Policy to strengthen American merchant marine and economy
The message urges Congress to adopt the Treasury Secretary’s recommendation from the annual report to legislate for the revenue service. It argues stronger air policy for maritime interests will enlarge our merchant marine, boost commerce and markets, and raise sea carrying capacity for agricultural and manufactured goods. It also contends higher employment and wages for countrymen and safeguards American interests globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Gecreta of the Treasury
Revenue Service
Urgeil
Call for Uniform Federal Action on Trusts and Combinations
In a message to Congress the need for early action to address evils in capital combinations and trusts is urged. The president seeks uniform state legislation and federal measures to create a complete national code. Restraint on injurious combinations within federal jurisdiction should be promptly applied, with careful deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Affairs in the Philippines and the Taft civil commission
In my annual message I stressed Congress must decide the Philippines governance while military rule remains. Progress shows control of most islands with guerrilla resistance limited to scattered groups delaying local self government, education, and development. A civil commission led by Taft and Worcester was appointed in March to extend state administration, per April 7 instructions and the December 1899 message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Congress of the
United States
Congress
Sates
William H. Taft
Ohio
Dean C. Worcester
Michigan
Luke E. Wright
Tennessee
Henry C. Ide
Vermont
Bernard Moses
California
Amnesty Proclamation Spurs Philippine Progress, 1900
General MacArthur issues a broad amnesty in the Philippines on June 21, 1900, with many insurgent leaders accepting. The commission, a diverse panel of emi met citizens, reports early gains from restored order, rising sugar cultivation, higher customs revenues, a $6 million surplus for public improvements, civil service plans, rail expansion, and a broad education program as it pursues liberty and good government for Filipinos. The president urges Congress to legislate along generous lines, framing the duty as moral and material responsibility to the wards of the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Philippines
Congress
Commission
Philippine Islands
Lighted by Duty to Aid Filipino Development
A fragment reflecting a pledge to foster Filipino welfare with the flag as liberty and progress symbol. It argues the obligation to educate and uplift, to allow culture and advancement without imposing limits, and to support Luzon Mindanao and Negros. The tone asserts earnest devotion to honest fulfillment of duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luzon
Mindarxo
Negros
Porto Rico, Cuba, and Manila cable plan urged by president
The president outlines Porto Rico governance under 1900 act, calls for interior lands supervision and surveying funds, supports Cuban constitutional convention calls, and presses for a cable link to Manila. He praises navy service in the Philippines, backs armor plate manufacture, and requests a statue for Admiral Porter along with a national naval reserve. Forest reserves grow with new sites like Santa Ynez and Crow Creek added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Philippines
China
Rene
David D. Porter
National Naval Reserve
Secretary of the Interior
Olympic
Washington
Arizona
Big Horn
Wyoming
Santa Ynez
California
Crow Creek
Strength of the Army and Fortifications in National Deferences
The army currently numbers 100000 with 5000 regulars and 35000 volunteers. Under the 1899 act, by June 30 the volunteers will be discharged and the regulars reduced to 2447 officers and 9025 enlisted men. Fortifications have cost over 160.6 million dollars since 1883 and require 18490 trained personnel. Posts exceed fifty eight beyond coast defenses, needing 26000 troops if fully garrisoned. US forces in Cuba total 6000, with Puerto Rico garrisons at 1626 (896 native). Philippines may need 56780 to 60100 troops, possibly rising to 100000 including native troops up to 15000 for counterinsurgency. The president should have authority to adjust to about 66000 immediately, with potential increases to 100000 and native forces in the Philippines. The secretary of war is urged to address this in his annual report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jumne
Cleveland
Congress
War Department
United States
Cua
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Philippines
Taft Commission
Growth of Rural Free Delivery Signals Strong Postal Boom
The growth of rural free delivery shows rapid U S postal expansion with 391 routes in 1899 1900 rising to 2614 by November serving 1 8 million people in 44 states and territories Roughly 4000 routes are expected by year end delivering mail daily to 3 5 million rural residents The program improves farm life promotes better roads and expands information flow while boosting postal receipts and enabling cost reductions through savings and revenue gains.
The Pension Rule and Census Work Highlight 1900 Figures
The end of the fiscal year shows 93 225 pensioners with a $138 462 120.65 annual allotment for army and navy pensions, leaving a $5 542 708.25 balance. The May 1900 act expands widow pensions, likely boosting annual payments by $3 000 000 to $4 000 000. The census director reports favorable twelfth census progress tracing industrial growth, resources, agriculture, education, and society. A Greensburg resident born Sept 9 1886 died Nov 12 1900 at age 64, survived by Harriet Bird and four children, with his funeral at South Park cemetery.
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Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Agriculture Progress Report Highlights Year in Review
The Department of Agriculture details advances across seed varieties research and meteorology for ships and weather forecasts. It notes expanded cooperation with states, animal disease inquiry, food adulteration checks, woodland care plans, soil studies for better cultivation, and grassing arid regions. It urges funding for the civil service and a Washington hall of records, warning against extravagant spending while urging prudent growth and liberty’s foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
United States
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Public Service
Hall of Records
Washington
Emma Betva Sweet dies at 37 in Waynesburg Indiana
Emma Betva Sweet born 1863 died October 28 1800 aged thirty seven years four months eight days she joined the Christian church at seventeen at Waynesburg Ind she married John T Swift August 22 188 to this union five children were born she leaves a husband five children two mothers three sisters and four brothers mourning her loss she was a devoted wife and mother whose memory remains in our hearts
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Emma Betva Sweet
Christian Church
Waynesburg
Ind
John T. Swift
Child Bertha Taylor Dies in Elwood at Six
Bertha Allen Taylor aged six years, eight months, and nineteen days died at her Elwood home after a seven hour illness on November 25 1900. She was the daughter of John E and Margaret J Taylor and a granddaughter of John H Jackson. Burial followed at Baptist cemetery near Mt Pleasant after transport from the city. no funeral was held, with services planned later. The loss grieving parents receive community sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Allen Jane Taylor
John E
Margaret J. Taylor
John H. Jackson
Elwood
Bertha
Baptist
Mt. Pleasant
Women and Kidney Trouble The Silent Plague
An advertisement asserts kidney and bladder ailments affect both women and men, lowering ambition and vigor. It promotes Swamp-Root as a remedy, claiming quick relief and offering sample bottles by mail from Dr. Kilmer & Co. and urging readers to mention the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N._Y
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Orient
Postal Service
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Florence
Henry
Sarah Sefton
Greensburg
Shiloh Church
GC. E. Hester
South Park Cemetery
Acros
Mansios
Phil H. Spohn
A Great Business Advertiser
Wwe
Carter & CO
Jou Jurnal Cit
Indiana
Dare Price
Ins
Best
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POLIS
Andiana
Keane
Indianapolis Press
Alexander
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