Porto Ricans Aid the Americans Volunteer to Serve
Gen Miles reports Porto Rico volunteers eager to join the army. Two thousand from one place have volunteered to serve America bringing beef cattle and supplies. The custom house has yielded 314000. national colors to be shared with municipalities. disembarkation underway and military occupation planned per presidential guidance.
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America
Miles
Alger
War Department
Ponce
Porto ‘Rico
Washington
Philippine Islands
Sant- Qiago de Cuba
Mites
Iron Chancellor Prince Bismarck Dies in Berlin
Berlin reports Prince Bismarck died shortly before 11 tonight after a long career of service to the fatherland. The death prompted national mourning, with special editions, flags at half mast, and officials awaiting details on his last moments as Americans learn the news from available papers.
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Bismarck
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
von Buelow
Semamering
Austria
Picnic Tragedy Drowns Five at Chicago Outing
Five people drown when three small boats collide in the Des Plaines River during a Chicago Cloakmakers Union picnic at Columbia Park. Ten others are seriously injured as a fall from a trolley bus at Gooden Avenue injures fifteen. horses on a Riverside-bound bus crash into a curb after a viaduct crossing near Ogden Avenue, sparing most from fatal harm.
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Chicago Cloakmakers’ Union
Columbia Park
Chicago
Gooden Avenue
Riverside
Ogden Avenue
Escanaba Michigan Fire Destroys Multiple Businesses
Fires on Sunday evening at Patrick Fogarty’s flour and feed store in Escanaba Michigan gutted Patrick Fogarty Bert Ellsworth Kratz's clothing store Paul Loeffelut’s jewelry store BL Young & Co’s tet store and John O’Mara’s bakery. Fourteen buildings burned. fourteen firemen hurt. insurance short of cover. City left in darkness as electric lines burned. Fire under control by about 2 o’clock.
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Acanaba
Patrick Fogarty
Escanala
Mich
Bert Ellisworth
Soo Line
Kratz
Paul Loeffelut
BL. Young & Co
John O'Mara
Dying by inches in Guantanamo condition worsens
The piece reports dire conditions in Guantanamo with 2,000 sick and troops starving after a delayed surrender confirmation. Col. Rosell describes lack of food eight days, weak soldiers, and trenches impossible to dig. A French relief landing was refused, and residents await death from hunger. Miles Army advances as Porto Rico joins under American flag.
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Guantanano
Angel Rosell
Toral
Pareja
Guantanamo
Santiago
Guantaramo
Sampson
Paroja
Col
Rosell
Cruisgaulte de Guinilly
Sama
Il Lope
Uantanamo
Answer to Spain includes surrender of Porto Rico and Cuba
The cabinet outlined nonclusions to Spain's peace proposals. Absolute surrender of Porto Rico to the United States is demanded. There is support for a U S position on some Luzon island station in the Philippines, with the question remaining on disposition of the entire Philippines. The plan rejects money indemnity and armistice, promising an ultimatum if Spain rejects.
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Cuba
Porto Rico
Spain
United States
Philippines
Army removal and border tensions spark debate
Secretary of War Alger discusses bringing Shafter's army home by Mantauk Point while Ute Indians at White Rock Agency threaten whites and deer trails. Game Warden Swanks seeks regular troop patrol. A boxing match between Corbett and Jeffries is opposed by a physician. Mrs. Gaylord of Georgete faces arrest for alleged murder of her husband in December. Martha Dace faces imminent execution unless Glick intervenes. The Moyanthalyr Linn factory suffered a fire damaging the building and stock.
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Swanks
Coronel Sumner
Department of the Colorado
White Rock
Litah
Colorado Deer Trail
Cning
Swin
Simmer
Garcia Not Disgruntled Cuban Says He Is Satisfied
A dispatch from Gen. O. O. Howard at Guantanamo reports Cuban leaders express loyalty to Cuba and the United States. They say Gen. Garcia is satisfied with Santiaso garrisoning, deny Spanish influence, and hope Porto Rico will soon be in American hands.
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Shafter
Gen. O
Howard
Guantinane
Wrans
Savana
Bianco
Garcia
Santiaso
Key West
Porto Rico
North Dakota Fusionists Nominate State Ticket
The fusion committee of Populist and Democratic parties met at Fargo to place a full state ticket on the ballot. Nominees include AH M Creel for Congress from Devil's Lake, F D Holmes for Governor from Grand Forks, Bentley for Lieutenant Governor from Bismarck, C J Fisk for Supreme Court, Thomas Bolton as Treasurer, Charles B Bade as Auditor, Samuel Torgerson for Secretary of State, M Campbell for Insurance Commissioner, C Schmid for Superintendent, Alfred Whippie for Agriculture and Labor, S B Bartlett for Attorney General, and railroad commissioners Harvey Nevenier N Mornstadt and Robert Fleming.
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North Dakota
Fargo
Iefield
Congress
AH. M. Creel
Devil's | Lake
F. D. Holmes
Grand Orks
Dr. Bentley
Bismarck
Supreme Conri
C. J. Fisk
Thomas Bolton
Charles B. Bade
Samuel Torgerson
Outlaws Up in Turbulent Cherokee Nation Fight
Deputies in Indian Territory engage a gang of cattle thieves in two battles. Patti a halfbreed Cherokee is mortally wounded near Chekota tap and David Greathouse is wounded and captured while Cawthorn is seized. The remaining gang is later killed near Bragg Cherokee nation.
