Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom

Again at War with a Foreign Power--Spain's Significant Flag-- Three Years Without an American Flag in Cuban Waters--Visit of the Maine to Havana Harbor--The Maine Blown Up by Su...

In gratitude of Spain to the Great Discoverer Who Gave Her a New World--How Spain's Evil Colonial Policy Lost the Western Hemisphere to That Obsolete Nation--Early Settlement of...

Present Men of Prominence Are Types of Those Who Were Infamous Years Ago--Roman Rule in Spain--Weakness of Spanish Power of Resistance--Discoveries in America--Horrors of the In...

Spain's Stolen Treasures from Mexico and Peru Tempt Her European Rivals--The Spanish Main the Scene of Piratical Plundering for Many Years--Havana and Other Cities Threatened--G...

Efforts of the Early Governors to Encourage Trade--Cultivation of Sugar One of the First Industries--Decree Defining Powers of the Captain General--Attempted Annexation to the U...

When the little island of Cuba, "The Pearl of the Antilles," was assigned a place upon the terrestrial globe, Nature must have been in her most generous mood. Certainly no land...

The Palm Tree, the Queen of the Cuban Forests--Sugar Cane and Its Cultivation--The Tobacco Industry--Tropical Fruits and Flowers-- Beauties of a Garden in Cuba--Enormous Shipmen...

Life in the Rural Districts--A Cuban Bill of Fare--The Amusements of the Country People--Sports of the Carnival--Native Dances--An Island Farm--Fruit Used for Bread--Cattle Ranc...

Havana and Its Attractions for Tourists--How to Reach Cuba-- Description of the Harbor of Havana--How the Proverbial Unhealthfulness of the City May Be Remedied--Characteristics...

The city of Havana may be said to stand in the same relation to Cuba that Paris does to France, for in it are centered the culture, the refinement, and the wealth of the island,...

Slavery in Cuba--Horrible Tortures Inflicted--The Conspiracy of Lopez--The United States Interferes--Lopez Captured and Executed --Seizure of American Ships--Our Government Dema...

Before the outbreak of the Ten Years' War, the reform party in Cuba, which included all the most enlightened, wealthy and influential citizens of the island, had exhausted all t...

Excitement in the United States over a Spanish Outrage of Twenty-five Years Ago--The Virginius a Blockade Runner--Severity of the Spanish Court Martial--Insolence to the America...

The reader who has watched closely the struggle in Cuba for the past three years need not be told that Spain has had every advantage in men, money, arms and ammunition. The same...

If Spain had been sincere in the promises of reform she made her Cuban colony when the treaty of Zanjon was signed, it is probable that the present war would have never occurred...

Ever since Spain lost her colonies on the American continent the Cubans have striven to gain their independence. The Ten Years War cost the mother country 300,000,000 pesetas an...

Organization Which Has Represented the Insurgents in the United States--Splendid Work Done by Senor Tomas Estrada Palma and His Staff--Sources of the War Funds--Generosity of Cu...

Cuban Refugees in Key West--Their Devotion to the Cause-- Peculiarities of the Town--Odd Sights and Sounds--Filibusters and Their Work--The First Authorized Expedition--It Is a...

It was the intention of the insurgents to begin operations in the six provinces on the same date, but at the appointed time three of them failed to carry out the plan, and in on...

A Cuban Patriot--A Life Devoted to the Cause--First Work for Cuba--Banished From His Native Land--He Returns to Fight for Freedom--His Death--Maximo Gomez, General-in-Chief of t...

The Sword of Cuba--Battle Cry of the Revolutionists--Cavalry Charges--The Strategies of War--Hand-to-Hand Encounters--Maceo at the Front--Barbarities of the Spanish Soldiers--Am...

The record of the last fifty years is the clearest and most convincing evidence that can be offered against the Spanish contention that the United States is not concerned with t...

Early in 1896, when the Spanish government began to realize that the insurrection was assuming serious proportions, arrangements were made for the recall of General Campos, then...

The Civil Guards and Their Crimes--Horrible Murder of Eight Innocent Men--A Man After Weyler's Own Heart--How the Spanish Gain "Victories"--Life, Liberty and Property Sacrificed...

Importance of the American Consulate at Havana in a Critical Time--General Fitzhugh Lee the Man for the Place--Sketch of the Life of Lee--A Nation's Confidence in Its Popular He...

Spanish Hatred of the American Nation--Instances of Injustice-- The Case of Dr. Ruiz--His Death in a Dungeon--Julio Sanguilly-- Action of the United States Senate in His Behalf-...

A Great Leader in a Great Cause--A Modern Judas--The Worthy Son of a Noble Sire--The Farewell Letter--An Estimate of Maceo's Character--Rejoicing Among Spanish Supporters--Their...

