Market snapshot Kansas City and Chicago live stock and grain
Markets by wire show Kansas City grain and live stock mixed with price notes. Cattle and hog receipts rise while futures for corn and oats hold firm. Chicago grain markets report July and September contracts with modest gains and steady signals across wheat and corn.
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Kansas City Grain
Kansas City
Eddy
Chatce Prairie New
Ebulee Timothy
Rus New
Carrie
Texas
Chicauy
Caicaco
Foreigners Praise the American Soldiers at Santiago
Washington reports praise from German, Russian, Japanese, French and British attaches on the valor of American troops at Santiago. They note brave volunteers and regulars alike, especially regiments of black and white soldiers, and commend officers for leadership under hot fire.
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Washington
von Goet
Vermutedl
Muhanza Bey
Slobas
Cal
de Granprey
Arthur Liew
Royal Artillery
Sabaiago
Sthutey
Sao Jon Ui
Mu. von Goetzen
Imperial Guard Corps
Euliber
Uwietr
Shirakun
Suventy-firas New York
Massachusetta
Wynd
Guya Maj. Shibs
Japanese Imperial Army Engineers
Polytechnic
Great Engineering
Kringgon
Aldotfu
Fifth Corps
Santiago
Lieut. Carr
Rough Riders
San Sauo Bili
Ine
Gen. Hawkins
Kooozevelt
Shafter to Receive Instructions on Cuban Treatment
Washington reports July 23 indicates General Shafter and other American officers in Cuba will get guidance on how to treat Cuban patriots. The policy aims for supreme military authority at Santiago while pledging consideration for patriots, food, arms, consultation, and recognition in postwar civil governance. The piece notes friction with Cubans and that Washington does not approve brusque military views.
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Shafter
Washington
Cuba
Santiago
Legal challenge to Spanish firm ship contract at issue
A New York report notes lawyers for steamship firms who failed to win a 22,000 prisoner transport contract will seek to set aside the government agreement with a Spanish company. The suit argues licensing rules and wartime measures require one half of corporate receipts to go to Spain and contend the policy also frees enemy ships from blockade for neutral port transport.
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New York
Santiago
Spain
Compagnia Transatlantique Espanola
Cortea
United States
Shafter's Men to Stay in Cuba as Yellow Fever Cited
A New York Times dispatch from Washington reports the Fifth Corps under Gen. Shafter will remain in Cuba until yellow fever is stamped out. No plan to bring troops back to the United States is contemplated, as authorities deem return dangerous and criminal due to fever risk. In Kansas, population figures show 32 counties up and 41 down. several counties post declines, with notable drops in Cherokee and Crawford among others.
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New York
York Times
Kansas
Salmon fishers' disaster at Fraser mouth
Vancouver police report a severe storm impact on the Fraser River salmon fleet. Boats were tangled and smashed, some sinking. 25 fishermen missing include Japanese, Chinese, Indians, and whites, feared dead. Separate notes mention condemned hard tack and bacon in Illinois and a mysterious steamer sighted near Cross Sound, possibly the Spanish privateer.
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Vancouver
B.C
Frazier River
Jacksonville
Fla
Ilinos
Met
Seattle
Wash
Al-El
Injet
Cross Sound
Pacific
St. Mighiol
Armistice Said to Be Sought by Spain on Peace Terms
A Madrid dispatch reports Spain has drawn up a message to Washington proposing an armistice to discuss terms for peace with the United States. The London rumor notes Madrid preparing a direct appeal to Washington for talks aimed at ending hostilities.
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London
Madrid
Anve
Washington
United States
Manila
Augusti
Philippines
Peace Nearer Than It Seems in Spain
Madrid reports a high official says the Spain United States peace is closer than believed. A cabinet led by Gamazo may conclude negotiations and retire, with Palavieja and Silvela shaping a post peace reorganization. Direct talks with the Americans are urged for practical settlement.
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Madrid
Associated Press
Spain
United States
Senur Gamazo
Bankrupt law prompts kansas referees to seek uniform handling
Topeka July 25 referees named by Judge Foster to supervise Kansas bankruptcy under the new federal act held a conference. They expect many debtors to use the law to escape judgments they cannot pay. Judge Wall of Wichita noted many inquiries on procedure while Secretary Milliken of Saline said judgment taxation will limit voluntary bankruptcies since many records will be wiped without court action.
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Topeka
Kan
Foster
Kansas
Wall
Wichita
Milliken
Saline
Good Roads Movement Aids Missouri Counties Plans
Miss Bella Harber state organizer for Missouri Good Roads and Improvement Association visits Maryville to set up a county convention around August 7. Meetings are planned at Albany Gallatin and Savannah as delegates to the St Louis state convention in November will be elected by each county. Harber aims to organize northern counties before the state event.
