Spaniards' Terms Refused In Santiago Surrender Talks
An AP dispatch from Tiarguá reports General Toral offering to surrender Santiago under conditions that would let Spanish troops march away with colors flying. General Shafter refused unconditional surrender but extended the armistice while sending the offer to Washington. White flags briefly fluttered again before a shell and musket fire ended the unofficial truce.
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Associated Press
Tiarugua
Kingston
Saga
Santiago
General Toral
Shafter
Toral
Washington
Amer San
Meet 'Am
al Toral
Genert
Linares
Lawton
Gapron
Starving at Guantanamo Advices Reach Commander
Advices to Commander McCalla of the Marblehead from Guantanamo report fifteen deaths daily from starvation there. General Perez, in command, has lost hope of relief and could defend the town only at high risk to American troops. Upper bay entrances are patrolled by steam launches nightly. Gunboats remaining unseen for days. Five lines about ships and a storm with eleven lighters swamped en route to Santiago.
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McCalla
Marblehead
Guantanamo
Perez
Shafter
War Department
Cuba
Santiago
Mobile
New Orleans
Charleston
General Shafter
Spanish Capitves Landed At Seavey Island Barracks
Spanish prisoners from the destroyed squadron number 692 men. Cervera and nine officers are among them, guarded by 125 marines. They were moved to Groveley's landing and then up Seavey's Island where many appeared weak and wounded. The Cristobal Colon crew are among those landed, with thirty severely wounded.
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Portsmouth
N. H
St. Louis
Santiago
Admiral Cervera
Seavey
Cervera
Groveley
Lieutenant Greely
Lady Franklin Bay
Commodore, Schley
Marine Guard
Cristobal Colon
Colon
Shells Fell Short at Santiago The Navy Bombards
Dispatches from Santiago report the Newark opened fire at 9 30 am on Monday with 8 inch guns after range shots over the ridge. The New York Brooklyn and Indiana joined at five minute intervals for two hours. Shells mostly fell in the bay with limited damage until a massive church explosion near the city center.
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Santiago
United States
Newark
Signal Corps
New York
Brooklyn
Indiana
Only One Vessel Can Be Saved From Cervera Wrecks
A board of survey examining the Spanish ships wrecked under Admiral Cervera reports that only the Taranta Maria Teresa, previously his flagship, can potentially be saved.
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Board of Survey
Cervera
Casualties of Bombardment at Santiago Reported
General Shafter releases war department dispatch listing casualties in the first division from Sunday afternoon shelling near Santiago. Killed: Captain Charles W. Rowell and Private Pater Nelson. Wounded: Lt. N. J. Lutz and Privates Charles Jenks, Charles Lentki, Nelson Gilbert Jr.
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Shufter
Santiago
War Department
General Shafter
Washington
Charles W. Rowell
Pater Nelson
N. J. Lutz
Charles Jenks
Charles Lentki
Nelson Gilbert, Jr
Twenty-first Infantry
Spain Reports Weekly Bank Reserves Rise
Madrid dispatch shows Bank of Spain gold holdings up 8,403,000 pesetas and silver up 6,525,000 pesetas for the week ending Saturday. Note circulation also increases by 17,833,000 pesetas.
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Madrid
Bank of Spain
Miles Arrives at Santiago Front With Shafter Conferencing
General Nelson A. Miles and Admiral Sampson held talks after Miles arrived off Santiago Bay aboard Yale. Miles landed at Playa del Este and spoke by phone with General Shafter about the situation. Officials say Shafter remains in command while Miles may assume overall leadership.
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Nelson A. Miles
United States Army
Santiago Bay
Yale
General Miles
Admiral Sampson
Miles
Playa del Este
General Shafter
Santiago
War Department
Navy
Army
United States
Bitter feud over credit for destroying Cervera’s fleet
Reports from Santiago say bitter friction exists between Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley over who deserves credit for the destruction of Admiral Cervera’s fleet. Sampson reportedly forbade Schley from telegraphing his account, and whispers say the Brooklyn was not struck as Schley claimed.
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Sampson
Schley
Cervera
Santiago
Admiral Sampson
Commodore Schley
Admiral Cervera
Washington
New York
Brooklyn
Sagasta Resigns as Premier. Cabinet Likely to Reform
Madrid signals indicate Senor Sagasta, premier, tendered his resignation with the cabinet. A new government, largely military in makeup, may be appointed, possibly indicating a shift away from warlike policy while awaiting the queen regent's acceptance and a partial cabinet reconstruction.
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Sagasta Mor
Madrid
London Times
Sagasta
Senor Sagasta
Crews Questioned After La Bourgogne Collision Tow
The Grecian under Captain Nunan arrived in Philadelphia with the Cromartyshire towed to Halifax after the La Bourgogne wreck. An officer criticized British crew safety, noting 50 percent of the crew saved versus 10 percent of passengers and lamenting only one woman saved out of 200.
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Cromartyshire
la Bourgogne
Allan Line
Grecian
Nunan
Glasgow
Halifax
Philadelphia
Five Die In Portland Harbor Boat Capsize
Five youths drowned when a catboat capsized Sunday in Portland harbor Maine. The victims include William O'Donnell aged twenty six Charles Sullivan aged eighteen William Mitchell aged seventeen Edward Waye aged sixteen and James McAuley.
