Senate tariff bill faces house next week amid tense debate
Senate leaders forecast passage of the tariff bill next week with votes likely by midweek. The finance committee proposed amendments on mutual insurance exemptions and tax policy while senators argued over income tax and property rights amid sharp exchanges between Hill and Harris.
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Myrfetter
Att
Conn
Allen
Senate
Ohio
Hill
New York
Harris
Tennessee
Will
Finance Committee
Mr. Hill
Mr. Harris
Resignations and heat illness gossip from Union township
Harris, a laborer, fainted from the heat and lies seriously ill. War ren Jarris, trustee of Union township, also collapsed but revived after a physician’s aid. Prof. Mendenhall resigns as head of the coast and geodetic survey amid reports of Treasury interference and staff changes.
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Harris
Warren Jarris
Union Township
May French-Sheldon seeks American colony on African coast
Mrs. May French-Sheldon outlines a plan to establish a free American settlement on the eastern coast of Africa around Gusha and Somali lands near the Juba river. She envisions a self sustaining colony with rice sugar tobacco and rubber exports, using 50 000 dollars and drawing 3 000 American laborers for purely commercial and agricultural aims.
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May French-Sheldon
New York
Africa
Zanzibar
Gusha
Juba River
Juba
Kisimaya
Canada
Grandson of John J. Crittenden Confesses to Mail Robbery
Edmund Crittenden, a youthful Fort Thomas mail carrier and grandson of U S senator John J. Crittenden, reportedly confessed to robbing the mails. A post office inspector tracked him after a lost letter to a convict contained about four dollars. Indicted following exposure, the case drew sympathy for the family and a push for presidential pardon. Bondsmen include ex Postmaster Sneffell and Gen Fayette Hewitt.
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John J. Crittenden
Prankfortt
Edmund Crittenden
Crittenden
United States
Cleveland
Sneffell
Fayette Hewitt
Havemeyer and Searles Case Certified for Grand Jury
Vice President Stevenson certified to the district attorney the cases of H O Havemeyer president and Johan G Searles secretary treasurer of the American Sugar Refining Co ruling against Senators Gray and Lindsay and supporting Republicans and a populist on prosecution. Towns Disappearing Atchison Kansas river cuts town site. residents move away as roads and bridge work halted.
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Stevenson
Grand Jury
Washington
H. O. Havemeyer
Johan G. Searles
American Sugar Refining Co
Gray
Lindsay
Messrs. Havemeyer
Searles
Atchison
Kan
Railroad and Bridge Company
Attorney General Watts' Daughter Killed by Lightning
During a Friday storm in Fairmont West Virginia Hon C C Watts attorney general and friends sheltered in a barn when the barn was struck by lightning. The bolt killed Watts daughter instantly and also killed two horses while injuring others in the party.
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Fairmont
W. Va
C. C. Watts
Anti-Option Bill Passes House On Tax Plan For Farm Markets
The U S House approved by 150 to 87 a Hatch Missouri anti option bill aimed at taxing all options and futures trading to curb farm product gambling. Debate highlighted concerns over revenue potential and impact on grain and cotton markets with various amendments discussed and rejected.
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House
Hatch
Missouri
United States
Harter
Georgia
Mr. Hateh
Tom Watson
Ohio
Yeas
Boamner
Dem
Aldrich
Cox
Tenn
Lacy
R Sa
Committee On Agriculture
Evansville Field Changes Control in Evansville & Terre Haute
It was stated here Friday night on reliable authority that Hettie Green and some stockholders of the Louisville and Nashville railroad have secured enough of the Evansville & Terre Haute stock held by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois to gain controlling interest.
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Evansville
Ind
Hettie Green
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Evansville & Terre Haute
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Governor Pardons Capt Bell Publisher in East Liverpool
Gov McKinley granted a pardon Friday to Capt A R Bell publisher of an East Liverpool newspaper. Bell had been serving a year and a half for shooting to wound a man named Robinson. In a separate item, George Heine, a noted butcher and stock dealer, was killed by a train in Logan Ohio.
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Columpus
Logan
George Heine
Train Crash Victim and Noted Professor Die in Separate Incidents
A Union Furnace train accident claims a man identified as Wy on Winemes from Sly Valley and Toledo, leaving a wife and two children. Prof. Herbert Tuttle of Cornell, once Berlin correspondent, dies. Ella Moran, actress at Ashtabula Harbor, and her husband took strychnine. she dies, motive jealousy cited.
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Sly Valley
Toledo
Union Furnace
Herbert Tuttle
Cornell University
Berlin
New York
London
Ella Moran
Ashtabula Harbor
Pullman Car Strike May Prompt Boycott Action
In Cnbaco on June 23, the American Railway union warned a boycott of all Pullman cars on lines with union locals if Pullman Palace Car Co does not arbitrate within five days. Debs and Howard announced the plan and a 5 cent weekly levy to aid strikers was approved. Destitution reports reached the union.
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Cnbaco
Pullman Palace Car Co
Pullman
American Railway Union
Debs
Howard
Illinois Central
Monon
Eastern Illinois
Nineteen Marshals Leave Belmont for Cincinnati
In Belm ontO hio on June 23 nineteen deputy US marshals were dispatched to Cincinnati to arrest striking coal miners for obstructing trains and defying Judge Taft's ruling. Only six remain and may be withdrawn at any time. The President has the power.
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Bel Iarre
United States
Belmont County
Taft
Cincinnati
Senator Call’s Shoes Stir Senate in Witty Tug of War
In Washington a humorous disruption opens the session as Senator Call of Florida walks in, removes his shoes, and places stockinged feet on Senator Kyle’s desk during a speech on the income tax. The incident sparks laughter and a brief pause before business resumes on the sugar schedule and tariff bill negotiations.
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Senator Kyle
Senator Call
Florida
Senate Chamber
Mr. Call
Senate
South Dakota
George
Mississippi
Mr. Kyle
Ways and Means
House
Wilson
Princess Colonna Seeks Judicial Separation in Naples
Princess Colonna daughter of Mrs J W Mackey has filed for a judicial separation from her husband. The trial will occur in Naples with the princess appearing in person.
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Princess Colonna
Rome
Galatro Colonna
J. W. Mackey
Naples
Markets Report from Cincinnati and Major Cities
Market notes from Cincinnati June 23 show patent oats and flours priced around 1.80 to 3.85, mixed grain quotings, and cattle and hog ranges with prime steers 4.15 to 4.25 and hogs around 4.75 to 4.85. Readers also see Chicago and Philadelphia quotations for wheat corn oats and rye with spot and futures figures and regional grain activity.
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Baltimore
Geiger
New York
Conrn
Chicago
State
Buffalo
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