Wall Street sale of Custom House to National City Bank
Government sold the Custom House property at Wall Street to National City Bank for 3 205 dollars under an act allowing occupancy until a new building was ready. The bank profits include rent paid by the Treasury and various banking gains, while the sale deed remains with the Treasury. The article questions whether funds were properly deposited to the Treasury and criticizes the arrangement as favorable to the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil National City Bank
Wall Streets
Congress
James Stillai
National City Bank Zion
Stillman
Sds
National Coty Standard OH Bank
United States
National City Bank
Treasury
Washington
Auemal City Bank
Nak
Burt
New York
Wall
William
Asada Wehdetses
Aena
Ates
Gages
al Yayler
Rey
Unis
United States Treasury Department
Taat
Cane Reese
Gage
N National City Bank
Uniform Marriage Laws Move in Congress After Roberts Case
A Roberts case spurs Congress to press for a constitutional amendment on uniform marriage and divorce laws across states. Chairman Ray of New York pushes for favorable committee action. past opposition over miscegenation clauses is cited as a hurdle to federal rules allowing cross state marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Judiciary Committee
Ray
New York
Congress
Utah
United Staties
Separate S chools Proposal for Chicago Boys and Girls
A resolution to establish separate schools for boys and girls from fourth grade to high school will be submitted to the Chicago Board of Education. Trustee Sehwauah is studying the measure and cites concerns about boys’ behavior and language in mixed schools in a cosmopolitan city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Prustee Sehwauah
Illinois delegates show strongest UMWA turnout ever
The United Mine Workers of America meeting in Indianapolis reports Illinois making the best showing with large state participation. Pratt City Alabama and Streator Illinois host locals with 1880 and 7100 members respectively as state finances reach about 112000 dollars cash on hand and higher contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
John Mitchell
I’. J. Keenan
Indiana
Pratt City
Ala
Streator
Illinois
W. 2D. Ryan
Ilinois
Tsus
Ryan
Mitchells
Pittsburg
GZS
Cuban census team arrives in New York with records
Olmstead assistant director of the Cuban census and four statisticians and supervisors, after months in Cuba, are in New York with twenty four boxes of records sent to Washington. Supervisor Rasco did not accompany them. Ennumerators total 1450, all Cuban, many women serving. The census likely to reduce 1888 Spanish tally by about 400 thousand, Cuba's population about 1,200,000. Government cost estimated at 300 thousand to 400 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Basco
Tailors in Chicago Seek Consolidation of Leading Firms
Chicago tailors aim to form a united group from 1900 craft shops with negotiations pending for consolidation. The move would create a trust with capitalization of 0,000,000 or more and position Chicago as a pioneer and principal factor in wholesale custom tailoring nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United Tailors
Fire at Guerl Alabama destroys factory and damages others
Ninninger and Craven operated a Guerl Alabama factory that burned, with losses around 13000. Griffey from Adairville Kentucky killed Dr L M Gay and then committed suicide. Procter and Gamble Ivorydale Ohio soap plant damaged by fire estimated at 2000. Louis Swartz of Chicago rushed to greet his father returning in a wagon. a child fell under the wheels and was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninninger & Craven
Guerl
Ala
Id QO
Griffey
Adairville
M. T. Gay
Procter & Gamble
Ivorydale
Ohio
Louis Swartz
Chicago
Wheela
Interstate Commerce Commission Annual Report Urges Law Reform
The thirteenth annual report to Congress faults the acts regulating commerce as defective and unenforced. It cites rising railroad earnings, more failures, and unlawful rate hikes with no public remedy. Safety advances and new braking systems are discussed to reduce deaths. Reports from 691 railroads cover 185 245 miles with higher dividends.
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Interstate Commission
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kruger Calls Burghers to March Against British Forces
President Kruger issues a proclamation urging all able bodied burghers to march to the front and defend the Boer cause. He appeals to faith, cites psalms and biblical battles, and urges destruction of British assets as the Transvaal faces invasion.
