Ploughing the Deep and the Manila Views From a Sailor
A veteran sailor recalls three years aboard the monitor Monterey and a stormy voyage on the William A. Campbell, recounting shipwrecks near Honolulu, the rescue by Cubans, and the Dewey battle. He contrasts life at sea with modern dread of shanghaing, praises American crews, and notes aging craft like torpedo boats, rams, and Holland hulls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Cuba
Spain
Philippines
Steve Williams
Jease Coxey
Massillon
William A. Campbell
New Whatcom
Wash
Delaware
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
Shanghai’ Brown
Manila
Mr. Williams
Philadelphia
Havana
Santiago
Cape Massa
United States Navy
Australia
Monterey
Holland
Davy Jones
New York
Shanghai
Women and Children Leave Fort Warren Under Alarm
Fort Warren orders sent transport to safety for women and children as a precaution amid rumors of Spanish ships near Nantucket. Boston harbor defenses are readied, while Cadiz reserve fleet prepares and Manila relief expeditions are delayed. In Key West, Marblehead seaman Regan was killed and six wounded in a clash with Spanish gunboats off Cienfuegos. Havana faces severe shortages with ration limits and rising meat prices as the crisis deepens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Associated Press
Fort Warren
Charleston Navy Yard
Nantucket
San Francisco
Columbia
Topeka
Maprip
Cadiz
Cervera
Martinique
Sampson
Manila
Navy Department
Key West
Cienfuegos
Marblehead
New York
Regan
Maynard
Winslow
Nashville
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Seaman Regan
Dewey Repairs Cable After Battle
A Hongkong dispatch reports Admiral Dewey has fixed the cable he cut after the May 1 battle and now has working instruments aboard a ship. The Manila blockade remains strictly maintained.
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London
Associated Press
Hongkong
Dewey
Manila
Canton Doctor Evans Ends His Life in Grief Stricken Grief
Dr H Evans prominent Canton physician shot himself at his East Tuscarawas street home after his wife died hours earlier. A post mortem witnessed by Evans preceded the act causing acute distress. He was 30, member of Knights of Pythias and Stark County Medical Society, married twice. Also notes legal actions and various local estate matters and marriages amid a broader Canton and Massillon news roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Stark County Medical Society
Evans
Miss Kaufman
Canton
William Miller
Charles M. Miller
Laura B. Miller
Miller
Welty & Albaugh
James L Rudy
Massillon
Frank Exgensweiler
Perry Township
Trarmon Schriver
Edward Gruetter
Joseph Gruetter
Bethlehem Township
George W. Miller
Hattie Shetter
Justus
W. D. Krug
Alice M. Weaver
Levy of seven mills at regular board meeting
The Board of Education held a Friday meeting with Corns Folger Humberger and Johns present approving a seven mill levy. They set committees for buildings grounds repairs claims and janitors and for teachers salaries text books and apparatus. Superintendent Jones was authorized to arrange commencement in the Armory. A L & W schedule lists multiple trains effective May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Corns
Folger
Humberger
Johns
Miss Folger
Shoemaker
Conrad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stephen Williams
Old Bunny
Monitor
Massillon Loan and Building Company
Massillon Water Supply Company
Water Company
Inman
Hollender
Z T. Baltzly
Arizonia
Baltzly
Wise
Joseph Miller
George Lasher
Peter Hollender
Jerry Kitchen
East Greenville
Henry Hurd
Benjamin Edwards
Christ. Hartman
Frank Bowers
Samuel Evans
Howells
Caron
Chas. Lawrence
Sylvester Goudy
Wright
Admiral Dewey
New England
Newport
Talbot
Gwin
Morris
Yankee
Blanco
Washington
War Department
West Indian
Vizcaya
Almirante Oquendo
Infanta Maria Theresa
Cristobal Colon
Terror Furor
Rhohnve
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