Chronology of 1898 Spanish American War Events
A compact timeline of 1898 U S actions and battles from February to December includes the recall demand for Dupuy de Lôme, the Maine explosion in Havana, McKinley’s naval board appointment, war resolutions, Dewey’s Manila victory, Shafter in Cuba, San Juan and Santiago campaigns, the Cuban blockade, and the Paris peace treaty. It lists ship movements, battles, troop withdrawals, and key political decisions shaping U S entry into and conduct of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Dupuy de Lome
Pres
McKinley
Maine
Havana
Naval Board
Syphin
Lee Atavana
Montgomery
London
Maine Court of Inquiry
Schley
Hampton Roads
Pain
Cuba
Lee
Congress
Senate
House
Spain
Washington
Woodford
Sampson
Nashville
Cervera
Dewey
Manila
Cardenas
Bagley
Winslow
San Juan
Porto Rico
Philippines
San Francisco
Oregon
Cape Horn
Santiago Harbor
Merritt
Hobson
Merrimac
Guantanamo
Col
Huntington
Camara
Cadiz
Shafter
Santiago
Baiquin
Juragua
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
10Th Cavalry
Lawton
Kent
San Juan Hill
el Caney
Morro
Watson
Spanish
Suez Canal
Shafter Santiago
Wood
Ailes
Ponce
Cambon
Mainte
Maniiaghug
Anila
S. Peace Commission
Davis
Whitelaw Reid
Justice Mle
S—Armerican
Paris
Marianas
Tavana
Large Liabilities Highlighted by Port and City Firms
Jan 10 Port of Coulmette near New Orleans reports liabilities of 32,000,000. Wertheimer & Co. glove makers show 300,000. Feb 4 Providence RI lists locomotive Storks, 616,700. Sawyer Manning & Co. goods tied to New York and Boston totaling 1,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmowood
National
Paola
Kansisi
First Nationst
Larimore
Bank of Southern Asitimore
Sivg
Home Savings
Sioux City
Benson Savings
Waterford
Bank of Merriam Park
J. Mont. Minn
People’s State
Philadelphia
Guarrantors’ Finance Co
Meaware National
Delhi
N. Y
Thomas J. Kirby
Abiene
Kan
Marshalltown
German Savings
Doon
Northern
Lexington
Tawas Savings
Tawasity
Mich
Bank of
Jasper
Ala
Allegheny
Clifton Forge
Germa National
Pittsburgh
Nabiliters
First National
Lisbon
Capital
Second National
Springfield
Noyerkat National
Flushing
Sasnes
Emporia
Hornersville
Toledo
Cc. S—American Savings
Charleston
S. C
Bridgeton
Cumberland Nail & Iron Co
Denver
Col
Seidenberg, Steifel & Co
New York
Woodbine
Grant C. Gillett
George Jenkins
Trenton
N. J
Great White Spirit Co
Coulmette
New Orleans
Wertheimer & Co
Providence
R I
Storks
Sawyer,Manning, & Cov Des Goods
Boston
Domestic tragedy roundup across cities and incidents
A belated tally of domestic murders and suicides linked to several U.S. locales. Reports describe multiple family killings, including husbands killing wives and children, with cases cited in Greenville Tennessee Cedar Rapids Milwaukee St Louis Niagara Falls and Rockdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Maint
Rock
Tex
Lee
Milwaukee
James Kearney
St. Louis
John Cella
Ars. H
Record of major fires and losses across U S towns
A list of large fire losses from January to December in numerous U S towns and cities, detailing dates, locations, and estimated damages ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. Highlights include Chicago, Sacramento, New York, and Boston sites, with numerous smaller towns also affected.
