Laval men rebuke Hobson for excessive boasting and kissing row
Washington correspondents report strong criticism of Lt. Hobson by naval officers and southern politicians. They condemn his public display after the Merrimac voyage, say it cheapens the deed, and note Secretary Long advised restraint.
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Atlanta Journal
Washington
Satan
Hobson
Santiago
Esprit de Corps
Long Island
Army and Navy Club
Congress
Merrimac
Wheeler
Clay
Reed
Kansas City
Long
Denver
New England Society Dinner At Waldorf Astoria
Over four hundred New England sons gathered for the ninety third annual dinner in New York at the Waldorf Astoria. President Howland presided as the society’s seal and national flags framed the head table with state coats of arms. Many prominent public and private figures attended.
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Ner
New York
Sons of New England
New England Society of New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Howland
Society
New England States
Will Release Fifty Regiments Mustering Out Plan Agreed
The president and cabinet agreed to discharge 50 volunteer regiments now in service. Manila bound units lead the list with careful regimental pruning to avoid broad discharges. Cuba Porto Rico and Philippines orders remain, transports awaited. Corbin notes savings of 780000 dollars monthly and a reduced force of about 100000 men for garrisons. Third Georgia to Neo Victas as ordered once transports available.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Adjutant General
Manila
Corbin
Cuba
Porto Rico
War Department
Philippines
United States
Georgia
Neovitas
Sword Presented Schley at Philadelphia
Rear Admiral Schley received a costly sword scabbard and belt in Philadelphia in a ceremony funded by residents of Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware. Governor Hastings and Mayor Warwick spoke as the audience praised the gift valued at 4200 dollars noting the blade of Damascus steel and a diamond adorned hilt.
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Philadelphia
Schley
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Hastings
Warwick
Banquet Wine Seized Then Released At Charleston
State Dispensary constables seized wines imported for the New England Society banquet in Charleston. Rev Dr Edder appealed to surrender the stock but was refused. Senator McLaurin urged Governor Ellerbe to intervene. A telegram from Columbia announced release, and the wines flowed at the banquet.
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Charleston
S. C
New England Society
Edder
Senator McLaurin
Ellerbe
Columbia
Bird saves train from wreck on I G N line near Austin
A northbound Internation and Great Northern train narrowly avoided disaster forty miles south of Austin Texas when a miscreant blocked the track with a rail. A bird struck the locomotive headlight glass blinding the beam and forcing a slow approach to the next station. The train damaged the track and engine but there were no injuries.
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Internation and Great Northern Railroad
Austin
Tex
General Sanger Ordered to Move to Charleston then Matanzas
General Sanger at Columbus Georgia received orders from Washington to move with his brigade staff and regiment to Charleston and sail for Matanzas aboard the transport Manitoba. The telegram sparked a flurry in local army circles as plans shifted. The Twelfth New York regiment, then in Americus, was chosen to accompany the force.
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Sanger
Columbus
Washington
Charleston
D. C
Manitoba
Matanzas
New York Regiment
Americus
Hitchcock Named Secretary of the Interior in Holiday Nominations
President nominates Ethan A. Hitchcock of Missouri as secretary of the interior and designates him ambassador to Russia. Hitchcock, a St. Louis lawyer and former plate glass maker, is a great grandson of Ethan Allen. Congress adjourns for holidays as the Senate confirms Hitchcock and the house tackles voter war commissions and war-era investigations.
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Russia
Washington
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Missouri
Hitchcock
St. Louis
Ethan Allen
Vermont
Mr. Hitchcock
Mobile
Ala
Henry Hitchcock
Proctor
St. Petersburg
Presidents Southern Tour Returns Home in Warm Farewell
The presidential party concluded a southern tour with high praise for the welcome received in Atlanta and throughout the South. President McKinley, accompanied by Mrs. McKinley, expressed satisfaction with the trip, noting strengthened north south goodwill and praising army conditions observed along the route. Secretary Alger lauded sincere receptions and well behaved troops as locals hosted the visitors in cordial fashion.
