French Liner La Bourgogne Collides Off Sable Island
British Cromartyshire towed into Halifax with bow torn after collision in dense fog south of Sable Island. La Bourgogne sinks with 600 crew and passengers. about 165 saved, including 200 survivors rescued by Cromartyshire and Grecian. Only one woman saved. captains and officers largely perish.
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Halifax
N. S
Cromartyshire
Grecian
Sable Island
la Bourgogne
Henderson
New York
Havre
Bourgogne
Mrs. la Casse
A. D. la Casse
Plainville
N. J
la Casse
France
Stewart
la Bourgogne and
Battle of Santiago Proves U S Armor and Guns Superior
Berlin Daily Mail correspondent notes that the Santiago battle demonstrated the superiority of American armor plating and artillery, signaling a technical edge for U S forces in naval combat.
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Berlin
London Daily Mail
Santiago
Anxious Spanish prisoners exchange offer reached
Washington July 6 Sampson directed to send prisoners to the United States With wounded aboard ships scarce for transport officers to Fort Warren Boston harbor Seavey's island Portsmouth N H to receive enlisted men and NCOs Pando wounded and on Reina Mercedes hospital ship Spanish retreat and Cristobal Colon crew moved to Oregon amid Cuban firefight near Santiago de Cuba.
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Fort Warren
Boston Harbor
Army
War Department
Gen. Shafter
Santiago
Saul
Tara
Hobson
Pallas
Maria Teresa
Pando
Dos Palmas
Garcia
Reina Mercedes
Cristobal Coton
Santiago de Cuba
Cynthia Sr
Kingston
Jamaica
Brooklyn
Infanta Maria Teresa
Vizcaya
Azerradores
Cristobal Colon
Oregon
Peace prospects and fleet moves stir Madrid and Suez
Madrid dispatch reports a push for peace amid mixed political signals as Admiral Camara’s fleet arrives near Suez. The Spanish fleet received coal and troops shifted from Buenos Ayres to Isla de Luzon, with destroyers Audag Ssada and Proserpina coal loaded and heading to Messina Sicily.
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San Augustin
Suez
Buenos Ayres
Isla de Luzon
Audag
Ssada
Proserpina
Madrid
Messina
Sicily
Spain Faces Crown Crisis After Sinking of Cervera Ships
Madrid reports a government crisislooming as Sagasta awaits official details on the Cuban dispatches. Likely successors Senor Silvera or Marshal Martinez de Campos consider peace to deter American attacks on Spanish ports. Queen regent consoled. public fear grows amid guarded palace. Spanish fleet reaches Suez and is ordered to leave port within 24 hours. Pelayo engine trouble halts one battleship.
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Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Spain
Cuba
Marshal Martinez de Campos
Senor Silvera
Suez
Admiral Camara
Second Cuban Volunteer Expedition Arrives in Cuba
A World Washington dispatch reports the Cuban legation confirming the safe arrival in Cuba of the second volunteer expedition led by Gen. Emelio Nunez. The group sailed from Florida aboard the Florida on June 25 and reached Punta Caney on June 30.
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New York
Washington
Cuba
United States
Emelio Nunez
Florida
Punta Caney
Forty third regiment parades with flags through Ottawa
Returning from Burlington Vermont where it joined Fourth of July celebrations the Forty third regiment marched through Ottawa with the stars and stripes beside the union jack. Officers and men spoke highly of their Burlington entertainments.
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Ottawa
Ont
Burlington
Forty-third Regiment
Comedian John J. Burke Dies After Sea Cliff Diving Accident
John J. Burke, the New York comedian, died at Bellevue hospital from injuries after diving from a raft at Sea Cliff Long Island. He struck his head on a sharp stone, surfaced unconscious and paralyzed.
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New York
John J. Burke
Bellevue Hospital
Sea Cliff
L. I
Temperance Doctors Meet in New York
The American Medical Temperance association opened its annual meeting at Prohibition Park in New York in conjunction with the international temperance congress. About 75 members attended the session on Tuesday July 6.