Foreign Chronicle of Global Turmoil and Power Shifts
A compact survey lists events from Jan to Dec detailing Cuba's provisional government loyalty to Spain, mob actions against newspapers in Havana, international conflicts in Beloochistan and Crete, revolutionary changes in Nicaragua Guatemala and the Philippines, international diplomacy over China Japan and Korea, mass casualties from earthquakes fires and storms, notable deaths and political shifts in Europe and the Americas. It notes U S Marines in Nicaragua, Zola's Paris case, Dreyfus affair developments, and labor strikes in Augusta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Spain
Avana
Havana
Bunce
Beloochistan
Santos J. Zelaya
Nicaragua
Germany
Czar
Senor Sagasta
Woodford
Thessalian
Balikesen
Asia
U. S
San Juan del Sur
Japan
China
Wei-Hai-Wei
Morales
Guatemala
Oscar Salinger
Constantinople
Lammerly
Prussia
Seytostan
Emile Zola
Paris
Esterhazy
Ontario
Philippine Islands
Manila
Russia
Ta-Lien-Wan
Blanco
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Santa Clara
French Court of Appeals
Great Britain
Chusan
Anatolia
Turkey
Queen Regent
Rome
Milan
Italy
London
British Council of W. C. T. U
Henry Somerset
Moret
Gullon
Niguena
Bermejo
Sagasta
William Ewart Gladstone
Hawarden Castle
England
Peshawar
India
Corea
Sim Fu
Peking
Mi Yoko
E. T. Hooley
Procallent Company
M. Ribot
Albion
Blackwell
Eng
Chung King Fu
Gilbert John Elliott
Earl of
Minto
Canada
Prince Bismarck
Friedrichsruh
Col
Henry
Dreyfus
Rerfus
Sir Herbert Kitchener
Omdurman
Nile
M. Cavaignac
France
Wilhelmina of Holand
Amsterdam
Zur
St. Vincent
West Indies
Barbaderes
Lesser Antilles
Sultan
Muhammedans
Candia
Crete
Queen Louise
Denmark
Copenhagen
M. Dupuy
MS. de Freveinet
Oet
Han Kow
Lord Salisbury
Maj
Marchand
Fashoda
Nile Valley
Chamber of Deputies
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Chun-Yang
Labor Strikes Roil Northern Mills and Mines Across 1900s
A summary of multiple labor conflicts from January to October detailing wage cuts and strikes in New England cotton mills, Lawrence Massachusetts, Ironwood Michigan, Biddeford Maine, Cleveland Ohio, Chicago carpenters, and Oj Osкош, with riot deaths at Oshkosh and Virden, and militia control in Illinois and Nebraska amid Miner conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
London
Lawrence
Mass
Ironwood
Mich
Carnegie
Biddeford
Cleveland
Beckman Woolen Mills
Chicago
John Morris
Oshkosh
Wis
Omaha
Cudahy’s
Pana
Virden
Teen
Abie Be
List of 1880s mob violence incidents across multiple states
A compiled roll of lynching and mob violence involving African Americans and white individuals. Entries list dates, locations in Arkansas Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma Territory, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and others, and note alleged murders, assaults, thefts, and executions by mobs, with names of accused or victims where given.
Record of historic storms and tornado losses across states
A chronological ledger summarizes weather disasters from January to December, detailing tornadoes in Fort Smith Arkansas and Hampton New Hampshire, floods in Georgia and Illinois, frost and hail damage in Missouri and Nebraska, coastal hurricanes in Virginia and North Carolina, fatalities in Ohio Indiana and Georgia, wrecked vessels on Lake Michigan, and blizzards in Kansas and surrounding states, noting property loss and human fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Fort Smith
Ark
Gloversville
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Boston
Pittsburgh
Airfield County
S. C
Kalamazoo
Kent
Springdale
Iowa
Hinois
