Navy debates over gunboat plans and treaty limits
The article details conflict between U S treaty provisions and a proposed gunboat, with Navy officials delaying construction, Secretary Long seeking a larger navy, and Congress weighing 20 000 to 25 000 volunteers. It also notes cross current on Philippines, Japan, and Haiti weather signals, and other official actions.
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Congress
Michigan
Navy
Ottawa
Long
Prent
League Island
Secretary Long
Gomez Defines Cuban Army Attitude Toward Americans
General Gomez instructs Cuban troops that the flag of Cuba remains respected but American forces hold authority and enforce laws during evacuation talks. He says the alliance with the United States changes negotiations and will speed the removal of Spanish forces while Cuban units follow war rules.
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Gomez
Republic of Cuba
Army of Liberation
Cuba
Porto Rico
Spain
United States
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
New York
Wheeler
Clara Barton Explains Red Cross Work For McKinley
Miss Clara Barton met with President McKinley to report on Red Cross aid at Santiago after its surrender and discuss conditions of the poor and others in need. She described Spanish officials in Havana pressuring supplies and delaying aid before the president gave her strong approval.
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Clara Barton
Red Cross Society
McKinley
Santiago
City
Havana
Miss Barton
Admiral Cervera Arrives in Madrid Amid Calm Reception
Admiral Cervera arrived in Madrid with Captains Eulate Moreau and officers. Police outnumbers spectators but no public excitement marked the event. He said Spain must face reality, insisting his ships were lost to fire, not battle. Gen. Toral also arrived without attracting attention.
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Admiral Cervera
Madrid
Eulate
Moreau
Santiago
Spain
Toral
Santiago de Cuba
Willing Men Wanted As 40 000 More Volunteers Mustered Out
General Miles confirms a plan to reduce the volunteer army by not less than 40,000, favoring only willing men for garrison and camp duties. Havana faces yellow fever fears as cases rise and some residents seek Tampa departure. The Winslow earns commendation for its crew, with officers Brady Cooney and Johnson urged for warrant ranks.
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Miles
Navy Department
Washington
Winslow
Cardenas
John Bernardou
Brady
Cooney and Johnson
Long
Philippine question prompts varied editorials from many papers
A compilation of editorials and comments from multiple papers on the Philippine question. It cites Aguinaldo and Uncle Sam, battleship christening, and calls for action against sensational journalism. Also notes a missing artist, W S Shroeder, in Washington.
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Aguinaldo
Philadelphia Times
Illinois
Chicago Times- Herald
New York Tribune
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Typhoid Germs and Their Lethal Habits
A London Mail summary explains how the typhoid bacillus thrives by invading humans, preferring the stomach and intestines, and producing a poisonous toxin called tox albumin that drives typhoid fever. It notes the germ’s constant presence with human populations and the dangerous convalescent period lasting about ten days to ten weeks.
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Iceland
India
Canada
Central America
England
Australia
London Mail
Mexico and the Philippines a longstanding colonial link
The piece explains how Manila from 1571 to 1819 was a dependency of Mexico with no direct contact to Spain. It notes trade routes through Mexico and the Cape of Good Hope after 1819, and outlines tensions between Philippine trade freedom and Spanish mercantile interests centered in Mexico and China. The galleons served as the main link via Acapulco to Manila.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Mexico
Philippines
Spain
Cape of Good Hope
China
Acapulco
Sufficient Reason In Games of Skill and Smartness
A Golden Penny note explains success hinges on being smarter than rivals. A tourist asks a village hostler how long he has lived there and his origin. The hostler replies Case Yorkshire has lived sixteen years, remarking that the master is also Yorkshire, implying limitation by status rather than talent.
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Toru Hoshi
Japan
Tokyo
Komura
Mikado
China
Corea
Golden Penny
Yorkshire
Maister
Long Aim and Chimmie Billy Lift to New Job
In a San Francisco Examiner brief a character boasts of landing work as an elevator boy after two years of aimless effort. He jokes about having Spanish blood and reflects on the journey to steady employment.
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Herr Most
Austria
Most
Chicago Post
Billy
San Francisco Examiner
Toasts and tales from a bygone party and naval yarns
A collage of anecdotes recalls a Keats dinner remark about Newton and a maid’s question at Haydon’s, plus a White House dinner with Mrs McKinley and a German clerk’s salary dispute. Also recounted are naval paint antics, a mule demo at camp, a May 28 1898 incident, and late 19th century immigration stats.
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Haydon
Keats
Newton
Wordsworth
Erin
McKinley
White House
Ladies’ Home Journal
William
Loewenstein
John
Navy Board
John Phillimore
Sir John
Poin Phillimore
Incinnati Enquirer
Kellenberger
First Ohio Light Artillery
Lieut
Kelley
Foreign born population by country in the eleventh census
The eleventh census reports the total foreign born residents by country. Germany accounts for 2,784,894. Ireland 1,871,509. England 909,092. Scotland 242,231. Sweden 478,041. Norway 822,665. Russia 182,644. British America including Newfoundland 980,988. Italy data incomplete in the excerpt.
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Germany
Ireland
British America
Newfoundland
England
Sweden
Norway
Scotland
Russia
Italy
Shafter Lesson On Self Reliance From a Schoolroom Tale
The Cleveland Leader recalls General Shafter’s pugnacious streak and a childhood mental arithmetic tale. A boy trusted his own answer after a rival’s boast, then vowed to decide for himself in the future, shaping his方法 to persist in independent judgment.
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Cleveland
General Shafter
Bob” Evans
Santiago
Willie
Slow burning powder loaded in six sided prisms for large naval guns
The article explains brown slow burning powder used in modern artillery. It describes hexagonal prism grains with holes, packed under a white powder section bag, and a service charge formed from five sections for a thirteen inch rifle. It compares the gun’s projectile size to Nelson era cannons and notes grains sometimes exit during firing.
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Nelson
Trafalgar
St. Nicholas
Took Things LWusy and Died In Ten Years
Poem style reflection notes Took Things LWusy sowed and reaped a content life giving thanks for shade and fire. The man toiled, faced a torn mansion, and died about ten years after the laboring life. Pittsburg Bulletin quotes the tale, then adds a proverb about passion making fools of both sense and fools.
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Pittsburg
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