German editors blamed for wartime rhetoric in Vienna dispatch
The piece argues German editors act to inflame anger, boosting their journalistic profits. It notes a Northern Atlantic steamer charter to ship grain to Russia as a signal for American farmers, cautions it does not guarantee wheat prices, and observes high postal and ocean rates. It mentions reliance on the home market and compares postal versus ocean freight costs between the US and Europe.
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Atantic
Russia
United States
Consuls as Commercial Travel Agents Says London Mail
The London Mail argues that American consuls act as commercial travelers for private firms and private individuals operate as commissions to travel for business. It notes German consuls share the aim of representing American trade, while British consuls vary from cautious diplomacy to occasional ambition, often neglecting their country’s commerce.
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London Mail
Consnl
Saauny Onaes
Press as guardian of liberty and progress in America
The free press stands as civilization’s safeguard and force against corruption and oppression. It marks enemies of the community and nation and exposes immorality and crime, proving that newspapers bear responsibility to uphold liberty and justice for all.
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Kansas City Star
America
Free Press
Revised government revenue and expenditure figures released
The annual report of the Treasurer of the United States shows ordinary revenues of 406 21 535 dollars, up by 57 697 630 from the previous year, and ordinary expenditures of 443 265 582 dollars, up by 877 004 020. The year's deficit stood at 48 047 247 dollars, exceeding the prior year's shortfall by over 18 million.
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United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Quote on Poems versus Newspapers by Richard Watson Gilder
A reflection on whether readers should favor great poetry over newspapers. The piece critiques editors for claiming newspapers Newsworthiness while poets are deemed superior, noting newspapers mix news with color and bias.
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Richard Watson Gilder
Wien
Electric light spreads through the valley towns
In the Pavitic Slope region towns like Lewiston Murray and Thabo celebrate electric light plants powering public and private buildings. The piece notes rapid adoption, likening electric illumination to Prometheus fire and its growing prevalence alongside sunshine.
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Thabo
Lewiston
Murray
Emerson
Architects of Destiny in Zechariah Sermon for Young Men
A 19th century sermon urges young men to mold their own destiny on a solid foundation. Zechariah is invoked to urge swift, disciplined growth, wise money handling, self control, and patient interpretation of others. The speaker warns against gambling and anger, emphasizes virtue, and contrasts earthly temptations with the pure fountain of divine guidance.
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Malodorus
Generona
Keeley
Ion
Horace
London
Brasil
Brasiliad
Westie
Worth
Heaven
Peace commissioners return to Washington with treaty
President has the treaty party landed in New York and started for Washington. Judge Day and Mrs Day reached Canton for Christmas dinner. The U S commission, led by Senator Gray and Whitelaw Reid, carried the peace treaty with Spain to the president, promising to discuss it only after Senate action.
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New York
Washington
Judge Day
Canton
William BR. Day
0. K. Davis
George Gray
W. P. Frye
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Spain
St. Lonia
Paris
J. Bassett Moore
Arthur W. Ferguson
Mr. Reid
Senate of the United States
Reid
Montero Ties
Gray
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Philippines
Frye
Congress
McKinley
Georgia's 1899 school fund totals $1,897,922
State School Commissioner Glenn outlines the 1899 Georgia school fund based on this year's receipts. Apportions include Ad valorem 800,000, half rental W A RR 210,006, liquor tax 105,669, net hire convicts 13,662, tax on shows 6,000, Georgia railroad 2,046, fertilizer feed 16,749, oil fees 15,000, poll tax 290,000. Per capita fund is $2.10 with city gains and country losses. about thirty country counties will receive more than with a $1,200,000 fund.
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Glenn
Georgia
Georgia Railroad
Epidemic of Grip Strikes Louisville and Columbus
Health officials in Louisville estimate 10 000 grip cases paralyzing business and forcing teachers from duties as cold foggy weather aids spread. Physicians note gripe less fatal than seven years ago but strong in public schools and institutions. Columbus reports several thousand cases and widespread practice.
