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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1898
Page
1
President McKinley will respond to Spain’s peace request within a few days after cabinet reviews possible terms. French ambassador Cambon delivered the Spanish queen regent’s message in the White House blue room, with Secretary Day and Thiebault present.
July 27 dispatch outlines U S aims if peace talks with Spain succeed. Proposed terms include Cuba under U S protection, cession of Porto Rico, U S control of the Philippines with possible protectorate, and retention of the Ladrones. Spain rumored to resist ceding Cuba and Philippines, while negotiations proceed under a hard bargaining stance. President McKinley and advisers convened in a White House session to craft a diplomatic reply to the French ambassador, likely a brief official statement.
Reports from Madrid Chicago and Washington indicate Manila has fallen to American troops commanded by Admiral Dewey and Generals Anderson Greene Merritt. The Spanish garrison faced shortages of ammunition food and water and prepared for surrender with the city to be governed under American military supervision while awaiting further steps.
The article discusses how to conduct peace talks with Spain after the war, weighing ambassadorial diplomacy in Paris or Washington as the venue. It considers Spain's stance on ceding the islands, potential territorial options, and the political ramifications for Americans, with a projected war cost of 150090.40. A special Senate session will ratify the treaty after terms are agreed.
Washington July 27 Secretary of State Day spoke with the President at the White House for a few minutes. The administration will decide the United States terms after the cabinet meeting on Friday and inform M Cambon later in the week. Day refused to discuss specifics or hint at terms, saying the full details would come in due time.
New York dispatch reports a serious clash between Gen. Shafter and Senor Rios the civil governor of Santiago over the dismissal of Spanish officials Rios sought favor with the insurgents and Shafter rebuked him calling him a presuming rascal Shafter denied the charges regarding duty collections and Rios announced his resignation was being considered
The Indiana light artillery arrived at Newport News at 4 PM Tuesday and spent a comfortable night in sleepers. Preparations to board transports began immediately, with loading under way on Wednesday and officials stating a Thursday sail.
Rear-admiral Miller will sail for Honolulu Wednesday afternoon aboard the cruiser Philadelphia with seventy officers five marines and 285 crew to take part in the flag raising over Hawaii. The 160th Indiana replaces the Fifth Illinois in Grant's brigade and travels from Chattanooga with the Third Kentucky headed for Newport News.
Indianapolis friends report Senator Charles W. Fairbanks has secured support from leaders like Melkhinsey Hanna and Paraker for a 1904 bid. They claim he aims to renominate McKinley by acclamation and will gain influence through roles such as Canadian commission chair. He reportedly unites Foraker and Hanna amid Ohio factional tensions.
A War Department release publishes Gen. Shafter denial of a sensational report about his actions in Santiago. The dated dispatch from July 26 describes port dues, cargo sales, and local hunger, noting merchants’ fear, Cross aid, and low money in town. Shafter asserts customs were honestly administered and mentions cattle sales and starvation.
The treasury department recently issued regulations and the commanding general was asked by the secretary of war to explain the situation. The exchange outlines how duties are to be collected and the current administrative stance.
A July 26 dispatch notes more than three hundred Americans confined at an isolated yellow fever camp near Siboney with most cases mild. Since Santiago’s capture, patients arrive daily by rail for treatment. Deaths are rare but sudden. The camp features ocean breeze, tablet medicines, and Americanized Cuban doctors with Red Cross volunteers aiding recovery.
July 27 Madrid Senor Amon minister of marine says Admiral Cervera and his officers will not return to Spain with the Santiago officers and men but will be brought home after peace negotiations open with the United States. Spanish transatlantic line steamers attempting to repatriate Santiago troops head for Cuba. The minister denies the government asked the king of the Belgians to expel Don Carlos from Belgium.
Tuesday evening the cabinet considered the likely consequences that would follow the landing of American forces in Forto Rico.
A dispatch from Gen Shafter confirms Spanish prisoners to be moved to Spain, between 28,000 and 24,000. The War Department recalls five Spanish ships captured at Santiago harbor from the Navy Department, which planned to convoy them to the United States. The War Department will likely use the vessels as transports.
Two unidentified men are found dead west of Indianapolis after a Big Four railroad incident. Planners and Buchannan undertakers report many visitors, including women, examining the crushed bodies. One woman claimed a missing friend but failed to identify either man. Julian Wentworth, a printer last heard from in Bloomington, is suspected but unconfirmed. a can of beans found near the site suggests they were eating when struck.
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 86 hours ending 7 p.m. July 2 calls for occasional increasing cloudiness and thunder showers Wednesday night and Thursday. Early readings show 78 at 7 a.m., 87 at noon, and 92 at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Loris Hilderbrand foreman at the Deaf mute institute shoe shop collapsed and died on a Greensburg road Tuesday afternoon while riding with Atten Reed toward Columbus Ohio for the deaf mutes convention. Heart trouble believed cause. body sent home.
A group of individuals including Margaretta Epperson Charlies Pickens Bridget Willer Frances Ambrose Caroline Haney and Scott Haney seek legal relief claiming unhappy marriages custody and support issues. Margaretta Epperson alleges Aloonzo G is unknown and Bridget Willer reports a four year trial with Fred W. Frances Ambrose seeks John M s property and custody of an adopted child. Caroline Haney claims Scott Haney forces her to earn her own living.
Tuesday marked moving day as Acton park formally opened the season with Epworth League exercises. Rev. J Wesley Maxwell of Greensburg spoke on The man of the century Gladstone. Friday is planned as children's day. Many cottages are occupied and the hotel fills quickly.
Mrs Owen McAree camped in a room of her divorced husband. In Squire Clark's court she was fined and ordered to pay seventeen dollars for malicious trespass as part of the case outcome.
A severe heat wave dried wooden blocks on Central avenue, then Monday rain swelled them forming many small hillocks. Repair crews remove blocks to fit the rest and restore smooth pavement.
A dispatch from Capt Higginson to the Navy Department describes Gen Miles landing U S troops at Porta Rico s Port Guanica on July 23 26. Gloucester sailors under Lieut Huse landed and dispersed local troops while raising the American flag Officers Wainwright and Reed praised for gallantry in capturing Guaynabo. Transports faced no opposition with aid from Massachusetts boats.
July 27 official reports confirm Gen Miles commanded US forces landing at Guanica Puerto Rico. Macias cables that the enemy disembarked at 8 am with heavy artillery, captured the village and shore, our rear guard retired with one officer and three men wounded, and the position is prepared to resist further advance.
Washington learns of Gen Miles moving to Guanica bay and proposing a three point landings scheme on Porto Rico. He consulted Gen Mattei with insurgent leaders and favored taking Ponce first and securing a railroad from Guanica to Ponce. Additional forces under Gen Brooke poised to sail as war plans shift.
Madrid reports the government will protest to the powers over continuing the American military campaign by landing troops in Porto Rico, even as Spain seeks peace. The note emphasizes Madrid's stance on possible foreign intervention and the volatile wartime landscape.
A senior gathering at 1918 Ash St. honors Samuel Shank turning eighty three. A small group of men from the Tippecanoe club arranged a surprise afternoon celebration, while ad copy and vintage product promos interrupt the readable text.
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