Miles Arrives at Santiago Front as Talks Begin
General Nelson A. Miles arrives off Santiago bay aboard the Yale and meets Admiral Sampson. He lands at Playa del Este and talks with General Shafter about campaign plans while authorities deny shifting command. Officials say Miles aims to review the situation, not replace Shafter, with no new dispatches by midnight.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
United States Army
Santiago Bay
Yale
General Miles
Sampson
Miles
Playa del Este
Shefter
Bantiaga
War Department
Mile
Navy
Army
General Shafter
Siboney
Shafter
United States
Santiago
Playa del Fete
Long
Alger
White House
Admiral Sampson
Firing Ended by Flag of Truce in Santiago Fire
U S ships Newark New York Brooklyn and Indiana bombarded Santiago from the ridge for two hours until a church explosion ended the shelling. A flag of truce appeared from the city as General Miles and staff arrived later with Yale and Columbia in support.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Playa del Este
United States
Newark
Signal Corps
New York
Brooklyn
Indiana
Shafter
Yale
Nelson A. Miles
Columbia
Sampson
General Miles
Siboney
Miles
No dispatches from Admiral Sampson reach Secretary
Washington July 11 secretary Long has not received any messages from Admiral Sampson by 8 PM and did not expect important fleet news. A cable from Commodore Bailey was read but deemed not of public import. A large package was delivered to the navy department by Ensign Badger from the cruiser St Louis, believed to contain Admiral Sampson's report.
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Washington
Beeoretary
Long
Sampson
Navy Department
Bciley
Ensian Badger
St. Louis
Letters From Spanish Prisoners Suppress War Information
A batch of letters from Spanish prisoners after a naval action off Santiago must be examined by the department to ensure no details of war operations are disclosed to Spanish circles. The process aims to prevent sensitive information from spreading to friends in Spain.
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Santiago
Spain
Our Men Encouraged by Fresh American Assault at Santiago
Headquarters of General Bhafter report July 11 dispatch from Port Antonio and Kingston. From 4 pm until dark American guns shelled Spanish lines as reinforcements arrive. U S troops, rested after three days, fight with renewed resolve. Artillery effective, Spanish trench fire weak. Santiago near darkness. Americans fortified and expect a general assault tomorrow.
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Bhafter
Port Antonio
Kingston
Santiago
SHAPTERS PRESENT FORCE
General Shafter’s available force totals about 26 000 by midweek after factoring reinforcements and losses. Estimated original expedition strength was 16 000 with 10 000 additional expeditions, minus roughly 5 000 casualties and hospital cases. An extra 2 500 from General Ernat’s brigade will raise the fight
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Washington
General Shafters
General Shafter
Ernat
Shafter
Blanco seeks ship to run blockade for Cuba relief
Captain General Blanco pursues relief by loading a large 4400 ton steamer at a Mexican port. The vessel, possibly the Montevideo at Vera Cruz, reportedly carries food and 2,000,000 cartridges and may attempt to evade the American blockade off Cuba. American protests have been lodged over its clearance.
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Washington
Blanco
Purissimea Concepcion
Cuba
Montevideo
Vera Cruz
United States
Havana
Key West
Spanish spies must move on from Montreal
Senor du Bose and Lieutenant Carranza, military attaché, will depart Montreal on short notice at the Dominion government’s urgent request. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and James Pauncefote provided copies of a stolen letter linked to a spy network Carranza allegedly engineered in Canada. Du Bose protested the accusations, agreed to leave, and hinted he would respond after the current dispute ends.
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Senor du Nove
Legation
Washington
Carranza
N. C. St. Pierre
Q C
Meesra du Rosewind Carranza
Kellers
Wilfred Laurier
Ottawa
Mr St. Pierre
Julian Pauncefote
Senor Carranza
Canada
Senor du Bose
Senor du Boxe
War Guests At Annapolis Naval Prisoners Detail
Captain Cooper and Secretary Long agreed on care for Spanish naval prisoners including Admiral Cervera at the Naval Academy. The plan ensures rank appropriate treatment without hero worship. The Harvard delivered remaining Spanish prisoners to be sent to Portemouth and Annapolis as earlier transports.
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Washington
Cooper
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Long
Cervera
Harvard
Santiago
St. Louis
Porteymouth
Revised casualty figures from Santiago battle report
Adjutant General Corbin received General Shafter's corrected tally for July 1 2 and 3 at Santiago. It shows 22 officers and 208 men killed, 8 officers and 1 203 men wounded, 81 missing, total 180%. Shafter thinks missing will drop somewhat.
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Washington
Corbin
General Shafter
Santiago
Guilty Murderer Sentenced to Hang in Bepta
Bt Hyacinthe Quebec taken for murder of his uncle at St Libiere and arrested in Biddeford Missouri was condemned today to death by hanging on September.