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Indian Territory
Lofala
Chekotah
Patti
David Greathouse
Cawthorn
Bragg
Cheroles
Ledbetter
Market Quotations From Various Cities
A garbled market report lists commodity prices for hogs sheep wheat corn and oats across Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee New York and other centers. Prices include hogs 3.00 to 5.00 per hundredweight sheep 3.75 to 4.00 wheat around 4.25 to 5.30 per bushel corn 2.50 to 7.00 per bushel with mixed lots and ship prices noted.
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Chicago
St. Luis
Jreluw
Prima
Cincinnati
Detroit
Sao
Wipers Wood
York
Strangest Divorce Tale Emerges From Iowa Case
Mrs Maury Ward files for divorce in Council Bluffs District Court claiming she married T. S. Ward on March 15, 1887 in Des Moines and was later revealed to be his sister. He left June 4, 1888 and has not been seen since, while she supported two children and kept the secret of their kinship hidden for years. The article also covers receivership actions, coal miners organizing, a Workmen reunion, and wind damage to a Clinton factory.
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Maury Ward
Council Bluffs
Mary Ragsdale
Ward
Towa
Iowa
United Mine Workers of America
Lieut Murphy Not Killed Writes to Parent
Council Bluffs learns Lieut WilMurphy of the Twenty fourth United States infantry, long reported dead after the San Juan attack, has written from trenches before Santiago to his parents. The West Point cadet raised hopes amid conflicting newspapers picturing his fate. The letter, dated the day after the storming, clarifies his survival in the war's earliest phase.
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LF. Murphy
Council Bunzs
Wil! Murphy
Twenty-fourth United States Infantry
San Juan
Santiago
Liew Aturphy
West Point
Lightning Damages Farms and Homes in Several Townships
A series of lightning strikes caused fires and damage across multiple properties. A barn near Grand June burned with hay and gear. horses were saved. The King residence at Carroll sustained damage. Other barns south of town, a large Eden Township barn, and a house in Charist were struck. A family in Charist suffered burns as a child woke in a fire. The Omaha depot at Rock Lapids caught fire but was emptied without damage to books or staff. Walter Smith’s residence at Duncombe was wrecked with the lightning entering the parlor.
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Arc Mug
Grand June
Mae
King
Carroll
Funilly
Iowa News Roundup with Droughts and New Banks
The report lists Iowa topics including butter exports of 83.6 million pounds valued at 18.9 million dollars, chinch bugs damaging crops, a new Rock Island depot at Atlantic, and Fort Madison school bonds. Notes mention Davenport mills contracts, a Centerville balloon company, and political renomination of John A. Hull in Knoxville. Also reported are a tornado near Hawthorne, drowning at Rock River, a theft at Shenandoesh, new savings banks, a railroad receiver, and weather extending from Fort Madison to Ottumwa under Santa Fe control. Roadside incidents, hog losses, and other local notices are included with several named individuals and places.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Rock Island
Atlantic
LeMars Gas Company
Davenport Woolen Mills
Centerville
John A. T. Hull
Knoxville
Congress
Hawthorne
Koert Italsing
Rock River
Rock Valley
Friedman Chotithe Company
Shenandesh
New Albion Savings Bank
Allaimatee County
Cambridge Savings Bink
Union Savings Bank of
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Fort
Hame
Bishee
Keokuk
Iowa Volunteers
Rile
Reot
Bisbee
Davenport
Dubuque County
Verana
Ian
William Burns
James O'Brien, Jr
Sylvester F. Scovel
Wooster
Ohio
Des Moines
Sylvester Scovel
Shafter
Seavel
New York World
Porto Rico Falls to U S Forces Without a Shot
The port of Ponce and city of Porto Rico capitulated after a brief skirmish as Gen Miles and Illinois and Indiana troops occupied the port. No American lives were lost. Spaniards suffered three killed and thirteen wounded. Miles issued proclamations promising protection and a benevolent American government, while Porto Ricans celebrated freedom from Spanish rule. The victory shifts terms of peace and places Porto Rico under United States control.
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G. S
Ponce
War Department
Miles Briday
Portal Ponce
Borto Rivo
St. Thomas
Garret- Sundil
Yanco
Henry
Davis
Dixie
Higginson
Wilson
Ernst
Porto Rico
Usasingm
Jaosica
Nelson A. Milos
United States
Miles
Washington
Porte Itico
Poncesare
Shefter
Indiana
Spain
San Juan
Ailes
Ponte
Eveil
Cubans Stay Cause Trouble in Santiago Press Debate
English papers mock Cuban Americans hostility in Santiago. The Standard warns of possible war as U S forces may need to suppress patriots. Daily News foresees a long American military presence in Cuba amid mounting tensions.
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Santiago
London
United States
Daily News
Cuba
Tariff Regimes Expanded by Santiazo President
The President has signed war tariff regulations for Santiazo, effective immediately. The order broadens duties, granting general privileges to Spain and extending tariff protections to all countries, including the United States.
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Santiago
Santiazo
Sind
Spain
Crite
Battle Story Way Online reveals false clash claim
Report from the Cabins under Gareia and Spaniards at Longe roves says there was no fight or collision. The telegraphed date misrepresented events, indicating no skirmish occurred and no combatants engaged.
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Gareia
Longe
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