New Stamp Tax Law Revisions Decrease Public Burden
The revenue act cuts stamps on telegraph and telephone messages, bank checks, drafts, life insurance policies, leases, mortgages, promissory notes, money orders, and warehouse receipts effective July 1. Beverages and theater taxes reduced. total government receipts expected to fall to 40 to 50 million annually. Banks rush to redeem stamped checks while officials clash over return rights. Internal revenue projects a 40 to 45 million loss, with widespread changes prompting bureau preparations and industry concerns.
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Interpal Revenue Bureau
Revenue Bureau
Express
the Treasury
Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Interval Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Internal Revenue Barrow
Treasury
United States
Changes in the tax law summarized for 1901
The bureau lists rates for checks bonds charges and stamps on various documents and goods. It notes modifications including cigarette and beer taxes and tobacco related rates, customs duties and broker taxes, exemptions below thresholds, and new taxes effective April 1 1901. The summary preserves named items and dollar amounts, reflecting the period tone and emphasis.
Illinois Breaks Record The New Battleship on Trial
The battleship Illinois achieved a sustained speed of 17.31 knots over the Cape Ann course, surpassing prior records and outperforming its sister ships Alabama and Wisconsin. The report notes its class lead and cites Wisconsin’s 17.12 knots as a comparison. Separately, urban birth rates in Fall River lead, with Holyoke, New Bedford, Waterbury, and Cambridge following in the top five. Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour is proposed for admiral.
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Illinois
Cape Ann
Alabama
Wisconsin
Pacific Coast
New England
Fall River
Holyoke
New Bedford
Waterbury
Conn
Cambridge
Boston Fashionably Falling In Step With A Dance Band
This and That notes a shift in Boston circles as dancers begin to term a musical group a band. It mentions lime burners in San Jacinto California using crude oil as fuel, Siam appointing Phya Phetchada as minister extraordinary to the United States, many teachers sailing to the Philippines for work, and California citrus shipments expected to reach several million boxes this season. It also reports Yavapai County Arizona assessing Senator Clark’s copper property at 6 million dollars, a prior annual tax of 24 thousand on the United Verde mine rising to 240 thousand for his Arizona property, and Miss Sophronisba Breckinridge earning doctor of philosophy after a master of science, noted as the first woman lawyer to join Kentucky’s appellate bar.
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Boston
San Jacinto
Cal
Phya Phetchada
Siam
United States
Philippines
California
Yavapi County
Arizona
Senator Clark
United Verde Nine
Clark
Sophronisba Breckinridge
Col
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Chicago University
Kentucky
Von Waldersee Recall Changes in China Force
The State Department in Washington received a Berlin notification that Field Marshal Count von Waldersee, then commander in chief of allied forces in China, would be recalled. Berlin hinted the recall may accompany German force reductions. reports suggest the United States will not nominate a successor, while Waldersee seeks transport charters.
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State Department
Washington
Berlin
Count von Waldersy
China
Mander
N&king
Count von Waldersee
Waldersee
Germany
United States
Will Carry 1 000 Teachers to Philippines Voyage
Secretary Root and Col Edwards plan a San Francisco departure of a vessel carrying 1,000 teachers for educational work in the Philippines. Applicants must be normal or college graduates with teaching experience, healthy, able to endure a tropical climate, and willing to serve three years. Salary is 75 dollars monthly plus traveling expenses.
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Philippines
Root
Col. Edwards
Insular
The
War Department
San Francisco
Philippine Commission
General Superintendent of Education For
United States
Justice Brewer Weds Emma Mott in Burlington Vermont
Justice Brewer aged 65 married Emma Mina Mott aged 50 in Burlington Vermont in a quiet ceremony. Miss Mott, daughter of Dr Eu Nice M Mott of Chateaugay New York, had been a Washington educator and Bible class pupil of the justice. A Kansas poultry association reports Kansas ships 28,000 eggs abroad annually.