Wisconsin
Ifrazier Lake
Alaska
Tron Mountain
Mich
Wittsville
Statts City
Kansas City
New York
Seattle
Heverly
Mass
Hampton
Sable Islands
la Bourgogne
Cromartyshire
S—Neeleville
Cleveland
Poempton
Francisco
Humansville
Dover Point
N.se
Kuskokwin River
Hot Springs
Sharon
Ooltewah Station
Tenn
Stinesville
Ind
Mississippi River
Fort St. Philip
New York City
Cohoes
N. Y
Jerome
A. T
Philadelphia
Toledo
Milan
Brownsville
Georgia
Florida
Sarah FE. Palmer Jost
Charleston
Davis
Astoria
Indian Territory
wreerUanven
IG Whitesear Sodus
NOY
Schoonip St. Peter
Lake Ontario
Dersais
Belotire
Qilzacester
Anicksind
West Pittstan
Pal
Exeter Collery
Detroit
Oregon Coast
Yaquina Bay
Athinta
Hackensack
N. JL
A. Ashburn
Powder Works
Stockton
Cal
New York Harbor
New England
OG Highland Hight
Portland
Pinole
Corfu
White Pass
Madison
Ila
Ohio
Indiana
Ill
W! Va
Oklahoma
N. C
Dakota
N. H
Steeleville
Stanberry
Maryville
Nebraska
Nodaway Co
Brunswick
Fernandina
Fla
Rippiela
Minn
N. D
Lake Michigan
New Bast
Kansas
Notable political and military figures listed by dates
A chronological register lists ex-congressmen, governors, diplomats, and generals with locations and ages across 34 entries from January to December. Notable names include Frances Willard, W. S. Rosecrans, Jason B. Brown, Thomas Lynch, Edward Bellamy, and William McKinley figures, with postings in Paris, Washington, Chicago, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses P. Handy
Chicago
Bon Air Hotel
Benjamin Butterworth
Ohio
Thomasville
C. A. O. McClellan
Auburn
Ind
Frances E. Willard
W. Co
New York
Jason B. Brown
Seymour
W. S. Rosecrans
Redondo
Cal
P. H. Bell
Tex
Littleton
N.C
Blanche K. Bruce
Register of Treasury
Washington
Amazo ‘Norcross
Paris
Wedthall
Miss
Thos. Lynch
Antige
Aston H. Cragin
U.S. Sen
OM. Roberts
Austin
L. J. Franklin
ATL
Phoenix
Edward Bellamy
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Astus (. Carpenter
Fort Dodge
Chas. V. Gridley
Olympia
Manila
Dewitt UL Senter
Morristown
Tenn
Omar D. Conger
Mieh
Ammen
James O. Broadhead
Switzerland
St. Louis
F. A. Briggs
N. D
Bismarck
Moody Currier
N. H
Manchester
Claude Matthews
Meharry’s Grove
Ciov
Andrew J. Faulk
Dakota Territory
Yankton
Thomas M. Cooley
Mich
Ann Arbor
Wm. Eaton
Conn
Hartford
Fanny Davenport
Duxbury
Thomas F. Bayard
Del
Io England
Dedham
Sherman Hoar
Concord
Benjamin Stark
Ore
New Haven
J. R. West
Byron Weston
Dalton
John W. Keeler
Keeley Motor
Philadelphia
Barnes Compton
Maryland
Laurel
Redaent
Showalter
Garcia
Washington,d. Co
Calvin .S. Brice
Marcus A. Hanna
U.S
M. D. Ratchford
Columbus
United Mine Workers’ Union of America
Leslie, M. Shaw
American Anti-Saloon League
Hiram Price
U. S. Senate
Joseph McKenna
Supreme Court
Griggs
N. J
Louis Emery McComas
Rep
U. S
National Stock Growers’ Association
Denver
Gov. Shaw
Indianapolis
T. B. Turley
League of American Wheelmen
Potter
National American Women’s Suffrage Association
Louis Polo Bernabe
de Lome
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Frances Willard
National Pure Food and Drug Congress
J. Sterling Morton
National Sound Money League
Kentucky
Kearsarge
Newport News
League of Bimetallic Clubs
Ohio Valley
J. P. Tarwin
Gary
Chas. E. Smith
Sec
Sherman
Sec. Day
Canton
National Congress of Mothers
White House
McKinley
Alabama
France
William V. Sullivan
Walthall
Mississippi
Omaha
Wisconsin
Madison
House of
Congress
Hawaii
Pres
Cullom
Morgan
Hitt
Thos. G. Sample
Knights of Pythias
Army of Potomac
Niagara Falls
N. C
National Irrigation Congress
Cheyenne
Wyo
James A. Sexton
Grand Army
Cincinnati
Gov. Elerbee
Dem
S. C
State Day
A. S. Pinkerton