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Health Department of
Louisville
Columbus
Ohio
Standard Oil Burns Books At Cleveland In Probe
Attorney General Monnett began depositions to prove Standard Oil destroyed many books prior to a court order to produce records. Reliable information claims journals ledgers and other valuable volumes were burned, prompting the state to demand testimony before a notary.
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Standard Oil Company
Ita
Standard Oil
Cleveland
Monnett
Boy Kills Two Men in Enondale Store Fight
An 18 year old, Eugene Dennis, shot and killed brothers Thomas and William Brantley in Enondale Mississippi after they and their father tried to enter Dennis’s store. Dennis protected his mother’s property using a shotgun. The incident, linked to liquor, ended instantly with the men dead.
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Thomas
William Brantley
Enondale
Miss
Mobile and
Ohio Road
Eugene Dennis
Dennis
Brantley
Brantleys
Soldiers Commit Murder On Western Alabama Train
In Montgomery dispatches, First Mississippi regiment veterans on a homeward route opened fire from train windows near Butay Alabama, killing a woman and wounding several including a boy whose eye was shot. the train moved on. Authorities vow arrests for one or two whole companies and Governor Johnston offers rewards.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mississippi Regiment of Volunteers
Columbia
Tenn
Alabama
Butay
Paatsiee
Johnston
General Sanger Orders Move to Charleston and Matanzas
General Sanger, division commander at Columbus Georgia, received Washington orders to advance with his brigade to Charleston and board the transport Manitoba for Matanzas. In the local army circles the telegram caused a stir as plans shifted to detach the Twelfth New York regiment from Americus to accompany the march and voyage.
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Sanger
Columbus
Washington
Charleston
D. C
Manitoba
Matanzas
New York Regiment
Americus
Governor-Elect Stanley Opposes Death Penalty Warrants
A Wichita dispatch reports Kansas Governor-elect Stanley will not sign a death warrant for John Henry Collins, convicted of murdering his father. He opposes capital punishment and reportedly contemplates alternative sentencing.
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Stanley
Kansas
Wichita
John Henry Collins
Ice Breaks on Leverett Pond Drowning Three Children
A skating accident on Leverett pond Brookline Massachusetts Sunday afternoon caused thirty youths to fall into freezing water. Spectators and police raced to rescue them but three boys drowned before help arrived. The incident drew a large crowd and prompted ongoing rescue efforts.
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Leverett Pond
Brookline
Mass
Irs
Hitchcock Named Secretary of the Interior in 1899
The president nominated Ethan A. Hitchcock of Missouri to be secretary of the interior. Hitchcock, then ambassador to Russia, was minister before the rank rose to an embassy. He is a St. Louis lawyer and businessman, born in Mobile and a great grandson of Ethan Allen. The Senate confirmed him, while Havana consulate affairs were ordered closed temporarily amid Cuban independence developments. Congress adjourned for holidays, with routine to resume January 4, 1899, as the Bailey resolution to investigate army commissions moved forward.
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Washington
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Missouri
Hitchcock
Russia
St. Louis
Ethan Allen
Vermont
Mr. Hitchcock
Mobile
Ala
Henry Hitchcock
Proctor
St. Petersburg
Alfatra
State Department
Springer
Havana
United States
Cuba
Spain
Congress
Bailey
House
Henderson
Iowa
Committee On the Rules
Judiciary Committee
Wheeler
Alabama
Consol
Kentucky
Robbins
Pennsylvania
Campbell
Illinois
Senate
Interior
Cullom
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hawaiian Islands
President Signs Bills From Congress Session Highlights
The president signed several measures including creation of a national exposition in Philadelphia in 1899 and funding for it. Additional laws amended cover American seamen protection and commerce, court siting in South Carolina, and revisions affecting vice and consul generals, consuls and commercial agents.
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Congress
Philadelphia
United States
District of South Carolina
Grip Epidemic Ravages Philadelphia As Deaths Rise
City health officials report 25 000 to 80 000 grip sufferers in Philadelphia with six direct deaths in twenty four hours and twelve additional fatalities linked to the illness, signaling a worsening outbreak.
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Philadelphia
Board of Health
Grip
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