Proclamation Ends Hostilities Between United States and Spain
President McKinley issues a proclamation suspending all hostilities with Spain and directing U S naval and military forces to abstain from actions inconsistent with peace. The protocol sets terms including Cuban sovereignty, Philippine occupation pending treaty, and evacuation of Spanish islands.
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Metice
T. Willa McKinley
United States
Washington
William McKinley
William R. Day
Orders suspend hostilities as peace talks near completion
Washington reports direct orders to General Merritt to suspend all military operations against the enemy while peace negotiations advance. A protocol has been signed by representatives of both nations, directing Merritt to coordinate with the Spanish commandant at Manila and prepare for evacuation of San Juan and other key points. Miles and Shafter receive parallel instructions.
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Washington
Ave
Cuba
Pilippines
Navy Department
Hinekade
Porto Rico
New York
Brooklyn
Oregon
Iowa
Massachusetts
Tompkinsville
Safe Harbor
Watton
Hhis Fag
Newark
Guantanamo
Allen
Remey
Fey
Cuban
Key West
Dewey
Manila
Sampson
Tommodors Reméy
Admiral Ebchiey
Merritt
Mantle
Philippines
Teves
H. C. Corbin
Adj
Shatter
War to force Most of the big warships ordered into deck
Washington August 3. Peace proclamations free military and naval energies and indicate Manila occupation likely to open direct cable to the world. Cuban surrender acceptance and pending military governance for Porto Rico and Manila. Military commissions to be appointed within ten days. Cuba to be under secretary of war direction.
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Spain
Cuba
West Indies
Ladrones
United States
Manila
Philippines
Cubs
Porto Rico
Havers
Fan Juan
Pare
Congress
War Department
Secretary of War
Provisional Cuban War Dispatches Hint at Peace Talks
Aug 12 1898 telegram from Santiago reports Shafter awaiting terms with Spain and plans to notify Holguin and other ports by courier and wire. Madrid dispatch notes protocol in Gazettes and US Cortes delay until autumn, while a West Indies commission may push commercial treaties and Cuban debt recognition.
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Havana
War Department
Lee
Cuba
Portofeo
Shafter
Santiago de Cuba
Washington, D. C
Holguin
Mansenille
Clenfuegoa
Yrness
Madrid
Washington
McKinley
Cortes
West Indies
United States
Senor Moret
Paris Commission
Cholera Epidemic and Peace Moves in War News
Madras reports 65 cholera deaths between Monday and Friday amid shifting war to peace talk. Navy and army plan complete overhauls, ship movements halted, manila occupation expected soon, reinforcements planned, and transport charters canceled as peace protocol advances. Cuban insurgents accept terms. world merchant ships free to enter Cuban and Porto Rican ports. Continued on Sixth Page.
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Madras
Aus
Yellow fever quarantine tightens in Franklin area Louisiana
An August report confirms a yellow fever death at Franklin Louisiana. Mississippi quarantines Franklin and St Mary parish, barring passengers, freight and baggage from entry. The South Pacific line is ordered to halt eastbound trains into Houston until further notice.
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Jackson
Mish
Franklin
John F. Hunter
State Board of Health
Mississippi
St. Mary's Parish
Louisiana
Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific
State Health Office
New Orleans
C. M. Smith
Parish of St. Mary
Hobson
Board of Health
Boards of Health
Texas
Alabama
St. Mary
Cost of the War Totals for Spanish American Conflict
Washington reports the Spanish American War cost the government about 150 million dollars in total, with 98 million paid from the treasury. Disbursements by month show Army and Navy expenditures from March through August, totaling roughly 99 million charged to war and navy departments, against congressionally appropriated funds around 260 million, through January 1, 1889.
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Washington
Aus
Spain
Treasury
Army
Navy
Total
War Department
Navy Department
Congress
YOUTHFUL BANDITS NEAR ST JOSEPH ARRESTS MADE
Four young men and a teenager connected to a Burlington two mile from St Joseph hold up are in custody. James Hathaway age 17 a Western Union messenger led the gang with Char ley Cook Alanze Overburn William Hathaway and Herbert Bens iphall ages 19 to 8. They were traced by a detective who found a pocket diary bearing the name. They confessed and named the others.
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St. Joseph
Burlington
James Hathaway
Western Union
Charley Cook
Alanze Overburn
Wiliam Hathaway
James
Herbert Bensiphall
Henay
Kirkland Dead Commandant of Mare Island Navy Yard
Rear Admiral Kirkland, commandant of the Mare Island Navy Yard, died last month after serving in a long career. He planned to retire to San Francisco while remaining tied to the service, with several senior officers noted as having stepped down from active duty in the transition.
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Vallejo
Car
Kirkland
Navy Yard
W. A
North Carolina
Leuten
Uestibe
San
Mare Tain Bay
Gen. Wheeler Defends Shafter In Letter From Santiago
Nashville letter from Aug 13 transcribes Gen. Joe Wheeler praising Gen. Shafter. Wheeler says criticism of Shafter was unjust, noting his dual fights at Caney and San Juan, his reserves, and his effective command and administration in a hard campaign. He signs as your friend Joseph.
