Miles in Charge Seeks Three Day Santiago Victory
Major General Nelson A Miles assumed field command and vowed to capture Santiago within three days. General Duffield arrives, 40 light guns ready, fires burn Siboney as a sanitary measure, Duffield in hospital in serious condition, trenches flooded, rain heavy through the night.
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James Gordon Bennett
Playa del Este
Nelson A. Miles
Santiago
Miles
Jas Duffield
Yale
New York
Brooklyn
Aguadores
Columbia
St. Paul
Trinois
Massachusetts
Siboney
Duffield
Eaton Defeats Cissna In 10 Mile Cyclist Race
Baltimore July 18 Jay Eaton of New York easily defeated Henri Cissna of France in a 10 mile paced bicycle race at the Coliseum last night. Eaton led by three quarters of a game when he passed under the wire with a time of 90 87.
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Aton
Cissae
Baltimore
Jay Eaton
New York
Henri Cissna
France
Colliseum
Explosion kills eleven at Laflin Rand powder works
A pair of blasts at Laflin Rand powder works Pompton Lake near Dover New Jersey July 13 killed eleven men and wounded many more. Among the dead are John Craig 85 chief engineer William Brennan 85 car driver James Phillipus 45 Daniel Freeman 50 and William Fisher. A fragment of body was found and a pay slip for company work was recovered. Military guards and a special train for the wounded were dispatched as officials feared further danger.
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Lafflin-Rand
Dover
New York
Laflin-Rand Powder Works
Pompton
N. J
John Craig
Wynoke
Winliam Brennan
Butler
James Phillipas
Pompton Lake
Daniel Freeman
William Fisher
Williant Fisher
Joan Bonatra
Qasper Cozzino
Quino Marino
Jose Cassene
Spain
Leo
Third
New Jersey Volunteers
Patterson
Captain Caneas Alive Amid War News
Wasametox dispatches confirm Captain Caneas of the Spanish navy survived the destruction of the Spanish squadron. Wounded and aboard the hospital ship Solace, he is a familiar figure in the United States after guiding the Columbian caravels to Chicago for the World's Fair. His 183s bitter Madrid address against Americans had soured many former American admirers.
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Caneas
Spain
Geographical Society
Madrid
Thurston Sees End of War as Santiago Falls
Thurston predicts Spain war ending with Santiago capture and backs annexing Porto Rico as a strategic naval base. Also reports Iowa coal mine operators form a group to push higher coal prices, appointing Oliver president and Gibson secretary treasurer, with no price rise. Plumbers strike ends in Kansas City as unions refuse a sympathetic walkout, restoring old wages.
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Thurston
Curcaco
John M. Thurston
Nebraska
Spain
Santiago
Hamilton Club
Porto Rico
Des Moines
Iowa State Coal Mine Operators Association
W. W. Oliver
Centerville
John Gibson
Receiver Hayden Dead at Lixconn Nebraska
Kent Hayden, receiver of the Capital and German National banks, died last night from an overdose of chloroform after returning from a Denver trip with pneumonia. The report notes the drug was taken to induce sleep amid illness. In nearby reports, John Henry James, a black man, was lynched near Charlottesville after a brutal assault allegation. Ezra Abernathy, 20, killed himself at Mount Vernon, suffering a severe mental low.
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van Buren
Ark
Salisaw
I. T
Kansas and Arkansas Valley
Jon Morris
William Allison
Morris
Allison
John Sellers
Hayden
Lixconn, Neb
Kent Hayden
Denver
Celebrale Sehley's Victory in Frederick Celebration
An enthusiastic demonstration in Frederick Maryland honored Commodore Winfield Scott Sehley and his Wuiliané victory at Santiago. Born in Frederick in 1840, Sehley's lifelong friends joined the hometown tribute tonight.
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Gelebrale Sehley
Frederick
Winfield Scott Sehley
Santiago
Farewell for Third Nebraska Troops at Exposition
Omana July 18 Colonel Bryan and the Third Nebraska volunteers receive a military farewell at the exposition on Saturday July 16 Major Clarkson reveals the event will honor the troops who await orders to move. Governor Holcomb and staff will review with speeches music a lunch and ground access for all state residents and friends of the regiment.
