Thursday, November 17th, 1898
Was awakened in the night by an increasing oppression in breathing, and before morning found myself in an old fashioned asthmatic spasm, the first real… Read More »Thursday, November 17th, 1898
Philippines
Wednesday, November 16th, 1898
The cold gave me a rather bad night of it, and work began in the morning almost before I was ready…. [Lawrence] Townsend, our Minister… Read More »Wednesday, November 16th, 1898
Tuesday, November 15th, 1898
… I had made a little memorandum the night before of the sort of paper I was inclined soon to suggest filing. It was in… Read More »Tuesday, November 15th, 1898
Monday, November 14th, 1898
As the members straggled in this morning Judge Day explained that a long cipher dispatch had come, and was being translated. While awaiting it we… Read More »Monday, November 14th, 1898
Sunday, November 13th, 1898
Church in the morning with a little drive afterwards. Long chat in the afternoon with Judge Day about the prospects of the conference. He is… Read More »Sunday, November 13th, 1898
Thursday, November 10th, 1898
At the beginning of our meeting this morning, Secretary Day presented a dispatch just received from Bellamy Storer, our Minister in Belgium. It was a… Read More »Thursday, November 10th, 1898
Wednesday, November 9th, 1898
My first greeting this morning was a dispatch . . . announcing Republican victories. Before the Commission met, the Associated Press agent, Mr. Mack [a… Read More »Wednesday, November 9th, 1898
Tuesday, November 8th, 1898
We began quite early this morning the further consideration of our reply to the Spanish Commissioners, really intending only to read for slight verbal corrections,… Read More »Tuesday, November 8th, 1898
Monday, November 7th, 1898
… When the Commissioners assembled in my rooms, Judge Day produced a dispatch from Washington in answer to those which he and Senator Davis and… Read More »Monday, November 7th, 1898