Treasury Circular Sets New Tariff Rules for Imports
The Treasury announces the 1897 tariff act supersedes the 1894 act at midnight July 28. Collectors must liquidate under the new rates for goods entered after July 24, while existing regulations remain in force. Internal Revenue estimates beer stamp savings at least 183000, with cigarette stamps likely even larger as taxes double.
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Congress
W. B. Howell
Allison
Treasury Department
New York
Internal Revenue Department
Customs Branch
Internal Revenue Stamp
Forman
Importers Prepare Court Fight Over New Tariff Start
A rush of importers promised to challenge in court Treasury Department action that the Dingley tariff took effect at midnight Friday. They say the law cannot operate until signed, risking millions as entries fromSaturday ships face duties. The Umbria case and wool consignment highlight the dispute awaiting courts.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Treasury
Treasury Department
la Tyraine
Umbria
Prosperity Dawning for Lowell Mills and Hosiery Firms
Lowell Mass July 26 Two major Lowell industries Hosiery and linen mills expect tariff to lift profits and curb undervaluations. Principal firms Lawrence Company Lowell Hosiery Shaw Company Pickering Knitting Company longtime inactivity ends as prospects improve. Boott Merrimac Appleton also referenced in revival outlook.
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Commercial Tribune
Lowell
Mass
Lawrence Company
Lowell Hosiery
Shaw Company
Pickering Knitting Company
Boott
Merrimac
Appleton
Lehigh University Will Open in September
Trustees deny reports of closure and confirm the university will reopen in September with full departments. They note a $150,000 Pennsylvania appropriation relieves income concerns and improves prospects for continued growth and usefulness.
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Bethlehem
Lehigh University
State of
Pennsylvania
Grand Jury Report Scores Dr Scott Demands Resignation
Governor Bradley received a certified copy of the Lexington grand jury report accusing Dr Scott of the Western Kentucky Asylum and calling for his resignation. He has not stated any action but believes the attack was politically motivated and may ignore the recommendations.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Bradley
Lexington Grand Jury
Scott
Western Kentucky Asylum
Evansville Man Marries His Niece In Henderson Ceremony
Charles B. Horney of Evansville Indiana and Lillian Price wed in Henderson on March 2. The marriage was revealed today when the bride confided to her mother. Horney is the uncle of his wife.
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Charles Horney
Evansville, Ind
Commercial Tribune
Evansville
Ind
Charles B. Horney
Lillian Price
Henderson
Horney
Sunday closing war erupts at Muncie band meeting
In Muncie Indiana July 26 attackers interrupted a Young Men's Christian Band meeting in Elmer Bodkin's law office. A fight broke out with Richard McGauley H E Bowles and Henry Omera injuring McElfresh Reitenour and Price before police arrived to separate and escort the injured to headquarters. The band plans to file affidavits against the violators.
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Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Young Men's Christian Band
Elmer Bodkin
Johnson Block
H. T. McElfresh
C. M. Reitenour
Greely Price
Fred Hubband
A. P. Price
Richard McGauley
Muncie Iron and Steel Company
H. E. Bowles
Henry Omera
Hubbard
Price
Mr. Bowles
Mr. MacGauley
Notary
McElfresh
McGauley
Bowles
Troops to Alaska to Protect Miners From Circle City Post
The President and Secretary Alger plan to detail an army officer and a company of soldiers for Alaska duty to guard the gold country as navigation closes on the Yukon. The camp is to be near Circle City with a Gatling gun brigade at Ft. Alger to support civil authorities amid heavy immigration. Volunteers already offer service, including sixty men from the Second Infantry.
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Washington
Alger
Alaska
Gold Country
Yukon River
Pacific Coast
Circle City
Gold
Ft. Alger
Boundary Line
Klondike
Dyea
Yukon
W. R. Abercrombie
Second Infantry
Ft. Harrison
Mont
Minnie L Cocke Dies In Suspected Suicide In Asheville
The coroner's inquest into the July 19 death of Mrs Minnie L Cocke wife of former Mayor W J Cocke of Asheville concluded with a verdict that she died from a pistol shot fired by herself under personal crisis intent. Ex-Congressman Thomas D Johnston testified among witnesses. No other person was found to be involved.
