Spain Accepts US Proposals End Of War Seen
Madrid Aug 8 cabinet council confirms Spain will accept American peace terms under force. Note to France and U.S. officials signals immediate suspension of hostilities. Queen regent approves general lines. Madrid expects Washington to accept and halt fighting by Tuesday. A commission may decide Cuban debt evacuation dates and future of colonies.
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Madrid
United States
Senor Leon Y ¥ Castillo
France
M. Cambon
Washington
Senor Sugasta
Spain
America
White House
London
Daily Mail Telegraphing
McKinley
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Cortes
Miles
Ponce
San Juan
Manila
Admiral Dewey
Oo BO
Fitzhugh Lee
Yauco
Pennsylvania
Col. Hulings
Juan Diaz
Ponca
Gen. Merritt
Garcia
Mayari
Coamo
Philippine Islands
Gibora
Gomez
Arroyo
Patillas
Yabucos
Salinas
Santa
Aibonito
Aguinaldo
Gol. San Martin
Lieut
Co. Pulz
Maria Teresa
Norfolk
Minor News Items From Around The Nation
Fire in Jacksonville caused $125,000 loss to six firms. Executions in Arkansas include Charles Clybourn in Prescott for assaulting a girl and Fluke Fleming in Little Rock for killing Deputy Sol Rollins. Nimrod sank off Cape St Blas with 12 drowned. Lipton donates $500,000 for cheap dining rooms in London. New York savings banks show near $40 million resource rise. 109 year old Mrs. Helen Kelley burned to death in Tennessee. St Louis beef plant fire costs $50,000. 30 sheep cremated. Alaska advices warn of fame fire and stampede in Dawson. Dayton elevators destroyed. farmers lose. Buffalo murder suicides claim Mrs. Meisner and William Flewell. Pittsboro farmer kills wife and himself. Lafayette drownings of Sadgwick Arnold, Frank Luce, and two Leisch brothers. Col James O Broadhead, ex minister and congressman, dies in St Louis. Kewanee tragedy claims George Messmore and his 11-year-old son. Nixon funeral procession crash in Alabama. Mary Williams dies, Henry Schultz kills wife then himself. Republicans nominate S E Payne and James Sherman for Congress. Robinson Basket Company fire in Painesville destroys largest grape basket factory. Blind man Charles Yohansen and wife Christia found dead at South River. Willow Springs postmaster J W Banks commits suicide in Chicago.
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Jacksonville
Charles Clybourn
Prescott
Ark
Nimrod
Cape St. Blas
Fluke Fleming
Little Rock
Sol Rollins
Thomas Lipton
London
New York
Helen Kelley
Mancock County
Tenn
St. Louis
Alaska
Dawson
James O. Broadhead
Switzerland
Cleveland
George Messmore
Kewanee
Ranaway
Nixon
Ala
Mary Williams
Henry Schultz
Davenport
S. E. Payne
Congress
James §. Sherman
Robinson Basket Ecompany
United States
Painesville
Charles Yohansen
Christia
South River
J. W. Banks
Willow Springs
Lil
Briggs
Chicago
National Game casualties from vaccination in San Francisco
Private N Loos of Company I First Colorado Regiment died from blood poisoning after vaccination. He enlisted at Pueblo and was among 150 recruits in the regiment stationed in San Francisco.
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Und Vucerne
San Francisco
N. Loos
Coleorado
Hug
Pueblo
Three Men Killed In Canton Junction Train Crash
Canton Mass August 8 three men died and several mail clerks were seriously injured when an express mail train from New York to Boston jumped the tracks at Canton Junction on the New Haven system. Killed are engineer James Sheldon fireman G K Knowlton and engineer Schufeldt riding in the cab. Injured include Joseph Killen Peter Carrall L H Butterfield F D Lincoln C A Buckland W A Seymour T E Denny. There were 14 mail clerks aboard. The crash was caused by a misplaced swivel on a downhill run. the switch at a siding failed and the train wrecked, the engine and forward car overturning and the rest tossed from their trucks.
