Moki Life and Craft at Cliff Dwellings of Arizona
G Wharton James surveys the Hopi or Moki people living on elevated mesas in Arizona. He describes their homes atop cliffs, gender roles, corn-based foods pikami and piki, weaving on a simple loom, pottery making, basketry, soaps using amole, and strong family bonds.
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Arizona
Holbrook
Winslow
Canyor Diablo
Santa Fe
New Mexico
California
G. Wharton James
Senator Hoar Seeks Congressional Thanks for Clara Barton
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts offers a resolution to thank Clara Barton founder of the Red Cross. If approved Barton would receive the privileges of the floor in both houses, a privilege never granted to a woman. The resolution names Barton and Red Cross officers for congressional thanks.
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Hoar
Congress
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Clara Barton
Red Cross Society
Miss Barton
Red. ‘Gross Society
Archbishop Ireland Named US Representative to Czars Peace Congress
Washington dispatch reports Archbishop Ireland expected to represent the United States at the czar's peace congress with a five member commission possible. The president has deliberated for weeks, praising Ireland's republicanism and learning while contemplating a delegation including the archbishop or a larger group.
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United States
Congress
New York
Journal
Washington
Ireland
Peace treaty plan outlined for Senate submission
Washington reports the peace treaty will be sent to the Senate by President McKinley on January 4 with a transmittal note. It will go to the Foreign Relations Committee, be discussed in secret, and likely be reported favorably due to expansionist leanings. If not ratified by March 4, an extra Senate session will be convened to ratify it.
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Washington
Dec
Senate
McKinley
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Davis
Fry
No Danger of Food Shorta
The Farrason arrives from Alaska with Dawson passengers, including Yukon mail carrier Jack Carr who left on November 21. He reports Dawson City population around 16,000 and meals costing a dollar, with no food shortage expected this winter. Mail service to the outside world may falter. Thistle Creek on the American side draws attention as pans average $25.
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Seattle
Wash
Farrason
Alaska
Dawson
Jack Carr
Yukon Mail
Dawson City
Thistle Creek
Death of Walter Rosser Sr father of Tennessee soldier
Walter Rosser Sr., father of the Tennessee soldier acquitted for killing Henry Hilderband in San Francisco, dies at his Stevenson Alabama home. He arrived with his son the day before his death, which is attributed to grief and exposure. He was division superintendent of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad.
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Bridgeport
Ala
Walter Rosser
Henry Hilderband
San Francisco
Stevenson
Nashville, Chattanooga & St
Four Burned to Death in Texas Home Inferno
In Tuftsboro Texas on December 27 Mrs Isabel, her daughter Mrs Ossie Malone, and Malone's infant died in a house fire. Neighbors watched the women inside but rescue proved impossible. Fire started by kerosene used to kindle the fire.
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Tuftsboro
Tex
Isabel
Ossie Malone
Dodge named director of American agriculture at Paris exposition
Chicago December 27 Commissioner General Peck appoints Charles Richards Dodge of New York as director of agriculture for the American exhibit at the Paris exposition.
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Chicago
Eral
Peck
Charles. Richards Dodge
New York
Hitchcock Named Ambassador to Russia by McKinley
Eben Allen Hitchcock, former head of the Pittsburgh Glass Company and prominent St Louis businessman, is appointed by President McKinley to succeed Cornelius N Bliss as secretary of the Interior and to serve as ambassador to Russia. Hitchcock, born in Mobile Alabama, is a grandnephew of Col Ethan Allen and has long been connected with Missouri industry and national tariff discussions. He will leave his recent Pittsburgh ties to assume the diplomatic post after years in St Louis and Washington.
