McKinley Delivers Longest Congress Message Yet
President McKinley’s third annual message to Congress, delivered after Hobart’s death, spans nearly 25,000 words. He highlights prosperity, rising foreign commerce, and fiscal surpluses while urging banking reforms, stronger federal powers, and continued support for Cuba, the Philippines, and foreign relations heels.
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McKinley
Congress
Senate
Hobart
Ais
TSUS
Agiteratha Nols
Gost
Don
Wit
Treasurys Department
Naples
Henée
Vane
Boidge
Tiereliagt
Captain Slocum as U. S. Military Representative to South Africa
Captain Stephen L Henmmedien Slocum sails as the United States Government’s military representative to observe maneuvers in South Africa. A cavalry captain and descendant of Miles Standish, he served in the Nez Perce and Sitting Bull campaigns and was an attache to Minister Townsend in Lisbon. He was recalled for his Spain expertise, and a brother holds an official Cuban post. they are the only nephews of Mrs. Russell Sage.
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Slocum
United States
Stephen L'Henmmedien Slocum
South Africa
Eucith Cavalry
Miles Standish
Nez Perce
Tran
Townsend
Lisbon
Spain
Cuba
Russell Sage
Manauense Survives Typhoon To Reach Manila Aboard
The army transport Manauense arrived in Manila after thirty three days from San Francisco amid a devastating voyage. Engineers failed, pumps were useless, and the ship carried 420 aboard with only 213 berths. Soldiers bailed for twelve days in darkness and filth, while officers praised their endurance and condemned the crew's incompetence.
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Manila
San Francisco
Manauense
Webb Hayes
Thirty-first Infantry
Manila Bay
Dunleavy
Zen
Honolulu
Manar Uense
Fragmentary Royalty and Nobility Notes From an Old Ledger
A garbled OCR item lists various titled figures and their possessions or actions. It mentions Argentina's president with a seven thousand five hundred unit, Spain's King Alfonso with a new car, an ex-resident Tierola of Peru with fifty million, the Earl of Starrington owning a London grocery, Grand Duchess Nicholas Nicolaie witek as a Russian nun, Canish princesses learning to sew, Queen Victoria endorsing sensible footwear, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon fishing daily at eighty two, the Prince of Wales inspecting Scots Guards before South Africa, and the Duc d Orleans surrounding his English estate with a ten foot fence.
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Argentina
Alfonso
Spain
Tierola
Peru
Earl of Starrington
London
Nicholas Nicolaiewitek
Victoria
Duke of Richmond
Gordon
Prince of Wales
Scots Guards
South Africa
Ihe Duc ‘d’Orleans
England
Complete Collapse of the Franklin Syndicate Swindle
The Franklin syndicate in New York swindled depositors by promising 10 percent weekly returns from stock speculation. It paid high interest for over a year, had over $1 million on hand at collapse, and employed around forty staff. Police and district attorney moved in as depositors demanded funds and banks shut down the operation.
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Itranklin
New York
Economist
Miller
Seiz
Miller swindling ring unfolds with vast cash hoards
The article details a Frankin syndicate case in which police seized $15,000 in cash and $9,000 hidden by Annie Gary, with three wagon loads of daily mail and about $4,000,000 in takings. Promoter Miller is indicted and in hiding, facing penitentiary while victims remain unreimbursed and duped.
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Annie Gary
Daily Mail
Miller
Franklin Syndicate
Promoter Miller
Ife
Prisoner Convicted as Ellis Glenn Is a Woman
A Hillsboro Illinois newspaper notes a prisoner named Ellis Glenn is a woman. She allegedly impersonated her twin brother to commit forgery and fled before a planned marriage to Miss Ella Dukes. Her twin sister identity is debated as authorities consider the case.
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Elis Glenn
Tlilsboro
Ellis Glenn
Ella Dukes
Hillsboro
Miss Duke
St. Louis
Woman in Forgery Plot Ends in Hillsboro Jail
A telegram reveals a case of mistaken identity involving Bilis Glenn who claimed feminine gender and twin brother Elbert Glenn. She says Elbert, a private detective, fled Paducah to clear his name while she joined him in a Hillsboro plot, ultimately leading to her imprisonment.
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St. Louis
Paducah
Chester
Hillsboro
Jis
Bilis Glenn
Elbert Glenn
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China
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Joint High Commission
Canada
Palmn- Inh. Lo
Japan
Pacific Cable Company
Dlawan, Gas
Philippines
Mexico
Diaz
Chicago
Bering Sea
Russia
Rcent
Germany
Uiormus
International Union of American Republics
Commercial Museum of
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Niagara Frontier
Porto Rico
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United Shates
Diel
Porto Luco
Adaska
Washington
I. Slocum
Manavense
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Emlis Glenn
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