Three Months War End: Shafter Praises U S Troops
Washington notes marking the third month of the war with Spain praising the U S army for its mobilization of 250000 men, victories around Santiago and El Caney, and the heroic conduct of officers and soldiers amid modern warfare. Generals Shafter and Cuban leaders speak of cooperation with the United States as Manila potential actions loom.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Santiago
United States Army
el Caney
India
South Africa
Fifth Army Corps
Shafter
War Department
Hayti
Lieut
Miley
San Luis
Palma Soriano
Surrender of Troops Signals Shift Toward Havana
The report notes 3,005 Spanish troops and 350 guerrillas surrendered, with 3,000 stands of arms loaded for shipment. Shafter orders rations to starving, ill troops and promises transport for families to Spain. Plans unfold for a US field against Havana as Miles and others prepare to move.
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Toral
San Luis
Guantanamo
Sagua
Baracoa
Shafter
Spain
The New Bonds Issuance Begins Today
Washington July 25 The first bonds under the new issue will be sent by express. About 2,000 will be dispatched today with shipments increasing rapidly. It is not believed that any of the 5000 subscriptions can be allotted, though the final limit remains to be determined in a few days.
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Washington
Express
Tragic river drowning claims two brothers in Dayton
In Dayton on July 25 Harmon Nicklas eight fell into the river and, while his brother Louis fourteen leaped in to save him, both drowned as the younger gripped his rescuer. The bodies had not been recovered.
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Dayton
Harmon Nicklas
Louis
Peace talk and truces in Spanish American war rumors
London newspapers report Madrid proposing an armistice to discuss peace terms with the United States while London press says no negotiations have occurred. A Vienna dispatch hints at talks, and Madrid considers concessions. The pope reportedly proposes annexation of Cuba and Puerto Rico with Philippine return to Spain and favorable trade.
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London
Madrid
Washington
United States
The
Daily Chronicle
Spain
New York World
Vienna
London Chronicle
America
Puerto Rico
Cuba
the Standard
Manila
Rome
Philippines
Daily Telegraph
Schley
Jessie Schley
Charles Schley
Milwaukee
Commodore Schley
Paris Peace Society
Senor Sagasta
McKinley
Slain St Louis stenographer on busy city street
Charles Brant, 30, a Wagner Electric stenographer, was assassinated Monday night at Twenty first and Locust in a residential area. Notes found on him described post mortem body disposition and notifying a city woman, suggesting he expected to be killed. Police seek clues to identity of the assassin amid a sensational case. Brant had separated from his wife, reportedly in Los Angeles.
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St. Louis
Charles Brant
Twenty-first
Locust
Washington Avenue
Brant
Wagner Electric Company
Los Angeles
Home Building and Loan Association Report Reveals Large Liabilities
State Bank Examiner Kidde releases the full report on the Home Building and Loan Association led by secretary-treasurer John Harvey Myers. Liabilities total 182,095.79 with stock at 157,995.79 and other debts 24,100, while assets stand at 42,151. Books have not been updated since January 1 and Myers remains bedridden at home amid no criminal actions yet.
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Milwaukee
Kidde
Home Building and Loan Association
John Harvey Myers
Myers
Dynamite Plot Alleged On Port Victor Ship
Captain Brackley reports an attempted explosion aboard the Port Victor three days out from New York. A box holding 30 pounds of dynamite and gun cotton with a clock mechanism was found unaddressed on the main deck and cast overboard as the ship sailed away. The Port Victor departed New York on July 14.
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New York
William C. Brackley
Port Victor
Canada’s New Ruler Earl of Minto Named Governor General
London announces the appointment of Gilbert John Elliott fourth earl of Minto as governor general of Canada succeeding the earl of Aberdeen. Born 1845, he served in the Scots Fusilier Guards and Egyptian campaign, commands the South of Scotland volunteers as colonel, is a liberal, and retired from the army in 1870.
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London
Earl of Minto
Canada
Earl of Aberdeen
Gilbert John Elliott
Scots Fusilier Guards
South of Scotland
Pugwash Devastated by Large Fire Destruction
Halifax reports the town of Pugwash with 1200 residents was wiped out by a Monday blaze. Five dwellings, five churches, 20 stores, three hotels and several mills were destroyed as flames swept blocks rapidly. Inhabitants fled, encamped in fields and woods. several people reported missing as relief efforts mobilize.