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Canton
Mass
Canton Junction
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New York
Boston
James Sheldon
G. K. Knowlton
Abana Schufeldt
Joseph Killen
Peter Carrall
L. H. Butterfield
F. D. Lincoln
C. A. Buckland
Ex Mayor Sutro Dead In San Francisco
San Francisco reports ex mayor Adolph Sutro died at 2 30 am Monday. Born in Aix la Chapelle Prussia on April 21 1830 he pursued business in Europe before immigrating to the United States with his mother and ten siblings or relatives.
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San Francisco
Sutro
Adolph Sutro
Aix-la-Chapelle
Prussia
United States
Officers Round Robin Reflects Strain of Campaign and Fever
Washington Aug 8 General Shafter protests the public round robin by senior officers, noting extreme exhaustion after 22 days of campaign and malarial fever that slowed recovery. He cites new immunes arriving with better camps and conditions, saying fresh troops should avoid serious danger from yellow fever or dysentery.
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Washington
Shafter
Sutro and other 19th century figures in brief
Adolph Sutro left for California in 1850, engaged in mercantile and mining work, and after visiting the Comstock lode in 1860 pursued tunneling with 42 companies. He became a major San Francisco landowner and served one mayoral term, his wealth around 34 million. Other notes mention George N Carson reportedly accepting the viceroyalty of India, a jail storming incident in Yampa, a Cincinnati garment workers convention, the value of wheat stores for national defense, and the death of Weather Bureau forecaster Prof Park Morrill.
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California
San Francisco
Comstock Lode
Sutro
Sutra
San Prancisco
Deaths and updates from the SpanishAmerican War era
Reports from New York describe ambulance arrivals at Montauk Point and water supply concerns for camps housing troops from Santiago de Cuba. Veterans' affairs note Brig. Gen. John S. Poland’s death from typhoid fever at Asheville. Other items cover military orders, naval observers, and the death of Egyptologist George Maurice Ebers in Munich.
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Bates
Kent
Troupk
New York
Red Cros Society
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Col. Forward
Santiago de Cubs
Ge Polana
Washington
War Department
John S. Poland
Asheville
N.C
Princeton
Ind
West Point
Second Infantry
Seventeenth United States Infantry
Manassas
Bull Run
Yorktown
Gaines Mil
Malvern Hill
Antietam
Shepardstown
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Early
Chancelloraville
George Maurice Ebers
Munich
Bavaria
Villa Ebers
Tatzing
George
Maurice Ebers
Bere
WEEKLY WAR HISTORY OUTLOOK OF AUGUST DATES
A compact timeline covers August 2 to August 8 with Gen Miles and Gen Merritt actions in Puerto Rico and Cuba, Dewey and Aguinaldo developments, Cuban and Spanish maneuvers, and shifts in troop movements. Notable items include Puerto Rico advances, peace terms in Madrid, Shafter’s fleet moves, and political notes from Manila to Madrid.
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Sampson
Manila
United States
Puerto Rico
Santiago
Infanta Maria Teresa
Cervera
Wildman Aguinaldo
Philippines
Sagasta
San Juan
War Department
Gen. Shafter
Cuba
Its
Guayama
Sinais
Ohio
Haines
Long
Dewey
Shafter
New York
Union
Benry Ponce
Alger
Havana
Elisha Helps Shunamite Widow and Son Return
A Shunamite woman hosts Elisha and her home prospers. He promises a son who later dies in the fields, then is raised to life after a faith tested by prayer and the prophet’s staff. The story emphasizes faith and miraculous aid through Elisha’s ministry.
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Elisha
Ehunem
Salam
Issachar
Jezreel
Jerusalem
Little
Hermon
Jezzeel
Shunem
Elijah
Lfe
Jericho
Biel
Gehazi
Jesus
Lask
Perhepas
Etisha
Slyde Wagan
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