Miles Leaves Washington Invasion Begun in Unia War
Military action looms as forces gather at gulf ports and prepare to board fast transports. About twenty five ships stand ready to carry troops toward four possible landing points in Cuba with Admiral Sampson's ships guarding the passage. General Miles, Shafter, Alger and Long converge for a White House war conference as 28,000 infantry and 4,000 cavalry set to sail.
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Washington
Unia
War Department
Gulf Porta
Tampa
Tobile
Key West
Sampson
Florida Straits
Porto Rico
Cuba
White House
Alger
Long
Miles
Chickamauga
Florida
Camp Alger
Long Island
Shafter
Spaniards Buy 100 Tons of Corn Meal at Kingston
The Cuban steamer Purisima Concepcion arrived at Kingston from Manzanillo with a Spanish commissariat officer in disguise seeking supplies. One hundred tons of corn meal were purchased and the American squadron and colonial authorities have been warned.
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Kingston
Purisama Concepcion
Manzanillo
Sampson Reports Naval Action Off San Juan de Puerto Rico
Rear Admiral Sampson provides a report on the San Juan operation describing an early dawn attack on harbor batteries, a three hour action, and a westward retreat to Port Plata. He notes no ships seriously damaged, one man killed, seven wounded, with sighting of Spanish vessels off Curacao on the 14th.
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Sampson
San Juan de Porto Rico
Navy Department
San Juan
San Jian
Port Plata
Cape Haytion
Curacaas
Startling rumor on Cervera fleet sighting near Costa Rica
Washington buzzed Friday night with an unofficial report that Cervera's fleet was sighted off the Costa Rican coast. Officials doubt the claim but feel unsettled as Panama dispatches echo the tale. A Jamaica press note counters with a fisherman’s tale of two reconcentrados, saying Cervera’s squadron was in harbor and ready to sail when Cadiz arrives to break the blockade.
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Washington
Cervera
New York
State Department
Panama
London Financial News
Kingston
Jamaica
Jane
Santiago de Cuba
Admiral Cervera
Cadiz
General Lee Orders Troop Brigades in Tampa and Jacksonville
Major General Lee issued an order for brigading troops in the Seventh army corps at Tampa and Jacksonville. Brigadier Generals Henry and Arnold will command the First and Second divisions. Complete organization awaits more volunteer regiments. arms and clothing remain deficient in some units.
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Tampa
Fla
Lee
Jacksonville
Seventh Army Corps
Shafter
Guy V. Henry
A. J. Arnold
Ti Ia
Six Miners Drown After Water Floods Red Ash Vein
Friday morning six miners were drowned at the Kaska William colliery ten miles east of Pottsville Pa when a large body of water was struck in the Red Ash vein. It was feared only two men might be rescued while the fate of the others was hopeless.
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Kaska William
Pottsville
Sullivan of Oxford Named US Senator to Succeed Walthall
Sullivan, William Tan Amberg Sullivan of Oxford Mississippi, currently a representative from the second district, has been appointed by Governor McLaurin to the United States Senate to fill the late Edward C Walthall. Born December 18 1857 near Winona he attended common schools and the University of Mississippi and Vanderbilt University graduating from Vanderbilt in 1875.
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McLaurin
Mississippi
Sullivan
William Tan Amberg Sullivan
Oxford
Miss
Congress
United States
Edward Co. Walthall
Winona
University of Mississippi
Vanderbilt University
Spain's Reserve Squadron Readies for Departure from Cadiz
A dispatch from Gibraltar to the New York Herald reports Spain's reserve squadron at Cadiz under Admiral Cámara testing guns and machinery prior to departure. Destination unknown. Large quantities of cost continue to arrive at Cadiz.
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New York Herald
Gibraltar
Cadiz
Spain
Camara
Troops to Board Transports for Cuban Invasion Move
A Washington dispatch reports Admiral Sampson’s fleet near Havana and Key West preparing for a Cuban landing. Major General Shafter at Tampa to embark most of his corps on transports. Second Massachusetts volunteers, Seventy first New York, and Tenth regular cavalry to move to Tampa to form the Fifth brigade for shipment to Cuba. Censorship tightens on Tampa and Key West wires to curb troop movement details.
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Key West
Sampson
Admiral Sampson
Havana
New York Tribune
Washington
Shafter
Tampa
Spain
Massachussetts
Lakeland
Seventy-first
New York
Fifth Army Corps
Eighth
Massachusetts
Birat
Chaffee
Seventy-first New York
Tenth Regular Cavalry
Cuba
Admiral Dewey withdraws Olympia commander for unfitness
The navy department released a dispatch stating Olympia captain Gridley is condemned by medical survey and ordered home. Commander Lamberton is appointed to command the Olympia. Dewey confirms blockade remains effective as Manila provisioning is limited to rice. Departure set for May 28 via Occidental and Oriental from Hong Kong.
