Canadian Vessels Granted Passage Pending War Crisis
The war between the United States and Spain halted navigation at Lake Ontario awaiting opening. Britain permits U S vessels to proceed to a U S port without hostilities, provided no attack is engaged. Canadian negotiations seek cordial relations and expanded trade for mutual development.
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Creat Lakes
Atlantic
Canadian Canal
St. Lawreace
Lake
Ontario
United’ States
Spain
United States
Great Britain
Dominion of Canada
Annexation of Hawaii and transfer of sovereignty outlined
The President describes the Hawaii annexation process with the 1897 treaty and 1868 joint resolution. Rear Admiral Miller delivered the resolution to President Dole, transferring sovereignty on August 12. A commission chaired by Cullom Morgan Hitt Date and Grear will recommend legislation.
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Senate
United States
Republic of Hawaii
Congress
Philadelphia
Miller
Honolulu
Iasi
Dole
Hawaiian Islands
Republc
Shelby MI. Cullom
Illnois
John TF. Morgan
Alabama
Robert HR. Hitt
Ilinois
Sanford Is. Date
Hawaii
Walter F. Grear
Japan
Walian Islamis
Extradition and Boundary Issues in Mexican Relations
A government statement outlines Mexico’s termination of the extradition convention with the United States, noting disputes over political versus criminal offenses and proposing a new treaty framework. It also covers the Mexican water boundary, Chamizal dispute, Bancos lands, and a pending international dam and reservoir plan, with the Peru treaty abrogation and requests for provisional provisions to preserve commerce and relations.
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Mexico
Jesus Guerrera
Diaz
Texas
Guerrera
Japan
United States
Dol
Mexican Water Boundary Commission
Chamizal
el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
Peru
Russia
Russian Ambassador Presents Credentials in St Petersburg
The Russian ambassador to the Philippines has presented his credentials in St Petersburg, noting his role as a representative with commissioning accreditation at the capacity of extraordinary and plenipotentiary.
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St Petersburg
Phils Courts
Czar Proposes Peace and Universal Armament Cuts
The czar calls for a general reduction of military establishments and invites the United States to join a conference on peace. The U S envoy to Istanbul is instructed to press for indemnities for American missionaries amid Armenian troubles and to resolve citizenship and jurisdictional issues. An arbitration tribunal between Great Britain and Venezuela will convene in Paris. The United States urges an international pact to exempt private property at sea from capture or destruction in war.
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United States
Pearce
Czzar
Turkey
Ottoman Porte
Erzercum
Great Britain
Venezuela
British
Lord Herschell
Richard Collins
F. de Martens
International
Spain
Post Office Department
Mary
Congress
Cuba
Porto
Rico
Philippines
Treasury reports large deficits and gold holdings in 1898
The secretary of the treasury details fiscal figures for the year ended June 30, 1888, including receipts of 405,321,335 and expenditures of 443,382,000. Customs yielded 149,373,002. internal revenue 170,000,141. Imports were 324,735,479 with duty-free 201,434,175. Tax on spirits, tobacco, and fermented drinks totaled 92,356,999. exports rose to 118,000,000. Gold in December 1895 stood at 228,445,547 with bullion and other assets. Proposals urge gold redemption of United States notes and broader currency legislation to safeguard the national credit.
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Treasury
United States Treasury
United States
Iit
Proposition on currency safety and national needs
A Senate discourse argues currency safety meets industry and internal commerce needs, urging careful congressional consideration of the proposition as essential to national welfare. The voice stresses adequacy and responsiveness to sector demands and commerce.
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Congress
Maritime Policy Urged After Hawaii Annexation
A call for prompt adoption of a U S maritime policy following Hawaii's annexation and altered U S relations with Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines. Emphasizes regular American flag steamship service to the islands, support for export and import trade, and expanding merchant marine as a national defense need. Points to Treasury report detailing methods and legislative urgency.
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Hawaii
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Spain
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
President urges permanent army expansion and quick disbanding plan
The document argues for a permanent regular army increase to 109,660 men, urges presidential discretion to recruit within island territories, and pledges to muster out volunteers once regular forces are expanded. It lauds citizen soldiers who left homes to aid the nation in its emergency.
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Congress
United States
Government gains on Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific sale
The Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific sales yield the government full subsidy debt plus interest, with the government receiving 12 25 75 in added sums beyond the court’s upset bids. A central pacific foreclosure is pursued under a 1885 act creating a settlement commission. The postal service expands rapidly, employing 73 000 offices and 10 000 workers as war burdens grow.
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Union Pacific Railway
United States Court For
District of Nebraska
Kansas Pacific
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Congress
Reorganization Committee
Union Pacific System
Kansas Pacitie Lire
Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Attoarney-Gentral
Secretary of the Interior
Central Pacific
Western Pacific
Postal Service
Courntry
Post Office Department
Mail Service Restored in Newly Occupied Territory
The postmaster general reports progress in reestablishing mail facilities in territory recently under conflict. The work aims to serve residents and occupying forces, extending and applying civil administration principles. Initial improvements are noted as work continues.
Secretary Long’s Navy Expansion Recommendations Endorsed
The secretary of the navy gains executive approval for four ship classes including three battleships, three armored cruisers, three protected cruisers, and six small coppered cruisers with specified tonnages and costs. He also supports reviving the ranks of admiral and vice admiral for wartime distinction and urges early passage of the twelfth census bill.
