Terms of Peace Outlined as Cabinet Debates Continue
Washington July 28 The United States government shapes its peace basis with Secretary Day drafting terms as the president weighs cabinet views. Spain may see an independent Philippines or a retained coaling station, while Madrid reports shape public opinion and Senate ratification looms. Soldiers under Shafter near Santiago face health concerns, and a new Camp Montauk site is prepared to house troops with improved facilities.
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Washington
United States
Day
Secretary Day
Cambon
Philippines
Spain
Fenuinet
Spanian Politico
Madrid
United States Senate
Senate
Alger
Shafter
Hobson Plans for Cristobal Colon Recovery
Lieutenant Hobson returned to Washington to press the Cristobal Colon wreck recovery. Assistant Secretary Allen convened the naval board, including Captain Bradford and Constructor Gilmore, to review Hobson’s proposals from New York wreckers, seeking to buy all pontoons and spend about 20,000 pounds on lifting bags.
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Washington
Tlohson
Navy Department
Allen
Cristobal Colon
Naval Board
Bradford
Gilmore
Hobson
New York
Madrid notes on Spanish peace message to McKinley
A semi official note says the French ambassador delivered a Spanish peace proposal to President McKinley on July 26. McKinley will consult his ministers and invite M Cambon to return to the White House for talks. Spanish officials dispute published extracts of the note.
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Madrid
Cabinet Council
Washington
McKinley
Council of Ministers
M. Cambon
White House
Fresh inquiry ordered into La Bourgogne disaster
Paris July 8 minister of marine M Edouard Lockey orders a new inquiry into the loss of La Bourgogne and vows punishment for any crew member found shirking duty He also plans to submit to the chamber of deputies a bill to strengthen ocean navigation safety measures.
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Paris
M. Edouard Lockey
Marine
la Bourgogne
M. Lockey
Chamber of Deputies
Cable to Manila linked by Pacific network
The Evening Post reports the United States will soon be connected by cable with its Pacific possessions. The planned line runs from San Francisco to Hawaii the Ladrones the Philippines and Hong Kong establishing a direct telegraph link across the Pacific.
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San Francisco
United States
Pacific
Hawaii
Ladrones
Philippines
Hong Kong
Porto Rico Assembly Adopts Autonomy Protest
A dispatch from a London newspaper states the Porto Rican colonial legislature has claimed autonomy and resolved to protest American occupation as a violation of the principles invoked by the United States during the war.
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London
Heriin
United States
War History of a Day Reports Troop Movements and Health Concerns
General Brookin departs Sow yort Neva for Porto Rico with an Army corps. Admiral Cehavera dispatches a report to Madrid. General Shafter’s health assessment of his troops raises unease in Washington. Government plans a camp at Montauk Point for sick soldiers.
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S. 1
Long Island Railroad Company
Chickamiuga
Alger
Shafter
Santiago
Brookin
Neva
Porto Rico
Army Corps
Washington
L. L
Cervera's Report Sent to Spanish Admiralty
Washington reports Admiral Cervera forwarded the full naval engagement report to the Spanish minister of marine via the French ambassador and the American navy department. The document is highly guarded, with secrecy observed during transit to Ambassador Cambon and onward to Madrid, and likely will not be made public.
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Washington
Cervera
Rampeon
Minoy Department
Maine
Navy Department
Ambascador Cambon
Madrid
Peru congress opens amid applause and calm in Peru
President Florola of Peru delivers opening speech to congress with praise for peaceful foreign relations. He notes arbitration with the United States after a long dispute, pending tariff negotiations, and forecasts stronger exports for 1897, surpassing imports by about 12 million dollars.
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Lima
Peru
Galveston
Texas
Pierola
Florola
Ufe
United States
Col Culver Exonerated Over Mis Representation Claims
Washington officials say Colonel Culver of the Fifth Illinois Volunteer Regiment at Chickamauga is innocent of accusations. The war department explains the regiment’s failure to deploy to Porto Rico resulted from broader political maneuvering and substitutions by Indiana regiments, over which Culver had no control.
