Bombardment of Manzanillo By U S Ships Ends With Surrender
Off Manzanillo on the south coast of Santiago province US warships the Newark Suwanee Hist Osceola and Alvarado bombarded fortifications for hours. A white flag appeared and Spanish officials announced a peace protocol signing. Manzanillo surrendered with Cuban support and naval actions continuing offshore.
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Manzanillo
Santiago
Santiago de Cuba
Newark Jay Bo
Suwanee
Osveola
Hist
Alvarado
Newark
Goodvich
Spain
United States
Goudrich
Gerontanamo
Col. Huntington
Cape Crag
Alvalado
Osceola
Manzanillo Les
Ree
Cant. Goodrich
Gen. Greely
Vbat
Spanish Powder Fails Alvarado Gunnery in Battle
The Alvarado suffered from poor ammunition while Spanish powder fueled the Spanish guns. The Wewark’s gunnery was excellent and few shots were wasted. The green crew performed well and the town likely faced surrender without hostilities stopping. Citizens were badly frightened. M. C. Berrian.
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Newark
Flece
Suwanee
Wewark
M. C. Berrian
Fire-Bug Destroys Undertaker Willis Goods and Stable
A white arsonist set fire to undertaker C. M. C. Willis's stable and multiple carriages, horses, and equipment, causing about 1000 dollars in losses. Willis, a prominent Black businessman, faced rising insurance coverage of 4499 dollars and continued operations with support from other undertakers. The blaze damaged Potter and Son's distillery windows nearby.
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C. M. C. Willis
Air. Willis
California St
Juliata Ave
Wits
Lis
Potter & Son
North Sf
G R Wellman Dies Suddenly at West Side Home
G R Wellman 710 W Vermont Street died Sunday from brain congestion. He was found unconscious at 10 AM. Rumor of choking on false teeth proved false when teeth were found in a pocket. A prominent Mason, funeral Tuesday will be by that order. He leaves a widow two sons and four daughters.
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G. R. Wellman
W. Vermontst
West-side
Wellman
George Wellman
EP. Ufigeins
Cincinnati
Fred Wellman
Verigent St
Colored units may march to Santiago for garrison duty
The governor received a telegram from Adjt. Gen. Corbin stating the two colored companies at Camp Mount under Capt. Porter and Capt. Buckner will likely be ordered to Santiago for garrison duty. Transport and final orders are expected soon. Rejoicing spread in camp as troops weary of soldier life. the colored men are well equipped and drilled, surpassing white companies in Col. Durbin's regiment.
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Adjt
Indianapolis Weather Forecast For 36 Hours
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending this afternoon. The temperature at 9 a.m. was 64 degrees. Noon today showed 79 degrees, 2 p.m. 83, with Tuesday night and Wednesday expected to be unsettled.
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Indianapolis
T A
Aondiy
Immoral Woman Emily Sapp Appears in Court
Emily Sapp, once noted in 1591 for joining the South-side free love society, faced a police court hearing on Monday. A guilty finding was entered but judgment was suspended due to support from friends.
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Emily Sapp
Free Love Society
Monfay
Gailty
Woman Seeks Legal Separation From Abusive Husband
Lillie Lonergan says her husband Charles insulted and persecuted her with vile names and abuse until she could endure no longer. She endured for years hoping he would reform but now seeks a formal separation.
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Lillie Lonergan
Charles
Mayor Signs Ordinance to Buy Garfield Park Entrance
Mayor Taggart signed an ordinance authorizing the Board of Works to purchase ten acres for an entrance to Garfield Park at seven thousand dollars. The board has referred the land abstract, owned by Christian F. Bals, to City Attorney Kern.
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Ke. Tae
Taggart
Board of Works
Garfield Park
Kern
Christian F. Bals
Kingan Strike Fades as Unsettled Dispute Ends
State labor commissioners fail to settle the Kingan strike. Strikers have not disturbed replacement workers, and the dispute appears to have died a natural death with many returning to work at former wages.
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Kingan
First Regiment Arrives at Jackson ville Camp Florida
The first regiment reached Jacksonville Florida on Saturday night and slept on trains. On Sunday they set up tents and joined General Hubbard's brigade. The camp is described as ideal and orderly as the soldiers establish the new post.
