was crippled by a direct hit and towed from the harbor by the Hudson The engagement lasted about twenty minutes with heavy fire from land batteries and ships before the Winslow reached Pedrarias Island The wounded and dead were removed from the ship in the aftermath.
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Key West
Fla
Bay of Cardenas
Cuba
Matanzas
United States
Wilmington
D. C
Todd
Winslow
Hudson
J. B. Bernardo
Winston
William Patterson
Daniel W. McKeon
Studson
Stars and Stripes
Cardenas
Wumington
Bagley
Pedras Island
Mos
Washington Officials Criticize Lieutenant Todd Over Fort Attack
Washington officials criticized Lieutenant Todd for attacking the forts with an inadequate force. They said the engagement was unnecessary and mismanaged, noting the casualties aboard the gunboat Ma chias died shortly afterward.
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Machias
Washington
Todd
Troops Delay Land In Cuba Await Naval Battle
Washington May 18 direct orders suspend the invading army movement upon Cuba. General Miles postpones departure as the Spanish Cape Verde squadron nears Cuban waters. War Department officials say a decisive naval engagement is expected within days and landing will be held until a stronger fleet can provide protection. Admiral Sampson is expected to seek engagement with the Spanish fleet and the land move remains in abeyance pending the outcome.
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Washington, D.C
Miles
Cuba
South
War Department
Cape Verde
Cuban
Sampson
Ance
Conditions in Havana Worsen Under Blockade
From Key West May 11 details arrive of Havana after the blockade. Fisherfolk and small vessels report dire conditions as Weyler’s reconcentrados largely perish or are expelled to suburbs. Insurgents avoid accepting reconcentrados, leaving many to drift between lines with no protection.
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Key West
Fis
Havana
Weyler
Flying Squadron Reaches Charleston Bar in Fog
The four ships of Commodore Seliley's flying squadron arrived off Charleston bar nine miles from Charleston, S.C., at 4 PM after two days at sea without sighting Spanish cruisers or torpedo boats. A fog bank delayed regrouping when the collier Sterling detached. the fleet awaiting her, then planned to coal and sail again, with communications back to Washington ongoing.
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Sehley
Washington
Navy Department
Spanish Cabinet Resigns in Madrid May 15
The Spanish Cabinet has resigned as Senor Sagasta prepares to inform the Queen Regent. A new ministry will continue the war to the utmost, with decisions on changes pending a conference between the Queen Regent and Sagasta.
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Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Chamberlain News on Anglo Saxon Alliance
The Right Hon Joseph Chamberlain spoke in Birmingham praising a powerful nation sharing our language and race. He said war could be cheaply paid for if the stars and stripes join the union jack in an Anglo Saxon alliance. Governor Adams reports Denver National Guard mobilization costs doubling to around $20,000. Adjutant General Corbin announced 30 infantry regiments and 5 artillery batteries, totaling 1,413 officers and 29,087 men, were ordered to Chickamauga. Forty two horses were bought in Denver for the army.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham
Chamberlain
Adams
National Guard
Denver
Corbin
Chickamauga
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Caracas
Hayti
Porto Rico
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U. SS
Manila
Denver & Rio Grande
Hooper
Hale
Ogden
Southern Pacific
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Omaha
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