Army to Hold Fifty Thousand Volunteers In Reserve
Washington reports the cabinet will not order further musters of volunteers until after the new year while Cuba and the Philippines settle. Colored regiments in southern camps to be among first mustered out. General Lawton to serve in the Philippines with General Otis. The Miles inquiry sees no witnesses yet. Swift Packing Co. fails to attend January hearings.
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Washington
War Department
Cuba
Philippines
United States
Lee
Havana
British War Office Probes Florida Militia Convention Invite
London dispatch reports the British War Office puzzled by an invitation from Florida's governor to send representatives to a national militia convention in Tampa on February 8. Officials seek definite information from the United States government before deciding on attendance.
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British War Office
United States
London
War Office
Florida
Tampa
Fla
Negroes Call on McKinley for Lynching Memorial
A delegation of colored men from western Pennsylvania met President McKinley with a memorial denouncing race riots and lynchings in the South. They urged just law enforcement and new legislation to protect colored citizens from unjust acts.
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South
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Canada on the Brink warns of U S annexation risk
The Toronto World editorial condemns Ottawa liberalism and warns Canadians that annexation pressure from the United States and British risk near absorption. It cites General Wilson’s Macon speech and warns that American expansionism and English policy threaten Canada’s independence.
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Toronto
World
Ottawa
Canada
North America
the World
United States
England
Russia
France
Macon
James H. Wilson
Delaware
Central America
Wilson
Georgia Merchant Captured in California After Escape
Lafayette Almand a Georgia merchant tied to Conyers and active across the state was arrested in Tulare California after escaping to avoid debts estimated at forty to fifty thousand dollars. City Detective Hewitt tracked him from Atlanta following his disappearance weeks ago amid claims of missing funds.
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Lafayette Almand
Georgia
Tulare
Cal
Hewitt
Atlanta
California
Armand
Conyers
Confederate Veteran Camp Condemns Butler Pension Effort
The New York Confederate Veteran camp passed a unanimous resolution denouncing Senator Butler of North Carolina for seeking pensions for ex Confederate soldiers from the United States. The resolution states such efforts by any southern member of Congress are abhorrent and will meet unified condemnation.
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Beasley
North Carolina
Confederate Veteran Camp
New York
Confederate Veterans’ Camp
Butler
South
United States
Congress
Cuban Troop Bonus Plan Spurs Washington Information Crunch
Cuban authorities in Washington seek exact figures on arms bearing troops to determine eligibility for a proposed $100 payment. Government action anticipated to approve the bounty if counts align with policy and funds.
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Washington
Jackson Day Banquet Planned in Chicago for January 7
Elaborate arrangements are under way in Chicago for the third annual Jackson Day banquet on January 7 under the William J. Bryan League of Chicago. William Jennings Bryan will be the guest of honor. The banquet is billed as the most elaborate yet and seats are set for hundreds with distinguished democrats from across the country expected.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Rumors of Cuban oath crisis spark Havana crowds
A Havana cable report says rumors that General Menocal and Cuban forces refused the oath to the United States circulated amid excited crowds. Mediation hopes clash with plans for evacuation day, as US troops face mixed reactions and tense uncertainty in the city.
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Chicago Tribune
Havana
Mariano Menocal
la Paya
United States
Menceal
Brooke
McKinley
Charles Gould
American Commission
Senator Morrill dies at eighty eight in Washington
Hon Justin Morrill longtime Vermont senator died in Washington at 1 a.m. after a grip turned pneumonia. He served over 31 years in the Senate with a forty four year congressional career. He authored the Morrill tariff act of 1861 and led finance and ways and means committees. He remained at his duties until the end in his eighty ninth year. He was a native of Ormont and first entered Congress in 1855.
