Porto Rico orders select fifteen regiments for active duty
At Chickamauga it is reported that the War Department designated 165 best equipped regiments for front line service. Sixteen regiments are to join the Porto Rico expedition, though exact units are not released. Preparations include equipment for 22 regiments and vigorous drill to ready troops for possible deployment. The Second Philippine Expedition remains set to depart from San Francisco with four vessels and about 35 hundred men.
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First Corps
Philippine Expedition Is Ready to Depart From Camp Merritt
San Francisco June 15 Thirty five hundred soldiers left Camp Merritt today and boarded transports forming the second expedition to the Philippines They will sail within twenty four hours The units include China First Colorado infantry Utah light artillery half of the Eighteenth United States infantry Colon Twenty third United States infantry half of the Eighteenth United States infantry Zealandia Tenth Pennsylvania volunteer infantry Senator First Nebraska volunteer infantry Brigadier General Greene commands the expedition with Adjutant General Captain Bates of the Seventy first New York volunteers.
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San Francisco
Camp Merritt
Philippines
China
Colorado Infantry
Utah
United States Infantry
Colon
Zealandia
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
Greene
Captain Bates
Saventy-first New York Volunteers
Second Philippine expedition to receive convoy from Honolulu
Washington dispatch reports General Merritt overseeing the decision to convoy the second Philippines expedition by sea from Honolulu to Manila, indicating a naval escort arrangement for the voyage.
Blango Awaits Orders on Prisoner Exchange Proposal
A Spanish correspondent reports an American gunboat with a flag of truce approached Havana harbor. Lieutenant Colonel Ramos met the vessel aboard the Spanish gunboat Fiecha. The Americans proposed exchanging Ar governing prisoners with those from Santiago de Cuba at the Merrimac sinking, but General Blanco gave no definite reply, citing no Madrid instructions.
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Havana
Ramos
Fiecha
Argonauta
Santiago de Cuba
United States
Merrimac
House Democrats declare opposition to Hawaiian annexation
Washington June 15 Democrats in caucus adopt resolutions opposing annexation as against U S policy and harming national interests. Maphnip June 15 Spanish foreign minister says no steps toward peace negotiations and no confirmation of a third attack on Santiago. Duluth June 15 Electricians arrive to close their Northwestern Electrical Association annual convention onboard the ship Northwest.
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Washington
Democrats of
House
United States
Maphnip
Duke Almodovar de Rio
Men
Santiago
Duluth
Durwin
Northwestern Electrical Association
Northwest
Telegraphic Bi Brevities From The Dominion And U S News
The Dominion parliament has been prorogued. United States Senator Nelson Wildrich has been re-created by the legislature of Rhode Island. Camp Merritt field hospital reports 82 cases of menbles and 1 of mumps. 19 new cases in 24 hours. Salter Worden sentenced to imprisonment by the rovernde.
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Dominion
United States
Nelson Wildrich
Rhode Island
Henry
Camp
Merritt
Salter
Te Rovernde
Wreck of Southern Pacific Train Tied to Strike Figure
The report links the 1894 Great Railway Strike involvement of the man known as Wordellis to a sabotage incident near Sacramento that killed an engineer and three soldiers, highlighting the tense labor actions of the era.
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Nia
Wordellis
Southern Pacific
Sacramento
Spanish diplomats told to leave Canada in tension turn
In Madrid on June 15 it was announced that Senor du Bosc former Spanish charge d affaires in Washington and Lieutenant Carranza former naval attaché in Washington have been invited to leave Canada. Canadian authorities intercepted a letter from Carranza to the Spanish minister detailing the condition of American fortifications.
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Madrid
Canada
Mapnio
Senor du Bosc
Washington
Carranza
Missouri Trusts Barred From Banking Business
The Missouri supreme court en banc granted a writ of ouster in cases against state trust companies cited by the attorney general for violating the state banking law. The suit seeks to nullify their charters on the grounds they conducted banking without proper authority.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Supreme Court En Banc
Armour to Rescue Leiter Wheat Cash Deal
Armour & Co will handle all cash grain claims after Leiter’s collapse. Arrangement completed to take up the deal where Leiter dropped it and liquidate remaining claims.
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Cmdago
O Armour & Co
Leiter
Marines Repel Attacks as Spaniards Press Supply Lines
Marines at Guantanamo report fierce operations amid an assault by large Spanish forces. U S forces hold positions under cover as enemy numbers overwhelm nearby defenses and threaten supply routes.
Marines Hold Cuban Camp Amid Heavy Assault
From Guantanamo on June 18 marines report two killed two wounded four more injured after two days of fighting. Spanish forces surround the camp as U.S. fleet guns support the defense. Reinforcements are awaited with the camp under constant attack and exhausted troops unable to rest.
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Harnor
Guantanamo
Kingston
Jamaica
Marine Battalion
Santiago de Cuba
Admiral Cervera Arrives at Santiago with Fleet Aid Delayed
When Admiral Cervera reached Santiago de Cuba his arrival was hailed as relief yet he brought only hundreds more mouths to feed and offered immense ammunition stores from his ships magazines as the sole aid.
