Loubet Becomes French President After Vote
In Paris a special report says M. Loubet was elected president of the republic after securing 488 votes to 270 for Meline and amid leftist applause and rightist protests. Dupuy formally transferred executive power as Loubet arrived in Paris with military honors amid mixed public reaction.
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Paris
M. Loubets
French Republic
M. Meline
National Assembly
Versailles
Mr. Loubet
Senate
M. Loubet
M. Cochery
M. Paul DeRoulede
League of Patriots
Angouleme
Uris
Chauveau
The
Republic
la Republique
M. Chanyenn
Loubet
M. Dupuy
M.dupuy
Lonbet
Republique
St. Tagare
Landau
Passenger train collision near Brussels kills twenty one
An express train from Calais carrying Loudon passengers collided with a Towns bound train at Foret station near Brussels. Twenty one people were killed immediately and about one hundred injured. No Americans or English among the victims. Fog allegedly obscured signals, scene described as horrible.
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Callie
Calais
Loudon
Ballavlay
Towns
Foret
Brussels
Havana Customs Receipts For Four Weeks Ending January 28 1899
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn released the Havana port receipts showing imports 621 719 dollars exports 63 987 dollars tonnage tax 14 dollars fines 1 dollar totaling 705 183 dollars for four weeks. January 1899 month total collections reach 748 538 dollars.
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Meiklejohn
Havana
Guba
Morgan Canal Bill Added to River and Harbor Measure
A Washington dispatch reports the senate committee on commerce moved the Morgan Nicaragua canal bill into the river and harbor bill. Senator Morgan argued the canal’s merits and urged the river and harbor bill as the vehicle, with several members preferring the sundry civil bill. The amendment passed 7 to 4, with Mills Pasco Murphy and others opposing none. Senator Caffery voted for the amendment but did not oppose the canal’s passage in the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
Morgan
Nelson
Mosars
Berry
Penrose
McBride
McMillan
Elkins
Jones
Senate committee wraps river and harbor bill with Nicaragua canal addition
The Senate Commerce Committee finished work on the river and harbor bill and added a Nicaragua canal provision. The package totals about 42 million dollars over three years, with 14 million next year and 28 million in the following years. Notable South relevant changes include Brazos river mouth Texas 85,000 for deepening and 115,000 for jetty extensions, Hillsboro Bay Florida new item 100,000 with 900,000 limit, Sabine Pass Texas 100,000 up from 50,000, Brazos river mouth Texas 200,000 new item, James River Virginia cut to 100,000, Watersee River South Carolina 100,000, St Johns River Florida Jacksonville to ocean limit 1,869,750, Warrior and Tombigbee rivers down to 200,000, Tennessee River Colbert and Batree Shoals new 250,000, Big Sandy River Kentucky and West Virginia up to 240,000.
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Senate
Eree
Senate Committee On Commerce
South
Brazos River
Texas
Hillsboro Bay
Florida
Sabine Pass
James River
Virginia
Watersee River
South Carolina
St. John's River
Jacksonville
Ocean
Warrior
Tombigbee
Tennessee River
Colbert and
Batree Shoala
Big Sandy River
Kentucky
West Virginia
Chicago paper tests canned beef sent to troops
The Chicago Tribune hired a chemist to analyze canned beef from Porto Rico samples used by American soldiers in Porto Rico and Cuba. The expert found no trace of boric or salicylic acid or other chemical preservatives in the meat.
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Porto Rico
Cuba
Chamista
Chicago Tribune
Porto Tico
Train Robber Convicted Leader of Jennings Gang
Al Jennings, once a prosecuting attorney at El Ten O T, was found guilty at Chickasaw T T on October 1, 1897 of robbing the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific train. Frank Jennings and the O Malley boys face trial on the same charge. The gang leader’s crimes and death penalty are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elten
Chickasaw
T. T
al Jennings
Chicago
Rock Taland
Twenty Million Spin Causes Opposition in the House
Sensational debate over a proposed twenty million dollar appropriation for Spain under the peace treaty. Kentucky Democrat Mr Wheeler raised a point of order to strike the paragraph, opposing the payment on principle. After hours of discussion, the move was defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spiin
Thoreday
Spain
Wheeler
Insurgent Scouts Routed Near San Pedro Macatia
Advices from Manila report a large enemy recon force found on Brigadier General King’s right at San Pedro Macatia Thursday morning. The entire brigade engaged the rebels who volleyed back before they retreated into the jungle and disappeared.
