Senate Debates Annexation and Hawaiian Treaty Policy
Senator Teller spent the entire four hours of the executive session arguing for annexation and the Hawaiian treaty. Senator Morgan of Alabama proposed an amendment favoring cession of the Hawaiian Islands, while Senator White of California insisted on the right of the people to govern themselves.
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Washington
Senate
Morgan
Alabama
White
California
Wait
United States
Waiian Islands
Sena+ White
Sena Davis
Friends
Davis
Minnesota
Committee On Foreign Relations
Candler
New Hampshire
Admiral Worden
Aeutenant
Navy
Impton Roads
Merrimac
Chandler
Admiral Orden
Congress
Gress
Worden
Hale
Maine
Treasury
Yukon River
Teller
Colorado
Ricer Onal
Polley
Military Academy Appropriation Bill Advances in House
The house approved the military appropriation measure Monday with one minor amendment. Debate covered various topics as the bill of 453,540 dollars passed, a reduction of 26,802 dollars from the prior amount. Territorial legislators of Arizona are to be involved in Capitol building plans. The house then moved into the committee of the whole.
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Military Academy
Military “Uy
Luetgert Convicted of Wife Murder in Life Sentence
Adolph L. Luetgert was found guilty of murdering his wife and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Chicago verdict came at 10:50 p.m. with Luetgert laughing as Clerk Knopf read the jury’s decision. Judge Gary indicated he would receive the verdict at once to end the jury’s long service.
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Chicago
Adolph L. Luetgert
Luetgert
Ceslroom
Gary
Criminal Court
Knopf
Transportation focus at East and West Congress in Tampa
The East and West Congress opened in Tampa with President Smith announcing completed credentials and resolutions committees. J. M. Lowe reported Western packing house products headed to Liverpool via a Gulf port and urged faster routes, while the afternoon session debated the pooling bill now before Congress.
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Congress
Tampa
Fla
Congress Hall
Smith
J. M. Lowe
Kansas City
South
West
Liverpool
Gulf
Allen's Neck Saved by Clemency in Georgia
Governor Atkinson commuted Bibb county murderer Tom Allen's death sentence to life imprisonment. The clemency order cites widespread public support including 5 000 Bibb Jones and Monroe county residents church congregations ministers and officials. The petition is described as the strongest ever presented to the executive.
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Atlanta
Atkinson
Tom Allen
Bibb County
Bibb, Jones and
Monroe Counties
Judge in Martin trial faces intimidation letter
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania Judge Woodward resumed the Martin case after an anonymous letter warned of consequences if he did not act as demanded. The judge rejected the threat calling the writer a scoundrel and coward and affirmed his resolve to judge impartially.
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Martin
Wilkesbarre
Woodward
Wilson Visits Florida To Meet Tobacco Growers
Secretary Wilson and Dr. Curry arrived in Jacksonville from Washington on Tuesday morning. A committee met them at the station and guided them to the St. James hotel for talks with leading tobacco sugar cane and vegetable growers. Wilson praised Florida tobacco prospects replacing Cuban and Sumatra crops.
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Wilson
J. L. M. Curry
Jacksonville
Washington
St. James Hotel
Florida
Sumatra
Three Cuba Crisis Proposals Reach Senate in 1898 Debate
A Washington dispatch reports three Senate resolutions aimed at Cuba relief. Nebraska's Allen seeks to recognize belligerency and neutral rights for Cuba. Utah's Cannon calls for Spain to withdraw and for U S recognition of Cuban independence by March 4 1898, with a 90 day window. Illinois Mason plans to urge immediate ceasefire and U S peace in Cuba.
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Washington
Senate
Allen
Nebraska
Committee On Foreign Relations
Spain
Cuba
United States of America
United States
House of Representatives
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Cannon
Utah
Republic of
Western Hemisphere
Cuban
Kingdom of
Republic of Cuba
Mason
Illinois
United
Letter from Dupuy de Lome Criticizes President Rumored Public
Washington debate centers on a public letter said to be written by Dupuy de Lome criticizing the president. The Spanish minister denounces any such letter as a fabrication while lawmakers foresee possible ministerial changes if authentic.
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Dupuy de Lome
Washington
Quarantine Convention Draws Delegates to Mobile
The South Atlantic and Gulf states quarantine convention met in Mobile Alabama on Wednesday with about three hundred attendees. Delegates represented medical sanitary scientific transportation commercial and administrative interests from southern states and many from other states. Notable attendees came from Chicago St. Louis and New York.
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Mobile
Gulf States
Ala
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Southern Progress Signals Surge in Southern Industries
Southern trade centers show rising activity with strong demand for iron and car materials. Lumber markets firm with higher prices and new plants announced including Rose Manufacturing in Dallas and Louisville brewery. New ventures spans brick works in Natchez and St. Augustine, mills in Greensboro Green Forest and Pedro, and box factories in Helena Velasco. Trade notes highlight Kellett-Chatham Machinery in Waco and Brooks Lumber in Bath with saw mills planned for Cluttsville Jemison Hale.
