No Word From Spain On Peace Terms Yet
Washington reports that Spain has not replied to the American peace terms and shows no indication of timing. Officials believe Sagasta faces a difficult choice to sell terms to the Spanish public while the war department explains troop movements from Santiago and the role of yellow fever in delaying action. Censorship remains on foreign press despatches to avoid revealing tactical conditions.
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America
United States
Spain
Santiago
Gen. Shafter
Shafter
Toral
Peace Treaty Debate in Spanish Conference
In Madrid Senor Sagasta and Senor Silvela discussed summoning the Cortes for a peace treaty. Generals Olavieja and Carraga weighed continuing the war for better terms versus immediate peace. Chinchilla praised the Madrid army, while Senor Salmeron blames the government for closing the Cortes and press. An evening council planned with Weyler, Primo de Rivera, Gamaza, and Romero Giron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Senor Silvela
Cortes
Olavieja
Carraga
Spain
Chinchilla
Senor Sa Sta
Senor Salmeron
Gen. Weyler
Primo de Rivera
Senor Gamaza
Senor Romero Giron
Shafter Briefed On Public Information Rules
With the President’s knowledge the secretary has sent General Shafter a telegram ordering he not disclose important official information without War Department authority. A despatch reveals Roosevelt and division commanders sent a letter to Shafter, prompting White House action after delays in transmission. McKinley and Alger protested the public communications and its handling by the Fifth Army Corps leaders.
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Washington
Shafter
War Department
Roosevelt
White House
Fifth Army Corps
McKinley
Alger
Fifth Corps
Alger's rebuke stirs Washington military circle talk
Washington debates Secretary Alger's curt cablegram rebuking Colonel Roosevelt over a private note. Observers warn of political maneuvering aimed at shaping Roosevelt's New York campaign, while alarm grows over a breach of confidence and potential harm to military discipline. Roosevelt silent due to official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Alger
Roosevelt
New York
Department
Shafter
Santiago
War Departments orders Ponce transports to Santiago
Washington reports transports at Ponce to join others at Santiago for General Shafter's army homeward move, carrying over 12,000 men. The Louisiana heads home with cavalry. Surgeon General Sternberg plans convalescent points at Montauk, Fort Ethan Allen, and Plattsburg, each hosting 600 to 800 men, as hospital discharge surplus grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Ponce
Santiago
Sternberg
Montauk Point
Fort Ethan Allen
Vermont
Plattsburg
N. Y
General Shafter
Remarkable Cure Here Using a Common Remedy
A fifteen month old child suffered a severe diarrheal illness with vomiting for ten days and twenty five bowel movements per day. After physician care failed to help, Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was used and led to a complete recovery. Local sale details included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
C. L. Boggs
Stumptown
Gilmer
Men of Courage General Wheeler Praises His Troops
Major General Joseph Wheeler reports on operations before Santiago de Cuba during July 1898. He commends Lawton Kent and their brigades for heroic action at Caney and the crest, notes heavy losses across cavalry divisions, and lists key officers and staff who earned commendations amid harsh river crossings and fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Wheeler
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago
Fifth Army Corps
Lawton
Kent
Shafter
Caney
Santiago Road
Col. McClernand
Summer
San Juan
Wood
Carroll
Hamilton Hawkins
Col
Pearson
Wessels
Wyckoff
Worth
Wort
Bates
J. H. Dorst
William D. Beach
Joseph E. Dickman
M. F. Steele
James Reeves
Joseph Wheeler, Jr
Williams
Astor Chanler
B. A. Carlington
Aurelius Mestre
John Lundmark
West
Valery Havard
Leonard Wilson
Hardie
L’. J. Noester
G. Third Cavalry
Third Cavalry
Sixth Cavalry
Ninth Cavalry
First Cavalry
Tenth Cavalry
Peru-na For Dysentery Remedy Proclaimed
Dysentery common in hot weather yields to Peru-na, touted as the only specific for catarrh and mucous membrane troubles. Article notes Peru-na as supreme remedy and states all druggists sell Po-ru-na.