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Omana
Bryan
Nebraska
Clarkson
Holcomb
Urge closing of canteens at Camp Thomas
General Brooke reports letters from W C T U supporters urging the closure of camp canteens. He states no intoxicants are sold, beer is limited, no soldier acts as salusmian, profits go to regimental use, and supervision will tighten though he has no authority to close them.
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Eneral Braoko
CuHickamauga
Camp Thomas
First Corps
Charleston
Lee
Early & Daniel
Cincinnati
St. Louis Hay and Grain Company
St. Louis
Associated Press
Brooke
Havana
Admiral Candani Mission Reported in Caracas Dispatch
A Caracas dispatch states Admiral Candani, commander of the Italian squadron at La Guayra, has been ordered to Cartagen a to formally demand swift execution of President Cleveland's 1804 Cerruti case decision. Seizure of the Cartagena customs house is deemed unlikely but possible if Italy meets persistent rejection of Cleveland's ruling.
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Candani
Caracas
Venezuela
la Guayra
Carthagena
Colombia
Italy
Cleveland
Schley and Cervera Meet After Victory Off Santiago
On July 8 the Brooklyn returned to the Santiago blockade and Admiral Cervera, a prisoner aboard the Iowa, met Commodore Schley. Cervera praised the Brooklyn’s fire and lamented his career’s end, while Schley called the captaincy of his men gallant. Cervera estimated 750 dead, noting 110 killed on Vizcaya and many below decks.
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Asecated Admmiral
Orr Santiago
United States
Brooklyn
Santiago de Cuba
Iowa
Schley
Cervera
Vizcaya
Carvera
Cristobal Colon
Texas
Toral Refuses Surrender in Santiago Front Attack Delayed
Field dispatches from SanTiago report General Toral resisting Shafter's demand for unconditional surrender. American bombardment postponed as Randolph's batteries align positions and rain delays reinforcements. Cubans under Garcia take Caimes while U S forces brace left flank and move Lawton's division toward road to Camanas. Battery actions shell trenches and bull ring barracks as public notices show Spanish defenses in flux.
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Associated Press
Brrore
Randolph
Lawton
Camanas
Toral
Caimes
Calixto Garcia
Capron
Haites
Salienta
Philadelphia Iron Company
Illinois Volunteers
District of Columbia Volunteers
Chaffen
Protect Americans From Fever Quarantine Enforced Near Guantanamo
The yellow fever presence at Caimanera, Guantanamo, and nearby towns near Camp McCalla prompts strict quarantine. No American may land on the north side of the bay or from vessels entering the harbor without a permit from the commanding officer.
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Punya del Lista
Cuba
Caimanera
Guantanamo
Camp McCalla
To Test New Revenue Law In Wells Fargo Case
Torrka Kansas July 13. O W Tray ver bill clerk for the Wells-Fargo express office here arrested to test the new revenue law. United States Attorney Lambert brings action to decide whether express companies or customers pay the tax on packages. Case set for July 19. Sick and Wounded Soldiers Washington July 13. Surgeon General Steinberg reports 285 sick and wounded soldiers brought to Tampa by the transport Cherokees lodged in McPherson barracks Atlanta. Remaining 87 aboard Cherokees to Tampa division hospital at Tampa Heights.
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Santiago
Washington
Miles
Siboney
Yale
Alger
Duiy
Admiral Sampson
General Shafter
Tamps
Charleston
New York
Torrka
Kan
O. W. Traver
Wells-Fargo Express
United States
Lambert
Steinberg
Army
Tampa
McPherson Barracks
Atlanta
Army Division
Tampa Heights
Cherry Sisters Sue Des Moines Leader for Libel
The Cherry Sisters filed a libel suit in Des Moines seeking 3000 dollars in damages against the Des Moines Leader. The action alleges publication harmed their reputation and seeks monetary redress.
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Cherry Sisters
Des Moines
Des Moines Leader
Bids Sought for Two Floating Docks at Navy Yard
Washington July 13 bids invited by the navy department for two floating docks with a combined cost not exceeding 250000 dollars as recently authorized by Congress.
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Washington
Navy Department
Congress
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