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Long
Secretary of the Navy
Spain
Pensions Paid Out Over 144 Million This Year
The pension rolls on June 20, 1898 stood at 993 714 names, up nearly 18 000 from the prior year. Total appropriations for 1898 amounted to 148 082 92.79, with 144 651 879.90 disbursed and a balance of 3 431 012.99 returned to the treasury.
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Treasury
Public lands disposals and forest reserves totals rise
The year saw public lands totaling 1,433,095.92 acres disposed with receipts of 2,277,995.18 dollars. Proclamations restored operations on 11 forest reservations, added new Pine Mountain Zaca Lake and Prescott reserves, and expanded Pecos River reserve by 120,000 acres. By year end 30 forest reservations covered about 20,719,474 acres.
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Pine Mountain
Zaca Lake
California
Prescott
Arizona
Pecos River
New Mexico
Afagnac
Alaska
Indians Progress Under Dawes Commission Education Plan
The five civilized tribes show marked improvement under Interior Department reports. One major Chippewa outbreak was quelled. While enforcement of the 1898 act remains incomplete, its protective aims yield salutary effects in the Indian Territory. The Dawes commission notes greater advances this year and urges education for about 0.000 white children living in the territory.
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Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Minnesota
Indian Territory
Dawes Commission
Commission
American Farms A Resume of Agricultural Department Work
The Agriculture Department has expanded global seed and plant sourcing to open markets for surplus products. Efforts include forestry adaptation for semi arid regions, studying forest fires to reduce losses, water use laws nationwide, and expanding experiment stations. Sugar beet trials show U.S. production potential. sugar factories have grown. Weather and observation networks extend to Caribbean, aiding hurricane warnings for fleets and commerce.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Forestry Division
Department
West
Congress
Weather Bureau
Caribbean Sea
South
Important subjects for consideration and proposed reforms
The text highlights proposed amendments to alien contract law, a measure to protect seamen, and the application of the eight hour law for labor, plus arbitration principles. It notes apartmental reports detailing government conduct and urges careful attention and discussion by the committee.
Western Canada settlement drives immigration and land offers
The article notes rapid western Canadian settlement drawing attention from eastern farmers renters and landowners. It cites Manitoba Assiniboia Alberta and Saskatchewan free 160 acre land offers and rising wheat and cattle production while referencing immigrant promotion by German papers. It also contains ad-like notes for Grain-O and Bitters.
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Western
Canada
Germania
Milwaukee
United States
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
He Didn t Sit It Out On The Stairs Illness At A Dance
A fragile youth unable to continue dancing leaves the floor and staggers up the stairs where he collapses. He grits out questions about his condition, then bolts to the coatroom in distress after being pierced by a carpet tack mislaid on the stairs. The scene is recounted with dramatic tension from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Deafness Cure Plea Through Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It explains deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining, often linked to catarrh, and offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars free. product Hall's Family Pills sold by druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Chance to Get Even and Vengeance Gossiped in Derby News
A Kentucky man has married the granddaughter of a woman who once refused him. The tale centers on potential vengeance as he might address the grandmother with a new familial tie, prompting incredulous comments from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Kentucky
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dramatic exchange leaves man in a hurried exit
A tense dialogue features a man declaring devotion and a woman retorting with sarcasm. He departs abruptly, dusting his trousers as he goes. The Chicago Post notes the curt, chilly interaction and the immediate departure.
Lane's Family Medicine Ad card claims daily bowel movement health
An old card promotes Lane's Family Medicine and asserts daily bowel movements support health. It also mentions effects on the liver and kidneys and claims to cure a sick headache with a price listed as 25 and 50 cents.
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Lane
More Than His Match Algernon In What Month Wasn’t Awdawn
A collage of quoted maxims and testimonials appears from various locales and dates praising patent medicines and moral quips. The notes mention Piso’s Cure for Consumption from Lizzie Ferrer of Harrisburg and claims that St Jacobs Oil cures sciatica neuralgia rheumatism and a cold.
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Lizzie Ferrer
Camp St
Harrisburg
St. Jacobs Oil
North-Western Line Schedules Cheap Home Seekers Excursions
Beginning November 1 and December 6 and 20 the North Western Line will offer home seekers excursion tickets to many West and South points at very low rates. Tickets and details available from Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
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North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Cough Remedies and Advertisements Range Across Periodicals
A compilation of assorted 19th or early 20th century ads and brief notices for Kemp's Balsam Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets St Jacobs Oil and other products. The snippets reference free sample offers prices and claims of rapid cures alongside editorial quips from Ram's Horn and L A W Bulletin.
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the Navy
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Patent Office
Indians
American Farms
Agricultural Department
Baltimore
Washington (Ia
Chicago Post
Algernon
Miss Keene
L. A. W. Bulletin
Sciatica
Golden Ays
Detroit Journal
New York
Liv
Bonen Anenseeseesosseene Slizgt
Chicago
Hayes
Wien
ST. Loubcattle
Texas Teers
L. A
St.Jacobs Oil
Chicago Daily News
St. Jacobs
Aucp
J. C. Ayer
Lowell
Detroit
Max R. Davies
Co. B
Third Avenue
Farrang, Williams & Clark
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady. NL
Star Plug L. & M
Thos. Gillard
Elgin, IL
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Ceapany
Montreal
Coco Comp
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Weat
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