Aguinaldo Heads Filipino Junta Move to Ilolio Fight Americans
Paris dispatch reports the Filipino junta in Paris confirms Aguinaldo has left Manila for Ilolio at insurgent request to lead forces against the United States. It lists the new cabinet with Mabini as foreign affairs minister and Baldomero Aguinaldo as war minister, all pledged to pursue military occupation of the Philippines.
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Paris
Manila
Aguinaldo
Ilcile
Mabini
Teodoro Santico
England
Belgium
Hongkong
Dewey
Baldomero Aguinaldo
Forcromont
Beyrinalog
Cavite
Trias
Gregorio Gonzaga
Songkong
Visayan
Iivices
Home Rule Promised to Philippines by General Otis
Manila January 7 Major General Otis military commander of the United States forces in the Philippines issues a proclamation citing President McKinley. He says Americans will appoint representative Filipinos to civil positions and aims for a mon Liberal government with greater representation and law and order. He invites Filipino cooperation and confidence.
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Manila
Oris
United States
Philippines
McKinley
Otis
Filipinos Threaten Hollo City to Bar U S Landing
Filipino junta leaders in Shanghai charge an overt unfair tremument by the United States as causing a crisis in the Philippines. They say Otle was ordered to seize the archipelago and send troops to the Visayas. They warn Filipinos will prevent American landings at Hollo and may destroy the city for strategic ends.
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Shanghai
Philippines
United
Visayas
Otle
Hollo
Vigilants Hang Gang Leader in Eagle City Alaska
The steamer Posalia reports a lynching in Eagle City Alaska where Jack Jolly a gambling and liquor operator was killed by a vigilance committee of twelve after terrorizing the mining camp. The gang members fled the town following the hanging.
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Vancouver
Eagle City
Alaska
Jack Jolly
President McKinney orders troops landed at Iloilo
Washington reports President McKinney plans to force the issue over the Philippines decision. General Miller is ordered to land troops at Iloilo, with the insurgents to determine the outcome. The move may provoke a harassing war with Philippine natives, though calamities are hoped to be averted.
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Washington
McKinney Haa
Hoilo
Philippines
Miller
Lloilo
Increasing the Army cost rise under Hull Bill analysis
Washington reports Adjutant General Corbin to Hull shows regular army cost at 24.469 million now versus 42.050 million under the proposed bill, an increase of 57.71 million. Details cover quarters transportation clothing supplies barracks hospitals and incident expenses across departments.
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Washington
Hull
Corbin
Military Committee
Quartermasters Department
Suba
Ladington
Eagan
Stanton
Quartermaster's Department
Army Liquor Profiteering Scandal Hits Transports
In Bavanash Georgia on January 6 reports allege profiteering aboard WWI transports Roumania and Manitoba. Steward Hough McClair was discharged after demanding his share of storeroom profits. Quartermaster Wrigley and the Manitoba’s quartermaster are tipped for discharge as liquor sales and inflated prices sparked a broad scandal aboard several transports.
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Bavanash
Hough McClair
Traveport Roumania
McClair
Wrigley
Roumania
Manitoba
Porofita
Democratic state central committee rows for Bryan support
Springfield Illinois January 5 The Democratic state central committee endorsed the Chicago Platform and William J Bryan. Bryan attended and thanked the committee for the compliment and praised free and unlimited coinage. Adoption of the resolutions endorsing silver and Bryan passed unanimously despite expected gold standard opposition.
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Springfield
Democratic State Central Committee
Chicago
Wiliam J. Bryan
Bryan
Hrgan
Choate Named Ambassador to Great Britain
Washington reports official nomination of Hon. Joseph A. Choate of New York as United States ambassador to Great Britain. The nomination will reach the Senate after a short delay, with no anticipated plan changes. The Daily Chronicle lauds Choate as representative of diverse American elements. Secretary Long discusses costs for fifteen new warships totaling 14,168,100 for armament and 34,100,000 for construction and engineering.
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Washington
Joseph A. Choate
New York
Great Britain
Senate
London
The
Daily Chronicle
Joseph H. Choate
United States
Toreat
Britain
America
Looghan
Congress
Post Office Bill Favored. Second Class Matter Rules Change
Chairman Loud reports a favorable bill to amend postal laws on second class matter. A similar 1407 bill passed the house but failed in the senate. The measure would set 1 cent for two ounces for serial books and reprints, with learning restrictions treated like other periodicals. Archbishop Ireland denies Rome sent him to the St Petersburg peace conference, stating no presidential appointment and Vatican denial.