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Washington
War Department
Culver
Ilnois
Chicka Mauch
Chickamauga
Porto Rico
Indiana
Miller arrested in New Jersey on assault charge
Charles Miller alias Robert Fisher, a Black man, sought for criminal assault on three Leedom daughters in Richborough Bucks county Pa, was captured near Lambertville by Detective Dalton and Constable Martin and jailed in Mercer county. He awaits requisition papers from Pennsylvania.
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Trenton
N. J
Charles Miller
Robert Fisher
Simuel Leedom
Richborough
Bucks County
Mercer County
Miller
Lambertville
Dalton
Martin
Yardley
Pennsylvania
Beef contract awarded to Swift & Co for Puerto Rico troops
The War Department awarded Swift & Co of Chicago a contract to furnish government beef to U S troops in Puerto Rico at 9.09 dollars per hundred weight. The meat must match regular army quality and be supplied in such quantities as the department may require.
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Washington
War Department
Morto Rico
Swift & Co
Chicago
Prince Bismarck in Critical Condition Report
Berlin correspondent notes worsening health of Prince Bismarck despite optimistic reports. Bavarian minister Baron von Krausheim arrived at Friedrichsruhe but was not allowed to visit the prince.
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London
Berlin
the Times
Bismarck
Baron von Krausheim
Friedrichsruhe
Train kills Mor ris family near Saratoga crossing
Four members of the Morris family from Gouldsboro were fatally struck by a Delaware and Hudson train while attempting to cross the tracks south of a bridge today. George Morris, his daughter Mrs. William Quackenhawk, and her baby died in the accident with one other passenger killed.
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Saratoga
George Morris
William Quackenhawk
Golscrville
Delaware and Hing
Altoona Coal Miners Threatened Strike Holds Back
In Altoona Pennsylvania on July 2 a threatened coal miners strike did not occur as both miners and operators await a move. No work disruptions were reported while tensions lingered in the region.
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Altoona
Tricky Sagasta Peace Claim Exposed in Madrid Memo
Diplomatic quarters deny Sagasta had declared Spain ready for peace many days earlier. Report says peace talks formed in Madrid last Friday and Spain planned direct proposal to President McKinley via the French ambassador. London channel cited as indirect effort to prejudice negotiations over US war policy.
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Washington
Madrid
United States
Spain
Almodovar de Rio
McKinley
Ambasaador Cambon
State Department
Paris
Sagasta
London
Relic of La Bourogne near Sable Island sinking noted
The schooner Delight reported wreckage from the lost French liner La Bourgogne off Sable Island. Captain McDonald found several decomposed bodies, removed rings watches and pocketbooks, and will surrender the property to government for relatives to claim.
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St. Johns
N. F
Delight
McDonald
la Bourgogne
Sable Island
Spain Accepts Peace Terms and Regroups Troops
Madrid reports that with no indemnity and respect for Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines, newspapers deem McKinley's peace terms acceptable. Correa plans to welcome surrendered troops at Santiago and set up sanitary stations to prevent disease in Spain.
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Madrid
Philippine Islands
McKinley
United States
Spain
Correa
Santiago de Cubs
Porto Rico Commercial Company Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation filed with the New Jersey secretary of state establish the Porto Rico Commercial Company to engage in shipping commission and to build operate steamship and railroad lines. Authorized capital stock and incorporators William D. Martin Pelly B. Ruthenburg Isaac W. Tatissie of New York and Allan McDermott of Trenton.
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Trenton
N. J
Porto Rico Commercial Company
William D. Martin
Pelly B. Ruthenburg
Isaac W. Tatissie
New York
Allan McDermott
Arctic gunboat Arctic sails from League Island to Cape Henlopen
United States auxiliary gunboat Arctic under Lieutenant George C. Stout with Pennsylvania naval reserves departed League Island navy yard in the afternoon and proceeded toward Cape Henlopen to await further orders. At 8 o'clock tonight the ship reached Marcus Hook and anchored for the night.
