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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1898
Page
3
A compact chronology from the Maine’s arrival to the August 12 1898 peace protocol signing. Highlights include De Lome letter, Spanish American War declarations, naval battles at Manila and Santiago, Dewey and Sampson actions, Shafter landings, and the August protocol establishing terms for evacuation and future peace talks.
The timeline covers July to August events including U S emphasis on terms for peace with Spain, Puerto Rico actions, Ponce surrender reports, Manila battles, McKinley’s peace stance, Suspected insurrection in the Philippines, and the formal capture of Manila with Gen Merritt as military governor. It notes casualties on both sides and the flag incident at Cieles.
The Peace Protocol signed by M Cambon and William Day sets terms for peace between Spain and the United States. Spain renounces Cuba, cedes Puerto Rico and nearby islands, and the US will occupy San Juan and Manila pending a treaty.
President McKinley proclaims suspension of hostilities between the United States and Spain. The proclamation follows the August 12 1898 protocol signed by William R Day and Jules Cambon, ordering immediate abstention from acts inconsistent with peace.
Gen Merritt has drafted a Manila proclamation outlining a governed framework for Manila and nearby islands. It promises religious protections, local tribunals, and open trade while preserving military oversight and public property safeguards.
Madrid papers rail against the peace with the United States as a setback for Spain. El País calls Spain a third rate power, El Imparcial notes no relief after years of war, and El Nacional laments only a brief respite. El Globo hopes for a new Europe, while El Tiempo sees peace as an accomplished fact and El Epoca calls it the saddest since Utrecht.
W Rankingood and Harry Price, young Cincinnati men who proposed a fund among school children to raise money for building a battleship named the American Boy, visited Washington to discuss plans with President McKinley. The president endorsed the effort in a letter praising patriotic sentiment and inviting participation by boys and girls.
Cartoon caption style note from N Y Truth jokes about enormous coal use by warships and imagines winter consumption, reflecting wartime production concerns.
The National Foreign Policy Conference in Saratoga New York opened Friday with Henry Wade Rogers of Chicago giving the opening address. Rogers said the gathering aims to consider momentous questions in U.S. history and thanked providence for the peace hoped for after the war.
The annual report by Commissioner H. Clay Evans shows 993 714 pensioners on the rolls at the close of fiscal year 1398, a net increase of 12 960 from the prior year. Deaths reduced the list by 33 691 and wartime and other causes led to 12 960 suspensions.
Washington reports the end of the second session of the Fifty-fifth Congress yields a grand total of 893,231,615 in appropriations. War expenses total 361,859,027 with 301,383 new offices authorized at 53,691,911. Military costs 43,240,380 and naval 9,544,109. Compared with 1899, total appropriations rise by 2,636,608.
In Carterville Illinois on August 23 a major blaze caused an estimated 56000 damage as a new wave of destruction hit the town with several injuries. Five people on a roof were blown into the air by an explosion and fell onto joists. The central business area burned from the city center to the railroad station leaving no buildings standing on both sides of the street. The origin of the fire remains undetermined.
The Spanish government formally appoints its military commissioners under the peace protocol. Cuba will be represented by Maj. Gen. Gonzales Parrado Rear Admiral Pastor y Landero and Marquis Montero. Puerto Rico will be represented by Maj. Gen. Ortega y Dias Commodore Vallerino y Carrasco and Judge Advocate Sanchez Del Aguila y Leon.
In Carnegie Pennsylvania a Pan Handle railroad Chartiers division tunnel collapse killed seven workers. About 200 men labored day and night to blast and remove rock, but excessive explosive use caused earth and rock to cave in.
The steamer Aransas carrying Gen. Miles departs Ponce Puerto Rico bound for New Orleans. Congressmen Wadsworth travels with him. Gen. Brooke returns to Guayama for a temporary headquarters until his commission arrives and then heads to San Juan. After his departure Gen Wilson's HQ will move here.
One hundred fifty disappointed prospectors arrive on the steamer Excelsior from Copper River Alaska with resolutions from a miners meeting claiming gold in paying quantities was not found and that the Valdez glacier is impassable for large outfits. They accuse transportation companies of boom. End of War Causes Idleness.
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