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Halifax
N. C
Pugwash
Straits of Northumberland
Fight Over a Woman Sparks Wounding at Elko Festival
A festival brawl in Elko, near here, left five men seriously hurt and many more injured. Victims include William Crow with seven wounds, Frank Trimmer shot in leg hand and head, Lewis Yeager with a severed thumb, David Anderson struck with a slingshot, and Lewis Anderson beaten. Warrants issued for 25 participants in the drunken melee.
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McArthur
Elko
William Crow
Frank Trimmer
Lewis Yeager
David Anderson
Lewis Anderson
Terms Are Reduced For Two Kings County Prisoners
Frank Collins of Los Angeles and Emberson Allen, life prisoners in Kings County penitentiary, had their sentences reduced from death to ten years by President McKinley. Collins is due for release March 19, 1899, and Allen five days later.
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New York
Frank Collins
Los Angeles
Cal
Emberson Allen
Kings County Penitentiary
McKinley
Cleveland
Collins
Allen
Iowa smiles and sorrow in 1898 property and bishop dead
Des Moines reports Iowa personal property assessments fell by seven to eight million dollars from 1897 with forty counties up and fifty nine down and Mahaska not yet reported. In Harrisburg Rt Rev Thomas McGovern bishop of the Harrisburg diocese died after a lingering illness at the episcopal residence.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mahaska
Harrisburg
Thomas McGovern
Six Are Held In Austrian Sailors Case After Collision
Nineteen Austrian sailors detained after arrival at Navre face a magistrate with four survivors of La Bourgogne accusing them of cruelty during the July 4 collision with the Cromartyshire off Sable Island. Six suspects were remanded, others discharged.
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Navre
la Bretagne
la Bourgogne
Cromartyshire
Sable Island
Two Drowned In Lake Erie Off Put In Bay
The yacht Clipper, once of Cleveland, capsized in a squall near Put In Bay Ohio on Monday. William Arbuckle and Marcus Battelle were drowned.
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Bay
Clipper
Toledo
Cleveland
Here
William Arbuckle
Marcus Battelle
Kenilworth Burns En Route to New York From Hawaii
A cablegram reports the Kenilworth burned while sailing from Hale Island Hawaii to New York. Captain James G. Baker and First Officer Piper, plus a boy named Hobson, are reported dead. The vessel carried sugar.
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Bath
Arthur Sewall & Co
Valparaiso
Kenilworth
Hale Island
Hawaii
New York
James G. Baker
Piper
Hobson
More Gold Arrives as Ship Brings Dawson Passengers
Seattle on July 26 reports the steamship Charles Nelson arriving from St Michaels with 173 passengers from Dawson and gold dust valued between one and one and a half million dollars.
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Seattle
Wash
Charles Nelson
St. Michaels
Dawson
Fatal Collision Prepares Grim Toll in Circleville
A yard engine on the Norfolk and Western railroad struck a freight train on a short curve in Circleville Ohio, killing William Ott instantly and fatally injuring E C McCleland who is expected to die. The accident occurred Monday morning at about 20 miles per hour. In Toronto Ontario poet Evan McColl dies at age ninety, noted author of poems in English and Gaelic.
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Circleville
Norfolk & Western Railroad
William Ott
E. C. McCleland
Toronto
Ont
Evan McColl
Proclamation of Santiago Capitulation by Capt. Gen. Blanco
Havana July 23. Capt. Gen Blanco proclaims the capitulation of Santiago de Cuba after three months of defense and costly combats. He notes ammunition scarcity and advises the garrison accepted honor and aid to spare further losses. The occupation by American forces is deemed strategically insignificant to Spain’s campaign. The Spanish army remains confident in final victory.
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Shafter
Santiago
United States
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Amer
Havana
Blanco
Manzanillo
Spain
Enlistments Under Second Call Reported for 75 000
July 20 Washington reports progress in enlisting volunteers under the president's second call for 75 000. Regular army strength stands at about 44 000 with 18 000 short of the legal complement. The volunteer force totals 183 000, 17 000 short of its maximum. The combined army is 227 000 strong.
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Washington
War Department
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
Rhode Island
West Virginia
North Carolina
Cuba Accepts Shatter Programme in Santiago
Washington July 21 The open statement to the war department claims Cuba will accept Gen Shatter's programme for government at Santiago. The note is seen as a prelude to instructions to Cuban generals Garcia and Gomez to prevent further actions endangering U S Cuban military relations.
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Shatter
Washington
War Department
Santiago
Garcia
Gomez
Should Continue the War Analysis by Madrid Cabinet
Reports from Madrid indicate cabinet members argue a peace sue now would concede defeat. They say the United States would push for unequal terms after Santiago victory and that Spain should press on to try to regain lost territory.
