Advance on Cuba Invasion Plan Reported to Leave Tampa
World dispatches from Tarpa Pin say 6000 troops will leave Tampa tomorrow night for an immediate invasion of Cuba landing at Matanzas with 20 days rations. Batteries hold 500 rounds. many Cuban troops are near. A secretary and War Alger comment on swift action and possible reorganization into five corps with three divisions each.
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New York
Tarpa
Pin
S&s
AW. Greely
Knight & Wan
Cuba
Secretary of War
Alger
Gerena
Aimee
Cubans Enlist For Key West Regiment Advance On Cubs
Enlistment of Cubans today at Key West marks the formation of a Cuban regiment for an advance on the Cubs. Generals Nunes and Palma direct the expedition while Gen Muses seeks passage to restrain rival forces. The fevered coast remains tense but preparations continue for deployment as the regiment trains at Tagua.
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Key West
Cubs
Evy West
Dart Chat Bator
Fanlta Narins
Felenel Acosta
Senar J
Qe Copan Coliny
Nunes
Targa
Cal Muses
Matruln Palma
Sampson
Col Culp Ambition To Lead Kansas Regiment
Colonel E C Culp of Sata seeks to raise a Western Kansas regiment for the War With Spain. He has tendered his service, aims to organize a unit if commissioned, and will await a call. A Chicago native, Culp served in many posts and held command roles, with a background as printer and reporter.
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E. C Culp
Sata
Kansas
Spain
Culp
Havin
McKinley
Day
Haltmore
Orth Ohio
Plymouth
Coty
Cou Fel
Kantas
Atrus
Ience
Curly
Selene Caro
Hentine
Aurine Theen
Mr. Culp
Jife
Leety
Spain's Fleet Suffer Crushing Defeat at Manila Bay
The dispatch notes a crushing defeat of the Spanish squadron at Manila Bay. It lists ships and armaments in detail, naming vessels such as the Telna Maria Christina Castilla Velmar Don Antonio de Ulloa and Don Juan De Austria, with their tonnage and weaponry, and identifies American ships Raleigh Baltimore Boston Concord Petrel and officers aboard. The report emphasizes the significant American success and the uncertainty of the Spanish losses.
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Telna Maria Christina
Castilla
Velnart
Don Antonio de Ulloa
Don Juan de Austria
General Lavo
General Lexo
el Cano
Isla de Mindaro
Compania ‘Cranallanites
Cadiz
George Dewey
T. M. Brimby
Caldwell
Vo Aap Angship
Charles Ie
Vipigutentint
C. Taine
Tiemtenanin
C. G Calkins
Nelson
Morgan
Miler
M. M. Taylor
FB. Upham
WP. Scott
Kavanneh
A. ¥. Erle
J. H Page
GC. i Iodleberser
TC AL Smith
J. E. Entwistle
H. Delaney
Sarma
Erin
Marines
J. ¢. Kulin
United States
Raleigh
Corbina
FP. Singer
W. Winder
B. Tap
E J. Norcott
Dr. S. Carpenter
R Heap
F. H. Bailey
A. S. Halstead
J. R. Brady
Marines, LLC
Treadwell
G. Donnatone
T. K. Kiew
Wsmes
Boston
JA. Morris
J. Gibson
W. L. Howdens
L. H. Everite
S. Blackman
Martin
G. B. Ee
E. 5Eatieutenant of Marine
E. M
Tin Evans
O. Hetton
Baltimore
N. M. Dover
G. Brock- Unger
R. K. Smith
B. Petawa
AL Kiri
Re B Price
H. I. Navel
P. Burt
T. S. K. Freemareas
Concord
Walker
G. P. Colveenreinsee
T. F. Howard
P. W. Ao
L. A. Kiser
W. Davidsont
He Butter, Jr
Knepper
Sweet
H. G. Broder
U S Legation Guarded After Threat Letters
Montevideo Uruguay May 2 The United States legation is under guard after threatening letters addressed to the U S representative in Uruguay are received. A U S consular guard stands watch at the embassy amid the incident.
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U.S
Montevideo
Eontevideo
Uruguay
United States
Legation
Spanish sympathizers protest mass meeting halted
Letters threaten Mr Wim R Finch as Uruguayan papers fault government over neutrality in the Spain United States war. Pro Spanish proclamations seized and a planned mass meeting at the Solis theater canceled while steps to raise subscriptions for the Spanish navy are reported.
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Ister
Wim. R. Finch
Spanianda
Spain
United States
Solis Theater
SAME AS CUBA. Aguinaldo to join Dewey after Manila capture
A May 2 dispatch from Singapore reports Gen. Aguinaldo will likely travel by American dispatch boat to join Commodore Dewey at Manila. The insurgent leadership seeks Philippine independence with European and American advisers governing internal affairs, including free trade, press freedom, religious tolerance, and modernization like railways. Spanish actions, including a massacre in Cebu City, are noted.
