Delays and military governance in Porto Rico campaign
Washington July 19 report on the Porto Rico expedition states General Miles delays plus the Yale convoy plan may slow progress. Shafter’s force to stay at Santiago amid Cuban friction. a military government for Puerto Rico appears likely for continuity and order. Admiral Sampson ordered to support land operations and convoy troops as needed.
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Shafters
Santiago
Sampson
Porto Rican
Washington
Miles
Port Rico
Siboney
Department
Yale
Porto Rico
Charleston
War Department
Shafter
Holguin
Manzanillo
United States
Cuba
Brooke
Chickamauga
Newport News
Norfolk
Tampa
Key West
Navy Department
San Juan
Sampuvon
Atlantic
Cuban
Spain
Ride
New York
Hecker
Transportation Bureau
Bhafter
Cadiz
Insurance Report by Commissioner Lambert on 1897 Pennsylvanian policies
Harrisburg July 19 Insurance Commissioner Lambert completes his twenty fifth annual report on life accident plate glass surety and liability insurers for year ending December 21 1897. State companies issued 6444 policies covering 18064881 and other states 496022 policies totaling 502466 policies 156069467. Total losses paid by life companies 10443144.56 with 1201546.87 to home companies and 9182598.19 to others. In force at year end 1897 1678105 Pennsylvania policies insuring 711956481 of which 40279 polices 107678828 were local and 1687826 polices 603677654 were from out of state. Entire Pennsylvania company expenditures 9082527.03 with 6656227.47 to policy holders. Note criticizes inadequate assessment laws and fraternal order insurance issues and cites Judge McPherson on infant insurance.
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Harrisburg
Lambert
Pennsylvania
McPherson
Germany Favors United States Despite Press Criticism
The Vossische Zeitung argues that German feeling toward America is misrepresented by the English press. It says Germany has historically supported the U S during the Civil War and notes Spain’s annoyances but praises Spanish valor. The piece reflects a general favorable view of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Vossiche Zeitung
America
Germany
Spain
United States
Explosion at Hercules Powder Works Destroys Building
A blast at the Hercules Powder works thirteen miles from Hauntial Missouri destroyed the separating house. Two workers inside escaped with warning before the explosion. The mill only produces gunpowder and similar explosives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hauntial
Hercules Powder Works
Maryland Naval Reserves Take Ajax at League Island Yard
Fifty second Maryland naval reserves arrived at League Island navy yard and took possession of the monitor Ajax. The Rhodesland reserves moved from Ajax to the monitor Manhattan. Ajax to sail in a few days and Manhattan to be taken to the New England coast by Rhode Island reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Naval
League Island Navy Yard
Rhodesland
Manhattan
New England
Rhode Island
Camp to Be Moved from Tampa to Fernandina
The troop left after regiments sailed for Porto Rico will be ordered to Fernandina. The Tampa camp on low ground caused illness with several men contracting malaria fever, prompting the move to a safer site away from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fly
Porto Rico
Fernandina
War History Brief Shows War News and Personnel
Official dispatches summarize Diweys forces clashing with a German cruiser frene withheld from detail while the transport steamer Pennsylvania sails for the Philippines with about 1000 men aboard. General Bharter cites large surrender figures and a casualty count as 52 volunteers in Camp Alper fall ill from poisoning amid relief ship Resolute aiding Cubs with nurses aboard.
Recruitment Progress for Volunteer Army in July Call
Washington reports fairly good progress on recruiting 76,000 volunteers under the second call. States vary, with Indiana Minnesota Missouri New Jersey Rhode Island West Virginia Wisconsin exceeding quotas, while North Carolina Colorado Louisiana Nebraska Tennessee Virginia Alabama Massachusetts Arkansas Georgia Mississippi Oregon and Texas trail far behind. Overall regular army ~44,000 and volunteer force ~185,000, total 227,000.
