Resting on their arms Spanish ship overhauled at Mariel
Secretary Long hopeful several of Cervera's ships can be saved and made available for American navy. Alphonso XII destroyed near Mariel after trying to run Havana blockade. Vizcaya Oquendo hulls reported not badly damaged and wrecking work underway.
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Mariel
Teng
Cervera
Wasnaron
War and Navy
Department
Santiago
Hasio
Sampson
Santiago Harbor
Watson
Spain
Secretary Long
Cadiz
Philip
Cape Verde Islands
Philippines
Navy Department
Suez Canal
Camara
Dewey
Alphonso Xie
Long
Alphonso XII
Havana
General Greely
Greely
Alphonso Xil
Imota
Allen
Cristobal Colon
Merritt Wrecking Company
Brooklyn Battles Spanish Fleet At Santiago Harbor
The Brooklyn suffered 45 hits as Spanish ships concentrated fire on Boiley’s Vasnel amid a chase from Santiago de Cuba. The Resolute arrived with 608 prisoners including officers from the Cristobal Colon. One U S sailor was killed, and the body of G H Ellis was buried after a dusk ceremony near the marine embankment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boiley
Cristobal Colon
Madrid
Santiago de Cuba
Cienfuegos
Brooklyn
Santiago
Pando
G. H. Ellis
United States
Refugees Leaving Santiago Amid Starvation Crisis
Clara Barton reports refugees moving from Santiago in thousands, starving and naked. Red Cross workers struggle to land food and clothing despite high surf and lack of transport. Shafter’s front supplies a dire scene with wounded and bare civilians. London reports June trade gains and other varied dispatches from 1899 era.
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Santiago
New York
Stephen Barton
Clara Barton
Siboney
Playa de Hste
Shafter
Board of Trade
Hobson and His Men Exchanged for Spanish Prisoners
The American sailors led by Richmond Hobson who sank the Merrimac at Santiago were surrendered by Spanish forces in exchange for Spanish officers and prisoners. Hobson and six others were celebrated on their return to American lines and at the New York flagship. The exchange occurred under friendly terms with Major Irles selecting Lieutenant Aries for the swap and the prisoners moved through American lines with escort.
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Juragua
Hobson
New York
Lttle
Colonel Wood
Rough Riders
General Wheeler
Reina Mercedes
Santiago de Cuba
Irles
John Jacob Astor
Miley
Maester
Amelio Velez
Auralina
Twenty-ninth Regular Infantry
el Caney
Adolph Ariea
First
Provisional Regiment
Barcelona
Aries
I Caney
Colonel Astor
Major Irles
Jaragua
Shafter
Alger
Sinking of the Reina Mercedes near Santiago Harbor
Admiral Sampson reports from flagship New York that the Reina Mercedes was spotted by the battleship Massachusetts with a searchlight in the Santiago channel. Fire from Massachusetts and Texas sunk the vessel opposite Estrella Cove, likely to block the harbor entrance. The plan was thwarted as the ship lay near shore.
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Merrettos
Washington
Sampson
Navy Department
New York
Santiago
Massachusetts
Texas
Estrella Cove
Funeral of Nelson A Sawyer at Lincoln Home
The funeral for Nelson A Sawyer adopted son of A J Sawyer and wife was held last evening at the parents residence. Sawyer served in company F of the Second Nebraska volunteer infantry and died in a Chickamauga hospital. Skeleton Found near Moutton Iowa Abe Smith missing for years located today. cause of death remains a mystery.
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N. A. Sawyer
Lixcotn
Nelson A. Sawyer
A. J. Sawyer
Sawyer
Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
Chickamauga
Moutton
Abe Smith
Johnson Says Omaha Franchise Moved to St Joseph
President Johnson of the Western league returned from St Joseph and announced that the Omaha franchise has been transferred to St Joseph Effective immediately. The move follows league actions and affects scheduling and team allocations for upcoming seasons.
