Wake Island to be claimed as U S Pacific station
Wake Island, about 2 000 miles from Johnston and 1 800 miles from Guam, is to be taken by the Bennington under Captain Taussig for a Pacific cable station. The island is three miles long with a saltwater lagoon and eight feet above high tide, needing a condenser to supply fresh water. Despite harsh terrain it is described as American territory since 1851 when Wilkes asserted title.
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Philippines
Hawaii
United States
Wake Island
Admiral Wilkes
Chins
Washington
Shanghai
China
France
Conger
Hale's Course Commended by Filipinos in London
Maine Senator Hale receives two letters from Filipinos in London criticizing any American military occupation of the Philippines. Agoncillo and a Philippine committee urge recognition of independence, alliance, and citizenship, praising Aguinaldo's civil and military administration and orderly conditions in Manila and Cavite.
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Maine
London
Wasninotoy
Hale
Agoncillo
America
Philippines
Senate
United States
Far East
Philippine Committee
Hoar
West
Aguinaldo
Manila
Cavite
North Dakota rate case decided for railroads by judge Amidon
In Farno North Dakota on December 24 Judge Amidon ruled in favor of the railroads after months of expert testimony and a substantial cost. Judge Thayer joined the decision. Rates were challenged under a new tariff but an injunction had halted enforcement. A special master was appointed to take testimony, with broad support from railroads and legal authorities. The decision held capital deserves proper remuneration and North Dakota failed to prove rates harmed profits.
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Amidon
Farno
N. D
North Dakota
United States
Thayer
Lovall
Casselton
Cowan
Year of Great Gain Prompts Global Demand Review
The United States heat on world markets boosts iron and exports in a booming week summary from New York. R. G. Dan & Co. reports record trade volume, rising exports and imports, heavy stock exchanges, and strong iron production with surging steel and coal activity.
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United States
R. G. Dan & Co
New York
Weekly Review of Trade
The
Stock Exchange
Atlantic
Bessemer
Pittsburg
Gray Forge
Chicago
Eastern
Philadelphia
South America
Maryland Steel Company
Asiatic
Russia
Australia
East
Yokohama
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Matilda D. Borda
Norton
Portsmouth
N. H
Heron
South Dakota
Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Pierre
Brogueta
Manprip
Senor Sagasta
Senor Groizard
Mamiar
Red Lyon
Bruevur
George Weirick
Mill Creek Valley
Werrick
Corbin
Thun Hohenstein
Vienna
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Brooklyn
Billy O'Donnell
Memphis
Joe Bernstein
Denver and
Fort Worth
Guantanamo
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts
Bar Association of
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Sunny Slope Farm
Emporia
Kan
O. A. Stannard
Hope
Marshall
Department of California
Secretary of War
Fresidio
Robert E. Hitt
Illinois
House Foreign Affairs Committee
William Smith
John Birch
Liberty Island
Idaho
Wilson Line
Flower Gate
China Squadron
Hankow
Bertha Bruger
Spokane
Wasbh
Bertha Wier
Samoa
War On Telephone Company
Dues Mars
Des Moines
Iowa (Bell) Telephone Company
Corement
News
the Chronicle
Lord Salisbury
Daily Chronicle
England
Committee On Army Affairs
Hay
West Virginia
War Department
Poynter Goss
Apion
Neb
Poynter
South Seventeenth Street
Doane College
Sprinarhip
Mass
Harries O. Doane
Crete
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Omana
W. F. Bechel
Pacifico Expresa
Telegraph
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Daily Telegraph
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