Express Receipts Tax Compelled Payment Debated
In the house war revenue bill fight, an amendment by Henry C. Smith Michigan would restore the tax on express receipts and require the company to pay the tax rather than the shipper. The measure passed 123 to 106 amid a heated exchange referencing an allied senator.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Henry C. Smith
Michigan
Smith
United States
Payne
Debates Over Hay-Pauncefote Treaty And Canal Policy
Senate discussions center on amending the Hay Pauncefote treaty and methods to abrogate the Clayton Bulwer pact. Senators clash over ratification versus independent canal action and future talks with Britain. A separate measure proposes farm export bounties to support U S ships and agriculture.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Lodge
Culberson
Lindsay
Great Britain
Jindsay
McCumber
Elkins
United States
Central America
National Bill Proposes National Bureau Of Criminal Identification
Senator West of Missouri introduced a bill to create a national bureau of criminal identification under the department of justice. The measure is urged by police superintendents nationwide.
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National Criminal Identification
Washington
West
Missouri
Department of Justice
Bureau of Criminal Identification
United States
Ancient Chateau Bel Oeil Destroyed by Fire in Belgium
The Chateau Bel Oeil, residence of the Prince of Ligne dating to 1146, burned in a nighttime blaze at Brussels. The princess alerted her father to a burning odor but it was ignored. paintings and most major artworks were saved.
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Brussels
Bel Oeil
Prince of Ligne
Princess of Ligne
Not for the Present Change in State Department Head
Washington reports persistent rumors of Secretary Hay resigning though officials deny any resignation. Cabinet meetings reportedly did not discuss the matter and no change in the State Department head is expected for the present.
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State Department
Washington
Hay
Senate
Bryan plans weekly newspaper The Commoner in Lincoln
Colonel Bryan announces a January launch of a weekly paper defend Kansas City platform principles. He will be proprietor and editor and aim to study public questions, earn income, and spend more time with his family. He may lecture in college towns but focus on writing and drawing.
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Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
Kansas City
C. W. Kerns
Defiance
Ohio
England and the Treaty Drawing Senate Fallout
London dispatches report strong reactions to the US senate refusal to ratify the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The Daily Chronicle says senators aim to pressure Britain, while The Times calls it a check to McKinley and The Telegraph warns of delays to canal construction.
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England
London
United States
The
Daily Chronicle
McKnley
the Times
McKinley
Senate
Daily Telegraph
Convicted Soldiers Granted Commuted Death Sentence
Privates Benjamin Staley and Thomas Feaster of Company G Forty-Eighth volunteer infantry in the Philippines were court martialed for rape and desertion. Each was sentenced to be hanged but the president commuted the sentence to dishonorable discharge forfeit of pay and allowances and 20 years confinement at hard labor at Leavenworth.
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Washington
Benjamin Staley
Thomas Feaster
Forty-Eighth Volunteer Infantry
Philippines
Leavenworth
Skeleton found in ballast on St. Paul denied
At Cramps shipyard Philadelphia officials denied finding a human skeleton in a ballast compartment of the steamship St. Paul under repair. Secretary Taylor stated he cannot recall any person named John W. Gray connected with the vessel.
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Philadelphia
Cramps
American Line
St. Paul
Taylor
John W. Gray
General Michael J. Bulger Dies at 100 in Alabama
General Michael J. Bulger a distinguished Confederate general and public man dies at his son Thomas L. Bulger’s home in Dadeville Alabama aged 100 He was the oldest Confederate veteran and a survivor of the Montgomery secession convention where he opposed secession.
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Michael Bulger
Birmingham
Ala
Michael J. Bulger
Thomas L. Bulger
Dadeville
Bulger
Montgomery
English Also Rough It. Earl of Crewe Dings American Invasion
The Earl of Crewe told the Gimcrack club in New York that the English turf faces rough riding from both sides. He urged that unfair practices not be blamed only on American jockeys, noting English jockeys share blame.
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London
Earl of Crewe
Gimcrack Club
New York City
Senate approves ambassador to Italy and Pine Ridge Indian agent
The senate confirmed George W. L. Meyer of Massachusetts as ambassador to Italy and John R. Brennan as Indian agent at Pine Ridge agency in South Dakota.
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Washington
Senate
George W. L. Meyer
Massachusetts
Italy
John R. Brennan
Pine Ridge Agency
South Dakota
Seven Die as Fire Destroys Fredonia Normal School
Flames swept the Fredonia state normal and training school in Dunkirk New York killing seven people including six female students and the janitor. Heavy wire screens blocked exits forcing escapes through adjacent windows as investigators pursued the fire’s origin two blocks from the boiler.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Fredonia State Normal and Training School
Phineas J. Morris
Irene Jones
Busti
Bessie Hathaway
Cannonsville
Ruth Thomas
Pike
Cora Storms
Boston
Mae Williams
Lake Coma
Maud F. Fizzell
Bradford
Miss Storms
Morris
Charles Gibbs
Miss Fizzell
Union Central Train Strikes Two Men Near Philadelphia Tenn
Eastbound Southern railway passenger train struck and instantly killed John W. Hyden and John Mincey near Philadelphia Tennessee. Hyden was a longtime educator, former Knoxville principal and Loudon county superintendent. They crossed the tracks in a wagon as the train, overdue, came upon them.
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Nashville
Southern Railway
John W. Hyden
John Mincey
Philadelphia
Tenn
Hyden
Knoxville
Loudon County
Public sale of Defiance Ohio city lots at courthouse
At two PM the west door of the Defiance County Court House, Ohio, will sell multiple city lots in West Defiance and surrounding streets. Properties front Baltimore River North Pacific Ash Elm Cherry Locust Pine Maple Cedar Chestnut and other streets. Numerous lots listed with specific corners and appraisals.
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Hamilton and
Chestnut Street
Chestnut Streets
Cedar Streets
Maple Streets
Additton
West Defiance
Defiance
Maple Street
Cedar Street
Allen Street
Allen and
Baltimore Street
Cherry Street
Ash Street
George W. Watkins
John Rowe
Winn & Hay
Probate Court
Defiance County
Ohio
Court House
Said
County of
State of
Matilda B. Rowe
Baltimore and
Cherry Streets
Baltimore and Locust Streets
Locust Streets
Ash Streets
River Street
North Street
Pacific Street
River and
Elm Streets
River and Locust Streets
Pine Streets
North and Locust Streets
North and
Pine Street
Pacific and
Defi
Hamilton Street
Reina Eine de Voutwener
Northeas
Geth North Range
Mary M. Yarlot
Court of Common Pleas
Washington Township
Otter
Michael Welker
John Lockhart
William Lockhart
Mary M. Tard
Family Tragedy in Butte as Lodging House Owner Killed
J W Cunningham proprietor of a lodging house was shot and killed by Louis L Felker his brother in law in Butte Montana. Two weeks earlier Cunningham stabbed his wife twice in a quarrel. Cunningham claimed self defense and Felker surrendered after killing him with a revolver during a room interview with the wife and her brother present.
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Butte
Mon
J. W. Cunningham
Louis L. Felker
Cunningham
Felker
Mayor Harrison Opens Probe Into McGovern Gans Fight
Chicago December 15 Mayor Harrison orders a personal inquiry to determine if the McGovern Gans bout was a fake He warned he will not grant further licenses to boxing promoters if the facts show participants arranged to quit The method of investigation remains unclear.
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Chicago
Harrison
Nicholas II Goes Outdoors for First Time Since Illness
In Livadia on December 15 Emperor Nicholas II left his illness indoors and sat on a veranda. He then received one of his ministers in an audience.
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Livadia
Russia
Nicholas
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