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Commercial Tribune
Abheville
N. C
Minnie L. Cocke
W. J. Cocke
Thomas D. Johnston
W. J Cocke
Inspector to Enforce Indiana Gas Wasting Law Against Standard Oil
KOKOMO Ind July 2 State Natural Gas Inspector Leach will collect new evidence against Standard Oil operators accused of wasting gas in violation of the new state law. Officials say experimental drilling has wasted more than 1 000 000 dollars worth of gas in recent months.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Leach
President McKinley Plans Lake Champlain Trip on Senator Hanna's Yacht
The trip will start from Washington aboard the Hazelmere palace car at noon Wednesday. The party includes Mrs McKinley and Secretaries Alger Porter. They will travel via Philadelphia Jersey City Albany and Bluff Point to reach Lake Champlain by Thursday morning. After says Lake Champlain stay until Aug 23 for G A R encampment, then to Buffalo and Ohio for regimental reunion and Hayes daughter’s wedding on Sep 2. The President may return to Buffalo and cruise briefly on Hanna's yacht. Washington will handle executive business in his absence.
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Washington
Lake Champlain
Pennsylvania Road
Jersey City
West Shore Line
Albany
Delaware & Hudson
Bluff Point
McKinley
Alger
Porter
Buffalo
Ohio
Hayes
Hanna
Lakes
Embezzlement Arrest of J A Fritch Roils Middletown
J A Fritch, a prominent Middletown merchant from Dayton, is jailed on embezzlement charges filed by R M Summers of Waterloo Piano Company. Arrest followed a local chase after he left for Hamilton and returned on a 9 PM traction line car. his family faces distress as the case shocks the town.
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Commercial Tribune
Middletown
J. A. Fritch
William Morton
Hamilton
Fritch
R M. Summers
Waterloo Piano Company
Waterloo
N. Y
Morton
Miamisburg
Main
Piano Company
Summers
Yarnell
Rommell House
Dayton
Curtis Avenue
Mosquito Plague Strikes New Jersey and Hempstead
Reports from New Jersey and New York detail a mosquito outbreak linked to heat and rain. A baby died from a mosquito bite while in a hammock and a soldier on Governor's Island suffered a fatal loss of blood. A Hempstead camp meeting was broken up by swarms.
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Hempstead
Commercial Tribune
New York
New Jersey
United States
Governor's Island
L. I
Raritan Bay
James D. Flynn
Thirteenth Infantry
Flynn
L. A
Alaska Prospectors’ Bodies Found Along Yukon Banks
A letter from William Sowers, now rich in Alaska, reaches Miss Twowee in Miami Oklahoma. Sowers recounts hardships in the Klondike and warns that Yukon banks hold many corpses of unprepared prospectors as cold weather arrives.
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Alaska
Yukon
Commercial Tribune
Miami
I. T
Portland
Inolaffwowee
William Sowers
Ft. Gibson
Miss Twowee
Sowers
Klondike
America
Wall Street Sees Gold Fever In Klondike Syndicates
Wall Street bankers and brokers organize large Klondike ventures as they plan expeditions to the Yukon. Names like James R. Keene and S. V. White back major mining schemes with multi million dollar capitalizations and organized companies to explore and develop claims in Alaska and British Columbia.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Wall Street
James R. Keene
8S. V. White
Washington E. Conner
Yukon
Klondike
Berry
R. A. Irving
Exchange
Alaska
Irving
James Rice
Colorado
George W. Morgan
Circle City
J. Edwards Addicks
Gas Fame
Caribou
British Columbia
Ties Laid On Track Near Waverly Ohio
A switchman found ties and rails piled on the track a half mile above the depot just before a northbound Norfolk & Western passenger train arrived. The heavily loaded train avoided disaster. authorities suspect striker sympathy. Guards are posted at the river bridge and track walkers patrol between stations.