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Washington
South
Pennsylvania
Southern Railway
McKinley
Atlanta
Columbia
S. C
Brown
Sixth Street
White House
Wheeler
Shafter
Spain
Alger
United States
Hull Army Bill Advances in House Military Affairs
Washington dispatch reports the House committee on military affairs voted 8 to 5 to report the Hull bill raising the regular army to 100000 men. Five days were set for drafting two reports, with a minority plan calling for a standing army limited to prewar levels and authority to the president to recruit a large temporary force.
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Washington
House Committee of Military Affairs
Express Company Enjoined Over Revenue Stamp Order
Minority stockholders of Southern Express sue in Augusta seeking to stop obeying the railroad commission order that requires payment of one cent stamps on bills of lading and receipts for intra state business. They claim Georgia stamp costs amount to 4200. Attorney Frank H. Miller represents New York residents Densmore and others. Attorney General Terrell to defend state before Judge Speer with a January date. The case has national importance for express firms nationwide. Similar suits have favored express firms in New York California and North Carolina. Georgia adds the point that the railroad commission orders carry the force of law and require stamp payment by the carrier.
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Southern Express Company
United States Circuit
Augusta
Railroad Commission
Georgia
Frank H. Miller
New York
Densmore
Terrell
Speer
United States
California
North Carolina
Express Company
Express
Bailey Aims at Wheeler and House Rules Clash
A Washington special reports Democrat Bailey of Texas opened the session with a resolution to refer to the judiciary committee questions on members holding federal offices and whether such offices vacate seats. Dingley offered a holiday recess from December 21 to January 4, adopted without division. Senator Mason introduced a senate resolution directing agriculture to probe German legislation affecting American meat imports and to push for inspection laws for foods from Germany if enacted. The measure awaits action. it authorizes scrutiny and possible new safeguards on imports.
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Congress
Balleyps
Consol
Kentucky
Robbins
Pennsylvania
Campbell
Illinois
House
Senate
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Missouri
Interior
Cullom
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hawaiian Islands
Washington
Bailey
Texas
Committee On Rules
Committee On Judiciary
United States
Dingley
Committee On Ways and Means
Mason
Committee On Agriculture
Reichgtag
Germany
Committee of Agriculture
Empire of Germany
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Treasury
Insistence on Independence Dominates Philippine Rumors
In Manila rumors swirl about the Philippine question but Filipino papers demand absolute independence. Senor Paterno, head of the Philippine assembly, reportedly cabled Madrid offering autonomy and reforms if Spain guarantees them, with the country said to back Spanish rule only if no other foreign intervention occurs.
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Manila
Philippine Republic
Senor Paterno
Philippine Assembly
Madrid
Spain
House
Philippines
Williams
Mississippi
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Cuba
Orient
Dewey
Blanco in Spain Reaches Home From Cuba Service
Marshal Ramon Blanco formerly captain general of Cuba arrives in Alicante from Havana aboard the Villa Verde and proceeds to Madrid after a welcome from Senor Sagasta and a telegram of devotion to the queen regent.
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Marshal
Island of Cuba
Villa Verde
Marshal Ramon Blanco
Cuba
Alicante
Spain
Havana
Blanco
Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Indicted in Atlanta for Large Scale USPS Stamp Fraud
A federal grand jury in Atlanta indicted William Head the Waddells and others from Polk and Haralson counties for creating numerous post offices and filing false stamp cancellation returns in a major fraud scheme against the United States. More names withheld to aid arrest.
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United States
Atlanta
Polk and
Haralson
William Head
Waddells
Senate Deliberates Expansion Rights and Philippines Annexation
Senator Teller argues no limits on U S expansion to acquire far territories, citing Cuba and Puerto Rico. Representative Williams counters annexing the Philippines, citing distance 7000 miles, economic costs, and potential burden on farmers, urging respect for the flag and public opinion.
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Congress
Senator Teller
Senate
United States
Teller
Cuba
Porto Rico
Asiatic
Mr. Teller
Mr. West
President Signs Bills Passed in Present Congress Session
The president signed several bills on Wednesday. One provides for a national exposition in Philadelphia in 1899 and appropriations. Another amends laws protecting American seamen and promoting commerce. Others regulate sitting of U S courts in South Carolina and revise statutes on vice and consuls and commercial agents.
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Congress
Philadelphia
United States
District of South Carolina
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