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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1898
Page
5
Washington reports General Toral surrendering to General Miles, ending Spanish control of Santiago and eastern Cuba. Despite planned bombardment at noon, Toral capitulated just in time, with U S army and navy prepared to assault land and sea.
Washington reports a Spanish commission to arrange surrender terms at Santiago with bombardment expected if no surrender by noon. Cabinet orders Shafter to reject conditional terms and bombard if needed, while Admiral Sampson prepares to strike. St Louis sails with captured officers to Annapolis as Cadiz warns lights out and torpedo boats stay at Las Palmas. Alger counters orders to Santiago, shifting troops toward Porto Rico. Senator Foraker arrives at Chickamauga for a multi day visit.
The Warimoo reports Major General Wesley Merritt in Honolulu on route to Manila. Vessels City of Para Morgan City Indiana Monterey and collier Brutus arrive or leave. Bandmaster Warton from Thirteenth Minnesota ill with typhoid. A cable contract to connect San Diego, Hawaii, and Japan is signed, with U S state department caveats. Irene sighting at Subic bay remains unconfirmed.
A garbled dispatch notes Key West inauguration precautions and a July statement from LAPD regarding war developments. The text mentions fourteen cases and various unreadable phrases, indicating a distressed transmission and unclear details.
War dispatches show General Shafter ready to assault Santiago within hours if Toral does not surrender. Yellow fever appears among American troops, prompting orders to press attack and to seek Spanish withdrawal to end the siege.
Washington reports the Santiago crisis near. Spanish commander Toral may surrender to avoid a doomed defense. Shafter’s force grows to about 16,000 with reinforcements totaling several thousand more. casualties rise as the campaign nears a decisive clash.
Governor Tanner accompanies the Hila Party through Chickamauga Park Ga to a General Brooke headquarters camp. The group included J A Rose James McCullough Tanner Roberts Littler and Mallo. They met the Minors regiments amid officers and men in high spirits. Captain John W Guttmann of Company M Thirty first Michigan volunteers died yesterday morning at the Read House in Chattanooga from typhoid fever.
A vivid dispatch reports German cruiser Irene blocking a capture at Subic Bay and retreating as Raleigh and Concord appeared. It notes Irene's heft and armament compared to the U S ships, and mentions plans to ship vessels to Cape Engano and Guam amid cautious official reaction.
Springfield Illinois reports the colored regiment has undergone a stringent examination with 707 men examined and mustered. Five men were rejected and five passed for examination. The company is forming to recruit ten new men.
Springfield July 14. The state board of arbitration received an application from miners at three shafts near Pana requesting intervention to end a strike that has idled over 600 miners since April 1. The dispute stems from a February wage scale of 40 cents per ton and operator lockout.
Dispatches say fourteen mild yellow fever cases arose from exposure in the refugee relief effort, nine among quartermaster employees and five among refugees. Isolation and improved treatment methods are helping contain the outbreak as Dr Guiteras aids the effort. The navy notes no contagious disease aboard Sampao ships or among Guantanamo marines. Captain Braman of Camp Cuba Li ah reports a fatality in Charlotte Mick.
In Menasha Wisconsin on July 14 Mayor Schoetz claimed a free ride citing office privilege after conductor John Waite asked for fare. The conductor warned him to pay or exit. Schoetz swore out a warrant for assault and battery and vowed to fight, while rail officials maintain no free rides are allowed.
Caracas reports Admiral Candiani’s squadron leaves La Guaira for Cartagena to seize the Colombian custom house over the Cerruti claim. New York notes President Cleveland ruled against Colombia in favor of Italian Sig nor Cerruti, ordering $300,000. dispute traces to 1885 Cauca during a Colombian revolution. The Colombian press denounces the decision.
Omaha July 14 delegates at the National League of Republican clubs opened late and heard President Crawford speak. A Hawaii delegate appeared to cheers as Isador Sabel from Erie and others like EB Dingley Kalamazoo and J Cookman Boyd Maryland campaign vigorously. No polling data yet.
Nine men died in the Laflin and Rand pegger works explosion at Pompton Lake New Jersey. Two believed missing, William Fisher and his son, were later found safe. The incident has forced a shutdown that may last at least a week.
In Niles Michigan on July 14 Charles Albe age 18 killed his 15 year old cousin Lula Jill after a rejected marriage plea. He attempted suicide but was stopped and is described as a maniac. The incident follows a rejected suitor’s advance by Lula Jill’s sister Ann.
Chicago, July 13. Quotations on wheat corn oats and pork futures listed with open high low and close. Prices show July September December contracts for wheat and corn, live cattle and pork futures, and dairy and produce items with limited readable figures.
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