Peace Now a Reality as U S and Spain Suspend Hostilities
President McKinley issues a proclamation announcing the suspension of hostilities between the United States and Spain. The move follows a protocol signed August 12 1898 by William R Day and Jules Cambon, outlining terms for peace negotiations and immediate notices to military and naval commanders.
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Washington
United States of America
William R. Day
United States
Jules Cambon
Republic of France
Spain
William McKinley
William M'Kinley
Peace protocol triggers orders to cease hostilities
Washington Aug 13 1898 after signing the peace protocol the president ordered Alger Long and Gen Corbin to halt hostilities and issued cease fire orders to Gen Merritt Miles Shafter Dewey and Sampson with follow up actions. Merritt to Manila to confer with the Spanish commandant and occupy Manila. Miles to coordinate Puerto Rico hands over San Juan and evacuations. Shafter to receive different later instructions due Cuba conditions.
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Washington
Alger
Long
Corbin
Miles
Merritt
Shafter
Dewey
Sampson
Adjutant General's Office
Philippines
C. Corbin
Manila
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Cuba
Fierce conflict as heavy rain drenches Cavite skirmish
American line in the Philippines reports 14 soldiers killed and many wounded after a fierce night skirmish in Malate trenches near Cavite and Manila. Casualties include Corp. W. E. Brown and multiple Pennsylvanians, with further deaths reported Monday and Tuesday.
Desperate Assault at Cape San Juan Lighthouse
A Spanish force of 800 tried to retake Cape San Juan lighthouse but was repulsed by American warships and shore sailors. The Spaniards suffered heavy casualties, while Cadet William H. Boardman of Lawrence, Mass., was mortally wounded. The lighthouse remains guarded by Amphitrite forces with the U.S. flag flying. A separate Deadwood scene reports three men dead and a woman dying after a Central City shooting affray.
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Chicago
San Juan
Cape San Juan
Monitor Amphitrite
Atwater
William H. Boardman
Lawrence
Mass
Omaha
Neb
Deadwond
S. D
The
Bee
Central City
Protocols and casualties from the Spanish-American War
The proclamation and protocol outline U S sovereignty over Cuba Puerto Rico and other islands the occupation of Manila and evacuation timelines with commissioners to negotiate peace A summary of war data lists dates April 21 to August 12 1898 casualties and territorial losses including Cuba Puerto Rico Guam the Philippines and the population figures The naval orders suspend hostilities lift blockades and detail vessel dispositions amid reports of Spanish losses and Manila area operations
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Spain
Cuba
Puerto Rico
West Indies
Ladrones
United States
Manila
Philippines
Havana
San Juan
Paris
M. Cambon
Record Heat Breaks All-Time US West Temps
The heat wave shattered previous records as Rather Wari and Spokane logged peak readings on August 12. In Walla Walla 113 degrees shaded, Spokane hit 108, with Pendleton reporting 115. The day followed a record Monday in Washington state.
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Rather
Wari
Walla Walla
Wash
Weather Bureau
Spokane
Washington
Pendleton
Floods Hit Scioto Valley Corn Lands Near Portsmouth
Floodwaters in the Scioto valley have submerged over 22,000 acres of corn in the Scioto bottoms near Portsmouth Ohio. The rising Ohio and Scioto rivers threaten further losses, with estimates already above 1.2 million dollars and growing.
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Portsmouth
Scioto Valley
Scioto
Ohio
Navy orders halt to hostilities and redeploy ships
The Navy Department reports President's proclamation prompts immediate suspension of hostilities. Vessels begin withdrawals from the blockade and blockading ships in Cuban waters are to assemble at Key West. Admiral Dewey notified privately. cease hostilities and raise the Manila blockade order.
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Sers
Key West
New York
Brooklyn
Indiana
Oregon
Iowa
Massachusetts
Tompkinsville
Puerto Rico
Watson
Newark
Guantanamo
Allen
Navy Department
Washington
Remey
Cuban
Dewey
Manila
Furloughs Granted for Soldiers Home Return
A general order from the adjutant general's office authorizes one month furloughs for sick and wounded soldiers. Transportation to their homes is provided and in lieu of rations the men will receive 1.50 dollars per travel day.
