Army Arrives Off Santiago In Naval Transport Fleet
United States fleet of 36 transports and convoys reached ten miles off Santiago at 12 10 this afternoon. Shafter and Sampson discuss landing sites ten miles above or below the city as the army prepares to land and attack. Measles cases and typhoid reports appear among troops while spirits are high. The New York fired a salute as the Tampa voyage proved uneventful. Washington briefed on the fleet’s safe arrival near Santiago.
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Santiago
United States
Sampson
Shafter
Guantanamo
Morro Castle
New York
Tampa
Washington
Cable Re Establishes Link With Guantanamo Harbor
General Greely announces cable communication with Guantanamo is back and the end lies on a harbor vessel. The report confirms Gen Shafter s troops have reached Santiago. Capt James Allen named censor in Guantanamo to oversee the cable station and telegraph line guarded as a key government asset.
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Washington
General Greely
Signal Service
Guantanamo
Shafter
Santiago
James Allen
Miles
Key West
Albion launches as crowds fall into Thames in tragedy
London reports a disastrous launch of the British battleship Albion at Blackwall. A 80 foot stage collapsed into the Thames. about 60 to 100 people feared dead, with 30 bodies recovered. Duchess of York presided. US Ambassador and Mrs Hay attended. no notable injuries reported.
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London
Blackwell
Thames
Duchess of York
United States
Hay
Reinforcements Reported for Santiago feted by camps
Washington dispatch says Gen Shafter will receive about 8,000 troops from Camp Alger. Harvard and Yale will sail from Newport News to Santiago in two trips carrying 4,000 men each. Selected units include the Sixth Massachusetts Eighth and Ninth Ohio Sixth Illinois two Michigan regiments and the 65th New York.
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Washington
Shafter
Camp Alger
Harvard
Yale
Newport News
Santiago
Massachusetts
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
65Th New York
Peace movement reports in Madrid and London
A Madrid dispatch says the government sent agents nationwide to gauge public support for peace with the United States. In London the Pall Mall Gazette reports ongoing elaborate correspondence on Spain US peace negotiations with important developments anticipated.
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New York
Madrid
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Spain
United States
Morro Castle Shell Fire Near Blockade In Havana
Key West reports a government vessel stating Morro Castle continues heavy shelling of the blockading squadron. A 12 inch shell exploded close to an American warship on Friday, sending a towering column of water and smoke over 100 feet high.
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Key West
Havana
Morro Castle
Spain Faces Another Cabinet Crisis Threat
Advices from Madrid report a threatened cabinet crisis as Sagasta’s resignation is momentarily expected. London dispatches note ongoing political turmoil and potential government shakeup in Spain.
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London
Madrid
Sagasta
Terrible condition of Pacificos about Havana
Messages from Havana report terrible conditions among Pacificos near Havana with hundreds of deaths recently.
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Havana
Key West
Impossible of Stamps Delay in War Revenue Dates
Washington reports stamps required by the new war revenue law cannot be ready by July 1. Dies were sent to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing days after passage, with distribution unlikely to meet the law’s deadline. The internal revenue office faces endless inquiries and warns of a possible nationwide business shutdown until stamps arrive or Congress moves the start date.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Office
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Pacific Coast
Congress
Tampa Race Riot Spurs Death Toll Claim
Twenty seven negro soldiers arrived at Moc Pherson barracks hospital in Tampa Georgia for treatment after the Tampa riot. They report forty of their race killed and over 100 seriously wounded, suggesting the violence was far worse than earlier reports.
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Tampa
MocPherson Barracks Hospital
Bryan and Third Nebraska Move Toward Southward Deployment
Omaha dispatches report Col. William Jennings Bryan and his full staff with the mobilized Third Nebraska regiment at Fort Omaha. They expect to march the regiment south by week’s end. A follow up note says the battalion endures spartan camp conditions with no rations, fuel, dishes, or blankets and minimal water.
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Omaha
Wm. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Fort Omaha
W. J. Bryan
Cadet Cavalry March At West Point Practice Route
First class cadets from the military academy embarked on a practice march. Mounted as cavalry with full equipment, they cook their own meals and advance as if operating behind enemy lines.
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West Point
N. Y
Military Academy
Red Cross steamer State of Texas sails to Cuba
The Red Cross steamer State of Texas with Miss Clara Barton aboard departed Key West for Cuba. Mrs. John Addison Porter, wife of the president's secretary, remains behind.
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Key West
Red Cross
State of Texas
Clara Barton
Cuba
John Addison Porter
Adjutant receives no official word on expeditions at Santiago and Manila
Washington reports no official notice of expedition arrivals at Santiago and Manila by three o'clock this afternoon, though the administration believes both fleets are there.
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Washington
Santiago
Manila
Gates Resigns Amherst College Presidency
Amherst Mass June 21 Dr Merrill E Gates resigns as president of Amherst College trustees seek Professor Slocum of Colorado College as his successor.
