Prize Twickenham Bombarded and Seized by St Louis off Jamaica
The British steamer Twickenham carrying 8200 tons of coal intended for the Spanish fleet at Santiago was captured by the auxiliary cruiser St Louis off Morant Point Jamaica and sent to Key West as a prize. A Spanish officer aboard admitted his identity after boarding and interrogation.
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St. Louis
St. Nicholas
Hayti
Gays
Morant Point
Jamaica
Twickenham
Key West
Martinique
Cervera
Sampson
Goodrich
Port Antonio
Kingston
Young Leiter Caught In Wheat Market Slump
Joseph Leiter triggered a heavy drop in Chicago wheat prices by ordering most trades closed at the open. Officials estimate as much as a million bushels were liquidated for him in the day. He and associates then discussed trust arrangements as July wheat settled at 79 cents and September at a loss of 8 cents.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Joseph Leiter
Leiter
Chicago
Inois Trust and Savings Bank
L. Z. Leiter
Bankers Offer Full Subscription to War Loan
New York banks the National City Bank Central Trust Company and Verdilyen Co of New York offer to subscribe the entire 390 million dollar war revenue loan as treasury secretary prepares to issue subscriptions. Colorado cattle sale nets about 350000 in cash for Beatty Brothers brands with 12000 head and 12000 acres of patented land sold to H. S. Joyce of Kansas. Spokane syndicate buys New York mine near Idaho City for 16000, plans 2000 feet of tunnels. Independent Gas drills 348 wells in Kansas and Missouri. Imperial edict in Pekin to establish University of Pekin on European waters. Dr. Pearsons pledges 5000 to Salt Lake City College with condition of 100000 more raised in a year. Arbale wrecked after shoreing at St Marys Bay Newfoundland.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Ie National City Bank
Central Trust Company
Vervilyen & Co
Colorado
Beatty Brothers
H. S. Joyce
Kansas
Importers Rush Tea to Beat War Revenue Law
A Tacoma special reports importers push to load tea before the war duty takes effect. Four Northern Pacific steamers may reach the coast this month. With vessels seized for transports, ships could be loaded at the nearest port and rushed to Tacoma by July 1 to save duty for Uncle Sam and speed troop movement to Manila.
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Tacoma
America
Northern Pacific Steamship Company
Uncle Sam
Manila
Yellowstone Park Opens for Tourist Season
Yellowstone Park opened for the tourist season on June 1 with Mammoth Hot Springs reports stating roads are open and safe for travel though not yet in peak condition. Two cavalry troops will likely remain for the season, officers reduced by transfers, with Lieut. G C Cress serving as acting superintendent and post commander at the park.
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America
Yellowstone Park
Mammoth Hot Springs
G. C. Cress
Lower Basin
Prominent Pennsylvanians Face Coal Sales Probe
United States District Attorney Beck and Chief McManus of the secret service are probing coal sales to Spain. They believe the investigation will lead to charges against several Philadelphia business leaders. Authorities hold data on brokers shipping hundreds of tons to Spanish agents since the war began.
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United States
Beck
Chief McManus
Secret Service Bureau
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Secret Service
Kentucky Guards Deployed to Clay County Feud Tension
Gov. Bradley ordered fifty Kentucky reserve guards to London and Clay County amid the Baker-Howard feud after County Judge Brown warned that loss of life may follow if order is not restored. The report highlights unrest and preventive military action.
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Kentucky
Gov. Bradley
London
Clay County
Brown
Prospects of Peace Boosts Trade and Markets
Dun and Co reports a more confident market tone as prospects for an early peace emerge. Western trade crowds in, finance seeks low rates, iron and steel pause for repairs, and failures decrease from last year. Women’s health worries Mrs Gladstone, believed near Westminster Abbey with her husband.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Mosquitoes Link to Malaria Says Prof Koch
Berlin scientist Prof Koch asserts mosquitoes largely spread malaria. He traced fever spread to cattle ticks and believes victims are infected similarly by mosquitoes when in large numbers. He advises systematic quinine use. An Oklahoma outlaw gang pursuit leads to arrests in Montana as Sheriff Annis captures George Shields and implicates others.
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Prof
Koch
Prof. Koch
Berlin
Texas
Annis
Oklahoma
Butte
Mont
George Shields
Stevensville
Shields
Senate approves war revenue bill conference report
After four hours of debate the conference report on the war revenue bill was adopted by the Senate 48 to 22 with Republicans allied by eight Democrats one silver Republican and one independent. The opposing side comprised 16 Democrats three silver Republicans and three Populists. Congregational Home Missionary Society in Cleveland elected General O O Howard president with officers including Joseph H Hawley Wyllis W Baird and others.
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Senate
Congregational Missions
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Cleveland
Ohio
O. O. Howard
Joseph H. Hawley
Connecticut
Wyllis W. Baird
Illinois
Mr. Holster
Michigan
Nelson Dingley, Jr
Maine
E. P. Goodwin
D. Eaton
Wisconsin
W. H. Holman
Geo. D. Edgell
Expelled American official arrives in St Thomas
Walter Bett once secretary to the British consul in San Juan de Porto Rico, accused of feeding U.S. authorities mine and fortifications data, left Porto Rico and reached St. Thomas on Sunday.
