Revenue Laws in Iowa Legislature Face Taxation Debates
Des Moines dispatch notes legislators focus on revising revenue and assessment provisions. Bills move through Ways and Means with debates over fair cash value versus low assessment ratios, exemptions for schools churches and public bodies, and new boards of review to audit tax properties.
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Senate Committee
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United States
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Damedic Boend Loan and
Russell A. Alger Named Secretary of War in McKinley Cabinet
Gen. Russell A. Alger of Michigan is selected as Secretary of War, to succeed Lamont. He previously served as governor of Hig State and rose from farm work to a notable Civil War career, earning high rank in the Sixth Michigan Cavalry. The appointment followed a Canton interview with McKinley’s cabinet selections still unsettled.
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Russell A. Alger
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Lafayette Township
Medina County
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Fifth Michigan Cavalry
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Dinslonts Linels
Ministragion
Fragmentary 19th Century News Notes From Plymouth and Beyond
Readable fragments report military confinements in Plymouth and mentions of Queen Victoria and Montserrat. Items touch on Newfoundland revenue, early barter and legal terms, and a German pension pledge to widows and orphans. Nominal ministers and foreign affairs are noted with terse, unclear connections.
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Dlymouth
Fiulia
Montserrat
Newforundland
Vie
Timnmirs
Ok Friedrich Kreapp
Cowait
Rnesian
Panre
Polorabur
Crisis in Nicaragua canal debate and immigration bill passages
Senate sparks heated exchange over a U S government canal project avoiding private concessions as Senator Sherman signals a new treaty path. House backs the immigration bill conference report 181 to 18 amid debates on education tests and English literacy requirements for immigrants.
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Sherman
United States
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England
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Fiouse
Hepburn
Towa
Grosvenor
Ohio
Gevr. Altgeld
Illuoiz
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Missouri
Merton
Grostacors
Ill
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Forman
Wiineia
Tafernal
Orenne
Uillam
Chicago
Girma Sabing
Pea Torrey
Zueh International Confarones
Danvers
Vermont
Rete
Massachusetts
Department of Agriculture
Natthway
Marion
Mercer
Wits
Nementiarad
Nectiens
Gage Accepts Treasury Portfolio in McKinley Administration
Lyman J. Gage, president of the First National Bank of Chicago, announces he has taken the Treasury portfolio under McKinley. The event occurred in Canton during a private conference with Major McKinley as journalists gathered.
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de Ruyter
Algdison County
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Eepostelles
Rome
Tine
Chicago
Alan
Toosztes
Merchants’ Savings, Loan and Trust Company
Ann
First National Bank
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SOS
American Tiankers’ Associacion
Gage
Aliss Sorth Etheridge
Yattle Falls
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Cornelia Gare
Denver
Colo
Irregular Telegraphic Snippet Highlights Courtesy and Sir Names
Fragmented telegraphic text references Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle in Washington, President and Mrs. Cleveland, and Field Marshal Tom Roberts with Kipling ties. It mentions military art, a call to ranks, and a distant scene of wartime rhetoric under a weary system, with unclear chronology.
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Carlisle
Washington
Cleveland
Tom Roberts
Kipling
Wealth and Poverty in American Debate Across Papers
A compilation of 19th century editorials and dispatches from Chicago Boston Washington St Louis New York and other outlets outlining conflicting views on charity wealth inequality and the duties of the rich toward the poor. It cites Russell Sage Bradley Martin and others arguing for action and criticizing greed amid reports of starving families in Chicago and profiteering in grain markets.
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Chicago Dispatch
Russell Sage
Washington Times
Bradley-Martins
Boston
Herald
Chicago
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jin
Washington Star
Fall River News
Soldiers on Wheels Show Bicycle Utility in Army Test
In September eight colored soldiers and a white U S army officer rode bicycles from Fort Missoula to Fort Yellowstone and the National Park, a 1100 mile trek in 22 days. They carried tents, rations, rifles and 30 rounds per man, testing durability over rough terrain to prove bicycles suit Western campaigns. Lieutenant Ross led the 21st Infantry detachment and called the test a success, envisioning bicycle corps for every regiment.
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Helena
Brontana
United States Army
United States Infantry
Fort Missoula
Fort Yellowstone
National Park
Europe
Ross
Inauguration Gown Details and Other Notices
Details of Mrs McKinney's inauguration gown are outlined as silver and white brocade with blue lining and Alencon lace corsage and train. eight gowns to be worn during her Chicago stay. Lillian Templeton of Brooklyn dies after taking a friend's prescription. a mix of camphor peppermint lavender and fir balsam led to fatal outcome. San Francisco authorities threaten to strip Chinese residents of privileges if they do not follow state laws.
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McWkinner
Mrrs
McKinney
Misa
Menney
Chicago
Mia
Saya
Misa Lillian Templeton
Brooklyn
Miss Templeton
Tellie Crowley
San Francisco
Freaks in Wheels at English Cycle Show
Ageräte read on novel bicycle designs displayed at a Skinley cycle show in Engin year. The triangular frated wheel with Ban- Glo rear support alters rider position and a hand driven gearing replaces chain drive. Also shown is a double barreled frame linking bars with steel timbers for forward and backward play. A pump cylinder in the frame was tried but failed. A remarkable test involved a setting hen and eel in a barrel, revived after months, illustrating endurance of the mechanism.
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Engin
London
Taamufackarer
Madison Square Garden
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