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Washington
Serond
War Department
Indiaina
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
New York
North Carolina
Colorado
Louisiana
Nebraska
Tennessee
Virginia
Alabama
Massachusetts
Afikansas
Georgia
Mississippi
Oregon
Texas
Cubans Appear Indignant Over Blurred Cuban Junta Reports
Dr. Lincoln de Zuyos of the Cuban junta rejects claims that the United States plans a provisional Cuban government. He says Cubans expect American control until a permanent stable government is formed and resent slurs portraying Cubans as despicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lincoln de Zuyos
United States
Cuba
Brooke's Forces Prepare for Porto Rico Campaign at Newport News
General Brooke plans to deploy major units for the Porto Rico expedition from Camp Thomas and Newport News. The Second Brigade of the First Division with Fourth Pennsylvania Fourth Ohio and Third Illinois heads to embarkation, joined by four batteries, a hospital corps, and a reserve ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John RK. Brooke
Chickamaugs
Porto Rico
East
Charleston
Haines
Illiois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Newport News
Chickamauga National Park
Camp Thomas
Brooke
Tllinois
Missouri
Tilnois
Indiana
Glassford
Smith
Frank Boyd
President to take a cabinet outing next Saturday
President will depart for a Potomac outing with Secretary Long inviting cabinet members to join. If weather allows, the trip is planned for next Saturday aboard the Princeton at the navy yard, with a light leisure program anticipated for the first time in months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Long
Lis Puent
Potomac
Lecaure
Princeton
Navy Yard
Russian naval officers tour Bethlehem Iron Works
Five Russian naval officers including Captain Doniw aki visited Bethlehem Iron Company Ordinance Works in July. They were shown the proving grounds and armor plate fired on by the Minch gun recently. The company reportedly awaits orders for armor plate from Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fethlehem
Doniwaki
Hethlehem Iron Company
Rusela
Explosion at fuse works kills five officers in Oakland
Five deputy sheriffs and constables are killed when a Chinaman near 620 blows up a powder magazine at the Western Fuse and Explosive Company. The murderer perishes in the blast, a Celestial worker dies, and buildings catch fire across Oakland with damage extending to Alameda and Berkeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gong Chung
Oakland
Cal
Charles White
White
George Woodaum
G. DD. Cameron
Gus Koch
J. J. Lerri
Mrs. Hill
Cong Chung
Sherrif Charles White
Sheriff White
Gus Roch
George Woodhum
D. C. Cameron
J. J. Gerri
Harry Cramer
Koch
Hill
Fred
Edward White
Alameda
Berkeley
War department orders medical screening to remove unfit volunteers
Information from Washington indicates men enlisted in the volunteer army despite medical exams. An adjutant general order creates a medical board in each division to review cases and recommend discharge when disability existed prior to enlistment, with certificates detailing preexisting disqualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waskington
War Department
Adjutant General
Medica
Will Import Negroes An Attempt To Operate Pana Mines
An attempt to resume work at the Penwell coal mine failed as armed deputies and police stood by. Operators abandoned plans to haul miners to the site because nearly all non union men refused to return. Next move reportedly to import Negro miners to operate the mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana
Penwell
Lightning Kills Dingman Daughter in New York Cottage
In Saratoga New York on July 11 Leonard Dingman says his cottage at Stony Creek Ware County was struck during a severe thunderstorm. His daughter Sarah aged 15 was killed instantly and his mother was so badly shocked her life is despaired of. In Coming New Jersey on July 4 Fred Phelps aged 30 was struck by lightning and killed instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
Leonard Dingman
Stony Creek
Wareren County
Fred Phelps
French editor Zola and aide flee to Lugerne to avoid arrest
Paris reports M. Emir Zola and M. Perreaux, editor of the Aurore, were sentenced to a year in prison and a fine of 5,000 francs by the Ester Nagy Court martial. They reportedly fled with intent to evade the arrest, taking refuge in Lugerne Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Emiir Zola
M. Perreaux
The
Aurore
Khel
Jwalnet
Ester- Nagy
Lugerne
Switserland
Tragedy in Potteville: miner kills wife then kills self
William S tertine, a Lorberry miner, shot and killed his wife and wounded his sister-in-law before turning the pistol on himself, ending his life. The couple had frequent quarrels and lived apart at times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potteville
William Stertine
Lorberry
Fred
Evitertine
Prisoner transport problem delays Spanish prisoner ships
New York reports indicate steamship lines show little interest in carrying Spanish prisoners from Santiago de Cuba to Spain. Hamburg American estimates 20 vessels with a thousand men plus crew would be needed, as lines weigh large contracts and vessel alterations to feed and house prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santiago de Cuba
Spain
Resolute Sails for Cuba With Nurses Physicians and Clergy
On the relief ship Resolute bound for Cuba are 73 male nurses 10 female nurses and ten physicians, plus a rabbi and two Protestant clergymen from the national relief association. The ship carried 740,000 quinine pills to Santiago. Transport Massachusetts is to sail Friday from this port with 1,500,000 pro Huns. Newport News will load meat rations bought in Chicago and take on troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Resolute
Cuba
National Relief Association
Santiago
Massachusetts
Newport News
Chicago
Madrid cabinet debates Cuba capitulation and peace terms
Madrid reports reveal cabinet ministers debating the capitulation of Santiago de Cuba. Discussion covers Toral's surrender, a possible court martial, and whether Spain should seek peace or press on to reconquer. Some foresee cabinet reshuffles while Europe weighs using France or Germany to influence outcome.
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Madrid
Santiago de Cuba
Toral
Blanco
el Imparcial
Spain
United States
Santiago
London
The
Standard
Senor Sagasta
France
Duke Amadovar de Rio
Germany
America
Philippines
Guns Captured Report of 10000 Rifles and 10 Million Rounds
Washington reports from July 1 near Santiago that 10,000 rifles and 10,000,000 rounds of ammunition have been sent in. General Shafter says 2,000 troops will move to receive surrender at interior garrisons. Officers to receive surrender at Guantanamo Barucho and Sagua de Tanamo.