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Philadelphia
United States
Arctic
George C. Stout
Pennsylvania
League Island Navy Yard
Washington
Cape Henlopen
Marcus Hook
Peace terms in Berlin shock American critics
London reports from the Times Berlin correspondent that terms of peace imposed by America seem overly harsh. The National Gazette notes the U S has not earned a decisive victory and fears prospects for the peace process look bleak.
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London
Berlin
the Times
America
National Gazette
United States
No Word From Miles Advancing Across Porto Rico
Washington July 28 No word came from General Miles today and the war department assumes he is pressing his advance across Porto Rico toward San Juan. Officials expect reinforcements to arrive and say the campaign will be in full swing by week’s end. A lack of communication from Miles until he can relay via St Thomas delays official updates.
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Washington
Miles
War Department
Porto Rico
San Juan
Yauca
St. Thomas
Port of Porto Rico Expedition Ships Sail From Newport News
The Second brigade of the First army corps under Brigadier General Haines sails for Porto Rico aboard the St Paul with the Fourth Ohio regiment and staff. Transports City of Washington Massachusetts Seneca Roumania and St Louis depart with divisions including Massachusetts New York and Pennsylvania detachments totaling 805 men 33 officers 454 horses 426 mules and wagons. General Brooke leads the St Louis voyage and later batteries and cavalry from Pennsylvania join with General Grant's brigade expected next week.
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Newport News
Ohio Regiment
First Army Corps
Haines
Porto Rico
St. Paul
Old Point
Washington
Massachusetts
Seneca
Roumania
St. Louis
Ambulance Signal Corps
New York Cavalry
City
Philadelphia
Timois Regiment
Bennett
Noumania
Light Artillers
Missouri
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Indiana
City of
Brooke
Fred Grant
Spain Satisfied Over Peace Overtures Report
London dispatch reports the Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail noting a sense of satisfaction and relief from peace overtures. It says there is little public discontent if Spain keeps the Philippines and avoids indemnity, while Don Carlos’s chances seem slim but a rising remains feared despite Carlist leaders opposing it.
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London
Madrid
The
Daily Mail
Spain
Philippines
Don Carlos
Marquis de Cerralbo
Santiago Fever Victims Report From Army Adjutant
The Adjutant General reports the 2th Total sick 4122 fever 3108 new fever 042 cases fever returned to duty 042. Deaths include Private J H Farrell of Ninth Massachusetts at Elboney yellow fever Corporal Thomas Rolson of Twenty fourth Infantry Siboney yellow fever Private William Hi Byers of Seventeenth Infantry cerebral apoplexy. Signed Shafter Major General.
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Washington
War Department
Adjutant General of the Army
J. H. Farrell
Ninth
Massachusetts Volunteers
Elboney
Thomas Rolson
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Siboney
William Hi. Byers
Seventeenth Infantry
Shafter
Typhoid Reported at Camp Alger Two Soldiers Ill
Two typhoid cases were reported at Camp Alger near Washington. Corporal J D Wiute of Company A and Private Charles Grace of Company E, 65th New York, are at Fort Meyer hospital and are described as doing well with probable recovery. A ban on sales of drinks and eatables by vendors is now in effect and several booths have been demolished.
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Alger
Washington
Camp Alger
J. D. Wiute
Charles 8. Grace
New York
Fort Meyer Hospital
Concho Arrives at Fort Monroe After Battle Voyage
The Concho with wounded and sick soldiers aboard reached Fort Monroe on July 3. Authorities opposed landing there and said war department officials expect all vessels with casualties to proceed to New York.
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Washington
Fort Monroe
War Department
New York
Hiawatha Sails to Search for La Bourgogne Victims
The steamer Hiawatha departed Halifax on July 2 to scour the area for La Bourgogne disaster victims. The expedition is funded by Judge Dillon of New York and W. O. Perry of Kansas City, both grieving losses of wives and children.