Shafter Reports Sanitary Conditions in War Dept Release
Washington Ag 5 The war department posted a sanitary report for August 4 from Santiago via Hayti listing totals of sick and fever cases, new fever cases, and returns to duty. Several soldiers across multiple regiments are recorded as dying or afflicted with yellow fever malaria and other fevers, signed by Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Santiago
Hayti
Adjutant General of the Army
D. C
Joseph Hynes
Ninth Cavalry
David Mortner
Third Cavalry
Peter L. Vanderbeen
Michigan
H. L. Pease
Patrick Nealy
Pagner
Owen Thornton
Paul Zamback
Illinois
Charles Thoman
Ohio
William Cornin
William Murphy
William Gillson
Capt Clark Ordered Home From Oregon After Medical Board
Washington august 5 Captain Charles E B Clark commander of the battleship Oregon has been examined by a medical board and ordered home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Tome Washington
Charles EB. Clark
Oregon
Blockade tightens as Wilmington and Fern sweep south Cuban shore
ALL DESTROYED Key West Fla Aug 5 The gunboat Wilmington from the blockade around the south side of Cuba arrives with the auxiliary cruiser Fern. The blockade grows more effective as enemy steam craft from Guantanamo to Cape San Antonio are captured or sunk. Spanish vessels are destroyed and Manzanillo bombarded cutting off supply lines. Cienfuegos may shelter a small gunboat. City residents flee to woods.
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Key West
Fla
Wilmington
Cuba
Fern
Guantanamo
Cape San Antonio
Manzanillo
Helena
Jamaica
British West India Islands
Cienfuegos
Aguinaldo Questions U.S. Aims in Manila Flap
A cablegram from Hong Kong quotes Philippine leader Aguinaldo addressing Consul General Wildman. Dated July 30 at Cavite, he criticizes U.S. policy, denies being a fool or rogue, asks if America wants annexation or independence, and warns Manila could fall if America acts blindly. He stresses sacred interests of his people and questions U.S. honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hong Kong
Aguinaldo
Wildman
Cavite
America
Manila
Prostrated by Heat Akin Headache Powders Ad
Heat brings headaches and distress in the current spell. Carter & Sherburne advertise Akin Headache Powders sold in envelopes for ten cents or a ten powder box for twenty cents at Merrimack corner Bridge streets.
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Carter & Sherburne
Merrimack
Corner Bridge Streets
Hood's Pills Cure Liver Ills and Indigestion
A compact advertisement promoting Hood's Pills as a cure for liver ailments biliousness and indigestion with headache relief. The copy emphasizes ease of use and a price of 25 cents.
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Hood
Miles Acts Recommends Rice for Sixth Massachusetts Colonel
Gen Nelson Miles recommends Lieut Colonel Edmund Rice for colonel of the Sixth Massachusetts regiment after the resignation of the current leaders. Gov. Wolcott signals he will act promptly on the recommendation, pending confirmation and acceptance.
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Rice
Court of Inquiry on Sixth Massachusetts in Porto Rico
At the Governor of Massachusetts request Secretary of War Alger has asked Gen. Miles to report on alleged dissensions in the Sixth Massachusetts regiment now in Porto Rico. If wholesale resignations are as reported a court of inquiry will likely be appointed and guilty officers will face Army discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Nelson A. Miles
Wolcott
Massachusetts
Edmund Rice
Army of the Potomac
Miles
Sixth Massachusetts
U. S.V
Walcott
Massacusetts
Woodward
Rice
Yues
Col. Rice
Maj. Donovan
Ninth
Ninth Regiment
War Department
Santiago
Washington
Alger
Porto Rico
Col. Rice United States Army Career Highlights and Innovations
Col. Rice served with the Russian army under Grand Duke Nicholas and joined Gen. Skobeleff’s staff during the Green Hill storming on November 9, 1877. He earned praise for organizing the Columbian guard and was nominated for World’s Fair work by Gen. Miles as the army’s best organizer and disciplinarian. He invented the Rice trawch bayonet and Rice stacking swivel and trenching knife bayonet. In May he was named inspector-general of the U S army while serving as military attache in Tokio. He returned upon appointment and has remained in active service.