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Hyacinthe
Que
Guilloman
S T. Libiere
Biddeford
Bepta
Illinois Miners Strike Seeks Arbitration amid Tense Clash
Several hundred union miners blocked mines around town and intercepted nonunion workers. No work has resumed as the union receives thousand dollar aid from state groups. The miners petitioned the state arbitration board, while operators refuse to submit to arbitration.
Hanged for Murder in Hartford This July
Beaverdam Kentucky resident Tori Heyden, a colored man, was hanged at Hartford today for the killing of a young colored woman named McHeney in October last year. The execution concludes Hayden's crime case in a disputed verdict and follows months of legal appeal.
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Necro
Beaverdam
Tori Heyden
Hartford
Hayden
Etenee McHeney
Shafter to Get More Mules
Arrangements are made by the quartermaster general for the transportation of mules from Charleston to the ships carrying Major General Wilson's division to Santo Domingo. The convoy sails with troops to the frontier expedition.
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Shafter
Washington
Quartermaster General
Charleston
B& C
Gineral Wilson
Bantiaga
Eleven Die in Gas Explosion at Lake Erie Water Tunnel
Cleveland July 1 Eleven men perished in a gas explosion inside the vast water works tunnel under Lake Erie. Only one escapes death, Con O Donnell, who saw the blasts from 43,700 feet offshore. Rescue attempts by Patrick Warner and Martin McCauley failed as the tunnel collapsed further down.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Con O'Donnell
Patrick Warner
Martin McCauley
James Alemetts
Sailors on steam launch hit by Spanish fire near Guantanamo Bay
A U S steam launch from the repair ship Vulcan and the Marblehead's boat moved beyond patrol lines near the Guantanamo fort to locate the Sandoval. Spanish pickets and soldiers opened fire with Mauser rifles and volley fire while the launch, replying with a 1 pounder, beat a hasty retreat after ten minutes of combat without taking a hit.
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Guantanamo Bay
United States
Vulcan
Sandoval
Soldiers of the Seventy-First NY Sail for Home
Private Kelly Knepule Goodman Carroll and Wiremnan of the Seventy-first New York wounded, left Savannah for New York on the Kansas City. Private Hacksteer of Company C First United States Cavalry says Spanish fire at Siboney July 1 led to wounded soldiers being handed to Cubans who decapitated the prisoners, despite General Shafter's denials.
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Savannah
Hacksteey
General Shafter
Paymaster Arnold Distributes $17 Among Pennsylvania Regiments
Salem New Jersey July 11 Paymaster Arnold completed paying the eighteenth Pennsylvania regiment at the Delaware City battery and the Fourteenth Pennsylvania regiment at Fort Delaware and Fort Moll. He distributed over 17 dollars among the soldiers.
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Salem
N. J
Arnold
Pennsylvania
Delaware City
Fort Delaware
Fort Moll
Cerro Gordo Williams Dying in Kentucky Home
General John B. Cerro Gordo Williams, former U S senator and veteran of two wars, lies near Mount Sterling Kentucky in declining health with only hours to live, according to late July reporting.
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Cerro Gordo Williams
Mount Sterling
John
United States
Honors for Jesse Hoker Harrisburg July 1
Governor Hastings appointed Jesse M. Baker of Media to first lieutenant of Company K Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers in a Biath regiment ceremony in Harrisburg. The change honors ex Senator Baker and marks a midyear commission.
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Jesse Hoker
Harrisburg
Hastings Haw
Jesse MM. Baker
Media
Biath Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Woman Appointed Postmaster in Stonehero Mission
Woman M A Bonher is named postmaster at Stonehero in Mercer County Washington July 1. The appointment follows a Post Office Department decision after local service needs and community support.
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Geta
Postoffice
Washington
M. A. Bonher
Stonehero
Alercer County
Spanish deserters report Santiago conditions improving
Deserters at General Shafter's HQ say Santiago is not hopeless for Spain. They claim troops have food, good health, and will fight when needed. Water supply worsens but not critically, about 5 000 Spanish Volunteers have deserted. A 500 cavalry group moved toward Holguin as Spanish infantry strip trenches to speed potential withdrawal.
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Spain
Holguin
War Prisoners Enter Barracks On Seavers Island
Spanish prisoners from Admiral Cervera's squadron, 42 men, landed at Portamouth on the auxiliary cruiser St. Louis and were housed in new barracks on Seaver's Island guarded by 125 marines. The scene showed exhausted, ragged sailors aided by comrades as Thirty severely wounded crew members were stretchered. Captain Moron bade farewell to his men with em appear. morale marked the moment as the St Louis returned to sea after a 4:30 p.m. move ashore. The first American meal offered bread, roast beef, coffee, onions and potatoes, followed by mattresses and blankets for all. Admiral Cervera rested aboard the St Louis.
