Spaniards Driven Back by American Troops at Mataguiri
In a dawn engagement near Santiago five miles from the city, under Gen. Young, about 1 000 American cavalry and rough riders attacked 2 000 Spanish forces. American losses reported as 9 dead and about 50 wounded, including six officers. Several Spaniards killed and many more believed to be dead in the brush. Spanish position favored by numbers and terrain before the retreat.
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Deant Pitty
Mataguiri
Pinysa del Este
Cuba
Santiago
Maed
Eese
Young
Sevilla
Roosevelt
la Quasina
Col. Roosevelt
Siboney
Col. Wood
Battle Casualties Among Roosevelt Rough Riders at Santiago
Army dispatch reports a mixed force near Santiago totaling under 1,000 men including four troops of the First Cavalry four troops of the Tenth Cavalry and eight troops of Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. Dead are Capt Allyn Capron Sergt Hamilton Fish Jr Privates Willman Dawson Dougherty W St Berwin Dix York Berlin Bejerk Kolbe Lenmark Corp White and Corp J D Rhodes plus others wounded Maj Brodies Capt McClintock Lieut J R Thomas and Capt Knox among First Cavalry.
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Playa del Este
Cuba
Santiago
First Cavalry
Tenth Cavalry
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Allyn K. Capron
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Twilman
Dawson
Dougherty
W. ST. Berwin
Dix
York
Berlin
Bejerk
Kolbe
Lenmark
Tenth Cavalry—Corp
White
Brodies
McClintock
J. R. Thomas
Capt
Knox
Maj
Bell
Lieut. Bryan
E. M. Will
Shelby F. Ishler
M. S. Newcomb
Fred N. Beale
Corp
J. D. Rhodes
James I. Bean
Frank B. Booth
Albert C. Hartle
H. G
Wheeler
Sevilla
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Doherty
Serget
Marcus D. Russell
First
Russell
Troy
N. Y
Gov. Hill
Leggett
Brenry Heffner
Milden W. Dawson
United States Cavalry
W. T. Irwin
Slennoc
Regular
B. Work
Krupp
Stark
Regular Cavalry
Ular
Kelbe
Barlin
Troop Is
Corporal White
Tenth Regular Cavalry
McCormick
Luna
Volunteer Cavalry
Col
Wood
Adjt
Hall
Llewelyn
Jenkins
Capron
Brodie
Col. Wood
Col. Roosevelt
Capt. Luna
Viskh
Capt. Capron
Chaffee
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Santiago de Cuba
Lawton
R. H. Hall
Massachusetts Volunteers
Carlos Gonzales
Calixto Garcia
Garcia
Aserraderos
Baiquiri
Leona
Juragua
Death at a Launch Drowns Dozens at Albion Ceremony
In London on June 22 during the launch of the Albion battleship at Blackwell yards a colossal water surge submerged staging and swept hundreds of spectators. Five men eighteen women and eleven children were recovered among the presumed dead. The event drew dignitaries including the duchess of York the US ambassador and naval attaches.
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London
Albion
Blackwell
Duchess of York
United States
Johnny
Hay
Woll
Blackwell Yards
Republican State Convention in Columbus Reaffirms Platform
The Ohio Republican convention reconvened at nine a m and made the temporary body permanent. National administration men carried nominations by acclamation including Charles Kinney for secretary of state and W T Spear as supreme judge. The platform reaffirms St Louis policies and favors Nicaragua canal, navy expansion, annexation of Hawaii, and intervention in Cuba.
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Columbus
J. C. Watt
National Administration
State Administration
Charles Kinney
W.T. Spear
Hawaiian Islands
Spain
Cuba
McKinley
Americans Press Toward Santiago de Cuba Threshold
Troops under Goi wood and regulars clash with Spaniards in dense brush as cavalry and infantry reinforcements arrive. The fighting lasts about an hour with Spaniards forced back from the block Sanse. Union units including Seventh Twelfth Seventeenth Ninth Cavalry Second Massachusetts and Seventy First New York join the assault as forces advance toward Santiago de Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santiago
Santiago de Cuba
Landing at Baiquiri Opens Invasion Run
The landing of U S troops from transports began at Baiquiri iron pier twelve miles east of Santiago de Cuba at ten o clock Wednesday morning. The American fleet diverted toward Morro castle as fires and explosions marked the Spanish withdrawal and destruction of property before retreat.
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Dauntless
Baiquiri
Santiago de Cuba
Playa del Este
Guantanamo Bay
United States
Bauignuiri Iron Pier
Cay
Morro Castle
Blanco
Zawere
Iron Company
New Orleans
St. Louis
Dearent
Wasp
Tecumseh
Suwanee
Dymain
Manila insurgents halt attacks on inner city
Cable from Manila reports insurgents have spared the inner city, refraining from looting. A London agent claims Aguinaldo covenanted with Rear Admiral Dreyer to avoid assault until American forces arrive, after which cooperation with the insurgents would occur.
