First Battle of the Present War Imagined by Dewey
Washington reports predicted early naval actions as Commodore Dewey leads the Pacific Squadron with sealed orders to blockade the Philippines near Manila and Toto. The piece notes Dewey as a daring, effective leader and outlines ships like the Olympia and Boston plus the Raleigh and Baltimore shaping an anticipated Asiatic engagement and possible Philippine seizure.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Pacific Squadron
Dewey
Philippines
Philippine
Asiatic
Boston
Chemulpo
Hong Kong
Raleigh
Baltimore
Petrel
War Chamber Prepared at White House for President McKinney
A war chamber has been established at the White House to aid President McKinney. Electricians and other workmen transformed the former Private Secretary Porter’s room into a southern facing space adjacent to the president’s offices. War maps of Cuba, the West Indies, and the eastern and western hemispheres hang on the walls. Three telegraphic instrument sets are installed to receive direct information from around the world.
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Washington
White House
Porter
Cuba
West Indies
Chicago man claims new shell for Spanish ships
Emil Gaithman of Chicago, steel expert and former Krupp official, visited Carnegie Steel Works on 20th Street and made arrangements for a new shell, as details of the project emerge from the recent visit.
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Pittsburg
Emil Gaithman
Chicago
Krupp
Carnegie Steel Works
20Th Street
Portuguese Opinion on Spanish Fleet at St Vincent
A Portuguese dispatch from St. Vincent Cape Verde Islands notes Spain has forbidden visits and maneuvers while its cruisers Vicaya and Almirante Oquendo arrive from Cadiz. Ships are painted black, shore leave denied, and Viceroy Governor General de Lacerde stays as supplies flood in. Portugal views Spain as strong but expects eventual American money to prevail.
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Mis
Philippine Islands
Dewey
Hawaii
Asiatic
Philippines
United States
Islands
Japan
Great Britain
Tyleadore
Spain
Cuba
Netherlands
South American
Porto Rico
Pogfilly
Canaries
Beitain
London
Mall
St. Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
Viccaya
Almirante Oquendo
Ciuad de Cails
de Lacerde
Portugese
America
Minneapis and Columbia stationed off Cape Cod patrol route
Boston dispatch reports cruiser Minneapolis arriving off Cape Cod at dusk while Columbia lies at Newport. Government packs two ships to guard the Parke on its voyage from the grand banks to New York. The Paris nears Highland Light en route to Nantucket shoals for a 500 mile dash to New York. Topeka curves from sea lanes to back up if needed.
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Boston
Minneapolis
Cape Cod
Columbia
Newport
Parke
Grand Banks
New York
Paris
Nantucket
Massachusetts Bay
Nantucket Shoals
Topeka
Ayaine
Spain to Raise Funds For War With New Taxes and Loans
Madrid reports Finance Minister Seenor Pulgoerver will present a budget enabling the government to raise funds for war. Plans include a navigation tax, Almaden mines revenue, new taxes on GOA petroleum and electric heating, and two years of taxes paid quarterly. Bank of Spain to expand note issuance and metallic reserves to 2000.
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Madrid
Seenor Pulgoerver
Cortes
Goa
Bank of Spain
Blockade News Reaches Havana Via Key West Telegrams
From Havana April 4 via Key West April 14 the US blocks Madrid and New York telegrams to Havana while Havana censors bar correspondents from telegraphing to US press. First AP news since Saturday about US fleet off Havana and the Cuban coast blockade.
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Havana
Key West
Fla
United States
Madrid
New York
United Bailies
Associated Press
Roanoke Doctor Offers Metwen San until Service to Government
Dr Charlies Gannaday of Roanoke offers his entire hospital Metwen San itarium with twenty five beds and bedding hospital furniture surgical instruments ambulances horses and driver hospital staff including himself two teelstanza and four trained burees and four house servants for government war service. Madrid correspondent notes Havana forts have not opened fire on the American fleet and no cable yet to Key West as government receives telegrams from Jamaica and Bermuda.
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Roanoke
Charlies Gannaday
Metwkeh Sanitarium
London
Madrid
Daily Mall Sage
America
Havana
Tange
Key West
Jamaica
Bermuda
Pennsylvania Pensions Listed With Incomplete Details
Fragmentary pension notice lists names Perry Birdwall Stephen Allen and locations Forest Lake Susquehanna Bradford plus a $10 increase. Details and exact dates are unclear in the OCR fragment.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Perry Birdwall
Forest Lake
Susquehanna
Stephen
Allen
Bradford
Troy Paros the Lay Proposes Equal Lay and Ministerial Representation
In Saratoga on April 2 the Troy i conference voted affirmatively on the proposed equal lay and ministerial representation in the general conference.