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Commercial Tribune
Waverly
Norfolk & Western
West Virginia
Woman Sentenced to Rock Pile in Danville
In Danville Illinois Magistrate Timmons jailed Maggie Sellers a disorderly woman at the Rock Pile for days marking an end to sex distinction in the Court of Police. The defendant appeared nonchalant as the sentence was announced.
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Danville
Ill
Timmons
Maggie Sellers
Buried Infant Buried Twice in Wayne Hen Coop
The infant of John Wood a Nickel Plate fireman died last Wednesday and was secretly buried in a woodshed in a pine box. The body was exhumed dressed and reburied in the hencoop. The coroner ordered a proper burial the next day. The parents are well off and avoided a costly funeral.
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FT. Wayne
Ind
John Wood
Nickle Plate
Man Dies From Nervous Prostration After Local Murder Shock
Royal Ball of Woodside L I died in Phillipsburg New Jersey at 76 after suffering nervous prostration. He lived near the cottage where William Guldensuppe was murdered and the public shock contributed to his decline.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
Royal Ball
Woodside
L. I
Ball
William Guldensuppe
Fireman Daniel Roper Killed Handling Wire in Terre Haute
A Terre Haute fireman named Daniel Roper was instantly killed at 9 30 tonight while handling an electric light wire in front of Engine House No 1. The tragedy occurred during routine duties as firefighters worked to manage the dangerous live line in the city. Further details were not immediately available.
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Commercial Tribune
Terre Haute
Ind
Daniel Roper
Ohio Uniform Rank regiments arrive at Camp Boynton
The Third and Fourth Regiments Uniform Rank K of P from Ohio reached Camp Boynton in Pine Grove Park Port Huron Michigan. Colonel John Goetz led the Third Regiment and Colonel T J Kauffman led the Fourth. About 300 Knights and ladies attended a prepared supper as the camp opens under military discipline with 150 tents and 150 accompanying ladies.
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Commercial Tribune
Port Huron
Mich
K. of P
Ohio
Camp Boynton
John Goetz
T. J. Kauffman
Pine Grove Park
St. Clair River
Heirs to Millions in Indiana Trio Inherits Pennsylvania Mine
Mrs. Mary Glor of LaGrange and Sarah Myers with John Keefer of Rome City learn they are heirs to a vast estate near Danville Montour County Pa. The property lies in coal country with a valuable mine and was left by Keefer's great grandfather. Five heirs total, with offer of 500 acres valued at about 500000 dollars from Pennsylvania Railway Company.
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Commercial Tribune
Lagrange
Ind
Mary Glor
Sarah Myers
John Keefer
Rome City
Danville
Montour County
Lawton
Mich
Keefer
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Embezzler Hubbard Seeks Pride in A P A Ties
A. D. Hubbard, former Hamilton Printing receiver, convicted of eight thousand dollars embezzlement, received a three year penitentiary sentence from Judge Hazen at Topeka. Hubbard, a prominent Kansas lawyer, ex-law partner to Lieutenant Governor Harvey and State President of the A P A, declared his conviction stemmed from his AP A ties and said he was proud of it.
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Topeka
Kan
A. D. Hubbard
Hamilton Printing Company
Hazen
Hubbard
Harvey
Kansas
Trestle Was Unsafe Names of the Fifteen Victims
A Zanesville & Ohio excursion train crossed a rotten trestle near Marietta Ohio injuring fifteen people. Councilman John Trautman spine injury may be fatal. Nellie Purdy leg and face injuries. William Ketter Jr four ribs broken. Ed Ryan shoulder injury. Mrs Fremont Ranger bruises. others severely bruised or cut.
