War news roundup and transport movements amid Porto Rico plan
Reports from New York Chicago and Washington detail no yellow fever aboard the Seneca and rapid moves toward Porto Rico. President McKinley orders Sampson to accelerate the Miles expedition while Wilson ships depart Charleston. Iroquois to tow Tacoma to Manila. Hampton Roads mines stay. Watson squadron abandoned for a risk-reducing fleet plan.
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New York
Porto Rico
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Miles and Watson Ordered to Go Slowly in Porto Rico Move
Washington reports General Miles and Admiral Watson poised for Porto Rico expedition. Delays stem from Santiago convoy issues and need for complete provisioning of tents food and transport. Navy with Dewey’s fleet in Cavite and Monterey at Manila readiness cited amid relations with Germany and Cuban officials.
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War and Navy Departments
Miles
Santiago
Geéeneral Miles
Porto Rico
Department
Navy Department
Sampson
Monterey
Manila
Dewey
Cavite
Honolulu
Philippines
State Department
Germany
Surrender of Santiago de Cuba Crowned by Toral’s disputed note
Madrid reports a semi official note from Spain outlining the surrender. It rejects a telegram attributed to General Toral as apocryphal and says the war minister advised Blanco to let Toral decide. Toral is said to justify capitulation before any court martial.
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Madrid
Santiago de Cuba
Gereal Toral
Shafter
Telgraph
General Toral
Blanco
Toral
Torval
Cuban Junta Talks With War Department Figures
Washington reports say Cuban representatives, including Senor Quescila, conferred with the war department about the Santiago situation. U S officials asserted no dissatisfaction with Cuban management and expected Cuban officers to accept the US proclamation and control, believing a misunderstanding had caused friction.
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Junta
Garca
Santiago
Cuba
War Department
Unclesain
I Omnis
Washington
Senor Quescila
Cco
General Shafter
Wallace train order signal validated in railroad trial
Soo line completes trial of Wallace train order signal invented by Harry D. Wallace of St Paul. Automatic braking and stop signaling worked as intended during 7000 mile test, confirming Great Northern praise.
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Minneapolis
Soo Railroad
Harry D. Wallace
St. Paul
Great Northern
First Expedition Sets Sail for Porto Rico Under Miles
Charleston dispatch reports Major General J. W. Wilson commands the first expedition to Porto Rico, with the Sixth Illinois, Sixth Massachusetts, Second Wisconsin, and Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiments aboard ships No. 21 and No. 20. 1,000 head of mules and a wagon train accompany the force, crews bustle loading supplies as bands play and crowds cheer.
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Miles
Wilson
8.C
Porto Rico
J. W. Wilson
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Santiago
First Army Corps
Plans for First Corps move from Camp Thomas
General Brooke and Colonel Richards returned to Camp Thomas after talks in Washington on the Porto Rican expedition plans. Transportation details were rushed as Colonel Lee met railroad men, with hopes to deploy the entire First corps, about 30 000 volunteers, from Chickamauga. Advices from Washington are awaited to confirm which regiments will depart and whether Third corps units may be substituted. Auxiliary officers visited to inspect sanitary conditions as W H Harper and Illinois Army and Navy League officials arrived.
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Syrl- Vester
Scovel
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Governors Palace
Chickamauga Ark
Brooke
William R. Richards
First Corps
Washington
Alger
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Lee
Trooke
Chickamauga
War Department
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Mo L. E. Chamberlain
Frances Harper
Illinois United States Volunteer Cavalry Auxiliary of
Chicago
W. H. Harper
Thelinois Army and Navy League
Saving habit urged by Marshall Field in Citizens' Savings Bark
The Citizens' Savings Bark urges young men to begin saving as soon as they start earning. It argues that early discipline yields incalculable benefits, teaching economy in small matters and building knowledge for greater duties later in life.
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Marshall Field
Prince the Wallace elephant dies of lockjaw in Minnesota
Prince the Wallace show elephant, the largest in the troupe, died Tuesday in Wabasha Minnesota from lockjaw likely due to blood poisoning after a rampage in Racine Wisconsin that killed its keeper. The skeleton will go to the National Museum Washington and the hide preserved.
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Prince
Wabasha
Minn
Racine
Wis
National Museum
Washington
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