Handys free ships plan challenges Hanna bounty scheme
The Boston Post reports Congressman Handy of Delaware pushes a bill to let merchants buy ships where cheapest, advocating “free ships” to remove navigation restrictions and boost American trade. It contrasts Handy’s approach with Hanna’s proposed taxes and argues for mercantile opportunity, jobs, and fair competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hanna
Congressman Handy
Delaware
Handy
United States
Hanna
Congress
A Grave Responsibility for War in the Philippines
The article argues that Hon. Whitelaw Reid and the New York Tribune weigh heavily on McKinley’s Philippines plan. It warns that urging war to subdue natives risks suffering and death and questions whether war is truly unavoidable. Moral accountability rests on those supporting a conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid
United States
Tena
Phuippines
Philippines
McKinley
Sherman
McKinley’s Progress on Imperial Policy Prompted by Morality Clarion
A 1899 editorial criticizes President McKinley for shifting from opposing forcible annexation to endorsing a forceful takeover of the Philippines. It argues his stance abandons moral code and suggests the next step could be the slaughter of Filipinos to seize territory. The piece questions consistency and warns of imperial ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Congress
MckKinley
Otis
Philippine Islands
United States
Manila
Miller
Tloilo
Philippines
MecKinley
Questioning United States Authority Over Colonies
The author argues that Philippine authority rests on what Spain surrendered. U.S. control hinges on the Paris treaty. Panay already yields to Filipinos who forced Spanish surrender. The piece also notes Cuba and Puerto Rico’s transfer by protocol and questions U.S. authority in the original thirteen states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Merritt
Spain
Philippines
United States
Panay
Cuba
Porto Rico
Paris
Republican Split Over Imperialism Deepens
Ex Senator Edmunds leads anti expansionist stance arguing constitutional moral and economic issues. Morrill Hale Sherman Hoar and others reflect a party divide with age and experience pitted against hot blooded youth. The split could reshape Republican policy and unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmunds
Republican Party
Congress
Senate
Hte
McKinley
Philippines
New York World
Morrill
Hale
John Sherman
Hoar
Copper rises as European demand soars this year
The copper market strengthens with rising prices in Europe and America. London and New York values advance, consumption seen at record levels, exports expanding, and mines operating at full capacity. Analysts foresee 14 cents copper by February and a sustained mining stock boom driven by intrinsic merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Europe
D. Houston & Co
England
Germany
France
United States
Houston
Standard Oil Party
Observant Citizen Notes Winter Travel and Loss at Sea
The column describes widespread winter migrations to the South and Europe, with Mrs. Edwin M. Swift and her daughter sailing to the Mediterranean and the Touraine party heading to Summerville, S C. It recounts a traveling anecdote about a grip loss and mentions artist Henry DeMerritt Young lost on the steamer Portland in November with his works as his sole property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Edwin M. Swift
Miss Swift
New York
Mediterranean
France
Horace Hunt
Touraine
Summerville
S. C
Henry DeMerritt Young
Boston
Portland
Boston Art Sale for Young Widow and Child
The Boston arts community funds an exhibition and sale of pictures to aid Mr Young's widow and child. A committee arranged with Williams & Everett for gallery space Jan 19 to 26, sale Jan 26 at 3 pm, auctioneer Frank Leonard. Committee includes Thomas Allen and J A Monks among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Williams & Everett's
Frank Leonard
Thomas Allen
W. F. Hatsall
Abbott Graves
Marshall Johnson
Benjamin Cc. Clark
J. A. Monks
E. L. Major
W. J. Little
J. L. Breck
Charles Copeland
E. C. Tarbell
W. M. Paxton
H. H. Gallison
O'Brien Family Plans Winter at Trinity Court
Mrs. Hugh O'Brien and her daughter Miss Madeline O'Brien will spend the winter at Trinity Court. The wedding date for Miss O'Brien and Rev. Eugene J. V. Huiginn has not yet been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh O'Brien
Madeline O’brien
Trinity Court
Miss O’brien
Eugene J. V. Huiginn
John Brice at Harvard
John Brice son of the late Senator Calvin Brice has returned from Lima Ohio where he attended his father’s funeral He now has rooms in Cambridge and is a senior at Harvard University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brice
Calvin 8. Brice
Lima
Cambridge
Harvard University
Elizabeth
Lucchini
Diving Romance on a Sunny Beach
Bella shares a summer tale of flirtation and a daring rescue on a crowded beach. Tom introduces her rescuer Harry Warren after a splashy accident. A dance at the hotel leads to romance as Bella’s stock ing worries become a joke of fate and love blooms between Bella and Harry as they confess their feelings by the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bella
Tom
Ned Jones
Comeron
Jove
Tlonde
Hella
Brother Tom
Harry Warren
Harry
Bells
Munich editors flee to Switzerland over lese majeste cartoon
Langan and Heine of Simplicissimus escape arrest by fleeing to Switzerland after a cartoon showing ghosts of Godefroi de Bouillon and Frederick Barbarossa revisiting Jerusalem. Barbarossa laughs as he raises the Kaiser's helmet, prompting Godefroi to chide that crusades had no serious aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langan
Munich
Simplicissimus
Heine
Switzerland
Godefroi de Bouillon
Frederick Barbarossa
Holy
Godefroi
Miss Helen Long Prominent Washington Social Figure
Miss Helen Long daughter of the Secretary of the Navy, has borne family social duties due to her mother’s illness. She previously served as a volunteer nurse in the Spanish War. The piece also notes Dr Lyman Abbott’s controversial disbelief in the Jonah and the whale story and subsequent public discussion about whale swallowing feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ethel Burns
Lewis Harcourt
Sir William Harcourt
Miss Burns
Walter Hays Burne
J. Pilemont Morgan
Miss Helen Long
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Mrs. Long
Miss Helen
Miss Long
Spain
Lyman Abbott
Many Quips From Newspapers on Wit and Witlessness
An assortment of comic snippets from Chicago News Indianapolis Journal Life and Detroit Free Press lampooning literary lines and social quirks. Jokes feature mistaken affiliations from tires to bank panics and light classroom humor about vanity and shaving mishaps.
