Doings Of The Week In Foreign Lands And Seas
A review notes Major General Merritt heading to San Francisco for Philippine operations. Alaska traffic rises as City of Seattle carries 263 passengers. Cuba unrest grows with Havana in alarm and linus at a standstill. Debates in Ottawa discuss America Spain hostilities. US France friendship preserved. U S squadron No 3 moves toward Havana.
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Elmhurst
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Wis
House of Commons
Ottawa
Canada
Cleary
America
Spain
Laurier
Charles Tupper
Spanish and American War News Update Headlines
Reports from Havana and Cienfuegos promise stronger blockades as warships join fleets. Congress to weigh Atlantic Pacific canal, and Spain contemplates privateering amid rising tensions. Cuban forces clash near Matanzas while Isabel la and Roth incidents spark controversy.
Monterey Reinforces Dewey's Squadron in Manila Mission
The Monterey is ordered to sail for Manila to bolster Admiral Dewey's fleet amid Philippine tensions. The 4000 ton barbette turret monitor carries two 12 inch and two 10 inch guns with strong armor and crew of 182. Limited coal capacity may require towing or at sea coaling to complete the voyage.
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Newa
Way Department
Monterey
Manilla
Dewey
Manila
Philippine
United States
Honolulu
Philippines
One Transport Gone to Cuba With Volunteers
A Macon Ga dispatch reports the steamer Florida departed Port Tampa with several hundred Cuban volunteer troops aboard. The expedition is said to have started toward Cuba and, if successful, more troops will follow quickly.
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Macon
United States
Florida
Cuba
Port Tampa
Anglo-Japanese Understanding Reported as East Balance
London reports confirm that England and Japan reached a tangible understanding. The Anglo Japanese accord is said to cover all eventualities in the East and potential consequences of the Pan-American War, establishing a port of Asiatic balance of power.
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London
Vienna
Daily Telegraph
England
Japan
Tornado Claims Several in Arkansas and Georgia Train Collision
A tornado west of Springdale Arkansas killed John W Killingstone and his wife and two Italians with a third fatally injured as about 30 houses were wrecked. In Chickamauga Georgia a Chattanooga Rome and Columbus train struck the third section of a military train carrying Fleet Missouri volunteers killing Private George M Walker and injuring A Maynard Lane along with several others.
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Ark
Here
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Chickamauga National Park
Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus
Chattanooga
Missouri Volunteers
Rossville
George M. Walker
A. Maynard Lane
Howard Broleski
Senor Polo Leaves Montreal for Liverpool Amid Neutrality Tensions
A Montreal dispatch reports Senor Polo y Bernabe sails with staff on the Dominion to Liverpool then Madrid. He left under neutrality compliance, leaving the Spanish consul to gather info on U.S. military movements. Canadian authorities and the governor general oversee actions with possible arrest for neutrality breaches.
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Senor Polo Y Bernabe
Dominion
Liverpool
Senor Polo
Madrid
United States
Sebor Polo Y Bernabe
Garranga
Downing
Philippines
Garranza
Cervera
Miquelon
New Spanish device uses fake torpedo hulks to attack ships
A May dispatch from Key West reports Spain’s plan to lure blockading ships within Havana batteries by drifting dynamite loaded hulks shaped like torpedo boats. One hulks sighted near Cardenas by the Eudeon. a second near Wilmington. both were sunk by U S tugs after being mistaken for torpedo craft. Commodore Watson received the details.
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Roth
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Herald
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Eudeon
Leyden
Hudson
Wilmington
Commodore Watson
Edward Bellamy Dies Humanitarian Author at 49
Edward Bellamy author of Looking Backward and founder of The New Nation in Springfield died at his Chicopee Falls home at age 49. Once frail after finishing Equality eight months earlier he sought Colorado climate in Denver but failed to improve and returned to his Chicopee Falls birthplace, where he passed away peacefully on April 20 after a long illness.
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Chicopee Palla
Ile
Dodds Dies On Lake Union Bicycle Ride
Seattle councilman Robert J. Dodds of the Fourth ward collapsed and died while cycling on the Lake Union path. He had long suffered heart trouble, which is cited as the cause. The report also notes international notes on Dutch neutrality and Franco-American tensions over cable cutting and potential protests.
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Wash
Robert J. Dodds
Fourth Ward
Lake Union Path
Blockade Felt Heightens Panic in Havana as Lafayette Ready to Leave
Havana reports the blockade’s weight pinching commerce and sparking a panic. Over 5,000 booked on the French steamer Lafayette bound for Vera Cruz as residents fear shortages, evacuation orders, and renewed fighting near Santiago. Prices rise, bread and milk costs climb, and workers fear hunger while Spanish fortifications tighten under war pressure.
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First to Sail for Manila Oregon Troops Sail Orders
Oregon's volunteer infantry received orders to be ready to sail for the Philippines at once. Colonel Summers rallied the camp as word spread that the Fourteenth Infantry may join. Artillery batteries from California volunteers are also reported in the force.
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Philippines
Summers
Fourteenth Infantry
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Oregon Regiment
California Volunteers
General Anderson Ordered to Manila for First Expedition
Brigadier General Thomas M. Anderson left Portland for San Francisco to assume command of the first expedition to Manila. News of his appointment follows his burial at Skagway and is seen as a strong choice by colleagues and friends.
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Sailors consider Santiago a rat trap for Spanish fleet
Navy officials say Admiral Cervera with his flying squadron may be at Santiago de Cuba. The harbor’s narrow entrances could allow a single American monitor to blow up the fleet. Cuban officials and Senator Shoup weigh possible base operations and an earlier end to the war, though a yearlong conflict remains possible.
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Alaskan Surveying Party Aboard Rufus E Wood
The Rufus E Wood sails today for Alaska with over a hundred passengers including the Gardiner party of 40 civil engineers and mechanics hired by a London and New York syndicate to survey a railroad from Norton Sound to a Yukon point. The route would save about 300 miles to Dawson.
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Admiral Cervera’s Squadron Leaves Santiago
Madrid reports Admiral Cervera's squadron has departed Santiago de Cuba as tensions rise over Philippine control. St Petersburg papers show strong interest in the Philippines with hostility to any US Britain or German possession and rumors of a Russian loan to Spain to secure Philippine bases in the Pacific.
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Philippine
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