Coamo Captured as U S Troops Advance in Porto Rico
American forces reach Coamo ten miles northeast of Ponce on the road to San Juan with little resistance. Colonel Huling moves toward Juana Diaz, as Brooke arrives. Gen Miles reports Spanish resistance weak and consular dispatch warns of famine and unrest. Dixie cruiser scouts coast and shells El Morro. Spanish steamer wreck observed at San Juan harbor.
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Porto Rico
Coamo
Ponce
San Juan
Aibonito
Huling
Pennsylvania
Juan Diaz
Brooke
Regular Infantry
Macias
P. C. Hanna
United States
Spanih
Ponca
Miles
Schwan
Henry
Yauco
Juana Diaz
Cape San Juan
Stone
Wilson
Nighttime arrival of ships and coal dispute at harbor
Evening report describes the Columbia, the Massachusetts, the Cincinnati, the Gloucester and ten transports in view. The cruiser New Orleans arrived Sunday with a collier. The collier stayed off the harbor while the New Orleans signalled her not to enter to coal. Later the collier sailed westward.
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Columbia
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
Gloucester
New Orleynn
New Orleans
Extra Session of Congress to Meet After Peace Treaty
The Senate will convene in Boon as soon as Spain accepts terms of peace. President McKinley will call an extra session of both houses to authorize maintaining a larger volunteer and regular army for Cuba, the Philippines, and Porto Rico after hostilities end.
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Senate
Boon
Kandy
Wasuinotor
McKinley
Congress
Spain
United States
Cuba
Philippines
Porto Rico
Cruiser Columbia Grounded Near Ponca Harbor Reef
The cruiser Columbia ran onto an uncharted reef as it entered Ponca harbor. She is being lightered of 1200 tons of coal and is expected to be gotten off uninjured. Lighthouse stations in the harbor and outlying islands have been reoccupied and lit by the Gloucester crew. Colonel Allen returned with the cable operator and the opening of the West India and Panama route brings Washington into direct communication with General Miles.
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Ponce Harbor
Columbia
Ponca Harbor
Allen
Panama
Washington
General Miles
Iowa Infantry Sent to Manila After Spain Peace
Governor Shaw received a letter from Secretary Alger dated Aug 2 noting that the Fifty-first Iowa infantry at San Francisco will be sent to Manila as soon as transports can be secured. The dispatch aligns with Spain's surrender terms and outlines deployment plans for the Iowa unit amid the ongoing war.
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Manila
Drs Moines
Shaw
Alger
Spain
Fifty-first Iowa Infantry
San Francisco
Hartey, North
Washington
Hawaii
Quiet at Manila Augusts Ready to Yield
In Manta on July 29 a dispatch from Kong Kong dated August 2 reports General Merritt will stay at Newport headquarters until Manila is occupied. Troops number nearly 5,000 including the Astor battery. Sickness declines, four deaths in the last week. Aguinaldo remains unfriendly and unlikely to aid Americans. Food scarcity grows in Manila with natives eating dogs. The surrender terms may be unconditional with prisoner transport to Spain.
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Kong Kong
Merritt
Newport
Manila
Dewey
Astor Battery
Nichols
California
China
Evans
Nebraska
Johnson
Oregon
Beaman KE. W. Johnson
Olympia
Monterey
Aguinaldo
Cavite
Camp Dewey
Spain
New Enemy at Manila Sent by General Mer rité
General Merritt cables the war department on Manila's critical status citing insurgent strength and arrogance after victories over Spain. He plans to join with Admiral Dewey to demand surrender, risking a rupture, while about 12 000 troops remain and more are en route to the Philippines to bolster him.
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Wasuincron
Merrité
War Department
Manila
Merritt
Garcia
Cubana
Cayite
San Francisco
Philippines
Fusionists Meet At Lincoln In Three Party Pact
Delegates from Populist Democratic and Silver Republican conventions arrive in Lincoln to solidify near fusion. Populists eye most state offices, Democrats seek attorney generalship, Silver Republicans target lieutenant governor with a governorship clash among ten hopefuls.
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Malin
Lincoln
Neb
Gaffin
Wahoo
Weir
Thompson
Grand Isand
Beall
Hastings
Telegraphic Briefs Summary
Martin Thorn executed at Sing Sing for murder of William Guldensuppe. Five drownings at Columbia park picnic on Des Plaines river. Alabama governor and state officers elected with a light turnout and a Democratic landslide. Hawaii to pay Japan £40,000 to settle émigrants exclusion dispute. Pr in ce Bismarck praised by St Petersburg papers as greatest diplomat. Detroit City Treasurer restrained from paying $5,000 for League of American Municipalities entertainment. a dozen prominent citizens complain.
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Sing Sing
William Guldensuppe
Chicago Cloak Makers’ Union
Columbia Park
Desplaines
Alabama
Hawaii
Japan
Hawaiian Islands
St. Petersburg
Prince Bismarck
Novoe Vremya
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League of American Municipaities
Disastrous Fox Hunt Claims Two Siblings in Missouri
A hillside fox dig in Kidder township near Hamilton Missouri collapses an embankment killing John and Will Parker instantly. James Keys crushed. Clarence Baker badly bruised. two sons of W. S. Martin badly injured amid a sequence of mishaps reported across three regional items.
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Hamilton
Kidder Township
John
Will Parker
James Keys
Dias
Clarence Baker
Martin
The Markets in Chicago and Cattle Receipts Report
Chicago market report dated August 2 1898 notes total receipts around 21 000 with anticipated 30 000 tomorrow. Mixed goods quoted from 1 75 to 4 00, good heavy 3 96 4 00, rough heavy 3 70 3 92. Cattle receipts 2500 with market steady at about 4 00.
Peace terms outlined for Cuba and Philippines
Washington Aug 2 The President seeks no indemnity but demands immediate Spanish withdrawal from Cuba and Puerto Rico and cession of an island in the Ladrones. U S to occupy Manila awaiting treaty disposition. Aguinaldo shows cautious cooperation until American policy is clear. Miles meets Macias as press reports indicate an imminent surrender of San Juan Porto Rico.
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Washington
Cuba
Porto Rico
West Indies
Ladrones
Manilla
Spain
Barrett
Manila
Aguinaldo
Dewey
Merritt
Wildman
United States
America
Philippines
Miles
Macias
San Juan
Iowa Crop Bulletin for Week Ending Aug 1 1808
Iowa crop bulletin notes relief from heat with showers and cooler weather aiding corn, potatoes, grass and vegetables. Winds caused damage but overall conditions suggest near normal yield if weather stays favorable. Wheat rye barley oats look above average. apples plums light. grapes watermelons and tomatoes strong. Also reports a boy Clarence McCarvel, age 7, injured after a fall in Jillieh’s pasture breaking his right arm and dislocating elbow and wrist.
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Des Mores
Bila
Clarence McCarvel
Jillieh
Porterfield
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