Doings of the Week Review of World Events
A sweeping weekly digest notes rising anti English sentiment in Cuba fostered by Spanish papers, revolts in Porto Rico, and shifting finances as Spain seeks treasury bills. It cites Perry, Mahan, and various military moves, including a large 6000 man camp at San Francisco Presidio and preparations for Dewey’s Philippines expedition with California regiments.
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Cuba
Porto Rivo
Treasury
London
Frederick R. Coudert
United States
Behring Sea Commission
Siye
Philippine Islands
Kent
Toronto
Maine
Kingston
Jamaica
Pando
Manzanillo
Neuvitas
Gantanamoo
Santiago de Cuba
Linnton Road
Portland
M. Burelbach
San Francisco
Presidio
Merriam
Department of California
Columbia
Marblehead
Havana
van Buren
Ark
Rudy
Winslow
Boston Mountain
Arkansas
Allen GB. Cronsman
Portland, Or
Dole
McKinley
Hawaiian Islands
Spain
America
Pacific
Joan B. Hamilton
The
Marine Hospital Service of
Physicians’ Club
Chicago
Hamilton
Cosimo
Wilmington
Joraco Beach
Dewey
Philippines
Manila
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Nevada
Colorado
Texas Rangers
Senate backs mail facilities for army and Cuba aid
The senate passed a bill for mail facilities in the army while the house approved the senate measure authorizing feeding Cubans and the people of Cuba. Madrid dispatches report Manila defense orders, Linares riot deaths, and Dewey’s signals. The narrative covers battles, ship movements, and diplomatic tensions as U S actions press to end Spanish rule in Cuba and the Philippines.
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Senate
House
Island
Cuba
Death by own action in New York leaves Christian essence in coma
Report notes Miss Martha Culver living near St Paul and known for hunting wolves in the North West as she dies after injurious health. A seven mile rope 4 and a half inches in circumference weighing about 60 tons has been prepared for Glasgow district subway use.
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New York
Martha Culver
St. Paul
Northwest
Glasgow
Scotland
Dewey's Victory Over Spanish Fleet at Manila Bay
The US fleet under Commodore Dewey destroyed the Spanish squadron at Cavite and Manila Bay in a seven hour engagement. The Reina Cristina and Castilla burned or sank, the Don Antonio de Ulloa and Mindanao ran ashore, and the Spanish fleet surrendered after capitulation talks. Dewey's forces suffered minimal damage while the Spanish losses were heavy. the battle established American naval dominance in the region.
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Sampson
Haiti
St. Vincent
Lamberton
Manilf
New York Herald
Cavite
Manilla
Alaska Trail
Victoria
Bb. C
Crater Lake
Castilla
Manila
Montejo
Reina Cristina
Ulloa
United States
McKinley
Miles
Gomez
Charleston
Valero
Cal
Dewey
London
Great Britain
Spain
Yukon
Skagway
Daweon
Klondike
Zeafire
Don Antonio de Ulloa
Isla de Cuba
Isla de Leon
Mindanao
Don Alloa
Petrel
Concord
Baltimore
Olympia
Raleigh
Esplanade
McCulloch
Bay
Petre
Pasig
Treachery by Spanish Ship Leads to Sinking Off Harbor
London telegraph reports from Hong Kong a Spanish ship lowered its flag then fired on a boat sent to seize the vessel. American guns responded, breaking the ship apart and sending it to the bottom with all on board. Several others nearby followed the same fate.
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London
Hong Kong
The
Daily Mail
War Cabinet Discusses Bonds and Officer Appointments
The May cabinet session focused on war finance and sinews of war funding. The president warned of Senate resistance to bond provisions and urged a rapid majority to sustain urgent war appropriations. Roosevelt was mustered in as lieutenant colonel in the volunteer army, with Wheeler becoming the first ex-Confederate major general to receive a U.S. commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senate Committee On Finance
Congress
Oregon
Sampson
Alger
Theodore Roosevelt
Joe" Wheeler
Wheeler
United States
Great Naval Victory Promises Dewey Victory
The World reports from Hong Kong via Manila that the Spanish fleet of 11 ships was destroyed with 300 Spaniards killed and 400 wounded. US ships incur no deaths, six injuries. Washington confirms receipt of cable about the revenue-cutter McCulloch arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the World
Hong Kong
Manila
McCulloch
United States
Washington
Navy Department
Many Failures in National Guard Examinations and Disturbances
Reports from Tacoma and Portland describe about 20 percent and 40 percent failure rates respectively among National Guard recruits due to improper weight relative to height. Officers at Camp Rogers and Camp McKinley urge changes and note stricter muster rules. Meanwhile violence in Sierra Leone includes insurgent attacks on a town and the massacre of American mission staff.
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Tacoma
National Guard
Camp Rogera
Whien Wag
Washington
Withon
Portland
Camp McKinley
Heath
McMinnville
Boaklava
Lafayette steamer released after French request
The Lafayette, seized before the blockade, was released after the French embassy asked to land passengers and dispatches in Havana as a courtesy gesture. Orders issued May 2 guided the release and the Wilmington will escort the ship to Havana. In Paris the seizure sparked tension and police protection for the U S embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lafayette
State Department
White House
Navy Department
Saint Nazaire
France
Vera Cruz
Havana
Wilmington
London
Paris
United States
Expedition to the North Pole Led by Walter Wellman
Walter Wellman announces a new northward expedition from New York starting Tuesday to reach the pole and to locate Andre missing since his balloon ascent. The plan includes Archangel departure, 76 dogs, Frang Joref land observations, Cape Flora by mid July, and 16 months away from home with a wintering loop between 82 and 84 degrees. The party aims to cover about 1,000 miles round trip at 9 to 10 miles daily, hoping to solve the Arctic problem and return by next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wellman
New York
North Pole
Andre
Wellman
Gilsey House
Spitsbergen
Archangel
Russia
Frang Joref Land
Cape Flora
Hate
Pole
Hanna
Cleveland
Globe Iron Works
M. Fl. Hanna
Vete T
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Ayer
Resbyterian Church
J. EB. Day
Oppee Ee Ree
Methodist
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Salvation Army
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T. U
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Overland Express
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Eugenie
Roseby
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Medford
Ash
Land
Sacraments
Ogden
San Francis
Mere
Los Aneles
Vasa
New Rlewins
Oseburg & Way
Woodburn
Mt. Angus
Silverton
West
Mreet Connection
Creldental and Oriental and Pacific Mall Steamship Lines
Japan
China
Europe
Honolulu
Australia
J.B. Kirkland
Third Street
Vambill Division
Jefferson Street
Airlie Mail
C. B. Frissell
Newberg
Koehler
Co. H. Markham
VIA
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Minneapolis
Salt Lake
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
OCEAN
Geo. W. Elder
City of
Topeka
Alaska
Yokohama
BR. & MN
Oliver & Oocord
Lisbon
American
Madrid
Linares
Bahia
Brazil
Ong Kong
Cadiz
Alecante
Martos
Corunna
Ee Annapolis
Hunt
Lynde Bradley
Milwaukee
Oklahoma
Railway Age
Newetewa
Ying
Hugh McCulloch
Augusta
Subig Bay
Manila Bay
Baltimore and
Bay of
Caballo
Frile
Boston
Metalloch
Renate
Commodore Dewey
Washington Guardsmen
Hut Fenheen
Limerionn Miesivurios Mb
Parnened
Freetown
Sierra Leone
West Coast of Africa
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Rotifunk
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