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Newspaper
Davenport Daily Republican
Location
Davenport, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1900
Page
1
Public debate reopens over Sampson and Schley after a navy interview with Captain Chadwick criticizing Schley's conduct at Santiago. The navy reprimanded Chadwick for public critique and potential harm to naval service. The article notes widespread public sympathy for Schley and calls to end the dispute.
The piece recalls Bryan's post election warnings of calamities from not winning and the push against bimetallism. It notes his congress years defending protective tariffs and questions whether there has been any grand upsurge for free silver, citing divisions in his party as counterpoint to his forecasts. The text contrasts expectations with the current gold standard.
The piece criticizes the so called prophet of evil, arguing his predictions have failed. It asserts the country has been prosperous since 1878 and credits the decline only to fears over Bryan’s policy. It denies any imminent Mexicanization of the United States and dismisses the croaking voice as irrelevant.
Treasury bureau releases a table of duties on articles entering Porto Rico from the United States. Many items are duty free, with special charges only on coffee, while others carry per bushel, per pound, or per yard rates such as flour free and rice free, oats 2 1 4 cents per pound, and bags for sugar free. The list covers machinery, textiles, implements, and household goods with specific cents per unit or per yard values.
The Philadelphia Press mocks free trade and liberal papers for crying over the Republican party’s passage of a tariff relief measure for Porto Rico. It derides the opponents’ hysterical charges and notes relief efforts appear as ineffective as prior reforms. The piece suggests Republicans ignore warnings from rival papers.
The piece mocks free traders and mugwumps, arguing that supporters of the Dingley tariff cling to false prosperity forecasts for both the United States and Porto Rico. It accuses Des Moines delegates of avoiding the issue and asserts that protecting tariffs harms public welfare, especially the soup-house business.
Prompt advantage has been taken by Indiana landowners of a law passed at the last session of the legislature to encourage the growing of trees. The act offers inducements for the starting and maintenance of private woodlands as forest reservations, such lands being appraised for taxation at only $1 per acre. To secure benefit from the exemption the forest must consist of not less than 170 trees in each acre. A description of the land must be filed with the county auditor for record and an examination must be made by him before appraisal. No horses, cattle, sheep or goats may be pastured until the trees are 4 inches in diameter. Much interest is shown by farmers, as many of them as twenty-eight in one county taking advantage of the law. The reservations are from three to eighty acres. The benefit of the law cannot be claimed until the trees are three years old, but the ultimate advantage to land owners has caused the law to be regarded with favor by them.
Bradstreet reports a shout of volume increase and per capita circulation at a new high for April. The month’s totals include gold coin up over 4.3 million, gold certificates near 23.9 million, silver certificates up 4.1 million, subsidiary silver over 0.6 million, with currency shifts and note changes across 1890 treasury notes and 1872 currency certificates. United States notes rise about 4 million and national bank notes gain about 312.96 million.
An imperial edict elevates General Frederick Lownsend Ward from Salem Massachusetts to a demi god for his service in China. The Ever Victorious Army founder and predecessor to Chinese Gordon is recognized with an authenticated copy received by the Essex Institute of Salem, which holds his portrait and the bullet that caused his death.
Governor Shaw told Northwestern University students that a person who can do one thing well is valuable and that the world pays for excellence. He argued there is little demand for general roles but immense opportunity for those who can win a case better than others, urging focus and high mastery.
A Sioux City witness once linked to the Fiaddorck assassination reappears decades later as Theodore Binder known as Bismarck. Once feared, he allegedly fled after the minister’s murder. Now a Sioux City youth serving in the Philippines reports Binder is identified among the Third United States Regulars.
The New York Heroini abandons the Democratic cause and backs McKinley as the only practicable candidate to defeat Bryan and the Chicago in the race.
The Herald foresees a long line of veteran Democrats recognizing the futility of resisting Bryan's renomination and the Chicago platform’s echo in Kansas City.
William C. Endicott, secretary of war in Cleveland's first administration, died of pneumonia at his Boston home last Sunday. He was known as a capable cabinet member and is remembered as a member of Cleveland's cabinet and the father of the wife of Joseph Chamberlain, Britain's colonial secretary.
The yellow press shifts focus from General Otis to General MacArthur as he returns home, unleashing a wave of hostile coverage and sensational commentary about his actions and leadership.
