Supreme Court Upholds State Tax Power Over Franchises
The Supreme Court ruling expands state authority to tax corporate property and franchises, affecting telegraph and express companies operating within Indiana Ohio and Kentucky. It endorses the Nichols law, enabling tax commissioners to assess franchise values and a proportional share of capital stock, a move that could widen state revenue from interstate firms.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Chicago House Goes Down in Cutlery Firm Failure
The Henry Sears Company a wholesale dealer in cutlery and hardware in Chicago failed Monday. Assets are $80 000 with liabilities around $50 000. No cause named beyond general business downturn and poor collections. The firm established twenty years ago by Henry Sears. Sears died three years ago and George W Korn secretary has directed affairs. At the World’s Fair the firm expanded to 110 Wabash avenue with a retail department but faced heavy rent and ongoing losses for three years. Assets may cover debts and possibly leave surplus after winding up.
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Chicago
Henry Sears
Sears
George W. Korn
Wabash Avenue
Seven Die in Hoboken Fires Burden Poor Families
Two fires in Hoboken New Jersey during the early hours of Sunday left seven people dead and many homeless. In the Newark Street blaze a mother and five children perished. A second fire on 14th Street claimed six year old Mabel Mangles and left sister Florence scarred yet recovering.
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Hoboken
N. J
Newark Street
Nellie Schoeder
Charles Schoeder
Henry Schoeder
Kate Schoeder
Maggie Schoeder
John Schoeder
Willie Schoeder
Mabel Mangles
14Th Street
Florence
Bank Clerk Speculates in Grain and Stocks
A defalcation of 48060 was found in the Second National Bank of Parkersburg West Virginia. The loss appeared in the accounts of Lee McTarland an old trusted clerk in charge of individual deposits. Directors recovered the books in his absence and discovered the shortage. Melarland's friends will cover the deficit. The bank stayed open late to reassure depositors as a run began.
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Second National Bank
Parkersburg
W. Va
Lee Ee Ake
McTarland
Melarland
McFarland
Syndicate strikes on Ohio breweries and global mining deals
English syndicate secures options on sixteen Ohio breweries for eight million dollars while Rothschilds’ London mining arm buys the Tomboy mine in Colorado for 1.5 million. Dawes Commission reports a Choctaw lands agreement after years of work, with Chickasaws not signing. Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg’s wife elopes with an Austrian officer amid a Key West dispatch noting Spanish gunboats sunk. One hundred men involved.
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Ohio
McKinley
Colorado
Rothschilds of London
Exploration Company of London
Rothschilds’ Investment Bureau
Dawes Commission
Senate
Five Civilized Tribes
Philip of
Saxe-Coburg
Key West
Multiple Crises and Disasters Hit East Coast and Philadelphia
The Boston Safe Deposit and Trust reports a defalcation of 209452 involving Miles while John Wanamaker plans a 2 percent church in Philadelphia after escaping store fire. Dover’s constitutional convention backs removing divorce power from the Legislature. John M Masury faces divorce suit in New York as his trust battles over a 2 million portion of 5 million inherited. An explosion at Uniontown kills two miners and injures seven amid gas ignition from open lamps. Philadelphia sees a major fire at Hanscom Bros store causing extensive property losses, and W H Purcell Malting’s Kensington grain elevator burns for 350000. Insurance on the elevator may cover most of the loss.
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Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Lexow
New York
Dover
Del
John M. Masury
Helen
Hanscom Bros
Market Street
W. H. Purcell Malting Company
123D Street
Belt Line
Kensington
Joseph Guckenheimer
Smithsonian head declines job amid salary offer
Prof. Charles R. Van Hise of Wisconsin University declines manage ment of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington with a 5000 dollar annual salary. Also noted: fire at Leavitt McConnell & Co. grocers in Youngstown with $60000 loss. missing Kansas City editor Dr. Edwards. Salvation Army aid offered for homeless in Buffalo. various crimes and incidents across Ohio and nearby areas.