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New York
Sienapore
Tong Kong
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Dewey
Manila
Cebu City
Fear of Spies Triggers Extra Guards at Government Works
In Reading Pennsylvania on May 2 a dozen heavily armed guards were placed on duty at Carpenters steel works amid fears of spies in the area. Guards are instructed to shoot anyone deemed suspicious who fails to leave after a warning.
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Reading
Carpenters Steel Works
They Never Learn Child Shot by Friend in New York
A grim report from New York describes George De Groff, seven, killed when a revolver discharged by a companion, Wither Jeraiom, at a predeparture gathering for forty six companies. The weapon discharged in the mouth, causing fatal head injuries. De Groff was the son of Dr. Emanuel De Gruff.
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New York
Etermpstead
George de Grit
Wither Jeraiom
Jerilom
de Graff Minkine
de Groff
Emanuel de Gruff
Ety
Melba Faints Amid San Francisco Theater Fire
Madame Melba’s operatic appearance in a San Francisco theater was interrupted by a burst steam pipe from the fire department headquarters next door. Panic caused many women to faint as crowds surged for exits. a fire destroyed the adjacent department building and St George’s stables, with smoke and water doing minor theater damage and valuables lost in the crush.
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San Francisco
Madame Melba
California Theater
Aime
Melba
St. George's
Stocks Jump Up Amid Naval Victory Market Rally
New York May 2 there was strong buying pressure at the opening as news of a naval victory in the Philippines spurred demand. Seven thousand St Paul shares traded from 8% to 2, Burlington moved 4,900 shares from 95 to 97, Lear rose to 139, and other issues gained 2 to 4 points. Excitement ran high across the exchange.
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New York
Philippines
St. Paul
Burlington
Lear
Topeka youths save drowning boy near Rock Island bridge
Hal Niles and Max Wardell, two Topeka young men, narrowly escaped drowning while rescuing a small boy who jumped from the Rock Island railroad bridge. The boys’ boat capsized, Wardell became trapped, but Niles rescued the boy and both were saved by a passing boat and a stranger from the north bank. Wardell later joined the rescue as efforts continued amid rising water.
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Rock Island
Yeaterday
Hal Niles
Max Wardell
Topeka
Anwly
Wardall
Niles
Wimsele
Howser
Né Bridge
Destructive Tornado Wave Strikes Midwest and Plains
A spate of violent windstorms and tornadoes swept through St Louis Alton and parts of South Dakota Iowa and Indian Territory late May 2. Reports indicate fatalities injuries and widespread damage with towns like Primghar Hartley Macedonia and Maurice severely hit and Union Depot flooded in Chicago.
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St Louis
Union Station
Musket Street
Alton
Fourth Street
Chicago
Times-Trevald
South Dakota
Iowa
Indian Territory
Primghar
Hartley
Curlew
Macedonia
Council Biuts
Kionx City
Valparaiso
Neb
Missouri
South Dakets
Tikhorn
Richard
Sheldon
Alta
Westfield
Akron
Mullard
Archer
Maurice
Ote
Whitney
Smithland
John P. Johnson
Richland
Sioux City
Northern
The Oregon at Rio and Spanish Temerario discussed
Cable messages from Washington report the battleship Oregon arriving at Rio Janeiro and the gunboat Marietta expected there today. Temenar-io, the Spanish torpedo gunboat, remains at La Plata with naval circles debating whether to send a warship to search for it.
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Washington
Oregon
Hiv Janeiro
Marietta
Rio Janeiro
Greson
Key West
Naval War Board
Hansan Shows Pluck in Kansas War Sketches
New York May 2. Burchard, travel stained and dirty, rode into town today from Kansas. He recounts reporters receiving papers predicting the Sixty-ninth would be one of the first called and notes eager volunteers, scouts, and a treacherous horse named Weyler. He joined the Sixty-ninth as a scout, hoping to be seen by the front.
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New York
Burchard
Kansas
Weyler
Joleed
Cotton Mills Shut Down In Milbury After Slump
Milbury Massachusetts May 2 factory mills will be shut down at week end or an indefinite time due to dull market. The mills employ about twenty four hands. Homeseekers excursion tickets at very low rates vis Santa Fe Route May 3.
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Milbury
Mass
Millbury
Homeseekers Excursion by Santa Fe Route
Homeseekers Excursion offers a single $2.00 fare for a round trip on May 2 via the Santa Fe route to Arkansas Arizona Indian Territory Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas. See agent for details. Tickets sold by Whimere Bros Sarbers Kanuve.
