War News and Home Front Tangles From State of Siege
Dispatches detail led battles around Santiago de Cuba with advancing American forces under Sampson Lawton and Hobson. Reports note Cuban skirmishers burning blockhouses as troops push toward Santiazo and Morro Castle. Also covered: American naval positions, Puerto Rico transport plans, proclamations in Havana, and local civic notes including bank anniversaries and a giant flag exhibit in New York.
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Port Antonio
Vesuvius
Santiago
Mortimac
Sampson
Hobson
Blanco
Havana
Batabano
Navy Department
Hobeen
Morro
Table Land
Santiago de Cuba
Morro Castle
Santiazo
Washington
Lawton
Demajayabo
Daiquiri
Second Massachusetts
Twelfth Infantry
Fourth Infantry
Tenth Infantry
Jaragua
New York World
Jamaica
Texas
Matamoras
Rabi
Socapa
F. R. Blakely
Newport
ITL
R. C. Engle
H. A. Gee
J. E B. Lively
G. F. Mullen
J. E. Nelson
R. Russell
W. J. Simonson
A. Looqvist
Russell
Complete Investment of Santiago de Cuba by Land and Sea
Blockade runners have landed under Lee of the Isle of Pines near Santiago de Cuba. The south coast west to Cape San Antonio had been largely unprotected for weeks, allowing shipments to Havana. Four fast ships were dispatched to patrol from Cape de Cruz to the Isle of Pines to end blockade running.
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Santiago de Cuba
Lee
Isle of Vines
Kingston
Santiago
Cape San Antonio
Havana
Isle of Pines
Batabano
Cape de Cruz
Glorious Spanish Victory Claimed From Madrid Dispatches
Madrid reports state Spain holds at Santiago de Cuba with early success claims. Dispatches describe enemy landing forces and bombardment near Daiquiri and Punta Berraco while Spanish crews join land defenses. A later message asserts Spanish forces repulsed the enemy.
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Madrid
Santiago de Cuba
Punta Berraco
Havana
Daiquiri
Cienfuegos
Cervera
Santiago
Oregon National Guard reorganized for war footing
Portland Oregon June 25 The Oregon National Guard will be reorganized for war with four independent units Battery A troop B and separate companies A and K. The infantry to form the Third regiment with one battalion per district Eastern Oregon Willamette Valley and Portland. Places with lockers racks targets and desks will be preferred when accepting new companies.
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Portland
Oregon National Guard
Tuttle
Military Board
Infantry
War Department
Volunteer Army
Oreggon
Willamette Valley
United States
Oregon Volunteers
Ree
Refugees From Havana Reach Kingston and Porto Rico
Kingston reports the British warship Talbot, bringing 34 Havana refugees five days earlier, sailed from Porto Rico yesterday to Havana to evacuate the British consul and any British subjects seeking departure. London notes Senor Sagasta told the chamber the Camara squadron headed to the Philippines. Senator Salmoner blamed the monarchy for recent events and warned ministers that suspending the cortes would invite other measures.
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Havana
Kingston
Talbot
Porto Rico
London
Madrid
the Mail
Senor Sagasta
Chamber of Deputies
Admiral Camara
Philippines
Senor Salmoner
Troop Landing Plans Near Santiago Outlined
Washington reports army officers study maps around Santiago to place Shafter’s forces before the June advance. Daiquiri lies 15 miles east of the harbor with a road to the harbor and a coastal railroad. Western landings near Acerraderos and Cabanas could join Shafter east of the harbor for a northwest attack on Santiago.
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Washington
Santiago
Daiquiri
Santiago Harbor
Juragua
General Shafter
Dalquiri
Cabanas
Acerradero
Rabi
Garcia
Acerraderos
Monitor Monadnock Sails From San Francisco to Manila
Coast defense monitor Monadnock departed San Francisco for Manila via Honolulu accompanied by the collier Nero. The pair expect a 23 day voyage with Nero to tow Monadnock from Honolulu and both vessels equipped for the task. Enthusiastic crowds cheered as they sailed.
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San Francisco
Coast Defense
Manila
Honolulu
Oil Works Burned at Point Breeze in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Oil Refining Company plant at Point Breeze was destroyed by fire. Firefighters kept flames contained with a loss estimated at 300000 dollars. Two barges burned to the water edge and the ship County of Dumfries suffered slight scorching. Dock buildings held paraffine valued at 38000 and 2000 cases of crude oil valued at 20000 and 80000 barrels of lubricating oil. The company carries its own insurance.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Oil Refining Company
Point Breeze
County of Dumfries
Donnely Named President In Typographical Union Election
Complete returns from the International Typographical Union show Samuel B. Donnely of New York Typographical Union No. 6 elected president over incumbent W. B. Prescott by about 3000 votes. Also noted is a Manila occupation claim from the Daily News sourcing a correspondent with access to reliable information. The river Jordan is described as having the shortest descent in the shortest distance of any stream.
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Typographical Union
Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
Samuel B. Donnely
New York
London
The
Daily News
Manila
Jordan
Cuban Invasion Debarkation At Baiquiri Initiated
Dispatches from June 24 describe a naval bombardment at Juragua and rapid troop landings near Baiquiri and Basquiri. The New Orleans Detroit Suwanee and Wasp shelled targets while Eighth First and other infantry began landing. by noon about 8 000 men had reached shore amid calm seas and high spirits.
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Baiquiri
Playa del Este
Guantanamo Bay
Juragua
Basquiri
New Orleans
Machias
Detroit
Suwanee
Wasp
Eighth
Eighth Infantry
Second Massachusetts Volunteers
Jaragua
Washington
Alger
Long
Santiago
Fiest
Cuba
Shafter
Sampson
Navy Department
Castine
Cabanas
Texas
Guantanamo
Unusual Philadelphia knife grinder trains dog to turn grindstone
A one legged knife grinder in Philadelphia has taught a Newfoundland dog to operate his grindstone. Reports from Manila via Shanghai describe fears that Senora Augustin and her children may have been massacred by rebels on the Bulacan, prompting insurgent General Aguinaldo to block a rescue by the British consul.
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Philadelphia
London
Manila
Shanghai
Senora Augustin
Augustin
Bulacan
Aguinaldo
Leiter wheat deal ends in liquidation losses and market drift
The Weekly Market Letter reports the Leiter wheat deal has ended in liquidation with large losses on both sides. It notes the agricultural and market forces that drove the venture, referencing Armour’s praise and the eventual excess supply and falling prices. It lists current prices for vegetables, fruits, dairy, meats, poultry, seafood, and grains from the Portland market.
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Order of the Gay
Prometheus
Leiter
United States
Armour
Board of Trade
Yakimas
California
Lawn
Washington
Olympia
Graham
Puget Sound
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Iness del Inded
Parmissa
Guantana
Ter
Trang
San Francis
Chamber of Depu
Camara
Hawaii
Spgs Ly
Fiume
Austro-Hungary
Watson
Newark
Towa
Oregon
Yosemite
Yankee
Dixie
Cleveland, O
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Bejamin B. Comegys
Philadelphia National Bank
CRBAN
National Guard
Lord
Newport News
Yale
Thirtythird Michigan
Thirty-fourth
Michigan
Old Point
Dufield
Boynton
Thirtythird
Capes
Government Pier
Harvard
Santiago Bay
Unaiquiri
Weekly Market Letter
Downing, Hopkins & Co., Inc. Board of Trade Brokers
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Walla Walla
Milleriffs
Burbanks
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