Grand Sire Sovereign Lodge I. O. O. F
Boston
Allen D. Candler
Georgia
Bear Island Point
Minn
Bear Island
N. Y
O., Pa
Wis
N. Hl
N.J
Nev
Neb. ND
Kan
End
Wash
N. M
W. Va
Mont
Utah
Ala
Multi-sport records and races span the year 1893
A compiled list notes numerous feats including Jan 20 Eitkes winning a 72 hour bicycle race in Pittsburgh at 1322 miles, Feb 1 Union Pacific mail train record run Cheyenne to Omaha, and many cycling, rowing, sailing, and football milestones across major cities and clubs, with dates, places, and achievers like Lizzie Glaw, Henry Leveson, and Cornell’s boat victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eitkes
Pittsburgh
Union Pacific Mail
Cheyenne
Omaha
American Copper
Tacoma
Philadelphia
Tasoi
Wach
Chicago
Henry Leveson
Southampton
New York
Springfield
Lizzie Glaw
Berlin
Germany
Wualter D. Mansfield
San Francisco
Boston
Eddie McDuffie
W. Hamilton
Denver
Cornell
Thames River
New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Washington Park
Warrenton
Tom Linton
Wales
Vantdé
Indianapolis
Ind
Chas
Gardner
Whitman
Davis
Newport
R. I
Baltimore
Henry Smith
Frank Waller
Detroit
Joseph and
Porter
Kansas City
Boston Baseball Club
Cincinnati
Kragness
University
Wisconsin
Chicago University
New Haven
J.J. Corbett
T. Sharkey
University of Michigan
University of Chicago
GFN
Mexican Ambassador Romero Dies After Surgery at 62
Washington December 30 Senor Romero ambassador from Mexico to the United States died at four this morning after an appendicitis operation performed on Tuesday. His frail age and constitution shortened his chances for recovery though doctors had hoped for a successful result. He served in numerous roles including secretary of legation in 1859 and diplomat in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senor Romero
Mexico
United States
Ambassador Romero
Dia
Maximilian
Juarez
Congress
Romero
Lucretia Allen
Philadelphia
Europe
Latin America
A Busy Year for U S Locomotives and Cars
The Railroad Gazette reports full year totals for contracting shops outside railroad shops. Locomotives output reached 1,875 up from 1,251 last year, an increase of 624. Car production is expected at 105,158 with 99,809 freight 699 passenger and 4,650 street cars, including 1,663 for export. The year marks the best car output since 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Railroad Gazette
United States
A Child's Awful Plot Fire Fatal in Lincoln County
In Lincoln Jackson county a four year old boy and his two year old sister died in a home fire. A special Wisconsin report says the boy planned the blaze after being punished and intended to burn with his sister. The parents were away and the mother called on a neighbor when the fire started in a stove free room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Osseo
Wis
Herman Bonger
Lincoln
Jackson County
Avalanche destroys hotel and houses in Swiss Alps disaster
Part of Red Rock mountain near Airolo in Ticino, Switzerland, collapsed, sweeping a hotel and twelve buildings into debris and a large fire. Three bodies were recovered and damage is estimated at £40,000 as debris blankets about a square mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Rock Mountain
Airolo
Switzerland
Canton
Ticino
Youngest man hanged at state prison in Wethersfield
Hartford third state prison execution reports Benjamin R. Willetts aged 23 hanged at 12 20 Friday morning for murder of David S Lambert his former teacher from Wilton on December 17 1897. Willetts youngest inmate hanged and seventh on automatic gallows with flawless operation. body removed eight minutes after. Des Moines notes Lincoln memorial drive by Civil War veterans raises funds led by Gen Ankeny after a letter from Col J S Wright of Rockport Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Benjamin R. Willetts