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Justin
Morrill
United States
Vermont
Washington
Capitol
Congress
Senator Morrill
Senate
House
Ormont
Sherman
Hayes
Cubans Demand Army Representation at Evacuation Day
Havana residents threaten to close houses and fly no flags on New Year’s Day unless General Brooke rescinds the ban on Cuban insurgent army representatives at evacuation ceremonies. The peace commission’s interview with General Brooke and his ensuing orders spark a tense, mournful mood across the city as Cubans insist their army remains in the field.
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Havana
Las Palmas
Amriano
Spain
Brooke
Washington
United States
Chicago Tribune
Cuban Peace Commission
Gomez
Ludlow
General Shafter Assigned to California Command
Official notice to Major General Merriam in San Francisco confirms General Shafter will command the Pacific Slope Department of California. It is expected he assumes control around January 10. General Merriam has not yet been assigned.
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Merriam
San Francisco
Shafter
Department of California
Express Company Robbed Near San Antonio Payroll Money Missing
A Wells Fargo Express Company office in San Antonio was robbed of a $60,000 payroll shipment sent from Houston for Southern Pacific. Clerk A. Beeler collected the money and was seen en route to the depot. four hours later his wagon was found abandoned five miles west, the horse near collapse from the drive.
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San Antonio
Texas
Wells Fargo Express Couis
Houston
Southern Pacific
A. Beeler
Wells Fargo Money Delivery
Beeler
Keifer Leaves Savannah for Cuba on Panama
Major General Keifer U S V departs Savannah for Havana on the Panama. He heads a force that has been encamped near the city since General Fitzhugh Lee's departure. A large send off greets him with the Ninth Illinois band, soldiers, officers, and a crowd along the riverfront.
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Savannah
Warren
Keifer
Fitzhugh Lee
Cuba
Havana
Panama
Lee
Ninth Illinois Band
Secret Rome talks outline anti anarchist plan
A New York World dispatch reports from Rome that delegates reveal plans postconference. An international Berlin bureau of nine national police will surveil anarchists and coordinate with Europe, with equal funding and secret proceedings. Extradition treaty moves target anarchists and press suppression broadens with censure and secret prosecutions.
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Rome
Italy
New York World
Berlin
Europe
Fire destroys Semet Solway bi product plant at Ensley City
Birmingham dispatch reports the Semet Solway bi product plant in Ensley City gutted by an early Wednesday fire. Estimated loss ranges from 100000 to 250000 with unknown machinery damage. One worker, William Ost, a gas fitter, died after being seen on a high trestle near gas vats. The plant, largest of its kind in the south, cost over 500000 and produced coke gas ammonia tar andother products.
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Semet-Solway Company
Ensley City
Birmingham
Ala
William Ost
Syracuse
N. Y
Apertion
Atlanta Consolidated Mortgage Tops City Records
The Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway files a $2,500,000 mortgage with Mercantile Trust and Deposit of Baltimore to back a new bond issue in Fulton County. The move retires existing bonds, and the war tax on the deed was $1,249.50.
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Atlanta, Ga
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Fulton County
Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company
Baltimore
Atlanta
Consolidated
Insurgents Seize Iloilo as U S Forces Arrive Too Late
Washington officials and General Otis grapple with Iloilo surrender to insurgents after Spanish withdrawal. President and war department consider expanding military control, fearing a push to occupy Iloilo and Manila. Iloilo, population 472000, is a key Philippine seaport on a navigable river, complicating potential U S action.
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Washington
Iloilo
United States
Pratt
Singapore
State Department
Borneo
Otis
War Department
Iloiio
Archipelago
Manila
Agoncillo
Tloilo
Congress
General Otis
Philippines
Denial of Liggett & Myers Union Tobacco Merger
Colonel M. Wetmore denies a New York dispatch claiming Liggett and Myers of St. Louis would merge with Union Tobacco for about 12 million dollars. He calls the report fake and says neither company has offered to buy or sell to the other.
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Liggett and Myers
Union Tobacco Trust
New York
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company
St. Louis
Union Tobacco Company
M. ©. Wetmore
Mr. Wetmore
Liggett & Myers Company
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