Spain Deliberates on Peace Terms Amid War Dispatches
Washington August 4. Officials expect a Madrid cabinet reply to the presidents peace terms via the French ambassador. Sporadic dispatches show inconclusive talks while the Wade expedition moves forward. Roosevelt pushes troop movements, Shafter’s removal discussed, and malaria vs yellow fever debates frame medical advice for Santiago troops. Miles progresses toward San Juan with limited defense expected.
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Wishington
State Department
Spain
Newe
Madrid
M. Cambon
Randall
Montauk Point
Navy Department
Watson
Roosevelt and Alger Clash Over Rough Riders
Washington reports reveal a tense exchange between Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of War Russell Alger. Roosevelt urges sending Rough Riders and regulars to Porto Rico, claiming 1,900 to 4,000 effective men and stronger arms. Alger replies that the Rough Riders are not superior to other volunteers, warning against inflating their glory.
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Sandigo
Tam
Gener Wheeler
Porto Rico
Porto Rivo
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Regular Army
Volunteer Army
Rough Riders
R. A. Alger
Secretary of War
Army Rations Being Held for Peace Talks
Chicago reports the war department halted front line rations as peace prospects rise. Col Smith in charge of the lakes commissary stores oversaw purchases for Santiago fall and Porto Rico debarkation, but vast supplies remain stored from cellar to garret ready for shipment if needed.
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Chicago
War Department
Santiago
Porto Rico
Smith
Department of the Lakes
Hobson Speech Draws Large Crowd at Benefit
New York August 4 The benefit for the New York Soldiers and Sailors Fund at the Metropolitan opera house became a reception for Lieutenant Hobson Minister Watford and Captain Philip of the Texas. About 6000 packed the house while Hobson recalled the Santiago actions and described sinking the Merrimac.
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New York
Ballore’ Pamilion’ Protective Association
Metropolitan Opera House
Hobson
Bonin Watdford
Philip
Texas
Opera House
Santiago
Indiana Republicans name ticket at state convention
Indiana Republicans in Indianapolis completed their state convention with nominations for key posts. Union B. Hunt is nominated for secretary of state, William H. Hurt for auditor, Leopold Levy for treasurer, W. L. Taylor for attorney general, Robert H. Brown for clerk of the supreme court, B. K. T. Jones for superintendent of public instruction, and John B. Cannor as statistician.
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Indianapolis
Union B. Hunt
William H. Hurt
Leopold Levy
W. L. Taylor
Robert H. Brown
Bk.t. Jones
John B. Cannor
War headlines and actions shift in Caribbean theater
The day’s events include President ordering General Shefter to move to Montauk Point, Spain debating peace proposals without a decision, insurgents defeated in Matanzas, a Spanish commander at Ponce court martialed, ten Spanish ships destroyed near Manzanillo, Gibara evacuated, and Colonel Roosevelt drawing rebuke from Secretary Alger as war moves unfold.
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General Shefter
Montauk Point
Matanzas
Ponce
Manzanillo
Gibara
European diplomats watch peace talks from Washington
In Washington on August 4 Baron Speck Von Sternburg led German embassy talks at the State Department amid broad European interest in the Spain peace negotiations. Ambassadors and ministers from Italy and other powers stayed informed while no clear British or Austrian action occurred. Cambon is seen as Spain’s best spokesman as relations were altered.
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Europe
Washington
Baron Speck von Sternburg
von Hollehben
State Department
Ambarcador
Spain
Baron Fava
Mer
Martinelli
M. Cambon
Steamer San Juan Moves Wives and Children for Spain Fight
Santiago Cuba Aug 4 The San Juan under Lt Noble sails to Manzanilla with flag of truce to transfer wives and children of Spanish officers from Manzanillo to reinforce Linares siege. General Wood names Major Barbour health and state commissioner. City split into sixteen districts with 4000 workers for street cleaning. Olivette hospital ship arrives from Tampa and Berlin from New Orleans.
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de Cuba
San Juan
Noble
Shafters Craft
Aternoon
Manzanilla
Manzanillo
Linares
Spain
Wood
George M. Barbour
Sirip Olivette
Tampa
Berlin
New Orleans
New York Troops Designated for Honolulu Voyage
San Francisco Aug. 4 The First New York Volunteers designate four companies and two battalions for the Honolulu transport Charles Nelson. Major Charles commands with 656 officers and men. accompanying staff includes sergeant major, quartermaster sergeant, hospital steward, and an assistant surgeon Captain Ashley. The Second Regiment Lakme will carry 325 men on the Lakme vessel.
