Rain Delays U S Forces at Santiago In War Dispatches
Rain inter fered with operations before Santiago delaying reports from Shafter and Miles. Heavy downpours flooded trenches camps and hospitals and made roads impassable. Miles called it the heaviest rainfall he had seen as authorities noted the city had not yet surrendered, with officials saying they were still dickering.
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Washington
Santiago
Shafter
Miles
War Department
Heavy losses in Santiago battle reported by Adjutant General
The official list lists two colonels one major and 24 other officers killed in the battle of Santiago. It notes 77 officers wounded, many lieutenants, with many to be incapacitated for further service. The report hints at promotions for subordinates and later transfers from the volunteer army.
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Washington
Santiago
Adjt
Corbin
Destruction of Cervera Fleet Highlighted by Sampson Report
Admiral Sampson’s bulletin from the New York details the destruction of Admiral Cervera’s fleet off Santiago on July 3. It credits the Brooklyn with the pivotal role in overcoming the Cristobal Colon and notes the chase lasting about 60 miles with Oregon Texas and others aiding. The Colon was run ashore and sank after water poured into her compartments. recovery chances are uncertain but hoped.
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Washington
Sampson
Cervera
Santiago
Navy Department
New York
Brooklyn
Colon
Schley
Infanta Maria Teresa
Vizcaya
Oquendo
Cristobal Colon
Furor
Pluton
Siboney
Oregon
Texas
Vixen
War Department dispatch on Santiago unchanged
The War Department received Gen Miles' dispatch on Wednesday morning but kept most contents private. The available information notes the situation around Santiago remains practically unchanged. Fighting has been ongoing since July 2.
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Washington
War Department
Miles
Santiago
Truce Extended to Thursday at Playa Del Este
War department dispatch from Gen Shafter reports a 24 hour extension of the truce near Santiago until noon Thursday. Shafter states Toral's surrender is the only option and warns of a full assault with naval support and 13 inch shells if refused.
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Tiago
Toral
Man Tries to Reunite With Son After Wandering
Isaac Windle of Lafayette traveled to Indianapolis with his 22 year old son Charles who is mentally unbalanced after a sunstroke. Charles slipped away at the station, prompting a long night of searching. He later injured his hand in a self harm attempt and tried to jump from a hotel window before the journey west resumed.
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Isaac Windle
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Charles
California
Stoppert
Saloonists Hopeful Over War Tax on Beer Impasse
The local saloonkeepers association met to address brewers refusal to pay the beer war tax. A committee was formed to confer and seek a compromise. President Joseph Schaub said concessions may come after presenting facts, noting independents outnumber brewer-controlled saloonkeepers.
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Joseph Schaub
Cos
Suit Aims to Block Conduit Laying at Delaware and New York Corners
Henry Coburn sues to stop the New Telephone Co from laying conduits in the grass plot at the southeast corner of Delaware and New York. He plans a business block there and says the conduits will affect his cellar. Judge Allen will decide on Thursday.
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Henry Coburn
New Telephone Company
Delaware
New Yorkers
Toral Offers Surrender With Condition Refused
A July dispatch reports General Toral at Playa del Este claiming authority to withdraw and surrender harbor ports and munitions in eastern Cuba but asking until Thursday noon for official word. The U S government replied via Secretary Alger that the withdrawal request was declined.
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Playa del Este
Shafter
Wheeler
Toral
Cuba
Spain
Miles
Alger
Gen. Miles
Gen. Toral
Yellow fever outbreak among troops near Santiago
Reports to the War Department indicate yellow fever has broken out among U S troops near Santiago. Immune doctors and nurses are being sent, quarantine camps set up, and measures to prevent refugee contact and further spread are in place with hospitals for the ill and fever patients planned at Egmont Key Tampa bay and Opechicka Florida.
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Washington
Santiago
Lisnatches
War Department
White House
Alger
Adjt
Corbin
Sternberg
Siboney
Shafter
Miles
Camp McCalla
Guantanamo Bay
Navy
Saantiago City
Army
Egmont Key
Tampa. Bay
Opechicka
Fla
Florida
Norfolk
American Navy Captures Subig Bay Island During Philippines Campaign
Manila reports Admiral Dewey’s forces seize Grande island at Subig bay in Luzon after shelling fortifications. Capt. Coghlan’s landing party compelled surrender of 500 Spanish troops, with rifles and one Hotchkiss gun captured. The action secures Subig bay and disrupts Spanish plans while German vessels briefly react to the move.
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Manila
Hong Kong
Dewey
Grande Island
Subig Bay
Luzon
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Admiral Dewey
Raleigh
Concord
J. L. Coghlan
Coghlan
Lieut
Rodman
Iunsign Knepper
Ris
Spain
Subig¢ Bay
Germany
Philippinas
Cavite
Subic Bay
Hong Isong
Culgoa
Australia
Friendsberg
Col Harry B. Smith Arrives Home as 158th Indiana Regiment Cools Off
Col. Harry B. Smith of the 158th Indiana volunteers returns to Indianapolis from Chickamauga. He says troops are healthy with no typhoid or malaria, thanks to early sanitary precautions. The regiment sent home about $25,000 at pay, roughly half returning to Indiana, and discipline keeps men from buying in the park.
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Harry B. Smith
158Th Indiana Volunteers
Chickamauga
Col. Smith
Indiana
Oliver
Bartender William Johns Arrested After Alleged Tuesday Assault
Police court heard William T Johns, a bartender, accused of whipping his wife Tuesday afternoon. The wife failed to appear when the case was called Wednesday morning. she had been subpoenaed, an attachment was issued for her. The case will be tried Thursday.
