Filibuster Plot Aboard the Schooner Near Luzon
Three men aboard the schooner Boles Brown and Jordan Knapp plot a risky filibuster to move a brig carrying Mausers and cartridges for a Manila merchants plot. Brown proves eager, Knapp wavers, and the plan hinges on one partner’s loyalty as they head toward Corregidor.
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Boles
Brown
Jordon Knapp
Bridgetop
Philippines
Kate Brown
Reacy Smart
Bean
Elys
Imilio
Browns
Similio
Manila
Hongkong
Vigan
Cahugao
Mike
Boles Pyvicks
Hidden Cargo Heist Aboard American Schooner
In a China Sea chase the crew of a khaki clad schooner capture a brig and seize a cargo of rifles ammunition food and a box sealed with brassy hardware. They force the Spaniards Germans and mestizos to surrender and clear a path for the launch to Manila.
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Hong Kong
Paniard
Senor
Hales
Juan Gomez
Boles
Brown
Bis
China Sea
Ali
Jarewn
Nila
Gomez
Captain Gomez
John Rogers
Velasquez
Teles
Manila
Old Velasquez
Werom
Pre
North Ro
Toles
Mestia
Bad¢ec Island
Runn
Wives on the Isthmus Shipboard Customs Revealed
Philadelphia Telegram reports on the Barnstable voyage from Bocas del Toro where Captain Henshaw and shore engineer Thomas Peck describe Panama Isthmus customs. They note rope-bound wives on land, wife buying for about 15 dollars, and a trial period before return to parents. Canada’s army is listed at 26,000.
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Philadelphia
Passe Neers
United Fruit Company
Barnstable
Bocas del Toro
Henshaw
Thomas Peck
Mr. Peck
Sul
Boris
Isthmus
Plaything of Factions Isabella of Spain Dies in Exile
Isabella of Spain, born Madrid October 30 1880, died in exile after a life marked by civil war upheavals and political manipulation. She fled to France during the 1840s revolts and later abdicated in favor of her son Alfonso, remaining a prominent Parisian figure in diplomatic circles.
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Madrid
Isabella
Maria Isabella Louisa
Ferdinand VII
Maria Christina
Don Carlos
Christina
Cortes
Don Curley
France
Espartero
Castanos
Marshibh Narvaez
Napoleon Jit
Don Francisco d’ Assisi
Iis
Narvaez
England
Austria
Prussia
Abrera
de Monuntemoall
Filer
lSil
Bravo Murilio
Liberal Cortes
Absollutuiar
Narvarez
Cadiz
Paris
Prim, Serrano
Alfonso
Seedless Apples at Last from Glenwood Springs
John F. Spencer, an old Grand Zime tion, Col. fruit-grower, has succeeded after seven years with a seedless apple. The fruit resembles a seedless orange with solid interior and a narrow navel. Spencer plans to graft seedless buds onto all apple varieties and produce seedless apples of different hues, though he will not reveal his grafting method. The tree reportedly bears fruit without blossoms.
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Glenwood Springs
John F. Spencer
Grand Zimetion
Col
Spencer
Mexican minister’s promotion reshapes Diaz regime
Reports say Senor DeAspiroz, Mexico’s ambassador, will be recalled in June and promoted to minister of foreign affairs. He would succeed Senor Mariscal, who seeks the vice presidency, a post created to ease Diaz’s burden and lead toward his retirement with Mariscal possibly succeeding Diaz later.
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Senor DeAspiroz
Diaz
Senor Mariscal
Mexico
Mariscal
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Henry C. Rowland
Jorda
Polynesia
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Corregidor
Academy
Arthur Brown
Dana Gibbs
New York
Mindanao
Longs Island Sound
Bridgeport
Shawn
Oriente
Pasig
Cubugao
United States of America
Sleni
Lemilio
Doc
Suir
Washington
New York World
Cannon
Fitzgerald
Kelcher
Ryan
Sullivan
St. Patrick’s Day
Uncle Joe
Cullom
Ilingis
Tilingis
Weil
Panama
Finols
Bristow
Joseph N. Bristow
Fathe
Jie
Wilkie
Secret Service
Armstrong
Treasury Department
John
Canada
Deavi
Isabella of Spain
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