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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1900
Page
13
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The notice lists multiple bureau locations including Walnut Hills Gilbert Avenue Cincinnati and Madison Avenue address for co GTON Bureau. Washington and Columbus bureaus are noted with room numbers and street addresses. Reading room is stated as free to American visitors.
The United States aims to prepare Cuba for self government through vigilant oversight of Cuban administration. Senate Cuban Affairs committees exposed conflicts between officials and warned that Cuba lacks safeguards against taxes and misappropriation. Supporters say McKinley’s policy gives Cuba full benefits of American government, with Spooner praising wartime-like aid and promised improvements for the island.
An editorial attacks the Democratic Party over Mayor Van Wyck and Tammany politics. It denounces corruption in ice trust dealings, cites inflated city expenditures rising from 68 million to 80 million, and argues the downfall of self government under Democratic misrule.
The text questions Tamany misgovernment under Mayor Van Wyck and asks if Americans will tolerate such methods, awaiting a decisive response from the next member with emphasis to gain national gratitude and world admiration.
The Woodward School honors Mr. Harper who served as principal for years and marks his successor Major Van oa. The community recalls the former ruler with affection while embracing the change and imagining the school under new leadership.
The piece argues the central issue is opposing the Searda administration and electing a Republican majority to sustain prosperity. It highlights distrust of trusts, denounces expansion by retrogression, and asserts Democratic opposition will bring financial instability, claiming four years of prosperity under McKinley.
Senator Hoar denies any contact with Filipinos and calls Buencamino's statement a lie. He explains his London correspondence was a courteous rejection and that social intercourse would be improper. His stance against imperialism is constitutional, not sympathy with imperial foes.
A Charleston committee invites the National Educational Association to consider hosting the 1902 meeting. They stress the need for concrete financial support and clear city benefits to prove the community’s readiness and hospitality, beyond general appreciation. The notice highlights the group’s capable organization and intent to advance the bid.
The piece argues that imperial profit and prompt returns favor Cincinnati as the association’s meeting site. It calls for immediate financial backing and aggressive fundraising to prove the city’s claim and secure its selection.
A French minister named Tarte predicts Canada will see French-Canadians rise from 1.5 million in Quebec to 250 000 in Ontario and more in the west and Acadians returning to Maritime provinces. He believes the French will eventually dominate Confederation, though England is not alarmed.
President Patton addresses the Princeton graduates urging high ideals and selfless living. He emphasizes love and service as supreme pleasures, noting many selfish people would benefit from hearing his words repeatedly.
By mid next week Mr Croker will control his domain again, angry at disclosures about the ice trust. While absent, Carroll Van Wyck and Whalen ran Tammany and are found with ice trust stock protruding from pockets. Dick blames their folly, not the theft, and may abandon them as he did Sheehan for unsatisfactory work.
President McKinley will go before the coming convention with no opposition in his own party. He will be nominated without a dissenting vote. For the first time since 1872 there will be a Republican Convention nominating by acclamation, with a possible ballot only for form.
Claims accuse Commissioner Peck of paying $50 a week to several young clerks who could not earn similar wages elsewhere, arguing political influence drove the arrangements. The critic concedes some latitude but condemns the expenditure as excessive.
The Wall street situation centers on renewed gold shipments to France, with the yellow metal’s flight not easily explained. Sterling exchange sits below the shipping point as Paris money rates fall and the Bank of France’s gold reserve dwindles since May 22. The movement appears to be a purchase rather than a shipment to settle trade balances.
Police now question all persons found on city streets after midnight in Chicago. The measure aims to curb late night sparking and idle conduct, with some fathers welcoming the chance to discipline their sons as public examples.
The text weighs possible political alignments. Bryan and Dewey would clash with anti expansion aims, while Bryan and Van Wyck would render the antitrust stance inconsistent. Bryan and Towne appear preferable, though Towne leans Republican.
The Commissioner orders that all foreign passengers must have a ticket and carry their V or face consequences, ending the habit of buying a compound ticket to dodge the $5 war tax.
The passage argues Mr. Platt is not weak or tottering yet notes he is almost 70 after a long career with few vacations and imperfect health.
The sultan has not yet visited the office to settle the claim while a man of war collector is expected to call around next week.
In a charged scene the St. Louis political fray reflects shared fault across parties and clouds a once proud city with controversy and distrust.
The Newport Chief of Police cautioned young Vanderbilt about speeding. The Newport incident prompts Vanderbilt to pledge lighter driving and safer speed in the future.
The report notes multiple British victories yet states they fail to secure their ammunition and guns, hindering overall war effort.
A wordy description notes the lawndering of postage stamps as an expensive business run by the man in charge of the laundry.
The situation remains a complex puzzle in a Chinese dispute, with no quick resolution visible. Observers note the matter could persist for some time as negotiations proceed.
A digest of brief notes covers diverse figures: Frederick Squib, Chicago reporter. Li Hung Chang’s son entering Harvard Law School next fall. ex Governor Wolcott planning a Philippines trip. Louise Chandler Moulton sailing for Europe for the summer. Alaska Governor Brady shipping curiosities to New York’s Children’s Aid Society. the last Bunyan descendant dying in Lincoln England at age 9. quotes on McKinley and Bryan’s vigor. Mrs. T. M. Keyworth becoming a Derby millionaire stenographer. Stephen Crane’s late-night writing routine. 400 absentees at a Massachusetts Republican convention reigniting calls for a smaller gathering. Richard Yates’ gubernatorial prospects. Artemus Ward’s lampooned eloquence anecdote. Ernest Kruger completing fifty years as a Leipsig compositor on Grimm's German Dictionary with 32,000 pages printed to date.
