Protest by Cuban noncombatants seeks control of Santiago
A petition signed by about 2000 Cubans in Santiago de Cuba calls for ending Spanish administration and for the army to enter the city under the Cuban and American flags. It praises U S pledges and foresees a future Cuban self government and potential US territorial incorporation.
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Island
Republic
Playa del Este
McKinney
Washington
Santiago
United States
Cuba
Republic of Cuba
Conpress
Scovel Expelled as Cuban Replacements Rise in Cuba
Santiago dispatch reports Cuba's civil government near normal with many Spanish officials resigning and being replaced by Cubans. General Shafter cites reporters’ behavior, noting Scovel's alleged insolence and attack on staff, justifying expulsion as necessary for public order. Other correspondents were arrested and sent home on the first transport.
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New York
Santiago
Herald
United States
Shafter
Silvester Scovel
Spaniards in Cuba Surrender Armament in Outlying Garrisons
In southern Cuba Spanish troops in Palmas Soriano and Hongo districts surrendered to U S forces under Gen Toral terms. Lieut Miley led a two-troop cavalry escort to receive the surrenders with little resistance, Spaniards giving up arms willingly. Only guards at Guantanamo remain unreconciled, expected to surrender soon.
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Senor Rosseau
Santiago DE Cuba
Guantanamo
Toral
United States
Lieut
Miley
Shafter
Palmas Soriano
Hongo
State health chief to issue baby mortality circulars
Secretary Jor V Mirry of the Indiana State Board of Health plans to distribute circulars to county health secretaries and parents to cut infant mortality. The pamphlets cover cleanliness, fresh air, nursery care, food, milk sterilization, and water safety, with a second pamphlet on cholera infantum, cholera morbus, and dysentery.
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Jor. V Mirry
State Board of Health
Indiana
Tiurty
County Boards of Health
Persom Ad
Copper River party survives deadly canyon rapids
A. Pone reports the Copper River government explorings party escaped death after a raft broke in two in a canyon on the Valdes expedition. Pope surfaced after the plunge and survived three days on a ledge before climbing out with a makeshift ladder. His companions reached Valdes unharmed the next day.
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Tacoma
Wash
A. Pone
Valdes
Copper River Government Explorings
Low River
Pope
Seals Gathered to Guard Indiana State Deals
Prato Charles I Wilton governor’s private secretary has collected official seals of all states and signatures of governors and secretaries to prevent fraud in Indiana interstate dealings. Most seals are gilt or red, with western states like Colorado and Nevada leaning toward silver. The Idaho seal is silver with a gilt disc, about sixteen to one.
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Charles I. Wilton
Indiana
Colorado
Nevada
Idaho
Real estate dealers exempt from war tax on real estate trades
The revenue office rules real estate dealers are exempt from the $59 war tax when buying or selling property on commission. Dealers involved in bonds trades or negotiations must pay. Notaries handling pension papers are not required to use stamps.
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Internal Revenue Office
Indianapolis
Thirteen Benton Lawyers Challenge Judge in Contempt Dispute
Thirteen Benton county lawyers condemned Judge Ss. P. Thompson for conduct in trials and were fined for contempt. They pursued the matter, and the case was filed with the supreme court clerk.
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Ss. P. Thompson
Benton County
Supreme Court
Indianapolis Weather Forecast For Near Term
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending 8 p m July 26 calls for cooler, fair weather tonight and fair Tuesday. Early readings show 7 a m temperature at 2 and 76 noon, with a 2 p m reading of 70.
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Indianapolis
Pro Bono Cigar Promises Good 10¢ Smoke Try
A brief ad touts a 10 cent cigar offer labeled Pro Bono Cigar. The copy promotes a trial smoke at a discount, inviting readers to sample the product.
Indiana Light Artillery Heads to Newport News
Ashland Kentucky July 25 Indiana light artillery speeds toward Newport News after breaking camp at Chickamauga. Soldiers travel aboard Queen & Crescent to Lexington then C O lines with sleeping cars. crowds greet the train with coffee fruit and cake. Women and children offer flowers and love proclamations at each stop while orders forbid spending money.
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Ashland
Indiana Light Artillery
Newport News
Chickamauga
Queen & Crescent
Lexington
Indiana Artillerymen
Porto Rican expedition lands near San Juan plan
General Miles leads a 5000 strong Porto Rican landing to establish a base for operations against San Juan. Reinforcements rush from the War Department as Brooke heads to Newport News. The first expedition under his command may sail Wednesday with Troop A from New York and Troop C from Brooklyn.
