Flag Still Floats Over Marine Camp at Santiago Harbor
June 11 dispatch reports two nights of intense combat around the marine battalion encampment on Cuban soil near Guantánamo. American troops hold the position despite heavy resistance from Spanish forces and Cuban volunteers, with Marines and supporting ships repelling repeated assaults.
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Harbor of
Santiago
Octer Haron
Guantanamo
Kingston
Jamaica
Marine
Santiago de Cuba
Indiana News: Daring River Captain Dies Saving Others
In Indianapolis on June 15 Captain Arthur Bozell of a river steamer sacrificed his life trying to reach a drowning woman near Broad Ripple Park. The vessel struck two rowboats. Bozell jumped to aid others but drowned after being seized by cramps. Reports also note the Indiana Sugar Beet Manufacturing Co incorporation in Harbor City with plans for a 300 ton daily factory and Bert Hess found dead on Osaoop tracks with twelve tramps in the vicinity.
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Inpraxapolis
Ind
Arethur Bozell
Broad Ripple Park
Harry Pierson
Piero
Bozell
Harborp Crty
Indiana Sugar Beet Manufacturing Co
Wm. N. Cronin
M. I. McGeath
D. W H. Hummer
T. W. Sharpe
Osaoop
Bert Hess
Marines Stand Under Siege Near Santiago De Cuba
The defense holds a hilltop camp under constant Spanish assault with two American dead and four wounded. Spanish forces surround the position, while the Dolphin and Marblehead shell the enemy and water supply is cut off. Flags fly at half mast as burial rites honor fallen Serg. Maj. Goode.
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Chan Paral
Jimington
Sergi
Henry Goode
Tallman
Wallace
Martin
Paxbury
Company I
Cannister
Marblehead
Dolphin
Maj
Goode
Regiments Named for Porto Rico Expedition
Porto Rico bound expedition to be formed from 15 best equipped regiments of Gen Brooke's army. Orders state these units will move from camp to front. The plan places the selection at CINICKAMAUGA and CHATTANOOGA National Military Park, Ga., June 15.
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Cinickamauga
Citattanooga National Military Park
Brooke
Porto Rico
Savage warfare opens eyes of Adm Sampson
The report of four killed men horrifies the department and signals a shift in Cuban campaign plans. The war will be treated as against savages with far more scouts and smaller troops to avoid ambushes.
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Cuba
Wasumeron
Adm
Sampson
Roosevelt
Maine
Valor of the Merrimac crew promoted by Navy Department
Washington June 15 the navy department promoted all members of the Merrimac crew who sank the mine at Santiago harbor with orders signed by Secretary Long to Adm Sampson promotions include Daniel Montague to boatswain George Charette to gunner mates Rudolph Clausen Osborne Deignan and Murphy to chief boatswains mates and others.
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Washington
Navy Department
Santiago Harbor
Secretary Long
Adm
Sampson
Lieut. Hobson
Congress
Daniel Montague
George Charette
Rudolph Clausen
Osborne Deignan
Murphy
Ecoxswains
Veteran Minister Dead In Indiana County
Rev. William Bowen, the county s oldest Methodist minister, died at his daughter s home in New Castle after a long illness. He was licensed for 53 years and conducted over 1700 marriages and preached 2000 funerals.
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Hacerstown
Ind
William ©. Bowen
Lorin A. Williams
New Castle
Bowen
Death of Benjamin Badgley in Tampa Drowning
Clifford Badgley of Shelbyville received a telegram from Tampa Florida reporting the accidental death of his 19 year old son Benjamin in a drowning incident near Tampa during Tuesday morning. No further details were provided.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Clifford Badgley
Tampa
Fla
Benjamin
Badley
Two Widows in Dunkirk Quarrel Turned Violent
In Dunkirk Indiana on Tuesday Mrs. Haine and Mrs. Romey two widows from the eastern part of town quarreled over a garden and a cow. The dispute escalated as Mrs. Romey was struck with a board and Mrs. Haine with a hammer. Mrs. Haine reportedly lies in a dying condition.
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Dunkirk
Ind
Haine
Romey
Haines
Indiana Soldier Dies in Camp at Cuickamauga Park
Sam ilton Pan, private of Company H, 160th Indiana regiment, died Tuesday morning from brain congestion after illness starting Sunday at Cuickamauga Park. The body was sent to Warsaw, Indiana, for interment, his former home.
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Cuickamauga Park
Samilton Pan
160Th
Indiana
Warsaw
Ind
Earthquake Shoes Shocks Evansville City
A distinct earthquake was felt in Evansville Indiana at about 9 50 Tuesday morning. The tremor was perceptible in the city's taller buildings as residents described the shake.