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Troy Paros
Saratoga
Troy i
Carranza Challenges Lee and Sigsbee to Duels Over Maine Blame
Spanish naval officer Lieutenant Ramon de Carranza challenges General Fitzhugh Lee and Captain Sigsbee to duels after congressional testimony blamed Spanish officers for the Maine explosion. The duels were planned as diplomatic relations cooled, with eight day reply windows and a Toronto consulate address. Captain Sigsbee denies knowledge of any issued challenge and defends his Senate testimony that the Maine was blown up by external forces.
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Washington
Ramon de Carranza
Royal Navy
Fitzhugh Lee
Sigsbee
Maine
de Carranza
Lee
Sigehee
Polo
Legation
de Carrangs
Spain
United States
State Department
Toronto
Navy Department
Sigshee
Philadelphia
St. Paul
Duckling
Europe
Sigslee
Carranza
Henas
Senate
Key West
Citizens flee Gulf coast amid threatened danger
Montgomery Ala April 2 The exodus from Gulf coast towns has begun as residents from Florida and other coastal areas pass through Montgomery en route to points farther north. They report a panicky feeling along the coast.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gulf Coast
Florida
Coset
Telegraphic blockade plan aims to sever Cuba links
The plan intends to block Cienfuegos and cut cables to Jamaica, completely isolating Cuba from telegraphic communication with the outside world except messages routed through U S censorship.
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Cienfuegos
Jamaica
Cuba
United States
Voyage of the cruisers to Newport Massachusetts bay
The cruiser Columbia of the lying squadron arrived at Newport R F after leaving Hampton Roads Saturday. An officer said the ship's officers were unaware of the visit. The Minneapolis and Columbia parted after midnight with the Minneapolis steering toward Massachusetts Bay after passing Highland Light at 4 45 PM.
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Newport
R. F
Columbia
Hampton Roads
Minneapolis
Hampton Ftoads
Highland Light
Mars
Massachusette Bay
Supreme Court denies Smith bribery writ request
The Supreme Court refused to grant certiorari to Peter E. Smith who is indicted for bribery tied to a failed city council bill to lease Philadelphia water works to the Schuylkill Valley Water company. Smith sought a Supreme Court justice to hear his case, claiming unfair trial in Philadelphia quarter sessions due to public reaction to bribery reports.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Peter E. Smith
Schuylkill Valley Water Company
Smith
Philadelphia Quarter Sessions Court
Dillon rejects Spain sympathy and praises U S Cuban stance
London dispatch reports John Dillon, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, denying any sympathies with Spain. He insists there was never foundation for such a claim and commends America's humane just and wise attitude and action in the Cuban question.
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London
John Dillon
Irish Parliamentary Party
Spain
America
Judge Payne Offers Unconditional War Service to Governor
Judge John Burton Payne of the superior court offers his services unconditionally to Governor Tanner for war purposes. believed to be the first U S volunteer among the justices. Native of Virginia. Anti-Quay men win Mercer primary. delegates named Watson, McDowell, Miller with Martin Caldwell and Morrison as assembly candidates.
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Chicago
John Burton Payne
Superior Court
Berviers
Tanner
United States
Virginia
Anti-Quay
Mercer
Watson
Martin
Mercer County
Cocchran
McDowell
Miller
Assembly
Caldwell
Morrison
War Department Calls for State Volunteer Quotas
Washington April 4 the war department asks states for volunteers. New York must raise twelve infantry regiments and two cavalry troops while Pennsylvania must supply ten infantry regiments and four heavy batteries.
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Washington
War Department
States
New York
Pennsylvania
Drowning in Susquehanna Near Pittston Claims Man
A heat sparked danger on the Susquehanna near Pittston as John Zoriska drowned after a companion Peter Balon attempted to reach an island. Balon was rescued by WoL authorities after his exhausted swim.
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Wilkes-Barre
Susquehanna
Pittston
John Zoriska
Peter Balon
Hillined Champion Drops Dead in New York
William Sexton former professional billiard champion died this afternoon in New York at fifty years old. The death ends a noted career that included multiple championship appearances and public notoriety in the billiards world.
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New York
William Sexton
No American ships report from Paris Tawulen morning
Paris Tawulen authority on ship news notes no news of the American fleet by the morning watch. The page records no new arrivals or departures for vessels from Paris.
