Victory belongs to every officer and man of the feet
The Weekly Call reports Commander Schley credits all hands for victory in the battles. Admiral Sampson notes Cervera’s fleet left Santiago bay and soon fell into harmless destitution. Spain’s navy appears useless, confirming the value of men over ships. Dewey maintains firm control of Manila,Diplomacy with Germans, while asserting sole authority over Manila Bay.
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Apwiral Dewey
Manila
United States
Manila Bay
Spanish minister links American use of incendiary projectiles
Madrid newspapers publish a statement claiming proof that the United States used incendiary projectiles, supposedly explaining the burning of ships at Cavite and Santiago de Cuba. Some papers urge using the same weapons in Spanish ports, while others resist a protest to the powers. The Spaniards appear to prepare an excuse for potential unjustifiable acts.
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Madrid
Cavite
Santiago de Cuba
Peace with Spain Shapes American Treaty Aims
The United States will negotiate with Spain directly and reject foreign interference. The pacifist tone asserts no compromise with injustice and a commitment to civilization, liberty, and progress. It notes Hawaiian Islands produce mainly sugar coffee tropical fruits and rice, currently costing the U.S. over 200 million dollars annually. increasing local production could reduce imports.
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Spain
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Describing a Nation as a Peculiar People in a Thanksgiving Sermon
Rev. Frank Bristol delivered a sermon in the national capital praising Americans as the product of long struggles and aspirations. He declared that the men before Santiago are not new but the advanced flower of ages, embodying light, liberty, and the aim of universal freedom and brotherhood.
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Frank Bristol
National Capital
Santiago
Universal Freedom
Universal Brotherhood of ‘Man
Negro troops in action under fire at Santiago
An officer lauds the colored soldiers for their obstinate endurance under fire. He notes they retreat in order and cease firing only with great difficulty. The troops obey as in cotton fields and retire under Spanish fire with perfect parade-like discipline before delivering coordinated volleys.
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Santiago
News in Bribe Personal and Political
A Madrid dispatch reports Capt Gen Blanco rejecting peace terms while Philippine insurgents claim German warship Irene blocked a strike on Grande Island Subic Bay. Dewey sent Raleigh and Concord to investigate. fortress fire led to Irene withdrawing. The Spanish 31,300 strong surrendered, and Subic Bay fell to American control.
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Madrid
Blanco
Irene
Grande Island
Subic Bay
Manila
Dewey
Raleigh
Concord
W. 8. Worth
E. H. Liscum
Twenty
E. P. Powers
Santiago
Jacob Kent
Samuel B. M. Young
Volunteers
Henry Carroll
William H. Harts
Mangvis Ito
China
Li Hung Chang
Avine Steven Bullock
Alabama
Liverpool
Elizabeth Linx Linton
Wim
James Linton
London
Brooke
Chickamauga
Washington
Sagasta
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Grover Stone
San Francisco
California State League
National Republican League
Omaha
Neb
J. Cookman Boyd
Baltimore
Day
Julian Pauncefote
Lappani
TE State Department
Admiral Dewey
United States
Frank C. Partridge
Tangier
Morocco
Partridge
Lilly
Surrender Ends Spanish Siege as U S Flags Santiago
Telegrams report Gen Toral surrendered to Gen Shafter at nine in the morning on July 17. Spanish troops laid down arms as the trenches were abandoned. The Stars and Stripes flew over the palace at noon, marking Santiago as no longer a Spanish city.
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Toral
Shafter
Santiago
Associated Banks
New York City
John J. Blandin
Maine
Havana
Baltimore
Treasury Department
Madrid
Washington
M. Cambon
United States
Hunter
Ottumwa
Jonn’ S. Williame
Mount Sterling
Wichester
Lucilene
Cuba
Eben Brewer
Pittsburgh
Honolulu
Monterey
Caroline Islands
Manila
Illinois Notables and Big Things In The State
A roundup of Illinois figures and places from Charleston to Vandalia includes long-lived residents like Claus Willms and J. H. Sylvester, plus noting Joliet as the era’s largest prison, Peoria’s giant distillery, and Illinois leading in river, packing houses, and historic Lincoln-Douglas debate. Also recaps incidents from a fatal rifle accident near Rushton to train accidents in Ashley and Pana, a failed mail theft, a proposed East St Louis emergency hospital, and state bar meeting highlights.
