Aguinaldo Pushes for Independence Amid Manila Tension
Manila dispatch reports Aguinaldo announcing plans for an assembly on September 15 to decide insurgent policy. He says 67,000 armed fighters exist and could reach 100,000, with 9,000 prisoners, and asserts a provisional government governs 28 provinces. He calls Americans allies against a common enemy while avoiding total independence remarks.
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Manila
Dewey
Hor
Germany
Spain
Tlocos
Juana
Zaizon
Cavite
Aguinaldo
Associated Press
Philippine Islands
America
Ilo
Otis
Amerin
Pennsylvania
Hale Ord
Kping
Hispinos
Maine Goes Solidly Republican in Likely State Ticket
Unclear text indicates Maine voting patterns reinforce Republican strength in the state ticket race. The fragment suggests shifts in party support and candidate positioning.
Caroline Islands Revolt Overthrows Spanish Power
News from Honolulu reports a native-led revolt across the Caroline Islands with Spanish garrisons at Ponape and nearby towns overwhelmed. The gunboat Quiros was sent to Guam but disappeared near Yap. Americans in the Ladrone group believed to hold it. The native rulers, long at odds, united to drive out Spanish authorities as 200 Ponape soldiers failed to defend the town.
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San Francisco
Caroline Group of Islands
Spain
Ifonoluu
Carolines
Ponce
Quiros
Guam
Yap
Caroline
Ponape
James Wildre
Honolulu
Hawaii
Wreck Caused by Washout Near Texarkana
Rain flooded the region as Sulphur river rose twelve feet. Passenger train No. 4 on the Texas and Pacific railway derailed after a washout near Buchanan. Professor Calwell of Queen City was killed. J E Catheran of Fort Worth injured. engineers and mail staff survived with injuries.
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Texarkana
Tex
Louisiana
Texas
Texas and Pacific Railway
Buchanan
Calwell
Queen City
J. E. Catheran
Fort Worth
Nat Gilmour
Miller
Color Line Among the Troops Riot at Anniston
In Anniston Alabama last night Negro soldiers from the Third Alabama Second Arkansas Third Tennessee and Fourteenth New York clashed with white troops after a black soldier was arrested. The riot left Private Tyson of the Second Arkansas seriously wounded and twenty others injured by beer bottles rocks and sticks as white officers intervened with swords and pistols to restore order.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tyson
Second
Arkansas
Alabama
Anniston
Tennessee
New York
Nesgro
Winter Hospitals for Troops to Open at Port Monroe
Surgeon General Sternberg details two large winter hospitals for troops. A tent hospital at Port Monroe already houses 500. the new timber hospital will add 1000 beds for sick soldiers returning from Puerto Rico and be ready for reception next Friday.
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Sternbergells
War Department
Plaius
Iesdy
Washington
Sternberg
Port Monroe
Woodhull
Filipinos and Spaniards clash in naval battle reported
Reports describe a naval clash between Filipino and Spanish forces near Visayans with damaged ships and scattered combat, detailing casualties and strategic maneuvers as observers recount the engagement and its possible wider implications.
Command dispute at Camp Wikoff over troop send home orders
Dispatch from Camp Wikoff reports General Miles orders to break up the camp and send troops home contrary to Secretary Alger's understanding. General Shafter and officers say Miles claimed command, with Bates ordered to evacuate as fast as transport permits. Detention hospitals are being abandoned and typhoid patients moved while frame buildings are erected for remaining cases.
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New York
Wikoff
Miles
Shafter
Alger
General Hospital
Brown
Phenomenal Growth in American Railroads 1897 Mileage Rise
Poor's Manual of Railroads for 1898 reports 1897 mileage up by 2 094 miles to 184 603 total. Regional gains totaled 2 336 etc. Freight tonnage and mileage rose, passenger metrics declined, freight earnings rose while passenger earnings fell, overall net earnings grew by 5 836. Capital and funded debt rose as well.
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New York
Poor’s Manual of Railroads
New England
Middle
Central Northern
South Atlantic
Gulf and Mississippi Valley
Southwestern
Northwestern
Yellow fever cases spike among Puerto Rico troops
In Puerto Rico 1553 soldiers out of 11000 are sick with the highest share yet reported. Charles Miner of the Nineteenth Regulars died Friday after an army surgeon deemed the case yellow fever. The Spanish steamer Alfonso arrived at San Juan to arrange evacuation terms for Puerto Rico and Cuba and proceeded to Havana. General Henry reports on the south island camps.
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Puerto Rico
Ponce
Charles Miner
Alfonso
San Juan
Cuba
Havana
Henry
Brooks
Drain on Spanish Treasury Reflects War Costs
A Washington dispatch estimates Spain spent about 374.4 million dollars since May 1895 on war and colonial ventures. The tally includes notes issued, loans, taxes, and bank guarantees, with most funds going to expeditions rather than naval buildup, and Madrid seeking peace terms to end the struggle.
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Cotoniers
New York
Herald
Washington
Batte
Spain
War Department
Bank of Spain
Bank of Borin
el Mundo
Cortes
Madrid
Europe
Peace Commission
Mme Worths Wardrobe and a Hanging at the Court House
The article recounts Mr Worth recalling Mme Worths vast wardrobe and a bet she made with him about six months without a new gown. It notes her charity to the poor and remarks on fashion as tax on the needy. It ends with a report of Benjamin Jones, 68, hanged at the court house entrance after being taken from the county jail.
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London
Mr. Worth
Mme. Worth
Madame
Surenes
Ynebed
Benjamin Jones
Jourt House
Nationalists Form Cuban Party Manifesto in New York
Prominent Cuban leaders in New York draft a manifesto calling for a new national party uniting Cubans and Spaniards to rebuild Cuba under a peaceable plan. The group forms a provisional committee of sixty representing property holders, commerce, professions, and island regions to publish the manifesto and convene delegates.
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New York
Cuba
Congress
United States
Spaniards Evacuating Cuba as Fast as Possible
Washington reports Spain moving troops from Cuba with Madrid seeking time and avoiding haste. Officials say evacuation must proceed while considering debt, credit and a large task, with peace terms likely stricter and a dignified departure allowed.
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New York
Times
Washington
Cuba
Madrid
Spain
America
Havana
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