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Honolulu
Charles Nelson
New York
McIntyre
Sagrue
Sheldon
Tompkins
Charles
Roach
Hmmet
Ashley
Chase
Second Regiment of Volunteers
Lakme
Weesel
Gibara Evacuated as Rebels Enter North Coast Town
From Havana comes word that Gibara in Santiago de Cuba province has been evacuated by Spanish troops. Rebels entering the town killed eighteen volunteers. General Arolas, Havana's military governor, urged newspapers to advise on food distribution. General Blanco decreed suspensions of Insular chamber sittings.
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Havana
Gibara
Santiago de Cula
Arolas
Blanco
Santiago de Cuba
Shafter
Fifth Army Corp
Alger
Sternberg
San Luis
Saboya Battalion Beats Insurgents Near Monte Verde
An official Havona dispatch reports the Saboya battalion defeating a large insurgent force near Monte Verde in Matanzas. The enemy abandoned positions and were pursued. they suffered heavy losses including their commander Jovel. Spaniards had two killed and fourteen wounded.
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Havona
Saboya
Monte Verde
Matanzas
Jovel
Admiral Cervera Visits War Prisoners in Transit
Admiral Cervera and his son Lieutenant Cervera were escorted through Baltimore on their way to Fort Monroe and Newport News after weeks as prisoners at Annapolis. He obtained permission to visit Spanish officers receiving medical treatment at Fort Monroe and may extend to New York.
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Cervera
Cervere
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Fort Monroe
Norfolk
Newport News
Navy Department
New York
Scouting Party Attacked Near Arroyo
Last night a scouting party under Major Heed of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania was fired on by a Spanish outpost between Juan Disz and Coamo. The party returned fire and it is believed one Spaniard was wounded. No word yet on disembarkation progress at Arroyo.
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St. Thomas
Heed
Pennsylvania
Juan Disz
Coamo
Arroyo
Colonel San Martin Shot
Madrid dispatch reports Colonel San Martin who commanded the Ponce garrison has been court martialed and executed after abandoning the place without resistance. Lieutenant Colonel Puiz, second in command, killed himself.
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San Juan de Porto Hic
San Martin
Ponce
Puiz
Glass Workers Wage Beale Conference Pact
At a conference in Beale Pittsburg on August 4, manufacturers and workers in the paste mould branch of the Mint glues trade adopted the previous year’s acute as the wage agreement for the next five years.
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Pittsburg
Senators Morgan on Annexation and American World Role
The Hawaiian commission in Chicago discussed annexation and the Nicaragua canal with business leaders. Senator Morgan asserted the flag will remain in the Philippines and urged U S leadership, while Senator Cullom and Representative Hitt outlined governance aims for Hawaii and the canal project.
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Cullom
War For Humanity
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Chicago
Illinois
Morgan
Alabama
Hitt
Alex H. Revell
Union League Club
George F. Adams
Thomas B. Bryan
John J. Mitchell
William Penn Nixon
H. H. Kohlisaat
John McNulta
William R. Harper
Harry Wade Rogers
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Cuba
Porto Rico
America
Nicaragua Canal
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Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
New York
Albemarle Sound
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Nicaragua
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Mason and Dixon
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Ton
San Francisco
Henry L. Mayes
Culter
William Barrett Rideley
Springfield
J. Castie Ridgeway
George W
D. A. Ray
Albert & Berry
Newport, Ky
William L. Blumenberg
Miss Schley Seeks Funds to Return to Paris
Milwaukee reports Mick Jessie Echley left Paria for Madrid on a peace mission two weeks ago and now cables her father Charles Schley in Tibson Portugal asking for money to return to Paris.
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Milwaukee
Mick Jessie Echley
Paria
Madrid
Charles Schley
Tibson
Portugal
Paris
Sagasta Deliberate Delays Peace Propositions
Madrid correspondent reports Sagasta refuses to hurry peace talks. He demands quiet orderly action and full explanations on doubtful points to protect national interests against Washington. Internal politics, popular unrest, and public sacrifice influence his cautious stance as Manila and Santiago unfold.
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London
Madrid
The
Times
Senor Sagasta
Washington
Aes
Toral
Santiago
Augustin
Manila
Sagasta
Manzanillo Battle Reports Reveal Greater Damage
Washington reports released July 18 naval actions at Manzanillo show more ships burned sunk or destroyed than previously known. Vessels Maria Ponton Delgado Perado Jose Garcia Cuba Espanola burned. Gloria Purissima Conceptione sunk. Estrella Guantanamo Guardien Sentinel Delgado destroyed. American ships Wilmington Helena Scorpion Hist Hornet Wampatuck Osceola under Commander Todd suffered no damage or casualties. Action ran from 7 30 to 10 40 a m. Purisima Conceptione long pursued as blockade runner.
