Year 1898 a turning point in world events
Chronicle of 1898 highlights a global wave of war, upheaval, and reform. It notes the U S war with Spain, Dewey’s Manila victory, and Cuban and Philippine campaigns, alongside European crises, disasters, and political shifts shaping a pivotal year.
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Europe
Scandinavia
United States
Spain
China
Epidemic Grip Spreads Across Major Cities and Schools
An 1890s health bulletin warns of a widespread influenza outbreak called grip. The illness grips New York Chicago Baltimore Newark and Philadelphia with thousands ill and business disrupted. Public schools factories and government offices report rising sickness and警示 measures issued.
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Chicago
Health Department
New York
Brooklyn
Long Island
New Jersey
Newark
Elizabeth
Wackensack
Baltimore
Annapolis
Philadelphia
Dayton
Ohio
New Haven
Yale College
New York City
Europe
Russia
China
Yellow River
Hitchcock Named Secretary of the Interior
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, currently U S ambassador to Russia, is named to succeed Secretary Bliss as Secretary of the Interior. Born in 1835 near Mobile Alabama, Hitchcock is a close friend of President McKinley and a descendant of Col Ethan Allen.
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Wavite
Aguinaldo
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Miles
Guan Porto Rico
M. Cambon
M. Thiebaut
McKinley
Ponce
Porto Rico
Davis
Dixie
Dixie. 80—News of Gen. Merritt
Cavite
Washington
Dewey
Mr. Bliss
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Secretary Bliss
Russia
United States
Col
Ethan Allen
Ticonderoga
Mobile
Ala
China
Hitchcock
India
Ipent
St. Petersburg
Moscow
St. Louis
War Preparations Began Early for Likely Conflict with Spain
The article argues the United States geared for war with Spain well before the Maine explosion, citing dated orders and signals from January 1805 onward. It lists naval commands, secret dispatches, and routine drills showing a government readying to act while publicly denying war.
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United States
Spain
Congress
Maine
Selfridge
Llelena
Funshal
Madeira
Asiatic
Lisbon
Chester
South Atlantic
Cincinnati
Castine
Para
Brazil
Wilmington
Guadecoup
South America
South America, and Retaining It In the Windward Islands
Dewey
Yokohama
Theodore Roosevelt
Philippine Islands
Olympia
Tiong
Roosevelt
Long
Barbadoes
Miller
Honolulu
Howell
Hong Kong
Sicard
Key West
Brooklyn
Climpton
Jary Long
Dewis
Philippines
Sampson
Cuba
Heavy marine losses mark disastrous freshwater season
An unusually high toll of marine losses in 1898 alarmed underwriters with estimates varying by up to half a million dollars. strandings and a mix of causes dominated the season, while a general figure around 2.6 million is echoed by insiders.
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Mont
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Gary
Charles Emory Smith
Mente
Walthall
Mississippi
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Wim. R. Day
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Dover
N. J
Nebraska
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Eover
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