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Halifax
Hiawatha
la Bourgogne
Judge Dillon
New York
W. O. Perry
Kansas City
Span ish prisoners paid off at Beavey Island
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on July 2 the Spanish prisoners confined at Beavey's Island were paid off by the Spanish government. Admiral Cervera sent the money to Annapolis and the men received from four to ten dollars each in American currency.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Beavey's Island
Cervera
Annapolis
Fire destroys Farransville brick works in Lock Haven
Fredericks, Munroe & Co. brick works at Farransville suffered a major blaze today in Lock Haven. The large main building burned, with two engines, two boilers, over 60 bricks and 0 tons of coal lost. The value of the loss was 0,000 and the property carried no insurance. The works will be rebuilt at once.
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Lock Haven
Fredericks, Munroe & Co
Farransville
Soen
Spain Hopes for Quick End to War Amid Diplomatic Talks
Madrid reports government hesitated to press Washington talks due to conflicting U S positions on McKinley. If his reply is acceptable Spain expects a swift settlement. Sagasta sees grounds for understanding but offers no firm dates. Cap Ammon says Camara fleet anchors Cadiz. Cortes likely to reconvene in September. Jessie Schley leaves for Paris seeking peace talks.
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Misa Jessie Schley
Senor Sagasta
Paris
Life in Santiago as Americans Enjoy Old City Welcome
In Santiago de Cuba on July 28 American soldiers were greeted with fellowship by displaced residents. Spaniards helped guide them through confusing streets, offered rum and cigarettes, and townspeople smiled at the troops while Spanish guards watched. Many locals expect relief and food with the American flag, though some lament occupation as Spanish women retreat from view.
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Santiago de Cuba
Santiago
Cuba
Spain
The News This Morning War Updates and Local Notices
War news includes Spain peace proposals and Sagasta tricks exposed while Allied actions and Honolulu troops loom. Local items report Richmond Mine fatalities, North Main Avenue pavement contract, and a new Soldiers Relief Committee. Scranton roundups cover social and civic notes from Camp Echoes to Sisters Institute events.
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North Main Avenue
New Flin of Soldiers’ Relief Committee
the Sisters’ Institute
Chicago Gas Case Ends In Ruling Against Bondholders
Bondholders attempt to dissolve the seven company gas consolidation fail as Circuit Court Judge Gibbons rules the defendants have no standing and dismisses the bill for want of equity. An amendment later accuses Illinois legislators of corruption and seeks repayment of 250000 spent to influence the consolidation act.
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Chicago
Consolidated Gas Companies of
Equitable Gas Light and Fuel Company
Circuit Court
Gibbons
Illinois
Trust
People's
The
Equitable
Crane Slummers
Thear Corporeations
Populist Convention Nominates Gibbs and Kirkpatrick for Texas
Austin July 2 The Populist state convention nominated Harney Gibbs of Dallas county for governor and W Kirkpatrick of Collins county for lieutenant governor without opposition.
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Austin
Tex
Harney Gibbs
Duillas County
W. Kirkpatrick
Collins County
General Brooke Heads to Porto Rico From Newport News
General Brooke sails with the transports St. Louis and Massachusetts from Newport News on July 28 heading to Porto Rico. Additional ships are to follow promptly as the expedition moves forward.
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Newport News
Jily
St. Louis
Massachusetts
General Brooke
Forte Rico
Baroness von Puttkammer Dies in New York Home
The Baroness von Puttkammer wife of Baron Prana von Puttkammy and nephew of Prince Bismarck died suddenly at her New York City home.
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New York
Baroness von Puttkammer
Baron Prana von Puttkammy
Prince Bismarck
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania and New York
Forecast details for Friday across eastern Pennsylvania showers and thunderstorms with southerly winds. western Pennsylvania showers and cooler conditions with light southwesterly then northwesterly winds. New York region expects partly cloudy to fair sultry weather with variable winds, coastal fog and rain north of Gandy Hook, and possible lake region thunderstorms inland.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Herald
Middle States
New England
Gandy Hook
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