Reed and Bailey Clash in Cuban Debate Echoes
In a heated House session over the Cuban debate and the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, Reed and Bailey clashed at the rostrum before an uproar. An appeal from the Speaker's decision failed 168 to 114 as Republicans united with some independents against the Democrats and populists.
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Washington
Reed
Bailey
House
Smith
Michigan
Champ Clark
Missouri
Mt. Jolnaen
Indiana
Cuba
Island
King
Emocrat
Utah
Dingley
Maine
New England
Williama
Missis- Sippi
Hitt
Spain
Cali
Toller
Senate
Silver
West
Stanley Matthews
Lodge
Dole to Be Entertained as Nation's Guest in Washington
A Washington special reports President Dole of the Hawaiian Islands will receive a royal welcome in the capital. President McKinley orders lavish entertainment and official greeting as the Hawaiian leader begins his tour in Chicago. Government officials will meet him along the route, and full honors will be shown.
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Washington
Dole
Hawaiian Islands
McKinley
Chicago
System Change Likely for Cumberland and Great Southern
Nashville dispatch reports negotiations between Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph and Great Southern system, operator in New Orleans area. If successful Cumberland will gain full ownership of Great Southern for about 1.5 million in Cumberland stock.
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Gambiri and Telephone Company
Nashville Dispatch
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Great Southern System
New Orleans
Vicinity
Cumberland Company
No Saturday recess as Senate stays in session over Cuban crisis
The United States Senate met Saturday and declined a recess amid grave Cuban tensions. Navy orders mobilize torpedo boats toward Havana if needed, with cipher links between Havana and Key West and urgent measures by Gen Lee and Washington. Senator Davis notes the crisis warrants continued session. Senator Bacon pushes petitions from Georgia for the so called bully-suppling bill.
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Senate
Cuba
United Senate
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Navy Department
Ceieral
Havana
Key West
Lee
Washington
Cody
Sevatoy Bacon
Georgia
Presidential Nomination Messages From New Jersey Governor for Attorney General
The president sent nominees to the senate for various federal posts including John W. Griegs of New Jersey for attorney general and Selah Morrill of Massachusetts for consul at Jerusalem. Other picks include C Wesley Thomas and Domingo M Pappy as collectors of customs and interior appointments for Mulholland and Chubb, with John Horr named US marshal for the southern Florida district and John Eagan as US attorney for the northern district of Rhode Island. Grviggs, current New Jersey governor, was expected to succeed McKenna.
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New Jerney
Senate
John W. Griegs
New Jersey
Selah Morrill
Massachusetts
Jerusalem
Syria
C. Wesley Thomas
Philadelphia
Domingo M. Pappy
St. Augustine
Pla
Gaiinsville
John F. Horr
Msarshal
United States
Florida
John Eagan
Frovida
Grviggs
McKenna
Excitement in Madrid Over American Warship Movements
Madrid reacts to reports that American warships were ordered toward Cuban waters. The Impartial denounces Yankee eagerness to seize Cuba as a royal banquet honors King Alfonso and a cabinet meeting discusses a manifesto to the nation while the government claims calm and full knowledge of the naval movements.
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Cuban
Madrid
Cuba
Alfonso
Riots In Algiers Target Jewish Quarter In Mob Violence
Advices from Algiers describe renewed anti Jewish riots Sunday in the Jewish quarter. Mobs pillaged shops on Rue Babazoun and drove merchants into the street as a squad of chasseurs charged with drawn swords. Revolvers and daggers were reported. mobs reformed cheering for the army.
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Algiers
Babazoun
Rules for Pension Lawyers Simplify System in Vogue
Commissioner Evans of the pension office prepares new regulations for attorneys before the office and for adjudication of claims. The aim is to simplify methods without reducing the requirements pensioners must meet to show cause for claims.
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Evans
Pension Office
Food in Plenty at Dawson as Klondike Reach Skaguay
Thirty people arrived at Skaguay, Alaska from the Klondike driving region reporting ample food at Dawson to last until the Yukon River opens and navigation resumes. They warn supplies must arrive by then to avert suffering amid a mild interior winter.
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Skaguay
Klondike
Alaska
Dawson
Yukon River
Opposition to Longstreet in Railroads Nomination Battle
The vote over General Longstreet's nomination as railroad commissioner sparked a fevered session with opposition from Senators West Daniel Berry and Caffery. Critics cited his Civil War ties to Louisiana reconstructionists and his critique of General Lee. Bacon, a southern Democrat, urged support, noting his wartime service and urging forgetfulness of past conflicts. The confirmation failed 33 to 5.
