McKinley Signals Peace Efforts in Cuba War Debate
President McKinley asks Congress to authorize measures to end the Cuba war, citing humanitarian harm, the Maine disaster, and the need to protect American citizens and interests. He outlines options short of annexation, warns of potential intervention, and notes Spain’s shifting policies amid reconcentration and relief work.
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Christian Daley
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New York City
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Insular
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Insular Congress
Grants
Pacific
Grant
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Jong
Alaska Laws Outdated Governor Heads to Washington
Chicago April 11 Governor John G Brady of Alaska plans a Washington trip to press for new laws to match the United States changes. He cites land title gaps 160 acre grants and salmon fisheries enforcement as urgent issues. He is joined by Mrs Brady and two children.
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John G. Brady
Alaska
Washington
National
Brady
United States
Man Nor Company
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Yukon river voyage under way from Sacramento
A schooner in Sacramento is being fitted for a Yukon river cruise. Owner partners C. B. Spencer and Thomas Norton plan to sail in about a week with miners. They possess a chart and maps said to be from a Hudson's Bay Company ex-employee who claimed seven years on a gold valley mountainside. The party expects to locate the spot with little trouble.
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Yukon River
C. BE. Spencer
Thomas Norton
Hudson’s Bay Company
Altaire Sails In Search Of Eldorado Treasure
In San Francisco on April 11 the schooner Altaire is fitted out to pursue the mythical Island of Gold. Captain Gilbert claims the Altaire knows the exact site, while Captain Moore of the Free Trade has only a rough notion and is unlikely to locate the supposed treasure.
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H. Talbot Watson
Free Trade
Gilbert
Altaire
Moore
Silver Service Planned for the Illinois Battleship
Illinois civic leaders gathered at the Union League Club on George D. Adams’s call to launch a subscription for a silver service for the battleship Illinois. The ship, being built at Newport News, is to be launched this summer and remembered with the donation.
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Iinois
Newport News
Union League Club
George D. Adams
Government Sues Union Pacific Over Deficiency Judgment
The government files a petition for deficiency judgment of 6,688,900 against Union Pacific tied to the Kansas Pacific sale. Hearing is set before Judge Sanford in St. Paul on April 16.
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Omaha
Neb
Kansas Pacific
Sanford
St. Paul
Sail for St Michaels: Hattie Phillips fitted for voyage
The schooner Hattie SL Phillips from Gloucester will be fitted for a trip to St Michaels on April 11. The Klondikers will bring a river boat to transfer their outfit there and then sell the schooner. Birmingham produces five tons of hairpins weekly.
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Hattie SL Phillips
Atlantic
St. Michaels
Klondikers
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