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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1899
Page
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Rumors swirl over a proposed US loan of 3 million to Cuba to pay arrears of pay to Cuban troops. The Cuban assembly warns patience and discipline, urges unity, and says Washington must disclose terms before decisions.
The discussion revisited Confederate veterans pensions and state rights as Mr Butler’s amendment was withdrawn. Mr Bate from Tennessee argued the South believed it was right but soldiers did not seek pensions from the federal government. The house then debated army reform with Mr Grosvenor asserting Philippine policy should be Congress, not the president, shaping future actions.
Washington Jan 27. Senate debated President's delay in sending documents from the state department on the Paris conference. Senator Gorman and others pressed for complete information, while Spooner and Platt argued presidential discretion. Hoar defended the president but urged full Senate confidence.
Behreation by a Tra Phuiade y den ST-T1 Walter AL Coar of Sercey City was struck and instantly killed last night by a Penn-Nania train near Villa We Salon. He was 31 years old, son of Robert Caar Jersey City water commissioner, educated at Vila Nova College and admitted to the priesthood in 1893. He has since been a professor at the college.
The National Association of Manufacturers adjourned its fourth annual meeting in Cincinnati and plans to meet next January in Boston. Theodore C. Search of Philadelphia was elected president for the fifth term, with BLPR Wilson of Cincinnati as secretary and Charles A. Schiren of New York as treasurer. Each state elected a vice president. Members pledged to recruit two new members, boosting dues income by about five thousand three hundred dollars yearly. The group aims to cooperate with chambers of commerce for uniform freight-rate classification, expanding both domestic and foreign operations. Headquarters stay in Philadelphia with branches in New York Boston Chicago and Cincinnati. The Paris exposition was noted as a factor in selecting the venue.
Reported ballots show M. S. Quay leading with 103 votes, followed by George A. Jenks 81 and John Dalzell, while many lawmakers granted leave, signaling a slow legislative session. Democratic candidate Stanly W. Woodward seeks Luzerne county judgeship. Barons De Barra held on UK fraud requisition. McKinley asked to grant extradition.
The article notes a tug between eastern and southern sites for the next annual meeting with Paris proposed, Boston as compromise, and New Orleans favored by many for southern manufacturing interests. Peck named first honorary member as talks with manufacturers on Paris progress continue. Fireman Vatalius badly scalded in drydock. John Shea gravely injured and others treated. medical ads follow.
Helena Jan 27 Sensations fill Montana legislature as grand jury finds no indictment in Whitside bribery case. Whiteside loses seat in joint session with nine Democrats and five Republicans voting to unseat him. he accuses Clark backers of bribery amid clashes in the chamber.
The Virginia Military Institute board decides to reinstate three first class cadets dismissed for gross disciplinary breaches. The board upholds Superintendent General Stapp’s action and imposes heavy penalties on the cadets. In Jamaica, Porus town near Kingston suffers near total destruction by fire with heavy losses but no fatalities.
Augustus H Garland, former U S attorney general and longtime senator, suffered a fatal heart attack while addressing the United States Supreme Court. He collapsed in the courtroom and died within ten minutes, with officials rushing to aid him as the court continued with other business. Garland, born 1832 in Tennessee and raised in Arkansas, had a storied career including service in the Confederacy, the Senate, and the Supreme Court bar.
The president urged prompt action and voiced confidence in a favorable vote on the peace treaty after a series of congressional calls. In West Virginia the commissioner of internal revenue faced pressure to resign, with White proposed as new collector at Parkersburg. A Buffalo Pan American exposition bill seeks government aid up to 100,000.
Washington J an 20. The court martial heard the testimony with drama and restraint as General Teagan described allegations by General Miles and criticism in newspapers. Teagan’s calm but emotional delivery underscored his belief in the justice of the case and raised questions about jurisdiction and immunity.
Madrid January 21 cabinet met under the teen regent with General Correa’s absence linked to a tribunal decision on General Jaudenez who capitulated at Manila and General Toral. The premier Sagastn outlined peace treaty aims while court martial may exonerate Toral and try Montejo and possibly Cervera, delaying Cortes reconvening.
Harrisburg Jan 27 General Gobin explains he is not drawing pay as brigadier general of volunteers and that the office is not an incompatibility with lieutenant governor. He argues the volunteer rank is an emergency, not a permanent U.S. or state office, and notes he has taken no U.S. pay and would not take state pay while on leave.
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