Tariff Act Becomes Law Without President Signature
Washington August 28 The McKinley tariff died at midnight and the Democratic tariff bill became law without President Cleveland's signature. Secretary Carlisle will instruct customs to allow free entry for goods in bonded warehouses under the new act and not require export and reimport to gain benefits, notably aiding the wool trade. Charles Carlisle issues directives to ports nationwide.
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Washington
Cleveland
FSI
Carlisis
Fara
Congress
United
Whisky trust fails to raise bond loan in Peoria
In Peoria Illinois officials report the Whisky Trust and Savings Bank tried to raise 5 million in a last day effort to release 5.1 million tax payable goods from bond but no movement occurred. Vice President Beggs met with M Silla of Dinors Trust. details unclear. Collections since the law passed amount to about 2.41 million, leaving 2.2 million gallons untaxed in Peoria warehouses. Bonds in Pekin and other sites show 1.41 million gallons bonded. Lilinois Trust bonds were released after talks collapsed.
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Peoria
Specia
Truat
Dia
Listelock
Beggs
M. Silla
Dinors Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Ravenna
Pekin
Japan Wins Extraterritorial Rights Treaty Recognition
Washington reports a new treaty between Japan and Great Britain ends extraterritorial jurisdiction. Negotiations with the United States and other European nations are underway, signaling Japan’s full sovereignty. Also noted are a fatal murder in Mentone by an unknown assailant and a dynamite mine explosion in Minillos, Zacatecas, six dead. The Czar of Russia is ill with influenza. A Shanghai dispatch covers a Kemutze letter from Corea received at Cha Foo.
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Washington
Japan
Climacyeatic Corps
Great Britain
United States
Mentone
M. Ruisset
Mexico
Zacatecas
Minillos
St. Patersburg
Japanese force driven back after Chinese cavalry attack at Tatung River
Nineteen Japanese warships and thirteen transports landed 6,000 troops at the Tatung River on the 18th. Chinese cavalry split the force, while artillery from a high position inflicted heavy casualties. The Japanese retreated to shore as their fleet guns checked pursuit. Losses exceed 1,800 men.
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Tatung River
Awful European Storm Sweeps Sea of Azov Shores
A St Louis cablegram reports a cyclone across the Sea of Azov causing massive devastation from Nogaisk to Marinopol. At least 1,000 feared dead, many drowning or crushed as towns and fishing boats were wiped out. Telegraph lines down, widespread destruction along coast and inland. American tourists possibly caught in the disaster.
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St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
St. Petersburg
Sea of Azov
Nogaisk
Marinopol
Dolga
Gerchanak
Planters plan bounty suit over sugar bounty legality
The Louwieni sugar planters of Louisiana prepare for a fall lawsuit testing Congress abrogation of the sugar bounty. Wealthy planters will fund legal action. consent of Songreiss is needed before action can proceed. Licenses are in place and witnesses will be used as papers are filed with the Internal Revenue Office. Chinese Missionary outrages prompt Imperial edict ordering beheadings of involved officers and rebuilding chapels, with compensation to Wyle’s relatives.
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New Orleans
Congress
Songreiss
Isle of Tuiy
Internal Revenue Office
London
A Times
Yi Ontgin
James Wyle
Wyle
Supreme Council
Li Hung Chang
Revolting Crime Report From Goose Creek Area
A desolate Goose Creek in Clay County reports a tortured lynching attempt as a woman found hanged by a tree with nails in her hands and feet. She later revealed names of two women alleged to be torturers, with possible further consequences if she dies. Nearby Glasgow reports coal strike riots disrupting pits. Donaldson and five others detained. Berlin notes Senator Dowe wounded during a Aachen performance.
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Louisville
Goose Creek
Clay County
Scotlane
Glasgow
Donaldeon
Lierr Dowe
Berlin
Herr Dowe
Aachen
Week in Trade Signals Broad Improvement Despite Adverse Conditions
Bradstreets report notes serious industrial unrest in New England and drought in central and western states, yet overall business continues to improve. Clearing totals in most cities exceed last year, with St Louis, Baltimore, Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis, and San Francisco showing the largest gains._exports of wheat flour reach 3,182,100 bushels against 4,960,900 a year earlier.
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New York
Bradstreet
New England
Drouth
St. Louis
Baltimore
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
San Francisco
Missouri River
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas City
Omaha
Milwaukee
St Paul
Mine Disaster Kills Thirty Seven in Washington State
A gas explosion at Franklin Mine No 62 in Franklin near Seattle traps sixty two miners. Thirty seven are killed as bodies are recovered, many found near the shaft. Fire origin blamed on spontaneous combustion from slack bottom workings. most victims show no severe injuries.
