Two Ships to Aid Dewey in Philippines Move
The Oregon and Iowa are slated to sail to the Pacific under the guise of Honolulu bound duties but aim to be in position to reinforce Admiral Dewey if needed. Washington fears foreign complications as Germany’s actions near the Philippines are watched.
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Towa
Oregon
Philippines
Washington
Iowa
Pacific
Honolulu
Admiral Dewey
Aguinaldo
Germany
Spain
Peace Commission
America
War Department ends mass mustering of troops
War Department states no further troops will be mustered out despite pressure. The effort to reduce volunteer forces has stalled as morale and Philippine situation take priority over Cuba and Puerto Rico.
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War Department
Cuba
Porto
Gomez Resigns as Cuban Army Chief
A report to Gen Lawton at Santiago de Cuba says Maximo Gomez has resigned as general in chief of Cuban forces and the Camaguey government has accepted it. The reason hinted is Gomez’s opposition to American occupation and passive Cuban submission to it.
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Lawton
Santiago de Cuba
Maximo Gomez
Camaguey
Gomez
Santiago
Cubs
War Department Brevet Commission Note
The War Department directs commanding officers to forward names of officers in regular and volunteer service to the adjutant general for brevet commissions. This notes a criterion of distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of the enemy.
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War Department
Army Corps
Adjutant General
Pando Denies Criticism of Shafter in Santiago Campaign
Gen Pando rejects reports and claims interviews attributed to him are false. He says Shafter is an able general and doubts any other officer could have concluded the Santiago campaign as quickly with so little bloodshed.
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Pando
Shafter
Santiago
Spaniards Sell War Relics at Seavey Ranch
Spanish prisoners at Seavey s ranch near Portsmouth New Hampshire fetch good prices for relics a common naval button sells for half a dollar with a five cent price tag indicating value and demand for artifacts from naval history.
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Seavey’s
Portsmouth
N. H
Getti
Sesnish Commission Warns of Evacuation of Cuba
The Sesnish Commission outlines plans to arrange evacuation for Cuban residents amid rising tensions. Officials emphasize orderly relocation, with logistics coordinated through regional agencies and foreign liaison offices.
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Cuba
Shafter Delivers Exhaustive Santiago Campaign Report
Major General Shafter has submitted to the adjutant general his official report on the Santiago campaign. He compiles brigade and division commander statements into a valuable composite, after reviewing officer reports to present a thorough account of military operations leading to the capture of Santiago. Original material is retained within the general’s statement for future reference.
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Shafter
Washington
Santiago
Santiago Cam‘paign
Rntil
President McKinley Faces Difficulty Forming Inquiry Commission
The White House struggles to complete a nine member inquiry commission on the treatment of American soldiers in the war. Officials withhold names of accepted members while health and business burdens force changes.
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Col
James.a. Sexton
G. A. Ai Daniel
C. Gillman
Johns Hop
Rising Hat Button Prices At Vizcaya And Colon Shops
Prices for hat buttons at Vizcaya and the Cristobal Colon shops have risen to several dollars each. The cost for an officer’s cap button now stands at about one dollar as demand increases.
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Vizcaya
Cristobal Colon
Pneumatic Guns Built For Government In Dickson Works
The Dickson Manufacturing Company of Scranton Pennsylvania is constructing two segmental pneumatic guns for the Government. Each gun measures fifty feet in length with a fifteen inch bore and energy to hurl a dynamite cartridge of 1000 pounds to a distance of 2700 yards. Projectiles of 600 pounds are to travel four miles.
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Dickson Manufacturing Company
Scranton
Memorabilia Offer Of Spanish Gold From Infanta Relic
Bullion dealers who bought the Spanish gold silver and notes found on the Infanta Maria Teresa after the Battle of July 3 plan to sell the lot to the public for a premium over face value as historic souvenirs. The coins show fire and water tarnish and the notes are stained.
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Infanta Maria Teresa
Fever at Ponce Suppresses News from Puerto Rico
Reports of fever at Ponce and nearby troops include one death and four acknowledged cases. A strict censorship was imposed, with officials refusing to permit any news to be cabled from Ponce.
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Ponce
Ellow
Bons de Ponte
Otto Er
Daiysingo
Delay in Spanish Peace Commission Appointments?
Fragmentary note suggests possible hold up in naming Spanish members to a peace commission. Context implies uncertainty and potential postponement affecting coalition plans.
War Costs Estimated At 238 Million Dollars
The War Department has already spent about 78 million dollars and the navy 76 million, totaling an estimated loss of 238 million dollars for the war.
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War’ Department
Navy
Troop Movements Across Camps and Transports
The Second Kentucky and the Second Arkansas left Camp Thomas as transports carry the last of Shafter's Cuban force. Regular regiments shift to Fort Leavenworth and Fort Snelling while many troops depart Chickamauga for hospitals. Regulars move from Montauk under Col Kimball and hospital ships ferried sick soldiers to Boston. Prisoners depart Seavey’s Island aboard City of Rome as Minnesota hospital trains return home to Chicago and north.