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Washington
Adjutant General’s Office
Merritt expedition reports losses in Philippines action
General Merritt notes Spanish attacked around the Camino Real to Geach line Sunday night. Our outposts held, brigade called. Casualties include killed Major services by Tenth Pennsylvania First California Third artillery and others. wounded list named. total 460 officers and 10,464 men across three expeditions.
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Cavite
Manila Bay
Hong Kong
Manila
Corp
W. E. Brown
Pennsylvania
Brady
Banker
Wyoming
Hull
Bunton
Brinton
Noss
Stillwagen
Maurice Just
California
Dawson
MckKelrath
MelIlroth
Winfield
Springstead
Colorado
City Green
Camino Real
Geach
John Brady
Walter Brown
Wiliam E. Brinton
Jacob Hull
Jesse Noss
William Still- Wagon
Fred Springsted
Tenth
Alva Walter
Lee Snyder
Victor Holmes
C. S. Carter
Arthur Johnson
P. Richter
C. J. Edwards
Third Artillery
Charles Winfield
J. A. Mec
Merritt
Spanish Troops to Return to Spain and Autonomists Switch Sides
Madrid reports twelve hundred troops under Gen. Linares and Col. Ordonez will sail home by the Alicante which is loading at Santiago de Cuba. Capt. Gen. Macias cables from San Juan de Puerto Rico that some autonomists have agreed to serve under the American flag.
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Spain
Madrid
Linares
Col
Ordonez
Alicante
Santiago de Cuba
Macias
San Juan de Puerto Rico
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Miles
San Juan
Mickler
Aibonito
Wilson
Brooke
Henry
Arecibo
Schwan
Mayaguez
P. C. Hanna
United States
State Department
Fatal Double Crucible: Shannon Kills Giddings and Wear
At Terry and Central City Shannon confronts Judge J. P. Giddings in a dispute between rival boarders. The fight ends with Wear fatally shot, Giddings killed, and Shannon attempting suicide after assaulting his wife with a revolver, leaving a murder-suicide scene.
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J. P. Giddings
Ed Shannon
Jack Wear
Shannon
Terry
Central City
Terry’s
Judge Giddings
Giddings
Navy officers promotions proposed by the president
The president recommends Congress advance Acting Rear Admiral Sampson by eight numbers and Commodore Schley by six, making each a rear admiral with Schley ranked directly below Sampson. Captain Clark of the Oregon would rise six numbers as captain and Lieut Commander Wainwright eight. Additional fleet promotions expected.
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Washington
Congress
Sampson
Schley
Clark
Oregon
Wainwright
Ultimatum Seen in Spain Peace Terms
Washington report says Spain’s acceptance of American peace terms was equivocal and President McKinley will press for a signed protocol. If not signed at once, all negotiations will be suspended and the war will be vigorously continued. The United States will not concede.
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London
Washington
The
Daily Mail
Spain
McKinley
M. Cambon
United States
Cuban forces seize Gibara as Holguin siege intensifies
Lieut Col Jane arrives with dispatches reporting the occupation of Gibara on the north coast of Santiago de Cuba by Gen Garcia's troops. Gibara was evacuated by Spain. The Spaniards left a thousand sick and wounded. Gen Garcia, with 8,000 troops, besieges Holguin where Spanish General Luque holds the town and has been asked to surrender.
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Santiago de Cuba
Col
Jane
Calixto Garcia
Gibara
Garcia
Holguin
Luque
Blanco
Madrid
Cuba
Augusti
Philippines
Manila
Watson
Duke Almodovar de Rio
Dole to Continue as Hawaii Chief Executive Until Congress Acts
President Sanford B. Dole will continue to hold the office of chief executive in Hawaii until Congress receives the commission’s report on a new government and enacts a statute. No governor will be appointed by the president for an indefinite period, if at all.
Spanish Prisoners Leay Ship Movements From Santiago
In Santiago de Cuba on August 11 the hospital ship Alicante carried 1,000 sick Spanish soldiers to Spain. The Isla de Luzon arrived to transport 2,135 soldiers with 230 beds for the sick. The St. Louis sailed north with the Ninth and Tenth infantry.
