Surrender Hopes Fade as Shafter Presses City Fall
Reports from Santiago de Cuba describe Gen. Shafter’s ultimatum demanding unconditional surrender. Spanish commander Toral seeks government approval to withdraw harbor ports, while U S forces advance with naval gun support and aerial bombardment options. Refugee crisis worsens as Red Cross aid runs low and civilians suffer in El Caney.
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Jaragua
Kingston
Jama
Santiago de Cuba
Toral
Shafter
Randolph
Santi
Washington
el Caney
Clara Barton
Red Cross Society
Siboney
Juraguacito
Jamaica
Juraguakito
Maj
Legaro
Hospital Corps
Long Ten
Ax Post Office
Gen. Toral
Blanco Opposes Peace as Spanish Army Demands War
A Madrid dispatch reports Captain General Blanco denying peace and urging continued fighting. Officers and Cuban volunteers oppose any settlement under present terms, insisting Spain must prove Cuba can be defended. Madrid notes ministers deny peace talks, while indicating large gaps between Spanish concessions and American demands.
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London
Madrid
Blanco
United States
Cuba
Spain
Correspondencia
Dewey Captures Grande Island and Surrenders 500 Sp
Manila reports say Admiral Dewey dispatched Raleigh and Concord on July 7 to Subic bay to seize Grande island. The garrison of 500 men capitulated after heavy shelling, and their rifles were taken. Insurgents and Americans jockey for control as preparations for broader operations expand in the Philippines.
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New York
Manila
New York Journal
Dewey
Raleigh and Concord
Grande Island
Subic Bay
Raleigh
Rio
Spain
Germany
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Philipinas
Hong Kong
Culgua
Australia
Freundsburg
Irene
Luzon
Aguinaldo
Katipunan Society
Philippine Islands
Cavite
Atabio
Concord
Subie
Cabinet Considers Yellow Fever Risk Near Siboney
Washington reports a special cabinet meeting and war council discussing fever threats among U S troops near Santiago. Fourteen fever suspicions in the quartermaster's department are isolated in a Siboney valley under immune doctors and nurses. Officials express confidence in eradicating the disease while withholding detailed dispatch contents.
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Siboney
War Board
Santiago
Quartermaster’s Department
Army
Navy
Washington
War Department
Miles
Shafter
Navy Department
White House
Long and
Alger
Sicard
Mahan
Crowninshield
Newsy Brevities Roundup Of Deaths And Political Moves
A jumble of brief items notes suicides in Iowa and Wisconsin, lynching near Charlottesville, civil unrest in North Carolina, fatal car accidents in Burlington and Minneapolis, a gunfire incident in St Louis, and a child killed by a toy rifle in Indiana. It also mentions war loan subscriptions, Missouri River changes, a charter defeat in St Louis, Dreyfus case arrest, a Paris arrest, a Michigan murder attempt, and Illinois political nominations for state offices and university trustees.
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Eara Abernathy
Moulton
Chile
Peru
John Henry James
Charlottesville
Julia Hotopp
Eighth
North Carolina
R. Z. Linney
Rev
J. W. Luke
Burlington Institute College
Burlington
L. Z. Leiter
Marshall Field
State and
Madison Streets
Chicago
George H. Spry
Northwest
Minneapolis
Minn
George Wightman
P. E. Updike
Fond du Lac
Wis
Rushton
Clara Stites
St. Louis
Ada Schulte
Edward
Ignatz
Sioux City
Concas
Cervera
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Comte Ferdinand Walsin Austerhazy
Bordereau
Dreyfus
Mme. Pays
Paris
Charles Albce
Union
Mich
Lulu Wrill
Illinois
Willard F. Dunlop
Jacksonville
Perry O. Stiver
Freeport
University of
Carranza aide and Panama crew sail from Montreal aboard Otoman
In Montreal on July 13 the Dominion liner Otoman carried Du Bose and Carranza with a petty officer and two Panama crewmen captured at the war’s start. They are the men who joined Carranza on a schooner during his recent mysterious journey, with Carranza wearing a false beard.
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Montreal
Can
du Bose
Carranza
Dominion Line
Panama
Milwaukee Woman Killed by Train at Okoachee Lake Station
Mrs. Seligmann Schloss wife of a retired merchant from Detroit was killed Wednesday at Okaochee Lake station while boarding a train to Milwaukee. She was accompanied by her son in law E D Adler of Milwaukee who witnessed the accident.
