McKinley tariff plan on Porto Rico condemned as farce
A critical U S editorial denounces President McKinley’s scheme to relocate Porto Rican tariff revenue back to Puerto Rico arguing it wastes millions and harms trade. The piece attacks McKinley as a tool of sugar and tobacco trusts and questions his fitness to lead the United States.
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McKinley
Porto Rico
Robin Hood
Roba Peter
Paul
Himerlf
The
United States
President McKinley and the Porto Rico bill mis steps
An editorial from the Chicago Times Herald denounces President McKinley for steering the reefed Porto Rico free trade bill away from public will. It argues the president altered course, provoking Republican dismay and risking the party’s standing as it seeks to maintain U S free access for Puerto Rico.
McKinley tariff shift faces Democratic critique and trust fears
A December pledge by President McKinley to open markets and abolish tariffs with Porto Rico is attacked as pandering to sugar and tobacco trusts. The Times-Herald argues the shift risks Republican losses, fears front trust influence, and warns Congressmen Mann Boutell and Foss for backing self interest over duty. It asserts Port Rico free trade is popular in the Mississippi Valley and could imperil GOP control of Congress if abandoned.
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Chicago Times Herald
McKinley
Proctor
Cuba
Porto Rico
Ways and Means Committee
Watson
Indiana
Washington
White House
Sngar
Tobacco
Congress
United States
Republican Party
Sugar and Tobacco
Philippines
Mann
Boutell
Foss
Times-Herald
Mississippi Valley
Bryan
Pope Urged to Intervene in South Africa War
A New York World Rome cable relays calls for U S leadership to press Britain to halt the South African conflict. It cites Pope Francis urging intervention and notes Dutch and Boer sympathy in the United States and among English reformers, with Churchill reporting on the war’s grim toll in Ladysmith.
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New York World
Rome
Mgr. Riordan
McKinley
South Africa
Haster
England
Celil Rhodes
Joseph Chamberlain
William Harcourt
Edward Clark
Robert Reid
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Lord Fiigtmaurica
James Bryce
Henry Labouchere
Winston Churchill
Ladysmith
Repubcs
It Is a Whole People at War and Its Victory Watch
The passage portrays a total national mobilization with youths and women taking part in the war effort. It emphasizes that the entire population, regardless of sex or age, joins in defense of freedom, urging Tingland to pause and reflect on the sight inspiring U.S. sympathy.
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Tingland
United States
Political caucuses and party conventions in Michigan
Union Silver party caucus in Marshall March 23 seeks township officers and other business. People's Party of Michigan to convene in St. Louis March 22 to elect delegates for Sioux Falls May 9 1900 and hear James B. Weaver. Silver caucus in Emmett township March 27 at 1 pm to nominate officers. Chronicle expands home study courses with Arthur E Watson Brown University on Electrical Engineering beginning January 15 posts twice weekly.
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Union Silver Party
Marshall
David Vollick
People's Party of the
State of
Michigan
St. Louis
Mich
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
James B. Weaver
A. W. Nichols
M. Vanderconk
Emmett
Chicago Chronicle
Chronicle
Arthur E Watson
Brown University
Providence
J. 1
Political and social briefs from late 19th century events
A collection of short items notes potential war with Great Britain, a memorial proposal in Spencer, troop returns, port and port town issues, sugar packing and pork supply mentions, a presidential nomination hint, canal control debate, Porto Rico relief, baseball league meetings, Seattle election results, wage increases for National Tube workers, a New Orleans reception for Speaker Henderson, a Philadelphia fire, Secretary Huey in Havana, and a Philadelphia mayoral stepdaughter’s wedding gifts totaling about 50,000 dollars.
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Philadel Plas
Poris
Great Britain
J. Culver
Waney Blinks Lineal
Spincer
Droid
Port Townseand
Wheeler
Harrison
Porto Hien
George B. Wanty
Michigan
United States
Miche Tgies
Senate
Davis
National League and
American Association of Baseball Clubs
Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York
Seattle
Wash
Thomas J. Humes
National Tube Company
McKeesport
Henderson
Congress
New Orleans
Rex
Marat Gras
Dry Ponds
Philadelphia
Shoneman Bros. Dry Goods
Eighth and Arch Streets
Huot
Havana
Staf
Department of Havana
Iid Wabkepurt
Mayer Asibde
Remains of Cuban War Dead Buried at Arlington
Buried in Artington March 6 the remains of 66 soldiers who died in Cuba were laid to rest at Arlington cemetery with military honors. The graveside service marked by tribute notes frames the broader resting of about 600 Cuban War dead now interred in this historic site.