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Cervera
Santiago de ‘Cuba
Merchandising Plan Aims To Liquidate Leiter Grain Losses
Armour will not claim ownership of Leiter's grain but will provide equipment for merchandising. Most liens will be liquidated and an equity between Leiter and Armour may form. Leiter's cash holdings are now about 6 million bushels with July and September futures over 10 million previously. Loss is not reliably estimated but likely under 1 million dollars.
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Laiter
Armour
Leiter
Joseph Leiter
Senate to Review Methodist Book Concern Claim Resolve
The Senate adopted a resolution directing inquiry into the Methodist Book Concern claim paid by Congress. Senator Morgan of Alabama accused the debate of insincerity for political effect, while Lodge defended the move as ensuring public access to facts for future caution.
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Senate
Wasnixaron
Lodge
Mass
Congress
Morgan
Arkansas lynching of preacher sparks mob raid
Reported in Crdninpa Arkansas a Black preacher Rev Moses Rycks was taken from jail by a mob of about 800 and lynched during the night. The body was bullet pierced and left hanging with a placard warning Black residents to stay in line. The victim was around 60 years old. local authorities and witnesses described the event as a racially charged act of vigilante justice.
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Crdninpa
Ark
Moses’ Rycks
Regro
Hig Race
Nxt
Pep Corre
Battles Near Camp Described as Night Siege by Marines
The report details a night siege near the camp with entrenchments raised on all sides. Marines and Cuban volunteers faced heavy fire, with two Americans killed and four wounded while fifteen Spaniards including a lieutenant died in the fighting.
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Huntington
Henry Goode
Tallman
Wallace
Martin
Roxbury
Burke
Darrow
Kingston Harbor Incident Report Unclear Text
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a harbor force near Guantanamo Bay and Kingston with references to a dynamite cruiser and a fleet off Santiago. Details are garbled. no clear date or event outcome is discernible.
Unclear fragment hints at troop landing and awaited decisive action
Fragment notes anxiety as Ivory man awaits soldiery and a landing to enable any decisive movement.
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Bor
Ivory Man
Intense Suffering Reported in Havana and Santiago
Kingston correspondent for the Daily Chronicle reports intense misery in Havana and Santiago with people starving yet cowed by the Spanish army's presence.
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Bavaon
Santiago
Lennox
The
Daily Chronicle
Kingston
Jamaica
Havana
Blue and Gray Legion officer arrested in Chicago forgery case
Lieutenant Colonel Perry Lee Davis alias Phil Davis of the Blue and Gray Legion was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Lee in Chicago on charges of forging railroad bonds totaling 280000 dollars. Requisition papers came from Governor Tanner and Maryland's governor. Davis, relative of General Fitzhugh Lee and Jefferson Davis, was taken to Baltimore by W B Lyon. The forgery allegedly occurred three years ago.
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Blue and Gray Legion
Chicago
Curiaco
Perry Lee Davis
Phil Davis
Lee
Tanner
Maryland
Davis
Fitzhugh Lee
Jefferson Davis
Baltimore
W. B. Lyon
Blue's Hazardous Trip Sheds Light on Cervera Fleet
Lieutenant Victor Blue landed near Santiago Harbor and located four Spanish armored cruisers, two torpedo boat destroyers, and three gun boats. He reported to Admiral Sampson aboard the New York, confirming no cruisers were in the Bahamas and that bombardment preparations continue amid Cuban-Spanish skirmishing.
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Orf Sanriaco
Admiral Sampson
New York
Bua
Santiago
Blue
Cervera
Bahamas
Sampson
Bhe
Secretary Long Promotes Merrimac Crew Members
Secretary Long signs orders via Admiral Sampson promoting the Merrimac crew. Lieutenant Hobson to be rewarded later by Congress. Promotions include Daniel Montague to boatswain and several others rising to chief boatswain's mate, gunner, and machinist with salary increases.
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Washington
Long
Admiral Sampson
Merrimac
Hobson
Congress
Daniel Montague
Minster-At-Arms
George Charette
Rudolph Clausen
Osborne Deignan
Francis Murphy
Coatswains
George W. Phillips
Francis Kelly
Havana Reports Santiago Harbor Bombardment by U S Ships
Havana dated June 16 reports two American cruisers and a repair boat opened fire on the Santiago de Cuba harbor defenses. Shots fired from Castillo del Morro and Castillo de la Socapa. three sailors at Socapa were lightly wounded as the ships withdrew.