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Nicholas
Skobeleff
Green Hill
Col. Rice
Miles
United States Army
United States Legation
Tokio
Japan
Peaceful Conquest in Puerto Rico Aug 1898 AP dispatch
American forces have taken peaceful possession of the eastern portion of Puerto Rico. Marines light lighthouse lamps at San Juan and along the coast, meeting no resistance. The Annapolis and Montgomery patrol the coast, with transports en route to Ponce where Gen. Miles waits. The city of San Juan remains grim, while Captain General Macias proclaims Spain has not sued for peace. The German steamer Polynesia was stopped attempting to run the blockade.
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Associated Press
San Juan
de Porto Rico
St. Thomas
Cape San Juan
Montgomery
Annapol
Puritan
Amphitrite
Annapolis
Whitney
Florida
Raleigh
Ponce
Miles
New Orleans
Gen
Macias
Spain
Sampson
Polynesia
California Catarrh Cure praised in Lowell advert
A promotional notice claims California Catarrh Cure defeats catarrh quickly with proven results. Frank Phillips of 490 Market street testifies the remedy relieved his severe head pain, sneezing and throat drops, saying his head feels clear and headaches ceased after use. The ad states Hay Fever relief and lists price to buy at druggists.
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Uncle Sam
California
Frank Phillips
Market Street
Ellingwood & Co
Edmund Rice Civil War Hero and Inventor of Weapons
Edmund Rice of Cambridge born 1842 at Lowell and Brattle streets. He rose from captain to colonel in the 18th Massachusetts by age 22, earned a Congressional Medal of Honor for Gettysburg, and later served in the regular army. His career included notable weapons inventions and European travel during the Turko Russian era.
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Boston
Edmund Rice
Lowell and
Brattle Streets
Cambridge
Moses M. Rice
Cambridge Water Works
Cambridge Gaslight Company
Cambridge Horse Railroad
Middlesex and
Malden and
Melrose
Edmund
Norwich University
Norwich
Massachusetts
18Th
Massachusetts Volunteers
Congress
Pickett
Gettysburg
19Th Mass. Infantry
Rice
Europe
Americans assist insurgents in taking landmark stations
An official despatch from Porto Rico reports that American cavalry aided by insurgents captured Fueneta and Cabejas, the lighthouse stations at San Juan, marking a strategic advance in the area.
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Madrid
Porto Rico
Fueneta
Cabejas
San Juan
Sixteenth Pennsylvania Captures Bridge at Descalabrado River
Advancing on San Juan, the Sixteenth Pennsylvania of Gen. Ernst's brigade holds the Descalabrado River bridge six miles beyond Juan Diaz on the road to San Juan. Second and Third Wisconsin expected tomorrow. Spaniards believed about 400 strong between this point and Coamo. Pickets pushed out. potential clashes with Spanish outposts.
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Descalabrado River
Juan Diaz
San Juan
St. Thomas
D. W. II
Pennsylvania
Ernst
Wisconsin
Coamo
Immune Troops Ship Out From Savannah for Embarkation
Savannah Ga Aug 6 Five thousand immune troops are bound for embarkation on transports Rio Grande Leona and Minnewaska departing New York yesterday. The units include Third Georgia Third and Fifth from Columbus Miss Mississippi regiments arrive tomorrow. Rev W B Costley Stockbridge Ga treated at Ellenwood with cholera bout recovery credited to Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by Ellingwood Co Merrimack and Central streets.
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Savannah
Rio Grande
Leona
Minnewaska
New York
Georgia
Columbus
Miss
W. B. Costley
Stockbridge
Ellenwood
Ellingwood & Co
Cor
Middlesex
Central
Merrimack
Central Streets
Merrimack Street Lowell Business For Sale At 850
Long established Lowell business in prime Merrimack Street area. Profits large and steady, sold because owner must leave town. For particulars contact T. H. Elliott at 64 Central Street.
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Merrimack Street
Lowell
T. H. Elliott
Central Street
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