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Washington
Seattle
Wash
Franklin
Qregen Improvement Company
Gaiety
Mina
Plan to Relieve Unemployed in Cincinnati by Leveraging Local Hills
Prominent Cincinnati citizens aim to raise $50,000 by subscription to buy and resell hillside material as sand and gravel for public works. Proceeds would augment the original fund, with the mayor and board endorsing feasibility. Concurrently, a move seeks a special Legislature session to authorize municipal bonds for public improvements to employ the unemployed.
Errors in tariff bill leave income tax unfunded
Treasury officials report no appropriation to enact income tax provisions amid a flawed tariff bill. A 4500,000 initial request was sent to Congress but cannot be rectified this session. Scattered errors total over thirty, with three serious items, including coal tar products and diamond duty entries.
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Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Treasury
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Senate
Taw York
Wheelmen Meet In Denver National Racing Tournament Opens
The National Racing Tournament of the League of American Wheelmen opened in Denver before about 10,000 spectators. Highlights included Bald of Buffalo winning the flat half mile and Sanger leading the one mile open before a late surge by Grown Titus and Sanger. Barnett of Lincoln, Neb., won the two mile handicap, and Titus captured the five mile championship with a new world best. Second day saw multiple records fall and strong showings from Western riders despite fewer prizes. The Caracas Venezuela revolt line ends the report.
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Denver
League of American Wheelmen
Bald
Buffalo
Sanger
Tero Sanger
Titus
Brown
Grown
Cleveland
Barnett
Yincoln
Neb
Lincoln
Ziegler
California
Uwlinola
Anderson
Gardner
Weiler
Saltake
Maxwell
Winfield
Kaw
Pullman Pitiless Refusal to Aid Model Town Suffering
Gov Altgeld calls attention to destitute Pullman families after a tour of the town. He cites sixteen hundred households without food or income and urges relief. Pullman replies defending its wage policy and denying the scale of distress, while a public exchange with Altgeld unfolds over responsibility and humanitarian action.
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Altreid
Altgeld
Pullman
Ilinois
Chicago
Ull Iwan
Altgel
Wickes
Fedsen
Pollman
Tothia
Tilinola
Senate Bill Aims to Exclude Anarchists from U S
The proposed law would prevent alien anarchists from entering the United States and deport them at the expense of the importing vessel. Foreigners tried for crime could be deported if judged lacking good character. A foreign port examiner would screen passengers, with a $10 091 appropriation included. declaring intent to become a citizen would not shield an alien from these actions.
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Benals
Senate
Feurone
Cesario
San
United States
Aspectore
Legal wrangling over federal troops in strikes cited at ABA meeting
Presidens Cooley of the American Tar Age sociation and Judge Thomas M. Cooley presided at the seventeenth annual ABA session in Saratoga. Talks condemned Coxey protests and the use of federal troops, while Altgeld’s Illinois stance drew critique as the government’s actions were defended. Also notes Ottawa religious liberty, a train robbery and murder near Lufkin, a Lincoln grand jury on Santa Fe wreck, and a Philadelphia firefighter’s suicide amid censure fears.
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Cooley
American Bar Association
Thomas MM. Cooley
Ann Arbor
Mich
Saratoga
Hig Addicss
Samuel F. Hunt
Cincinnati
Congress
Altgeld
Illinois
United States
Coxey
Altgelil
Lincoln, Neb
George Davis
Santa Fe Road
Senate and House Proceedings on Sugar Bill and Adjournment
The Senate discussed amendments to the sugar bill with members querying and instructing committee actions. Senate passed claims against Leland Stanford estate, and debated re enactment plans. The House, short of a quorum, adjourned to the 23rd after authorizing funds for internal revenue collection and arbitration support with Venezuela.
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Senate
Harris
Morris
Allison
Iowa
Manderson
T Eestate
Leland
Ford
Mitchell
Oregon
Drayers
United States
Venezuela
Pisac
Foreman
Ilinois
Americal Floris
McCraney
House
Warner
New York
Duluth
Winnipeg
Chippeway
White Bart
Arma Way
Hich
Frank Cassidy
Cairo
Caniman- Wiison
West Virginia
Odd Facts Across Ages And Realms From A Curious Page
A collage of calculations myths and trivia describes a 1 000 pound object at coast level weighing like the e l ephants of a four mile high summit the Siberian mammoth and tusks 190 pounds. It cites Venus and the Moon orbit timing a London street line and medieval church customs along with notes on June the month of weddings and Roman divinity. It recalls St Jerome introducing Hallelujah and Amen around 393 AD and mentions a tune “We Won’t Go Home Until Morning” dating to crusader times. Watches appeared in 1477 in Nuremberg nicknamed Nuremberg eggs. Quito sits on the equator giving sunrise at 6 am year round. A lecture by Professor Lancaster on earthquake speed 16 000 feet per second is noted along with superstitions about hares dogs and death omens. A phoenix myth and a legend of the lion’s whelp are included as well.
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Siberia
Venes
London
Europe
Nuremberg
Quito
Ecuador
Lancaster
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