News of the Week Washington Highlights 1900 Post Office and Financial Notes
The post office department reports May 1900 receipts at the 50 largest offices rose 7.4 percent over May 1899, with Hartford, Connecticut the only decrease. Ex congressman W D Bynum of Indiana named to codify criminal laws by President McKinley. A US Claims Court ruling grants a $100 bounty for each officer and man under Admiral Cervera in Santiago. May 1900 imports total 71,555,861 with about 31,000,000 duty-free. 2,000,000 more dutiable than May 1899. Comptroller notes 363 bank applications since new law, capital $16,196,000. 280 with under 50,000 and 82 with 50,000 or more.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Hartford
Conn
W. D. Bynum
Indiana
Millinley
United Staies
D. B. Culberson
United States Court of Claims
Sampson
Santiago
Cervera
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Wallingard Notes and Fire Toll Mark Hard Week
A week of disasters and economic shifts across North America includes 162 U.S. business failures for the week ending June 15 with 21 in Canada, a fatal fire at Paul Wiedman Co. cooperage in Brooklyn, and a string of industrial and legal developments from sugar price hikes to labor scale agreements and political moves.
Native Hawaiians plan independent party to oppose major parties
John Taylor aged 71 a veteran river pilot died in Louisville Kentucky on the 14th His Civil War service included commanding the gunboat Henry Clay which supported the siege of Vicksburg and was the last gunboat to pass before the city before Confederate fire destroyed it
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Fromonolulu
John Taylor
Louisville
Kyw
Taylor
Henry Clay
Vicksburg
Relief in India Surpasses Six Million as Nations Honor Painters
An official note from Calcutta on the 14th reports over 6,000,000 Indians now on relief. Bombay gained 200,000 last week as destitute relief workers returned amid cholera fears. American painters won seven Paris exposition gold medals in 1900, second to France, with five of the works by U.S. artists. Prince de Joinville, son of Louis Philippe, died in Paris of pneumonia at 82. he allied with Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and led the French fleet at Tangier in 1844 and with McClellan’s staff in the U.S. civil war.
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United States
Canada
Paul Weidman Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
John G. Taylor
Westchester
Lafayette Cemetery
Heights of
Brandywine
Paul Wiedman Cooperage Co
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil
New York City
Syracuse University
Standard OU Co
Philadelphia
Wall Paper Trust
Combine
Niagara Falls
Henry Sippel
Sippel
Pittsburg
American Window Glass
Window Glass Workers’ Association
Smyrna
W. Y
Labor Party
Social Democratic Party
New York State
New York
Benjanin H. Hanford
John Henry Worfecker
Delaware
Skyrna
Del
Mount Washington
Cecutta
India
Bombay
France
Paris
Prince de Joinville
Louis Phillippe
Pedro I
Brazil
Tangier
Gen. McClellan
Ohio Democratic convention adjourns after nine hour session
The Ohio Democratic State Convention in Columbus adjourned after a nine hour session that produced a McLean aligned slate. George W. Hull’s ballot votes surfaced, sparking disputes over delegates at large while the party reaffirmed the Chicago platform and named Kilbourne Patrick Thomas and Chapman as delegates at large.
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Columbus
McLean
Kilbourne
Patrick
Thomas
George W. Hull
Toledo
Chapman
Huntington
Springfield
Mewitt
Webster P. Huntington
Louis Reemelin
Cincinnati
John McCarty
Defiance
Dowling
Montgomery
Wilson
Cuyahoga County
Grimesey
Cuyahoga
Chicago
Congress
Philippines
United States
Pension Department
Ohio
Gryan
James Kilbourne
A. W. Patrick
New Philadelphia
W. S. Thomas
H. L. Chapman
Jackson
C. L. Brumbach
Greenville
M. B. Clyburn
Hillsboro
M. O. Burns
Hamilton
John McSweeney
Wooster
Isaac Sherwood
A. J. Warner
Marietta
R. H. Reemelin
Harry McFadden
Steubenville
Simeon M. Winn
Zanesville
Allen W. Smalley
Upper Sandusky
Winn
Judge Smalley
Dairy and Food Commissioner
W. N. Cowden
Guernsey
Hallard B. Yates
Pickaway
Theodore M. Garrett
Henry
Thomas T. Shields
Union
Newton L. Bunnell
Warren
Yates
J. D. Simpkins
St. Mary's
Peter Y. Brown
Chillicothe
Board of Public Works
Campaign committee falls short on payroll fund aim
The Republican congressional campaign committee sought 82 campaign contributions from workers who had just received an extra month’s pay. Employers told staff the contribution was voluntary, many paid little or nothing, and total contributions likely won’t exceed 1200 to 1500 dollars instead of the hoped 10000.
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Washington
the Post
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Congress
Census estimates put Chicago near top city list in 1900 era
A Chicago Tribune summary shows population estimates from 3,000 informants for 15 largest U.S. cities. It lists Greater New York and New York totals, Chicago around 1.68 million, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, San Francisco, and Pittsburgh with gains and city populations. states ranked New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri by growth. United States population totals exclude Alaska and islands at 78,964,742 with manufacturing value over 12.6 billion and farm land value about 17.87 billion.