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Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Alicante
Spain
Isla de Luzon
St. Louis
Dewey Reported Manila Surrender After Fortified Assault
Madrid and Hong Kong reports say Admiral Dewey bombarded Manila and the city surrendered unconditionally after last attacks. General Augusti fled to Hong Kong aboard a German ship. Blanco resigns over Cuba evacuation and Augusti relinquishes command in Manila.
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Hong Kong
Gen
Augusti
Blanco
Cuba
Madrid
la Correspondencia de Espana
Manila
Washington
Department of State
Wildman
Dewey
Spanish steamer Isla de Luzon sails with 2136 soldiers
Santiago reports the Isla de Luzon departed for Spain carrying 2,136 Spanish troops. A Havana dispatch notes broad relief as the war ends with citizens showing signs of hardship from the blockade.
Lightning strikes Camp Hobson injuring seven soldiers
A severe thunderstorm at Camp Hobson Lithia Springs Ga. results in seven soldiers hospitalized in serious condition. The same company was involved in a wreck at Fort McPherson a week earlier.
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Lithia Springs
Camp Hobson
Fort McPherson
Monthly US trade figures showJuly merchandise and gold shifts
The July 1898 trade report shows imports at 50.65 million with 19.58 million duty free, exports of domestic merchandise at 71.19 million, and gold imports totaling 2.61 million while gold exports reach 1.50 million. Silver imports are 3.03 million and July exports sit near 4.88 million.
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Washington
United States
McKinley Says Strain From War Has Been Heavy
President McKinley spoke on August 15 about the mental and physical burden carried by himself and other officials during the war. He noted that with hostilities ended he hopes to remain in Washington to oversee peace commission duties into October and to announce a peace treaty in his next Thanksgiving proclamation.
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Washington
McKinley
Peace Commission
German jeweler Emanuel Meyer slain in Guatemala City hotel
San Francisco reports Emanuel Meyer a German jeweler well known locally was murdered in room 10 of the Grand hotel Guatemala City on July 15 for $31,000 in valuables. Three natives, including a recently jailed killer, carried out the attack but no loot was found though $15,000 worth goods were recovered.
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San Francisco
Guatemala
Emanuel Meyer
Grand Hotel
Guatemala City
Frightened to Death in Macomb Storm
Horace Adcock a 12 year old boy died from fright during a powerful electrical storm in Macomb Illinois. The region experienced the heaviest rain of the season with over four inches in five hours. The storm flattened corn across the county and caused significant damage to shock, peach and apple crops.
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Macomb
Ill
Horace Adcock
Wisconsin Private Shot After Court Martial in Puerto Rico
A dispatch from Marinette reports Private Laurie of the Second Wisconsin regiment was court martialed on August 3 in Ponce Puerto Rico. He was found guilty and executed by firing squad the morning of August 4 for fatally shooting Private Stafford of the regular army during a saloon quarrel.
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Milwaukee
Marinette
Wis
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Laurie
Second
Wisconsin Regisment
Stafford
Regular Army
Fresno Fire Destroys Southern Pacific Reserve Area
The Fresno blaze of Saturday night swept the Southern Pacific railroad reserve from Mariposa to Mono streets, a three block stretch, destroying packing houses and causing 500 workers to lose jobs. Night Watchman Harper perished in the Forsyth packing house blaze, with no likely trace recovered.
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Fresno
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
Mariposa Street
Mono Street
Harper
Forsyth Packing House
General censor tightened on cable messages
Washington reports Gen Greely issued orders to raise the censorship on all cable messages except Cuba and Puerto Rico where only cipher or clearly damaging messages are permitted. Spain is restored to normal cable use with other nations.
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Washington
Seven Die In Night Train Derailment Near Bonvillers
Seven people were killed and 41 injured when a night train on the line to Lisieux derailed near Bonvillers Saturday night, 34 miles east of Caon in Paris.