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Shafter
Playa
Santiago
Washington
Guantanamo
Baruchu
Sagua de Tanamo
W. K. Shafter
Military transport plans amid Pacific theater actions
San Francisco dispatch reports General Merriam announcing transport movements for Rio Janeiro and Brigadier Olle with two battalions of Bout Dako volunteers bound for Manila. The St. Paul is slated to sail Monday and the Scordia on August 1.
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San Francisco
Merriam Today
Rio Janeiro
Olle
Bout Dako
Priday
Manila
St. Paul
Manday
Scordia
Pennsylvania pension certificates July issue item
The July 1 issue lists pension certificates for Pennsylvania residents including Lebheus Pettigrew of Bradford and Joan Stevens of Poyntelle Wayne with amounts noted. An increase for Jefferson Rodney of Scranton is cited alongside names Prudey Stevens of Poyntelle Wayne and others.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Lebheus Pettigrew
Bradford
Joan Stevens
Poyntelle
Wayne
Jefferson Rodney
Scranton
Jo Bn
Prudey
Stevens
Two Men Die From Sewer Gas Incident in New York
July 1 casualties in a New York sewer system incident as William Coleman and Michael Duffy, a Department of Water Supply employee, were overcome by sewer gas in a manhole. Coleman entered first. Duffy attempted a rescue and also succumbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Coleman
Michael Duffy
Deparrtment of Water Supply
Coleman
Duffy
The Cubans May Cause Trouble In Santiago
A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba reports mounting U S tensions with General Garcia s Cuban troops as Americans plan to leave the city and the Cubans resist entry. Garcia s men express hostility and refuse aid while Shafter offers no joint control until Spaniards are removed.
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Associated Press
Santiago de Cuba
Kingston
Jamaica
Garcia
Shaffer
Santiago
Patquiri
Siboner
el Caney
Toral
Castillo
Demetrius Castillo
Shafter
Orde
S Shafter
Spain
Curela
Associated Presa
Kenney's Trial Delayed as Cooper Testifies in Dover Bank Case
In Wilmington Judge Bradford adjourned United States Senator Richard R. Kenney's trial until 2 PM after Cooper, serving 18 months for looting a Dover bank, testified for the defense. Cooper indicated Boggs claimed Kenney bore no fault, but the cross examination did not alter his testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Bradford
United States
Richard R. Kenney
Lgckiel T. Cooper
Cooper
Wradford
Orrer
Kenney
Pradford
Senator Gray
Coopers
Bled
Colonel Cooper
Boggs
Dover
Senator Kenney
Ant Nilure
Vandegrift
Trenton Penitentiary
General-Cubane Opposed to Our Cin Cupation War Report
Descriptions from Washington detail a war situation and a drastic incident involving a Chinaman avoiding arrest. The edition also covers a Republican State Committee meeting, local crime note, and Jubilee service summaries in Scranton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican State Committee, Financial and Commerceia
Giard
Letete
Senator Quay to Make Columbia Farm His Permanent Home
Lancaster reports Senator Quay plans to reside permanently at his farm three miles east of Columbia in West Hempfield Township after spending the summer there. The move marks a shift from politics to settling on rural property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Columbia
Quay
Weat Hempfield
Arming the St. Louis Ships Up For Mission
Officers and crew fit out the auxiliary cruiser St. Louis taking on 4000 tons of coal and provisions. Five 1 inch breech loading rifles are mounted on the main deck. Captain Goodrich expects to sail for Porto Rico with a chance to join Watson's squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Louis
St. Paul
Wil
Goodrich
Porto Rico
Watson
Removing Mines Off Philadelphia Delaware Defenses
The Delaware river and bay mine removal began July 1 under Major Spencer Cosby of the U S engineers office. The submarine mines will be lifted, tested, and stored for future use rather than exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Spencer Cosby
United States Engineer's Office
Boragh wins 204 heat at Detroit meet
In Detroit on July 1 Boragh took the decided 204 heat with Hubenstein in second and Bumps third. Time noted as 210%.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Boragh
Hubenstein
Bumps
Weather forecast for eastern and western regions with storms
Washington reports a forecast for Wednesday with showers in eastern Pennsylvania and western New York Commonwealth areas. southerly winds shift to westerly and northwesterly. Central states and New England expect fair to sultry conditions with warm weather, followed by thunderstorms in the northern divisions possibly affecting New Jersey and canal danger.
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Washington
Ponysylvania
Forreylvania
Cutler
New York
Ferald
Middle States
New England
New Jereey
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Bharter
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Kania
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Alper
Edohyelining
Volunteer Army
Junta
Russia
Chinaman
Zola
Resolute Sails
Toral—Sagasta
Pennsylvania Pensions
Kenny
Ezekial Cooper
Prear
West
Whitney
Corbin Bava
Mr. Quay
Delaware Bay
Bogash
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