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Industrial Commission
Philadelphia
New York Cottons Exchange
Ith
Treasury Department
Kmnyoun
San Francisco
California
Shanghai
Rushia
Maryland
Baxter
Eyht
Nelly
St Johns
Nff
Englewood
Auburn Park
Paris
Guyamas
Mex
United States
Chicago
the Tribune
The
Tribune
New York
Lois
Baltimore
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Cincinnati
BuMale Jee Seneeers Stessvsseves
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Detroit
New Orleans
Washington
Milwaukee
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Missouri
Alaska
Island
DULLNESS REIGNS In Trade As Prices Decline
R G Dun weekly review notes a season of price declines hitting business as unsold stocks rise to 339 480 tons. Iron output on June 1 reached 296 376 tons weekly, up 2 526 but still below the peak. Cotton goods reconstruction moves slowly. wool markets unchanged. Wheat advances, Atlantic exports total 5 937 187 bushels in two weeks. Weekly failures total 162 in the U S and 21 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Wrecks Off Victoria Coast Claim Many Lives
Details from the Warimoo report describe the Sierra Nevada wreck on Port Philip Heads during a gale. Twenty three sailors died including Capt. Scott, with only five of 28 crew reaching shore and one dying later. Also, Niels Ribe ran aground on Solo reef with all aboard saved, and Magnet wrecked nearby with crew saved.
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Vancouver
B. C
Sydney
Victoria
Scott
Port Philip Heads
Niels Ribe
Solo Reef
Magnet
Capes Patterson
Liprap
Quarantine Dissolved in San Francisco Chinatown Case
In the US circuit court Judge Morrow dissolves the Chinatown quarantine used by the city board of health. He rules the restriction discriminatory since only Mongolians were detained and that quarantining a district rather than individual houses raises contagion risk.
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San Francisco
United States Circuit Court
Morrow
Jew Ho
Board of Health
Chinatown
Otis Day Returns to Rochester on Warm Home Welcome
In Rochester New York on June 16 Otis Day drew about 100000 strangers and a grand welcome for the former Philippine ruler. General Joseph Wheeler arrived at noon amid an enthusiastic reception. The day opened with a major general's salute and peaked with a large parade featuring roughly 1200 U S Army soldiers.
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Rochester
N Y
New York
Philippines
Joseph Wheeler
United States Army
Powers Skipped in Goebel Murder Case Arrest Attempt
Barboursville Kentucky June 16 an unsuccessful attempt was made Thursday night to arrest John L Powers indicted as an accessory to Goebel's murder A posse went to the home of Powers brother in law on Poplar creek but Powers had already left The attorney BF OD Sampson says Powers is not evading arrest and will trust his case to a fair impartial jury anytime.
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Cuba
South Africa
Europe
West
William C. Cuthbert
Minneapolis
Minn
Cleveland
Southampton
Nova Scotia
Noranmore
Norfolk
Chicago
Marine Corps
Washington
China
Court of Appeals
Frankfort
Masonic Grand Lodge
Texas
Shaw
Grand Army of the Republic
John B. Gordon
United Confederate Veterans
Illinois Steel Co
Minnesota Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
General Powderly
Bureau of Immigration
Port Townsend
Wash
Barboursville
John L. Powers
Goebel
Powers
Poplar Creek
BF. OD. Sampson
War in China as Taku forts open fire on international fleet
Shanghai reports describe a veiled war with legations trapped in Pekin while bombardments of Taku forts draw in British French German Russian American and Japanese ships. Casualties include British German Russian French forces. troops mass on Russian and Chinese sides as powers rush troops to China amid collapsing communications and legation danger.
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London
China
Shanghai
Daily Express
Pekin
Legation
Tien Tsin
Berlin
Che Foo
Taku River
Shan Hi Kiwan
Taku
United States
Yorktown
Kang Ti
Ministry of War
Manshur
Daily
Takuage
Seymour
Legations
Niu Chwang
Kin Kiang
Ku Ling
Nau King Chang
Saigon
Cochin China
Port Arthur
Brussels
The
Standard
Russia
Kiachta
Manmatchin
Liga
Times
Che Foo Harbor
Not All Window Glass Plants Close for Summer
June 16 report notes most window glass factories would close for summer per custom, but many will stay open through June due to President Burns agreement with American Window Glass Co. Several major combine plants kept fires burning while independent factories shut down or halted operations.
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Pittsburg
Jurns
American Window Glass Co
Combine
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Experience
The ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy backed by twenty years of continuous use and over a hundred thousand annual cases. It encourages women to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham and to obtain a bottle now, with correspondence to Lynn Massachusetts.
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Sefora
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mprss
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Bicycle Advertisement Banter At A Baltimore Chat
A fragmentary Baltimore conversation mentions a reader and an experiment with a bicycle. Miss Gabby comments that he would think he is reading a bicycle advertisement. The exchange suggests playful dialogue about cycling and advertising.
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Sappeigh
Gabby
Baltimore American
Prohibition and Democratic Conventions Train Details
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers round trip tickets for the National Conventions with June 27 to 23 for Prohibition in Chicago and July 4 for Democrats in Kansas City, selling June 26-27 and July 2-4 respectively. Travel via the Maple Leaf Route with vestibuled trains, free chair cars, dining car service, sleeping accommodations, and a single fare for the round trip. For details contact an agent or F H ord, G P T A, 113 Adams Street, Chicago.
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Prohibition
Chicago
Democratic
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western Ry
Chicago Great Western
F. H. Ord
Adams Street
Paris physician tasters life elixir experiment
A Paris doctor tested a homemade life prolonging elixir on himself and claims life in the afterworld will last longer than expected. The note appears alongside a Boston Globe style aphorism and a Ram's ad urging Kemp's Balsam for cough relief with free samples and cheap bottles.
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Paris
Boston Globe
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