Gladstone Dies at Hawarden in Peaceful Exit
London and Hawarden report the death of Hon. William Ewart Gladstone at 5 a.m. in Wales. Details describe a calm, dignified passing as family and servants mourn, with the United States envoy John Hay sending condolences and France's President Faure telegraphing sympathy. Flags and bells mark the nation’s grief.
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Hawarden
Mr. Gladstone
Dorothy Drew
Dobie
Mrs. Gladstone
United States
John Hay
Herbert Gladstone
Gladstone
Drew
Henry Gladstone
Stephen Gladstone
Helen Gladstone
Hawarden Church
Faure
France
London
I Mr. Gladstone
Prince ‘of Wales
Spanish Fleet Reaches Santiago De Cuba Unchallenged
Maparco May 20. Admiral Cervera reports entry into Santiago de Cuba on May 10 with his squadron. He claims no American ships sighted, crews healthy and enthusiastic, and says blockading vessels withdrew as the squadron approached. Havana relieved, fearing interception by U S ships.
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Infanta
Isabel
Amon
Admiralty
Admiral Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Cervera
Santiago
Havana
Work of Organization at Chickamauga Park
Chattanooga May 21 The work of organization proceeds steadily in Chickamauga park with daily practical instruction and brisk field drills. Ordnance equipment arrives and is issued to commands while Gen Brooks and Gen Boynton scout new camp sites outside the park near Roseville. The Fourteenth New York infantry under Col Fred Grant camps at the park as the war department expands to three corps.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chickamauga Park
War Department
Brooks
Gen. Boynton
Roseville
Fourteenth New York Infantry
Fred Grant
Lieut Carbonel's Reward and Cuban Bride Story
Evangelina Cassia y Cisneros, the young Cuban girl, is to wed Carlos Carbonel, once a Cuban banker and now a lieutenant nominee on Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's staff. Carbonel aided in her Havana prison rescue with Carl Decker and later joined her to New York where courtship led to marriage plans likely before deployment.
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Wasumetox
Evangelina Cassia Y Cisneros
Carlos Carbonel
McKinley
Fitzhugh Lee
Carl Decker
Havana
Miss Cisneros
Carbonel
Decker
Units Sent to Philippines From Regular Army
Washington dispatch reports the forces for the Philippines expedition increased by two infantry regiments. Adjutant General Corbin ordered the Eighteenth and Twenty-third Infantry, stationed in New Orleans, to move to San Francisco and join Merritt’s command for voyage to the Philippines as supplies and transport become available.
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Chicago
Washington
Philippines
Corbin
New Orleans
San Francisco
Merritt
War Department
Spain Fleet in Trap Rumors Rise in War Update
Washington May 21 news outlines Admiral Cervera and the Spanish squadron at Santiago de Cuba. Reports note possible naval bottling by a U.S. monitor, with Merritt preparing for the Philippines expedition and Otis leading an advance guard toward the islands. 200,000 pairs of shoes ordered for volunteers as independent units form.
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Washington
Navy Department
Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Madrid
Cadiz
Sampson
Schley
Santiago Harbor
Naval Strategy Board
Lato
War Board
Barker
Hampton Roads
Newark
Norfolk Navy Yard
West Indies
Gibbon
Auxiliary
Phillipines
Merritt
New York
Department
Otis
Golden Gate
Philippines
War Department
National Guard
State Department
Polaria
Key West
Havana
Montreal
Polo
Spain
St. Pierre
Midfieldn
Newfoundland
France
North Atlantic
Indirect Spanish Policy Jokes Fill Up The Patriot Page
A compilation of comic lines from multiple papers lampooning Spain and politics. Quips touch Cottenham Spanish blister policy and a wife’s castles in Spain while Detroit and Washington papers mock patriotic imagery and a hall door notice listing Spanish items.
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Cottenham
Chicago News
Washington
Buster
Spain
Detroit Free Press
Our Swedish Friend in a Humorous Tale of Love and Duty
A humorous reflection on aging, marriage, and advice, noting bright days dimmed by sadness, the jokey notion of ice cream freezers, and a quip about appointing Fitzhough Lee as consul-general and major general.
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Spain
Tak Fitzough Lee
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