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iGrst
Jacksonville
Fla
Gen. Hubbard
Manila Falls to Americans, Reports Say
A Hong Kong dispatch quotes Wall Street, Manila has fallen and Americans hold the city. Washington notes no word from Gen Merritt by noon while typhoon delays peace news. Manila patrols, Manila to New South Wales voyage.
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New York
Wall St
Moyrning
Hong Iong
Manila
Australia
New South Wales
Hong Wong
Aus
Monterey
Cable links to Manila likely to be restored soon
Washington reports that cable communications with Manila may be reestablished within the next day or two as government efforts continue. No further details on specific lines or agencies are provided.
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Washington
Manila
Train holdup near Grants stops Santa Fe Pacific line
A westbound Santa Fe Pacific train was held up by four masked men at Grants New Mexico at 1 AM. The express car was cut off and run two miles down the track before armed guard Wat prevented entry. After about three hours the robbers fled into the woods without grabbing any loot.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe Pacific
Grants
Here
Wat
Haughey to Return to Indianapolis After Pardon Bid
Theodore P. Haughey is expected back in Indianapolis this week after release from prison. He has stayed with his son in Chicago and will settle on a 41 acre Mapleton farm valued at 50 000. Federal officials report no word on remission of 250 costs. a pardon bid faced bitter opposition led by John B. Duncan with Armour’s Lew Haughey as a potential intercessor. Senator Fairbanks is said to have blocked the move to protect Indiana Republicans.
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Theodore P. Haughey
Indianapolis
Chicago
Mapleton
Haughey
John
Duncan
Armour
Lew Haughey
Haugehey
Washington
Fairbanks
Indiana
Papal Election Tension Surges in Rome Amid Heat
A Rome dispatch reports utmost excitement in the sacred college and among papal candidates as France Germany and Austria order representatives to quit Rome. Pope’s physicians fear heat impact on his health and the situation intensifies as intrigue grows.
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London
Daily News
Rome
Sacred College
Fance
Germany
Austria
L P Tweedie Dead Golf Expert at Country Club
Lawrence P. Tweedie golf instructor at the Country club died suddenly at the club house Sunday night after a day of illness. Coroner Brayton suspects malaria. Tweedie a former Scotland native who came to America five years ago lived in Chicago. his brother Herbert runs the golf department at Epakling's in Chicago.
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Erie
Lawrence P. Tweedie
Brayton
Tweedie
Jie
America
Scotland
Chicago
Herbert Tweedie
Epakling’s
Railroaders move from Indianapolis to Columbus Ohio
A large group of railroad staff from the local division of the Pennsylvania line will relocate Tuesday night to new quarters in Columbus Ohio. New superintendent A P Bonebrake will depart from New Albany along with many chiefs clerks dispatchers engineers and operators and their families.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Line
Columbus
O. P. A. Bonebrake
J. S. Converse
W. B. Kimble
F. Ek. McAlpin
J. G. Pollock
J. I. Trwin
D. W. O’brien
Spitework Claims Over Elevation Plans By Indiana Papers
William Fortune, president of the elevated railroad commission, cites Indiana press damage to elevation prospects from reports of low rates. He vows continued pursuit of track elevation without motive of revenge, noting a September meeting to finalize plans and set a date.
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Wm. Fortune
Elevated Railroad Commission
Indianapolis
Mr. Fortune
Nordyke Marmon Build Flour Milling Plant in Jerusalem
The item notes Nordyke and Marmon are constructing a flour milling mill in Jerusalem Palestine. It mentions a divorce petition by Mary Judson alleging her husband William A Judson is an habitual drunkard. It also records Mayor Taggart and Supt Quigley to ride the goat into the Ancient order of united workmen Monday night. A missing person once located in Dallas is again reported missing.
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Nordyke & Marmon
Jerusalem
Palestine
Mary . Judson
Williet A
Taggart
Quigley
Order of United Workmen
Chas. I Ranke
Keystone- Ave
Dallas
Tex
Joyful News on Jenny's Lighting Patent for Baseball Visibility
Report notes Jenny and an electric company developing a patent to light large areas so baseball can be played at sight. The breakthrough is described as a success, with Indianapolis mentioned as part of the context.
