President McKinley Addresses Trusts and Philippines Policy
President McKinley’s annual message to Congress outlines Philippine policy, trust control, and national prosperity. He mourns Vice President Hobart, notes rising foreign trade, and urges stronger Treasury powers to manage gold and bonds. He calls for early action against trusts and federal remedies where state law failed.
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Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Congress
Cleveland
McKinley outlines foreign policy and Cuba plan
President McKinley reviews US relations with foreign powers and outlines recommendations on the Nicaragua canal contract China Germany and Canada disputes. He discusses Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines, naval needs, and a potential Potomac bridge plan. The message stresses a firm but neutral stance and a continued expansion of American influence abroad.
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Senate
Congress
Philippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
General Weed Promoted to Major General of Volunteers
Secretary Gage reports higher disbursements across departments. General Weed is promoted to Major General of volunteers amid a push for the gold standard bill. Roberts of Utah vows continued fight for his seat as Aldrich introduces the Currency Bill and posts appoint recessions.
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Weed
Volunteers
Heaton W. Harris
Ohio
Mannheim
Germany
Aldrich
Rail wreck in Greensboro yard injures fireman and crew
A southbound freight collision in Greensboro yard Saturday left a colored fireman trapped for two hours between engine and tender with a crushed leg and other injuries. The engineer escaped unharmed and a white man in the caboose suffered flesh wounds. A box-car derailed and two horses inside remained uninjured.
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Greensboro
Hayward Death Prompts Nebraska Senate Vacancy
Nebraska City reports U S Senator Hayward died early today. Washington flags are half masted in his honor. Allen is expected to be appointed to fill the Nebraskan senate seat, creating a vacancy in the U S Senate.
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Washington
Allen
Nebraska City
Neb
U. S
Hayward
Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Baptists of North Carolina Hold 69th Annual Convention
The sixty ninth annual Baptist convention opens in Asheville with 500 delegates expected. Denomination counts include 175000 white and 140000 colored communicants, 3000 churches and 2000 preachers, plus five colleges and fifty high schools. Missions receipts rise to 20074.98 for State and 10672.79 for Home missions. The week features Rev. T Rev in delivering the sermon and Rev. R H Marsh presiding. New York dispatch reports Postmaster Fellows of Scarsdale shot by highwaymen, likely to die.
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of the Baptists of
North Carolina
Asheville
T. Rev
R. H. Marsh
Oxford
Baptist Young People’s Union
Baptists
New York
Fellows
Scarsdale
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Nicaraugua
China
Great Britain
Dominion of Canada
High Commission
Italy
Manila
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Spain
Turkey
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Alaska
Potomac
Arlington Estate
Willriam McKinley
Loth Houses
Tobacco Growers Convention
Raleigh
State Association of Tobacco Growers
J. Bryan Grimes
Trusts
Wood
Utah
Gage
Navy
Neath
Brown
Modus, Conn
Roberts
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