Expedition sails for Porto Rico under Major General Wilson
8000 spectators cheer the departure of the first expedition to Porto Rico led by Major General J H Wilson. It includes the Second and Third Wisconsin, the Sixteenth Pennsylvania, and two Illinois companies aboard Grand Duchess and No 30 31 ships carrying mules and wagon trains. Loading under rush orders with stevedores and 500 Black laborers, the crowd roars as bands play and ships slip downstream. South Dakota troops to sail next week, camp Merritt condemned as nuisance, and Cuban war speculation rises as officers predict a fight within two weeks.
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Onanteston
5. C
Miles
Porto Rico
J. H. Wilson
Will
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Wilson
First Army Corps
Cuba
Vessela
Rio Janeiro
San Francisco
Merriam
Otis Statf
Otis
South Dakota
Utah Artillery
St. Paul
Board of Health
Recruiting Army Progress and Related War News
Washington reports fairly good progress in recruiting 75,000 volunteers under the president’s second call as regiments fill toward maximum strength. Several states exceed quotas while others lag. overall regulars about 18,000 short of legal complement and volunteers nearly at max. Also: green glass blowers plan a cooperative factory. Shafter seeks immunes for Santiago. Sampson and Schley in Banrrago with 20 ships in harbor. Spanish steamer Santo Domingo burned. yellow fever claims no outbreak in Tampa. river protections funded locally. powder works explosion. and national league scores.
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Washington
War Department
Indiana
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
Rhode Island
West
Massachusetts
Arkansas
Georgia
Mississippi
Oregon
Texas
Veritable Pest Hole in Santiago Exposé Sparks Alarm
A July 20 dispatch from Bantrano details a grave sanitary assessment of Santiago by Dr. Goodfellow and Dr. Dwiker. Six yellow fever cases and two suspects are noted amid rampant filth, broken sewers, collapsed fountains, and malarial drainage flowing into the harbor, with 1,747 patients across four hospitals and 87 wounded Spanish officers among those treated.
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Bantrano
Bhafter
Santiago
Goodfellow
Orlando Dwiker
Rio Janeiro
Sisters of Charity
Mercedes
Conchas
Admiral Cervera
Cervera
Spain
Cuba
Laurel for Greely as cables are cut in Cuba
Washington and Madrid cables report General A W Greely seals three lines from Santiago to Cienfuegos isolating Havana from Madrid. Blanco can only communicate via the censored Key West link. Cavite dispatch predicts Manila will be fortified for a final fight. In Atlanta, 10,000 Confederate veterans laud the south in the war with Spain. Parreja refuses to surrender Santiago de Cuba troops, citing Spanish military law.
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Bianco
Madrid
Washington
A. W. Greeley
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Havana
Greyley
Blanco
Key West
United States
General Greely
San Francisco
Cavite
Manila
Spain
West Indies
Atlantic
Augusti
Atnanta
Piedmont Park
Confederacy
South
Gordon
Charles J. Hooker
Mississippi
Atkinson
W. A. Hemphill
Charles Collier
Felder
City
Parreja
Manny
Guantanano
Santiago da Cuba
Victory for Panvice mine strikers in Danville
Danville Illinois July 21 drivers at Panvice coal mines won a strike after hours of picketing operators granted a wage increase. It marks the first successful strike in many years in the area.
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Danvinle
Ill
Panvice
Telegrams Terseley Telling War News
Cuban refugees report General Garcia was shot and killed. Admiral Leake Maggie called father of the British navy is dead. Spanish forces at Santiago spread rumor of US purchase of Cuba. Dewey to Manila. ComMoGore Watson fleet voyage longer than expected. Newport with four seized Spanish vessels reaches New York. 300 prisoners aboard. Roanoke arrives Seattle from St Michael with 240 passengers and 1,000,000 in gold. Four Utah lake girls drown after rescue attempt. Lucy Emma Susie Keel daughters of John Keel Payson and Steena Bauer Homerville.
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Garcia
Thomas Leake Maggie
Ead
Santiago
Uncle Sam
Cuba
Comuno- Gore
St. Mighael
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Utah Lake
Lucy
Emma
Susie Keel
John Kgsl
Payson
Steena Bauer
Homensville
Crowds greet Nebraskans in Illinois and Wisconsin towns
The Bryan regiment arrives at Centralia Illinois to a 5000-strong welcome with a wreath presentation by Marion county citizens and a speech by Colonel Bryan. The Nebraska unit continues through Bloomington and Mendota, greeted by cheering crowds and cannon salutes as it heads toward Florida.
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Alinois
Orn Trazz
Bryan
Centralia
Marion County
L. Waller
Bloomington
Colonel Bryan
Nebraska
Florida
Mendota
Mana
Fifty Two Men Poisoned At Camp Alger
Fifty two members of Company A Ewenty pewond Kansas volunteers under Colonel Lind were taken ill after breakfast at Camp Alger. Investigators traced the illness to hash cooked in a copper vessel that absorbed poison overnight. Antidotes were given. twenty seven men recovered enough to return to duty while the rest are recovering. No one is reported seriously affected.
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Mankas Company
Camp Alger
Washington
Kansas Volunteers
Lindsay
Six Officers Killed In California Fuse Works Blast
California fuse works explosion at 6:20 AM leaves six deputy sheriffs dead as they attempted to arrest a fortified Chinaman who blew up the magazine. Names of slain officers appear in the report. The incident coincides with other dispatches noting wartime and political movements.
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California
OakLand
Cal
Derry Sacrify
Carles White
Sherify Grong Woods
Derury Surrirr
C. Cameron
Gus Koen
Derory Snerrir
Wanry Cramer
Deevry Suen J. J
Lerdil
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Rio Janefro
Camp Merritt
Insurgenta
Norfolk
Anly
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Third
Nebraska Regiment
William J. Bryan
Lanch
Atlanta
Iowa Volunteer Signal Corps
Des Moines
Iowa, Volunteer Signal Corps
Frank Lyman
Twelfth Signal Company
Chickamauga
Geo. O. Squire
United States Volunteer Signal Officay
Third Army Corps
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Maparb
Hera
Philippine Islands
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Eighth Dividis Infantry Volunteers
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Green Glass
Atlantic City
Shafter Aska
Shafter
Alger
Sampson
Schley
Banrrago
General McKibpen
Twenty-first Infantry
Admiral Sampson
Commodore Schley
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Scovel
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Santo Domingo
Cape Francis
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Tampa
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Hercules Powder Works
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el Caney
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Army
J. A. Shepherd
Cincinnati
Iowa
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James A. Shepherd
Omaha
Neb
J. A. Shenherd
G. W. McKeyhan
Greely
Dewey
Archibald Hopkins
Commodore Dewey
East
New York ‘Tribune
Washington, D. C
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Philippine
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Haroes
Hong Kong
Cyrus
Nyanzi
Winter
Lonnox
James Winter
New Foundland
America
Siberia
WM. Bryant
Vigoreus
H. G. Weber & Co
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren St
New York City
M. J. Abbott
Jake Johnson
Johnson &Thompson
H. G. Weber & Go
John H. Wood
Fath Street
Postellics
Atlantic - Iowa
M. G. Weber & Co
Acre
Wm Bryant
F. Parsons & Co
Drupgista
Towa
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