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Charles R. van Hise
Geological Department
Wisconsin University
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Associated Ohio Drilies
J. G. Gibbs
Norwalk Reflector
National Editorial Association
United States
Youngstown
Ohio
Leavitt, McConnell & Co
East
Federal Street
Clarence E. Edwards
Kansas City Journal
Mexico
Jewett
Booth-Tucker
Salvation Army
Chicago
Buffalo
Ahaa
Arthur Duestrow
St. Louis
Missouri Supreme Court
Arnold Emch
Department of Drawing
Kansas University
Biel
Switzerland
Hmech
J. D. Walters
Kansas Agricultural College
Emech
Kansas
Cincinnati
Herman Goepper & Co
Second Street
Vine
Race Streets
Commerce Street
Kansas City, Mo
Police Investigating Commission
Fyke and Johnson
Police Department
Marcy IX. Brown
Henry 8
Julian
Lowe
House Committee
Custer
Leavenworth
Irian
Gov. Smith
Soldiers’ Home
Home
Congress
Gary. Smith
Robert Stewart
Denver
Fifth Street
Life Assurance Society
Edinburgh
James A. Barbour
New York
Sinking of Argo after collision near quarantine in New Orleans
The steam yacht Argo sank after colliding with the steamship Albert Dumois in the river near New Orleans. Two Picayune reporters, Nester and Blessine, are missing. In Tennessee a mob attacked the Gage farmhouse to punish a son for immorality. Porter defended the home and was killed along with another man. At the Geouga mine near Flemington West Virginia, Batson died and twelve were injured when a loaded car crashed into an ascending train. A murder attempt in Chattanooga, Tennessee left Virgil Moore wounded. a lynch mob possibility looms as burglars are pursued.
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Argo
Albert Dumois
New Orleans
Picayune
Nester
Blessine
Morgan County
Tenn
Mr. Gage
Young Gage
John Porter
Gage
Porter
Edward Batson
Geouga
Flemington
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Batson
Chattanooga
Virgil Moore
Moore
Treasury secretary telegram resigning by Ambrose Lyman
Washington reports Ambrose Lyman Montana internal revenue collector tendered his resignation with no stated reason. Senator Sherman rejects gossip about withdrawing from the State Department post and predicts Hanna as his successor. Dingley outlines a tight extra session agenda focused on a revenue bill and no general legislation.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Ambrose Lyman
Internal Revenue
District of
Montana
Department
Lyman
Washington Dispatch
Sherman
Orice
Ohio
Bushnell
Senate
Hanna
Washington
Buckeye
Dingley
Ways and Means
Congress
McKinley
House
Multiple Global Updates Reflect Shifting Alliances and Plagues
The report notes a Venezuelan boundary arbitration commission appointment involving Justices Fuller and Brewer, rising influenza in Panama, and a French decree banning frozen meat sales unless properly tagged. It cites conditions of plague in Bombay and other Indian cities, plus labor concerns in the US and UK. Samuel Woods criticizes mining under cheap labor, coal trusts, and weak mine inspections, blaming cosmopolitan labor and lack of protective laws for American miners.
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Panama
Dr. Smith
Princess de Chimay
Rigo
Gastin
Paria
French Academy
Louis Pasteur
Munich
Melville W. Fuller
United States Supreme Court
David J. Brewer
Venezuela
British Guiana
Bombay
Karachi
Poonah
Surat
Baroda
Abbadabad
Kathianwar
Cutch
United States
Havre
Australia
Samuel Woods
London
British Trade Union Congress
American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pennsylvania
England
America
Modjeska Returns To Stage After Long Illness
Semi official reports say negotiations for general arbitration between France and the United States began about a year ago and resumed after the Anglo-American treaty was concluded. James Medsker, once among Tooglobampo colonists west of Chihuahua, Mexico, is destitute and seeks to return to the United States. Colonists at Tooglobampo lack food and means, are far from rail, and have lost hope of return. The government canceled the colony concession. no special favors remain. United States Minister Ransoni will be alerted to the colonists’ plight.
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Mme. Modjeska
France
United States
James Medsker
Tooglobampo
Chihuahua
Mexico
Pacific
Topolobampo
United
Ransoni
Market Reports From Major Midwestern Cities
A dense roundup of commodity prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with cattle hogs sheep and various grains. Bounds show wide ranges for prices from No 2 wheat to No 2 white corn and oats plus notes on butter eggs and broom corn values.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Brooklyn Narrowly Escapes Sinking After Delaware River Collision
The United States cruiser Brooklyn struck a sunken wreck in the Delaware River near Marcus Hook Pa. on Sunday. Her forward compartments were stove in yet she was saved from sinking and tied to ice breakers. a court of inquiry will determine how the accident occurred. Captain Cook, with 37 years at sea, reported no further danger.