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Paris
Mrs McKinley Leaves for Washington by Midnight Train
Mrs William McKinley wife of the president departed New York for Washington tonight aboard the Pennsylvania Railroad midnight train. She travels with no announced appointment or itinerary and will join the president in the capital.
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Wekoolyy
New York
William McKinley
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spain Faces Pressure Against Privateers Under Maritime Pressure
Washington April 5 The administration says Congress will likely refrain from letters of marque and reprisal. Officials argue privateering would threaten US coastwise commerce and naval defense, as Spain relies on neutral routes and vast coastlines. European powers, led by England, have urged Spain to abandon privateering plans.
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Washington
Congress
Spain
United States
United States Navy
England
Harrity Fortified as Gop Faces Pennsylvania Dismissal
Washington reports show twenty of fifty one Democratic national committee members have weighed in on whether William P. Harrity should be removed as the Pennsylvania delegate. Harrity says nineteen responses include fifteen opposing removal and one planning to vote against him with three still considering. He notes supporters come largely from western states and territories and expects an unclear final result.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Jamea K. Jones
Democratic National Committee
Two Gallatin Children Held on Murder Charge
In Gallatin Missouri on April 25 Austin Leftwich aged 16 and Marie Leftwich aged 14 were arrested for murder after allegedly adding poison to their father Gus Leftwich's coffee. The father, editor of the Gallatin Democrat, died after the suspected poisoning intended for their stepmother.
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Gallatin
Austin Leftwich
Marie Leftwich
Gus Leftwich
Gallatin Democrat
Leftwich
Jealous Husband’s Tragic End Near Peak Hollow
Edward Tyler of Peak Hollow attempted to murder his wife in a jealous rage over admiration shown to Mrs. Tyler by George Ostrander. He hanged himself in the garret after the failed plan as their 19 year old son intervened and wrested the knife, sparing his mother.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Peak Hollow
Edward Tyler
George Ostrander
Havana Bombardment Report Questioned
A London dated dispatch clarifies that the British consul in Havana did not say Havana would be bombarded but that he expected it to be bombarded. The U S report claiming a definitive warning was therefore incorrect.
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London
United States
Havana
Foreign Office
Havann
Baseball Scoreboard Note From Distant Leagues
National League results show Cincinnati Chicago and Philadelphia hosts with limited play due to rain. Notable pairings include Battericr Hill and Peitz Briggs and Donati Umphries McDonald and O Day. Umpires Bwartwood Wood. Some games show listed teams with no play due to weather.
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al Cineter Ath Row
Cincinnati
Chicago
Battericr
Hill
Peitz
Briggs and Donati
Umphries
McDonald
O'Day
Bobby Doblin Wins Knockout in Four Rounds
Special to The Tribune Memphis Tenn April 25 Bobby Doblin colored knocks out Ed Wall in four rounds. Several hundred dollars changed hands.
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Fdair
The
Tribune
Memphis
Tenn
Bobby Doblin
Wall
Style as Dress of Thought in Home Furnishings
A speaker argues furnishings reveal occupant character. Ordinary plain taste marks the thoughtless buyer, garish colors signal the careless buyer, while dainty graceful designs show artistic taste. The question asks which style to choose.
Accident Injures, Fatalities Four
Key West reports gunboat Helena crewman Quarter Master Johnson accidentally shot himself aboard the Miguel Jover. His revolver dropped from its holster and he died this morning after the incident yesterday.
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Key West
Fla
Quartermaster Johnson
Prige
Helena
Miguel Jover
Cable Cut Ends Communication with Havana
The United States has severed the Havana cable about ten miles from Havana. The southern end lies on the Mangrove, recently converted into an auxiliary cruiser, giving the government exclusive use of the cable and cutting Captain General Blanes off from communication with Byam and the insurgents.
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Tampa
United States
Havana
Inio
Blanes
Byam
Kathadin Drops Anchor at Provincetown Harbor
April 21 in Provincetown Massachusetts residents celebrate the ram Kathadin arriving for defense. In Washington on April 3 Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith began his new duties after assuming office.
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Provincetown
Mass
Washington
Charles Emory Smith
Lancaster- THLE Action Passes Through Court
Unclear OCR fragment references Lancaster case involving parties Hattories-Woat, Roth, Bowen and Roach with names scattered across the record without complete context or outcome.
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Lancaster
THLE
Cee DL
Otodobe
Hartford
Hattories
Woat and Roth
Bowen and Roach
Vault Security at Bank Guarded by Holmes System
The bank vault is protected by the Holmes Electric Protective System, highlighting the security setup used to deter intruders.
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Holmes
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