Two American Ships Flee From Spanish Squadron
Direct dispatch from Santiago de Cuba reports the Spanish fleet reaching the harbor and two American warships retreating at full speed. Queen Regent sends congratulations to Admiral Cervera. The pursuing Spaniards halted short of the main fleet to avoid entrenched danger.
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Madrid
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago
Queen Regent
Cervera
Montgomery
Cuba
Bay of
Losses at Cienfuegos reported heavier than first known
Key West dispatch says at Cienfuegos three hundred Spaniards were killed and several hundred wounded. U S cruiser Marblehead and gunboat Nashville shelled the coast, with 450 five inch shells and 1 500 shots from secondary batteries. Insurgent refugees report hospitals full and fear of further destruction.
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Key West
Fla
Cienfuegos
United States
Marblehead
Col
Oriz
Olvarez
Nashville
Sta
Refugees Reach St Thomas After May San Juan Bombardment
Over 30 Puerto Rican refugees, mostly women, arrived in St Thomas aboard the Rodriguez after fleeing San Juan. Reports cite eight Puerto Rico soldiers killed and 34 wounded in the May 12 bombardment by Admiral Sampson's fleet, with Morro Castle guns dismounted and partial damage to fortifications and the palace area.
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St. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Rodriguez
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Sampson
Morro Castle
Alfonso MII
Manuela
Strain in Manila as U S Troops Await Action
The Esmeralda brings 400 refugees to Hong Kong reporting U S cruisers Concord and Boston head for Hailo to recapture the Amer Sarawak and reopen action. The Manila blockade tightens with several ships refused entry and Cavite arsenal found empty. Col Giguel dies by own hand over nonexisting ammunition. rebels split, many favor Spain.
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Hong Kong
Manila
United States
Concord
Boston
Hailo
Sarawak
Dewey
Spain
Cavite
Giguel
Augusti
London
the Standard
Spanish squadron reaches Santiago de Cuba in Cuba
Reports say Admiral Cervera's squadron is at Santiago de Cuba with about 10,000 Spanish soldiers on shore. U S Navy bulletin confirms the Spanish fleet's arrival as battleships move to enforce the blockade. A London dispatch calls the maneuver a brilliant but trap prone to future clashes. Washington notes cabinet silence on Cuba moves.
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Madrid
Cervera
Santiago de Cuin
Washington
Navy Department
Santiago de Cuba
London
Daily News
Lord Nelson
West Indies
Trafalgar
America
Cuba
Daily Chronicle
the Chronicle
Spain
Say- Pavers Migue
Ex-Governor O M Roberts Dies in Austin at 82
Former Texas Governor O M Roberts, who led the state from 1879 to 1882 and later served as chief justice, died Thursday in Austin after a long illness from Bright's disease. He was aged eighty three.
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Austin
Tex
O. M. Roberts
Bright
Tle
Texas
Nine Victims Recovered From La Metairie Hospital Fire
St Hyscinthe Que May 13 Nine bodies of fire victims at La Metairie hospital have been recovered from the ruins. Some were burned beyond recognition.
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St. Hyscinthe
la Metairie Hospital
No Further Call for Volante General Miles Says No New Volunteers
Washington May 18 General Miles, in command of the army, said the president does not intend to call for additional volunteers at this time. No further levy is planned.
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Washington
Miles
Spanish Troops Sail for Philippine Islands in May 21 Expedition
Between 1000 and 10000 Spanish troops from Catalonia Alusia Aragon and Valencia embark here for the Philippine islands as part of a Maolia Varcelona operation dated May 21.
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Maolia
Varcelona
Catalonia
Alusia
Aragon
Valencia
Philippine Islands
Death of an Authoress in Rockland Mass
Rockland Massachusetts March 20 Miss Maria Tavisa Pool the authoress died at four o clock Thursday after several weeks illness.
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Rockland
Mass
Maria Tavisa Pool
Alabama Battleship Launched at Philadelphia Yard
The battleship Alabama was successfully launched at Cramps' ship yard in Philadelphia at 12:50 PM on Wednesday. It is the first of three new battleships of her class, with the others named Minols and Wisconsin.
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Philadelphia
Alabama
Cramps
Minols
Wisconsin
American Fleet Bombards Repeatedly Forcing Refugees
The text notes the American fleet repeats bombardments driving people to camp in the countryside out of range of artillery. The situation implies ongoing naval action and civilian displacement as forces clash along accessible fronts.
Tremier Sagausta Forms a New Min istry-Senor Cnarstillo De clines to Accept
Madrid reports the new Spanish cabinet formed with Sagasta Leon y Castillo and other ministers named to the queen regent. The ministers were sworn in Wednesday evening. Paris notes Senor Leon y Castillo as Spanish ambassador to France.