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Milwaukee
Seligmann Schloss
Detroit
Mich
Okaochee Lake Station
E. D. Adler
Jealous Husband Slashes Wife Then Kills Self
Dayton Ohio July 13 William Sevme 48 a millwright in comfortable circumstances struck his wife with a razor in a jealous dispute. He then turned on his daughter and cut his own throat dying instantly. The wife survived after sixty stitches were required.
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Dayton
William Sevme
Chicago Recruits Arrive at League Island Navy Yard
Sixty eight naval recruits from Chicago arrived at League Island navy yard on Tuesday and are quartered on board the receiving ship Richmond. They had been bound for New York but were redirected eastward to report at League Island.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
League Island Navy Yard
Richmond
New York
League Island
Antelope Village Destroyed by Fire in Oregon
The village of Antelope, Oregon, about 60 miles south of The Dalles, was destroyed by fire. The loss is not known.
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Dalles
Ore
Antelope
Here
Immune physicians join Shafter’s Cuba expedition
Gen Sternberg sent a number of immune physicians to Tampa to accompany Gen. Shafter to Cuba. He warns against discussing troop health to avoid needless public concern among friends at home.
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Tampa
Sternberg
Shafter
Cuba
Sequoia Reservation Appoints W B Zebley to Enforce Limits
Washington reports cattlemen trespass on Sequoia national park in Tulare county after withdrawal of the Fourth cavalry. Interior Secretary names W B Zebley superintendent and orders 20 deputies to keep cattle outside park limits. Armed men have moved toward the park and danger of trouble grows as cattle head toward Sequoia and Yosemite reservations.
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San Francisco
Washington
Sequoia National Park
Tulare County
Fourth Cavalry
Secretary of the Interior
W. B. Zebley
Sequoia
Yosemite
Immigration head cites dramatic drop in June arrivals
San Francisco report shows a sharp decline in June immigrant arrivals to 239 from a typical summer average of 1,000. Of the 239, 197 were men and 42 women. Japan leads with 70 newcomers, England next with 56, and none from Spain.
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San Francisco
North
Japan
England
Spain
Blockade Runner San Domingo Wrecked off Cuba
Washington reports Capt. Sawyer, signaling officer at Key West, says the San Domingo was wrecked off the Isle of Pines Cuba while attempting to run the blockade. The ship’s nationality is unknown but likely tied to vessels aided by Gen. Blanco to supply his army.
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Washington
Sawyer
Key West
War Department
San Domingo
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Blanco
River Steamer Regulator Wrecked Near Cascade Locks
Bonneville Oregon July 13 The river steamer Regulator was wrecked on rocks below the cascades in the Columbia River as it attempted to enter the government locks. It carried 160 passengers and a large amount of freight. Passengers and most freight were landed. It is believed the vessel can be saved.
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Bonneville
Ore
Regulator
Cascades
Columbia River
Government Locks
Central American Sympathy for Spain Stuns Guatemala News
The Pacific mail steamer San Jose reports Central Americans sympathize with Spain and doubt American victory claims. Fears of a Guatemala revolution rise though authorities promise prompt action against rebels.
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Spain
San Francisco
Pacific Mail
San Jose
Guatemala
Nine Killed in Pompton Lake Powder Plant Blast
Nine people died in the Laflin Rand powder works explosion at Pompton Lake New Jersey on Tuesday. Two men listed as missing William Fisher and his son were found safe.
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New York
Laflin & Rand
Pompton Lake
N. J
William Fisher
Opposition in Majority in British Columbia Election
Vancouver July 13 The general election result shows the opposition with 19 seats the government with 15 and the independent group with 2. In Cassiar two members remain to be elected.
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Vancouver
B. C
Government
Independent
Cassiar
City of Washington Brings Wounded Soldiers to Newport News
The steamer City of Washington arrived at Old Point from Santiago carrying sick and wounded soldiers.
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Newport News
City of
Washington
Old Point
Santiago
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Playa del Este
Wheeler
Spa
Washington, D. C
Tribune
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Augusti
Santa Mesa
San Juan
Santa Ana
Paso
Pasayi
San Francisco Harbor
W. R. Hear
Engineer Corps
Don Jose Toral Y Velasquez
Cabinet Council
Long
Admiral Sicard
Capt. Mahan
Fifth Army Corps
Duffield
Canada
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