Hawaii Annexation Debate Shapes Territorial Governance
Fragmented dispatches describe how the Hawaii annexation commission plans to report to Congress on a territorial framework. The path envisions local self government through municipal districts on Oahu Maui and Kauai with limited sovereign attributes retained by the federal government.
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Yokuluma
Honolulu
Hawaii
Heannexation Commission
Congress
United States
Forzetten Jpundroken Mion
Alaska
Oahu
Haute
Maui
Nithau
Washington fusion nomina tion in 1896 Populist Democratic Silver ticket
A fusion of Populist Democratic and Silver Republican groups in Washington forms a joint candidate slate. James Hamilton Lewis and W L C Jones are named for Representatives, with FP Henston and M M Godt as Supreme Court justices. The joint platform calls for bi metal money, government issuance, direct senatorial elections, railroad rate limits, and tax and debt reforms.
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Puston
Hensburg
Wash
Emensburg
Washington
James Hamilton Lewis
Seattle
WLC
Jones
Silver Republican
Spokane
Henston
Tacoma
M. M. Godt Democrat
Dayton
Joint Platform
Congress
United States
George Turner
W.C. Jones
James Hamlton Lewis
State of Washington
High-Handed Proceedings in Manila and U.S. Update
Recruiting agents of insurgents press foreign workers including British crews, with natives seizing horses. Protestant services appear in private buildings for the first time in Philippine history. American registry increases as Spanish crews refuse Spanish officers and insurgents push for American control. Also McKinley names Schofield and Gordon to a war department inquiry commission. In Montana a cave-in at the Ruby mine buries two workers. In Denver a man is shot at the Oxford hotel by a woman identified only as Florence Richardson, who then commits suicide.
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Manila
Coasis
Aye Wang
Armeniedh Artay
Philippines
Powerful
Dewey
Otis
Utah
Washington
McKinley
War Department
Schofield
John B. Gordon
Georgia
Denver
Colo
W. HF. Lawrence
Cleveland
Oxford Hotel
Florence Richardson
Secretaries Seek War Dept Probe as President Delays
Secretary Alger urged a thorough investigation of the war department with Adjutant General Corbin’s input. No final decision has been reached by the President. Alger pressed for action, but the cabinet and president plan further study before announcing policy.
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Corbin
Washington
Alger
War Department
Alter
Riot at Candia and multiple global news briefs
Refugees report that 700 Christians are missing after attacks at Candia, with fires and looting linked to Turkish troops. Edhem Pasha blamed for allowing bloodshed as British forces intervene. Other items note a Chicago meeting on Spain peace trade, a Berlin gambling scandal in the dragoon guards, a Cambridge murder by thieves, and farmers in Astoria praying for rain amid wildfires and drought.
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Edhem Praha
London
Edbem Pasha
Reid
Edhbem Pasha
Chicago
Ilinois Manufacturing Association
Spain
Union League Club
Illinois
Peace Commission
Berlin
Dragoon Guards
Prince Albert of
Saxe Coburg
Goetz
William
Prince Albert
Tieence
Spain Surrenders in Peace Negotiations as War Ends
Madrid reports the government accepts preliminary peace terms with the United States. The bill authorizes renouncing sovereignty and territory in Spanish colonies to conclude the accord, with the Times noting all ministers sign the document.
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Spain
London
Madrid
Tis
Negotiz
Obif Arory
Cortes
United States of America
Times
Spanish Flag Captured in Porto Rico Presented to President
By order of General Miles President McKinley was presented a Spanish flag captured by American forces at Coamo Porto Rico. The Sixteenth Pennsylvania volunteers seized the flag with 200 Spanish prisoners during a retreat attempt. Colonel Biddle and Captain Harrys Alvin Hall delivered the speech, and the president praised the troops before the flag was archived for possible national museum display.
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Porto Rico
Washington
Miles
McKinley
Coamo
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Biddle
Harrys Alvin Hall
Sixteenth
Pennsylvania Infantry
White House
Adjutant General’s Office
National Museum
Duties on Relief Supplies From Spain to Cuba
Washington reports the Spanish duty on rations carried by the Comal to Havana for Cuban starving inhabitants may not be paid. A cable response set the duty at 60,000 in gold, but no U.S. funds are in Havana, and the government may choose a different course after last night’s decision.
