15 Dec 1898
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1898
Page
1
Meat Department offers skinned hams spare ribs and young dressed chickens. 70 lb regular sugar cured hams priced at 7 cents a pound while others ask 8 cents. Fresh eggs and sugar priced at 6 cents per dozen and 1 pound respectively.
Washington December 16 Grow of Pennsylvania opened with a historical address on the origin of the committee of the whole. DeArmond attacked the speaker and rules, while Henderson denied claims of a promised new code. The speaker defended actual practice and recalled John Randolph’s 1816 critique of rules as proof of timeless tensions in Congress.
The senate revisited the Nicaraguan canal issue with speeches by Harris Money Stewart and Morgan. West sparked the pension discussion by denouncing hurried passage of private pension bills amid alleged political manipulation, citing Indiana's pension bills exceeding Illinois'. Money urged delaying canal decisions for negotiations on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, while Morgan opposed the proposal. Money praised closer ties with Britain, noting the entente cordiale.
Butte Mont December 15 old time miner Thomas Donlan died from smelter smoke the city covered like a poison blanket others John Lipster Miles McK Diamond and Richard Sullivan remain in critical condition no one willing to sign a complaint against the open air roasting rule cited as prohibited in law Honolulu December 7 through San Francisco December 15 Miss Shaefer a Red Cross nurse returning from Manila charges soldiers die in hospitals from poor nourishment government allows 60 cents a day per patient suggestion 6 cents could save many. Carlinville Tulsa December 15 Mackupin county authorities show Will Kent slayer of Nobte Kent hiding near Shawneetown may surrender and plead insanity. New York December 18 dispatches report Cuban millionaire Antonio Terry who recently married Sybil Sanderson has died in Paris. Trying to Save His Neck Springfield Massachusetts December 15 petition filed for supersedeas in Carter Martin Mattoon awaiting execution tomorrow.
President McKinley’s Atlanta peace jubilee address at the Georgia Capitol drew warm cheers as he urged shared care of Confederate soldiers’ graves. He referenced the Civil War’s end and called for fraternity, sparking wild southern reactions and emotional scenes from veterans in the chamber.
Southern crowds cheered President McKinley after his conciliatory peace remarks and Wheeler's praise of the administration. Wheeler and Young received bursts of acclaim while Lawsen thanked Georgia's legislature and people. Alger declined to speak as the capital events ended with a late private reception. In Atlanta the Capital City club hosted the president and Mrs. McKinley. New York reports Northern Pacific declares a 1 percent common dividend, first since reorganization.
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