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New York
The
American Medical Temperance Association
Prohibition Park
U. S
International Temperance Congress
Miller to lead fourth Philippines expedition
Brigadier General Miller is likely to command the fourth expedition to the Philippines. The plan calls for the voyage to depart next Monday or Tuesday aboard the steamers Peru and City of Puebla.
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San Francisco
Gen. Miller
Philippines
Peru
City of Peubla
Dr Cornelius Herz Dies in Bournemouth at Three O Clock
London reports the death of Dr Cornelius Herz, linked to Panama Canal notoriety, occurring at Bournemouth at three o clock in the afternoon. Further particulars are not provided in the available text.
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London
Cornelius Herz
Bournemouth
Telegraphic Brevities Hit Hard by War and Disasters
Obituaries note the deaths of John N. Conger a railroad builder in Milwaukee aged 75 and Capt Matthew Sherman a San Diego naval veteran. Fire in Bath Maine destroys part of the city with 100000 loss. Chicago school census shows 1851588 residents up 234953 in two years.
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Milwaukee
Matthew Sherman
San Diego
Cal
Red Cross
Iroquois
Key West
Santiago
Bath
Chicago
Clegg, Wright & Co
New York
Edward
Dreyer
Prince Bismarck
Germany
William Becker
Buffalo
N. Y
Rochester
J. Sloat Fasser
Lloyd Puckett
Hillsboro
Roscoe Sawyer
Taylorville
Shafter
Lake City
8. C
Alexe Rogers
Oscar Kelly
Marion Clark
Edward Rogers
Charlies Joiners
Fire destroys five race horses at St Louis fairgrounds
Fire at Dr. Bernays stable during a July 6 race meet consumes five valuable race horses and six stables within an hour. Seven more stables damaged, two firemen injured, total loss about 10000 dollars. Horses scattered into the infield, crowd narrowly escaped harm. Clem Creveling reports loss of another horse. origin blamed on a cigarette.
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St. Louis
Dr. Bernays
Fair Grounds
Equitome
Anony
Rey del Corsa
Clem Crevelin
Abe Fashion
Ferdowen
Clem Creveling
Chicago
Faustus
Black Crook
Disaster in the Lake Collision Damages State of New York
A collision near Cleveland between the passenger steamer State of New York and the whaleback Henry Cort damaged the former, tearing away upper decks on the port side and causing it to list. Two tugs towed the vessel toward the river as crews investigated the cause, with Henry Cort reportedly burning regulation lights and unscathed. The State of New York is owned by the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Company.
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Chicago
EB. R. Rundell
Edwin
Osgood
Ed Osgood
James Marshall
E. C. Cook
Frances Hess
H. H. Knowles
Gertrude Knowles
Harriet M. Tower
Eloy Reeves
P. A. Wright
St. Louis
French
Transatlantic Steamship Company
la Bourgogne
Anton Donelli
C. D. Angelica
New York
Anna Arbor
Mich
E. L. Walter
Prof
Walter
Cleveland
Rir
State of
Henr Cort
Rockefeller
State of New York
Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Company
Chicago presses reduce editions for four page sizes
Chicago papers including Record Chronicle Times-Herald and Inter Ocean resume after a delay. Outsiders have been brought in to publish four page editions, with plans to expand quickly. The afternoon paper will also appear today in a reduced size.
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Chicago
Tritone
Record
Chronicle
Times-Heral
Inter Ocean
General Roal T. Frank Takes Command of Army Corps
Will Command an Army Corps, New York, July 6. Brig. Gen. Ro al T. Frank, previously at Governor's Island and head of the Department of the East since Gen. Merritt left for Manila, has departed to Chicago to assume command of an army corps.
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New York
Roal T. Frank
Governor's Island
Catholic Summer School Opens in Madison
The Catholic summer school in Madison Wisconsin opened with about 200 attendees on the Wednesday after July 6, marking a strong start compared with previous years openings.
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Madison
Wis
Colbian Catholic
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