Suffering War Troops At Guantanamo Also Hobson Prison News
Reports from Newport News and Washington detail 2000 sick at Guantanamo and hunger amid surrender talks with Admiral Sampson seeking rations for the garrison. Hobson recounts confinement in Morro castle and naval officials’ interventions improving his cell.
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Santiago de Cuba
Angel Rosell
Pareja
Santiago
Rosell
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Ewens
Ninth Infantry
Morro Castle
Cervera
Hobson
Merrimac
Washington
Shafter Report Spurs War Department Concern
Washington reports General Shafter's Cuba sickness tally 3770 with 2924 fever cases, including yellow fever and typhoid, prompting caution though mild fever hope persists. Surgeons warn fevers spread rapidly in camps and that diet and climate changes fuel illness among troops.
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Shafter
Cuba
War Department
Sternberg
United States
Admiral McNair Hosts Spanish Prisoners at Annapolis Dinner
Admiral Fred V. McNair, superintendent of the Naval Academy, hosted a dinner for Admiral Vera and staff of the Spanish prisoners quartered at Annapolis. The event featured American Beauty and La France roses, white carnations boutonnieres and corsages, eleven courses with delicacies.
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Fred V. McNair
United States Naval Academy
Cervera
Edwin Seidewitz
la France
McNair
Hutchins
Captain Hutchins
Woman dies by self immolation at stake
In Newcastle Pennsylvania Albert Campbell awoke to a scream and found his wife tied upright to a stake in the yard and burning. She was 32 and mother of five, believed to have tied herself there after arming with a knife and lighting a match. The death followed a period of illness. In San Francisco Hawaii joyously learns Newlands resolution passage and annexation by the United States. Flags signal victory aboard the Coptic as a 100 gun salute marks the moment. H M Sewell is mentioned as a possible governor candidate, with President Dole reportedly declining the post.
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Albert Campbell
Rosena
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
United States
H. M. Sewell
Govenor
Dole
Merritt Arrives in Manila as Dewey Seeks Surrender
Special dispatches report General Merritt has reached Manila and is acting as military governor with a Hong Kong cable noting the change. Admiral Dewey is poised to demand unconditional capitulation, while General Augustin is expected to surrender once American forces secure the city. The insurgent threat could complicate peace talks and Spain's hold on the Philippines.
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Daily Eagle
Washington
Merritt
Manila
Hong Kong
Admiral Dewey
General Merritt
Augusti
Spain
Philippines
War Department Reports Yellow Fever Deaths and Sick Totals
From Santiago reports the total sick amount to 3 770 and fever cases to 2 924 with 639 new fever cases. 538 returned to duty. The dead include Lieutenant Babcock of Flint and Privates J A Martin of Cheboygan and William Dolard of Bay City from the Thirty third Michigan.
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Daily Eagle
Washington
War Department
Santiago
Babcock
Flint
J. A. Martin
Michigan
Cheboygan
William Dolard
Bay City
Spanish Carlist tangle shifts troops to Basque regions
Dispatch from Biarritz reports Spanish forces rushing to the Basque provinces to disperse Carlist followers backing the pretender. Don Carlos is expected to issue a pronunciamento as Spain moves toward peace.
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Daily Eagle
London
Biarritz
Don Carlos
Spain
Wanderer Supplying Gomez Forces Cut by Spanish Attack
War department reports the transport Wanderer failed to supply General Gomez’s troops on the western island sector. Spaniards captured one third of the landed supplies. four Americans were wounded. Wanderer likely made another landing.
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Daily Eagle
Washington
War Department
Wanderer
Gomez
Puerto Rico arrival updates and troop movements across theaters
Washington reports uncertainty about a Wilson Miles junction at Guanica while Miles says a vessel was sent to meet Wilson. U S troops are expected to reach Porto Rico by Sunday morning as the 160th Indiana Infantry departs Chickamauga for Porto Rico, and the First South Carolina heads to Jacksonville to join General Fitzhugh Lee.
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Fla
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Tenn
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Washington
Wilson
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Miles
War Department
United States
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