Dons Must Accept It or Continue to Be Scourged
Specials report rapid shifts in Cuba and Philippines policies as the Spanish surrender, Philippine duties, and peace commission talks unfold. Mentions West Indies events, U S troops advancing, resignations in the Sixth Massachusetts, and potential meeting sites for a peace commission while noting troop movements toward Puerto Rico and Alaska.
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Massachusetts
San Juan
Peace Commission
Berne
Distribution of the Bonds
Washington reports Assistant Secretary Vanderlip sending about 6000 bonds daily to subscribers. Some allotment notices were sent to individuals who deny knowledge of the transaction, suggesting their names were used without authority to obtain bonds in violation of the act. Many cases are under investigation with numerous others pending, totaling several estimate cases, likely to settle around four to five thousand dollars.
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Washington
Long
Secretary of the Navy
Vanderlip
Oshkosh MTs at Work After Woodworkers Strike
Oshkosh Wisconsin reports resumed operations after eleven weeks idle. About four hundred workers returned to factories and production will rise gradually with most plants running and no demonstrations.
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Oshkosh, Wis
Secrecy Rules as Peace Talks Break In Madrid and Washington
Report notes both sides pledged secrecy on peace terms and demands for details. Sagasta summons Conservative leader and others in Madrid to discuss terms while Washington abstains from comment after a brief conference with the French ambassador. Military movements continue with Wade’s Porto Rico expedition, and health upgrades follow prior transport and camp improvements.
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Madrid
Sagasta
Senor Silvera
Wade
Porto Ricn
Newport News
Wades
Gong
Alger
United States
Santiago
Shafter
Fifth Army Corps
War Department
Montauk Point
L. I
Burrows Sets Peace Terms on Porto Rico Cuba and Philippines
Washington Aug 4 Senator Burrows of Michigan outlined his peace terms. He called for absolute U.S. possession of Porto Rico and Spain relinquishing sovereignty over Cuba with a free stable government to be established there. For the Philippines he favors retaining only one island as a naval base and base for development, with remaining islands left to future decisions.
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Washington
Burrows
Michigan
War Department
Senate
Porto Rico
Spain
Cuba
United States
Philippines
Philippine policy toward insurgents after possible peace with Spain
Washington weighs how the United States should handle the Philippine insurgents if hostilities pause with Spain. The piece notes US military government over Manila and surrounding areas, the potential surrender of Spanish forces to General Merritt, and the risk of insurgent opposition. It also questions whether the US must maintain the current status quo in the islands during peace deliberations and outlines the magnitude of the task if the insurgents are widespread across 1,200 islands and up to 15 million people.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Manila
Bay
Aguinaldo
Merritt
Philippines
Amng
Eyewitness account of Shafter Scovel clash in Santiago
Captain Mc Kittrick describes a tension at the Santiago plaza during the flag ceremony. Scovel, refused to leave the palace area and clashed with General Shafter as he attempted to push him away. The exchange ended with Scovel striking at the general.
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Santiago de Cuba
General Shafter
Scovel
Mc Kittrick
General Shafters
Caytan McKittrick
Miley
Shafter
Colon
El Morro Armament and Fort Condition Described in Detail
A Washington dispatch reports General Shafter’s Aug 1 sanitary status for his army and notes El Morro in Santiago de Cuba as depicted with its aged bronze mortars and ancient guns. The piece describes the fort’s deserted state, barbed wire, damaged lighthouse, and scattered munitions amid a largely antiquated defense.
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Santiago de Cuba
Associated Press
el Morro
Morro
Spain
Louis Charles de Bourbon
Comte du
Duc d
Comte de Provence
el Mora
Sevilla
Fifth Illinois Infantry Departs for Newport News
The Fifth Illinois infantry broke camp at Chickamauga Park and marched nine miles to Ringgold, Ga., where trains transported them to Newport News by noon. They will sail with Grant's brigade.
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Chickamauga Park
Fifth Illinois
Ringgold
Newport News
Grant
Move from Camp Alger underway in Second Division
Aug 4 report notes regiments of the Second division at Camp Alger prepared to move in accordance with a War Department order. Latest typhoid casualties include Privates Mullen of company F 159th Indiana and Hays of company K 33rd Michigan.
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Washington
Illinois
John Oliver
Michigan
General Shafter
Albert J. Chapman
Thomas 8. Bennett
Camp Alger
War Department
Mullen
Indiana
Hays
Convalescent Soldiers From Yucatan and Santiago Quarantined
The War Department received from General Coppinger at Tampa a list of convalescent soldiers aboard transports Yucatan and Santiago now quarantined at Egmont Key Fla. The roster includes several from Michigan and Illinois.
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Conti
Wiorida
Washington
Coppinger
Tampa
Yucatan
Santiago
Egmont Key
Fla
Michigan
Illinois
Guns and battles at Santiago harbor described in naval dispatches
In a vivid report, sailors recall modern 116 centimeter rifles firing on the harbor defenses at Zocapo and the Infanta Maria Teresa. The narrative notes damage to a gun carriage, shell impacts in the hills, and tales of fires and rescues as the fleet pressed the bombardment. Local rumors hint at surrender counsel from Cervera to Linares and the ship’s dramatic departure under cannon fire amid Bolster Spanish defiance.
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Santiago
Infanta Maria Teresa
Cervera
Linares
Spain
Morro
Droken
Harbor Confusion and Small Settlements After Battle
Report describes ships moved under darkness and misleading aims, a gun firing killing six men during June 5, and a midnight burial behind trenches where the gun was shattered. Harbor residents return to work, surprised by uninjured homes and batteries that surrendered to a persistent but nonfatal assault, repairable quickly at low cost.
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