It Was Sighted Off Fire Island This Morning and Is Now Safe in Port
United States and allied vessels chased Spanish forces across the Atlantic theater on April 30. The City of Paris was sighted east of Fire Island amid reports of naval maneuvers. Troop movements and shellfire echoed from Key West to Montevideo as U.S. ships reinforced the Caribbean and Cuban coast.
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Journal
City of Paris
Navy Department
Oregon
London
Madrid
Cardenas
Atlanta
Sampson
Fort Cabanas
Havana
Key West
Dolphin
Lalo
Havana Harbor
Mariel
Porter
Ericsson
Wasjj
Eastport
Maine
Minneapolis
Toulon
France
Namsuna
Marseilles
St. Tropes
War Department
Department
Alger
Lee
Dodge
Texas
Sagua
Matanzas
United States
Cuba
Arma
Manila Bay Crisis Looms as Dewey Pursues Spanish Fleet
Reports from London and Hong Kong describe a looming naval clash as Admiral Dewey’s American squadron heads toward Manila to engage Spain. Insurgent activity in the Philippines and Portuguese neutrality at Cape Verde add to the tense picture as mobilization and dispatches unfold.
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Philippines
Krupp
London
Daily Telegraph
Hong Kong
Aguinaldo
Manila
Two Sensations Collapse in Key West and San Francisco Tragedy
Key West reports deny bombardment of Cardenas and any treason on the Puritan. Captain Harrington counters sensational stories about a spy and a Cuban-sympathizer aboard. In California a powder explosion on a pack train near San Vicente kills fifteen and sixty muleteers. in Dubuque a Congregational association revokes Rev. C. O. Brown membership after California expulsion.
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San Francisco
Dan Burns
Candalaria
Mexico
San Vicente
Sinaloa
Dubuque, Ia
Dubuqu
Proclamation of Cuban Autonomy Protest Against US Actions
The autonomous Cuban government denounces US interference as unjust and claims peace would exist without American intervention. It asserts Cuba’s autonomy under Spain, vows resistance, and calls for unity under King Alfonso XIII, with signatories including Jose Maria Galvez and Antonio Govin. Havana April 21, 1898.
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Cuba
Arma
Spain
United States
Albemarle
Don Alfonso XIII
Jose Maria Galvez
Antonio Govin
Rafael Montoro
Francisco Zayas
Eduardo Dalz
Taureano Rodriguez
Havana
Neutrality of Portugal Confirmed by Lisbon Decree
Washington April 30 The Portuguese minister Viscount De Santo Thurso says Lisbon’s neutrality decree is accurate and covers the subject but he has not yet received official notification. He explains article 8 allows only brief belligerent stops at Portuguese ports likely limited to a day or two under international law.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Viscount de Santo Thurso
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