War Revenue Debate Shapes Tax Plan In Senate
Eight senators attended as the vice president opened the session and the war revenue bill was introduced. Mr. White of California argued the tax plan must be fair, noting tobacco and alcohol bear heavy burdens on the poor, and condemning the stamp tax as onerous. He warned the nation is not yet ready to show its full war strength but will in time.
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Washington
Senate
White
California
Congress
Powers to Send Fleets and European Rule Over Cuba
The Star reports talks by M Hano taux to halt the Spanish American War with European powers seeking to persuade Spain to grant Cuba independence. It claims a plan to place Cuba under international rule if the US refuses intervention, and cites Crete as precedent. The Pallete Gazette calls the talk moonshine and notes Spain’s ambassador in Paris may influence finance.
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London
the Star
M Hanotaux
Russia
Austria
France
Germany
Italy
McKinley
Spain
Cuba
America
Crete
Europe
Star
Pallet Eee Gazette
Senor Castillo
Paris
Bohemian Couple Dead After Tragic Domestic Shooting
In New York on May 27 Mary Honorka a Bohemian cigar maker was shot in the nose and left eye by her husband Joseph also a cigar maker who then shot himself in the right eye. He died soon after. The woman is dying.
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New York
Mary Honorka
Joseph
Cubans Face Hunger as Reconcentrados Suffer
Ernest O. De Castro reports from Matanzas that Cuban reconcentrados face extreme hunger with people subsisting on male meat and roots. Blockade restricts supplies as Spanish officers seize goods and merchants raise prices. Many Cubans await American help while Spanish troops prepare defenses amid war fatigue.
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Tampa
Fla
United States
Matanzas
Ernest O. de Castro
Key West
Senor de Castro
Breckinridge Praises First Corps Inspections at Chattanooga
Inspector General Breckinridge continues inspections of the First corps divisions with plans to finish the first and begin the second division. Lieutenant Beatty of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania is reported as uninjured with no lasting harm from yesterday's sham battle. Water piped to the park will be available tomorrow and troops arrive, including the Second Kentucky Infantry and Ninth New York Infantry, about 2,000 men under Colonel E H Gaither.
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Chattanooga
Breckinridge
Beatty
Sixteenth
Pennsylvania
Second
Kentucky Infantry
Ninth
New York Infantry
Kentucky
Cincinnati Southern
Park
E. H. Gaither
American warship sighted near Iloilo report
A Lloyds dispatch from Iloilo via Singapore says an American warship is cruising off Ililo and the statement requires confirmation. The report comes with no official confirmation and notes the source is the Lloyds agent.
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London
Lloyds
Iloilo
Singapore
Ililo
Unknown steamer ashore near St Johns may be wreck
St Johns Newfoundland May 27 reports a lead colored steamer with a yellow smoke stack ashore south of the port. The Coban Captain Frazer, sailing between St Johns and Montreal, arrived and noted the vessel resembles a warship though such a claim is doubtful.
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St. Johns
N. F
Coban
Frazer
Montreal
Pain Reliever for Expecting Mothers Marketed as Beneficial
Henderson Dale of Carmi Illinois praises Mother's Friend from Bradfield Regulator Co of Atlanta Georgia. He claims the liniment strengthens and stretches the body to ease childbirth and shorten labor. It is sold by druggists for one dollar with a free book titled Before Baby is Born on request.
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Henderson Dale
Carmi
Ill
Bradfield Regulator Company
Atlanta
Express
Bradfied- Regulator CO
Spanish Philippine Commander Pushes Wartime Propaganda Tactics
May 7 maprio dispatch says Governor Gene Augusti in Manila imitates Blanco by broadcasting alleged American reverses. It reports Baltimore disabled by an explosion and American arms landed at Binacayan seized by Spanish troops. Madrid papers cheer Porto Rico and Cuba victories, while Spain braces for wider war amid poverty and low activity in St Isidro celebrations.
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Maprio
Gene Augusti
Manila
Blanco
Havana
United States
Baltimore
Binacayan
London
Madrid
Spain
Cadiz
Cape Verde
Martinique
Porto Rico
Cuba
Joseph Chamberlain
Great Britain
Europe
Multiple County Sheriff and Tax Office Candidates Announced
The notices list numerous candidates for Butts County offices including sheriff tax collector tax receiver clerk of superior court and declares running under the Democratic party with statements of service intent and requests for support. Names include J O Beauchamp T O Woodward J M Crawford J H Land J W Benson E C Robinson W M Harkness John M Gaston Kimbell Pitchett N J Harmon A F Pitchett H Benton J A McMichael and John O Rea along with remarks on health finances and eligibility.
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J.O. Beauchamp
T.O. Woodward
Towaliga
Butts County
Bailey Foster
Democratic Party
E. C. Robinson
J.G Kimbell
A.F Pitchett
Bulls County
H. Benton
J.a.mcmichael
Clerk Superior Court
John O’rear
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Volunteer Army
DeWitt
Geeral Blanco
Dunkerringe
N. Y
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
J. W. Crum
Oy Esret
Ippe
Hardware Department
St. Louis
the Carmichael Company
J. M.crawford
J. H. Land
J. W. Benson
W.M. Harkness
John M. Gaston
N. J. Harmon
Jackson
Levi J. Ball
J. M. Collins
J.C. Maddux
Felix L. Walthall
General Assembly of
Georgia
A. H. Ogletree
General Assembly
Said
G. M.said
Pitlman’s Ferry
Stark
R. M. Harper
Superior Court
Said County
Malsby and Avery
J. O. Beauchamp
B.C
Spencer Medicine Co
Tanooga
Tennessee
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