Des Moines and Iowa News Briefs Passages from State Events
A collage of Iowa items notes Mrs. Bert Brown’s death after a horse kick near Prophetstown, a Dubuque death from injuries after a separate shooting, and a New Providence resident found dead on a hay stack. It covers legal protests by the Iowa Telephone Co, a fatal accident in Des Moines area, and local tragedies including a boy shot accidentally by a brother and a babe’s dismembered foot found on the Des Moines river.
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Bert Brown
Prophetstown
Brownell
Oelwein
Claus Anders
Dubuque
Simon Hadhey
New Providence
Iowa Telephone Co
Des Moines Board of Public Works
Des Moines
Edwin Nugent
Michael N. Nugent
Washburn
Leo
Des Moines River
Des Moines Bath House
William Watt
Bath House
Watson outlines new eastern squadron to target Spanish coast
Secretary Long orders Admiral Sampson to detach ships to Commodore Watson's eastern squadron. The force includes Iowa, Oregon, Newark, Dixie, Yankee, Yosemite, Averenda, Cassius, Caesar, Leonidas, Justin, Delmonico. Vessels coal and sail. Camara's squadron at Suez. Osada Prosperina Audaz arrive Cadiz.
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Watson
Washington
White House
Long
Sampson
Cervera
Iowa
Oregon
Newark
Dixie
Yankee
Yosemite
Averenda
Cassius
Caesar
Leonidas
Justin
Delmonico
State Department
Camara
Suez
Osada
Prosperina
Audaz
Cadiz
Admiral Dewey
Refugees from Santiago report appalling conditions
From Ex Canky on July 8 observers estimate 12 000 to 15 000 war refugees crowded near the city with no food. General Shafter and the Red Cross provide scarce relief as Torel reportedly resists surrender and garrison fears collapse. Reports place garrison strength from 5 000 to well under a day’s ammunition. Pando reinforcements denied. El Caney’s capture by infantry noted despite its walls and stone buildings.
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Canky
General Shafter
Red Cross Society
Torel
Pando
el Caney
Spanish Warship Alfonso XII Captured Near Havana
The Spanish warship Alfonso XII tried to break the Havana blockade and was captured by the American cruiser Washtenon on July 7 near Mariel. Secretary Long confirms the report that the vessel was destroyed while attempting to run the blockade, a total loss.
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Kry West
Alfonso XII
Havana
Washtneron
Long
General Greeley
Mariel
McKinley Proclaims Day of Thanksgiving for U S War Effort
President McKinley issues a proclamation calling on Americans to give thanks for the U S forces success. He asks prayers that the gallant sons be spared illness and suffering as they uphold the nation’s honor and seek swift peace.
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Washington
McKinley
United States
Hobson Arrives in New York and Washington with Crew
Advices from the American fleet off Santiago report Lieutenant Hobson and six associates arriving aboard their ships. The exchange with Spanish forces occurred as arranged by General Shafter. All are well except two convalescing from intermittent fever. Exchange was equal in rank. Hobson says they were treated well.
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Hobson
New York
Washington
Santiago
General Shafter
Losses in Philippine conflict reported by SH after July 1 2
Complete report from Playa Del Este lists twenty two officers and 208 enlisted men killed. Eighty one officers and 1,203 enlisted men wounded. Seventy nine enlisted men reported missing. Names of those killed and wounded to be released soon. Signed Shafter.
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Playa del Este
Hawaiian commission formed under annexation plan
President McKinley appoints Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama Senator Shelby M Cullom of Illinois Representative Robert R Hitt of Illinois President Dole of Hawaii and Chief Justice Judd of Hawaii supreme court to the Hawaiian commission under the annexation resolution.
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Washington
John T. Morgan
Alabama
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Robert R. Hitt
Dole
Hawaii
Judd
Hawaiian Supreme Court
McKinley
Artillery Units Ordered to Tampa for Santiago
Washington reports Seventh artillery at Willets Point Rhode Island and Fourth artillery at Fort McHenry Maryland along with H and K Second artillery at Fort Adams and other Rhode Island points rushed to Tampa for embarkation toward Santiago.
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Washington
Shafter
Willets Point
Del
Fort McHenry
Fort Adams
Rhode Island
Tampa
Santiago
British Consul General Reports Havana Crisis
Sir Alexander Gollan arriving on leave from Havana notes that rich residents fare better while the poor die in the streets and barracks are crowded with starving women. He confirms the blockade remains in place and conditions in Havana are dire.
