Confession of Cowardice Bill Sparks War Militia Debate
The piece argues Republicans politicized military size after the Philippines conflict. It contends the bill to expand the U S army is a shift to militarism, listing vast peacetime officer ranks and structure while warning of the influence of war profiteers and the public's burden, predicting a broad awakening against militarism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Manla
House of Representatives
Senate
House
United States
Poralis
Prix
Kent
Looking for a New Insurrection in Cuba Debate
The piece reviews Republican editorials on US suzerain claims over Cuba and contrasts them with Congress and public statements endorsing Cuban independence. It notes criticism of deportation, quotes MacArthur's Philippines report, and questions progress of pacification under American rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cuba
New York Tribune
McKinley
Congress
the Tribune
Unitedates
Eres
Spain
Washington
New York World
Chicago Times-Herald
Riots Splinter Anti Carlist Demo Amid Royal Marriage
Riots erupted in an anti Carlist protest over the Princess of Asturias marriage to a man deemed Carlist sympathizer. General Weyler imposes strict press censorship and suppresses El Heraldo along with other papers as Spain faces a grave crisis unmatched since the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess of
Asturias
General Weyler
el Heraldo
Spain
Excavation planned at Ur to reveal Abraham birthplace
Dr Edgar J Banks leads an expedition backed by Breslau to unearth Ur within weeks. The site features mounds and a pyramidal temple tower once linked to the Moon God, promising insights into Genesis narratives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
Palestine
Edgar J. Banks
Royal University of
George Gould Buys Paris Exhibition Eagle Dragon
Tiffany & Co. sells the wrought iron Eagle-Dragon group from the Paris exhibition to George J. Gould. The eighteen foot tall sixeon weighs about fifteen tons and will join his Georgian Court collection at Lakewood New Jersey. The piece, ordered by Emperor William II, represents liberty battling oppression and is noted for its artistic and mechanical prowess.
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Tiffany & Co
New York
George J. Gould
Lakewood
N. J
Georgian Court
William II
Absurd Cuban constitution demand and political rebukes
The piece mocks senators who want a Cuban constitution clause thanking the United States before any action on Cuba. It notes Cubans reject enshrining US gratitude, argues justice should be pursued for Neeley and Rathbone, and remarks on administration expectations and MacArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Cuba
Neeley and Rathbone
Question on press censorship and peace in the Philippines
The inquiry challenges ongoing press censorship by asking why censorship remains if peace exists and why a war status cannot be admitted if censorship continues. It probes the rationale, aims, and transparency of wartime information control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
Philippine peace aims raise need for more troops
The report suggests that as Filipinos grow more peaceful, General MacArthur must bolster forces. A Philippine commission is said to require the services of two first class occultists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Manila
P. 1
Division of
Philippines
Insuroer
Dacia Amen
Plpino Commission
Oppressive South Carolina labor contracts and a legacy news
A South Carolina killing highlights a system where enslaving contracts bind black workers to stockades and third party selling of services. A judge denounces the practice as worse than slavery, while farmers defend rigid terms to curb defaulting. Also notes a $10,000 legacy to Westbrook seminary and a stray Indian skeleton found in New York during subway construction.
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Baltimore
Frances Caspari
Hawthorne
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Leaflet Association of
New York
Miss Caspari
South Carolina
Columbia
South
Westbrook Seminary
Portland, Mo
Eunice A. Niles
North Jay
Ancient Cherokee House in Fort Gibson Holds Many Histories
A house in Fort Gibson built around 1833, once home to Chief Bushyhead’s family, hosted presidents and generals, officers’ functions, treaties, and tactics notes. The article notes its role in social circles and Cherokee diplomacy, and mentions a separate naval turret debate affecting battleship design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Fort Gibson
Bushyhead
Grand River
Taylor
James G. Blaine
General Sherman
Washington
Upton
Empress Haruko Favors Princess of Wales Queen Alexandra
Garden party at Tokyo’s royal palace spurs talk of the throne’s most popular woman. Empress Haruko overhears and favors the Princess of Wales who is now Queen Alexandra, admiring the English court and the Empress Federick. Ben Nevis continues setting rainfall records with December totaling 43 inches, 28 inches above average and surpassing prior monthly records.
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Royal Palace
Tokyo
Haruko
Princess of Wales
Queen Alexandra
Federick
Ben Nevis
Expositions Proliferate After Chicago Fair
The piece notes several fairs planned or proposed after the Chicago world’s fair. Buffalo’s Pan-American exposition opens this spring, South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition begins next December, and St Louis centennial exposition is slated for 1908. The Toledo Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory exposition was abandoned, while New Orleans plans a distant interoceanic canal celebration fair.
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Buffalo
Toledo
New Orleans
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W. J. Bryan
Tower of Babel
Assyria
Theower
Sinai
Moon
George Gould
Pani
Holland
Ellacox
Charlotte
Alice Blackwell Stone
Carrie Chapman Catt
Mary Elizabeth Lease
Carrie Nation
Science
South Kensington Museum
General MacArthur
Reflected Glory Club
Chicago
Vipes
Kearsarge
Board of Naval Construction
Virginia
Rhode Island
Illinois
Maine
Missouri
Ohio
Alexandra
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