Refused the Gift Documents Show Louisiana Transfer Details
Paris reports E Spencer Pratt and M Delcasse uncover letters in the French archives about France ceding New Orleans and Louisiana to Spain then selling the territory to the United States. The collection includes Louis XVs autograph gift to Spain and Britains prior offer of Florida, with notes on royal intermarriages and union of Spain and France.
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Paris
M. Delcasse
E. Spencer Pratt
United States
Persia
Foreign Office
Louisiana
France
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Associated Press
Pratt
Great Britain
Louis XV
Spain
Marquis de Grimaldi
New Orleans
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Alaska needs delegates and roads urged by Governor Brady
Governor Brady's annual report to the interior secretary asks Congress to appoint a delegate to Congress for Alaska and to promote road construction. He calls for ending the U S commissioners and deputy marshals fee system and extending homestead laws while noting Alaska’s shrinking white population and migratory trend. He opposes district government and favors statehood only with a larger population.
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Washington
Brady
Alaska
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
United States
General Wood Proclaims Abolition of Slavery in Moro Lands
General Leonard Wood reports punitive actions against Moros near Jolo. After routing a 700-strong attempt to seize Manila, he spent days conferring with datios and issued a proclamation abolishing slavery. He plans land allotments to Moros for rental incomes.
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General Wood
Manila
Leonard Wood
Jolo
Sultane
Contractors at Outs Over Question of Open or Closed Shop
In Chicago on December 14 contractors at a national convention clash over shop rules. The Chicago council backs the closed shop and trade agreements to curb sympathy strikes, while radicals push for universal open shops and national blacklists of union agitators.
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Chicago
Chicago Council
Coldest Chicago morning since 1876. store fire tragedy
Sunday dawn brought 13 degrees below zero in Chicago the coldest since 1876. Bodizneki & Co. department store on West Twenty second street burned to ashes amid deep snow delaying firefighting, with estimated losses of 85000. One death reported, switchman William Duffy found frozen in Chicago and Northwestern yards.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Bodizneki & Co
Twenty-second Street
William Duffy
Chicago & Northwestern
Doings of Women AGo as The True Home
A moral essay on home life arguing that true home warmth comes from cheerful, relaxed living rather than rigid cleanliness. It condemns excessive fuss over neatness, urges practical order, and stresses responsibility and happiness for children as key to a welcoming home.
Northwest Coldest Weather of the Season
The Northwest faced its coldest weather of the season with temperatures from 40 to 24 degrees below zero across weather bureau stations. No relief in sight as trains run late due to the extreme cold. In St Paul the low reached 23 below, with a 8 below high.
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St. Paul
Weather Bureau
Enormous Timber Thefts Reported in Idaho Backcountry
Investigation by government officials in northern Idaho reveals a large scale timber theft from government land. Affidavits by Special Land Agent Schwartz allege millions of feet of saw timber, mainly white pine, stolen and sold to mills along the Coeur d Alene river. Thieves reportedly fled into the Pend d Oreille mountains after warrants were issued.
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Harrison
Idaho
Northwest
Schwartz
Coeur d’Alene
Middle Forks
Coeur d’Alene River
Jones
Washington
Interior Department
Pend d’Oreille Mountains
Congress adjournment eyed after June 21 convention
Washington observers expect Congress to finish business by June 21 the date set for the Republican convention. Senate and House leaders have discussed an agreement to adjourn for Christmas next Friday, with treaties held until after the holiday recess.
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Washington
National Committee
Congress
Senate
House
Social Life Is Changing and Practical Craft Notes
Recipes for Maple Sugar Sauce Corn Pone and Tomato Soup mix with notes on women’s changing roles in New York society. Pyrography tips describe birch bark frames hats bread boards and burnished designs on leather and wood for decorative items.
Republican National Convention to Meet in Chicago
The Republican national convention will convene in Chicago at noon on June 21 next, after the national committee adjourned subject to call. Pittsburg and St. Louis bid with cash offers. Chicago led with 75 000 and a half, followed by Pittsburg 100 000, and St. Louis 40 000 and a half. The vote among committee members was 43 for Chicago, 7 for Pittsburg, and 1 for St. Louis.
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Washington
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Artillery units withdrawn to be kept in U S for naval stations
The joint army and navy board reports Guantanamo and Bahia Honda will not be ready for coast artillery for at least a year. The War Department decides to withdraw artillery companies from Havana and Santiago and deploy them in the United States until needed at the naval stations.
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Washington
Joint
Army and Navy Board
United States
Guantanamo
Bahia Honda
Cuba
War Department
Havana
Santiago
Senator Hoar Bill Protects Seamen Clothing
Washington December 14 Senator Hoar introduced a bill exempting seamen clothing from attachment and making it a misdemeanor to detain such clothing when demanded by the owner.
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Washington
Hoar Hng
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