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Havana
Kingston
Jamaica
Sir Alexander Gollan
Annexation Resolutions Approved for Hawaiian Islands
The president signed the resolutions annexing the Hawaiian islands to the United States, making them part of the nation as law.
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Washington
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Prison Quarters Built for Spanish Prisoners at Seavey Island
Captain Crowninshield announces eight new prison buildings on Seavey's island at Portsmouth harbor to house Spanish prisoners of war eight 100 by 18 feet with a hospital guards barracks sewerage and water works complete. Forty officers and eight hundred men aboard the St Louis plus four hundred Spaniards aboard the Harvard arrive for confinement. Officers to be kept aboard the St Louis and taken to Annapolis.
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Portsmouth
N. Ht
Washinerox
Crowninshield
Navigation Bureau
N. H
Oficer
Seavey’s Island
Portsmouth Harbor
St. Louis
Seavey's Island
Annapolis
Harvard
Lighter fleet lost in Cuban storm prompts replacement
The war department reports eleven lighters from Mobile New Orleans and Charleston were swamped off Cuba while heading to Santiago in tow of tugs. No lives are known lost. They served General Shafter to move supplies and ordnance from transports to shore. Authorities moved to replace the loss immediately.
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Wasturneron
War Department
Cuba
Santiago
Mobile
New Orleans
Charleston
General Shafter
Panic as foreigners scramble to leave Santiago
Kineston Jamaica reports foreign residents rush to evacuation as warships arrive to remove civilians. A Spanish merchant allegedly offered 15 000 to a British consul official to be classified as a British Cuban. Noncombatants flee with minimal belongings amid panic as 9 000 troops are in the city and most houses serve as improvised hospitals. The archbishop of Santiago urges Madrid to surrender.
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Kineston
Jamaica
Santiago
Ramsden
Kingston
Cervera
Madrid
Spain
Reina Mercedes Sinks After Spanish Fleet Attack
Advices from off Santiago report the Reina Mercedes destroyed, the last of Cervera's fleet. It is unclear if she attempted to escape or was sunk near the Merrimac. Just after midnight she appeared from the harbor entrance as the fleet opened fire. she sunk and rests on the beach base near El Morro.
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Washington
Santiago
Cervera
Merrimac
el Morro
Starvation Deaths Reported at Guantanamo
Advices to Commander McCalla from Guan tanamo indicate about fifteen daily deaths from starvation. General Perez, commander there, has given up hope of aid, and the town could be taken if American troops risked lives.
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Guantanamo
McCalla
Marblehead
Perez
General Health Praised Among Troops At Camp Stonry
The general health of United States troops at Camp Stonry is excellent with no yellow fever cases despite Santiago being a fever focus. Of over 1,000 wounded treated in the division hospital only two have died.
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Camp
Stonry
United States
Santiago
Rio Santos
Talk Only of War Amid Cabinet Divisions
Mapnio July 11 reports Duke Almodovar de Rio refused to confirm peace talks after leaving the cabinet council. He stated that at present the nation must focus solely on war. The cabinet appears split over the peace question.
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Mapnio
Almodovar de Rio
Reinforcements Reach Shafter's Forces at Santiago
The War Department reports Randolph's six batteries of artillery the District of Columbia regiment and the First Illinois infantry, from Tampa, have arrived at Santiago after several days of movement.
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Shafter
Washington
War Department
Randolph
District of Columbia
Illinois Infantry
Tampa
Santiago
Miles Heads West then Sails from Charleston
Maj. General Miles commanding the army and the full staff depart from Charleston bound for military operations after traveling from Santiago. The party will embark on a voyage to an unspecified destination.
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Miles
Santiago
Washinaton
General Miles
Army Headquarters
Charleston
5. C
Army Generals Nominated Including Roosevelt and Hawkins
The president named Brigadier Generals Hawkins Lawton Chaffee and Bates and Colonel Woods and Lieutenant Colonel McKibbon as brigadiers. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt of the Rough Riders is slated to be colonel.
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Washington
Hawkins
Lawton
Chaffee
Bates
Woods
The
Rough Riders
McKibbon
Twenty-first Infantry
Theodore Roosevelt
Spanish Privateer Hovering Off Coast Report Discredited
Navy officials deny a claim that a Spanish privateer with five guns is hovering off British Columbia’s coast near Washington. The disputed report sparked attention but is not substantiated by authorities.