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Washington
Kenue
James Longkireet
Vest
West
Daniel, Berry and Caffery
Longstreet
Kellogg-Warmouth
Louisiana
Claffery
Lobygatreet
General Longstreet
Yeat
Daniel
Lee
Saueh
Hoar
Candler
Hawley
Bacon
South
White
Eclipse observed in India as natives seek devotion
Advices from Bombay state reported a solar eclipse with a two minute totality and a noticeable temperature drop. An eerie air and a pale silver blue corona characterized the scene. Native astronomers warned of calamities while crowds prayed and fasted, though no widespread panic followed.
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Bombay
Talmage Weds Atiatn in Pittsburg Romance
Rev T DeWitt Talmage of Washington D C marries Mrs Elore McCutcheon Collier of Alleghany City at the McCutcheon residence. The couple began courting during summers at East Hampton Long Island, where their engagement was kept secret for five months.
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Pittsburg
T. DeWitt Talmage
Washington, D. C
Elore McQutcheon Collier
Alleghany City
McCutcheon
Thirty Houses Burned in Randsbury Fire
Fire swept through a vacant building in Randsbury California on Wednesday and spread rapidly destroying over thirty structures along Rand street from Staley Avenue to beyond the Elite theater and affecting Broadway. The loss is projected near $100000 with the post office and major stores among those destroyed.
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Randsbury
Cal
Rand Street
Staley Avenue
Broadway
McKenna Confirmed by Senate Amid Discussion
The Senate met in executive session to confirm Attorney General McKenna as a Justice of the U S Supreme Court. Senator Allen led a lengthy challenge based on alleged lack of legal attainment, presenting letters and protests, while Senator Perkins read a defense citing few reversals. Despite opposition, the confirmation vote was overwhelmingly favorable.
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Senate
McKenna
Supreme Court of the
United States
Longstreet
West
JD. West
McKenta
Last Li
Senator Allen
High Office of Justice of the Supreme Bench
Allen
Committee On Judiciary
Pacific Coast
Supreme Court
Perkins
California
Taylor Gains Four Votes In Tennessee Nomination Battle
A Nashville special reports Democratic balloting Friday night did not nominate a senator. Fifteen ballots were cast with Turley losing four votes while Governor Taylor gained. Taylor supporters celebrate as McMillin allies see improved chances of securing the nomination by drawing Turley votes.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Turley
Taylor
McMillin
Maryland Contest Seeks Compromise as Balloting Stalls
Fourth day of balloting for Maryland's U.S. Senate seat shows no shift in momentum. With Shaw and McCormas pressure for withdrawal, a compromise candidate may emerge. Van Lear supporters say the mantle could fall to him. Sixth ballot totals at noon: McComas 43, Gorman 46, Findlay 2, Shyrock 2, Mullikin 2, Barber 17, Shaw 1.
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Annapolis
United States
Maryland
Shaw
McCormas
John van Lear
McComas
Gorman
Findlay
Shyrock
Mullikin
Barber
French Buy Chinese Steamers For Transports
A Shanghai dispatch received in London reports France has bought three Chinese steamers and seeks more to convert into transport vessels. The dispatch also notes the Japanese squadron sailed from Yokohama on Saturday for Japanese waters.
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Shanghai
China
London
France
Yokohama
Outlaws Surrounded Near Mexican Boundary in Arizona
Dispatch from Tucson reports Black Jack's gang encircled by multiple posses including Mexican government forces. A fight left one robber dead and four captured. two attempted escape and were shot. The remaining two were said to have died in flight while in Mexican custody.
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Tucson
Ariz
Black Jack
Boundary Line
White Named Chairman by Democratic Congressional Committee
A Washington dispatch reports the Democratic congressional committee elected Senator White of California as chairman with thirty three members present. Supporters of Representative Bailey backed White, indicating Bailey’s candidacy if the next House is Democratic.
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Washington
New Democratic Congressional Committee
Senator White
California
White
Friends of
Bailey
National Fishery Congress Opens in Tampa At Noon
Delegates from all sections of the country attend the Florida meeting held at the Tampa Bay hotel auditorium. Mayor Myron B. Gillet presides, announces temporary organization with Gillet as temporary chairman and Cunningham as temporary secretary. A credentials committee is named to form a permanent body. The congress adjourns to reconvene Thursday morning. A propagating car and steamer from the United States Fish Commission are anchored in Tampa Bay attracting interest.
