Spaniards Accept U S Peace Terms Amid Censorship Doubt
Aug 6 dispatches report Spain has agreed to the United States terms for peace talks after McKinley indicated earlier acceptance. President McKinley awaits final note while troops from Santiago move north and transports prepare to ferry soldiers. The war department defends its actions amid Roosevelt Alger exchanges and updates on Illinois units headed to Cuba.
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Spain
Cially
Santiago
Manprip
United States
McKinley
Washington, D.C
Madrid
Cambon
Day
Springfield
Ills
Tanner
Alger
Roosevelt
National Guard of
Illinois
General Shatter rebuked over Roosevelt letter Round Robin publication
The case states General Shatter was rebuked for allowing publication of the Round Robin and the Roosevelt letter. The Secretary of War confined his communication to a simple inquiry about publicity, but the move signals a tighter control on such information going forward.
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Santiago
Roosevelt
Alger
Secretary of War
Was Department
General Shafter
Montauk Point
Santago
St. Paul
St. Louis
Shafter
Shatter
Bradstreet's Business Week Notes Encouraging Trade Signals
Bradstreet's reports a near peace in view boosting markets and Western to Southern trade. Highlights include stronger iron and steel demand, solid export demand for cereals, rising prices, large midsummer bank clearings, and generally firm railroad earnings. Business failures link declines to prior periods but remain minimal.
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New York
Bradstreet
United States
Man Shot by Willis Ross in Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville Indiana August 6 Henry Forward of Otto area was shot by Willis Ross and may die. Ross traveled to the city after the incident, drawing police attention and triggering a local inquiry into the motive and circumstances.
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Keigwein
Ross
Forward
Thomas Batts
Libbie A. Adams
William Adams
Jeffersonville
Ind
Henry Forward
Otto
County
Willis
Sur
Transports to Bring Shafter Army Home From Santiago
The War Department orders the large transport fleet at Ponce to sail to Santiago and join with transports there to repatriate General Shafter's army. Ten ships at Ponce can carry 6 540 men, boosting total capacity to over 12 000. Embarkation has begun at Santiago and immunes arrive to replace exhausted troops.
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Washington
War Department
Ponce
Santiago
Montauk Point
L. F
Burglar Escapes While Being Taken to Chicago
August 6 report from West Superior Wisconsin notes Robert Mills a black burglar in custody of Chicago Detective Soule escaped from him at Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. Simultaneously in Green Bay area burglars raided A D Race hardware store securing about 300 dollars in shotguns rifles revolvers cutlery and ammunition.
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West Superior
Wis
Robert Mills
Chicago
Soule
Hyde Park Station
Chippewa Falls
Tdepere
A. D. Race
O'Donnell Jeffries Bout Off After Injury
New York reports the scheduled O'Donnell versus Jeffries bout is canceled after Jeffries broke his left hand in the first round of last night’s Armstrong bout.
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O'Donnell
Jeffries
Armstrong
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