22 Feb 1899
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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1899
Page
1
A cold wave moves through the Midwest and Northeast with temperatures dropping into the teens and twenties. The interior and eastern United States experience unseasonably low readings as a broad cold front extends from Wisconsin and Minnesota westward into Colorado, Kansas, and nearby states.
Forecasters predict cold air moving south from Texas into western and panhandle areas. Temperatures drop with brisk to high north winds across West Texas and the Panhandle Wednesday night and Thursday. northern New Mexico and Oklahoma also see colder conditions and potential strong northerly gusts.
Representatives of Tess Ronda Ape and rail lines including Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Inland Missouri Kansas and Texas Southern Pacific Texas and Pacific San Antonio and Aransas Pass meet in St Louis to discuss a joint bureau governing traffic between U S points and Mexican points. The executive board adjourns after approving the resolution and plans to reconvene tomorrow.
Senate debate on the Hull Hawley army recruitment bill opens with five speakers all from the Senate Military Affairs Committee. Cockrell opposes the measure, arguing it cannot become law this session, while Hawley Warren Mitchell support it, and Proctor addresses amendments. Opponents warn a large standing army risks future burdens despite requested funding.
Special dispatch reports unclear text from Texas related to the Portnall matter. Mentions Barnum and Polk County with a post office or office in February. No clear action or outcome is discernible from readable fragments.
Special dispatch from Washington reports Nicaragua’s revolution worsening and endangering American interests. The state department lines up the gunboat Machive and the cruiser Petrel to sail to Nicaraguan waters to safeguard U S assets as consul matters in Bluefields and communications with the consulate fail to receive replies.
The readable portions list scattered names and places such as Wingate in Thintel County and Hampton in Tyler county with references to marches and movements. No coherent event is identifiable from the fragments available.
Reports from Washington indicate a new session will be called to push financial legislation. Only two of the regular appropriation titles have cleared the Senate and House, with others at various stages. The naval bill is among those under discussion as committees and conferences proceed.
A gathering of Democratic leaders in Washington is expected tomorrow to outline a complete campaign program. The meeting will decide how far the issue of expansion enters the contest and shape the next campaign strategy.
Report notes army bill, rivers and harbor bill debated in Senate with prospects of an extra session. White House aides say a March or May session may be called to push key defense and funding measures through despite intra party resistance and conference holds.
The fragment discusses doubts about confining the effort to a single measure and predicts a broader push for financial regulation, with indefinite continuation over several months. It references Itto and general regulatory momentum without concrete actions.
Congressman Slayden pushes for discharge of men from the Third and Fourth Texas Volunteer Infantry as they are mustered out. War Department delays for some, while others are released. list includes Privates Robertson, Hevers, Andrus, Drury, Garrett, and more.
Washington reports amid cabinet chatter of renewed U S policy toward the Philippines. Officials say reinforcements to Manila shrink insurgent chances as General Gomes coordinates with General Brooke for 2,000,000 disbursement to Cuban troops promising swift completion of subjugation. Administration expected to push reorganization through Congress.
Washington February 21 The statement to the senate committee on naval affairs by Admiral Schley has drawn much comment in congregational tidings today. Public opinion leans that Admiral Bampton is in an unenviable position. A congressional investigation is probable and could result in changes within the navy department.
Evan Gulint Sam Jones closed a revival in Hopkinsville Kentucky claiming he drove out the devil. The Hopkinsville grand jury returned nearly 200 indictments against whisky sellers without licenses, the largest single offense tally in Kentucky history.
The court of inquiry arguments over Miles charges continued with officers from the Santiago campaign denouncing canned beef as palatable but not nutritious. Testimony noted fresh meat improved by cooling but spoilage occurred en route, and officers urged herd cattle instead of refrigerated meat for the army.
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