It will be several days before it can be stated definitely what the precise measure of destruction to shipping by the gale has been. This much was made apparent yesterday by the northern coast ...
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Article : 456 wordsLieutenant Rowan's mission to the Cuban insurgents has proved successful, and they have decided to co-operate with the American troops. Seven thousand ...
Article : 45 wordsIn discussing the change of sentiment on the part of the United States the Vancouver " Daily World " says:—"There is much to recall the timely maxim laid down in an American paper not many ...
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Article : 81 wordsThe United States Congress has decided to present a sword to Admiral Dewey in recognition of the victory over the Spaniards in the Bay of Manila. ...
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Article : 253 wordsRiots have taken place at Linares, in the south of Spain. The troops fired upon the rioters, and killed 14 of their number. Sixty were wounded. ...
Article : 58 wordsThere is a great outburst of patriotism in America. Plutocrats are equipping regiments for the war, and members of the leisured ...
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Article : 256 wordsJames Corbett, the ex-champion pugilist of American, some time ago offered to give "Bob " Fitzsimmons, who lately retired from the championship of the world, ...
Article : 56 wordsGeneral Blanco, the Spanish commander in Cuba, recently reported that the American cruiser Cincinnati had gone ashore on the Cuban coast. ...
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Article : 39 wordsGeneral Gomez, the insurgent leader in Cuba, welcomes an alliance with America. If the insurgents are supplied with munitions, he says they will be able to ...
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Article : 238 wordsThe sectional committee sat all day. Mr. Clarke, secretary of the league, gave a voluminous statistical statement, which was corroborated by some 10 witnesses. Mr. Willis, M.L.A., gave general evidence ...
Article : 120 wordsAdmiral Dewey, the United States Commander-in-Chief, has offered to administer the government of the Philippines through the Spaniards until a ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 11 May 1898, Page 7
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