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Porto Rico
Walter Bett
Crawford
San Juan de Porto Rico
United States
St. Thomas
D. W
Bett
Wheat Harvest Begins in Montgomery County Kansas
Wheat harvest has begun in Montgomery County Kansas with excellent quality and expected yields higher than last year. Stalks are strong and grain large across fields. Soldier Commits death by own action at Fort McPherson Georgia. D A Bullard recently discharged from Company F fifth Infantry killed himself. His home is unknown. Mississippi appoints new U S Senator William Y Sullivan to succeed late Senator Walthall.
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Montgomery County
Kansas
D. A. Bullard
Company F
Fifth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Georgia
Mississippi
Gov. McLaurin
William Y. Sullivan
United States Senate
Walthall
Marines land and raise flag at Guantanamo Bay Cuba
Six hundred marines pitched tents near Guantanamo Bay and raised the Stars and Stripes from a Spanish flagstaff for the first time in Cuba. Capt Clark and the battleship Oregon led the operation with 40 marines ashore and a Panther troop transport bringing 600 more under Lieut Col Huntington. They burned Spanish camp buildings and cleared the beachhead as Company B and a marine column moved up toward the hilltop earthworks. The Oregon then withdrew to join the fleet off Santiago.
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Cuba
Guantanamo
Clark
Oregon
Panther
R. W. Huntington
Guatanamo
Lieut. Hall
Santiago
War Department Answers Critics on Spanish War Work
The War Department releases extracts from its bureaus detailing contracts for transport ordnance rations and engineer operations since war began to show readiness and efficiency. It also publishes Gen Boynton’s dispatch refuting claims that Camp Thomas is unhealthy and troops lack food clothing or water.
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War Department
Spain
Department
Washington
Engineer Corps
H. W. Boynton
Chickamauga Park Commission
Camp Thomas
Marines Repel Night Assaults at Guantanamo Bay
Marines from the Panther transport joined by the Marblehead backed by the Vixen and Dolphin fought a thirteen hour engagement against Spanish guerrillas and regulars at Guantanamo Bay. Four Marines were killed and one wounded as dawn neared with reinforcements landing to bolster defenses. The fight included heavy carbine fire and a near hand to hand clash on the hill as the enemy attacked along the southwest slope. Dawn brought a lull and quiet as the dispatch boat left for the American fleet.
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Dolphin
Guatanamo
R. W. Huntington
Panther
Guantanamo
Marblehead
Spicer
Warned Not To Sink His Fleet In Final Stand
The Navy Department ordered Admiral Sampson to inform Admiral Cervera that if he destroys his four armored cruisers and two torpedo-boat destroyers to prevent capture, Spain will face an indemnity at least equal to their value. The plan aims to deter Cervera from scuttling ships as resistance ends, arguing it would be folly to blow up the fleet.
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Cervera
Sampson
Navy Department
Spain
United States Navy
Hunger Drives Spanish Soldiers in Havana Streets
The British cruiser Talbot reports a flour famine in Havana with near total food shortages. Cuban crowds mobbed a baker guarding stock, while Bianco's troops remain unpaid and poorly fed for nine months, leading soldiers to beg from civilians.
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Havana
Talbot
Kingston
Hey
Bianco
Tampa to be Abandoned as Camp for Troops
Orders move General Coppinger to relocate remaining troops to Jacksonville or Fernandina as port of departure for Porto Rican invasion. General Lee's force at Jacksonville will sail concurrently. Surgeon General Sternberg fears yellow fever in Cuba but says northern diseases may be no less harmful.
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Tampa
Coppinger
Jacksonville
Fernandina
Lee
Cuba
Sternberg
Santiago
Alger
Transport Gussie Hoodoo Continues in Philippine Waters
From the front, the Gussie continues to face hoodoo as Germany dispatches another cruiser to strengthen its sea force in the Philippine area. In U S news, Sergeant Dyer of Company I Third Illinois died at Camp Thomas from spotted fever. The auxiliary cruiser St Paul left New York on Wednesday under sealed orders.
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Gussie Contines
Germany
Philippine
Dyer
Illinois
Camp Thomas
St. Paul
New York
Senate Passes War Revenue Bill After Lengthy Debate
Senate action includes a 10 cent per pound duty on imported tea and a final 38 to 32 vote for the Tillman amendment. House considerations focus on protecting homesteaders who enlist, with non-concurrence and conference setup. Deficiency and Indian affairs measures proceed, while volunteers vote debates and Pearl War measures advance. Senate approves rail and canal related bills and a broad omnibus claim package.
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Senate
Tillman
South Carolina
United States
Allison
Messrs
Aldrich
Jones
Arkansas
Lacey
Iowa
House
Congress
Dalzell
Committee On Rules
Dingley
Bailey
Payne
Dawes Commission
Spain
Indian Territory
Conference
Rock River
Illinoi and Mississippi Canal
Illinois
Olympia
Victoria
Taccoma
Columbia
Arizona
Argyle
Northern Pacific Steamship Company
Anson Mills
United States Cavalry
Mexico
Minnesota
Newlands
Hawaii
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University of
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D. K. Pearsons
Salt Lake City College
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Ind
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Richard Vanna
New York City
Thomas M. Bodine
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Kehoe
John Palmer
Supreme Court
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Lieut
Hart
United States Engineer Corps
Bank of Spain
Riddleville
San Antonio
Robert Lanyon’s Sons
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A.C. Anson
New York Baseball Club
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Hawarden Castle
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