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Artington
Washington
Cuba
Arlington Cemetery
The Monetary Problem and Trust Power in America
In this period voice argues that trusts use grain prosperity to tighten control, widening wealth gaps and pushing absolutist ideas. It warns of gold standard dangers, money stringency in London and Paris, and a looming financial panic as Europe hoards gold while the United States risks currency instability. The piece cites Sage and Lincoln quotes, urged public truthing.
The Gold Crisis Warns of Steel‑Like Strain on Nation
The article argues each gold shipment from the United States tightens the chain of evidence against the gold standard and questions the impact on public welfare. It cites England drawing on American expenditures in South Africa at nearly 1 million dollars daily, urging readers to see potential danger from a widening drain on yellow metal and a threatened supply.
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United States
England
South Africa
The
United
Remarkable pet bank financing tale at New York’s custom house
The Los Angeles Herald summarizes a saga where Secretary Gage approves a leaseback of the New York custom house to the National City Bank. The bank credits the government 3,215,000 but keeps the funds, while paying annual rent of 140,600. Taxes are evaded, at 47,000 yearly, as the bank claims the property remains US property. The arrangement leaves the public bearing costs while the bank profits from use of funds.
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Stevetary
The
Treasury
Gage
Custom House
New Yorks City
National City Bank
Cattou House
Sun of Baihood
Die Bank
United States
New York City
Kingdom of
Los Angeles Herald
Recouping Losses From Thimble Game Exposure
The note claims the Standard Oil trust plans to recoup losses expected from exposing the little thimble rigging game tied to Secretary Gage and the National City Bank of Kansas City. The remark suggests a financial maneuver linked to a risky exposure context and a political financial scandal reference.
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Standard Oil Trust
Gage
National City Bank
Kansas City Times
Highest Inhabited Spot on Earth Cited by Herald
The Buddhist cloister of Wanle in Tibet is described as the highest inhabited place with 21 monks living at an altitude of about 16,000 feet, according to the New York Herald.
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Wanle
Thibet
N. Y. Herald
Treaties May Fall Reciprocals Face Senate Opposition
Washington dispatch reports that all reciprocity treaties framed by John A. Assen under McKinley and the State Department face likely failure in the Senate. Opposition is strong among Republicans Lodge, Foraker, Walcott, and Frye, with Aldrich planning to refer the matter to his finance committee, arguing revenue implications.
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New York
Marely
Journal of Cammeree
Washington
John A Assen
McKinley
Senate
McKinney
Committee On Foreign Relations
Davis
Minnesota
Lodge
Massachusetts
Foraker
Ohio
Walcott
Colorado
Frye
Maine
South
Aldrich
R. T
Finance Committee
Social Democracy reports growth and program platform
The Indianapolis chapter reports 226 branches with 4536 members across 32 states. Delegates total 62 present with 1815 votes. The platform includes federal constitutional revision, public ownership of key industries and utilities, labor reforms, public works for employment, inventor remuneration, national labor legislation, social insurance, equal rights for women, initiative and recall, and abolition of war with international arbitration.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Theodore Debs
Social-Democratic Party
Lugene Debs
Stacles
Bex
United States
Damaging Floods Sweep Northern Ohio Cities
Telegrams report severe floods across northern Ohio with the Sandusky River flooding Fremont submerging the town’s lower areas and factory closures. Mahoning River reaches danger at Warren, Massillon and Tuscarawas River overflows at Massillon, Grand River threatens Painesville, Milan bridge washed away, Rocky River floods Berea with 200 acres underwater, quarries and pumping station inundated.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fremont
Sandusky
Warren
Mahoning
Massillon
Tuscarawas
Painesville
Milan
Norwalk
Rocky River
Berea
Cleveland Stone Company
Obituary of Henry Hughes of Newton Michigan
Henry Hughes born July 14 1826 died February 28 1900 at 78 years. Born in England he came to America with parents at age four, traveled to Michigan by ox team in 1839 settling in Newton township. He bought 80 acres of university land in 1853, married Miss Lacy Doty in 1857 and had four children, with two surviving. His second wife Mary Budlong died in 1899. He was a Christian church member and endured illness with patience, awaiting the resurrection.
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Henry Hughes
England
New York
Liverpool
Ocean Greyhound
New York State
Far West
Henry
Seneca County
N. Y
Michigan
Newton
Union
Marshall
Stayze
Hughes
University
Christian Church
Christ's Kingdom On
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