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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1898
Page
1
Report from Honolulu confirms fourth Manila expedition arrival aboard the Doric after a royal reception. Other dispatches from Washington and New York note cabinet meetings, a Spain note demanding Cuba and Puerto Rico, and troop movements toward San Juan with no resistance reported. Deaths and fever counts update the ongoing campaign.
Madrid cabinet council spent hours debating terms with Senor Sagasta confirming some modifications. Washington awaited Madrid’s motion while Cambon’s authority at the White House talks faced debate though the president backed Cambon as Spain’s representative. The American demands include cession of Porto Rico and the Ladrone islands, and a commission to resolve further payments and the Philippines’ status while military control of Manila harbor continues until an accord.
Washington reports say President McKinley will call an extra session of both houses as soon as Spain accepts the peace terms. The plan calls for 100000 volunteers to remain after the war, with 50000 in Cuba, 30000 in the Philippines, and 20000 in Puerto Rico, while the regular army returns to peacetime footing. Cleveland dispatch notes a strike by wire drawers in three mills, with 600 workers wage cuts of one third since the trust took over.
Ernest Terah Hooley the bankrupt promoter faces cross examination in London as he defends against charges about payments to obtain names and introductions. He claims the Earl of Winch vesla and others proposed sums for joining boards and denying gifts linked to company flotation. Hooley alleges offers to indemnify him for perjury and to frame the profits as legitimate.
Mabel Norton and William G Nutting were arrested on a telegraphic kidnaping warrant while en route on the fast train from Davenport toward Chicago. Norton, a railroad man, seeks to bring his daughter home though she is 18 and refuses, Nutting is released.
Chicago reports eleven deaths and seventeen injuries from Sunday incidents. Five people drowned at a Cloakmakers picnic in Columbia park after a rowboat accident. Two boys were shot, one accidental and one deliberate. A tent pole fell. a person was killed when thrown from a buggy. others harmed in diverse accidents. In Pana, miners reject a settlement offer as talks continue. In Mascoutah a second marriage license is issued after a previous failed attempt. In Berwyn hotel fire three killed and fourteen injured with several missing but expected to recover.
Madrid reports claim President McKinley outpaced European powers in shaping peace with Spain over the Philippines. The article suggests Russia France and Germany sought to draw the United States back from intervention while Spain hoped for favorable terms before a conference.
Secretary Alger receives dispatches through Colonel John Jacob Astor while General Shafter staff notes the capitulation of Santiago. General Greely announces restored direct cable with General Miles at Ponce, Porto Rico, via St Thomas and Martinique. Former Sheriff S. S. Conover dies at 80 in Milwaukee.
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