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Kruger
Cape Colony
Free State
Christ's Church
Volksstemn
Transvaal
Bubonic Plague Ravages Honolulu with Twenty Two Deaths
No recoveries among victims as Honolulu reports twenty two plague deaths. Two thousand residents remain in quarantine camps while state funds allocate twenty thousand for a garbage crematory and two hundred fifty thousand to improve sanitation and curb spread. New cases appear far from the outbreak center and strict quarantine restricts departures and arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Council of State
United States
Kanai
Chinatown
Telegraphic Brevities Snapshot of Global Events
European officers join Boer forces continually. George Gallagher and Nellie Walsh of New York killed by gas. German general to reorganize Greece army. Ocean cable costs exceed 250 million dollars. Chicago Northwestern University seeks 2 million for new buildings. Mangie Hooker, 25, suffocated in Covington from lamp explosion. Paris adopts American pattern for underground cars. Milwaukee and Chicago breweries produced 144 thousand barrels. From 1883 to 1899, 476,149 Irish landed in New York. Wall Street Christmas tips total about 500 thousand annually. Optical telegraphy adopted to test in Mexican army.
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George Gallagher
Nellie Walsh
New York
Greece
Chicago Northwestern University
Mangie Hooker
Covington
Paris
Milwaukee
Chicago
Wall Street
Indiana State News Briefs: Editorial Assoc Meets in January
Indiana Republican Editorial Association sets its annual meeting for January 25 and 26 at the Dennison Hotel in Indianapolis. Program lists discussions on Rural Mail Delivery, Foreign Advertising, Editorial Dignity, Managing Circulation, and a history of the association with officers to be elected.
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Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Dennison Hotel
Indianapoli
W. B. Campbell
Cragan
Patriot
Lebanon
A. A. McCain
Journal
Crawfordsville
Fred A. Miller
Tribune
South Bend
E. J. Marsh
Commercial
Portland
A. Ai. Willoughby
Review
Greenburg
Marshal Hacker
Republican
Columbus
Oglesby
News
Muncie
Tnoon Sisson
H. M. Smith
Banner
Greencastle
W.W. Lockwood
Peru
J. A. Kautz
Kokomo
A. W. Tracy
Times
Hartford City
M. W. Pershing
Advocate
Tipton
A. C. Beeson
Winchester
W.S. Garber
Courier
Madison
Windfall Hugs Jack. Rural free delivery praised
Across Indiana items note Windfall’s new visitor nicknamed Jack the Hugger, Hendricks County Farmers Institute endorses free rural delivery, and Windfall stores are ordered closed on Sundays. Other reports include accidents, local ordinances, road and rail plans, and health resort growth in White Sulphur.
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Jack the Hugger
Hendricks County Farmers Institute
Macy
Miami County
William Photius
Lafayette
Ohio Oil Company
Oil City
Loogootee
Town Board of Trustees
Upland
W.C. T.U
William Pope
Lucinda Cox
Washton
Stephen Rothberger
Tell City
Joseph Leistner
James Hillis
Michigantown
Jefferson County
John Ellis
Matthews Land Company
John Myers
Chili
First National Bank of Richmond
Turner
County Board of Regiow
Greensburg
Napoleon
Ostoed
Versailles
Madison
Ohio River
Upland Town Council
J.C. Bidwell
John Wilhelm
Upland Bank
Bidwell
Bank
J. C. Bidwell
Martin Shuey
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Brazil
Shuey
Effingham, Ill
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MecHhirley
Stere
McKinley
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William J. Bryan
Mc.Kinley
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Delaware
West Virginia
Maryland
California
MedWinley
Chicago Democrat
First National Bank of Indianapolis
Uncle Sam
Williamsport, Pa
Grit
Philadelphia
Indiana State News
Republican Editors
William Baker
Hoy
Flora
Bringhurst
Baker
Logansport
Wabash
Fort Wayne
Logan Sport
James A. Hill
Lawrenceburg
English
Alton
White Sulphur
New Albany
French Lick
Wyandote Cave
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