Royal Welcome as Fleet Returns Up Hudson
New York on August 22 witnessed hundreds of thousands along the Hudson salute the North Atlantic squadron under Rear Admiral Sampson. Ships New York Iowa Indiana Brooklyn Massachusetts Oregon and Texas led a parade to Grant's Tomb with cheers, cannon fire, and a river of rivercraft filling the bay and river.
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New York
Hudson
Hampson
Iowa
Indiana
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
Oregon
Wexas
New York Bay
Lumpkinsville
S.1
Sampson
New York City
Pavy Yard
Jong
Merc
Texas
Governor's Island
Navy Salute to Grant and Cervera Echoes on the River
The procession of battleships fired the first gun of the national salute as smoke hid the ships and the river trembled with roar. Gunfire honored Gen Grant and Admiral Cervera at Santiago while ships, bells, bands, and crowds marked the return parade up the river. The entire salute and passage to Tompkinsville lasted two hours and 85 minutes.
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Castle A William
Gen. Grant
Hudson River
Riverside Drive
Hudson
Grant
Fred
Geturn
Iit
Cervera
Santiago
Anchorage
Tompkinsville
S. L
Wisconsin Republicans renominate Gov Scofield in heated convention
Wisconsin Republicans renominated Gov Howard Scofield at an all night convention vote 620 504 with La Follette faction opposing a key indorsed plank on government management and anti passes. The ticket was completed Aug 19 with gubernatorial nominee Scofield and a slate including Store Froelich Hicks Harvey Rice GilJohann and Davidson among others. The platform favors gold standard strong anti corporation stance and lobby suppression.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Howard Scofield
Scofield
la Fallette
Seofield
la Follette
Wil
Madison
Guy Serfield
Jesse Store
Watertown
William H. Froehlech
Jackson
J. ©. Davidson
Soldiers Grove
K. R. Hicks
Osh- Koo
Business Situation Brightens as Fall Trade Nears
Bradstreet notes growing confidence ahead of fall trade with crop prospects improving export hopes and steady bank clearings. Iron and steel prices and demand rise, cereals show steadiness, and collections improve though some northwest delays persist. Business failures rise to 193 from 157 prior week, vs 221 a year ago. Rh, G, Dan & Co. add that postwar expansion is broad across sectors.
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New York
Bradstreet
Bessemer
Piy
Isid
G, Dan & Co
Review of
Wave and flood ruin in Pittsburgh and Iowa storm deaths
A cloud burst over Sawmill Run in Pittsburgh endangering a dozen people with six missing presumed drowned named Irene Loftus Regis Loftus Genevieve Shaughnessy Margaret Shaughnessy Nellie Sauls Anna Holzapfel. A western Pennsylvania downpour caused washouts and damage. In Dickenson County Iowa a northwest storm at Spirit Lake and Superior killed Herman Eypestein and his wife. another family nearby is said killed, with names unavailable amid downed wires.
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Pittsburgh
Sawmill Run
Irene Loftus
Regis Loftus
Genevieve Shaughnessy
Margaret Shaughnessy
Nellie Sauls
Anna Holzapfel
Pennsylvania
Patal
Cedar Rapids
Dickinson County
Spirit Lake
Superior
Herman Eypestein
No Extra Session Looms for Senate This Fall
Washington notes that Senator Cannon of Utah, remaining in the capital after adjournment, expects no extra Senate session this fall though others had anticipated one. He predicts an extra session after March 4. The London Spectator foresees the US retaining all Spanish possessions but Cuba likely under US governance 20 years. Honolulu reports the US flag raised in Hawaii on August 12 aboard Glenfarg. New York reports John H. Haverly, famed theatrical manager, has filed for bankruptcy with liabilities of 327,749 and assets listed at 16,100.
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Senator Cannon
Utah
Congress
Senate
Cannon
Haverly
New York
John H. Haverly
Ang
Saratoga
A. W. Fordney
Michigan
Don Frederico Madrazo
Madrid
Chicago
Joseph A. Choate
American Par Association
N. Y
Amos Neely
Sheridan
Ark
Charles Stegall
William Miller
Davenport
Stegall
Miller
Stanford
George Stephenson
Joe Titford
Crab Orchard
Oshkosh
Americus
Mary McGarrah
James
Alex Walker
Pleasant Hill
Ala
Rockford
Ill
George Ennett
Anna
United States
Hunter
Guatemala
State Department
Morales
Deter Foy
Independence
Samuel Breakwell
Highwood
Lake County
Til
Carl Pethke
Senator Cushman Davis Accepts Spanish American Peace Commission
Washington Aug. 18 Senator Cushman K Davis chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations has accepted the tender of an appointment as a member of the Spanish American peace commission.
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Tnator Davis
Washington
Cushman K. Davis
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
WAR HISTORY REPORTS AMERICA SAILS WIN PUERTO RICO MANILA
Gen Wheeler and Col Roosevelt disembarked at Camp Wikoff Montauk. General Blanco resigns as Cuba governor to avoid evacuation duties. Reports say Dewey bombarded Manila and Manila surrendered unconditionally. Mixed dispatches speak of Cuban evacuation, Spanish orders, and troop movements as U S leaders plan commissions and withdrawals.
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Wheeler
Col
Roosevelt
Miami
Camp Wikoff
Montauk Point
Blanco
Cuba
Fitzhugh Lee Widl
Schwan
Puerto Rico
Havana
Wildman
Hong Kong
State Department
Dewey
Manila
August
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Antilles
Gil
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Santiago
I Mmines
Mangrove
Calfarien
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James F. Wade
Willam T. Sampson
Matthew C. Butler
John R. Broake
Winfield
Schley
William W. Gordon
Cleles
Cervera
Morey
Spain
United States
Merritt
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Woodward
Massachusetts
New York
Garretgon
Twenty-third
Kansas Regiment
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Il!nois
Chickamauga
Springfield
Gonzgales Parrado
Luis Pastor Landero
Marquis de Montoro
Mobile
Seneca
Newport News
Otto Hoffer
Tenn
Sampson
Washington
Howell
Norton
Detroit
Michigan
Yosemite
North Atlantic
Iowa
Indiana
Brooklyn
Oregon
Texas
Manila Falls to US Forces in Aug Occupation
Manila is captured by combined land and naval forces after a two hour bombardment at Malate fort. Seven thousand prisoners are taken along with 12 000 rifles and ammunition. Merritt assumes command, eight Americans killed and 40 wounded. Spanish losses heavy. American flag raised, shops reopen, cable soon repaired.
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War Department
Hong-Krong
Manila
Peru
Pucbla
Otis
Hughes
McKinley
Dewey
Miley
Puerto Rico
United States
Brooke
Adit
Lawton
Military Department of
Santiago
Hong Kong
Malate Fort
A Revolting Murder in Paris and a Portland Larceny Sentence
In Paris a man named Deblander, intoxicated, murdered his two children aged four and two by tying bandages over their eyes and smashing their heads on a stone wall. In Portland, Fred Primrose, once a minstrel, pleaded guilty to larceny and received six months in county jail.
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Paris
Deblander
Gutenburg
Primrose
Portland
Ore
Fred Primrose
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