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Manila
King
San Pedro Macatia
President of France Felix Faure Dies in Office
Paris reports indicate M. Felix Faure, president of the republic, died at 10 o'clock after a three hour illness from apoplexy. Family, officials, and cabinet members were notified as Paris awoke to the mourning, with doctors unable to save him. Faure had previously shown heart weakness but continued his daily work until the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Felix Faure
Republic of France
Fanre
M. Dupuy
M. Daougy
The
Elysee
Zurlinden
Legion of Honor
Seine
Police
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
M. Faure
M. le Gall
General Balland
M. Blonde
Republic
M. Loubet
M. Paul Deschanel
France
the Elysee
Four Children Cremated in Pennsylvania House Fire
A woodman named Carison's home near Mreneh Run sixty miles east of Dukius Pa burned Friday morning. His wife and five children were inside when the mother sprang from a second story window with one baby, escaping. four other children aged twelve seven five and two perished in the flames while she watched unable to save them.
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Mreneh Run
Dukuis
Carison
Shells Fail to Dislodge Insurgents in Jungle War
A Manila dispatch reports California volunteers abandoning Guadalupe church after it was set ablaze and retreating to San Pedro Macati. Rebels still hold ground near Guadelupa Pasig and Patero while gunboats struggle to drive them from the jungle river area.
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Manila
California
Guadalupe Church
San Pedro Macati
Guadelupa
Pasig
Patero
McKinley Attends Banquet With Boston Home Market Club
President McKinley arrives in Boston with cabinet members and Grosvenor for a Home Market Club banquet at Mechanics Hall. The event, the largest banqueting crowd in U S history, serves 1,914 meals for 2,500 attendees with 8,800 spectators in the balcony.
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Home Market Club
William McKinley
Boston
Mass
Mechanics Hall
Mesara
Long
Alger
Bliss
Gage
Smith
Don Grossman Grosvenor
Ohio
South Termina
Hotel Touraine
Mechanica Hall
Paul Revere
McKinley
Mae
Washington
Lincoln
eKinley
Admiral Dewey
United States
Manila
Gridley
Quincy
Wolcott
Inquiry Court Members Arrive in Washington for Miles Probe
The court of inquiry to investigate Major General Miles arrives in Washington to probe charges about the army food supplied by the supply department to troops during the recent Cuba and Porto Rico operations. It will report findings of fact and an opinion on merits with recommendations for further action.
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Washington
Court of Inquiry
Miles
Cuba
Porto Rico
No Permanent Damage to Florida Orange Crop
A Jacksonville special reports no lasting harm to the Florida orange crop from the cold spell. Late Thursday reports from across the orange belt indicate the frost did not cause permanent damage, contradicting earlier press statements.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Orange Belt
Honduras Apology Sought Over Pittsburgh Murder Demand
Reports say Honduras must apologize and pay a heavy fine after the January murder of Frank Pears in Pittsburgh. Washington protests could spark tensions between the United States and Honduras unless the republic delivers apology and huge gold compensation.
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Pittsburg
Pitisbirg
Washington
United States
Republi
Honduras
Frank Pears
Poudiris
Little Republic
Sheridan Leaves New York for Manila With 1835 Troops
The U S army transport Sheridan departed Brooklyn pier at 3 30 PM Sunday with 1835 enlisted men and officers along with their wives and families totaling ninety. The ship is regarded as the best appointed of the three transports sailing from Brooklyn en route to Manila via the Suez Canal.
