07 Dec 1898
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Newspaper
Middletown Daily Argus
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1898
Page
1
Store offers broad linen and silk handkerchiefs from 3c to 48c with embroidered sets in boxes. Gloves in 300 pairs with new shades Tan Red Castor Black White at 79c. Umbrellas 49c to 2.98 plus pocket tools and toys. Early purchases stored and delivered. small deposit requested.
Washington outlines a three battalion infantry structure with 150 regiments in a new army plan. It creates a top heavy general officer list led by one general and two lieutenant generals, with detailed division of staff and medical corps. A cadet system assigns seats from districts and territories. New York notices address a misinterpreted fire report tied to Postal Telegraph and Cable companies.
At a Paris British Chamber of Commerce banquet Sir Edmund Monson hailed the new diplomacy as driven by the press and American initiative. He credited American minds and British cooperation with easing Anglo American ties while cautioning against provocations in Egypt and Sudan.
Senator West of Missouri introduced a joint resolution declaring the federal government lacks authority to acquire colonial possessions to be governed as such. He allows purchases only for ports, boundary fixes, and similar needs, aiming to organize territories for eventual statehood. The debate touched on navigation laws and coastwise trade implications.
The Havana dispatch reports General Lee's entire corps will be in Cuba within ten days amid evacuations in the province of Havana. Spanish troops have vacated multiple towns, Cuban forces take over under mayoral supervision, and US authority disperses civil service bonds while preparing archives and payrolls. A separate item notes Yale defeats Princeton in a Cuba annexation debate.
Postmaster General Emery Smith orders that all mail to the United States from persons connected with forces abroad must be indorsed soldier's letter sailor's letter or other service designation and signed by a commander. Four more Portland steamer victims recovered in Chatham with 31 total bodies. Torrington Mortgage Secures 1 000 000 on assets. Botkin case juror inquiry continues in San Francisco with potential verdict in sight.
The French repair ship Centre Amie Coubet has spent two weeks adjusting the Grand Banks cables to lessen risk of destruction by a foreign power in wartime.
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