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Navy Department
British Columbia
Bombardment of Santiago Commences After Spanish Refusal
War department bulletins report General Toral declining unconditional surrender and the bombardment by army and navy to begin near 4 p m. Shafter’s forces strengthening with siege guns and mortars. Dispatch from Playa Del Este confirms initial shelling with limited casualties and plans to block roads in the northeast.
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Washington
War Department
Simonry
Cuba
Haiti
D. C
Fifth Army Corps
Toral
Snarter
Shafter
Randolph
Key West
Santiago
General Shafter
Enem
Iowa Patent Office Report Des Moines July 11
War tax effective July 1 requires a 25 cent stamp on each power of attorney for patents. Inventors must cancel by initialing and dating the stamp. Alive inventors must sign or mark papers. after death executors may sign if the invention predates and public use hasn’t exceeded two years. Patents assignments exempt from tax. Last week Iowa issued twelve patents. Nebraska two, Minnesota seven, Illinois forty three, New York seventy four. Thomas G Onwie & Co. offers free guidance on patents.
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Des Morynes
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Illinois
New York
Thomas G. Onwie
Refused Spanish surrender offer prolongs Cuba armistice
Advices from Cuban theater report General Toral offering Santiago surrender Saturday but General Shafter rejected the terms. Negotiations extended the armistice to Sunday noon while Toral pressed for marching away under arms and colors. Shafter insisted on unconditional surrender and sent the proposal to Washington, which declined to consider it.
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Wasninetrax
Cuba
Santiago
General Toral
General Shafter
Shafter
Aim
Washington
Cubans Refuse to Work in Siboney Camp
Advices from Siboney report General Young placing Cubans under police rule in a separate camp and withholding rations because they would not work in hospital or commissary duties, claiming they are soldiers not laborers. General Young has gone to Key West for fever treatment per doctors.
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Washineron
Siboney
Young
Key West
Hobson Says Rimac Sinking Failed Due to Rudder Loss
New York July 9. The Herald's Santiago correspondent reports Naval Constructor Hobson explaining he could not sink the Mer rimac directly across the channel because the rudder was shot away and the vessel became unmanageable.
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New York
the Herald
Santiago
Hobson
Spaniards Desert to Americans Signals Possible Early Surrender
Shafter reports a number of high Spanish officers deserting across the lines at Santiago into the American camp. The development is regarded here as highly significant of an early surrender and may alter patrols and negotiations in the area.
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Washington
Shafter
Santiago
Appalling loss as Cromartyshire sinks after collision with La Bourgogne
Halifax reports the Cromartyshire towed by the Grecian after a fog collision with the La Bourgogne. Eight hundred aboard. about two hundred survivors rescued. many feared lost including captain and deck officers. Chaos on deck with fights for boats and life jackets.
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Halifax
N.S
Cromartyshire
Greeian
Sable Island
la Bourgogne
Croma Shire
York
Havre
Grecian
T Cromartyshire
Annexation of Hawaii Proclaimed by Congress in 42 to
U.S. Congress acts to approve Hawaii annexation with a decisive 42 to vote. Pettigrew’s resolution thanks Commodore Schley for destroying Cervera’s squadron. House also passes amendments on federal debt settlements with railroads, and sets a year to pursue collection if unresolved. Senate adjourns sine die after minor measures and soldiers’ remains transport funds.
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Washington
Hawaii
Il Islands
Pettigrew
Congress
Sch
Cervera
Naval Committee
Senate
Corbin
United States
HOUSE
Army in Excellent Condition For Attack
The secretary of war reports from camp near Santiago that the army is in good spirits and well secured. Wounded numbers are lower with few amputations, about ten, and fever cases total around one hundred fifty but not serious. General health is good and quiet rules today.
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Washington
Santiago
Camara Hasting Back From Suez Passage
Admiral Camara commander of the Spanish fleet bound for the Philippines informs Egypt he has been ordered to return to Spain. His ships will pass through the Suez canal immediately and proceed westward. The Spanish warships will be allowed to coal as they return home.
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Carino
Egypt
Admiral Camara
Philippines
Suez Canal
Spain
Watel fined for unclear conduct in court case
A local court fined an individual named Watel for unspecified conduct. The incident details remain unclear, with officials citing a breach of decorum. No further names or dates are provided in the readable excerpt.
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