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IlMnoia
Illinois
Joliet
United States
Peoria
Odaha
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Omaha
Neb
World-Herald
Decree Suspends Individual Rights in Spain Amid Peace Overtures
Maprio July 15 The Official Gazette reports a royal decree suspending individual rights across the peninsula with Parliament to be informed of its use. Carlists threaten trouble as peace talks appear near. Officials expect overtures before Sunday with France offering mediation and Spain proposing terms for an honorable peace. Premier Sagasta says peace is desired but must be honorable. the army is ready to resist, and the fleet could alter the situation.
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Maprio
Official Gazette
Spain
France
Sagasta
Harvard Arrives in Portsmouth with Spanish Prisoners
The auxiliary cruiser Harvard arrived at Portsmouth harbor with 1,008 Spanish prisoners. The port physician and the Spanish doctor found that nearly half are ill, with six deaths on the voyage and another since arrival. Forty cases in sick bay and forty more elsewhere suffer from malarial fever. Physicians will inspect to decide on quarantine.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Harvard
Portsmouth Harbor
Santiago
Shafter praises troops after hard campaign before Santiago
In Kingston via Kingston Jamaica and July 15 General Shafter described the hard campaign before Santiago. He said the enemy surrendered all territory east of Santiago and commended his troops for gallantry and endurance. He noted transportation and terrain as major difficulties overcome with stubborn enemy resistance. Toral is called a foeman worthy of steel.
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Santiago
Kingston
Jamaica
Shafter
Washington
Toral
Yellow Fever at the Front Dispatch Report
War department dispatch from Gen Miles staff dated Siboney July 15 reports only 23 new yellow fever cases and three deaths in the last 24 hours. Disease type described as mild. camp site moved where practical and vigorous sanitary precautions urged to prevent spread.
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Washington
War Department
Greenleaf
Miles
Siboney
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Troy
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Cervera
Santiago Bay
Atlantic
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City
Michael Flavin
Charles River
Warren
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Del
Richard Rollin Kenny
Wm. N. Boggs
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Laflin-Rand
Pompton
N. J
Sawyer
Key West
Fla
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Isle of Pines
Charles G. French
Merchants’ and Traders’ Building and Loan Association of Chicago
Tampa
Niagara Starch Works
Buffalo
N. Y
Porto Rico
Berlin
Paris
Strasbourg
Gambetta
A Mansfield
State Reformatory
Seneca
Fort Monroe
Barcelona
Marseilles
Adula
Marblehead
Guantanamo Bay
Savannah
Anderson
Manonipd
Seville
Algeciras
Serra Carbonera
San Roque
The
Baptist Young People’s Union
Illinois State News
Fayette County
Vandalia
George Clem
Vevay Park
Laura Shanton
I. A. Shanton
Central Presbyterian Church
Grayville
R. Blackstock
Paxton
Springfield
John Coates
Freeport
James Neville
Tazewell County
William Payne
Bunker Hill
J. H. Sylvester
Arcola
Alexander H. Kellogg
Jacksonville
Worthington
Western Reserve College
Missouri
Moune City
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Mike Murphy
Rushton
Coles County
Nelson Reynolds
Clara Tires
Frank Stahlberg
Chicago
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Ilinois Manufacturers’ Association
Illinois National Soldiers’ Home
Danville
Charlie Lowery
Illinois Central
Ashley
Herbert Kruchell
Pana
Wheeler
St. Clair County
East St. Louis
Morris
Ore
William Trevarthen
Thomas Trevarthen
Council Hill
Daviess County
Illinois Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
R. B. Oglesby, Jr
R. B. Oglesby
Richview
Spanish Peninsula
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