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Reedon
Manila Railroad Company
Manila
London
Aguinaldo
Droey
Spanish queen regent to stay in Spain amid tensions
Vienna reports the queen regent’s jewels reached Vienna but officials say she will stay in Spain while her position remains tenable. Abdication rumors are baseless though Emperor Francis Joseph has written to the pope about intervention.
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Rzwadon
Vienna
Daily Telegraph
Spain
Francis Joseph
Cornell Easy Winner In Tri-University Boat Race
New London Conn June 24 Cornell won the tri university boat race on the Thames river four miles in 24 minutes 48 seconds Sale finished three and a half boat lengths behind the winners and 12 lengths ahead of Harvard Last year at Poughkeepsie Cornell won Yale second 20 minutes 44 seconds and Harvard last 21 minutes
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Cornell
New London
Conn
Cornntl
Tri-University
Thames River
Sale
Harvard
Poughkeepsie
Yale
Harwee
Roosevelts Rough Riders Brutal Battle Casualties Reach Deep
The dispatch lists wounded and dead among Roosevelt's Rough Riders including Edward Marshall a New York Journal correspondent seriously wounded and Hamilton Fish Jr. among the killed. Captains Capron and McClintock noted as prominent officers with West Point lineage and Arizona ties. The narrative recalls troop names and the perilous launch of a ceremony washed away by two giant waves.
Trade review notes limited wartime impact and steady markets
R G Dun and Co reports little new business from the war, with exports remaining strong and wheat prices rising on foreign demand. Bond issues draw heavy start bids, while labor remains stable and manufacturing steady, except dull iron in the east and rising demand for agricultural implements and rail equipment. Failures total 285 in the U S and 11 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Pittsburgh
United States
Canada
Sagasta Cabinet to Resign as Madrid Declares Martial Law
The Madrid corre reports that after the cortes closed martial law was proclaimed. The Sagasta cabinet will resign and a new government will be formed to open negotiations for peace.
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Sagasta
Reslen
London
American Warships to Attack Spanish Ports If Cadiz Sails East
Washington reports confirm Spanish Cadiz squadron moving east toward the Mediterranean with 15 ships and troop transports. A strong American response is outlined to strike at Spain as the war broadens, with Dewey reinforced and U S actions aimed at ending the conflict.
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Spanish
Cadiz
Manila
Washington
State Department
Mediterranean
Department
Algiers
Moon
Hampton
Pampelleria
Africa
Spain
Suez Canal
Dewey
Philippines
Canal
Atlantic
Camara
Bay
Santiago
Cervera
Sampson
Ex-Banker Dreyer Guilty Of Withholding Funds
Chicago June 23 Ex-Banker Edward S. Dreyer found guilty of withholding 316000 of West Park Board funds from his successor Treas. Tred M. Blount. Trial lasted three weeks. Fifteen indictments remain as Dreyer faces an indeterminate penitentiary sentence.
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Chicago
Edward S. Dreyer
West Park Board of Commissioners
Tred M. Blount
Dreyer & Co
Dreyer
Early Work Starts at Leadville Downtown Mines
Leadville Colorado June 25 report the first activity since the strike as workers begin cleaning up and digging holes for winches at the Bonair and Penrose mines. This marks the start of the Home Mining company program and within two weeks preparatory work should finish with pumps to begin at the downtown mines by the Leadville Pumping association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadville
Col
Bonair
Penrose
Home Mining Company
Leadville Pumping Association
Disappointed Miners Reach Juneau From Copper River
A party of 61 miners arrives in Juneau via Seattle after eight weeks crossing 50 miles over the Valdez glacier. KE W Long formerly editor of a Poplar Bluff paper says the Copper River country shows copper but no gold worth working.
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Juneau
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Copper River Country
KE. W. Long
Poplar Bluff
Valdez Glacier
Women Convene in Denver for Fourth General Federation Meet
The 4th biennial convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs opened in Denver at Broadway theater with addresses from Governor Alva Adams and others. Delegates total 634, reflections on federation growth show 60 000 members in 595 clubs and 150 000 in 80 state federations.
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Denver
Col
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Broadway
Celia Parker Woolley
Chicago
Alva Adams
Colorado
T. M. McMurray
M. D. Thatcher
Colorado Federation
Sarah Pratt
Denver Woman’s Club
Art League
Industria
Crcedentials
William Jr. Kistler
Frank Trumbull
Must Hold All Prisoners on Spanish Prize Ships
United States Marshal Harr received instructions from Attorney-General Griggs to hold all persons captured on Spanish prize ships until further orders. Officials were surprised as most prisoners had been paroled and were to sail for Spain this week. More than 200 prisoners are housed on prize ships in Key West harbor. military prisoners are at Fort McPherson, Atlanta.
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Key West
Pla
United States
Harr
Griggs
Spain
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
Cadiz Squadron Rumors Refuted by London Cable
The Daily News correspondent debunks rumors of the Cadiz squadron returning to Cadiz and Madrid noting riots would block Admiral Camara's return. He warned he would not sail home until his flag was stained with American blood. The next move is expected toward the Canaries.