Bryan plans to estimate his November margins while Dewey’s short speeches win favor. The fusion convention at Sioux Falls is mocked as a gathering of cranks. References span Pettigrew, Mason, Weaver, McKinley support, and tariffs. Madame Melba and Webster Davis appear, with Iowa and Nebraska campaign notes and a dollar dinner in Omaha for delegates.
The Indiana Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the frontage assessment law, ruling it provides a prima facie basis for aggrieved parties to appeal to the board for review and correction of the assessments.
The Du Buque Times notes that Iowa now has a statute that places the supreme court beyond the need to rely on implied constructions, ensuring a proper showing suffices under the law. The editorial emphasizes legislative action clarifying judicial obligation.
The Times-Irerepublican notes that several halting Democratic papers begin to align with the regular party organization and Bryanism, signaling a consolidation of factions and a shift in party dynamics.
A brief line noting that the sultan’s credit standing in international agencies is typically labeled as either 5. P. or N. G. Iowa Capital.
The Clinton Herald notes Lafe Young seems unaware of the wide display of praise his supporters have shown, as newspaper boys carry bouquets in his honor for many days, signaling strong local regard.
Davenport has raised 3000 dollars for entertaining the Iowa encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held there in June. Des Moines papers please copy. A Republican in the Democratic convention remarked on well dressed Democrats signaling prosperity. Clara Morris warns girls against the stage. Galusha A Grow spoke in favor of the free home bill in Congress. Republicans face prosperity as the main electoral issue per Payne.
A hawkere quote extols the Bible as the most wonderful book, printed in many languages, increasing in interest. It praises its value as history, ethics, divine revelation, and a portrait of human nature, inspiring scholars and leaders alike.
The New York Sun argues that widespread strikes reflect a prosperous era with rising wages and strong union funds. It condemns strike violence, urging law officers and citizens to resist industrial outrages, noting numerous deaths and injuries in Chicago and other cities while blaming union influence on workers who join.
The fragment suggests using the Want columns of the Republican for achieving good results. It emphasizes selecting relevant desires or aims from party aligned data to optimize outcomes.
The Second District Republican convention will meet in Des Moines on May 10 1900 at 9 a.m. to elect two delegates and two alternates for the Philadelphia National Convention. Representation is by county with votes for Governor Shaw in 1899, totaling 106. W Phillips, Member State Central Committee, 2d Dist.
The article advises taking at least one cloth dress on summer trips. It highlights summer serge as ideal for cool days with plain skirts trimmed by braid. The gown features a fitted lining, front and back plaits, a low neck with a white linen chemisette, and waist lapels in cream white cloth stitched with blue silk or narrow soutache braid. Helen Grey Page.
The designer showcases corset covers nine inches deep made of lace bands and washable ribbon. Worn with the chemise, these abridged covers trim the garment with lace edges and ribbon filled armholes. A home sewers tip suggests using a bolero pattern to cut the piece if forgoing a regular pattern.
An old advertisement proclaims a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure as effective. It presents testimonials from local wholesalers West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin and claims the remedy is taken internally and acts on mucous surfaces. It notes price per bottle at 75 cents and promises testimonials free.
Colonel Daniel S Lamont and William C Whitner, once prominent nationally, declare they are out of politics though many still credit them with influence. J Sloat Fassett of New York notes his own political death, stating he has been dead as a mackerel for eight years since his gubernatorial loss to Roswell P Flower.
A Milwaukee judge ruled passengers on street cars may refuse to move forward when ordered by conductors. The damage suit stemmed from a man being removed for not obeying a peremptory command to push farther ahead in a densely crowded aisle.
No other preparation drew as many voluntary testimonials from eminent people as Mariani Wine. It aids digestion and braces the body, brain, and nerves. Sold by druggists. refuse substitutes. Mariani & Co. 52 W. 15th St. New York offers a gratis book of endorsements from emperors, empresses, princes, cardinals, archbishops, and other distinguished figures to all who write.
Republican voters are invited to a Des Moines convention May 10 to elect four delegates and four alternates at large for the Philadelphia national convention. Congressional district delegates may be chosen similarly, with representation based on county votes for Leslie M. Shaw in 1999. C. W. Philips, secretary. William D. Hal, a St Louis street car scene doctor, is in active service on his 50th birthday.
A promotional note touts Orangeine as a harmless yet highly efficacious powder remedy for various indispositions. It cites personal and medical testimonials and mentions Yale graduates and prominent stockholders as endorsements to persuade readers to invest twenty five cents for trial.
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