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Arkansas
Camp Thomas
Vigilancia
Shafter
Cuba
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
New York City
Fort Snelling
Minn
Chickamauga
Chicago
Gallant Fourth
Fort Sheridan
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Camp Douglas
Anniston
Ala
Roumania
Chester
Berlin
Mohawk
Mississippi
Montauk
Camp Wikoff
Kimball
Gene
Army “Hospital
Montauk Point
Boston
Greely’ Cottage
Fifth Illinois Volunteers
Jacksonville
New York
Brooklyn
Shinnecock
Illinois’ Sixth Regiment
Porto ‘Rico
United States
Porto
Rico
Saratoga
Pues
Santiago
Notable Cuban Doctor Betances Makers of Trade and Politics
The text describes Dr Betances a renowned Cuban physician who traveled through Cuba and Haiti practiced medicine with success, studied political and educational systems in the United States, earned millions in Paris, and used wealth to oppose Spain. He is 73 years old and widely known among Cubans who never met him.
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Fortune
Cuba
Haiti
United States
Paris
Spain
Dr. Betances
Currency Theme Opens National Conference in Omaha
Finance students and leading figures from economics journalism banking and reform circles gathered at the National Sound Money League convention in Omaha. Gold standard advocates included V Smakey M B Ingalls Carey Eckels and John P Irish while silver advocates featured Congressman Towne and Senator Jones. J Sterling Morton presided to open the meeting in the exposition auditorium.
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Omaha
National Sound Money League
DB. V. Smakey
Minnesota
M. B. Ingalls
Cincinnati
United States
Carey
Wyoming
M. L. Crawford
Texas
James H. Eckels
John P. Irish
San Francisco
Towne
Jones
Arkansas
Nebraska
Exposition Auditorium
Prominent Kansas City Woman Robbed of 10000 in Currency
Mrs. Eli Potter, noted suffragist, was robbed near Kansas City MO of ten thousand dollars she had sewn into her dress linings after an earlier fire loss. A road ambush left her unconscious as highwaymen seized the bag and ransacked her skirts until the money vanished.
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Kansas City
Eli Potter
Potters
United States to Send Warships to Crete over Murder
A London dispatch reports the U S will demand reparation from the Porte for the murder of British Vice Consul Catherine and American consular agent. Four U S warships may be sent to Crete while Candia police investigate.
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London
Athens
United States
Porte
Catherinos
Constantinople
Candia
Washington
Crete
Biltmore to gain electric light water and new housing
The estate will be lit by electricity and fed by a full water system. Two residence designs will be offered with rental rates from 10 to 35 dollars monthly. A new school building will host classes for residents and neighborhood children with practical training and kitchen garden courses.
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Blitmore
Biltmore
Springfield
Mass
Republican
Flowers through history and a violet legend
A reflective piece traces flowers in world history from Plantagenet times to Empress Eugenie and royal symbolism. It recounts a violet myth of Ianthis and the sun, plus a domestic chatter on storytelling between Miss Willing and George, including a light conversational exchange.
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England
France
Eugenie
Prince Imperial
Mary
Violet
Ianthis
Diana
Apollo
Apolia
Night Watchman Diagnosed in Hospital Journal
Fragmentary dialogue depicts a night watchman seeking help for insomnia and sleep disruption. A physician remarks the case is remarkable and mentions recording it for a Monthly Medical Record, while tangentially noting patient responsibility and hypothetical social judgments.
Parrot Auction Noted in Austrian Royal Tale
A widow sought a parrot linked to the Austrian Crown Prince. The bird could recite lines while Archduchess cared for it, yet failed to utter certain phrases. The Sultan of Turkey offered £50 for two gray parrots that could speak, about 230 words in total.
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Sultanz
Turkey
Vegetarian colony grows slowly near Berlin at Oranienburg
At Oranienburg near Berlin a vegetarian colony started years ago now numbers forty seven homesteads housing thirty seven families and ten single men. They maintain m eet tables for own food and have planted twenty five thousand fruit trees and fifteen thousand berry bushes, fenced by a hedge of hazelnuts.
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Oranienburg
Berlin
The Growth of Socialign and Remedies Promoted
An excerpt argues socialism grows from standing armies and discontent among enlisted men. It also promotes Hostetter's Stom ach Bitters as remedies for costiveness dyspepsia fever ague and nervous troubles urging readers to try one bottle.
Public baths thrive in Tokyo amid daily patronage
In Japan the Japanese are noted as devoted to cleanliness with abundant public baths. In Tokyo there are more than eight hundred public baths patronized by over three hundred thousand people daily at a nominal cost.
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Japan
Tokio
Rich Find Amid Elephant Procession Leads to Palace
A tale notes a ruby unearthed near Burmah then escorted by elephants grandee and soldiers to the king's palace. Also cited are medicinal ads for Hall's Cxatarrh Cure Kemp's Balsam Piso's Cure with testimonials, and travel promos for Nickel Plate express trains from Fort Wayne to Chicago.
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Burmah
Fort _ Wayne
Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
Nickel, Plate Road
van ‘Buren Street Union
R. J
Wayne
Ind
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