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Amherst
Mass
Merrill E. Gates
Amhert College
Professor Slocum
Colorado College
Still No News From Manila From Secretary Alger
Washington reports on June 21 as Secretary Alger states he has no word from the first Philippine expedition this afternoon. The absence of confirmation leaves the status and progress of the expedition unclear.
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Manila
Washington
Alger
Senate debate On Hawaiian Annexation Prolonged
Washington June 21 The senate spent the entire day discussing Hawaiian annexation with lawmakers debating the status and implications of adding Hawaii as a U S territory or state.
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Washington
Senate
Hair Turned White Moves in War Time
A 17 year old private in the U S army visited Secretary Alger in Washington asking for discharge. He carried two locks of hair from his mother one white and one brown and said the hair turned white since joining the war. Alger was moved and may bend military discipline to send him home.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Alger
United States Army
Carl J. Horn
4Th Missouri
Camp Alger
Philippines Expedition Formed as Eighth Army Corps
Governor General Washington reports an order creating the Philippines expedition as the Eighth Army Corps led by Maj. Gen. Merritt. Merritt will command the corps and may transfer to a higher post as needed to focus on governing the Philippine islands.
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Washington
Department
Philippines
Merritt
Eighth
Eighth Corps
Philippine Islands
Islands
Supreme Lodge Opens Annual Session at Asbury Park
The Supreme Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen opened its annual session in Asbury Park New Jersey with Supreme Master Workman W S Robson of Texas presiding. The report shows 1897 income 8 584 008 and expenditures 8 415 424 including 37 761 434 in death benefits.
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Supreme Lodge
Asbury Park
N. J
Supreme Lodge of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen
W.S. Robson
Texas
America
Ontario
Canada
Supreme Body
Ontario Grand Lodge
United States
W. M. Sackett
Pennsylvania
Supreme Recorder of the Order
Democratic State Convention Opens in Indianapolis
About 1500 delegates arrive in Indianapolis for the Democratic state convention to be opened at Tomlinson Hall at 11 o'clock. The gathering debates platform issues on war policy and the silver question while gold Democrats stay away.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Tomlinson Hall
United States
Turpie
Republican Party
Steamer Algonquin Returns Spanish Prisoners
The Clyde line steamer Algonquin arrived from Charleston with ten Spanish prisoners including the Maria Dolores bark crew and its captain in custody at New York Harbor.
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New York
Clyde Line
Charleston
Federation of Woman's Clubs Convention Opens
In Denver the biennial convention of the Federation of Woman's Clubs of America gathers six hundred members from forty five states and fifteen hundred visitors. Mrs. Bryan arrives and comments on factions. Mrs. Lowe of Georgia appears likely to win the presidency. Discussion indicates opposition to woman suffrage among attendees and the business session starts in the afternoon.
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Denver
Federation of Woman's Clubs of America
Bryan
Lowe
Georgia
Henrotin
Platt
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Prominent Pecos Farmer T E Booth Found Dead
In Pecos Texas yesterday evening the body of T E Booth a well known farmer five miles above town was found by a boy along the road. A post mortem showed death from heart disease, despite initial suspicions of foul play due to a recent dispute with a tenant. Booth left home at 2 p m to shut off an irrigation ditch and was last seen galloping toward his property about a quarter mile from where he was discovered. Booth's wife and son are in Chicago and his daughter was visiting Pecos. A hired man was the only other person at home. The sheriff and a crowd brought the body to town for examination.
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Pecos
Texas
the Herald
T. E. Booth
Chicago
Recruits Arrive at Chickamauga Park Amid Water Safety Order
More than 200 new recruits from several states reached Chickamauga Chattanooga at 10 am. A general order mandates all regiments boil drinking water to prevent epidemic fever after two typhoid cases linked to a nearby well.
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Chattanooga
Hobson's Brother Graduates West Point Cadet Honors
West Point ceremony marks James Marcellus Hobson, brother of the Merrimac hero, as a full fledged cadet this morning with honors continuing the family battlefield legacy.
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Hobson
West Point
James Marcellus Hobson
the Merrimac
John Wardell Killed at Anchor Mine Shaft
Cripple Creek reports John Wardell formerly of Aspen was killed this morning at a shaft of the Anchor mine where he was lessee. The accident occurred during hours of work at the Colorado mining site. Wardell’s death is another blow to local mining operations and families connected to the Anchor mine.
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Cripple Creek
John Wardell
Aspen
Anchor
Blue and Gray Entertainment Fund Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the Blue and Gray monument fund entertainment are on sale at several city shops for 50 cents each. Preparations are progressing finely and success is assured. Jacob N. Kaufman, manager of Goodman Produce, travels to Washington to seal a government contract for cabbage and sweet potatoes for troops.
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Delquest & Andrews
Feisst’s
Webb's
Irvin’s
G. W. Walz’s
Albers
Jacob N. Kaufman
Goodman Produce Company
Washington, D. C
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