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Rose Manufacturing Co
Capital
Dallas
Tex
Natchez
Miss
St. Augustine
Fla
Louisville
Oak Hill
Greensboro
N. C
Green Forest
Pedro
Ark
High Point
Gibbs, Tenn
Morgantown
W. Va
Georgetown Ice Co
Georgetown
Rocky Mount
Kellett- Chatham Machinery Co
Waco
Gilreath Coal and Iron Co
Birmingham
Ala
Cooper River Gold Mining and Prospecting Co
Fort Worth
Alpha Mining Co
Rockford
Helena
Velasco
Brooks Lumber Co
Bath
8. C
Lexington Lumber and Manufacturing Co
Lexington
Cluttsville
Jem
Revision of game laws convention in Chicago
Game wardens, legislators, lawyers and others gathered in Chicago to discuss uniform Northwest state game laws. The Wisconsin legislature sparked the effort, and the convention will report findings to represented legislatures. Seining in the Great Lakes tops topics. many delegates favor a ban on spring and winter shooting during the breeding season.
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Chicago
Northwest
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Huge Atlantic City Fire Destroys Beachfront Block
A Monday blaze began at the Academy of Music in Atlantic City New Jersey wiping out a half block of beach front buildings. Property loss is about 865000 with minimal insurance as insurers demand very high rates.
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Academy of Music
Atlantic City
N. J
Moonshiners Threaten Uprising in Arkansas County
Dispatch from Little Rock reports an uprising by moonshiners in Cleburne county Arkansas after a raid by deputy U S marshals. Authorities seek federal help to protect law abiding citizens in the mountain district amid the moonshine industry.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Mountain
Cleburne County
Ark
United States
Butler objects to Ewart nomination in Senate judiciary hearing
Senator Butler of North Carolina told the senate judiciary committee on Monday he sought postponement of final action on Hamilton G. Ewart’s nomination as judge of the western district to allow charges to be formulated. He did not specify the charges beyond saying Ewart lacks judicial temperament and sufficient legal standing for the appointment.
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Butler
North Carolina
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Hamilton G. Ewart
Ewart
Costly blazes in Savannah destroy cathedral and warehouse
A Savannah fire outbreak Sunday night destroyed the cathedral of St John the Baptist valued at about 225000 dollars with 60000 dollars insured, and damaged multiple nearby brick buildings. A warehouse blaze earlier caused 125000 dollars in losses with hay and other property destroyed. authorities suspect incendiary origin.
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Savannah
St. John the Baptist
Georgia
Bay Street
St. Vincent de Paul
Jefferson Street
Charles A. Conklin & Co
Atlanta
Montgomery and
Williamson Streets
Conklin & Co
John Flannery
Herman Meyers
Savannah Grocery Company
Georgia and Alabama Railroad
Dixon, Mitchell & Co
Battleships in a bad way reported by New York crew
A Boston man received a letter from an officer aboard the cruiser New York recounting a string of accidents affecting several ships in the North Atlantic squadron. The letter details startling incidents that have troubled the warships in the squadron.
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North Atlantic
Sqadron
Boston
New York
Army Engineers Approved for Yazoo River Mouth Work
The Secretary of War approved the project for improving the Yazoo River mouth near Vicksburg. Army engineers plan the work and expect to begin soon to enhance navigation and flood control in the area.
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Yazoo River
Secretary of War
Army Engineers
Vicksburg
Mormons Warned as Tampa Citizens Protest Preachers
Tampa section of Florida reports rising opposition to Mormon elders as residents in several towns threaten to drive them out. In some country settlements preachers were forced to leave under threats of whipping, with multiple Mormons present in Tampa as locals monitor the activity.
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Tampa
Fla
Cuban Debate Opens With Stormy Senate Speeches
In the Senate, Mason and Cannon delivered strong speeches on the Cuban war and U.S. relations with Spain. Cannon questioned the value of talk without action while Mason condemned Cuban atrocities and urged U S aid to stop the massacres, even at cost to buy women and children to save them.
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Messrs
Mason
Cannon
Senate
United States
Spain
Utah
Cubs
Congress
Hale
Illinois
Cuba
Mr. Mason
Sai
The Gallows for Gafford Murder Verdict
Greenville dispatch reports John A. Gafford found guilty of murdering Bartow Lloyd, Alabama author. After four days of deliberation the jury fixed the punishment at death, with initial divisions over life or death but unanimous on the verdict.
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Bartow Lloyd
Greenville
Ala
John A. Gafford
Covington Councilmen Jailed For Defying Judge Travin
Seven Covington city council members were sentenced to jail after refusing to obey Circuit Judge Travin. They had compelled him by noncompliance to move his court from the Kenton County courthouse in Covington to Independence.
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Travin
Cincinnati
Covington
Kenton County
Independence
Secretary Gage Issues Warrant for Mortgage Funds
Secretary Gage issued a warrant for 7 516 255 15 dollars to the treasurer of the United States for first mortgages on the eastern and middle divisions of the Kansas Pacific. The action follows directions of the president and anticipates Jo Sanborn of St Louis's favorable ruling on redeeming the first mortgages and delaying the February 16 sale.
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Secretary of Treasury
Gage
United States
Kansas Pacific
Jo Sanborn
St. Louis
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Gafford
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