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Brooke
New York
Brooklyn
Three Landing Places Planned for Porto Rican Invasion
Washington reports outline three landing points for the Porto Rican invasion. First, Fajardo east of San Juan where Gen Miles reportedly lands troops. Second, Guamin on the south coast for Gen Brooke and Gen L Lavera s to join Miles at San Piedras. Third, Barcelona for Gen Wilson and Gen Ernst toward San Juan after united forces.
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Washington
Porto Fucan
Fajardo
San Juan
Miles
Brooke
L'Laveras
Porto Rico
Guamin
San Piedras
Troop Movements Pressed for Porto Rico Invasion
Washington dispatch notes Gen Miles ahead in Porto Rico as war department speeds troop movements. Gen Brooke and staff near Newport News with transports slated to carry 1300 men aboard St Louis and St Paul. Seneca to join, vessels to load 800 men and 100 animals, 100 men and 500 animals for Massachusetts unit.
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Washington
Miles
Porto Rico
War Department
Brooke
Newport News
St. Paul
Pennsylvania
Grant
Newport. News
St. Louis
Roumania
Massachusetts
Hoosiers on the Way to Newport News Expedition Members Named
Hoosiers on the way to Newport News including Battery A Illinois artillery Capt Yeager Twenty seventh Indiana battery Capt Curtis Battery B Pennsylvania artillery Capt Thwait Capt Rumblad Missouri artillery to move out Tuesday as Gen Grant expects.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sunday Beef Dressing Contest Provokes Local Outcry
Reverend Robert Roberts of Fletcher Place denounces a Sunday beef dressing contest at White River Park as vulgar and un-American. He attacks city authorities and the county sheriff, saying the city government is contemptible after six decades, and accuses local streets of open seven days a week.
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Robert Roberts
Fletcher-place
Ebuireh
White River Park
America
Oit
Ecounty
Death in Anderson: James Wand Found Dead in Saloon Room
The body of James C. Wand of Anderson was found Sunday in a room over J. A. Shethan's saloon at 5028 Capital Ave. An empty morphine box was found with him. Wand, a partner in the Anderson dressed beer company, had left the area a week earlier. Fare to Anderson and funeral arrangements cited. no foul play indicated. A widow survives.
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James C. Wand
Anderson
J. A. Shethan
Capitalave
Anderson Dressed Beer Company
Flo
Sheehan
Blanchard
Charles Gummings Billed Wader 2 Train at Delphi Fo
The body found on the Delphi tracks is Charles Cummings a baker with Farrett and Taggart. His family resides at 81 Massachusetts Ave. He began a fishing trip to Maxinkuckees with friends last Friday. He fell ill on the train and slipped from the platform. Railranters Big Picnic at Lafayetta drew nearly 5600 people from Indiana lodge No 47. P E Doyle received a gift from Chas Mayer Co. Attendance at Bethany Park was light due to heat. Reverend D R Lucas preached at the afternoon service. The State Missionary Society met Monday for its convention.
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Delphi
Charles Cummings
Farrett & Taggart
Massachusetts Ave
Lafayetta
Indiana Lodge
No. 47
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Indianapolis
P. E. Doyle
Hilag
Chas, Mayer & Co
Bethany Park
D. R. Lucas
Sixth Christian Church
State Missionary Society
Postmaster urges villagers to mail via new substation
Postmaster Hess urges residents to place their correspondence at the substation address to speed mail handling. He notes mail will soon be pooled for substations on incoming trains and that the station address will help postal clerks process items more efficiently.
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Hess
Pentecostal Camp Held at Broad Ripple Park
Bands from the United States and Canada attend an annual encampment at Broad Ripple Park with seven services daily in the large tent starting at 6 30 a m.
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St. Pentecost
United States
Canada
Broad Ripple Park
Ten Thousand Demons and Itching Piles Cure Promoted
A rustic ad copy promotes Dean's Ointment as a universal cure for tortures of itching piles while recommending Janes' Dustless Oats and Seaten's Straw Hats as inexpensive goods at a general store.
