Paris Pressizes Treaty Of Paris Near Completion
Paris reports the Paris peace treaty is practically settled in eight articles. Spain cedes Cuba and Porto Rico, relinquishes sovereignty over the Philippines, and withdraws troops. the United States pays 20 million dollars for the Philippines. Debate continues on coaling stations and free shipping. The British ambassador Sir Edmund Monson condemns pricks of policy and urges Anglo French accord.
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Spain
Paris
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
United States
Carolines
Sueu Bour
Eue
Shipp
Sener Dunn
Senor Montero Rios
Foreign Office
Dey
Washington
Day
Court of St. James
Edmund Monson
Great Britain
France
England
Kitchener
Soudon
Egypt
London
Sir Edmund Monson
Nes
Bahr-el-Gazal
Remedies in Law Urged in War, Alaska, and Funds
Attorney General Griggs submits his annual report urging fixes to war revenue act operations and noting Spanish prize vessel condemnations. He calls for a stronger Alaska government amid population growth. The defense fund allocations and agency spending are detailed, with figures for navy, army, and state departments. Also listed are merchant marine plans, a fatal shipyard incident, ambassadorial appointments, and several brief notes on sports, architecture, and medical remedies.
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Griggs
Alaska
Washington
Congress
Jor
House Committee On Appropriations
National Defense
Navy Department
War Department
State Departments
WIll Rent writes from train after Girard murder
A letter attributed to William Kent, who killed his brother on a Chicago and Alton train, pleads self defense and asks to keep the case out of court. He claims fear and an unstable mind drove the act, seeks pardon, and vows to protect his mother, while denying random targeting.
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Vilder
William Kent
Chicago and Alton
Girard
Louisville
Nashville
East St. Louis
Cincinnati
Happine
Indiana Illinois elopement shocks Cobden crowd
Oscar Kuhnie of Indiana and Miss May Wallace of Cobden eloped at Anna with Justice Andrew Hunsaker presiding. Miss Wallace’s parents learned after she failed to return home, and Kuhnle telegraphed from Duquoin that they were married. The couple will live in Indiana.
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Cobden
Oscar Kuhnie
Indiana
May Wallace
Duquoin
Kuhnle
May
Anna
J. Z. Tweedy
Andrew Hunsaker
J. F. F. Wallace
Union County
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Vantine’s
New York
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Hough
Davis
United States Peace Commission
West Indies
Ambassador Monson
British Chamber of Commerce
Edmund J. Monson
Merchant Marine
Chamberlain
American Merchant Marine
Gage
Chatham
Portland
Powell Clayton
Washington, Dc
Senor Romero
Mexico
Pierce
Miller
Waller
Home Life
Brady
Home Life Insurance
Barrows
Oberlin
Chicago
John Henry Barrows
First Presbyterian Church
Oberlin University
de Witt
T. H Thomas
A. J. Riess
M. F. Babusen
Royal Baking Powder
Will Kent
Davenport
Cupid
Milwaukee
John L. Mitchell
Elizabeth Stephenson
Joseph V. Quarles
Quarles
Ike Stephenson
Pontiac
Mich
Smith
S. A. Baldwin
F. A. Baker
Baker
United States Supreme Court
San Francisco
Judge Carter
Baldwin Hotel
Rank
Honest John Clothiers
Rock Island
the London
Hi-Hi Bitters
Ganitarim
Louis Loeb & CO
Davenport Furniture and Carpet Co
Brady St
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