Five Civilized Tribes Negotiations and Indian Territory
President McKinley notes the Dawes Commission progress in extinguishing tribal land titles for the Choctaw Chickasaw Creek Cherokee and Seminole nations. He cites agreements with Choctaws Chickasaws and Creeks, pending actions with Cherokees and Seminoles, and urges congressional action to enable allotment and potential statehood while safeguarding white settlers rights. He also covers government bidding on railroad property and praises the national library and civil service reforms.
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United States
Secretary of the Interior
Friends of the Indians
Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
National Council
Congress
Honenry L. Dawes
Commission
Government Deals With Quarantine and Rail Line Sales
A roundup notes yellow fever threats and proposed amendments to national quarantine laws, plus a detailed report on Union Pacific rail line sales. It covers treasury recommendations for epidemics, a proposed four bacteriologists commission, and the government’s bids on subsidized railway lines with tentative sale outcomes and potential payouts.
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South
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Seeennetes
United States
Congress
Marine Hospital Service
The
Navy
Montana Representative’s Capitol Claims Face Demurrer
Helena Mont Dec 7 Judge McIntyre ruled Representative Fred Whiteside’s demurrer on charges from a minority report accusing Cole of crooked capitol building work. The court found privilege not a defense and overruled it, sending damages issues to a jury.
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Cole
McIntyre
Dr. Cole
Griggs Named Attorney General for United States
The White House announces Governor John Griggs of New Jersey has accepted the office of attorney general of the United States. McKenna will become an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Date of transition likely around the start of the new year. National banks trace their origin to 1816.
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Washington
Dec
White House
John Griggs
New Jersey
United States
McKenna
United States Supreme Court
Griggs
Schilling's Best Baking Powder Promises Savings
An advertisement claims Schilling's Best baking powder prevents cake spoilage and asks readers to use one third less than their usual brand to stretch money further, touting Schilling & Company San Francisco.
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Schilling
Northwest timber boom and river survey news across the region
Reports detail immense lumber output in Snohomish county and adjacent areas, a government Pend d Oreille survey predicting navigable river channels, and prospects of opening the river to shipping. News also covers new school staffing in Oakesdale, land patent totals for the Northern Pacific, and regional political and legal developments including county duties, canning output, and local dignitaries.
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Pend'Oreille Hiver
Montana
Northern Pacific
Helena
Klondike
Idaho State Penitentiary
Piper
Steunenberg
Coeur d'Alenes
Shoshone County
Supreme Court
Pend d’Oreille
Pend d'Oreille River
Rocky Point
Priest River
Metalline
Albany Falls
Box Canyon
John H. Orr
Pacific Northwest
Caldwell
Lawrence County
Ark
Plains
Oregon
Reprimand in Lovering Case Highlights Light Punishment
Secretary Alger makes public the court martial sentence for Captain Lovering Fourth Infantry approved by the president. The reprimand is deemed light given the offense and the officer’s lack of remorse. Hammond received punishment, but not through a lawful channel’s proper form. The case stresses military law duties and penalties for officers and enlisted men.
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Washington
Alger
Lovering
Catain L. A. Lovering
Fourth Infantry
Hammond
German ultimatum over Lueders crisis in Haiti grows
Port-au-Prince reports two German cruisers in harbor and an eight hour ultimatum demanding indemnity and satisfaction for Lueders illegal imprisonment. Baron von Bülow says Haiti must admit justice of German claims and calls for enforcement if needed. Also notes first deaf and dumb asylums in England 1760 and Hartford 1817.
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Port-au-Prince
Germany
Hayti
Lueders
Berlin
Baron von Bulow
Haytien
Haiti
England
Thomas Braidwood
United States
Hartford
Young Womanhood and Physical Development Advice
Sweet young girls often become worn women due to neglect of physical development and periodical pain. If a young lady is sick and needs motherly guidance, address Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts with full details of symptoms surroundings and occupation. Her advice comes from experience in women's illnesses and is given personally by a woman.
Fifty Fifth Congress Opens in Washington With Ceremonial Start
Washington dispatch reports the Fifty fifth Congress beginning with both chambers in session. Senators and representatives were sworn in, with Speaker Reed and Vice President Hobart presiding. The day featured tributes, a presidential message, and memorials for late Senator George and Representative Wright.
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Congress
Capitol
Reed
House
Hobart
Senate
House of Representatives
Charles A. Berry
England
Dingley
Grosvenor
Bailey
Henderson
Town
Pruden
Cuba
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Wright
Allen
Mississippi
George
Treasury estimates show 1899 appropriations total announced
Secretary Gage has sent to Congress his annual appropriations estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899. The total requested is 462,647,885 dollars, about 52 million more than 1898, with 41 million more including deficiencies and misc. Public works items include 100,000 for a Sitka courthouse and penitentiary, 50,000 to continue Portland public buildings, and 25,000 for a Semiahmoo Bay lighthouse at Puget Sound.
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Washington
Gage
Congress
Treasury Department
Sitka
Alaska
Portland
Ore
Semimahoo Bay
Puget Sound
Daniel Renominated to Succeed Himself in Senate
Richmond dispatch reports the democratic executive caucus naming Hon. John Daniel to fill the United States Senate seat for another term. Daniel was reappointed to continue in the upper chamber, reflecting party support in the capital.
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Richmond
Democratic Executive Caucus
John Daniel
United States Senate
Caretaker idea and old product claims collide in review
An essay extols St Jacob s Oil as a caretaker for bodily pains from toothaches to backaches, claiming it prevents chronic ache progression and advising constant use. It also includes a miscellany of trivia about Texas size the Caspian Sea trade marks and a householder testimonial about Piso s Cure for Consumption and silk production facts.
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St. Jacob's Oil
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