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Commercial Tribune
Marietta
Zanesville & Ohio
Welock
John Trautman
Nellie Purdy
William Ketter, Jr
Ed Ryan
Fremont Ranger
M. V. Edwards
Fred Wehrs
Clause
Dave Gerken
M. G. Seipel
Lucy Raush
Frank Detzel
Lena Crouse
J. C. Arnold
Alderman
Tracewell Named Comptroller of the Treasury
The president has selected Hon Robert J Tracewell of Indiana for Comptroller of the Treasury. The White House cites merit and legal expertise. Tracewell, a Virginia native who moved to Indiana, served in the Fifty fourth Congress from the Third District and is forty five years old.
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Washington
Robert J. Tracewell
Indiana
the Treasury
White House
Bowler
Tracewell
Virginia
Ex Queen Liliuokalani Visit to White House
At the White House Julius Palmer and her chamberlain Jos Heleluli met with officials to deliver memorials from Hawaii’s three patriotic societies. The papers, not released publicly, reportedly oppose any policy affecting the Queen’s sovereignty. Lat briefly spoke with the President.
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Washington
White House
Julius Palmer
Liliuokalani
Jos. Heleluli
Great Patriotic Societies
Hawai
Liliuokal
Ent
Gracious to Americans Queen Regent to Receive Ex-Minister
The Queen Regent of Spain will host Mr. Taylor the retiring United States Minister and Mr. Woodford the new minister at San Sebastian in an informal ceremony. The State Department reports the arrangement was secured through the Duke of Tetuan and reflects a courteous, informal approach to the visit.
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Washington
State Department
Spain
Taylor
United States
Woodford
San Sebastian
Duke of Tetuan
Young Man Fatally Stabbed in Zack Run Incident
Portsmouth police report Sherman Stahl fatally stabbed Sunday night at Zack Run by J H Boldman who fled the scene and is being hunted by authorities. Details indicate a young man involved and ongoing search for the suspect.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth, CO
Sherman Stahl
J H Boldman
Zack Run
Boldman
Cooley Declares Mental Wreck Affects Renowned Jurist
Detroit July 2 Michigan judge Thomas M Cooley famed author of Cooley on the Constitution is described as a physical and mental wreck after years of overwork. His family plans to send him to a private Flint sanitarium with his sons Thomas and Charles and Dr Tom Cooley attending.
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Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Mich
Thomas M. Cooley
Judge Cooley
End of an Era for Judge Cooley A Legal Giant
Judge Cooley, a lifelong legal scholar and writer born 1824 in Attica New York, dies after a long illness. His career included the Jay Professorship at Michigan and a prolific output on constitutional law, taxation, torts, and legal history. His works shaped American jurisprudence and he remained a central figure in law circles worldwide.
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Bryce
Judge Cooley
Cooley
Supreme Court of Michigan
Forest Hill
Attica
Meyer
N. Y
Adrian
Mich
Mary Elizabeth Horton
State Supreme Court
Manning
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Jay
Charles Kendal
Cornell University
Federal Supreme Court
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
United States
Blackstone
Michigan
Horace Scudder
Appleton
Encycl
Law Journal
St. Louis
Lamont
Bicycle Accident Near Chillicothe Leaves Man Fatally Hurt
George Rittinger of near Kinnikinnick was riding through Hope town when his bicycle hit an obstruction. He flew forward, skidded fifteen feet, and suffered a crushed nose severe facial injuries and brain concussion. Doctors fear he will not recover.
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Commercial Tribune
Chillicothe, CO
George Rittinger
Kinnikinnick
Hopetown
Oil for War Vessels At Sea Fuel Breakthrough From Indiana Inventor
Judge M A Chipman travels to Washington to file patent applications for Frank M Reed of Anderson Indiana. His oil burning system would power war ships with smokeless gas generated from oil, delivering more heat than coal and reducing crew needed. A bulletproof storage tank is also described. Equipment could pay for itself in a month through fuel savings.