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Madrid
Imparcial
Spain
United States
Santiago
United States Troops Land in Puerto Rico Near Ponce
Dispatches from Madrid Washington and Santiago report U S forces landing near Ponce Puerto Rico and a strong American squadron at Bahia Honda repulsed in attempts to disembark. Other items note capitulations near Guantanamo and Shafter Miles dispute and pay plan changes.
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St. Thomas
Santiago de Cuba
Guantanamo
Palma Sorino
San Luis
Longo
Lieut
Miley
Baracoa
Sagua
Garcia
Jiguang
Shafter
Santiago
Ezra P. Ewers
Ninth Infantry
Miles
Washington
Adjt
Corbin
United States
Maj
Sniffen
Pay Corps
New York
Olivette
Puerto Rico
Stanton
Mexico
Kenney Bank Looting Case Jury Fails to Reach Verdict
The jury in the United States Senate candidate Richard R. Kenney looting case at Dover national bank went to the jury Friday at 12:45 pm and after 25 ballots still stood 7 to 5 for acquittal, with Judge Bradford discharging them.
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Wilmington
Del
United States
Richard R. Kenney
First National Bank of
Dover
Bradford
Massey Sail From New York to Oversee Prisoner Transport
Lieut. F. Massey US Army, retired for health, sails from New York to Santiago aboard the Olivatte on a key mission. Appointed war department agent to supervise transport of recently surrendered prisoners of war to Spain, Massey fluent in Spanish will ensure contract compliance with the transport company. Cincinnati Hotel Assigns details show Gibson House assets at 100000 and liabilities at 450000, followed by Hommes Dunbar personal assignments of 2500.
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Sandusky
F. Massey
U.S. A
New York
Santiago
Olivatte
Ile
War Department
Spain
Shafter
Massey
Cincinnati
Gibson House Company
J. Hartwell Cabell
Homnes Dunbar
Don Carlos Arrives in Lucerne with Wife and Aide-de-Camp
In Lucerne Switzerland on July 26 Don Carlos the pretender to the Spanish throne arrived with his wife and an aide-de-camp as part of their travels reflecting ongoing European monarchist intrigues.
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Swiitzerland
Lucerne
Switzerland
Don Carlos
President McKinley Signals U S Invasion Intent to Spain
Washington July 25 The president has informally informed European powers of possible U S action against Spain to end the war without invasion but reserves the right to cross the Atlantic if Spain resists. Commodore Watson's fleet may move only if peace is not achieved on this side.
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Washington
McKinley
Spain
Atlantic
Camara
Ocean
Watson
Commodore Watson
Europe
United States
Miss Jessie Schley Arrives in Madrid Aiming Peace Talks
Miss Jessie Schley, delegate from Paris Peace Society, reaches Madrid to interview cabinet members for humanitarian aims. She is linked to Milwaukee Schleys and Daughters of the Revolution. plans include meeting the queen regent and Sagasta before visiting President McKinley in Washington. Her father reportedly urges her to return home, calling it a warm, philanthropic effort.
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Madrid
Jessie Schley
Peace Society of Paris
Charles Schley
Milwaukee
Commodore Schley
Daughters of the Revolution
Paris
Senor Sagasta
Washington
McKinley
Milwaukee Sentinel
Miss Schley
Ottawa lays out questions for Quebec conference agenda
Unofficial list of topics includes fur seals in Behring sea and North Pacific, coast and inland fisheries, Alaska Canadian boundary delimitation, alien labor laws, cross border bonded transport, lakes naval vessels, mining rights, reciprocity of trade, and transfer of detainees through the other country.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Quebec
Behring Sea
North Pacific Ocean
United States
Canada
Fatal blow by brother ends in death at Randolph
In Randolph Wisconsin on Sunday Paul Seigman struck his brother Julius during a friendly bout. Julius fell and died almost instantly with the coroner's jury unable to decide if the death resulted from the blow or heart disease. Julius was 28, leaving a wife and child.
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Randolph
Wis
Paul Seigman
Julius
Civic Federation Calls National Conference in Syracuse
The Civic Federation of Chicago issued a call for a national conference to be held in Syracuse on August 19 and 20 to discuss future U S policy. Signed by over 1,000 representative men from across the states the conference aims to shape national direction. A separate item notes a fire in St Paul destroying an electric light plant with an estimated loss of 32000.
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Chicago
Civic Federation of Chicago
Saratoga
N. Y
United States
St. Paul
Minn
Livingston
Mont
Pioneer Press
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