Troop Movements Reach Across Nation As War Preparations Grow
Across the United States troops receive marching orders to move to Gulf ports and southern fronts. Generals Shafter, Wade, Brooke, and Coppinger coordinate deployments to New Orleans Mobile and Chickamauga. Units from infantry and artillery head toward Tampa and the coast as railways and ships prepare transport for 12,000 to 15,000 soldiers amid rising war tensions.
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Coppinger
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Tampa
Brooke
Chickamauga Thare
Aix Rei
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Spanish flotilla sighting in British Channel
A Spanish torpedo flotilla was reported seen in the British channel by a vessel arriving at Southampton. Separately, the British steamer Whileden departed Philadelphia for Cuba with 3500 tons of coal for Matanzas railroad, part of a 25000 ton supply contract. An official deemed capture unlikely due to British ownership and English operation of the railroad. Madrid paper Heraldo claims Americans who land in Cuba face death, per a report dated April 26.
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Whileden
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Te Heraldo
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Fever Drives Cuban Conflict Narrative Amid Military Claims
A fragment notes fever as a key factor in Cuba, claiming 200,000 acclimatized troops on the island and asserting that American soldiers there will die like locals. It also references disputed drug purchases by a minister and a minister of marine without consulting Admiral Bermijo, highlighting tensions between Spain and colonial authorities.
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Normannia
Columbia
U.S. Consulate Mobbed in Malaga Spain
A mob attacked the U S consulate in Malaga Maine Spain on April 6. Crowds gathered shouting patriotic cries as stones were thrown and a leader used a ladder to tear down the shield bearing United States arms and drag it through the streets.
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Maine
Spain
United States
House Recess Delays Action on Senate Resolution
Washington reports at 4 40 p m the house recessed until Monday. Belief grows that senate resolutions must go to foreign affairs before house action, while foreign affairs members promise prompt action and immediate reporting. If reported, concurrence on senate amendments will allow a house vote on the senate proposition if a majority can be mustered.
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House
Senate
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Mexican troops mobilize to border amid US Spain tension
Laredo April 16 reports that Mexico orders the 10th Infantry and one cavalry regiment to move to the US border. They will be stationed at Matamoros Nuevo Laredo Portillo Diaz and Juarez to prevent uprisings in Mexico against the United States during the pending war.
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California
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Denver
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United States Signal Service Department of Colorado
Fort Wadsworth
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Union Pacific
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Fort Logan
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United States
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Juarez
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Teller Resolution Recognizes Cuba as Lawful Government
Senator Taller of Colorado introduces a substitute Cuban resolution in Washington on April 16. It recognizes the republic of Cuba as the true and lawful government of the island and calls for immediate armed intervention if Spain does not withdraw, while denying any conquest aim by the United States.
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Princeton Inn Case and Patton Decline to Attend Assembly
President Patton of Princeton University states that his refusal to represent the New Brunswick Presbytery at the Presbyterian general assembly in Winona Ind. is due to workload and not connected to the Princeton Inn controversy. He says other Princeton faculty members also could not attend and dismisses reports to the contrary.
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Winona
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New Brunswick
Princeton Inn
Cadiz Medical Students Harassed. U S Consulate Guarded
In Cadiz Spain on April 16, medical students marching with a flag faced police intervention. Two students were arrested and as a result the United States consulate was placed under guard by authorities to prevent further incidents.
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Cadiz
Spain
School of Medicine
United States
Lewis to Transfer to Mexico Central Manager’s Office
Mr. B. T. Lewis resigns as assistant to Santa Fe General Manager J. J. Prey and will leave Topeka May 1 to join H. R. Nickerson in the Mexican Central office in Mexico City. He will take on special duties with a more lucrative post, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis plan to relocate at the start of the month.
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Senators Debate Cuban Crisis As War Looms
Washington April 14 Senatoral oratory fills the fourth day of debate on war resolutions with no vote in sight. Key figures like Cannon Allen Platt and Teller advocate decisive action and oppose European interference while debating Monroe Doctrine implications and prospects of recognizing Cuban independence.
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Senate
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Teller
Cannon
Utah
Warships sighted near St Thomas in West Indies report
Five warships were reported to pass northward past the Island of St Thomas in the West Indies yesterday. They were said to have moved in a westerly direction, with the report current April 16.
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St. Thomas
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Maine Disaster Probes Keep Congressmen Inquiry Active
In Washington, April Reeeee Boutelle chairs a House inquiry into the Maine disaster, urging continued testimony and data gathering. Lawmakers press for full accountability and prompt reporting on causes and costs.
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Maine
Washington
Boutelle
House
Naval affairs resolution seeks president’s records on Havana diplomatic reports
The committee on naval affairs introduced a resolution asking the president for copies of all correspondence between the state department and the United States consul general at Havana from May 1896 to now. It also requests any reports and documents transmitted by Gen. Lee in that period and forms the senate document printed by the Maine Iaquis report. Representative Jones of Virginia introduced a companion resolution for the same records.
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Senate
Maine
Alt
Navy Department
Jones
Virginia
Revenue-raising bill to fund war passes House ways and means
Washington reports the ways and means committee nearing a preeminent revenue bill to fund the war. Proposals include a one dollar per barrel beer tax, tobacco and cigars levies, increased internal revenue, stamp taxes, tea duties, and a stock tax aimed at raising hundreds of millions. The plan authorizes one-year government notes at up to 9 percent and government bonds sold at par, payable in coins, with the measure set to reach the Senate after House action.
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Ways and Means Committee
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Snam
Senate
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Seanate
Tate
Stop Shipping Coal in Norfolk April Government Action
Norfolk April 16 The Spanish government has long been a purchaser of coal shipped to the south from Newport News. An order reportedly revealed by the War Department in Washington this morning concerns coal consigned to the government.
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Fort Sheridan
Department of the Lakes
Atlanta
Department of the Gulf
Dravoch
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Col. Simpson
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Coal contraband to be declared by England in event of war
Kingston Jamaica April 10 British colonial authorities report instructions from the home government to declare coal contraband if war breaks out.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Hore
Bellamy Dying In Massachusetts Author Near End
Denver April 16 Edward Belles famed author from Massachusetts is sinking from consumption. He has fallen from his home and his condition is reported as very low with the end near imminent.
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Edward Belles
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