Still Talk of the Canal Taxes and Cuba Debate
Washington dispatches outline stalled Nic aragua canal bill debates with speeches by Harris Money Stewart and Morgan. Opposition to Turpie postponement noted as pension and foreign vessel registry questions arise. Officials discuss Cuba troop needs and naval presence, while Spain trade preferences and Lodge immigration bill defeats frame another day in Congress. A five member Senate delegation to Cuba and Porto Rico is proposed, and the pension bill climbs to 145 million with 993,714 pensions on rolls.
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Money
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Turpie
West
Iirois
Indiana
Milnois
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Corbin
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Cuba
Wade
West Indies
Sampson
Natal Board of Trade
Congress
National Board of Trade
United States
Nicaragua Canal
Insurgents Demand Spain Pay $20 Million Bound for Prisoner Ransom
Prisoners reportedly exceed 10000 as insurgents in Cuba press Spain to pay $20 million, the amount Spain is to receive from the United States under the peace treaty as compensation for expenses in the Philippines. Gen. Greene is said to resign and depart for New York on Wednesday.
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Spain
United States
Philippine Islands
President McKinley Praises Confederate Dead in Atlanta Speech
President McKinley delivers a landmark address before the Georgia legislature during the Atlanta peace jubilee. His remarks evoke strong cheering from the joint session, with emphasis on Confederate dead and a sense of epochal significance.
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Atlanta
McKinley
Georgia
General Assembly
Federation of Labor Convention in Kansas City
The Federation of Labor convention made little progress as committees could not process the numerous resolutions. A resolution was adopted opposing the Supreme Court income tax decision as inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution.
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Waltr Om
Kansas City
Federation of Labor
Supreme Court
Philippines Development Association of American Volunteers
Manila reports an enthusiastic assembly establishing the Philippine Development Association of American Volunteers to promote island development after service, with some soldiers planning to settle in the Philippines despite discharge. Article notes broader imperial context and related domestic debates.
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Philippines
Manila
Astor Battery
Philippine Development Association of American Volunteers
United States
The Wish of the People and Tax Legislation Push
The report covers varied political moves including a push to make income tax part of general taxes, opposition to anti scalping acts, and calls to mobilize federation power against imported consumer goods. It notes debates on postal savings banks and rural mail delivery, with state resolutions in Indiana and Michigan backing postal banks and rural services.
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Federation
Gompers
Postal Savings Banks
Indianapolis
Ind
State Grange
Lansing
Mich
State Association of Farmers’ Clubs
Great Hirltale May Hold Crete
London dispatch cites the Daily Mail reporting that Britain plans a permanent occupation of Crete, signaling a potential shift in Mediterranean policy. The notice notes Dec. 15 as the date of the claim and identifies the source as the Daily Mail.
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Great Hirltale
Crete
London
The
Daily Mail
Southern Warmth Meets Federal Peace At McKinley Event
A Southern audience cheers President McKinley and Gen Wheeler after conciliatory talks on Confederate graves and national unity. The day features a floral parade, receptions, and thanks to War Department figures, followed by a tragic fire in Middletown, Colorado, killing two children of a U S Army lieutenant.
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Grant
McKinley
Gen. Wheeler
Senate
Capital City Club
Atlanta
Pleased at Americas Advance in Moscow editorial
Slovo, a leading Kleff paper, runs an editorial praising the United States for its rise as a great power among civilized nations in a recent issue. Moscow dispatch notes the favorable tone toward America’s emergence on the world stage.
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Moscow
Slovo
Kleff
United States
Spanish troops dying of hunger in Madrid strikes nerves
Madrid dispatch reports nine thousand Cuban war veterans in Madrid starve as the government struggles under a 56,000,000 peseta deficit. It cannot liquidate back pay owed to the Cuban army, while social distress widens amid economic strain.
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Cuba
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