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Tremier Sagausta
Senor Cnarstillo
Madrid
Senor
Sagasta Leon Y Castillo
Corres
Senor Amon
Daebeag Tes Romero Giron Finance
Seeeeue
Eeeee- Lopez Puigherver Interior
EF. R. Capdepon Jusuice
Cabra Eee
Hey Gamazo Sener Sagasta
Paris
Design divergences and specs of the Alabama class battleship
The Alabama class shows marked design divergences from the Orfiree, the Oregon, Indiana and Massachusetts. It features larger size and displacement with gun and armor arrangements noted. Main battery four 13 inch guns in turrets and 14 six inch rapid firing guns. secondary battery seven six pounders, six one pounders and four Gatlings. Displacement around 1129 tons with speed around 16 knots and 10,400 horsepower.
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Oregon
Indiana
Massachusetts
Alabama
Snowslides trap about 100 on Valdes glacier
Seattle reports two large snowslides on the Valdes glacier near Copper River Alaska on April 30 and May 1. About 100 people were caught with three killed Joseph Furner of Chicago B Antwerp of Minneapolis and A Johnston of Eureka California.
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Seattle
Wash
Morgan City
Copper River
Alaska
Valdes Glacier
Joseph Furner
Chicago
B. Antwerp
Minneapolis
A. Johnston
Eureka
Cal
Rigid Press Censorship in Tampa Reports May 21
Tampa news staff are informed that all dispatches must go through Liett. Miley of General Shafter’s staff for approval. Censorship will be strict and remain in force until after Cuba invasion.
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Tampa
Fla
Liett
Miley
Gen. Shafter
Gensdrshin
Cuba
Anglo American Telegraph Eases Press Message Rules
The Anglo American Telegraph Company issued a notice stating that pending a decision by the chief signal officer, press messages will be accepted without restrictions. The announcement was dated New York May 18.
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New York
Anglo-American Telegraph Company
Cabinet Row Over Foreign Office Port Folio Declined
A statement notes that the ministerial post, offered in the Sagasta cabinet reconstruction, has been tendered and declined by the respondent. The exchange follows discussions with Señor Sagasta regarding the foreign office.
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Senor Sagasta
Sympathy from the Czar and Boston Firefall Tragedy
The czar sends condolences to Mrs. Gladstone in English from Hawarden castle praising the late statesman and universal sorrow. In Boston eight Columbian Fireproofing workers fell over 100 feet from an elevator during construction, one killed instantly and others dying from injuries.
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Boston
Columbian Fireproofing Company
Boston Wharf Company
Spain Demands Retaliation After Mail Intercept
Madrid reports that New York mail for Spain has halted and been destroyed including letters with checks and valuables. The newspapers urge the government to retaliate against Americans resident in Spain and American newspaper correspondents.
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Madrid
Spain
New York
Rebels Align With Spain Against Americans
Madrid reports a Havana dispatch stating that the rebels have pronounced for Spain and are joining Spaniards to defeat the Americans, signaling a significant shift in the on going conflict.
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Madrid
Havana
Spain
Manila Faces Capitulation to American Blockade
The article notes the famine and hardships in Manila as the city nears capitulation to Admiral Dewey and the American squadron, highlighting the strain on civilians and the strategic naval pressure from the United States.
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Ade
Manila
Dewey
Fire destroys Cow & Snell and Blade plants in Toledo blaze
A Friday evening fire at the Cow and Snell and adjacent Toledo Blade facilities caused extensive damage. The Blade will publish from the Commercial office for days. Losses run to about 600000 with 150000 to 200000 for the Blade and 250000 for Dow and Snell. Assistant Chief Mayo and firemen Herman L Bishop Nizer Trepinski and Wills were trapped when the east wall collapsed. Mayo escaped but the others are missing.
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Toledo, O
Cow & Snell Whilesale Grocery
Toledo Blade
Robinson Locke
Dow & Snell
Dow-Snell
Mayo
Herman L. Bishop
Nizer Trepinski
Wills
President to Open Transmisssissippi Exposition by Telephonic Signal
Omaha will host the Trans Missis sippi exposition opening on June 1 with President McKinsley reading his message via telephonic connection. The ceremony will start with a downtown parade and a brief program at the exposition grounds, followed by three days of events. Railroads offer a one cent a mile rate for travel to the opening.
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Omaha
Neb
McKinsley
Supplemental war estimates filed for six months
Secretary Alger has sent supplemental estimates of appropriations to the secretary of the treasury for transmission to Congress. The request totals 38,540,000 for the support of the regular and volunteer armies for the first six months of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, in addition to prior acts. Existing estimates and appropriations on account of the war reach 295,210,840.
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Washington
Alger
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
War Department
United States
Ambassador Hay Expresses Sorrow
A Hawarden dispatch relays Col John Hay US ambassador sorrowing condolences to FoRt. Hon. Herbert Gladstone. He offers heartfelt sympathy for a personal loss and praises the English race for a life of achievements and noble purpose.
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Hay
Hawarden
United States
John Hay
Herbert Gladstone
Explosion at Chateau San Julian Kills Ten in Carthagena
An accidental explosion at a projectile factory in Carthagena Spain on May 21 killed five soldiers and five workers and severely injured 52 people including the port governor. The blast occurred at Chateau San Julian.