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William T. Johns
Fire brigade at Laycock plant halts barn blaze near canal
Report says a fire at a barn beside the T. B. Laycock manufacturing plant at canal and Tenth Street broke out about 9 30 Wednesday morning. The factory fire brigade, well organized, extinguished the flames before the fire department arrived. damage described as slight.
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T. B. Laycock Manufacturing Company
Canal
Tenth St
Public Works Board okays bridge repair and street paving
The Board of Public Works approved vouchers totaling 8 000 for White River bridge repairs and 4 725 for Indianapolis desiccating company, plus 14 440 56 for Capital Sweeping. New resolutions authorize cement walks on several streets and brick roadways on others. Contracts awarded include asphalt roadway on Tenth and brick road on Wabash. a Canton firm to build a canal bridge. Petitions filed for more walks. final action grants wooden block pavement on Twelfth. The Emma Stewart estate final judgment leaves 290 30 after expenses. Wymond J. Beckett earns 400. Christian & Christian 100. court costs 109 70. administratrix Alpha Hilliker 100.
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Board of Public Works
White River
Washington St
Indianapolis Desiccating Company
Capital Sweeping Company
Pennsylvania St
Twenty-fifth
Point
W. R. Hines
Wrought Iron Bridge Company
Canton
Road St
Pleasant Run
Harlan
St. Paulst
Washington
Belt Railroad
Twelfth
Illinois St
Senate Ave
Emma Stewart
Commercial Club
HURRIED CABINET SESSION OVER SANTIAGO YELLOW FEVER FEARS
A White House meeting of the war board including Secretary Day Long Alger Captain Mahan Admiral Sicard and others discussed the Santiago siege and reports of yellow fever amid fears of spread among U S troops Nine soldiers and five refugees near Shafter’s HQ at Siboney were noted The session ended at 1 27 p m with a pledge that no details would be released and officials urged restraint on rumor spread.
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Washington
War Board
White House
Day
Long
Alger
Capt. Mahan
Admiral Sicard
Allison
Gage
Treasury
Wilson
Gen. Smith
Cabinet
Santiago
Hilborn
California
War Department
Cuba
Shafter
Sampson
Santiago Bay
Gen. Shafter
Siboney
Manila Situation Rears War Fears In First July Letter
A Manila to Iloilo message dated July 5 says Manila remains under threat with 6,000 reinforcements expected July 14 and plans for an attack. It notes Mindanao actions, two Masbate chiefs executed for rebellion, and mass unrest in Luzon as nightly fighting continues. The British gunboat Plover confirms unchanged conditions at Manila.
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Madrid
Iloilo
Manila
Coap
Augusti
Mindano
Masbate
Luzon
Hong Wong
Plover
Admiral Dewey
Gen. Merritt
Officer in Serious Condition After Caisson Fall
Brigade hospital reports injuries from a caisson fall. Condition deemed serious. Col. Smith expected to return to his regiment on Saturday.
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Col. Smith
Public works board calls on bondsmen to assume Hamilton contract
The Board of public works Wednesday required Hamilton bondsmen W S Ripley and Charles Girton to take over the contract or cover forfeiture. They agreed to assume the contract and were told to hire a competent worker. Hamilton managed three districts: northwest, northeast, and the Capitol avenue area from Indiana avenue to Twenty first street.
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Board of Public Works
Hamilton
W. S. Ripley
Charles Girton
Canitol Ave
Indianaave
Twenty-first-st
Indianapolis Weather Forecast for 36 Hours
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for occasional increasing cloudiness with showers Wednesday night and Thursday. Temperature readings included 62 at 7 a m, 78 at noon, and 80 at 2 p m Wednesday.
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Indianapolis
Brick Attack Incident Sparks Police Probe
In Brooklyn at 82 Clinton Street Jake Taylor, a Black man, suffered a severe head wound from a brick shot by Frank Mays, whom police are seeking after Mays allegedly harassed two women seeking Taylor’s protection. In a separate item, inventor William Coston narrowly escaped severe burns when an explosion ignited his Staten Island laboratory.
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Jake” Taylor
Clinton St
Frank Mays
Mays
Taylor
New York
William Coston
Staten Island
Otto Golnich Fined for Hatchet Assault in Police Court
Otto Golnich of 606 Highland avenue was fined 25 dollars plus costs in police court on Wednesday for assaulting John Pettiford, colored, with a hatchet. The incident followed Golnich driving a horse too close to Pettiford who was repairing street pavement, prompting Pettiford to strike the horse. Golnich then attacked Pettiford.
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Otto Golnich
Duncan Sr
John Pettiford
Highland Ave
Golnich
Pettiford
None Too Heavy in Threat of Knife Attack
George Bright of 813 Athens Street faced a legal action after drawing a knife and threatening to cut his mother’s throat while drunk. He owed $15 extra beyond the original $10, with a 30 day period to spend in the works.
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George Bright
Athens St
Murderer Bridgewater's Chances
The article notes a new trial for William Bridgewater, sentenced for life for the killing of Ollister Wharton, with a belief that the request will be refused.
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Bridgewater
Wm. Bridgewater
Ollister Wharton
Dustless Gats Pro Bono Cigar Offer at 5c
Local ad promotes Janes Dustless horse feed and a 5 cent cigar deal. It markets a pro bono cigar labeled for general sale. The fragment suggests a lightweight promotional item with small price points for smokers.
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Janes
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Ow, R, Shafter
Amy Big Batty
Gol. Smith
Enstanter
Board OF Works
Merritt
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