Page family long tied to US Army service through generations
Sir John H Page Jr, recently commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Third Infantry, becomes the third Page to serve in the US Army. His father, John H Page Sr, commands the Third Infantry and served in Cuba, while his grandfather John H Page was killed at Palo Alto in the Mexican War.
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John H. Page, Jr
Third Infantry
John Hage
Cuba
Sanago
John H. Page
Palo Alto
McKinley Seeks Gold Standard Support And Trust Reform
President McKinley’s 1899 message to Congress urges strengthening the gold standard, expanding treasury powers to manage bonds, and push for merchant marine subsidies. He calls for federal action on trusts, favors uniform state laws, and stresses fiscal balance amid rising industry and unemployment.
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McKinley
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Hobart
United States
Central Pacific Railroad
Secretary of the Treasury
the Treasury
The
Treasury
Treasury Department
East
West Indies
Cleveland
Philippines Problem. Revolt and American sovereignty
The text recounts to December 1898 the U S treaty with Spain ceding the Philippines, ratifications in 1899, and U S aims to protect natives while establishing orderly rule. It notes commissions to Manila, insurrection, and the call to crush rebellion, with reconstruction efforts beginning on Negros under military and civil governance.
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Spain
Philippine Islands
Congress
Senate
Philippines
Paris
Manila
Otis
Iloilo
Orient
Admiral Dewey
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
Charles Denby
China
Dean C. Worcester
University of Michigan
Negros
Island of
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