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London
Gibraltar
The
Daily News
Cadiz
Camara
Madrid
Canaries
Battle of La Quasina and Roosevelt Leads a Charge
Detailed dispatches describe Col Wood and Lieut Col Roosevelt directing a brutal ambush near Siboney. The engagement, dubbed the battle of La Quasina, reportedly left 22 Spaniards dead and 70 to 80 wounded, with American losses highest among Wood's men before a successful charge routed the enemy.
Wreck Kills Four Soldiers in Tupelo Train Collision
A Sunday railway accident near Tupelo Mississippi at 3 40 PM killed four soldiers and injured thirteen others. Col Torrey s rough riders from Cheyenne were in the rear sleeper Seville when the second section crashed into the first. Troop C from Laramie suffered the heaviest losses with several men fatally injured or killed.
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Tupelo
Miss
Col. Torrey
Cheyenne
Wyo
Kansas City
Memphis & Birmingham
Seville
Col
Torrey
Laramie
Wye
Willie B. Wallace
Sam Johnson
Gordon
Cornelius Lenihan
Henry S. Mapes
American spies arrested in Majorca
Two men from Barcelona were arrested in Palma on June 27, authorities say they are suspected American spies. The Spanish authorities moved to detain the pair as possible foreign agents.
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Palma
Island
Majorca
Barcelona
Troop Movements and Naval Notes From Manila War Dispatches
Reports from San Francisco and Port Said detail the departure of 4,000 troops aboard the City of Para plus Morgan City and Indiana for Manila. Admiral Camara seeks coal at Port Said but Egypt blocks it. Aguinaldo’s forces hold Cavite and imprisoners tally about 5,000 as Spanish outposts retreat toward the citadel.
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San Francisco
Para
Ohio
Morgan City
Indiana
Manila
Valencia
Newport
Merritt
United States
Admiral Camara
New York
the Tribune
Cairo
Egypt
Camara
Port Said
Philippine Islands
Hong Kong
Aguinaldo
Cavite
Imus
Moyet
San Fernando
Heroes to Be Rewarded for Naval Feats
The president sent two special messages to congress to honor Navy and revenue cutter service personnel. Recognition for Lieut Hobson and crew from the Merrimac rescue, Lieut Newcomb and crew, Capt Hodgson of Hugh McCulloch, and Naval Cadet Powell is proposed with medals promotions and transfers.
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Washington
Congress
Lieut
Hobson
Lieut. Newcomb
Hudson
Winslow
Cardenas
Hodgson
Hugh McCulloch
Manila
Joseph Wright Powell
Bluffs
Santiago Harbor
Senate
Construction Corps
Navy
Capt
Newcomb
Revenue Cutter Service
Powell
Isaac Staples Dies In Stillwater At 82
Stillwater Minnesota June 28 Isaac Staples longtime St. Croix valley figure died Monday morning at four o clock aged 82 He moved from Maine 40 years ago to buy pine lands and settled in Stillwater He logged every season until last winter with a season cut of 55000000 feet the largest by any single firm in the region He held varied northwest interests and his estate is valued at over 1000000
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Stillwater
Minn
Isaac Staples
St. Croix Valley
Northwest
Maine
Theatrical Announcement and War News Across States
London reports Spain to be pressured into peace via a theatrical announcement about an American squadron. The Navy seeks wide publicity this claim. In Detroit, Pennsylvania volunteers guard the Soo canal and locks with 20 details patrolling. Seattle notes Capt Abercrombie leads Copper River survey aboard Protection with 50 horses. Nevada City reports the death of Robert McMurray on a fishing trip. he was a prominent mining figure and former state mining commissioner. Atlanta Governor Atkinson proclaims July Fourth observances in Georgia the first such wartime style order in the South.
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London
Washington
The
Daily Chronicle
Spain
Navy Department
McKinley
Sea” Canal
Detroit
Mich
Tribune
Sault Ste Marie
Pennsylvania
Soo” Canal
Seattle
Wash
W. RB. Abercrombie
United States Army
Copper River
Alaska
Protection
Nevada City
Cal
Robert McMurray
San Francisco
Graniteville
Chicago
Atlanta
Atkinson
Georgia
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Eng
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Shafter
Baiquini
Gaines
Miller
Cross
Braxton
Kidd
Maybury
Edward Marshall
New York Journal and Advertiser
Iamilton Fish, Jr
Tfe
Nicholas Fish
Hamilton Fish
Grant
Columbia College
N. A. Brodie
West Point
J. K. Thomas
Indian Territory
Thomas
J. 8. McClintock
Phoenix
A. T
Associated Press
J.D. Rhodes
Arizona
Admiral Dewey
Foraker
Hanna
Marcus A. Hanna
Women IN Convention
Denver, Col
Jaragua
Kingston
Degius
Caimara
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