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Proctor
St- Petersburg
Eben Allen Hitchcock
Russia
McKinley
Cornelius N.bliss
Pittsburgh Glass Company
St. Louis
Hitchcock
Mobile
Ala
Col
Ethan Allen
Ticonderoga
Samuel Hitchcock
Vermont
Henry Hitchcock
Supreme Court of
Alabama
China
Washington
House
Southern Trip Closed Returns to Washington on Schedule
The presidential party completed a seven day southern tour and arrived at Pennsylvania Station at 11 30 am Tuesday on schedule. Mrs McKinley was slightly indisposed but others were said healthy and the trip was praised as orderly and highly successful. The journey reportedly strengthened northern and southern goodwill and highlighted army capabilities, with peace celebrations fading after the Atlanta speech on Confederate dead care.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Southern Railway
McKinley
Atlanta
Columbia
S. C
L. S. Brown
Spain
Cuban tax reform and local governance proposals after war
Porter, representing the chamber of commerce, reviews Cuban fiscal policy postwar. He urges local control of taxes, phased reimposition of internal duties, and severing Spanish revenue links. He notes delinquencies totaling about 6 million over three years, with potential 4 to 5 million annual revenue if properly used for reconstruction.
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Porter
Santiago de Cuba
Shafter
Supreme Court
Bar Association
Cuba
Spain
Court Martial for Miles Sparks War of Words
Washington December 24 Commisary General Eagan rails over General Miles testimony on embalmed beef and seeks a certified copy of the evidence He vows to prove the commanding general wrong before the commission and to bring the matter to the secretary of war and the president He has threatened libel suits and court martial actions over the department attacks.
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Washington
Eagan
Miles
Bank Wrecker Sentenced In Philadelphia Case
William Steele former cashier of the Chestnut Street National Bank was sentenced by Judge Butler in the U S district court to six years and six months imprisonment and a three hundred dollar fine. He was convicted of conspiracy with late bank president William M Singerly for false entries in bank books and false reports to the comptroller of the currency and for misapplying bank funds.
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Philadelphia
William Steele
Chestnut Street “National ‘Bank
Butler
United States District Court
Steele
William M. Singerly
Slain by a Boy in Chicago Dies Deputy Nye
Chicago, December 23. Frank E. Nye, deputy in Sheriff Magerstadt’s office, was shot and killed at 9 15 in the morning on the veranda of Mrs. Marjorie Helen Crosby at 1529 Wilson Avenue. The assailant is identified as her adopted son Thomas Sears, age 13.
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Chicago
Frank FE. Nye
Wake Island Seized as U S Cable Station Location
The United States plans to hoist the flag on Wake Island to establish a Pacific cable station between the Philippines and Hawaii. Capt. Taussig of the Bennington will take possession, with Wake Island noted as three miles long and eight feet high, uninhabited but suitable for a condenser water supply. Admiral Wilkes previously asserted American title in 1851.
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Washington
Pacific Ocean
Bennington
Taussig
United States
Wake Island
Nibau
Hawaiian Islands
Guam
Philippines
Hawaii
Paris
Caroline Islands
Admiral Wilkes
Wreck Causes Fatalities Near Rahway on Railroad Line
A rear end collision on the Pennsylvania railroad near Rahway resulted in two deaths and serious injuries to four. The dead are William C. Dewolfe of Parkersburg and Wa E. Knight of Jersey City. Injured include Mrs. Julia Levy of Brooklyn B F Mead of Brooklyn with a broken leg F Kupper of Brooklyn and Frank Irish of Chicago with a broken collar bone.
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Fox
New York
Pennsylvania
Rahway
William C. Dewolfe
Ohio River Railroad
Parkersburg
E. Knight
Jersey City
Julia Levy
Brooklyn
B. FP. Mead
F. Kupper
Frank Irish
Chicago& Northwestern Railroad
Chicago
Avalanche Toll in Chilkat Pass Kills Six
A steamer from Alaska reports an avalanche in Chilkat Pass with at least six dead. Five bodies recovered, dated December 9 near Crater Lake beyond the summit on Lake Lindeman side.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Chilkat
Crater Lake
Lake ‘Lindeman
Fraternal Officers Reelected at Sine Die Meeting
For eight months adjourned sine die at six, Detroit was named as next meeting site. Most officers were reelected unopposed except the fourth to sixth vice presidents and three fraternal delegates. Ticket includes P. J. McGuire Philadelphia and James Duncan Baltimore as vice presidents.