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Loud
House Post Office Committee
House
Senate
St. Paul
Mino
Ireland
Rome
London
St. Petersburg
Gomez issues proclamation to Cuban army on pay and duties
General Maximo Gomez in his camp near Narasco declares Cubans must await full payment by the republic before disbanding. He cites US peace with Spain and aims to end American intervention while ensuring soldiers are paid. General Mario Menocal says insurgent leaders will not accept Gomez’s proposals and disarming continues islandwide.
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Mavans
Jon
Maximo Gomez
Narasco
Washington
Spain
United States
Cubs
Mario Menocal
Havana
Matansas
Aed
Submission of treaty sent to the Senate with brief message
Washington January 5 The treaty of peace negotiated at Paris will be submitted to Congress almost immediately on reconvening. The President will not deliver a message with arguments for ratification, leaving the merits to friends in the Senate and providing only a brief transmission note. The text is officially kept secret while the Senate is allowed to publish it at its discretion.
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Washington
Paris
Congress
Ma Eloley
Senate
Sbill
French Gloomy Future Forecast For United States
The Temps of Paris paints a dark view of America’s future noting the loss of its peaceful era without a standing army. It argues Democrats and reformers regret conquest, expansion, and foreign entanglements while McKinley’s U.S. stance shifts toward peace and self government.
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New York
The
Temps
Paris
United States
McKinley
America
Scandia Delayed for Twentieth Infantry to Philippines
The transport Scandia cannot leave San Francisco before January 16 or later to carry the Twentieth Infantry to the Philippines. It was stated wives and families of officers may sail on Scandia, with arrangements to seat them on a later vessel for comfort once all soldiers are aboard.
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San Francisco
Philippines
Vonsel
Christmas Frontier Diner Tales From the Boarding Train
In Paso del Norte frontier camps young railroad workers recall three meals a day on the road in rough camps. They swap stories of boarding tents and tin dishes while longing for Christmas feasts and memories of home, hearing an old man plead for mercy as hunger and homesickness rise.
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Taffeau
Paso del Norte
Mexico
Bo 'T
Paso del Now
Lae Ciudad Juares
Maanachucette
Parvin
New Orleans
Crescent City
Louisiana
New York
Anaid
Delmontco's
Christmans
Christmas in Paso del Norte a Frontier Christmas Dinner
Parvin and six boys share a joyous surplus charity Christmas dinner for exiles in Paso del Norte. They outfit a stylish meal with borrowed gear, a guest old man reveals a family link to Parvin, and a mining windfall is arranged through a joint stock venture. The tale intertwines nostalgia, self restraint, and frontier resilience.
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Parvin
Mexico
Severn
el Paso
Christman
Paso del Norte
Alent
Heroes and Heroism in the Paper and Parade Lines
The writer reflects on daily heroes in the Cleveland Leader with Sunday portraits. He notes the public adulation for heroes like Dewey and the crowd’s desire to crown and parade them, while imagining being a hero in uniform and the lure of fame.
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Cleveland
Jack Robason
Dewey
Mantila
Elrest
Ethel Wharton
Tom Barlow
Protecting Delicate Documents with ColLODion Coating
To safeguard 614 documents and rare papers from air and moisture use a 3 percent col lodion solution. Apply with a soft brush without risk to the objects, ideal for preserving water color paintings and pastels in pristine condition.
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Europe
Old World to New: canal plan and famed Americas relics
Notes on a Volga Caspian canal project aiming to ease navigation. The oldest U.S. house stands in St. Augustine Florida built in 1604 by Franciscan monks of coquina and mortar. Immigration totals show Anglo Saxonization trends across numerous nations. The piece ends with remarks on copied street fashion.
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Buenla
Volga
Caspian Sea
America
St. Augustine
Fin
Order of St. Francis
Francis Drake
J. W. Henderson
United States
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Rowmania
Rusaia
Finland
Poland
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
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Europe
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West Indies
South America
Asia
Arabia
Syria
China
Japan
Ireland
England
Wales
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