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United States
Brooklyn
Delaware River
Marcus Hook
Mid-Tiver
Captain Cook
Actresses raise aid at Wall Street stock exchange
Two leading stage ladies Blanche Walsh and Amelia Bingham toured through snow and mud to collect for New York’s poor at the Stock Exchange. Henry Clews donated $20, Roswell P. Mower added $10, and Miss Bingham delivered a brief appeal. Also noted is Maj. McKinley turning 54 and a summary of presidential ages at inaugurations.
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New York
Wall Street
Blanche Walsh
Amelia Bingham
Knickerbocker
Manhattan Island
The
Stock Exchange
Henry Clews
Miss Walsh
Miss Bingham
Roswell P. Mower
Maj. McKinley
William Henry Harrison
Buchanan
Taylor
John Adams
Jackson
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Virginia
John Quincy Adams
Johnson
Benjamin Harrison
van Buren
Hayes
McKinley
Lincoln
Tyler
Fillmore
Arthur
Polk
Garfield
Pierce
Cleveland
Grant
Gen. Grant
Re-elected Officers At National Woman's Suffrage Session
At the Des Moines session the National Woman's Suffrage Association re elected President Susan B Anthony and vice president at large Rev Anna Howard Shaw. Corresponding secretary Mrs Rachel Foster Avery was also retained. The plan to enlarge the business committee by adding five standing committee chairmen failed 35 to 19.
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National Woman's Suffrage Association
Des Moines
Susan B. Anthony
Anna Howard Shaw
Philadelphia
Rachel Foster Avery
Clara Bewick Colby
N otevalera and Bellwether News Nuggets
Lyman J Gage has been offered and accepted the Treasury portfolio in McKinley’s cabinet. Chicago grain man Charles Counselman trips to Europe with friends, paying all expenses. Arthur Mees marries Susan Howell of Alfred NY. they’ll live in Chicago and enter prominent musical society. Guthrie OK Senate passes a bill banning gold contracts in Oklahoma with Populist and Democratic votes. Kansas celebrates its 36th birthday the Friday after. France’s Schneider and Canet iron firms merge, meeting President Faure to discuss national industry.
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Lyman J. Gage
First National Bank of Chicago
Treasury
McKinley
Charles Counselman
Chicago
Europe
Party of Friends
Arthur Mees
New York
Theodore Thomas
Susanna Margaret Howell
William Howell
Alfred
N. Y
Oklahoma
House
Laura Johns
Kansas
Buchanan
Legislative Proceedings See Two Stirring Speeches At Capitol
A lengthy Washington dispatch details House and Senate actions amid debate on agricultural appropriations and an international money conference bill. It notes Ohio Congressman Grosvenor’s attack on Guy of Illinois and Mond of Missouri’s ridicule of Morton, plus a 41 to 15 Senate vote confirming William S. Foxman as Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The article covers seed distributions, pension-like bills, and a Nicaragua canal bill occupying much of the session with little final progress. PMID: none.
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H al, Gregvenor
Ohio
Guy
Illinois
Yamond
Missouri
Rotary Morton
Bryan
Grosvenor
Senate
William S. Foxman
Ilinois
Internal Revenue
Cullom
Chicago
United States
Secretary of State
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Powers
Vermont
Barrett
Massachusetts
Department of Agriculture
Northway
Step
Morton
Bramwell
Minneapolis
Congress
Mercer
Hill
Connecticut
Reed
House
John M. Quackenbush
Naval Service
Albert Augustine
Rose Hill
Iowa
Columbia and Red Mountain
Columbia River
Chickamauga and
Chattanooga
Sioux Indian Reservation
Snowstorm Hits Three Texas Regions for First Time in Years
Telegraphic briefs note Texas areas experiencing their first snowstorm in three years while a Washington dinner hosts Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle for President and Mrs. Cleveland. Roberts, Kipling, and Craighill are cited with works and honors. Fragmentary text mentions a woman in youth.
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Texas
Carlisle
Washington
Cleveland
Lord Roberts
Kipling
Bobs
India
Price Craighill
Unite States Engineers
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Kinney & Turpin, Publishers
Columbus
Federal Supreme Court
West Virginia
Western
Ansville
William Orr
Server Bros
Hvansville
Hartford
Joss
Willard Colton
Clarissa
Colton
Sibley Street
Hausch
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Roseburg
Hendricks
Fields
Southern Pacific Road
Southern
Bey
Market Reports
Major McKinley
Schneider and Canet
Faure
Chambere
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