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Olympia
Navy Department
Oavite
Hong Kong
Navy
Washington
Manila
Gridley
Occidental and Oriental
Lamberton
Dewey
Nominations sent to Senate list generals generals and officers
Among Saturday's nominations the senate received include Matthew Butler of South Carolina for major general of volunteers James R Waites of Texas Nelson Cole of Missouri and William C Oates of Alabama for brigadier generals of volunteers and Fred Bell of Missouri for assistant adjutant general with the rank of major
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Senate
Matthew ©. Butler
South Carolina
James R.waites
Texan
Nelson Cole
Missouri
William C. Oates
Alabama
Fred Bell
Germans in Germany rally for Spanish fund aid
Advices from Berlin state that Germans everywhere are raising funds for the Spanish war effort. In a month Spaniards in Germany and their supporters have donated about 23 million marks, shipped from Hamburg to Spain via England. The admiralty plans to send school ships Moltke and Stosch to the West Indies to protect German nationals in Central America.
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Birlin
Germany
Hamburg
Spain
England
Moltke
Stosch
West Indies
Central America
Mottoed army supplies banned by navy order
A Navy order bars contractors for army supplies from stamping mottoes on goods. The move followed a St Louis shipyard incident where a hardtack cake bore the slogan Remember the Maine. It is expected the War Department will issue a similar directive.
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Secretary of the Navy
St Louis Spor
Maine
Secretary of War
Dewey Threatens Guard Over Callao Captain
A Hong Kong dispatch reports the British cruiser Pique arrived from Moilo and Manila with news of quiet conditions in Toilo and Manila. The Spanish garrison numbers 100, defenses weak, and supplies reach Manila. Dewey warns Manila authorities to protect the Callao captain as the U S fleet holds him in surrender dispute. All American ships remain at Cavite in Manila Bay.
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Hong Kong
Pique
Moilo
Manila
Toilo
Dewey
Callao
United States
Cavite
Manila Bay
Southern Progress Report of New Industry in the South
The Tradesman notes weekly advancements in Southern industry including two coal and coke ventures in West Virginia with a $200000 investment, a coal mining firm, a 500 bale cotton gin in Louisiana, a cotton mill in South Carolina, a roller flouring mill in Alabama, a furniture factory in North Carolina, a rebuilt knandle factory in South Carolina, and a hub and spoke factory in Tennessee. Additional items cover an ice and cold storage plant in Tennessee, a 260000 lumber company in western North Carolina, a light and heat company in Arkansas, general machine shops in North Carolina and Tennessee, pyrites mines in Virginia, a Florida sugar mill, and a torpedo company in West Virginia.
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Industriaa
South
West Virginia
Louisiana
South Carolina
Alabama
North Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
Virginia
Florida
Chattanooga, Tenn
Regiments Leave Chickamauga Camp on Tampa Trail
Camp Thomas at Chickamauga buzzed Monday as a rumor spread of a general order for all troops to move to Tampa. The Associated Press traced the claim to a War Department directive affecting eight regiments led by Brigadier Generals Snyder and Carpenter, listing units in two groups.
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Thomas
Chicamauga
Tampa
Associated Press
War Department
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Simon Snyder
New York
Maryland
District of Columbia
Lewis H. Carpenter
Canadians Favor Alliance in Toronto Churches
An extraordinary outburst of friendship for the United States and Anglo-Saxon unity was shown in Toronto churches and Ontario on Sunday. Central Congregational church drew over 2,000 worshipers per service, with pictures of Queen Victoria and President McKinley displayed, and Union Jacks, Stars and Stripes, and Cuban flags decorating the building. Congregants sang God Save the Queen and The Star Spangled Banner in union.
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Toronto
United States
Ontario
Central Congregational Church
McKinley
Oregon and His Men Commended for Key West Voyage
Secretary Long officially commends Captain C. E. B. Clarke and the officers and crew of the battleship Oregon for bringing the ship safely to Key West. The appreciation follows Captain Clarke’s telegraphed arrival report and praises the crew’s exemplary conduct during the cruise.
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Ader
Oregon
New York Herald
Washington
Long
C. EB. Clarke
Key West
Clarke
Captain Clarke
Hospital train secured for transporting sick soldiers
With Secretary Alger's consent Surgeon General Sternburg initiates a hospital train plan for wounded from the front. The train will have ten tourist sleeping cars and a dining car, with medical staff to care for 400 men, to be moved from Tampa or Miami to the nearest hospitals four sites already ready at Key West Fort McPherson Fort Thomas and Fort Myer for 4000 men total.
