Internal Revenue report cites higher sugar bounty impact
The commissioner Mr Mazon of West Virginia reports next year internal revenue receipts projected at 165 million dollars, up from 150 million, with costs at 2.8 percent. He notes shifts in distillery regulation, potential fraud reductions, and a shift from gauging to weighing spirits. Maple sugar growth soars, oleomargarine output jumps, and bounty costs for sugar are forecast at 186.4 million.
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Connecticut
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Pennsylvania
New England
New York
Penneylyaung
Kin
Louisiaa
Trade activity cools amid mixed industry signals
Trade review notes diminished activity in several sectors while others show strength. Boston reports firmer money markets and rising dry goods demand. Philadelphia and Baltimore show generally solid trade. Pittsburgh and Cleveland see weaker iron orders. Chicago and Indianapolis run brisk wholesale trades. New Orleans and Louisville reveal mixed results with weaker outlooks. National business failures tally 2376 in the United States and 33 in Canada for the period, compared with the prior week.
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G. Duy & Cove Weekly Review of Trade
Gould
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Baltimore
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Chicago
Minneapolis
Omaha
S. Louis
Kansas City
Isville
Little Rock
New Orleans
Richmond
United States
Canada
Wages Rise and Industrial Turmoil Across Mills
The Hamilton Woolen Company, with 16 Amesbury Mills, boosts wages 7 percent for all but spinners, who get 10 percent. Huntsville Oil Mills halt work over cotton seed price and low cotton prices. Other notes report mining disputes settled at Coal Creek, factory shuttings over tank system costs, and varied accidents and legal moves across cities including Knoxville, Jersey City, and Taunton.
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Wacea
Hamilton Woolen Company
Amesbury
Mast
Huntsville
Ala
Coal Creek
Tenn
Knoxville
Maring, Hart & Co
St Muncie
Ind
Jeannette
Oers
Exia
Global headlines and maritime losses prompt fears across lands
reports describe a naval disaster with the Japanese dispatch boat Chishimakan sinking after colliding with the Ravenia in the Sea of Japan. Other items note famine in Burma, cholera deaths in Cherbourg, a Vienna church fire, storms in Scotland, and a court martial sentence for cholera rioters in Saratoff. A lifeboat from the Greystoke washes ashore with three bodies. The Spree steamship story recalls a near catastrophe and passenger losses.
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Sea of Japan
Victator
Sagin
Selesia
Skaling
Scotland
Marie
Hanover
Gmunden
Sachzen-Altenburg
King of
Duke of Cumberland
British Burmah
Brugh
Elbe
Evans
Saratoff Russia
Siberia
Queenstown
Lake Huron
General O. 0. Howard
Evangelist Dwight Moody
Turin
Louis Flosruthen
International Union Proposed to Stabilize Silver Value
A Brussels meeting of the Special Committee of the International Monetary Conference discussed Danish delegate Tietgen’s plan to form an International Union to fix silver’s relative value to gold. The system would monitor silver markets and trigger a possible recoinage if prices fall 5 percent below London averages, extending the Latin Union.
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Ani International Union
International Monetary Conference
Brussels
Tietgen
London
Londo
Runaway Freight Cars Crash Kills Two at Shenango
On a steep grade at Shenango two freight cars broke loose and rolled toward the station aided by a switch engine. The crew could not escape before impact. Engineer James Donley and fireman Charles McDowell were killed. Also notes a Washington public debt decrease of $1,079,835 in November with total debt at $1,563,612,455 and treasury cash $130,828,918 as of November 30.
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Frank Niles
Henee
East Tennessee
Jackson City
Tenn
William Conklin
Edward Blanchard
Magpie Pitts
Erie Railroad
Elmira
Yin
Fannie Adams
Little Rock
George Williams
Taunton
Mass
Lizzie Borden
Scottsboro
Ala
John
James Skelton
James Faundrow
Pressby
Skeltons
Faundrow
Preesby
Anch
Skelons
Coroes
Shenango
James Donley
Charles McDowell
Washington
Treasury
A Costly City Hall in Philadelphia
Philadelphia City Councils demand a full itemized account of the Public Building Commission spending for the city hall project and a near term completion estimate. The commission, in charge for over 20 years, has seen costs exceed 16 million with no clear finish date in sight.
