New Tariff Details Shift Rates on Cattle and Staples
Washington reports the tariff bill press is well advanced with changes on live cattle. Under new provisions cattle over one year old face 5 per head plus 25 percent ad valorem for values above 20 dollars, while barley, hay, hops and vegetables mostly revert to McKinley rates. Other schedules, including salts, oils, dyes, and lumber, see selective adjustments aimed at balancing protection with revisions.
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The Civil Service Annual Report to the President
The annual report shows initial classified positions at about 43 000 and total federal civil positions at 178 717 with 87 107 in classified service. It notes last fiscal year aggregate executive civil service pay around 100 million dollars and outlines classifications, appointments, and unclassified groups including postmasters and Indian service positions.
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Puritan Declared Unseaworthy Amid Navy Vessel Woes
New York reports reveal a pattern of U S Navy ships failing seaworthiness including the monitor Puritan, with prior incidents on battleships Indiana Texas Montgomery and Brooklyn. A defective engine valve condemns Puritan as another vessel needing repair.
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President cuts pension agencies from eighteen to nine
The President, on the Interior Secretary’s recommendation, orders reducing U S pension agencies from 18 to 9 to save costs without unduly inconveniencing pensioners. The nine agencies and pensioner totals are listed: Boston 20437, New York 108833, Philadelphia 106735, Washington 140265, Columbus 104492, Indianapolis 116066, Chicago 126123, St Louis 116709, San Francisco 23008. Total 970678. Change effective September 1.
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Warships Reach Charleston After Storm Toll
The battleships New York Maine Columbia Amphitrite and Marblehead arrived off Charleston bar after a weekend storm along the South Atlantic coast. Four men drowned and others injured, some fatally, while officers praised the ships’ performance and noted no serious injuries among crew.
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Vast 19th Century News Roundup From War to Weather
The report lists events across the United States and abroad including bank failures in Atlanta and Freeport, naval arrivals off Charleston, drownings in Kansas and Ohio, a Greek union with Crete, a priest’s collapse in Felicity, Indiana, and fires in Princeton Indiana. It notes grain stocks, political defeats in Nebraska, London honors to Nansen, a Charleston savings discovery, and various deaths and disasters.
Court House Transfers and Probate Notices
Court records list numerous property transfers in Lacon Toluca and Wenona with seller buyer pairs including H&H additions. Appointments include H L Taylor administrator of Jos H Johnson estate and administratrices Ida Porch and other estate filings. Marriage licenses issued and church membership totals cited with regional church gains.
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Hood’s Sarsaparilla Advertising Claims Strength and Health
A reader notes Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills as large selling remedies. The ad asserts strength vitality and vigor for the family, claiming Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures and many use it as a medicine. Pills are said to act on the liver and bowels and cure sick headache.
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