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Nashville
Tenn
Festmaster A. Willis
Joe Wheeler
Santiago de Cuba
Gen. Wheeler
Gen. Shafter
Shafter
Caney
San Juan
Joseph
Sultan of Morocco Dies in Gibraltar Report
Gibraltar reports the death of Morocco's sultan Moulal-Ab-El-Aziz born in 1861 who ascended 1884. He is the fifteenth of the Abder dynasty and thirty sixth in line from Ali. Succession is elective among the Sherifian family with public acclaim at coastal prayers the day after death.
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Morocco
Moulal-Ab-El-Aziz
Exmir- Al-Mumenin
Mulal-Hassan
Abder
Mulel-Ahhmet
Ali
Hotel Robbery in Denver Ends in Shootout and Suspected Lynching
A planned hold-up at a Denver hotel disrupted by an accidental shotgun discharge. Robbers fled with about $4 and jewelry. Steve Hyle is reported killed. Maritty and van captured, others at large. Deputy Sheriff Conrad was killed and Sumner Whitney wounded. a posse pursues the remaining suspects as a possible lynching looms in Kokomo.
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Col
Breckenridge
Detwiler
Iboste
Steve Hyle
Maritty
Ip Chamies Jeyan
Ese
Van
ME. Conrad
Sumner Whitney
Bousy
Conrad
Pennsylvania
Kokomo
Market for horseflesh in Santiago under American rule
In Santiago on August 13 1898 reports recount a decline in horse assets after the Spanish surrender. General Shafter received 142 horses from General Toral though 1,000 were expected. Prices fluctuated as horses were sold to inns and chop houses, with troops later abandoning equine meals.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Shafter
Tora
Spain
Orderile
Uncle Sam
Shatter
Clad Hamilton's Boom Draws Kansans to General King
General King receives a petition from fifty prominent Kansans including supreme court members, judges, and Kansas bar members urging favorable notice for Lieutenant Clad Hamilton of the Twentieth Kansas who rose from private and now drills the Second Oregon recruits.
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General King
San Francisco
King
Supreme Court
Kansas Bar
Clad Hammilton
Kansas
Oregon
Santa Fe Init To Erect Massive Union Depot
Chicago is moving to build a grand union passenger station on land between State street and Pacific avenue, south of Polk street. Plans involve major roads including Grand Trunk, Chicago & Erie, Chicago & Eastern Midwest, and others, with construction costs in the millions. The depot aims to accommodate about ten lines and Santa Fe holds a sizeable portion of the land for the project.
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Chicago & Erie
Chicago & Eastern Mincie
Tadiahapolis
Leadinville Oionop
Paras
Atchison, Topeka & Satee
Cleveland
Cincinmati
Chicago & St. Louis
Fig
Pew
Santa Fe
Post Office Appointments Blocked by Congress
The Post Office Department says appointing postmasters in Cuba Porto Rico and other newly acquired possessions requires congressional authorization. Meanwhile department agents are Detail ed for this service. The Interior Department reports many inquiries about public lands in the new territory but has no official information to give.
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Washington
Ave
Post Office Department
Cuba
Porto Rico
Interior Department
Soldiers Wait As Camp Thomas Tracks Peace News
At Chickamauga Park Camp Thomas units wait for orders amid uncertainty about movement. Regiments prepared for transfer have no deployment dates while others remain in disciplined drill. News of peace prompts mixed reactions from celebration to reluctance, with some hoping for muster out to home quarters. Health improves as lamp replacements and reorganizations proceed.
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Chickamauga Park
Tenn
Camp Thomas
Republican candidate Radley predicts victory for party
WJ Radley of Baileyville, GOP candidate for congressman at large in sith Ras, says he must focus on farm business after election and that central committee will handle campaigning. He reports strong outlook from Kansas City and the Third district, expressing certainty of victory for the party.
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Kansas City
WJ. Radley
Baileyville
Sith Ras
Union Demi
Aines
Central Committee
Harvey Diegel Death Report in Kan Regiment
Harvey R. Diegel of Company F from New Greenwood county Kansas died of typhoid fever at the division hospital in Chickamauga Georgia. This is the fourth death in Company F and the ninth in the Twenty first Kansas regiment. Eighty five men are reported sick in the Twenty-First Kansas. Most cases are fever malaria and related illnesses.
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Chickamauga
Harvey R. Diexel
New Greenwood County
Kan
Divis Ion
Topeka and Wichita to clash at Athletic Park tomorrow
Tomorrow at 4 o'clock the Topeka and Wichita teams will play at Athletic Park. Ottawa visits Topeka next week for additional games.
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Wichita
Topeka
Bell
Athletic Park
Ottawa
Governor orders thirteen gun salute today to celebrate peace
Governor Leedy has ordered Battery B to fire a thirteen gun salute at 1 o'clock this afternoon in celebration of peace between Spell and the United States. Mrs Terriss Still Lives London Apr 12 reports uncertain lines about the war and a wire man. Perrin is seriously ill.
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Fitehueh Lee
Havana
War Department
Seventh Corps
Tee
Leedy
Spell
United States
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