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Detroit
Mich
P. J. McGuire
Philadelphia
James Duncan
Baltimore
James O'Connell
Chicago
John F. Mitchell
Evacuation of Cuba Heralds Flag Exchange on Jan 1
United States and Spanish military commissioners agree on a January 1 noon flag exchange in Havana. Salutes will be fired by American and Spanish ships, flags lowered and hoisted, and authorities transferred to U S forces at the palace, with ceremonies for officials and troops.
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Havana
United States
el Morro
Cabannas
Jiminez Castellanos
Cuba
John R. Brooke
Lee
Treaty terms outline Cuban renunciation and island cession
The article details the cession of Cuba and territories to the United States including Puerto Rico Guam and the Philippines. It specifies a $20,000,000 payment to Spain within three months after ratifications and lays out port access rights for Spanish vessels for ten years plus prisoner releases and preservation of flags and munitions. Final ratifications are due by June 11, 1899 with actions by the U.S. Senate and Spanish Congress.
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Tyi
Cuba
Porto Rico
Guam
Philippines
United States
Spain
Manila
Joint Peace Commission
United States Senate
Spanish Congress
Nicaragua Canal Cost Estimate Report Read Before Senate
The Nicaragua canal commission led by Gen Haines Admiral Walker and Prof Haupt prepared a detailed cost and route report. It cites 125 million cubic yards of excavation for Brito harbor and western dredging totaling about 125 million, with a conservative canal cost around 133 million dollars.
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New York
Nicaragua Canal Commission
Haines
Walker
Haupt
Senate
Congress
Brito
Western Division
Going After a Fortune in a World Tour
San Francisco December 24 Thomas H Watson and his wife Miss Emma Spreckels daughter of the sugar king are arranging an extended world tour. The trip blends pleasure and business with a main aim to acquire property valued at 9 million pounds. He holds papers claiming about half of Carlisle England town.
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San Francisco
Thomas H. Watson
Emma Spreckels
Giant consolidation of Pittsburgh utilities ends $26 million
Pittsburgh observers report the massive merger of local gas light and heating firms. The consolidation is valued at more than 26 million dollars, reflecting a major shift in the city’s utility landscape and corporate structure. The deal signals a new era for energy services in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Corporation of ‘the Co
Three Women Die in Fire at 260 West 73rd Street
A blaze at 260 West Seventy Third Street in New York killed three women and injured several others. Victims include Mrs. Charles H. Haymond and Mrs. Victoria Underwood, with Harriet Fee among the deceased. Charles H. Raymond and staff sustained smoke injuries. Mrs. Raymond was a Red Cross leader and pioneer in wartime service.
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New York
West Seventy-third Street
Charles H. Raymond
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Charles H. Haymond
Victoria Underwood
Zanesville
Raymond
Harriet Fee
William Doerr
William Ferguson
Butler
Marine Losses on the Lakes Reach High Season Toll
Chicago reports that the 1898 season yielded the largest marine losses on the lakes, with aggregate insurance estimates around 2.6 million dollars. Lake Michigan endured the most disasters, followed by Lake Superior. Lake Ontario had more losses than Lake Erie. A total of 56 boats were destroyed, totaling 29,194 tons.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Bethea Named U S District Attorney for Northern Illinois
Chicago December 21 S H Bethea of Dixon will succeed Gen John C Black as United States district attorney for the northern district of Illinois. He was appointed by President McKinley Tuesday after Black whose term expired recently was appointed by President Cleveland in December 1894. The death of Dixon prompted the naming of a successor.
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Chicago
H. Bethea
Dixon
John C. Black
United States
Illinois
McKinley
Clége
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Mashonguayii
Moki
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Uncle Sam
Samuel R.gompers
American Federation of Labor
Nicaragua Canal
Canal Commission
New York City
Great Lakes
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