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Paris
Lisieux
Caon
Bonvillers
Banks suspend at Waverly hurts local firms in Illinois
Springfield paper reports the Bank of Waverly suspension strains local business. Most firms deposited funds there, leaving Christopher & Co unable to pay employees and forcing many workers to quit as funds remain tied up.
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Springfield
Ill
Bank of Waverly
Waverly
Christopher & Co
Steamship City of Sydney Returns From Philippines
The City of Sydney, an early transport for troops to Manila, arrived back in San Francisco Saturday night after a voyage from the Philippines.
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Philippines
San Francisco
City of
Sydney
Manila
Capture of Coamo and Puerto Rico actions summary
Gen Wilson captured Coamo with seven wounded including Corporal Barnes mortally. 180 Spanish prisoners taken. Spanish losses included Maj Vellescas, Capt Ecante, Capt Lopez and nine privates killed, 35 wounded. At Hormigueros near Mayaguez, Gen Schwan’s force engaged 1,000 regulars and 200 volunteers. Private Fein berger and another private killed. Lieut. Byron wounded. Spanish losses heavy as Mayaguez fell.
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Coamo
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
Wilson
Sixteenth
Pennsylvania Regiment
Corporal Barnes
Wishart
Frank Whitlock
Clyde Frank
Jolly
Herbert Lubold
Vellescas
Ecante
Lopez
Ponce
Schwan
Mayaguez
Mayaguez Road
Hormigueros
Feinberger
Eleventh Infantry
Byron
Eighth Cavalry
Trade Review notes broad gains in iron steel and grain markets
Bradstreet reports widespread improvement in general trade with iron and steel sectors leading the trend. Steel billets and rails rise, plus gains in eastern pie iron and steel beams. Wheat and corn demand strengthens amid favorable forecasts, while railcar grain shipments fall as farmers hold wheat for prices. Broad recovery reflected in oats, lard, beef, copper, cotton, and other staples.
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Bradstreet’s
Hold Up Delays Burlington Express Car Near St Joseph
Five or six armed men halted the Omaha flyer at Dug Hill two miles north of St Joseph on August 12. They seized the Adams Express safe from the car and rolled it into a wagon before dumping it on the highway. The safe, not opened, was found two hours later. No passengers were harmed. In Kansas City reports claim the haul totaled 8280 dollars in assorted packages.
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St. Joseph
Omaha
Burlington Road
Dug Hill
Here
Adams Express Company
Kansas City
Will Keep Force of 125000 Washington Aug 13 1908
Washington officials say disbanding the volunteer army has not been seriously considered. A force of about 124000 must be maintained for several months to a year, stationed mainly in Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines with some troops in Hawaii and other posts.
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Washington
War Department
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Hawaii
Five Negroes Lynched in Arkansas Mob Action
Five Black men were hanged near a railroad in Little Rock as part of the aftermath of the assassination of John T. Orr, a wealthy Clarendon merchant. Orr’s widow died in her cell by suicide after a mob seized the suspects. identified lynching victims include Manse Castle Dennis Ricord Billa Weaver Susie Jacobs and Will Saunders.
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Little Rock
Ark
John T. Orr
Clarendon
Manse Castle
Dennis Ricord
Billa Weaver
Susie Jacobs
Will Saunders
Police Officer Hawley Kills Family Then Ends Own Life
New York August 12. Henry C. Hawley a respected Tenderloin police officer shot and killed his wife and two children in a top floor apartment at 643 Sixth Avenue before taking his own life. The case follows years of drunkenness and secret life, leaving Hawley described by superiors and fellow officers as a good officer.
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New York
Henry C. Hawley
Tenderloin
Sixth Avenue
New Army Department Created for Santiago
Washington reports a department of the army named the department of Santiago was created on a Wednesday night. Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton is assigned to command. Brig. Gen. Wood remains in command of Santiago city. Gen. Shafter returns to the United States with the Fifth army corps and will command until departure.
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New Army Department
Washington
Department of the Army
Department of Santiago
Henry W. Lawton
Wood
Santiago City
Shafter
Fifth Army Corps
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Gibnara
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Gen. Augusti
Hong-Stong
Hong-Kong
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Vancouver
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