Proclamation 441—Thanksgiving Day, 1899
10/24/1899
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I did all that in honor could be done to avert the war, but without avail.
That the lands hereby restored to the public domain shall be open to settlement from date hereof, but shall not be subje...
This order to take effect on the first day of May, 1901.
The prophets of evil were not the builders of the Republic.