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The Loup City Northwestern
Loup City, Sherman County, Nebraska
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Representative Weeks of Michigan introduced a joint resolution in Congress for five years of military rule in islands acquired from Spain, with reciprocity reductions up to 25% on their products, after which Congress would address the matter.
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Congressman Weeks Presents a Resolution on the Colonies.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Representative Weeks of Michigan has introduced a joint resolution citing the unsettled status of the people in the islands acquired from Spain and providing that for five years the president, as commander-in-chief of the army and navy, shall continue military authority in said islands, and that congress shall deal with the subject at the expiration of this five-year period. In the meantime, it is provided that the reciprocity reductions not exceeding 25 per cent may be made on the products of the islands to this country.
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Washington
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Jan. 11
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joint resolution introduced providing for five years of presidential military authority in the islands, followed by congressional review, and interim reciprocity reductions up to 25% on island products.
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Representative Weeks of Michigan introduced a joint resolution addressing the unsettled status of people in islands acquired from Spain, proposing five years of continued military authority by the president as commander-in-chief, with Congress to handle the matter afterward, and allowing reciprocity reductions not exceeding 25% on island products to the U.S.