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National Fishery Congress
Tampa
Mla
Tampa Bay Hotel
Myron B. Gillet
Gillet
Cunningham
Board of Trade
W. BE. Meehan
Pennsylvania
M. E. Gillet
Florida
G. McLendon
Georgia
A. A. Wiley
Alabama
H. M. Smith
Washington
F. Q. Brown
Massachusetts
Patrick Houston
Hugh M. Smith
United States Fish Commission
Tampa Bay
South and West commercial congress to meet in Tampa
Governor Bloxham issues invitation for the fifth annual session at Tampa February 8 to 10, 1898. Governors and delegates from southern and western states urged to attend, with aims to boost interchange of merchandise and grain movement to southern markets. Excursions and entertainment planned. sessions at Tampa Bay hotel auditorium. Secret ary H Cunningham of the Tampa board of trade listed for information.
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Tampa
Fla
Bloxham
Tallahassee
South and West Commercial Congress
W. D. Buoxuan
Florida
South
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa Bay Hotel
H. Cunningham
Tampa Board of Trade
Pla
Witnesses Refuse Answers In Hanna Bribery Probe
A Columbus dispatch reports the Hanna bribery inquiry reaches a crisis with witnesses facing possible contempt arrest. The committee moved to executive session after noting uniform legal advice given to witnesses and plans for further procedure were discussed. Grover Cleveland buys an eighty five acre game preserve near Princeton New Jersey for nine hundred dollars and plans stocking with quail pheasant partridges snipe woodcock rabbits foxes and hares with a lodge to be built.
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Hanna
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Grover
Hoe
Trenton
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
Train wreck kills two near Charleston on Friday morning
Two men died in a collision eight miles west of Charleston involving Atlantic Coast Line trains No 37 from New York to Florida and No 52 local from Charleston to Columbia. Firemen Robert James of No 87 and Wesley Bishop of No 62 are named as the deceased. several others injured.
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New York
Florida
Charleston
Columbia
Robert James
Wesley Bishop
Strikes Spread Across Mills As Labor Protests Grow
A Boston dispatch reports major textile labor unrest with Cabot mill Brunswick Maine shutting down because of sympathy deserters while Woonsocket Rhode Island small mill suspends for lack of orders. Massachusetts legislators consider a 55 hour week and bans on child and women overtime amid rising strike support.
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Boston
Mass
Cabot
Brunswick
Social Manufacturing Company
Woonsocket
R. T
Massachusetts
Arkwright Company
Southern Milla
House
Legislative Halls
New Bedford
Fall River
Biddeford
London Times Assesses McKinley Cuba Policy After Hitt Speech
The London Times editorial argues President McKinley wishes to avoid war with Spain and focus on US economic growth, but doubts his ability to resist party pressure. It notes a kaleidoscopic shift in American politics with the Cuban question now graver and the government weakened, suggesting any incident could precipitate action.
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London
Representative Tlitt
London Times
Representative Hitt
House of Representatives
Snys
McKinley
Spain
United States
Chestnut Street National bank liquidation plan in doubt
The Chestnut Street National Bank in Philadelphia risks failure of its voluntary liquidation plan as the OCC deadline nears. Unanimous consent from depositors is nearly complete, but state assent remains absent and an account of $205000 held by the state treasurer could block progress.
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Chestnut Street National Bank
Philadelphia
Riveters Strike Shuts Michigan Shipyard and Costs Jobs
Wheeler & Co Bay City shipyards close after riveters refuse 7 percent wage rise. About 700 workers laid off as the plant ends operations to replace labor force. Riveters wanted 1895 wage parity but balked at an agreement banning collective action and allowing a 10 percent wage forfeit.
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Michigan Ship Builders, Wheeler & Co
Bay City
Mich
Georgia Lumbermen Meet for Rail Load Restriction Relief
The Georgia Sawmill Association held a Cordele meeting to press railroads for concessions on car loading exactions. Members seek road cost sharing while offering to bear some loading expense per the rail ruling.
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Georgia Sawmill Association
Cordele
Insurgents Capture Guines Reported From Havana
Passengers aboard the Olivette arriving in Key West from Havana say General Garcia has entered Guines and now holds the town. A fresh outbreak in Havana is expected, likely aimed at Americans, while General Blanco concentrates forces there.
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Havana
Marshal Blanco
Olivette
Key West
Garcia
Guines
Havanna
Blanco
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Goyer
India
Talmage
Atiatn
Wkenna
Florida Fishery Congress
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