Vanderbilt hosts intimate din ner dance at Idle Hour palace
In New York on January 27 William K Vanderbilt will host a small, lavish dinner dance at Idle Hour on Fifth Avenue and Fifty-second Street. Invitations note a festive setup with Long Island flowers. Two prospective brides will attend Miss Virginia Fair and Miss Emily Vanderbilt Sloane, tied to engagements with Vanderbilt family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jan. S
William K. Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-second Street
Long Island
Virginia Fair
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Emily Vanderbilt Sloane
John H. Hammond
Vanderbilt
Nellie Neustretter's Paris Fashion and Fete Admiration
Paris buzzes over Nellie Neustretter the woman who split William K. Vanderbilt and his wife. She parades in velvet and sable, with top horses and carriages, evoking palace-like splendor and aristocratic envy along the Avenue des Acacias as echoed by grandees of the Faubourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Nellie Neustretter
William K. Vanderbilt
Perry Belmont
Eugenie
Neustretter
The Squawville inquest on a Mexican death
In Squawville a coroner calls an inquest into a Mexican man found dead. A jury declares the cold remains are dead, while witnesses describe the event as a case of self termination. The narrator notes odd happenings after dark and comments on local legal maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Evening Post
Rinaldo
Squawville
Legislative Appointments Awaited with Much Interest
Senator George E and Senator A Maxn Putnam are awaited for appointments in manufactur ing and mercantile affairs, with strong interest from lawmakers and industry leaders.
Legislative committee prizes set by Smith and Bates
President Smith of the Senate and Speaker Bates of the House will today announce the committee prizes for the year and both branches will begin an active legislative career. New House, old material, shifting chairs for judiciary, manufactures, mercantile, and ways and means, with contests for leadership and a mix of Republicans and Socialists on labor. Surprises and possible disappointments expected as the Ist makes announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Senate
Bates
House
Judiciary Committee
Fred H. Williams
Representative Myers
Putnam
Lowell
Manufactures
Franklin I. Huntress
Somerville
Maxwell
Kyle
George
Haverhill
Carleton
Representative Whipple
Brockton
Soule
New Bedford
J. J. McCarthy
Dallinger
Cambridge
Hayes
Hodgkins
Saunders
Bouve
Hingham
Sargent
Lawrence
Labor Committee
McClellan
Grafton
Representative Ross
Representative Marden
Carey
Scates
Bailey
Newburyport
Fisheries and Game
Cape Cod
Cape Ann
Chamberlain
Committee On Cities
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Boston Post
New England
Free Ships
M’kinley
H. Newman & Son
Ashing
Lillian Gertrude Shuman
Mrs. Grace
Baron Upham
Ebb
George Lowell Tracy
Revere
Treet
Southern Terminal
Atlantic Avenue
Summer Street
Bowdoin College
Glee and Mandolin Club
Steinert Hall
Ret
Old Maine College
Fryeburg Academy
Washington Academy of Machias
Wade
Tett
Nay
John Hancock
Quincy
Adams Academy
Hancock
Bellevue
Beacon Street
Roxbury
Radcliffe
Jack’’ Sullivan
South
Jack” Manning
Jack’ Hall
Brighton
Jack’’ Magullion
Dooley
Harvard
Sonarare
Cte
Eatin
Annie Pratt
Harvard Street
Overett, Mass
Ersonals
Post
C. S. Gallagher
Station Street
Edward Bienton Cor
Yate
Bert
Chicago News
Indianapolis Journal
Bobbie Splinter
America
eSee
Ieee
Chicago Post
Detroit Free Press
Cholly
R. A. Soule
Railroads
J. J. Carthy
Mee
F. W. Dal
Nayes
Singer
Senator George
Wars and Means
Huntress
Mercantile Affairs
George E
A. A. Maxnputnam
Berlin
Vienna
Chicago
Phila
Department of Education
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