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Philadelphia
Public Building Commission
Factory Inspection Yearly Report Summary
Factory Inspector Watchorn prepares the annual review for the year ending November 30, 1802. It lists eight deputy inspectors, 1931 inspections, 134446 males and 96462 females employed where inspected, 217 aged 12 to 16, total 280,905 workers in inspected establishments, 170% orders issued with 187 firesafe to be erected, 71 elevators guarded, 314 unitary directives, 13 miscellaneous, 246 accidents reported including 41 fatal, 97 serious, 195 less serious.
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Toney Order
Cen Post Ofiies
Rathbone
United States
Georgia
Texas
Pennsylvania
Major Rathbone
I. P. Leichardt
Deld Letter Bureau
Wheeler
J. Lowrie Bell
Watchorn
Costs to the State in Homestead Troubles
Adjutant General Greenland estimates the Homestead costs to the state at 450000 dollars for pay maintenance and transportation of troops. Warrants total 22349, not including a 52000 bill from the Pennsylvania Railroad for transportation and other claims. Also notes on deaths, accidents, public notices, and political appointments follow in this country-wide bulletin.
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Kentucky
Farmington
Lorris
Dunfermline
United States
Anderson
Ind
Union Glass Company
Indiana
Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Greeland
Greenland
Homestead
Maxin
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Telegraphers Strike Shuts Rail Lines Across Two Roads
Five hundred seventy five telegraph operators on the Chicago Rock Island Pacific and two hundred more on the Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern quit work. The strike follows Rock Island officials refusing to confer with a committee appointed by the Order of Railway Telegraphers to demand wage scales and hour changes.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Rock Island
Germany's Loewe Guns Under Scandal and Trial
Revelations from Rector Ahlwardt's Berlin court case expose probable flaws in Loewe rifles used by 425,000 German soldiers. Documents cited show 590 of 960 Wesel guns were unserviceable, with chamber failures. The judge barred public reading, deeming papers highly important to the state. The affair sows doubt about arms quality and government coverups.
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Loewe
Ablwardt
Berlin
Reichstag
Moabit Criminal Court
Ahlwardt
Wesel
Allwardt
Lear
Remarkable Career of Miss Knowles Montana’s New Attorney General
An election surprise in Montana elevated Miss Elis F Knowles as Attorney General. Born in Northwood New Hampshire she faced early hardship and prejudice to study law, gaining admission on December 1 1890. Now she runs a flourishing practice and enjoys strong support among peers despite past barriers.
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Montana
Ella F. Enowles. Knowles
Northwood
Criminal Court
Final election figures Illinois and Texas results
The State board of canvassers reports Illinois presidential votes Cleveland 426,281 Harrison 399,288 Weaver 22,207 Bidwell 25,807 and governor totals Aldfield 425,497 Fifer 402,659 Reed 24,684 Barnelly 19,247. Kansas electors: Weaver nine with large majorities. Harrison one. Texas presidential counts Cleveland 239,148 Harrison 77,475 Weaver 99,688 Bidwell 2,165 plus 3,969 Republican ballots for white electors. Philadelphia Public Ledger fire damages. Plus Nebraska storm effects near Omaha. widespread blizzard reports from Iowa and eastern Kansas. tornado near Marshall, Texas.
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State Board of Canvas Ners
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Harrison
Weaver
Bidwell
Forovernor
Afield
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Fink
Barnelly
Harrigox
Kanbas
Torgea
State Board of Canvessers
Onearrison
C.bbell
People’s Party
Texas
Galveston
Austin
Galvestion Ewes
Republican Party
Registered letters postage cut from ten to eight cents
The Post Office Department in Washington issued an order reducing the fee for registered mail matter from ten to eight cents. The change lowers the cost for sending registered letters and parcels, affecting postal customers nationwide.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Pearls of Thogurt and Gypsy Wanderings in Austria
A mosaic of odd musings and travel sketches. The piece riffs on language and life, from misused phrases to witty lures like a farmer boasting a “sucker trap” for fishy customers. It moves through European scenes with Gypsy lore, mountain paths, and a Maine street anecdote.
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Maine
Lee
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