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Washington
Navy Department
Manzanito
Maria Ponton
Delgado Perado
Jose Garcia
Cuba Espanola
Gloria
Purissima Conceptione
Estrella
Guantanamo
Guardien
Sentinel Delgado
Volunteers anxious as Camp Thomas regiments vie for Porto Rico
At Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park volunteers hustle to join General Wade's expedition to Porto Rico. Hundreds seek transfers from their regiments, while no Camp Thomas unit is yet ordered to the front. only a signal corps order directs a unit to Newport News to report to Wade.
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Chattanooga National Military Park
Wade
Porto Rico
Camp Thomas
Washington
Signal Corps
Squier
Newport News
Mules for Manila aboard Tacoma and fleet ships
The transport Tacoma sailed tonight to carry horses and mules for Manila artillery. Troops intended for Lakme and Charles Nelson will embark tomorrow morning. The two ships will call at Honolulu on Saturday. Lumber and flour were loaded for Honolulu barracks construction today.
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Tacoma
Manila
Lakme
Charles Nelson
Honolulu
Troops sail as Grant brigade heads to Porto Ring
Newport News August 4 The general Grant brigade portion moves toward Porto Ring. The Hudson carries the Third battalion and half of the Second battalion of the First Kentucky regiment. Batteries Rand Pennsylvania artillery and the Governor's and Sheridan troops Pennsylvania cavalry board the Manitoba which will not depart until Saturday.
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Via
Grant
Porto Ring
Hudson
First
Kentucky Regiment
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Pennsylvania Artillery
Governor's
Sheridan
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Manitoba
Pope to Issue Enclycical on Spanish Clergy in Spain
Rome dispatch says the pope plans an encyclical urging Spanish clergy to refrain from politics and praising the queen regent. A parallel letter to Spanish laypeople is to be read in churches to support the dynasty and preserve internal peace.
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London
Rome
Daily Mall
Funeral of Archbishop Walsh in Toronto
Funeral rites for Archbishop Walsh were held this morning in Toronto Ontario with a solemn service. Bishop McQuaid of Rochester delivered the sermon. The body was placed in a vault beneath the Blessed Virgin altar and hermetically sealed.
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Toronto
Ont
Walsh
McQuaid
Rochester
Navy board favors raising Reina Mercedes in Ban- daga harbor
Washington August 4 The navy department received the board's report on the Reina Mercedes, the Spanish ship sunk in the channel of Ban dago harbor. The board believes the vessel can be easily raised with proper wreckage gear and lies beside the EFetrolla battery in a position that facilitates work.
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Washington
Navy Department
Bandago Harbor
Roosevelt Feels Yellow Fever Threat Forces Move North
Theodore Roosevelt urges Shafter to evacuate the Cuban interior citing malarial and yellow fever dangers. Officers sign a round robin insisting the Army of Occupation be moved to the northern coast of the United States to avoid a catastrophic epidemic and preserve fighting strength.
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Roosevelt
General Shafter
Cuba
United States
J. Ford Kent
J. C. Rate
Aiiar R. Chaffee
Samuel §. Sumner
Will Ludlow
Adelbert Ames
Leonard Wood
Banilone
Theodore Roosevelt
M. W. Wood
Ames
Washington
Charles M. Allen
Dicknon
Weather and politics mix in morning briefs
The morning edition notes showers and cooler conditions with general peace proposals under consideration in Spain. It also reports on Santiago offers to come north, Senator Morgan on annexation views, and mentions General Sehley’s heroes while detailing local council failures and school admission changes.
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Spain
Santiago
Morgan
Reverend Philip Philips Jr Dies in Delaware
Rev Philip Philips Jr longtime rector of the Church of the Ascension in New York City for three years died at his home in Delaware on April 4. The obituary notes his role as a cleric and his connections to the Singing Pilgrim.
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Delaware
Philip Phitelips
Thin City
Pers
Church of the Astension
New York City
Kentuckians for Porto Rico Depart Newport News
The First Kentucky regiment boarded the train at Newport News on August 4. Hudson sailed early today for Porto Rico with the company aboard, supporting the expedition.
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Newport News
Alig
Hudson
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania to New England region
Forecasts warn of cooler morning conditions and variable winds in eastern Pennsylvania turning northerly. Western Pennsylvania sees generally fair and warmer conditions Friday night with eight variable winds. In York and surrounding areas, outlook is partly cloudy with slightly cooler, less sultry weather and light to southwesterly winds, amid possible local showers in the east.
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Attu
Pennsylvania
York
Merald
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