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Jenny, Electric Company
Indianapolis
Fighting Joe and the Rough Riders in Washington Mission
Major General Fitzhugh Lee arrived in Washington with his aide to confer with Secretary Alger and General Corbin. He is expected to join the Havana commission and may head a new Cuban military department, with Col C I Dick delivering pivotal dispatches to the president.
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War Department
Alger
Corbin
Cailom
Col, Logan
Washington
Fitzhugh Lee
Fitzhugh Juee, Jr
Jacksonville
Tie
Army
Secretary of War
Lee
Havana
Efe
Wein
Cuba
Breaith
Morday
Curbin
White House
Gen. Lee
Joint Military and Naval Commission
Wade
Butler
Section Oor Toommadore Howell
Military Department
C. I. Dick
Ohio Volunteers
Shatter
Col. Dick
Santiago
Surgeon Goodfellow
Gen. Shafter
Col
YEDDY AND HIS MEN CAMP WIKOFF AT MONTUAK POINT
Yellow fever is detected on the transport St. Louis prompting quarantine and extensive disinfection of 1202 men aboard the ship. The Miami and Matteawan arrive with clean bills. Col Roosevelt and Gen Wheeler are reported in good health as the camp resumes life. Lieut colonel Le J. Logan arrives from Santiago with Mrs. Logan. Flo Logan is recovering from yellow fever.
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Miami
Matteawan
Col. Roosevelt
Wikoff
Magruder
Gen. Wheeler
Dostor
Rough Riders
Santiago
Young Logan
New York
Col
le J. Logan
Massachusetts
Peace Pleasing News to Soldiers as War Winds Down
Washington reports peace brings relief for generals and troops in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines. Officials anticipate a slow settlement possibly by December, with Congress in regular session and fears of yellow fever delaying Havana occupation. The president aims to maintain a large army and gradual troop changes continue while supplies for starving populations receive focus.
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Washington
Congress
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Havana Tor
War and Navy Departments
White House
Natives Jubilant Over Sudden Cessation of Hostilities
Gen. Brooker moved from Arroyo at daybreak and reached Guayamo to learn that Gen. Miles had ordered a suspension of hostilities. The Fourth Ohio faced Spaniards at the same position as Tuesday, while a somnambulist Private Samuel Hill of Company D was accidentally killed by a picket from his own unit.
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Guayamo
St. Croix
Brooker
Arroyo
Fourth
Ohio
Miles
Lieut
Samuel, Hill
General Miles reports peace protocol signed and orders to suspend hostilities
Gen Miles informs Capt Gen Macias in Ponce Puerto Rico that Washington has sent word the peace protocol is signed and hostilities are to stop. Macias has acknowledged the dispatch. Lieut Ames and Lieut French head west with 59 American flags to be raised after Gen Schwan.
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Ponce
P. R
Miles
Macias
Washkington
Lieut. Ames
Nineteenth Infantry
Lieut. French
Eleventh Infantry
Schwan
Bitter feeling as Havana awaits peace protocol
In Havana Aug 15 the published news is that the protocol is a preliminary peace step. Officials and military voice bitterness over Havana evacuation while Spaniards boast of valor. Wealthy Spaniards and businessmen welcome end of war, hoping trade revival. San Juan reports protocol of peace signed via French consul.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
For a Good 10 Smoke Try a Pro Bono
Puzzle text fragment notes a quirky line about prices and a horse, with unclear names. The readable parts reference a cigar and a 5 cent figure, plus a playful rhyme about smoke and feed. No coherent event or person details emerge.
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FCO
Hong Kong
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Thasere
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Gelay
Meraritt
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Wildman
State Department
Great Britain
Malate
Admiral Dewey
Gen. Merritt
Vienge Kong
Madrid
Aguinaldo
Theodore Haughey
L. P. Tweedie
Republican Club House
Republican Club
Sixteenth St
English
Rescue Mission Services
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Orange
N. J
Central-ave. M. B. Church
Rescue Mission
Epworth League
Johnson
Fighting
Joe
THE
Montauk Point
Sarxuazo
Roosevelt
Yeddy
San Juan
Blazee
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