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Maryville
Bella Harber
Trenton
Good Roads and Improvement Association of Missouri
Miss Harber
Albany
Gentry County
Gallatin
Daviess
Savannah
Andrew
Bera
St. Louis
Missouri
Brooke Leaves for Porto Rico with Miles in Wake
Major General Brooke commanding the First Army Corps will depart Newport News to join Miles off Porto Rico. He will sail on the St Louis and reach the area by Friday or Saturday. War Department takes reports of a German steamer off San Juan as confirmation of Miles’s arrival. Col Hecker returns to Washington satisfied with embarkation progress.
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Tom
Miles
Washington
Brooke
First Army Corps
Newport News
Porto Rico
St. Louia
San Juan
War Department
Col. Hecker
Fortress Monroe
Return of Spanish troops and looming conference in 1900s
Spanish forces at Guantanamo prepare to capitulate with 6,000 soldiers to lay down arms after Toral confirms surrender. Lieut. Miley reports arms taken from 405 men in Ilma, Soriano, and San Luis. Delighted troops seek return to Spain while war’s end looms. A Chicago Civic Federation call for a national foreign policy conference at Saratoga Springs August 19–20 gathers over 1,000 signatures. The plan, led by Henry Wade Rogers and Ralph M. Ensley, aims to educate, not discuss politics, on the future of US territorial policy postwar.
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Spain
Santiago
Angel Rossil
Pareja
Guaotanamo
Toral
Gusptanama
Lieut
Miley
Shafter
Ulma
Soriano
San Luis
Chicago
Civic Federation of Chicago
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
United States
Union
Bpain
Guba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Henry Wade Rodgers
Ralph M. Ensley
No Orders To Move At Chickamauga Camp Inact
Dispatches from across the theater report no time fixed for departure of the remaining regiments of the First corps at Chickamauga. Regiments await orders while maintaining regular routines as they progress at the large camp. Washington notes show Fifth U S Cavalry ordered from Tampa toward Porto Rico and various dispatches discuss fever cases and the movement of prisoners of war.
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Chickamauga
Washington
United States Cavalry
Tampa
Porto Rico
First Florida Georgia and Maryland Regiments Ship to Porto Rico
The War Department decides to dispatch the First Florida, Second Georgia and Fifth Maryland regiments from Tampa to Porto Rico. The move reflects ongoing American military operations in the Caribbean theater during the period.
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Washington
War Department
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
Tampa
Porto Rico
Gomez orders co operation with Americans in Cuba
A Cuban expedition veteran reports Gen Gomez told visiting officers he instructed his forces to cooperate with the Americans and that only McKinley can direct matters. The note appears among a string of dispatches covering the Cuba theater, politics, and other war news.
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Jacksonville
Fina
Charles Fritot
Florida
Cuba
Gomez
McKinley
Paymasters Sail to Disburse Shafter and Miles Armies
Washington reports Major Saiten of the pay corps will sail from New York for Santiago to begin paying Shafter’s army and then Miles’s force in Porto Rico. A telegram notes Buotiago tradesmen refuse silver dollars at par, valuing them at 50 cents on the dollar, mirroring Mexican and South American coinage.
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Washington
Saiten
Pay Corpe
New York
Santiago
Shafter
Porto Rico
Miles
Buotiago
Morocco Declares Pressure on American Fleet in Tangier
Tangier dispatches report the Moroccan foreign minister warns the American fleet to leave within twenty four hours if they enter the port. If refused, Morocco may seek protection by the powers. The note suggests the United States aims to retain only the Antilles.
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Morocco
Madrid
Cadiz
Tangier
Porte
United States
Spain
Antilles
Batteries A and I of Pennsylvania Sailors Bound for Porto Rico
Washington reports batteries A and I of the Pennsylvania regiment are en route to Porto Rico from Newport News to take part in the assault on San Juan defenses. The transfer reflects U.S. action aimed at pressuring Spanish positions in the Caribbean.
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Newport News
Ohio Regiment
Pennsylvania Regiment
Washington
Pennsylvania
Porto Rico
Reports on Destruction of Cervera Fleet to Be Made Public
The navy department will publish official reports on naval operations off the east coast of Cuba, culminating in the destruction of Cervera's fleet. Secretary Long announced the decision to release the reports tomorrow for newspaper publication Wednesday morning, but did not disclose details.
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Washington
Long
Sampeson
Santiago
Lampoen
Cervera
Cuba
Navy Department
Secrary Long
Ubertynk
War talk and local incidents in a mixed telegraph column
The column mixes dispatches on Cuba and Spain in revolt, a double tragedy in Denver, a Kansas City wreck, and satirical war counsel from a Washington Star piece. It notes Cuban forces pressuring Spanish troops near Giba ra and Bantiago, plus minor maritime movements and a local crime anecdote.
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