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Portland
William O'Donnell
Charles Sullivan
Willian Mitchell
Edward Waye
James McAuley
Spanish Captives and Harbor Actions Near Santiago
Report from off Santiago describes the Harvard sailing to Portsmouth with 1750 prisoners. It notes inspections of the Cristobal Colon and possible salvage of the Infanta Maria Teresa, while Vizcaya and Almirante Oquendo are wrecks. Armistice benefits troops as Linares weakens and plans to resume fighting are outlined.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Harvard
Portsmouth
N. H
Cristobal Colon
Hobson
Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
General Linares
Blanco
Madrid
Linares
Shafter
F.W. Ramsden
Consular Corps
Sampson
Garcia
Death in waterspouts wipes out Missouri town
News from Cuba Missouri reports a waterspout near Steelville strikes the town, killing several residents including Mrs Lont Tucker and a baby and Mrs John Woods with two children. A relief party moves toward the site as groans echo through the debris and Yaikin creek swells.
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Missouri
Cuba, Mo
Steelville
Crayford
Lont Tucker
Babe
St. Louis
Charles Abrams
John Woods
Jamea ‘Tait
William Lesough
Luther Lesough
Camara's Spain Squadron Returns Toward Home
A Suez dispatch reports Admiral Camara and the Spanish squadron have re entered the canal on the way to Spain after being anchored beyond the three mile limit. The admiral visited the governor and salutes were exchanged before resuming the voyage. A Paris Ismailia dispatch confirms re entry and return to Spain.
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Suez
Egypt
Camara
Spain
Pelayo
Paris
Ismailia
Wounded from Santiago Arrive at Fort McPherson Hospital
Two hundred thirty five officers and men wounded at Santiago reached Fort McPherson Georgia on Monday to receive care at the general hospital. They give vivid accounts of their July 1 battle and their bloodshed in Cuba.
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Santiago
Fort McPherson
General Hospital
Hobson Describes Courageous Merrimac Mission at Santiago
Off Santiago, Cuba, Hobson recounts 33 days in a Spanish prison and the Merrimac raid through Morro defenses. He details the loss of the rudder, explosions from mines and torpedoes, the crew's escape by Catamaran, and later confinement and improved treatment after the city fell.
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New York Herald
Santiago
Cuba
Morro Castle
Murphy
Merrimac
Morra
Cella
Inter
Ramadan
Montague
Kelly
List of Casualties from Shafter Report at Santiago
War department dispatch from General Shafter reports July 1 and 2 losses near Santiago. Killed: 22 officers and 208 enlisted men. Wounded: 81 officers and 1,203 enlisted men. Missing: 79 enlisted men.
Transports Reach Cuba Under Command of Brigadier General Randolph
Six troopships carrying 2,600 men and six artillery batteries plus supplies arrived at Juragua near Guantanamo Bay at 7:30 Sunday morning. The flotilla sailed from Tampa, joined at Key West, with gunboats Machias Wilmington and tug Leyden providing convoy. The fleet included City of Macon Gate City Hudson and Comanche plus other units under Brigadier General Randolph.
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Juragna
Associated Press
Tampa
Key Weat
Macon
Gate City
Hudson
Randolph
Machias
Wilmington
Leyden
Talbot
Cape Mayas
Cuban
Guantanamo Bay
McCalla
Juragua
Cervera
Newark
Salvage Push Aids Three War Vessels In Santiago
An ecablegram from Admiral Sampson notes a preliminary board finding wrecks should be salved at once. Vessels Viznya Maria Teresa and Christobal Colon are cited with Colon as highly valuable in perfect order. The Navy plans use of powerful salvage gear, with Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Co already arranged and two units en route to Santiago.
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Sampson
Secretary of of the Navy
Washington
Savin Vizenya
Maria Teresa
Christoba Colon
Colon
Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company
Santiago
Hawaiian Commissioners Named by President for Annexation
President McKinlay appoints senators Cullom Morgan and Hitt along with Sanford Dole and W P Frear to lead the Hawaiian annexation program. Judge W S Frear, a Hawaii Supreme Court justice, is among the appointees. Frear, about thirty five, born in the United States, came to Honolulu as a child with his father Rev Walter Frear.
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McKinlay
Cullom
Illinois
Morgan
Alabama
Representative Hitt
Sanford Dole
Hawaiian Republic
W. PF. Frear
Hawaii
W. S. Frear
Supreme Court
Hoe
United States
Honolulu
Walter Frear
Congregational Church
Judge Frear
Supreme Bench
Dole
Corrected casualties report before Santiago July 1 2 3
Washington dispatch says Adjutant General Corbin received from General Shafter a revised report of casualties before Santiago on July 1 2 and 3. It increases killed and wounded figures: killed 28 officers 208 men wounded 80 officers 1 203 men missing 81 total 1 595. Shafter expects missing may drop.
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Santiago
Washington
Corbin
Shafter
Surfeit of Stereotypers Hits Chicago Papers
Chicago newspapers resume full size after strike, with all positions filled and no further applications accepted. An over-supply of stereotypers gathered from across the country.
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Chicago
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Feval Hospital
Hobson's Thrilling: Story
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Prava
Prt
Este
the Vizenya
Marin Torean
Christobal Colon
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