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Evanesville
Evansville
Ind
Expedition to Porto Rico Planned for Immediate Start
Wasuieron June 15 report says the operation will begin as soon as transports and warships are ready. The expedition will be thoroughly organized and well equipped, with a force large enough to take the entire island if San Juan falls. Jackson Miss June 15 Col W A Montgomery orders to move to Jacksonville Fla and report to Maj Gen Fitzhugh Lee.
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Wasuieron
Porto Rico
San Juan
Jackson, Miss
W. A. Montgomery
2D Regiment of
Mississippi Volunteers
War Department
Jacksonsville
Fla
Fitzhuch Lee
Ith Army Corps
Mine disaster at Stotts City claims five miners
An accident at the Mount Vernon Coal Company's mine in Stotts City 20 miles from Aukona, Missouri, has killed five miners named John Durham, William Durham, J. W. Neweman, William Brown, and John Houck. Sam Dennett survived with a narrow escape.
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Aukona
Mount Vernon Co
Stotts City
John Durham
William Durham
J. W. Neweman
William Brown
John Houck
Sam Dennett
Armour Buys Leiter's Wheat Cash Stock
Chicago June 15 P D Armour bought all of Joseph Leiter's cash wheat in the northwest totaling 4 000 000 to 5 000 000 bushels. Semi authoritative word also says Armour will take up Leiter's entire wheat holdings.
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Chicago
P. D. Armour
Joseph Leiter
Northwest
Armour
Leiter
Germany wary of Manila clash as Kiao-Chou idea resurfaces
London dispatch reports the Berlin correspondent noting it seems unlikely Germany would risk war with the United States by interfering at Manila. Yet naval leaders reportedly consider repeating the Kiao-Chou operation, a prospect that demands attention due to influential voices.
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London
Berlin
The
Daily News
Germany
United States
Manila
Second Expedition to Philippines Delayed by Naval Convoy Plan
In Washington on June 15 the decision to provide a naval convoy from Honolulu to Manila for the second expedition was announced. Despite some believing an armed convoy unnecessary, officials prefer caution to risk the lives of many men. On June 13 at Guantanamo Bay the destroyer fleet accompanied by torpedo boats moves toward expected troop landings. In Arkansas, Rev. Moses Ricks, a Black preacher, was lynched by a 300-strong mob in Monroe county after confessing to assaulting a farmer’s wife. his father was reportedly lynched the prior Sunday.
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Gien
Merritt
Philippines
Honolulu
Manila
Danby
Guantanamo Bay
Kingston
Jamaica
Vesuvius
Adm
Clarenddon
Ark
Moses Ricks
Monroe County
Ricks
Peace talks not in Spanish stance says minister
Foreign Minister Duke Almiodo var de Rio told reporters on Tuesday that Spain has taken no steps toward peace negotiations. The piece also notes British posts and other war-era updates including personnel moves, trials, and market reactions to the Leiter wheat corner collapse.
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Duke Almiodo Var de Rio
Men
Edmund Douglas Veitch Fane
Servia
Copenhagen
Charles Stewart Scott
Russia
Markets Report from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh
Cincinnati and Pittsburgh market notes show mixed grain and livestock pricing. Wheat futures drift with June at 8 1 8c, corn around 21 ½c, oats near 24c. live cattle range 4.70 to 5.10 per cwt, hogs about 4.00 per cwt, lambs 4.15 to 4.60, veal calves 5.00 to 8.00. Oakland-like summaries include Chicago and local grade variations across grades and cuts.
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Cincinnati
Rye
Northwestern
Do City
WuHeEat
Cogn
Sarge
Bankley
Pirtssurgh
Lidy
Iss
Delegates for county and state conventions listed by town
Delegates to Warioug Conventions include state officers and local leaders from 16 towns, with 30 additional delegates for Congressional and Senatorial posts. Listings cover Clay, Columbus, Flat Rock, Hawcreek, Nineveh, Union, Harrison, Jackson, Rockcreek, Wayne and other townships with named delegates and abbreviations.
Vary Low Rates to the Booming South
On the first and third Tuesdays monthly the Southern Railway offers low rate homeseekers tickets to eastern and southern points. The line covers eight southeastern states and Asheville North Carolina known as The Land of the Sky. Write for a Summer Homes Folder and map from Wa H Taxtax assistant general passenger agent Louisville Kentucky.
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Tennessee
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Southland
Asheville
N. C
Land of the Sky
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