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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1897
Page
1
Washington dispatch reports Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee advancing the new tariff law. Key changes restore McKinley-era duties on barley hay and vegetables, raise live cattle charges to per head and ad valorem, and adjust salts, oils, and pigments.
February 8 report from New York states the monitor Puritan is unseaworthy, joining a long list of U S Navy ships bent by recurring calamities. Earlier incidents include Battleship Indiana fires and turret failures, Texas rock strikes, and Brooklyn dock damage.
The Supreme Court decides that about 4000 acres along the Missouri River transferred from Nebraska to Iowa after a sudden river change. Accretions claims are dismissed as the land becomes government property.
A renewed industrial upturn aims to put every plant in full operation. Carnegie’s Homestead steel works and Westinghouse plants in East Pittsburgh Wilmerding and Edgar Thomson resume full capacity, employing thousands as the Monongahela Valley reopens factories.
Washington reports show daily Senate and House discussions from Feb 2 to Feb 8 on the Nicaragua canal bill and Alaskan boundary treaty, with no final votes yet. Immigration, pensions, and public ownership debate continued, plus routine appropriations and a note on the District of Columbia bill.
K G Dan & Coy’s weekly trade review notes more cotton mills starting than stopping, keeping overall productivity and wages steady. Woolen goods orders rise, mining and steel show signs of improvement, while wheat lingers. Cotton slips after Fall River print-clout news but recovers. money markets stay steady as Northern Pacific and Oregon Navigation sales ease currency fears. Failures: US 5, Canada 63 year over year.
Sir Richard J. Cartwright and N. L. Davies arrive in Washington as Canada’s trade commission. They plan talks with British ambassador Sir Julian Paunceforte and U S public leaders to explore broader freer trade with the United States, aligning with Canada’s liberal government aims.
Reports from Crete describe a blood drenched crisis with Turkish and Mussulman forces aligned against Christians. Three quarters of the Christian quarters in Canes burned, with hundreds killed or wounded as escapists reached warships. The death toll cited around 300, amid continued fighting and fear.
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