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Rounario Cosus
Santa Fe
Arkansas
Arizona
Indiana Territory
Louisiana
New Mexico
Ollahoma
Texas
Agent Santa Fe
Topeka Education Board Meeting and City Notes
The Topeka board of education will meet this evening. Various locals are noted including Dr Wilson Lauck moving to Maple Hill practice, police judge acting as US Justice, and multiple brief items on streets, arrests, a wheelmen club, and ongoing river rise. Several officials and residents are mentioned with plans around state events, court papers, and local happenings.
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Topeka
Pamptae
Ocilaea Wien
Dick Walker
Bnam
Sabine Pass
Cy Leland
Ottawa
Charles Blakesley
Kansas City Times
Kansas
State House
Shreve
Fair Grounds
Leedy
Austin Prescott
Kansas City
Kan
Federal
Freeman
Arthur Switzer
Birmingham
Ala
Atchison
Jane 2
Rheing
Drleidice Beneral
Charles Huo
Missouri Dental College
Morris
Lizzie Crain
Davie
Fort Scott
Executive Council
Swanson
State Library
A. H. Greef
Pittsburg
Kansas Committee
Omaha
E C. Culp
R. Warstatt
Salina
Culp
E Rales
C. W. Kouns
Santa Fe
Chattanooga
Lok
Missouri Pacific
Fourth Street
Washburn College
G. Herald Noyes
Earl
Baturily
Etrand
Rsoner
Shirk and Shirk Mobilize for Kansas City Navy Camp Leedy Notes
Edward Shirk ordered to report in Kansas City to join the signal corps as a telegrapher. George Shirk, his brother, ordered to join the United States navy as an able seaman with prior three years service. Crowds gather over a Cuban ten dollar bond damaged store window on East Sixth. Salvation Army hymn pledges patriotic mood. Camp Leedy hosts seven officers and 193 interested men with Gen. McCrum at Copeland HQ. Hamilton’s company hopeful for front. Lieutenants Walker, Frank, Showalter rotate days. Major Parker and Major Dodge noted, as Seret Whisner acts quartermaster. Private Copeland falls ill early. Hospital tent ready. hash and slum fare debated. Harry W. Parker named surgeon tutor on Col. Punston staff. Col. Veale touring Mexico returns to Topeka to seek Kansas regimental appointment.
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Edward Shirk
Kansas City
Signal Corps
Volunteers
George Shirk
Edward
United States Navy
Navy
East Sixth Street
Salvation Army
Camp Leedy
Charles McCrum
Copeland
Clad Hamilton
Lieut
Walker
Frank
Showalter
Seret
Maj
Parker
Regular Army
Ti Seret
Dodge
Topeka
Whisner
Harry W. Parker
Leavenworth
Fred Punston
Geo. W. Veale
City of
Mexico
Guy. Leedy
Kansas
Why Not Take the Union Pacific’s 8:20 Train?
An advertisement invites travelers to Kansas City on the new 8 20 am train with return options to Topeka by 6 10 pm or a later limited train from Kansas City at 7 pm reaching Topeka at 8 30 pm It also promotes hammocks from Taywnain Oberley Hardware company.
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Union Pacific
Kansas City
Topeka
Kansan City
Anna Held Tours In The Handsome Private Car
Anna Held visits Kansas Avenue in a lavish private car described as the finest ever built, costing 22 000 for her manager. The vehicle, once planned for Lily Langtry, features a silk trimmed interior, full length observation windows, and a dining room packed with curios and gifts. Held, 22 or 33, speaks English well with a French accent and discusses acting ethics and her religious beliefs.
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Anna Held
Plains
Kansas Ave
Miss Held
Lily Langtry
Freddie Gebhardt
Zierfeldt
Freddie
Held
Journal
Les
Mies Held
Tam
Ansetor
Vanderbilt Heir Born to Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr Family
New York announces the birth of a son to Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr and his wife. Mrs. Richard Z. Wilson, mother of Mrs. Vanderbilt, revealed the news last evening. Immediate relatives in town include Mr and Mrs Wilson Jr, Ogrien Goelet, his sister Miss Goelet, with Grace Wilk noted for the couple’s 1954 engagement.
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New York
Cornelius Ki. Vanderbilt
Richard Z. Wilson
Grace Wilk
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Union Pacific Timetable Clarity Sought for Topeka Run
A reader note describes Union Pacific schedules with trains leaving Kansas City at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. for Topeka, and a 5:30 p.m. arrival, highlighting confusion over times and connections.
Beware of Consumption Lung Disease Warning
Beware of consumption invites spring warning as weather shifts weaken bodies and breathing organs. A patient, Amick Chemical Treatment, claims relief through two months of use, with winterproof lungs and fewer ailments. John H Winn of Arkansas praises the treatment and urges trial outfits for readers.
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Ark
John H. Winn
Himeelf
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