United States Navy to Expand with Heavily Armed Vessels
Secretary Long plans a major naval build up including three new battleships, three armored cruisers, and four protected cruisers. The expansion raises crew levels from 12 500 to at least 20 000 as the Philippines and Porto Rico become colonies. Ships like the Kearsarge Kentucky Albany and Alabama lead to a phased commissioning through mid-summer next year.
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Washington
United States
Secretary Long
Congress
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Illinois
Brooklyn
Santiago Harbor
New York
Long
Philippines
Porto Rico
Albany
Alabama
Cramps Navy Yard
Dewey to Raise Three Spanish Gunboats in Manila Waters
Admiral Dewey informs the Navy Department that a Hong Kong wrecking firm will raise three Spanish war vessels sunk at Manila last May. The project costs about 500000 dollars and aims to convert the Isla de Cuba Isla de Luzon and Don Juan de Austria into protected craft for Philippine and Asiatic coasts. Aguinaldo Suppresses a Native Paper in New York. pledges no annexation talks. He seeks absolute independence with himself as president.
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Washington
United States Navy
Dewey
Navy Department
Hong Kong
Manila
Hichborn
United States
Philippines
Isla de Cuba
Isla de Luzon
Don Juan de Austria
New York
Aguinaldo
First Spanish Pension Notice From Washington
Fragmentary text notes a pension matter in Washington with an army reference, mentioning a number and a sum of $37 and unclear terms.
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Ihington
Troop Deployments to Cuba Cut Back from Early Plan
The document notes doubts about the 80 Cronus needed in Cuba, with three corps named and stations set. Three regiments were to go to Cienfuegos but now likely only one will be sent, reducing quotas at other garrison sites and possibly halving the initial troop numbers.
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Cronus
Cuba
Cienfuegos
Spanish Peace Delegation Faces US Stand on Philippines
Washington reports indicate Spanish peace commissioners maintain they cannot cede authority to pledge Philippine loan resources or disclose expenditure methods. U S negotiators prepared to counter evasions by offering a lump sum for Spanish properties with no detailed accounting, aiming for a clear, final settlement.
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Washington
Joint Commission
United States
Philippines
Two Wrecks Kill One and Wound Twenty-Two in Fog
Wilton Iowa November nineteenth reports two railway wrecks in heavy fog. In Moscow Rock Island collision brakeman John Donahue died and brakeman Marshall Miller had a broken leg. Three other trainmen were seriously injured. A construction train struck by the fast mail injured seventeen more but no one killed.
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Wilton
Rock Island
Moscow
John Donahue
Marshall Miller
South Park line sold in foreclosure auction
Denver forecloses the Denver Leadville and Gunnison railway known as the South Park line selling to bondholder representatives Henry Budgie Charles A. Peabody Jr. and Henry De Copper for 500000. The system includes 324 miles of narrow gauge track and Denver and Leadville terminals and may join Colorado and Southern railway under a new Union Pacific name. Galveston case involves Frank Holwegler suing the Galveston City railroad for 15000 damages after a car collision injuring his wife requiring surgeries.
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Denver
Denver, Leadville and Gunnison
South Park
Henry Budgie
Charles A. Peabody, Jr
Henry de Copper
Leadville
Colorado and Southern Railway
Union Pacific, Denver and
Gulf
Pueblo
Galveston
Frank Holwegler
Harris County
Galveston City Railroad
Man indicted for murder near Corsicana is found guilty
In Corsicana Texas on November 19 the jury finds Lee Robinson guilty of manslaughter for the death of Ed Hawkins and sentences him to five years in the penitentiary. Nearby wagons bring rice to the freight depot for shipment. Thousands of miles away a separate report covers a 20 year verdict for Hark Jones in Wade Clark murder. A Muscogee fire at Waggoner damages 10 businesses with $40 000 loss and $15 000 insurance. Origin of fire unknown.
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Corsicana
Tex
Lee Robinson
Ed Hawkins
Robinson
Hark Jones
Wade Clark
Muscogee, LT
Waggoner
L. T
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Howell Bros
GLOBE
Ylor & Cox
YBODY
GC. M. Proctor
Parsons
Bottling Works
Bay On
Texas
Glesome and “Yade
NAVY
Manila Bay
South Park Line
Orange
Filberts
John B. Mike
The
Eagle
Doremus & Butter
Parker
Bryan
ITY Bakery
Joan M. Lawrence & Co
Borrina
E. Griesser
Florida
Mississippi
Georgia
Tennessee
North and
South Carolina
Louisiana
Houston
Texas Central
C. W. Ber
M. L. Rontrys
G.P &T
W.S. Wilson
Houston Bryan
American Laundry
Exchange Hotel
E. D. Beach
Hall & Oliver, Physicians and Surgeons
Hall’s
Dr. Oliver
J. Wittmann
Main Street
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