A brief dialogue in the Philadelphia Press notes Tess complaining that Mr. Huggem forced a kiss in the parlor last night and Jess questions why she did not scream, fearing discovery.
Mrs Candor plans a playful ruse with Mrs Funniman to surprise Mr Candor by claiming expected guests did not arrive. They hide behind curtains and await Mr Candor entering, then reveal the prank with lighthearted relief.
The chemist Githar Boot Company letter praises boots sent for analysis noting they are from 4 to 7,136 times richer in nutritive substance than standard boots. He recommends them for Arctic explorers and prospectors.
A man at a stamp clerk's window in Philadelphia asks for an automobile with a polite reply, as he slides a sealed letter and two cents across the counter. The scene captures a curious exchange in a North American publication.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer reminiscence a speaker asks Miss Anteek about war memory. She recalls San Juan Hill Manila and General Shafter at Santiago, implying memories of the Civil War era. The speaker recalls the War of the Rebellion without pressing the point.
A collage of world notes cites the Egg Inspectors Union in Chicago, Native graves at Ft. Gibson, New Zealand forces in South Africa, a 1100 year old Munster high school, and a New York naval arch claim. It mentions bicycle spending by Britain, police canes in Philadelphia, education rates abroad, park grazing in Missouri, a Confederate monument plan, residency rules, Paris Omnibus, Australian drought, tuberculosis in sheep, and a London monocle from Lord Cardigan.
A Washington Post vignette notes boys debating national politics in a town. a former Democrat boasts a dream ticket of Jeffries and Miss Helen Gould, challenging McKinley and Bryan Seltzer as the people’s demand.
The estimated men in the South Africa war now reach 266,442 with 64,000 horses and 600 guns. Colonies rally to the empire reflected in figures for Australasia, Canada, South Africa, and India and Ceylon.
The article notes literature in the South broadening geographically and thematically with fiction leading, including various subjects beyond the old negro story. It asserts recent southern literary output covers many fields, though not uniformly great, yet worthy.
A humorous exchange from the Indianapolis Journal notes Angelina saying she makes all her shirt waists without a pattern. The quip elicits a reply about the appearance of such patternless waists.
In a domestic exchange Mr Blykins admits surprising bravery while his wife notes he never faced war. He jokes that modern dangers fill newspapers from politics to morals to eating and air, claiming it takes a mighty woman to keep eating and breathing.
The June issue of the Commercial Tribune from Sunday June 24 reports rail news and updates. Details cover brakemen and railway schedules with notes on crew changes and upcoming events.
The annual Yale undergraduate poetry prize, offered by Prof. Albert S. Cook, has been awarded to Charles A. Kellogg Jr. of Carthage Missouri for his poem The Mother's Sleep. Honorable mention goes to Ray Morris of New Haven, William Savage Johnson of Meritt, and W Bryan Hooker of Farming.
A London Globe piece argues that most people overlook simple counts and symbols in daily objects. It cites stairs, watch faces, and waistcoat buttons to show how small numbers escape precise recall, unlike fictional detectives.
A Denver Evening Post piece retells a scene where a plump Dutch girl blocks a burning Rightman ranch in Africa era warfare. Lord Kitchener, moved by her defiance, orders retreat as the troops pass. Her bold face and fiery eyes mark a dramatic moment amid the siege.
Arthur A. Leeds of Tioga recalls meeting the famous novelist Stephen Crane years ago at the Delaware Water Gap station. Leeds carried Crane’s bags to the hotel and was surprised to learn the porter was Crane, who lingered reading on the piazza before departing the next day.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes the city police power is vested by last year's law in Governor Stephens and four Democrats on a board. The sheriff's posse answers to this board, while municipal officials only fund the police on peremptory estimates with no city input.
The piece argues that social norms will drop restrictive garments like high headdresses and hoop skirts, but official laws will not control gown length. It asserts that feminine fashion remains autonomous despite doctors' admonitions and germ fears, insisting women will wear what they choose.
In Springwells a dressmaking shop employs several girls mostly of French and American descent. A lone new girl who helps support a large family eats hidden lunches of limburger cheese and garlic. The others protest odors, form a grievance committee, threaten dismissal, and the strike ends after the room is aired and the girl agrees to quit the forbidden foods.
A Sunday baptism at Sandy Bottom ends with an old colored woman soaked and tangled in a creek. The scene features a rickety buggy, a Civil War veteran mule, and a stubborn reply to a baptism reset as the parson offers another immersion.
Salix Fearing, C. E H Schmidt, a Sioux City & Pacific station agent, ran into a Memorial Day parade shouting anti American words. He briefly fled before surrendering at the Post Office where he apologized. Citizens debate removal as past remarks stir unrest.
J. G. Williams of Whites Grove plants onions on nine acres February 1 and rotates with a cotton crop started May 6 in four foot rows. The onions and cotton show strong stands and promise average yields. He has sold $450 of Irish potatoes from another half acre now supporting a promising cotton crop.
A North American political editorial attacks free silver rhetoric, urging farmers to see through bunco and vote based on genuine prosperity. It warns Kansas farmers of wage and commodity shifts and calls out popocrat rhetoric as misleading to rural voters.
Fire losses in the United States and Canada last month totaled 45.2 million dollars, up nearly 7 million from May last year. Year to date losses run 23 million above 1899 and 33 million above 1898, signaling a record fire-loss year for both countries.
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