Yale Students Gift Two Maxim Guns To Auxiliary Cruiser
Yale students show pride in their university by presenting two Maxim guns to the auxiliary cruiser as a preferred gift under current conditions over silver. The piece notes the lopsided Manila battle and Spain’s likely loss of appetite for naval conflict. It recalls the Maine victims as first among wartime losses for Cuba’s freedom.
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Yale
Manila
Spain
Cardenas
Cuba
Maine
Cadiz
Cape Verde Islands
Atlantic
Uncis Sam Aims to End War Swiftly and Pull Back
Uncis Sam advocates a strong policy to bring the war to a conclusion. He argues for quick return to normal conditions and emphasizes Cavite as a targetable naval position near the city, with Dewey in command and in control of the situation.
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Uncis Sam
Dewey and Manila Harbor Mine Exposures
Spaniards at Manila pointed out the mined harbor entrance to Admiral Dewey who then exploded the other passage. LaGuardia notes Manila’s defenders with modern guns and skilled gunners praised by Americans for their strategy and gunnery. The harbor attack at Cardenas killed five Americans and disabled a ship, a useless display given the small force involved, likened to picket fire between belligerents.
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Crntaain
Manila
Dewey
LaGasTa
Cardenas
Joseph Bennett
Cunningham
Indiana
Bennett
Worth Bagley
Winslow
Cuba
Wilmington
Machias
Hudson
Armour
Chicago
Twenty-Second
Morgan Streets
Spain Could Not Afford to Risk Canary Ports
The piece argues Spain faces impossible choices as it plans timid reinforcements for Manila and Cuba. It notes the Lafayette’s failed provocation, alleged French artillery joiners for Spain, and Gen Wesley Merritt’s projected 12 000 troop garrison to hold the Philippines until the war ends.
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Mucu
Spain
Manila Bay
Dewey
Philippines
Canaries
Wesley Merritt
Senate and House Endorse War Measures and Constitutional Shift
The Senate on the 10th passed four war measures including an immunity bill and a volunteer corps enlistment bill requiring expert electricians and telegraphers, while the post office bill exceeded 99000 dollars. A resolution to amend the Constitution moving the presidential term start to May was adopted. The House session was brief with no major business.
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United States
Congress
House
Manila siege threat and blockade update telegram
Admiral Dewey reports a strict blockade with rebels hemming Manila by land, provisioning scarce, surrender likely, and Manila ready to fall. On May 12 the gunboat Callao was captured attempting to run the blockade. Observers include vessels from Britain France Germany and Japan.
Illinois News Roundup of Obits, Orders and Society Reports
Major Bean and state leaders welcomed delegations from Danville Aurora Ottawa Peoria and more in pursuit of next year encampment location. Notables attended addresses including ex Gov Fifer ex Gov Black and Congressman Reeves. Obituaries note deaths in Salem Alton and Exeter with details of victims John Foster Timothy Young and Mary Sprague among others. Red Men council reports 43 working tribes 2310 members in Illinois with gains and expenditures. Sunday-school association cites 7 059 schools and 498 579 members. Additional items include a mangled train death at Morrisonville a Manila relief shipment plan and Nokomis principal resignation. Intercollegiate meet set for May 20 at Galesburg with Knox Monmouth Lincoln Illinois Wesleyan and others represented.
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Schimpff
Peoria
Grand Army
E. A. Clark
Rockford
Sons of Veterans
Thomas G. Lawler
John A. Palmer
Powelly
Belleville
A. D. Cadwaller
Lincoln
Fifer
Bloomington
Walter Reeves
John’ C. Black
Jesse Porter Sprauss
D. D
Albert Garner
Salem
Mary H. Sprague
H.S. Matthews
Alton
Exeter
Robert Jackson
St. Joseph’ S University
Niagara
John Foster
Shirley
McLean County
Illinois
Timothy H. Young
Oil City
Parker Township
Clark County
Dover
Stratford County
N. H
Bowdoin College
Marshall
Congress
D. S. Holmes
Tonti
Twenty-First Great Council of the Improved Order For
Springfield
Great Chief of
Sunday-School Association
Illinois State Sunday-school Association
Galesburg
W. R. Jacobs
John 8. Farson
Chicago
F. Y. Hamilton
Charles E. Cheney
C. M. Morton
A. H. Mills
Rh. Co. Willig
Capture of a Spanish gunboat at Manila described
Dispatch from Hone Kona reports the gunboat Callao surrendered after being fired upon by an American warship. Admiral Dewey approves insurgent attacks on Manila only if no excesses occur, while Manila endures shortages and unrest. Aguinaldo seeks native governance under U S protectorate, with divisions among rebels and growing foreign naval presence. Capers at Cavite, British residents seek safety as Manila braces for potential siege.
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Hong Kong
Marila
Dewey
United States
Mohican
Honolulu
San Francisco
Philippines
Concord
Nile
Asiatic
Boston
Manila
Hone Kona
Hugh McCulloch
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Callao
Caroline Islands
Spain
Admiral Dewey
Cavite
The
Standard
Manila City
Williams
Aguinaldo
McKinley
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