Spain Directly Pleads for Peace to McKinley in White House
The Spanish government asks for peace directly from President McKinley via French Ambassador Jules Cambon. The submission, made Tuesday afternoon, urged opening negotiations to end the war, without proposing any concrete terms. The White House issued a brief statement confirming the presentation and aim to terminate hostilities.
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Washington
Europe
McKinley
M. Jules Cambon
Foreign Office
Paris
White House
Spain
Col. Culver Cleared by War Department Over Puerto Rico Incident
Washington officials say Col. Culver of the Fifth Illinois volunteers at Chickamauga is an innocent victim of misrepresentation. The department notes Culver could not control the orders that sent other regiments to Puerto Rico and that morale suffered after the Fifth was turned back. Disappointment led many to abandon military life, while Culver denies responsibility for the recall orders.
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Washington
War Department
Col. Culver
Illinois Volunteers
Chickamauga
Puerto Rico
Indiana
Culver
Rossville
Easy Victory in Puerto Rico Seizes Ponce
Gen Miles and Capt Higginson report smooth progress in Puerto Rico. Ponce surrenders nearly without resistance to Davis with ships Dixie Annapolis Wasp and Gloucester, flag raised at 6 am July 28. Provisional terms keep civil government and police functioning. Four American soldiers wounded as troops welcomed by inhabitants.
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Miles
St. Thomas
U. S
Massachusetts
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Davis
Dixie
Annapolis
Wasp
Gloucester
Guanica
United States Army
Ponca
Playa
Cincinnati
Wilson
Higginson
Washington
Maryland
War Department
Garretson
Yauca
Henry
Ernst
Port
Navy
Jamaica
Port Ponce
Edward J. Gibson
J. H. Prior
James Drummond
Benjamin F. Bosbick
Secretary of War
Wainwright
Terms Offered by Cabinet on Spanish Peace Reply
Washington July 30 cabinet discussions on the president’s response to Spain’s peace proposal. The United States would demand absolute surrender of Puerto Rico and recognition of Cuba’s independence. It calls for cession of a Ladrones island as a coal station and a second Philippine coal station. The fate of the Philippine islands as a whole remains undecided with most opposed to full acquisition. The plan favors leaving future government of the Philippines to a joint commission and seeking reforms, with no indemnity or armistice, the reply to be an ultimatum if Spain does not accept.
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Washington
Spain
Puerto Rico
United States
Cuba
Ladrone Islands
Philippines
Philippine Islands
The
Madrid
White House
M. Cambon
Manila Harbor
el Correo
London
Daily Mail
Antilles
el Liberal
Madrid seeks peace terms as US weighs negotiations
The French note from Madrid outlines Spain's aim to begin peace talks with the United States while hostilities might pause. Paris confirms M. Cambon delivered the Spanish note to President McKinley in the White House with Secretary Day present, detailing the diplomatic steps.
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Washington
Madrid
United States
Spain
M. Cambon
McKinley
White House
Day
Europe conference on Philippines eyed for Paris
May Meet in Paris reports that the Vienna correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says a Europe conference on the Philippines was proposed long ago and that there is every prospect the conference will assemble in Paris.
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Paris
London
Vienna
Daily Telegraph
Europe
Philippines
Fifth Illinois Soldier Describes Delays Before Puerto Rico Deployment
A soldier claims anxiety to accompany the regiment to Puerto Rico. He notes being shifted twice from brigades ordered to the front, leaving the Fifth Illinois greatly irritated by the delays.
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Puerto Rico
Fifth Ilinois
Campaign Updates From Puerto Rico and Pacific Fronts
Spanish troops withdraw from outlying towns to strengthen San Juan defenses as Madrid reports nightlong engagement near Yauco with seven hundred Spanish troops repelled but forced to retreat to the coast. In Washington, Capt Higginson praises Dick Wainwright of Gloucester as the fleet’s twice-commended officer since the war began.
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St. Thomas
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Madrid
Yauco
Washington
Miles
War Department
Higginson
Navy Department
Dick” Wainwright
Little Gloucester
Wainwright
Ciuanica
Sampson
Spain moves toward Manila capitulation plans
London reports Madrid sources say the national voluntary war fund exceeds 25 million pesetas. Gen. Rice, captain general of the Vizcayas, is ordered to take charge of former territory of Capt. Gen. Augusti, who will sign only Manila surrender terms for the city and environs.
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Spain
London
Madrid
The
Times
National Voluntary War Fund
la Correspondencia de Espana
Manila
Damage by hail and downed wires disrupt Chicago area
A hailstorm shattered thousands of window panes Thursday evening in Chicago. A following heavy rain damaged interiors of apartments and schools. Parks shrubs were stripped, greenhouses damaged, and trolley wires felled in suburbs. Horses were killed by live lines but no serious injuries reported.
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Chicago
Miles Reports Guanica Debark and Puerto Rico Progress
General Miles chronicles landing at Guanica and Puerto Rico coastal advances with Wilson and Higginson. He notes no American casualties, Spanish retreat, and a thriving occupation under the American flag with prizes and restored communications.
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Earnest Protest Over Philippine Peace Terms
Natives of the Philippine islands and British subjects with interests there protest peace terms that would return the islands to Spain. They petition President McKinley and Senator Davis and urge the United States to honor humanitarian aims and local self determination.
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London
Philippine Islands
Spain
Philippinas
France
Belgium
McKinley
Davis
Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
America
Senate
Plan Not Changed on Hawaiian Annexation Commission
Senator Morgan urged delaying the Hawaiian annexation commission’s voyage until October 1 due to the Spanish American situation and Hawaii land-law matters. President McKinley rejected the delay and kept the August 10 sailing date from San Francisco. The president praised the enthusiastic reception of annexation news in the islands. Cleveland destitution case reveals Elizabeth Harley 15 died of starvation. mother insane. father unemployed and in poor health. family of four children near death.
