Mining group closes base of San Keavie mines near Tucson
New York capitalists have closed the base of the famous San Keavie mining group, seven extensively developed mines located about 16 miles south of Tucson. A. T. Count Manfred von Matuschka of Bilesia and Miss Ella Walker of Detroit were married at Detroit on Tuesday. Miss Walker is a granddaughter of Hiram Walker, founder of the distillery at Walkerville, Ontario.
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Bears the Signature of CASTORIZA and the White House
Isabella Fulton a Chicago schoolteacher visiting Reading Pennsylvania committed suicide by leaping before a train. The report ties the act to political references while noting a prior administration context and a figure named William Sinclair.
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Isabella Fulton
Reading
Crain
Electric Shock At Beakes House In Newberg
A stranger seeking shelter at the Beakes homestead in Newberg was found unconscious after touching an electrically charged door knob. William B. Beakes Jr., an amateur electrician, reportedly charged the knob, delivering a shock that left the man momentarily unresponsive and with no memory of the events that followed.
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Brothers Swap Baptism Over Clothing In Ky Town
Two brothers near Harrodsburg Kentucky were so alike that one prepared for baptism but lacked suitable clothes. He gave his brother 10 cents to be baptized in his place, leaving the scene with the other man taking his place in the church ceremony.
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Lax
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Spanish Cabinet Approves Day Lon Protocol in Madrid
Maprio reports August 13 that the government has received the protocol and the cabinet council has approved it. The government will wire M Cambon at once, empowering him to sign the preliminaries of peace. Several meetings of ministries and diplomatic conferences were held as a very busy day in Madrid. The statement says final terms contain no new propositions.
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Maprio
M. Cambon
Negotiations advance as protocol drafted for peace
Aug 12 dispatches from Washington and Santiago report progress toward a U S Spain peace protocol agreed by Secretary Day and the French ambassador Cambon. Translation delays may push signing and binding by Madrid, with possible hostilities cessation provisions and a later slate of plenipotentiaries. In Cuba, General Calixto Garcia’s forces capture Gibara and besiege Holguin with 8,000 troops, while Spaniards evacuate Gibara.
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Holguin
Lugu
Busy Madrid hosts three cabinets and many talks
Maprio Aug 13 report describes a day of intense diplomacy with three cabinet councils and several conferences. Government readiness to accept the protocol was confirmed, negotiations for the peace treaty to occur in Paris, with signing expected in Washington and hostilities to continue until formal signoff. Duke Almodovar de Rio notes commissioners not yet appointed and terms to be published after signing.
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Washington
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Associated Press
Armistice Key Condition in Peace Protocol
London reports Madrid says cabinet studied the protocol received Thursday. President McKinley accepts the Spanish reply with small changes. The first protocol condition is an armistice to be declared at once. Sagasta authorizes Signatory steps to Cambon and the queen regent has assented. Philippines negotiations to be the main issue.
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Madrid
The
Daily Mail
McKinley
Senor Sagasta
M. Cambon
Philippines
Peace protocol news thrills the fleet at Guantanamo
Sailors on the Men-of-War in Guantanamo react with intense satisfaction to the Associated Press report that a peace protocol has been agreed upon. No official confirmation yet, but many ships are expected to move north as the great fleet prepares to be reassigned to various stations.
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Playa del Este
Associated Press
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Armed Carlist Bands Rise in Catalonia and Pyrenees
London dispatch reports Carlist armed bands near Seo del Urgel in the Pyrenees and three other bands in the Maorztrazgo region. Authorities deny the movement, but the small groups stir agitation in largely Carlist areas.
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Biarritz
The
Daily Mail
Seo del Urgel
Pyrenees
Maorztrazgo
Cubans Win A Fight At The Trocha Breakthrough
General Gomez leads 3,000 Cuban troops to breach the Las Villas Camaguey trocha defended by 4,000 Spaniards under General Jiminez Castellanos. The attack storms key blockhouses, ends with Cubans entering Camaguey, and casualties reported as over 800 Spaniards killed and about 140 Cubans dead.
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Jiminez Castellanos
Spain Apparently Facing Ultimatum Over Peace Terms
London dispatch quotes The Daily Mail correspondent who says Spain’s stance on McKinley’s peace conditions was equivocal. Washington signals an immediate protocol with definite terms, otherwise negotiations will suspend and the war will continue. the United States will not concede on any point.
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Daily Mail
Spain
McKinley
M. Cambon
United States
Troops Depart Santiago As Spain Sends Ships
Santiago de Cuba August 12 The Spanish hospital ship Alicante sailed for Spain with 1000 sick aboard The steamer Isle de Luzon arrived to carry 2136 Spanish soldiers while housing 230 sick The steamer St Louis moved north with the Ninth and Tenth infantry The St Paul expected next to depart with American troops.
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Sick List Still Decreasing Report from General Shafter
Washington reports General Shafter's sanitary bulletin for August 9 showing 2830 total sick, 2043 fever cases, 233 new cases, 427 fever cases returned to duty, and 10 deaths.
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Sagasta Says Spain Will Publish Note Only If McKinley Frees It
Paris dispatch reports Senor Sagasta in Madrid stating he will publish the Spanish note only if President McKinley provides its text to the press. The remark frames how the note may reach public view amid current tensions between Spain and the United States.
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Madrid
Senor Sagasta
McKinley
Auxiliary Yale ordered to Santiago with Eighth Illinois volunteers
New York reports the auxiliary cruiser Yale is to proceed to Santiago carrying the Eighth Illinois volunteer infantry, moving from Springfield via the Baltimore and Ohio railway.
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Santiago
Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry
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Baltimore and Ohio
Italian Colombian dispute nearly settled in Colombia
From Cartagena advices say the Colombian congress authorized the president to settle the Cerrutti claim. The required amount was added to the budget and passed with little opposition, leaving only payment details to be fixed.
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Capote Goes To Cuba To Confer With Insurgent Leaders
Vice President Mendez Capote of the Cuban government arrived at Key West with his secretary and Captain Nunez aboard the Mascotte. They carry navy authorization to travel to Cuba and meet other leaders at the provincial government seat on elections and issues tied to peace restoration.
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Nunez
Washington
Navy Department
Cuba
Hong Kong Senor Navarro Plans Manila Departure at Peace
London Aug 13 The Spanish consul Senor Navarro has hired a steamer to sail to Manila as soon as peace is declared, aiming to save the city from bombardment.
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Daily Mail
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Manila
Record Heat Grips Washington State Across Cities
SpokaNE reports a record heat wave with Walla Walla hitting 113 degrees in the shade, surpassing all prior measurements since the weather bureau began 27 years ago. Spokane reached 103, Pendleton hit 119, marking unprecedented high temperatures for August.
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Walla Walla
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Texas Fever in California Herd Near Los Angeles
Authorities near Los Angeles uncover cattle on the Los Feliz ranch infected with Texas fever. Many animals have died as efforts begin to halt the disease’s spread immediately.
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Los Feliz Ranch
Hood's Sarsaparilla praised by grateful user
A reader from Kasper, South Dakota, reports relief from stomach pains after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. She says the medicine has done a great deal of good and endorses Hood's Pills as the companion remedy to take with the sarsaparilla.
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Howanp
Kasper
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Troops Sail For Santiago In Transport Raids
Savannah Georgia reports that two battalions of the Fifth regiment United States volunteers immunes sailed this afternoon aboard the transport Rio Grande bound for Santiago. The Third battalion will sail with the Leone on arrival of that transport.
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