The Restormer Captured by St Paul at Key West Harbor
Special to Evening Journal Key West May 30 The British steamer Restormer was brought in by a prize crew as a prize of the cruiser St Paul while attempting to enter Santiago de Cuba harbor with coal. The capture confirms Cervera’s fleet inside the harbor needing supplies and cites a navy dispatch from Commodore Schley locating the Spanish fleet in Santiago Bay.
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Santiago de Cuba
Cervera
Santiago
Chicago
Navy Department
Washington D. C
Schley
Washington
Sehley
Madrid
Sampson
Blanco
el Progresso
Paris
Jamaica
Cape Maysi
Cuba
Yucatan Passage
Furor
Puerto Principe
Vizcaya
Almirante Oquendo
Blockade of Germs Fails to Pass Sampson Fleet
View from Key West on the Cuba blockade reports Havana’s disease conditions during the rainy season. An Havana resident notes malaria and smallpox remain endemic, while Sampson’s quarantine curbs spread. He explains hunger and reconcentrados fuel disease, with malarial fever posing a greater threat to Blanco’s troops than yellow fever or smallpox.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Havana
Admiral Sampson
Associated Press
Gladstone laid to rest in Westminster Abbey ceremony
England’s statesman Gladstone was buried in a simple ceremony at Westminster Abbey near Disraeli’s grave. Parliamentarians and Irish leaders attended. Dillons were present while Parnellites stayed away. The procession stretched from Westminster Hall to the Abbey as crowds gathered.
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Westminister Hall
House of Commons
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Gladstone
Disraeli
Wild Woolly Yarn From Paris Tells of American Defeat
A Madrid sourced dispatch alleges a naval battle near Jamaica between Schley Sampson and Cervera with two American ships sunk and one Spanish vessel damaged. Washington officials deny the report as false and say no such engagement occurred.
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Vizcaya
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Madrid
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Navy Department
Jamaica
Sampson
Commdore Schley
Long
Volunteers to fill deficient regiments under new call
Adjutant Corbin said about 50 000 volunteers will be used to fill regiments under the new call to bring each company to 106 men. The remaining 25 000 will form three battalion regiments and be distributed among states in the same proportion as the first call. Cavalry accepted. artillery limited. At Camp Alger President McKinley reviewed 12 000 troops with Mrs McKinley, Vice President Hobart, and others watching. Springfield note: Seventh Infantry volunteers led by Col Marcus Kavanaugh left Camp Tanner for Camp Tanner.
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Columbia in Danger After Hit by Foscolia Off Tampkine Ville
The U S cruiser Columbia sustained a large hole in its starboard side after a collision with the British steamer Foscolia in fog off Tampkine Ville. Foscolia crew saved, but engines damaged. Columbia sinks after officers and crew abandon ship and lifeboats are launched.
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United States
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J. Evans
Senate Defeats Corporation Tax Amendment During War Revenue Debate
In Washington on May 30 the Senate voted 41 to 27 to lay on the table the Democratic majority's corporation tax amendment to the war revenue bill. Senators Aldrich and Gorman led the proceedings with contrasting proposals, and adjournment followed to the next day. In Madison, Wisconsin, June 7 events note Governor Bushnell of Ohio and ex-Governor Waite and Governor Adams of Colorado will attend the semi centennial celebration hosted by Governor Scofield, with nearly all living Wisconsin former governors expected.
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Ohio
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Colorado
Scofield
Wisconsin
Edward Soloman
Grand Stand Collapse Injures Forty At City Park
A temporary grand stand collapsed during Memorial Day rehearsals in City Park Denver injuring about forty children, with twenty taken to St Luke's hospital. Most injuries are not fatal though many were scratched or bruised. The incident affected hundreds of youngsters, ages babies to 14.
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City Park
St. Luke's Hospital
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