Canadian Whisky Trade Surges Amid Tariff Fears
A review of the week notes U S tariff anxieties as Canadian distillers ship large whisky cargoes to the United States. Also reported are political and legal moves, labor clashes on the Erie Canal, a major Bloomington fire, and links to court actions in Oregon and California.
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Committee On Judiciary
Teller
Bloomington
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Senate
Willis Vandeventer
Wyoming
Charles Schaller
Ordnance Department
Army
Evans
Kentucky
Congress
Hawaiian Republic
Transvaal Republic
Orange Free State
Bloemfontein
Pretoria
Volksraads
Secretary of the Treasury
Ferdinando
Bermuda
Cuban
Dolliver Dominates Tariff Debate With Masterful Speech
Washington March 25 The tariff debate in the house featured a standout performance by Dolliver whose eloquence and wit energized Republicans and drew laughter from the chamber. Democratic members like McLaurin urged support for duties on cotton amid party divisions. In the senate a civil service clash erupted as Gorman Gallinger Allen Wilson Hawley Hoar and Lodge voiced opposing views on removals and reform while a South Omaha probe expanded to broader civil service questions.
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Ways and Means Committee
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Cleveland
Carlisle
Iibson
Dockery
Newlands
Lacey
Swansea
Cochran
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Gorman
South Omaha
Neb
Gallinger
Allen
Civil Service
Wilson
Hawley
Stewart
Civil Service Commission
Armenians Slaughtered in Tokat Massacre in Asia Minor
A Sunday attack on Armenians in Tokat Asia Minor left about 100 Christians dead. Armenian homes were looted as violence spread amid diplomatic pressure on the sultan.
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Constantinople
Tokat
Asia Minor
Anatolia
Russia
Armenia
Cyclone devastates Arlington and Alabama with deadly wrecks
From New Orleans to Canada a gulf coast cyclone caused widespread destruction. In Arlington Early county Ga a school shelter collapsed killing students and injuring faculty including Professors Walker and Covington. Floods along the Chattahoochee and Appalachicola rivers drown a family of eight near Geneva and wash away cabins and outhouses.
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Richard Manson
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Columbia
Tariff Debate Opens in House With Tame Start
Washington March 24 The first day of tariff debate in the House was restrained with full galleries and orderly floor discussion. Four speeches were delivered led by Dingley and Wheeler as Bailey and McMillin faced illness delaying replies. Bailey’s minority report condemned the bill as favoring manufacturers and shifting costs to consumers.
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Wilson
Dingley
Ways and Means Committee
Wheeler
Bailey
McMillin
Bell
Hopkins
Texas
House
United States
Congress
Committee On Ways and Means
Senate votes on information seek in Dr. Ruiz death Cuba
The senate adopted a resolution directing the president to provide information about the death of Dr. Ruiz in Cuba. It also reported the Lodge immigration bill and Pettigrew's proposal for free homes on public lands, with notices aimed at fast action. Additional measures on Indian affairs and public lands were placed on the calendar.
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Cuba
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Presidential Nominations To Senate On March Twenty Fourth
President McKinley announced nominations to the Senate for State Bristow Kansas as fourth assistant postmaster general Interior Binger Herman Oregon as commissioner of the general land office Justice J D Elliott district of South Dakota Treasury Ernest G Timme Wisconsin auditor for the state and other departments fifth auditor Navy Commodore Joseph N Miller to be rear admiral
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Joseph L. Bristow
Kansas
Binger Herman
Oregon
General Land Office
J. D. Elliott
District of South Dakota
Treasury
Ernest G. Timme
Wisconsin
Navy
Joseph N. Miller
Chinese Girls to Be Deported at San Francisco Port
Special agents of the treasury arrested sixty Chinese girls allegedly landed improperly during the Dick Williams investigation. With no Chinese interpreter employed by the department, all women lacking registration papers will be deported.
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San Francisco
Special Agents of
the Treasury
Dick Williams
Terrible ordeal of Ville Ste. Nazaire survivors at sea
Aboard the Ville Ste. Nazaire, 80 aboard left New York March 6 bound for Port au Prince. Only four men survived after days adrift in lifeboats amid hunger and exposure as the ship sank during a fierce storm off Hatteras. Captain Berri and Senor Tagado among those rescued faced dire conditions and were brought to Perth Amboy aboard the Idlewild.
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