The Object of the Plan--Slaves of Spain--The Massacre of the Innocents--Deserted Fields and Farms--A Fearful Mortality--The Cubans the Oldest Americans of Caucasian Blood--Women...

The American People Favor Cuba--Influence of the Press--Hatred of Weyler--General Lee's Reports of the Horrors of the War--The Question of Annexation--Spanish Soldiers Oppose Am...

How Spain Pays Her Debts--An Old Soldier's Experience--The Case of Pedro Casanova--Destruction of Property--Robbery and Murder--A Cruel Attack--The Insurgents to the Rescue--Hid...

The Cuban Question Not a New One--The Efforts of Former Administrations to Bring About a Settlement--President Cleveland's Message--Recommendations of President McKinley--The Sp...

Spanish officials in Cuba have always denied the charge that they made war on women, and have insisted that the tales of persecution of the weaker sex that have reached this cou...

The Geneva Conference--Miss Barton's Work in the War of the Rebellion--Organization of the American Red Cross--The Work in Cuba--Appeal to the Public--A Floating Hospital--Corre...

The Board of Inquiry in Session--Its Report Received by Congress --Spanish Officials in Cuba Show Sympathy--The Evidence of the Divers--A Submarine Mine--The Officers and Men of...

Our Former Troubles with Spain Recalled--The Verdict of the People--Spanish Rule a Blot on Civilization--The Attitude of Other Nations--The Necessity for Delay--The Message to C...

Cuba's Friends in Congress--Senator Proctor's Address to His Colleagues--A Notable Exhibition of Patriotism--An Appropriation for the National Defense--Relief for the Survivors...

With the press and public of the entire country at a fever heat of indignation, and the evident determination on the part of a large majority of the members of the Congress of t...

Growth of the White Squadron in a Single Decade--Progress of Our Navy a Gratifying Ode after It Was Fairly Started--How the United States Stands in Comparison with the Other Nat...

The North Atlantic Squadron Sent to Key West--Commodore Schley at Hampton Roads--The Voyage of the Oregon--The Camp at Chickamauga-- Where the Initial Work of Mobilizing the Tro...

Grave Responsibilities Bravely Met--The Ultimatum to Spain--The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Sends Minister Woodford His Transports--Our Consuls in Cuba Leave the Island-...

Capture of the LaFayette--The Government Orders Her Release-- Towing Prizes Into Key West--The Spanish Set a Trap--The Vicksburg and the Morrill Take the Bait--The Spanish Gunne...

The Spanish Minister in Washington Demands His Passports-- Minister Woodford Leaves Madrid--Formal Declaration of War--Our Government Declares Its Intentions--The War Feeling in...

Enthusiastic Answer to the Call--Requirements of the War Department--Who May Enlist--How the Army was Formed--In the Training Camps--The American Makes the Best Soldier--The "Ro...

While the great blockade was in progress the air was full of talk about "prizes," "contraband," "search," and "seizure," and some of the terms proved rather puzzling to the aver...

Spain Threatened with Interior Difficulties--Danger that the Crown Might Be Lost to the Baby King of Spain--Don Carlos and the Carlists Are Active--Castelar Is Asked to Establis...

The Philippines Another Example of the Shocking Misgovernment of Spain's Outlying Possessions--Interesting Facts About the Philippines--Spanish Oppression and Cruelty--Manila, t...

Eagerness to Fight--Matanzas Bombarded--Weyler's Brother-in-law a Prisoner of War--The Situation in Havana--Blanco Makes a Personal Appeal to Gomez--The Reply of a Patriot--"One...

The Eyes of the World Fixed on the First Great Naval Battle of Our War with Spain--Asiatic Waters the Scene of the Notable Conflict--Importance of the Battle in Its Possible Inf...

Location of the Islands--Their Population--Honolulu, the Capital and the Metropolis--Political History--The Traditional Policy of the United States--Former Propositions for Anne...

The Bombardment of San Juan--The Engagement at Cardenas--The Voyage of the Oregon--The Battle at Guantanamo--Santiago Under Fire--Landing the Troops in Cuba--The Charge of the R...

The United States military expedition, under command of Major-General Nelson A. Miles, commanding the army of the United States, left Guantanamo bay on the evening of Thursday,...

Landing of General Merritt at Manila--The German Fleet Warned by Admiral Dewey--The Ladrone Islands--Fierce Battle in Darkness and Storm--Foreign Warships Notified of the Attack...

Spain Sues for Peace--President McKinley's Ultimatum--French Ambassador Cambon Acts on Behalf of Spain--The President's Proclamation--The Protocol--Spanish Losses in Men, Ships...

There was one man on the road whose left foot was heavily bandaged and drawn up from the ground. He had provided himself with a sort of rough crutch made of the forked limb of a...