Secretary of State Sherman Works From Nine to Four
A Washington correspondent portrays John Sherman as a deliberate administrator who spends mornings in finance and state matters, then relaxes with novels by afternoon. The piece highlights his diplomatic routine, receiving ambassadors in a richly furnished room and conducting one on one interviews without language barriers.
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Babcouk
Sherman
Sterman
Sheroan
Parusury
Secretary of State
Washington
Mr. Sherman
United States Treasurer Appointed by President McKinley
Hilis H Roberta a New York inwiker recently appointed treasurer of the United States by President McKinley is named as Franklin National Bank of New York president and has long been a prominent figure in finance
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Hilis H. Roberta
New York
Lis IL. Roberts
United States
McJxinley
Franklin National Bank of
Congress
Blaina
House
Roberts
Harrison
Roberta
City
Pranklii National Bank
Roberte
Dasserthten
Sherman’s tireless toil in the Treasury years
The article lauds Secretary of the Treasury and later Secretary of State William H. Sherman for relentlessly long days and meticulous work habits. It notes his trust in assistants, refusal to let papers linger, and orderly departure at 4 pm, contrasting with predecessors who wore out under office strain. It recounts his political career from early service to Congress and state duties, concluding with a brief note on John A. Colson’s brother David Colson being shot in Kentucky and Dougan’s arrest.
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Olger
The
Treasury
Manning
Mr. Sherman
Hamilton
Is Desi
Sherman
State Départment
Teed Fingerdonda
Dhan
la Ha Valre
Vowtiie
John A. Colson
David §. Colson
John Dougan
Middleaboro
Dougan
Cost of Government Fiscal Year Revenue and Expenditure Summary
The government’s four year span shows revenues of 885,819,628.78 and expenditures of 383,477,054.49 in 1803 and other figures. Expenditures exceeded revenues in all years except 1893, with deficits of 69,803,260.58 in 1894 42,805,223.18 in 1895 and 25,208,245.70 in 1896. For nine months ending March 31 revenues reached 242,783,051.25 while expenditures were 281,690,332.18, a 38,005,280.03 deficit.
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Talbrary
Congress
Court O. White House
Civil Service Commission
Treasury
Interior Navy
Seanad Sete Waedes
Department of Labor
Department ‘of Justice
Secretary of the Treasury
Legislative
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State Department
Treasury Department
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War Department
Navy Deartmer
Interior
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Agricultural
Department of Justices Free
Ceeeve O
Sue Tolloy Ving
Navy
Visea
Spite House Owner Dies in Landmark New York Home
Joseph Richardson of New York, a wealthy and eccentric man, died at his famous five foot by seventy foot spite house at Eighty second Street and Lexington Avenue. The 71 year old left a fortune near 20 million and held stock in major railroads with passes on routes in the US and Canada. He lived frugally, carried lunch to his office, and resisted neighbor demands to sell his narrow plot.
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Joseph Richardson
New York
Eighty Second Street
Lexington Avenue
Mr. Richardson
Partnes
Richardson
Ima
America
Canada
Russell Sage
Five Hundred Men Drowned In Chinese Storm Disaster
The Empress of Japan reports a great storm off the Chusan archipelago near China. On May 6 while fishing boats were at sea, a sudden gale swept the area, sinking several large junks and leaving about 100 fishermen dead. Many boats did not return. The disaster affected vessels across the archipelago near Hanchow bay.
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Japan
Chusan
China
Canads
Wichh
Hanchow Bay
Silver bicycle owner and aged duke noted in brief
A fragmentary notice reports Mrs Langitry as holder of a solid silver bicycle and mentions the Duke of Northumberland entering his 87th year. It also cites the Penyblyvania Railroad issuing an order to carry dogs in passengers baggage in the future.
Congress Deliberates Tariff Debates Stall Progress
The Senate Labor and tariff discussion stalls in Washington. The sugar schedule and lumber duty face clashes led by Georgia's Bacon and West. The House approves steel bridge authorizations and passes a Pearl river bridge bill as adjournment nears. Cotton tariff at 20 percent marks a historic shift amid partisan replies.
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Senate
Bacon
Georgia
South
Tie
West
Clay
St. Louis River
Pearl River
Mississippi
House
Georgi
Rawlins
Utah
Mills
Texas
Cannon
Butler
North Carolina
Parnerapas
James T. Lloyd
Representative Giles
Missouri
Hitt
Payne
Reed
Culture notes and political jests from 19th century papers
A compilation of satirical lines from multiple papers including Washington Post Indianapolis News Baltimore American New York Press Providence News Cincinnati Commercial Tribune Kansas City Journal Rochester Democrat and others. The quips reference Broker Chapman Senator Tillman Weyler Krupp and U S Senate reactions to events in Greece and Europe.
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Chapman
Havemeyer
Washington Post
Bailey
Tegan-McCook
Indianapolis News
Greece
Little Kingdom
Baltimore
Tillman
New York Press
Broker Chapman
Providence News
Kansas City
United States
Ohrenalen
Explosion at Nathan Shore fireworks factory injures many
A major blast at 210 South Halsted Street Chicago tears through a fireworks factory as a percussion cap is triggered. Sparks, fire, and flying debris hurt dozens and kill one woman struck by a runaway horse. Fire engines and ambulances respond as panicked crowds flee.
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Chicago
Nathan Shore
South Halsted Street
Bones of Franci Schlatter Found in Sierra Madre Hills
Two American prospectors in the Sierra Madre foothills thirty-five miles southwest of Casa Grande, Chihuahua state, found the skeletal remains of Francis Schlatter. Nearby lay a copper rod a bat saddle bags a Bible a water canteen and personal belongings. No signs of violence. likely death by self imposed starvation.
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Francia Schlatter
Sierre Madre
Puetas Verdas
Casa Grande
Chihuahui
Francis Schlatter
Wat
Clarence J. Clark
Denver
Cole
Schlatter
War Talks Continue Between Turkey and Greece
A Constantinople dispatch says powers refuse to yield on three Turkish demands: Thes saly annexation capitulations abolition for Greek subjects. Negotiations show little progress and Athens fears collapse though ministers cite no official word. Authorities reportedly seek general peace terms with broad limits for later direct talks.
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Greece
Languioh
Constantinople
Thessaly
Ottoman Empire
Athens
Turkey
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NEW United States Treasurer
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