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Spain
Washington
Comal
Havana
Cuba
United States
Miners Lose Gold as Fastnet Arrives with Wreck Crew
Disappointed Yukoners learn eight miners found no gold as the steamer Fastnet returns from St Michaels carrying the Stickeen Chief wreck crew and Mara the former MP who owned the Mara. The Garonne also reaches St Michaels with the Reindeer sow but loses a Seattle barge near Unimak pass.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fastnet
St. Michaels
J. A. Mara
Mara
Unimak Pass
Seattle
President approves muster-out of 100000 volunteers
Washington reports the President will muster out about 100000 volunteers while about 100000 remain for Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Mustering out will follow population proportions and include strict inventory of government arms and property.
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Washington
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
West Indies tariff changes and new Cuba trade moves
Reports from Washington describe changes in Cuban and Porto Rican tariff administration including extended deadlines for import duties and storage options for goods at risk. New corporate plans show American Indies Company forming in New Jersey to boost Cuba and Puerto Rico ventures. Treasury officials urge Manila hemp duty refunds and lifting export prohibitions to revive trade after the war.
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Washington
United States
New York
Santiago
Meiklejohn
American Indies Company
Secretary of State of
New Jersey
Trenton
Thomas Dolan
P. A. B. Widdener
W. L. Elkins
Philadelphia
Thomas F. Ryan
Frederick F. Olcott
Anthony M. Brady
R. A. S Smith
Henry D. MacMahon
J. N
Manila
Washington, Sept
Philippines
Treasury
War Department
Peck Plan Uses Schools to Aid Lafayette Monument
Chicago on September 9 by order of Commissioner-General Peck Robert J Thompson Lafayette Monument Commission secretary formed an honorary advisory committee of school superintendents nationwide to mobilize schools for Lafayette Day October 19 urging teachers to relate Lafayette and early U.S. history to students. In Boston the nine Cuba veterans ships anchored in harbor saluting Commodore Howison while Gov Wolcott and Mayor Quincey hosted a reception at Fanueil Hall as a thunderstorm lit the harbor.
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Chicago
Peck
Robert J. Thompson
Lafayette Monument Commission
The
Monument Association
Schools of America
Yorktown
Lafayette
Boston Harbor
Boston
Cuba
Massachusetts
Howison
Navy Yard
Governo Wolcott
Wolcott
Quincey
Fancuti Hall
Nine Hurt As Storm Tops New York Pier Ironwork Collapse
A sudden 3:30 pm storm at West Twelfth Street causes the collapse of the 800 foot pier No. 50 structure built for Wilson Steamship Company. Two iron workers John Leonard and Samuel Patterson die, nine others are injured, nine men were at work when the roof and beams fell. Fire brigades rescue crews struggle amid debris.
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New York
Pier No. 50
West Twelfth Street
John Leonard
New York Hospital
Samuel Patterson
Wilson Steamship Company
Uoder
Devris
Candia Bombardment Reports Severe Damage and Casualties
Telegraphs from Candia indicate renewed bombardment of the port with serious damage. British sailors landed to reinforce the garrison and pumps arrived to fight fires. Estimates claim 22 British killed and 45 wounded, with refugees on warships and many corpses in the streets, including a whole family. The Italian consulate is reported burned and a Russian warship left for Crete carrying the Russian consul. In Little Rock, Mary Masque, reputedly the world’s largest colored woman, has died at age 30 weighing about 560 pounds from adipose overgrowth.
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Atheng
Candia
Piraeus
Crete
M. Troijanski
Little Rock
Ark
Mary Masque
Li Hung Chang Deposed in Peking Power Shift
In Peking Li Hung Chang has been dismissed from power amid rumors that Sir Claude McDonald pressed demands over Li’s alleged pro Russia stance. The crisis follows Britain losing contract leverage on the Peking Hankow railroad after Russian Chinese bank financial control was solidified.
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Li Hung Chang
Peking
Sir Claude McDonald
Russia
Great Britain
Peking-Hankow
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