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Justice Brewer
Burlington
Judge Brewer
Miss Mott
Eunice M. Mott
Chateaugay
Franklin County
New York
Washington, D. C
First Congregational Church
Justice
Washington
Kansas Poultry Association
Kansas
Victory for Mrs Eddy in famous libel case
The Woodbury libel suit against Mary Baker Eddy ends with a defense verdict. The judge halted the jury, finding no evidence the quote referred to the plaintiff. The case yielded no light on the vision of the woman in Revelation and spurred Bible study among onlookers.
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Christian Science
Eddy
Mrs. Woodbury
Boston
Josephine Woodbury
Buldy
Woodbury
John
War Tax Changes Take Effect July 1
The Revenue Law changes become effective July 1 with many documents no longer needing stamps. Bank checks, drafts, bills of lading, certificates of deposit, money orders, and several other papers lose stamp requirements. No tax change for several listed items remains. News items note strikes, a Carnegie library bid, and a Georgia accident report.
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Hess
Cuba Adopts Platt Amendment in Constitutional Vote
The Cuban constitutional convention voted 16 to 18 to add the Platt amendment as written to the constitution. It authorizes U S intervention for security and sanitation, allows naval stations, and pledges U S ownership of island property. Secretary Root’s letter clarifies changes and future troop withdrawal tied to a stable government. Washington hails the move as promising faster evacuation and potential Cuban independence by autumn.
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Havana
Congress
Tets
Cuba
United States
Peter Atul
Isle Mass
War Root
McKinney
Washington
Apples and colonies misread in Philippine report
A Department of Agriculture official mocks an apparent American apple found in the Philippines, comparing it to a lemon and detailing spoilage on a transport. The piece then presents Porto Rico demographics, land use, ownership, and literacy, with commentary urging Anglo-Saxon vigor to spur growth and reduce lethargy.
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Philippines
Departent of Agriculture
United States
Gor. Allen
Porto Rico
Noman
Many Men Perish in Port Royal Mine Explosion
A blast at Pittsburg Coal Company No 2 mine in Port Royal Pennsylvania entombed seventeen men including Mine Superintendent McCune and W F Allison. Rescue attempts failed for McCune and Allison and fifteen others remain unrecovered as black damp halted further search. Others escaped.
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Pittsburg Coal Company
Port Royal
McCue
W. F. Allison
McCune
Allison
William McCune
Pittsburg
Allisons
No Third Term Stance From White House Leader
The White House press release denounces any third term bid and states the leader will not accept a nomination for a third term. He reiterates dedication to serving a second term and to returning to private life after his tenure.
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HeKintey
White House
Washington
Jury convicts Unger and Brown in insurance fraud case
Chicago jurors convict Dr August M Unger and F Wayland Brown for conspiring with Marie A Defenbach to defraud insurers on Defenbach life policies. Punishment fixed at one to five years in the penitentiary. Jury unanimous, with rapid deliberation and minimal formalities.
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Chicago
Dr. Unger
F. Wayland Brown
August M. Unger
Marie A. Defenbach
Miss Defenbach
Unger
Brown
Hints to Tourism From Northwestern Road Officers
A noted pamphlet titled Hints to Tourism outlines east bound railroad policies from Chicago. It reports wage readjustments for Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad shop mechanics and notes April mileage book sales by east bound lines rose 103 over the prior year. Michigan Legislation imposes a 3 percent gross tax on Pullman, while Michigan Central introduces two giant passenger engines weighing eighty eight tons each capable of seventy miles per hour. Lake Shore Railway announces a two cent per mile fare across Michigan lines, aligning with recent court rulings, with similar notices from other roads.
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Northwestern
Chicago
Eastern Illinois
Michigan
Pullman Company
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China Station
Land United
Misa Mott
Justice Brown
Emma Mina Mott
Mrs. Eddy
Sulphur
Tampa
Fla
Cumberland
Mil
Carnegie
Georgia
Limited Express
Platt
Island
Constitutional Convention
MBM
John Ball
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