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Havana
Santiago
Santiago de Guba
Castillo del Morro
Castillo de la Socapa
Socapa
Baseball and league scores from Western and National circuits
Scores from the Western League and National League include St Paul beating Detroit 8 0 at St Paul and Kansas City routing Milwaukee 8 to nothing. Minneapolis and Columbus tied 6 6 in twelve innings while other results show Chicago and St Louis in a doubleheader with 8 8 and 7 8 in the second game. National League games feature Louisville 8 Cincinnati ? Boston 0 Philadelphia and New York 2 Brooklyn 8 with Washington 8 Baltimore 7 in the first game and 4 to 9 in the second. Standings list Cincinnati Cleveland Boston Baltimore Chicago New York Pittsburg Philadelphia Brooklyn Washington St Louis Louisville with varied percentages. Also noted is a forecast of a large teachers meeting in Wistington on Julie 15 with promises of prominent educators and union leaders attending and possible accommodation provisions.
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Detroit
Kansas’ City
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Columbus
Indianapolis
St. ‘Paul
Kansas City
Omaha
Louisville
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Brooklyn
Washington
Baltimore
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Chicago
St.Louis
Louis
St-Louis
Split on Fusion Severs Diplomatic Ties in Omaha Conference
In Omaha on June 15 the Populists and Liberal factions clashed as Milton Parke of Texas led the middle-of-the-road camp at Thurston Rifles armory against Senator Butler at the Millard hotel. Parke and Butler mobilized key committeemen from New York Chicago Nebraska and Massachusetts amid opposing fusion programs.
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Neb
Milton Parke
Texas
Thurston Rifles Armory
Senator Butler
Millard Hotel
Parke
Joseph Buchanan
New York
Robert Schilling
Chicago
South
Butler
Senator Allen
Nebraska
George F. Washburn
Massachusetts
Fusion
Reform Press Association
State Convention Nominates Illinois Ticket for 1898
The Republican state convention at Springfield nominated Floyd Whitemore for State Treasurer Alfred Bayliss for Superintendent of Public Instruction F. L. Hatch and A. F. Nightingale for University of Winds trustees Alice Abbott Asbury McHenry county and BIRR. The platform backed the national administration and urged holding possessions in conquered territory deemed advantageous in war and peace.
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Illi
Floyd Whitemore
Alfred Bayliss
Streator
University of Winds
F. L. Hatch
McHenry County
A. F. Nightingale
BIRR
Alice Asbury -Abbott
Chicago
Mason
Cuillom
Spain
United States
Towne Renominated for Congress in Sixth Minnesota
Charles A. Towne has been renominated by the Democratic and Populist convention for the Sixth Minnesota district. He accepted the nomination with an eloquent speech and challenged Page Morris to a debate on the issues raised in Morris’s letter to the Anoka convention.
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Minnesota
Sr. Croup
Minn
Charles A. Towne
Towne
Page Morris
Morris
Anoka
Sioux City Hosts 24th G A R Encampment Visitors
Sioux City Iowa welcomes veterans from Iowa South Dakota Minnesota and Nebraska for the 24th annual G A R encampment. Train loads of visitors pour in as the city dresses in gala attire. Twenty to thirty thousand people expected. weather cool and fair.
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Iowa
G. A. TR
Sioux City
Veterans of
Towa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nebraska Building Dedicated at Exposition in Omaha
The Nebraska building at the exposition was dedicated amid cheers from thousands of citizens. Governor Holcomb and his staff attended the ceremonies with many of the state's distinguished residents.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Holcomb
Debates Over Newlands Hawaii Annexation Resolutions
Eight hours of discussion in the house on the Newlands resolutions for Hawaii annexation. Twenty speeches delivered, most brief, covering afternoon and evening sessions on June 15.
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Wasimaros
Hawaii
Invasion fleet departs from U S eastern shores under General Shafter
Tampa June 15 reports the first invasion force sailing at 9 am under General Shafter. The convoy includes 85 transports 4 tenders and 14 convoys now in the Gulf of Mexico bound for Cuba. After passing Key West they head toward Santiago with columns 800 yards apart and five ships per column. Fourteen Years for Wife Murder.
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Tampa
Fla
United States
General Shafter
Gulf of Mexico
Key Weat
Cuba
Cape Antonio
Santiago
Bread talk at home highlights cooking school contrast
Mr Griggs notes bread is not light enough and questions Hattie about cooking. She says she attended cooking school but jokes that schools for the poor do not focus on affordable foods, per the Boston Transcript.
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London
Mr. Griggs
Hattie
Mrs. Griggs
Boston Transcript
Rubbish of Courage Misquoted by Child at Library
A Chicago Tribune reader recalls a curious library moment where a girl seeks a book by Stephen Crane with a misremembered title The Rubbish of Courage. The scene captures a playful exchange about memory and books during a hunting trip quip.
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Stephen
Stephen Crane
Chicago Tribune
Willy and Billy Describe The Freshman Cavalry Company
In a Princeton Tiger piece a freshman student asks if the unit is cavalry or infantry and is told by Billy that it is a horse infantry company.
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Willy
Cavalry
Infantry
Billy
Princeton Tiger
What is your idea of a phenomenon
A quip from Chicago Record defining a phenomenon as a clerk who keeps his pen steady the moment the clock strikes eight.
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Aix
Chicago
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