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Anderson
Ind
M. A. Chipman
Washington
Frank M. Reed
Russia
Reed
Indiana
Additional Evidence in His Favor Said To Have Been Secured
Judge Heiserman of Urbana arrived in Springfield to hear Jackson's motion for a new trial after his perjury trial against Walling and Jackson. Counsel J. K. Mower filed the motion claiming court errors and new evidence has been obtained.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Heiserman
Urbana
George Jackson
Walling
Jackson
Wm. Melvin
J. K. Mower
Forgery case shocks East Liverpool attorney
Alexander W. Stevenson, a young attorney and social figure, faces forgery charges after spurious notes totaling $2,000 are found. Bank losses include $1,000 on seven forged notes with four real names. Additional forged mortgages of $300 surface as authorities pursue the fugitive lawyer.
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Commercial Tribune
East Liverpool
Alexander W. Stevenson
First National Bank
Stevenson
Frenzied drinker attempts to drown a Black man at Edgewater
Carl Brown, a dock laborer from North Tonawanda, after an evening of overindulgence, attempted to drown a young Black man at Edgewater. Brown grabbed him by the throat and lunged toward the river before bystanders intervened and the victim escaped into the woods.
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Commercial Tribune
North Tonawanda
N. Y
Mqnor
Carl Brown
Edgewater
Brown
Escaped convict captured in Indiana swamp
Wm. Taylor, one of three prisoners who escaped from the Northern Prison, was captured in a swamp. Connell and Wright were surrounded and believed to be recaptured. bloodhounds may be used tomorrow if they are not.
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Commercial Tribune
RTE
Ind
Wm. Taylor
Connell
Wright
Drowned at Camp Frye In Valparaiso Summer Resort
A young woman drowned while bathing at Camp Frye on Lake Seelee in Valparaiso Indiana. Hundreds of sightseers watched as rescuers attempted to help but she could not be saved. The tragedy occurred yesterday evening during the busy summer resort period.
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Commercial Tribune
Valparaiso
Ind
Camp Frye
Lake One Seeeeman
No progress in strike as miners return to work in West Virginia
A Fairmont dispatch reports limited strike progress with miners returning to work across Monongah and surrounding districts. Injunctions against meetings stand, Debs vows to avoid county work, while officials expect no widespread disruption and railroad hauling to resume.
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Special Dispatch Commercial Tribune
Fairmont
W.va
Mahon
Luther
Wood
Atchinson
Beechout
Monongah
Thenellsville
Watson
Lonel J. A. Filickinn
On Mining Companies
John. W. Mason
Marion County
Cton
Marion
New England
Arthur
Debs
Camden
Wheeling
West Virginia
Kanawha Valley
Norfolk& Western
Labor Leaders Move to Boycott West Virginia Coal
Clarksburg dispatch reports United Mine Workers leaders convene over coal shutdowns with over two hundred attendees signing an agreement. Plans include a statewide action from Wheeling, with threats of a WV coal boycott nationwide if workers refuse to strike.
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Com
Clarksburg
United Mine Workers of America
Wheeling
T. M. Jackson
Kinnickinnick Mines
Mahon
Rea
West Virginia
United States
Feels the coal strike affects Chicago & Alton freight
Streator Illinois July 20 The Chicago & Alton Railway becomes the first of six mines roads into Streator to suspend through freight from Chicago to Peoria due to fuel shortage. Burlington & Quincy faces fuel limits with some coal hauled 10 to 20 miles. Marseilles mills Ottawa LaSalle and Mendot towns close as coal stocks exhaust.
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Commercial Tribune
Streator
Chicago & Alton Railway
Chicago
Peoria
Burlington & Quincy
Marseilles
Ottawa
LaSalle
Minoak
Fuel glut seen as unlikely despite coal strike
Pittsburg reports an overstocked market with demand only slightly up. About 6,000,000 bushels of river coal lie idle as operators brace for a strike possibly lasting months, and officials say a fuel famine is not imminent.
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Pittsburg
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