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Washington
Morgan
Alabama
McKinley
Hawaii
San Francisco
Islands
Cleveland, O
Elizabeth Harley
Merkel Avenue
William Harley
Manila Surrenders to Dewey Says Madrid Telegram
A Madrid telegram to the New York Herald reports Manila has surrendered to Admiral Dewey. The message confirms the capitulation as part of the ongoing conflict reports.
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Manila
London
Madrid
New York Herald
Manile
Dewey
Freight Wreck Near Fort McPherson Kills Two
A collision on the Central Railroad near Fort McPherson in Atlanta killed two men and injured four or five others. A freight train collided with a military train carrying soldiers bound for Lithia Springs, wrecking engines and cars, with bodies and severed limbs scattered at the scene.
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Atlanta
Central Railroad
Fort McPherson
Lithia Springs
Measuring Time Through Clocks Sweets and Harrison Rewards
The article recalls ancient timekeeping methods with water clocks and wine dust clocks used by monks. It notes Germany's nine millennia clock and Saint Simon's tale of M Villager's hollow sweet filled clock. It credits John Harrison with perfecting the chronometer and earning $100000 from the board of longitude after voyages to prove it.
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Germany
St. Simon
M. de Villager
John Harrison
Board of Longitude
Bismarck's Burial Plans Revealed and Mourning Orders
Berlin reports detail the blessing of Prince Bismarck's remains at Friedrichsruhe with only relatives present, the planned simple mausoleum, and transfer of his wife's remains from Varzin. Emperor William orders ten days of court mourning and half mast, while telegrams express gratitude and condolences to the Bismarck family.
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Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Prince von Hohenlohe
Count von Schoenborn
Friedrichsruhe
Prince Hohenlohe
Emperor William
Kiel
Baron von Bulow
Dr. von Lucanus
Reichstag
Herr Franz von Lonbach
Sachsenwald
Prince von Bismarck
William I
Herbert Bismarck
von Rentzau
Schoenhausen
William Bismarck
Rantzaus
Bank of England
Bleidroeders’ Bank
Schweninger
Halberstadt
Schloss
Cort Posadowski
Interior
William
Charlottesburg
Bismarck
Ministry of State
United States
Andrew D. White
McKinley
Foreign Office
Thorn Electrocuted at Sing Sing for Murder
Martin Thorn was executed at Sing Sing Prison at 11 17 a m for the murder of William Guldensuppe. He showed no emotion, walked to the chair with prayers, and was pronounced dead after 55 seconds of current.
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New York
Martin Thorn
Sing Sing
William Guldensuppe
Thorn
World’s laundries across continents expose washing customs
A travelogue outlines methods in Japan Egypt and France with lasciaing notes on drying on boards banks and river stones. It contrasts Japanese air drying lusterless wrinkles and Egyptian and French stone pounding by men and women. It adds a humorous aside about Korean husbands and the heavy washing load.
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Egypt
Nile
Newport News Sails for Puerto Rico with Army Expedition
The Second brigade of the First army corps under Brigadier General Haines sailed for Puerto Rico aboard the City of Washington Massachusetts Seneca Roumanian and the auxiliary cruiser St Louis. The transport groups include 805 men 33 officers 454 horses 426 mules and various support detachments. Gen Brooke and Gen Grant's staffs also traveled aboard the St Louis with batteries and cavalry units, while the First Kentucky regiment joined the expedition from Chickamauga awaiting further orders.
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Newport News
Ohio
First Army Corps
Haines
Puerto Rico
Washington
Massachusetts
Seneca
Roumanian
St. Louis
Massachusetts—Ambulance
Signal Corps
New York Cavalry
Philadelphia
Illinois Regiment
Col
Bennitt
Missouri
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Indiana
City of Washington
Brooke
Fred Grant
Kentucky
Chickamauga
Grant
Hawaii Adopts United States Annexation in Celebrations
The steamship Mariposa arrived with news that the United States Senate ratified Hawaii's annexation. Fireworks and 100 guns greeted the Coptic and crowds surged toward the executive building as President Dole rushed to town. Honolulu leaders proposed Sewall as governor and delayed formal celebrations until the flag arrives.
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Mariposa
Australia
Honolulu
United States Senate
Hawaii
United States
Mohican
Executive Building
Dole
Philadelphia
Admiral Miller
Harold M. Sewall
Islands
Spain Fights to Save Puerto Rico in War End Talks
Madrid dispatches report the Spanish government will oppose ceding Puerto Rico to the United States and prioritize retaining it even if it costs prolonging the war. Officials stress Philippine sovereignty and trade compensation as motives while awaiting the American reply and fearing wider losses.
Casualties at Santiago Reported by War Dept
Gen. Shafter's detailed casualty report from the battle of Santiago has been received and prepared for publication. Total American casualties are 1,595: 23 officers and 208 enlisted killed. 80 officers and 1,203 enlisted wounded. 81 missing, presumed dead as no prisoners were taken.
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Washington
Queen Liliuokalani Sails for Last Time on Gaelic
The Gaelic departed San Francisco for Hong Kong Yokohama and Honolulu carrying ex Queen Liliuokalani for the final voyage. Medical reports say cancer near the neck has progressed, with death nearing despite efforts to treat it.
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San Francisco
The
Evening Post
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Honolulu
Liliuokalani
Caneer
Merritt Installed as Military Governor in Manila
A Chicago Tribune dispatch reports Gen Merritt arrived in Manila on July 25 and has assumed military governance of the islands.
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Manila
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
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