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Sheridan
New York
United States Army
Brooklyn
Manila
Suez Coonl
Contention over canal amendment in sundry civil bill
A Washington report details a fierce session as House debates attaching the Nic aragu a canal bill to the sundry civil bill. Key figures like Mr Dockery and Mr Hepburn clash over rules and amendments with speakers and committee chair rulings shaping the outcome.
Turner Firemen Killed in Barnet Building Collapse
In Philadelphia, a mass of iron and stone crashed from upper floors at the Emerson Shoe Company store ruins early Friday, trapping a dozen firemen at work. Three men died beneath the debris after briefly answering shouts. five others were hurt, two seriously, as rescuers battled to reach them. The incident followed a night of arson that lured the crew into the danger zone.
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Barnet Buildings
Emerson Shoe Company
Philadelphia
Notice of Faure’s Death Surprises McKinley in Boston Dispatch
A Boston dispatch reports President McKinley learned of President Faure’s death with surprise and grief. He sent a condolence message Friday morning through Secretary of State Day. The cabinet expressed profound regret and offered no further comment.
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McKinley
Grint
Boston
Mass
Faure
Condojente
Secretary of State Way
Hitchcock Arrives as New Secretary of the Interior
Hon. Ethan Allen Hitchcock arrives in Washington to assume the interior department helm. He clarifies that a proposed czar disarmament plan aims to convene a conference to prevent armament increases, praising U S military success in the Spanish war and stating Russia was neutral and friendly to America.
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Interior
Tte- Heye Blan
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Bliss
Interior Department
Washington
New York
Sueh
Hitchcock
Europe
Russia
America
Cost of Growing Cotton Reveals Dept of Agriculture Findings
Under supervision of Statistician Hyde, the Department of Agriculture reports on cotton costs for 1998. The average upland cotton cost per acre was 15.42 dollars with a net profit of 3.61 dollars per acre after returns of 19.03 dollars. Sea island cotton costs 21.95 per acre with a 6.70 dollar per acre net profit.
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Department of Agriculture
Hyde
Washington
Sea Island
Cen Island
Guerrilla Warfare Report Stresses Offensive Push
General Otis enabled the war department Saturday to release names of nine American soldiers wounded on Turquina road north of the pumping station Friday. Private Geo Adats of Company A First Nebraska died. Skirmishes and frequent firing by concealed natives suggest officials fear Otis faces a need for a vigorous offensive campaign.
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Otis
War Department
Turiquina Road
Geo, Adats
Company: A
Nebraska
Washington
Otia
Bryan Lectures on Imperialism at Michigan Evening
Colonel William Jennings Bryan spoke at Ann Arbor to students faculty and townsfolk in the university hall. He advocated independence for the Pilipinas under an American protectorate drawing strong applause from a diverse audience.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
William Jennings Bryan
University of Michigan
University Hall
Bryan
Pilipinas
Gomez Remains Absent From Havana Visit
A Wednesday dispatch from Wavana reports Governor General Brooke and General Gomez have had no communication since the invitation and Gomez acceptance to visit Havana. Twelve days pass since Wortez agreed with Gomez to disband the Cuban army, yet no steps taken to pay or disband. Gomez is said to arrive in a couple of days but has not appeared.
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Andor
Brooke
Wavana
Gomez
Havana
Robert P. Wortez
Spain Plans Release of Filipino Prisoners Deported Abroad
A Madrid cabinet decision orders the liberation of Filipinos deported to the Caroline and Ladrones islands to influence Filipinos to free Spaniards held prisoner. The cabinet also delays the sale of the floating dock at Havana.
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Spain
Caroline and
Ladronoe Isanca
Madrid
Ladrone Islands
Havana
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Versalles
Meline
Usaelae
Frange
Paurf
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Sidor
House
Mr. Dockery
Missouri
Hepburn
Grosvenor
Hopkins
Michigan
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Fleming
Democr
Georgia
Paure
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