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Portamouth
N. H
St. Louis
Admiral Cervera
Seaver
K. Diaz Morou
Island
Moron
St. Luis
Uncle Sam
Cervera
MISS BARTON NEEDS MULES FOR CUBA RELIEF
Stephen F. Barton, chairman of the Central Cuban relief committee, reports a cable from Miss Barton announcing twelve tons of relief supplies landed in Cuba. She urgently requests mules, with forty being purchased by the New York ambulance equipment auxiliary, plus double harness and mother feed, to be shipped from Port Tampa under a War Department order.
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New York
Stephen F. Barton
Central Cuban Relief Committee
Miss Barton
Cuba
Texas
Barton
Secretary of War
Port Tampa
Sagasta Resigns as Queen Accepts Spain Cabinet
Madrid reports Sagasta tendered resignation of the cabinet to the queen regent. Possible partial reconstruction anticipated. Separately, U.S. peace terms demand Cuba and Puerto Rico plus indemnity, with the Philippines as security, but viewed as unlikely.
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London
Madrid
the Times
Senor Sagasta
Sagasta
Blanco
Cuba
Weather and Officials Sketch Broad City Updates
Morning weather signals warmer conditions across the region as General Miles, Premier Sakanta, and other officials appear in a broad briefing. Reports from Waco cover department news, finance and commerce, local protests, and upcoming public meetings while observers note railway and building trades activity and a municipal budget outlook.
Hawaii Government Commission Granted Broad War Time Labor
Washington reports a commission formed to draft Hawaii’s government and shape future colonial administrations. Senator Cullom to chair with lawyers and staff, aiming to finish before October though uncertainty remains.
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Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
Spain
United States
Cullom
TROOPS AND NURSES ENTER PORT TAMPA
In Tampa Florida on July 11, thirty nine Red Cross nurses passed through en route to Port Tampa. About five hundred men form one Ohio company and two Ohio companies joined regiments today. Fiderkin, recently discharged from Seventh infantry, was killed by a train. An expedition heads to Santiago tomorrow aboard the Tam Pastas carrying heavy artillery and Red Cross nurses. Six Inch wheeled and eight large field pieces were loaded on her today.
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Fla
Red Cross
Port Tampa
First Ohio
Third Aid
Fifth Ohio
J. G4
Fiderkin
Seventh Infantry
Santiago
Tampastas
Rogers
Garrison for Hawaii Ordered by Secretary Alger
Secretary Alger attaches the Hawaiian Islands to the military department of California. The First New York Volunteers under Colonel Barber are designated as the garrison at Honolulu for the time being.
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New York
Alger
Military Department of California
New York Volunteers
Barber
Honolulu
Public Receptions Postponed in Washington
Owing to the pressing demands on time from the war effort, public receptions for the president and Mrs. Wilson have been postponed on Wednesdays and Fridays. The change affects the public dates previously announced for July.
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Washington
Messinley Ava Meat
Huwve
Ted Prieed Onden Pedd
Earthquake Felt in Cape Haytien Hayti
Advices received report a quake at 3:00 pm lasting five seconds. Inhabitants fled their homes as a severe tremor struck Cape Haytien Hayti. No details yet on damage or casualties.
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New York
Cape Haytien
Hayti
Renunciation of Benefits in Chicago Will Case
Mrs. George M. Muiline filed in probate court a formal renunciation of benefits under her late husband’s will. This step precedes her claim to a share of the estate under dowager rights.
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Chicago
George M. Muiline
Refugees to be embarked by Migoult de Genouilly voyage
Port de France on Martinique reports the French cruiser Migoult de Genouilly has sailed for Santiago de Cuba and then Junigus to embark French refugees if necessary.
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Port de France
Intland
Martinique
Migoult de Genouilly
Santiago de Cuba
Junigus
Unclear Note Points to French Officials in Talks
A garbled Washington note states that the conferences with French officials Cambon and others had no relation to the puzzled American war or to piece the pothitlons, implying no linkage to broader policy.
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Washington
Pmlviesdor
Cambon
William Jeniluen Bryan’s Nebraska Infantry Ordered to Jacksonville
Washington reports William Jeniluen Bryan's regiment of Nebraska Infantry has been ordered to join General Fite’s corps at Jacksonville. The move aligns the unit with Federal forces in the ongoing campaign.
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Washington
William Jeniluen Bryan
Nebraska Infantry
Fitehugh
Jacksonville
Weather forecast for multiple regions with warmer temperatures
Forecasters predict clear to sunny conditions across the middle states and New England with warmer temperatures. Northerly winds ease in the morning, shifting to milder breezes as the day progresses. some areas may experience slight regional temperature increases.
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New York
Herald
Middle States
New England
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