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449 Index Page numbers in italic text indicate illustrations. Abbot, Willis, 285, 314 Acapulco, 99, 100 Adams, Robert, 209–10 Administración central de los telégrafos (Argentina), 39 African-American Ninth Calvary, 249 Afro-Cubans, 250–51, 299–300 aggressive-gesture cartoons, 302–4, 311 Aizpuru, Rafael, 98, 100, 101 Alabama, 117 Allen, H. W., 138, 141 Allen, James, 237, 246, 293, 398n63 Alsina, Adolfo, 33, 52 Amador Guerrero, Manuel: BunauVarilla meetings, 266–67; conspiracy role, 264–65, 266, 272; conspiring with Bunau-Varilla, 257–59; military bribes, 272, 277; revolt overview, 104–5; treaty negotiations , 273; use of cable communications , 277 “American nervousness,” 332–33 Andes Mountains cable project, 37–39 Andrade, José, 4, 153–54, 169, 320, 322 Anglo-American Telegraph Company, 6, 32, 54 Anglophobia, 160–63, 170, 378n29 anti-imperialism, 314, 321–22, 408n84 anxiety, 332–33 Arab Spring, 336 Arango, Clemencia, 193 Argentina, 14; attacks on telegraph line, 38; boundary dispute with Chile, 62–64, 317, 318, 324; Buenos Aires connections, 39–40; building stage, 42; cable to Europe, 40; crisis with Great Britain, 57–62; Curtis fact-finding trip, 148, 149; financial crisis (early 1890s), 16; investment potential, 149; navy, 58; press, 65, 148; relations with Chile, 112–13; telegraph line to Uruguay, 33, 52; telegraph venture, 37–38; use of cable system, 86, 355n40; “wire treaty,” 52, 62–64, 318 armed forces: buildup, 290–91; extolled, 450 Index 313; problems in, 291–92; white southerners in, 250. See also U.S. Navy Arthur, Chester, 81, 85, 147 Associated Press: as cable-company customer, 316; conspiracy theories, 218–19; criticized, 138; Cuban revolt, 179, 189; domestic news, 70; international coverage, 10, 23–24; Maine incident, 215, 218–19; Roosevelt interview, 245; Spanish-American War, 247; Spanish- American War budget, 234; Virginius affair, 54; Western Union partnership, 22 Atacama Desert, 71, 76, 78 Atkins, John Black, 249 Atlanta Constitution: approach, 330; censorship in Cuba, 237; Cuban revolt, 197; Gussie incident, 236; Itata affair, 119; Maine war scare, 220; Panamanian revolt (1903), 275; partisan leanings, 25, 79, 330; SpanishAmerican War, 234, 244, 246, 313, 240; Venezuelan boundary dispute, 157; Virginius affair, 56–57; War of the Pacific, 79 Atlantic history, 30, 342n35 Atlantic Telegraph Company, 40 Atlantic world, 14–19; significance of transoceanic cable network, 30 automatic retransmission, 7, 201 Avellaneda, Nicolás, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 Balestrini concession, 41 Balmaceda, José Manuel: background, 113–14; congressional revolt, 113–14, 115–16, 120, 121; nitrate claims, 323; Scrymser welcomed, 115; War of the Pacific, 78, 81–82, 82–83 Baltimore affair, 120–28; Iquique cable splicing, 116, 121–22; Panama episode compared, 400n5; patriotism expressed, 325–26; slowness of Chile’s investigation, 127, 318; U.S.-Chilean relations, 65, 321; U.S. issues summarized, 131 banner headlines, 200, 202, 218 Barbados, 36 Baring crisis, 65–66 Barings Bank, 16, 59–60, 65–66 Barrios, Justo Rufino, 89–93, 107 Barrios uprising, 89–93, 362–63n14 Bartholomew, Charles, 313 Barton, Clara, 195 Bayard, Thomas, 91–92, 133, 165 Beard, James, 92 Belly, Felix, 17 Bennett, James Gordon, Jr., 233 Bering Sea dispute, 128, 158 Bessel incident, 58 Biddle, Nicholas, 185 Bidlack-Mallarino Treaty, 96, 105 Bigelow, Poultney, 236, 237–38 Bilbao, Francisco, 344n43 Blaine, James G., 81; Balmaceda favored, 116; Baltimore affair, 127, 129; Barrios uprising, 90, 91–92; Chile-Argentina boundary dispute, 317; Chile delays, 371n75; Chile outwitting, 113, 323; Curtis and, 149; editorials on, 360n40; French canal project, 96; Gilded Age lobbying for Peru, 77–78, 79, 319; Inter-American conference, 149; intrusive diplomacy, 92; Latin American Trade Commission, 148; Scrymser endorsed by, 115 Blaine, Walker, 81, 323 Blanco, Ramón, 213, 219 Blount, James, 129, 131, 209–10, 326, 333 Blue, Victor, 241 Boer War, 4–5 Bogotá, 403n51 Bolivia, War of the Pacific, 71, 79–80, 112 Boston, 269 Boston Globe: burning of Colón, 99; [18.221.222.47] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 10:50 GMT) 451 index Cuban revolt, 184, 187; Garza revolt, 138; Itata affair, 119; Lee triumphant tour, 224; Panamanian intervention , 103; Panamanian revolt (1903), 275; partisan leanings, 330; political cartoons, 310, 11, 312; Roosevelt coverage, 245; Spanish-American War, 293; threat of war with Chile, 126; Venezuelan boundary dispute, 157–58; Virginius affair, 56, 57; War of the Pacific, 75, 79 Boston Herald, 189 boundary disputes: Argentina-Chile, 62–64, 317, 318, 324. See also Venezuelan boundary dispute Bourke, John G., 134; on Garza revolt, 141–43, 147 Bouwer, Nicolas, 59–60, 61 Boyd, Federico...
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