Nebraska items show fair canceled and militia formed
Washington county will not hold a county fair this year while Alma organizes a militia company with fifty six members. Mesars Stuart and Burnham of Madison plan a second Neligh bank. Ongoing school book changes in Omaha promise a heated dispute.
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Washington County
Alma
Rushville
Mesars
Stuart and Burnham
Madison
Neligh
Omaha
Win White
Dewey Master of the Philippines in Great Victory
Reports from Hong Kong confirm the annihilation of the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay on May 1. Commodore Dewey’s ships and sailors achieved a decisive victory, and the nation honors the brave officers and men who shouted Remember the Maine.
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Manila
Hong Kong
Comodore Dewey
Oriental
Maine
Dewey's Manila Bay Victory Triggers Remember the Maine Rally
Commodore Dewey’s forces attack the Cavite defenses at Manila Bay. The Olympia, Baltimore, Raleigh, Petrel, Concord and Boston engage Spanish ships and shore batteries. Sailors shout Remember the Maine as strikes ring out, with minimal American casualties amid heavy gunfire and a fierce early morning battle.
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Cavite
Dewey
Farragut
New Orleans
Mobile Bay
Castilla
Baltimore
Olympia
Ward Room
Brumby
Boston
Wilde
Calkins
Raleigh
Concord
Petrel
J. L. Stickney
Dewey’s Victory in Manila Bay Ends Spanish Fleet
The American fleet under Commodore Dewey destroyed a Spanish squadron at Cavite and Manila Bay. Key ships including the Reina Cristina, Castilla, Don Antonio de Ulloa, Isle de Cuba, and others were sunk or captured. Dewey ordered destruction of remaining vessels as the battle concluded. The article lists ships' specs and crews, noting intense fighting and minimal American casualties.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
Hong Kong
Manila Bay
Dewey
Cavite
Bey
Bocagrande
Olympia
Baltimore
Raleigh
Petrel
Concord
Boston
Corregidor Island
Corregidor
Montejo
Th Cavite
Admiral Montejo
Reina Christina
Castilla
Don Juan de Austria
Don Antonio de Ulloa
Isa de Cuba
Isla de Lusson
Quiros
Marquis Delonero
General Lenox
Don Antonio de Alloa
Hughes
Marquis Duero
Isle de Cuba
Correo
United States
Mne
D. C
Navy
Cadiz
Caraca
Ellswick
General Lezo
Carthagena
Marquis del Duero
la Seine
Navy Department
Velasco
Isle de Mindanao
Department
Isle de Ulloa
Don Antonio de Moa
Balloon ascent reaches record 26160 feet
The record height reached by a balloon was 26160 feet. Two of the three Beronarts involved in the ascent were sufffered.
Insults for America Lecture Attacks United States
Senor Du Bosc, former Spanish legation secretary in Washington, lectured to 2,000 in Toronto on war causes. He attacked Americans, called senators border ruffians, warned of U S conquest greed threatening Europe Canada and Mexico, and likened leaders to bloating politicians.
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Toronto
Ont
Senor du Bosc
Washington
Senor Polo
Red Cross Society
Ile
Europe
Canada
Mexico
Spain
Alaska Land Bill and Labor Arbitration Pass House
The House approved the Alaska land bill extending homestead rights and railway rights of way in Alaska as amended by the Senate in conference. It also passed the labor arbitration measure to settle disputes between employees and common carriers, widely endorsed by labor groups. Additional minor bills were enacted before adjournment until Monday.
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Washington
House
District of
Alaska
Senate
Five Mobilization Points in Volunteer Army Planned
The War Department announced that the volunteer army will consist of seven corps each commanded by a major general but without settled organization or rendezvous plans. Fort Meyer Virginia Atlanta Gas Chickamauga Tennessee Richmond Virginia and Long Island New York are expected mobilization sites.
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Washington
War Department
Spaniards Clash as Salmeron Attacks Monarchy in Congress
In Madrid crowds packed the congress rooms as Senor Salmeron denounced the crown and lamented past restorations while General Weyler sat between factions. Sagasta urged national unity and war credits amid noisy protests from Republicans and Carlists.
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Senor Salmeron
General Weyler
Salmeron
Senor Sagasta
Speech at Camp Mount urges Cuban relief and American duty
General Harrison offers a flag to Battery A and frames the war as a moral cause to aid oppressed peoples. He argues for expanding American influence to Cuba and the use of selective harbors for refueling while asserting the nation’s mission is humanitarian and constitutional.
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Indiaanarouis
Ind
Camp Mount
Indiana
Harrison
Europe
Cuba
America
West Indies
United States
Spy on Sigsbee's Ship Captured in Cuban Suspect
A man aboard the auxiliary cruiser St Paul at the Cramps yard was captured as a suspected Spanish spy. Captain Sigsbee withheld identity. only known: his father is Spanish and his mother had Cuban roots. He enlisted recently as an oiler and showed peculiar conduct.
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St Paul
Dewey Congratulated by Americans via Cable Dispatches
A large number of cable dispatches were sent by Americans to Commodore Dewey in honor of his May 5 achievement. The English cruiser Immortals delivered the messages and then departed for Manila to relay the congratulations.
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Dewey
Hona Kona
Immortaiits
Manila
Martin Nominated by Democrats for Fourth District
Emporia Kan May 3 H and Martin of Marion county was today nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Fourth congressional district.
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Martin
Emporia, Kan
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Niobrara
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Supreme Court
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Beatrice Schools
J. J. McHugh
Phattsmouth
B. Bade
Nobrara Packing House
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Ponca
Yankton
Philippines
Commodore George Dewey
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Gridley
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Senor DuBoso
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