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Alger
Sternburg
Tampa
Miami
Fla
Key West
Fort McPherson
Fort Thomas
Fort Myer
Commodore Schley Ordered to Seize Spanish Fleet
A dispatch from St Thomas reports Commodore Schley has orders from Washington via Kingston to take possession of or destroy the Spanish fleet. The exact method, whether by starving them out or direct engagement, remains unclear to the flagship crew.
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Cor Vera
Thomas Saga
Schley
Yale
Kingston
Washington
Schley reports Spanish fleet bottled up in Santiago Bay
A Washington dispatch from Commodore Schley confirms the Spanish squadron is in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and that he has identified the vessels. Officials accept the certainty as plausibly preventing escape, with implications for Spain and the planned invasion of Cuba. The possible sacrificial action by Spain and the landing near the harbor are discussed as strategic possibilities. The finding shifts expectations on troop movements and Cuba invasion timing.
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Navy Department
Schley
Santiago de Cuba
Cervera
Santiago
Department
Spain
Commodore Schley
Cervora
Cuba
Onba
Cortijo
Julian
Fort McPherson
Key West
Hamilton
Jones
Thrall
Tampa
Soy Weat
Shipa
Fort Taylor
Ray
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Lewis
Goldonel T
Taylor
I. N. Kilks
Hawkinsville
Gui
Blancos
Madrid
Santiago Harbor
New Orleans
Amazonas
Human
N. Y
London
McKinley
Montgomery
Ala
Senor Sagasta
Senor Leon Y Castillo
Paris
Hong Kong
Dewey
Corregidor Island
Manilla Bay
Flying Squadron
Restormal
St. Paul
Sigsbee
Key
St. Louis
Cramp
St Louis
W. ©. Oates
United States Army
Opelika
Oates
Congress
Harvard
Kingston
Jamaica
Burial of Gladstone Entombed at Westminster
London dispatch reports William Ewart Gladstone buried in Westminster Abbey northern transept beside Disraeli. Dignitaries and two future kings walked with the coffin as royalty, nobility, and scholars filled ceremonies. The bishop of London led the service and Canterbury’s archbishop gave benediction. Memorial services were held nationwide.
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Westminster
London
Westminster Abbey
England
William Ewart Gladstone
Benjamin Disraeli
Lord
Beaconsfield
Gladstone
Great Britain
Canterbury
Four Killed in Collision Near Chattanooga
An engine crashed into the Oakdale accommodation near Graysville north of Chattanooga on the Cincinnati Southern railroad. The engine crew of Conductor Simpson Engineer Hudson Fireman Edwards and two brakemen Matthews and Swanson were killed instantly except Simpson who is not expected to survive.
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Chattanooga
Oakdale
Graysville
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Simpson
Hudson
Edwards
Matthews
Swanson
Spanish Squadron Leaves Cadiz for Philippine or U S voyage
Madrid announces the Spanish reserve squadron under Admiral Camara has departed Cadiz. It will likely maneuver in the open sea for days before sailing to the Philippine Islands, Cuba, or the United States as the government sees fit. The force is understood to consist of ten or twelve vessels.
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Nerosa
Madrid
Camara
Cadiz
Philippine Islands
Guba
United States
Rough Riders Break Camp for Cuba Mobilization
The regiment of Rough Riders left San Antonio Sunday evening en route to Tampa in three trains. About 100 cars were needed to transport them. They split into six trains at Houston. All soldiers are in good health, eager to reach the front, with surplus baggage discarded and light marching orders. They will embark for Cuba promptly upon arrival.
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San Antonio
Tampa
Texas
Dispatch
Houston
Cuba
War fleet to Manila expedition and war updates
The War Department sanctions steamers China and Colon of Pacifico Mail to join the next Philippines expedition carrying 5,000 men aboard alongside the Centennial Zeal andia and Ohio. Reports cover weather woes, Chanler’s troopers likely disbanding, and officers like Gordon and Grant receiving promotions. Readers learn of fortifications, naval moves, troop mobilization, and broader Allied responses amid the Spanish American war context.
Astor Chanter's Troop Likely to Disband
A Tampa special to The New York Tribune reports Captain William Astor Chanter's small company of troopers is likely to be disbanded soon as he has been mustering men, some or all of them will form rough riders.
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The
War Department
China
Colon
Pacifico Mail Steamship Company
Philippines
West Indies
William Astor Chanler
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
W. W. Gordon
Savannah
Georgia Volunteers
McKinley
Fredrick D. Grant
Grant
Fourteenth
New York Infantry
Fitzhugh Lee
Algernon Sartovis
Gen
Astor Chanter
New York Tribune
Tampa
Fls
William Astor Chanter
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Costa Rican
Seventh Corps
Walthall
Shatter
Butler
Magqnanimous
Southern Progress
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