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Dean
Seaten
Shafter’s Relations With Garcia Reported By Officials
Washington July 28 General Shafter remains secretive about his correspondence with General Garcia. Officials believe Shafter behaved courteously to the Cuban general and acted in line with his military government instructions. General Bhiffer’s Tyunis action is approved as Santingo transfers authority to the new command.
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Wabilington
Shafter
Bhiffer
Tyunis
Santingo
Nea
Spanish forces evacuate Iloilo as attack plans unfold
Report from Iloilo says Gen. Lucre and about 10,900 Spanish troops have evacuated the town. If confirmed, Spaniards may retreat to force a western defense and a possible stand near Havana. In Washington, Secretary Taft has reviewed Admiral Sampson's report on the destruction of Cervera's fleet.
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Santiago
Lucre
Iloisuia
Havana City
Washington
Tang
Sampson
Prize Regulus seized with private mail and cargo profits
Search of the prize steamer Regulus uncovered private letters from Americans and Spaniards in Cuba to relatives in the United States. The cargo included provisions and coffee sold at inflated prices, with authorities estimating the cargo value over $200,000. The vessel, owned by an English firm and sailing under an English flag, is deemed a blockade runner and likely to become prize of war.
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Regulus
Cuba
Cpain
Seagua la Grande
Wicur
Lfovd
Lieprige
Bloody day at river park sheep and beef dressing contests
Charles Gardner of Indianapolis set a world record by dressing ten sheep in 52 minutes and nine seconds, beating a 40 minute previous mark. DeMoss of Indianapolis won the beef dressing event from Aiirine of Cincinnati with a four minute five second steer, earning 475. Freund and Perry from Cincinnati and Indianapolis respectively dressed three sheep in under eight minutes, with Perry taking first prize for superior work. Curtis crowds from Cincinnati swelled attendance as beer supplies ran short and late wagon deliveries sparked enthusiastic scenes.
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River Park
Charles Gardner
Indianapolis
DeMoss
Aiirine
Cincinnati
Freund
Perry
White
Suicide of Leonard Grafford At City Hospital
Leonard Grafford, 74, a colored man, killed himself by leaping from a third story window at City hospital Sunday. He had recently moved from a squalid 3414 Kentucky Ave residence on July 3 against his wishes. A nurse tried to restrain him as he rushed the window, but he escaped, fell to the cement, and died a few hours later from the shock.
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Leonard Grafford
Kentucky Ave
Tax reduction pleas heard at state board session
Want Lower Taxes. O M Getzen Danner of Cleveland urged a smaller assessment of the Lake Shore while W W Peabody of Cincinnati pressed similar relief for the B and O S W. Gov Mount returned from his farm at 10 30 and attended the board session.
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O. M. Getzen-Danner
Cleveland
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Lake Shore
W. W. Peabody
Cincinnati
Mount
Starvation mortality in Havana cited. Spanish prisoners dead
Key West reports a 50 percent mortality rate among Havana workers due to starvation per La Diario de la Marina. The piece lists government price controls on food, notes insurgent activity worsening Havana, and reports a woman arrested for cooking her horse.
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Key West
Fia
Havana
la Diario de la Marina
Comercio
Spain
Tal Comereo
Pney
Wawa iv
Vic
Prisoners Dying in Spanish Stockade at Portsmouth
Three deaths have occurred at the Spanish stockade in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the last 28 hours with nearly 200 men on the sick list. Daily discharge from the hospital runs about 22 as physicians report improving conditions. Spanish officers on parole visit the city daily, followed by crowds, while the officers conduct themselves with propriety and show interest in English language newspapers and local life.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Cuba
Nurse Jeannette Jennings Defends Seneca Care Practices
Miss Jeannette Jennings recounts the Seneca voyage from Cuhe to New York detailing overcrowded conditions and alleged neglect. She blames Siboney officers for the ship’s state and claims no preflight inspection, insufficient clothing, and lack of provisions for wounded troopers. She calls for a thorough government investigation.
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New York
Jeannette Jennings
Red Cross
Seneca
Cuhe
Siboney
Miss Jennings
Back Home Shafter’s Army to Return to U S
The War Department plans to bring General Shafter and his victorious Fifth corps back to the United States at the earliest moment after Spanish prisoners are removed. Montauk Point or another suitable spot will host rest and recuperation before joining future operations against Havana.
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Washington
War Department
Shafter
United States
Montauk Point
S. I
Fifth Corps
Santiago
Havana
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