Havana awful conditions threaten hunger and chaos
Dispatches from Havana report severe food shortages as Spain halts feeding programs and soup kitchens close. The meat price stays high at 50 to 60 cents a pound while beggars flood the streets and the evacuation commission struggles with limited powers and delayed Madrid instructions.
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Havana
United States
Cuban Evacuation Commission
Resolute
Princess of the Asturias
Ordnance Park
Spain
Cuba
Madrid
Alphonso XIII
Porto Rico
United States Army
Washington
Cristobal Colon Salvage Effort Abandoned by Navy
Washington dispatch reports Commodore Watson’s detachment ends all work to raise the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon. Lieutenant Blow says salvage is impossible after two months underwater due to salt damage. High hopes persist for saving Infanta Maria Teresa under Captain F. Goodrich as senior officer once Watson departs.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Commodore Watson
Cristobal Colon
George P. Blow
Colon
F. Goodrich
Cuba
Watson
Manila Quiets as Insurgents Withdraw Under Aguinaldo
General Otis reports Manila affairs are satisfactory with insurgent withdrawals underway. Aguinaldo asks days to detach and discipline remaining forces. no concessions granted. Camp Wikoff new command, transports Roumania Chester arrive. General Miles fever confines him to bed due to recent campaigns.
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Otis
War Department
Manila
Aguinaldo
Wikoff
Wheeler
Roumania
Chester
New York
Miles
Strikers riot in Missouri leave one dead
A riot at De Hoc hamont near St. Louis on September 15 involved striking plasterers. William Kane, a nonunion worker, was fatally wounded and three others seriously hurt as mounted police fired on the crowd. Nat Brown and Joe Lee were arrested as ringleaders.
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St. Louis
de Hochamont
William Kane
Nat Brown
Joe Lee
Life on Spanish prizes aboard the Miguel Jover
The AP visits the Spanish prize ship Miguel Jover, detailing a lavish seven course dinner with Spanish wines and cigars for 58 crew and officers. Captain Juan Bil and staff are described as cultured and dignified, while the ship’s luxury cabin, piano, and Italian marble contrast with near battle-ready guns nearby. The captain thanks their captors for Gentleness and expresses regret over the war, noting Spaniards in Cuba differ from those at home.
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J. M. Stripling
Associated Press
Miguel Jover
Tropics
Barcelona
Spain
New Orleans
Sampson
Gulf
Panama
Juan Bil
Vincente Terol
Old
Joseph Lavares
Jose Gomenz
Stripling
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