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St. Joseph
Geta Frannchive
Oxmoaco
President Johnson
Western League
Omaha
9. Joseph
Spanish Prisoners Mutiny and Near Miss on Harvard
Mutinous Spanish prisoners aboard the Maria Teresa, later moved to the Harvard, were fired on after a mutiny following the fleet's destruction. Six Spaniards were killed and 12 wounded. prisoners to be sent to the United States, with officers to Fort Warren and noncommissioned members to Seavey’s Island, Portsmouth.
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Harvard
Santiago
Washieton
Sampson
United States
St. Louis
Portsmouth
N. H
Seavey’s Island
Admiral Cervera
Fort Warren
Boston Harbor
Hawaiian Resolutions Signed By McKinley In Simple White House Ceremony
President McKinley signed the Hawaiian annexation resolutions at the executive mansion after a small gathering including Mrs. McKinley and key aides. The act, dated July 7 1898, marked a historic moment as the second fleet reached Honolulu and a Nebraska soldier died at sea aboard the Senator. The notice also reports a Congenational church council in Portland with moderator results.
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Raven Porsons
Washington
United States
Executive
McKinley
Alonzo H. Stewart
Senate
White House
Tom Payne
Hobart
George B. Cortellico
Cortillieu
Doorkesper Stewart
B. F. Montgomery
Signal Corps
Congress
Stewart
Nominations Confirmed and Appointments Filed
The senate confirmed most calendar nominations in executive session and set 12:50 for further cases at land offices. Postmasters Storer and Fritcher named for Nelson Iowa and Nashua Iowa. Relief hospital ship reaches Playa del Este with surgeons nurses and medical stores. Mrs. Porter aboard. Clarinda Chautauqua to open July 27 with Col Hepburn and George Finn delivering talks on territorial acquisition and expansion.
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Washington
Senate
Cd M. Dorrington
Alliance
Neb
George E. French
North Platte
Marcellus Storer
Nelson
Frank E. Fritcher
Nashua
Relief
War Department
Playa del Esto
New York
John Addison Porter
Onaginpa
Clarinda Chautauqua
W. P. Hepburn
George L. Finn
Hepburn
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A.C. Anson
New York Baseball Club
William Jones
McNall
Connecticut Fire Insurance Company
Hartford
Kansas
Santa Fe
Ripely
Galveston
Europe
San Diego
Cal
San Francisco
H. Diedrichson Steamship Company
J. E. Dambert
Topeka
Kans
Express
Leavenworth
Railway Age
Americana
el Canay
Fwo Scamen
J. A. Shepherd
Cincinnati
Iowa
B. J. Kay Medical Co
Dr. Kay
B. J. Kay
Sherman
James A. Shepherd
Seod
Dr. B. J. Kay Medical Co
Ray
G. W. McKeeraan
And
Pleasant Township
Appaonoose County
WashIndon
Cuba
Kennan
Egan
Guantanamo
Davenport
Episcopal Church In
Thomas E. Green
J. J. Richardson
Diocese of
William S. Perry
Washinator
Thurston
Thate ’Ton
Nebraska
Kell
Germany
Max J. Baehr
St. Paul
Chicago
Illinois
Gierattaz
Admiral Camara
General Ochande
Algeciras
Kanesa City
Cary
Kangan City
Port Arthur
Bulwell
London
Gibraltar
The
Daily News
Honolulu
HoNoLay
San Francisaco
Transge
Manila
Monterey
Brutus
George Geddes
Company O
Nebraska Infantry
Senator
Geddes
Beatrice
O. H. Fiske
Company D. Nebraska Volunbeara
Iu Seaston
Portland
Ore
National Council of
Nelson Dingley
Maine
Arthur H. Wellman
F. A. Noble
O. V. Oasily
George C. Adams
WM. Bryant
Vigoreus
H. G. Weber & Co
ELY
ELY Brothers
Warree St
New York City
H. G. Waber & Co
M. J. Abbott
Jake Johnson
Dray Line
Johnson & Thompson
John H. Wood
Fifth Street
Postoffice
Atlantic Lowa
Cley
Wm Bryant
DeWitt’s
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