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Carthagena
Spain
Chateau San Julian
Wreck kills soldier near Chickamauga and injures many
One dead and several fatally injured after a collision between a military train from Chattanooga to the Chickamauga camp and a south bound passenger train on the Chattanooga Rome Southern line. Victims from the First Missouri Volunteer Infantry include George Walker Alfred Lane Harvard Barlaski E R Richards and Ed Lavinsburg with others injured. Jack McCade was killed by a passing train moments earlier.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga, Rome & Southern
Chickamauga
Missouri Volunteer Infantry
George Walker
Alfred M. Lane
Harvard Barlaski
E. R. Richards
Leutenant
R. H. Feidell
Ed Lavinsburg
William Moffatt
Chattanooga Times
Jack McCade
Missouri
Park
Rome & Southern
Rossville
Tornado Wreaks Havoc in Northwest Arkansas
A southern cyclone tore through northwest Arkansas Friday night causing immense property damage and at least seven deaths. Elm Springs Lowell Mudtown and surrounding areas suffered extensive destruction with multiple homes blown down and occupants killed. One man crushed in a cellar, another in debris, and an Italian family wiped out in a wrecked farmhouse. Additional fatalities reported near Fort Smith and Springdale with injuries to several residents.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Arkansas
Great Fruit Belt
Ozark Fruit Region
Berton County
White River Valley
Elm Springs
Lowell
Mudtown
Killingsworth
W. H. Holcomb
W. B. Pierson
Crawford County
Fort Smith
Nesbitt
W. S. Kimbrough
Springdale
Kimbrough
St. Louis
Republic
Dallas
Tex
Railroad disaster near Chattanooga hurt and killed Missouri volunteers
The report describes a high speed collision involving Missouri soldiers near Chattanooga. Engineer C. W. Wheeler survived with a maimed ankle, arrests followed for running a special ahead. Horses killed, coaches damaged, about 12 wounded. Secretary Alger ordered care for the wounded and full honors for the dead, with action against the responsible railroad.
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C. W. Wheeler
Wills
Washington
Missouri
Chattanooga
Alger
Brooke
Chickamauga
Missouri Volunteers
Secretary of War
Powder Plant Destroyed After Explosion in Hammond
An explosion at the Economical Smoke less Powder plant near Hammond Indiana killed Arthur E Booth of Chicago and injured three others during lunch period. Local officials doubt accident explanations amid sightings of suspicious individuals near the works. Damaging weather across Illinois and Indiana follows in the same report with tornadoes floods and levee breaks causing crop losses and infrastructure damage.
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Hammond
Ind
United States
Arthur E. Booth
Chicago
Lake County
Four Killed In Vandalia Train Collision Near Collinsville
A construction train and a special bearing crew collided on the Vandalia line at 12 10 PM Saturday. Two men on the construction train were killed outright, another died minutes later, and a fourth died in the afternoon. Twenty others were injured.
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St. Louis
Collinsville
Formosa
Woman kills spectator in Alameda dispute
In Alameda California on May 23 Mrs. Gregory a medical specialist shot and killed J H Williams during an altercation with her separated husband. Police believe the bullet may have been aimed at Gregory but misfired. Thieves loot Mrs Barbara Brooks residence in New York of about ten thousand dollars in cash and jewelry.
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Cal
Gregory
J. H. Williams
New York
Barbara Brooks
Horace Brooks
East Thirty-fourth Street
Twenty Die As Arkadia Bombardment Reports
Captain Lloyd aboard the Arkadia reports from San Juan that during a three hour stay at the bombarded port twenty crewmen were killed by American guns. Six were killed at the guns and others by shell bursts. About sixty were injured, all in the forts. no townspeople were harmed.
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New York
Lloyd
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Roosevelt declines active role in Hispano American war
London May 23 The Brussels Daily Mail correspondent reports United States Consul George W Roosevelt declined active participation in the Hispano American war saying he was wounded in the Civil War and paid his debt to his country. Russell B Harrison son of ex President Harrison was sworn in as inspector general with the rank of major in the volunteer army in Indianapolis May 23.
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Brussels
The
Daily Mail
United States
George W. Roosevelt
Russell Harrison
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Ind
Russell B. Harrison
Harrison
Widow Kills Children and Faces Asylum
In Poughkeepsie on May 23 Mrs Sporri, widow of a Vassar College fireman, murdered her two young children by decapitation. The two year old son and five month old daughter were killed Saturday morning. She will be sent to Matteawan asylum for insane criminals.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Celebration parade hose cart tragedy claims two lives
In Lorain Ohio during a celebration of a supposed naval victory a hose cart in a procession ran over two men. Peter Snyder died of his injuries and a second man is dying with his name not reported.
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Lorain, O
Peter Snyder
Rumor on Sampson Cervera Clash Reaches Washington
The navy department faced a lack of official data as rumors spread that Admiral Sampson had met and destroyed the Spanish fleet. Reports from Madrid sparked debate in naval circles while officials cautioned that no decisive action or confirmation was received.
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Chronicle
Washington
Navy Department
Sampson
Cervera
Oregon
Key West
Department
Madrid
Cortes
Spain
United States Naval
Snow
United States Navy
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