State Prison
Wethersfield
David S. Lambert
Wilton
Willetts
Des Moines
Abraham Lincoln
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ankeny
Col
J. Ss. Wright
Rockport
Ind
Postmaster Notes Hawaii Mail International Postage
The San Francisco postmaster warns that mail for Hawaii requires international five cent postage per half ounce not domestic rates. Meanwhile in Pittsburgh the American Steel and Wire Company announces a completed combination after a delay caused by initial plant refusals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
San Francisco
Hawaii
United States
Pittsburgh
The
American Steel
Becaus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Knoxville
Tll
J. W. Etting
Chas. Langley
Fulton
William Cooper
James Cole
Oakland
Goong Chung
High Bridge
Herman Bach
Self
Davenport
Henry Schultz
Christia Yohansen
South River
Central City
S. D
Wm. Shannon
J. P. Giddings
Jack Wear
Henry C. Hawley
Peru
John Searles
Wife
P. J. Corbett
Bloomington
Lucas
Kate Mangan
Russell
Wm. M. Newell
Florence Richardson
W. H. Lawrence
Grand Rapids
Jesse Badgerow
Wyandotte
Ezekiel Lazetti
Louisville
Nellie McGuffin
Joseph F. Willier
Fred Benfield
Emma Jungenberg
Churchville
Ward Wolf
William Bloom
Grace Harvey
S.S. William
Telgion
Robert Lesh
Bertha Berlstein
Sam H. Dickerson
Blanche Winship
Garret
Jesse Cheney
Flint
W. P. Murray
Youngstown
W. HI. Branton
John H. Jenkins
John Meadows
John
Clayton Mathews
Wilmington
Rochester
Josiah Bowers
Wim, Carr
Frank Rhoner
Fort Madison
Frank Bush
F. Brooks
Free Sor
Wim. Hutchings
John Hunt
Thomas Haywood
Wm. Lowenstein
Greenfield
Wm. Shaver
Dawson City
East St. Louis
Isl
Union Elevator
Maysville
Mason County Library
Naugatuck
U. S. Rubber Co
Winnipeg
Man
McIntyre
Levi P. Morton
Averb'ld
Sacramento
Southern Pacific
Penn Plate Glass
North Irwin
Mat
Boston Grain
Attleburoe
Potter Qilloth Works
Portsmouth
Burgess Steel & Tron Co
Apnard Cus
Abig
Center Ridge
Phillips- Buthoff Co
Poledo
Colorado Springs
Clarksville
AY Taccoma
Brooklyn
Baldwin
New York Home Life
Terre Haute
Stelien
Potka
HL Idan
Ructhton
Shawnee
East Grand Forks
St. Kime
Plainfield
Xenia
Exter
Neb
de Kalb
Cortez
Watersmeet
Goldenpond
Monticello
Perry
Victor
Oxford Junction
Osborn
Hopkinton
Loogootee
Colchester
Pine City
Kewaunee
Clifton
Itabena
Spartamsburg
Grove City
Tracy
Garwin
Wittemore
Murfreesboro
Coopersville
Escanaba
Wheatland
Cartersville
Uwosso
Livermore
Ipswich
Coltodado Springs
Lowell
Coloma
Tuskegee
Divide
Covington
Sibley
Bloomville
Canonsburg
Cuyahoga Falls
Eufaula
I. T
Frankton
Tad
Tifton
Malden
Commerce
Farmville
Iconium
Fairfield
Bern
Clancy
Alton
Sacandaga Park
N SY
Chipley
Crown Point
City
Park City
Dunsmuir
OK Cal
Antelope
Holland
Sort
Augusta
Carlinville
Tanner
Industrial
Sherrill
Pea Ridge
Jim Watts
Sam Cole
Colfax
Marshal Chadwick
Wewoka
QO. T
Markus McGeiney
Palmer Simpson
Bramwall
Henry Draper
Lake City
Baker
Mayfield
Richard Allen
Tom Holmes
Morgantown
Senatobia
Fred Moore
Wybark
Ed Chalmers
Melvan
Great Bend
J. Becker
Myrtle Huffmeister
Wetumpka
Carlee
Marion Ill
Jim Redd
Alex Johnson
Carmel
Ripley, Tenn
Richard Thurmond
Clarendon
Liberty
Benj. Jones
Mountain City
John Williams
Jones Station
Wright Lee
Edgefield Courthouse
Jim Mackie
Luther Sullivan
Lacon
W. Stewart
Meridian
Benton
Hearn and Richardson
Jake Glover
Lee County
Dekalb
Newton Gaines
Town Creek
Wm. Simms
Sporting
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