Peace Era Shifts as Navy Moves to Pacify Regions
Washington scenes outline a pivot from war to peace as naval forces reduce activity. Monitors will stay at Porto Rico and most blockading ships move to Key West under Commodore Watson. Manila occupation expected after orders reach Dewey and Merritt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Key West
Washington
Pacific
Navy Department
West Indian
Hirbors
Porto Rican
Watson
Manila
Dewey
General Merritt
Navy
Manzanillo
Spain
Blanco
General Creely
Playa del Este
Sampson
Guantanamo
Goodrich
Newark
Scorpion
Suwanee
Isle of Pines
Corbin
Santiago
Shafter
Prevailing Commission Picks Likely Three Members
The article notes the probable appointment of three commissioners and suggests either Joseph Choate or Elihu Root from New York for one position. Senator Davis of Minnesota may be offered a seat but is expected to decline, with a fifth member to be chosen from outside the United States. Also reports a Seattle earthquake and peace communications from Manzanillo acknowledging hostilities cessation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Choate
Elihu Root
New York
Senator Davis
Minnesota
United States
War Cost to Date: U S Appropriations Reach 369 Million
A historical report to Washington notes that war expenditures for the Spanish conflict total about 369 million dollars charged to both the War and Navy Departments, covering time to January 1, 1899. It details monthly disbursements from March through August and totals by department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Manzanillo
White House
War and Navy Departments
Allen
Havana
War Department
Spain
Treasury
Army
Navy
Navy Department
Congress
Colorado Robbers Located After Fatal Kokomo Shootout
A Kokomo Colorado robbery ends in gunfire with two killed and two mortally wounded. Ex Deputy Conrad is slain. Summer Whitney is wounded. Pug Ryan, a heavily armed robber, remains at large as a posse with bloodhounds searches the hills. Dick Bryan is killed. Dick Manley mortally wounded and confesses four men were involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Times
Kokomo
Colo. Say
Pug Ryan
Conrad
Breckenridge
Summer Whitney
Conard
Whitney
Dick Bryan
Dick Manley
Manley
Colorado mining camps report serial robberies and killings
The gang led by Fred Wilson fled to Glenwood after the Breckenridge robbery. They are accused of numerous robberies at Cripple Creek and other mining camps and of killing two men in a Gold Fields saloon robbery in Colorado. Paris dispatch notes U S Spain peace pact and thanks to France. cholera deaths rise in Madras with 117 fatalities to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wilson
Glenwood
Breckenridge
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Paris
United States
Spain
Washington
McKinney
M. Jules Cambon
France
McKinley
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