Tariff Bill Moves to Senate After House Action
The tariff bill passed the House with detailed provisions on ad valorem duties and specific rates. It covers sugar syrups, molasses, beer, timber, leather, wool, and fruit products, with adjustments to exemptions and import controls, seeking to align duties with production changes and ensure revenue from various goods.
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Senate
Washington
Papa Tenanber
Jorter
United States
Mar Duciure
Amos
Uinal Davies
War Hero Meade Retired Admiral Dies at Wardloginn
Washington reports the death of Admiral Meade retired United States Navy after three weeks in Washington and illness at Dr Johnston's private sanitarium. Present were Drs Johnston Wales Mrs Meade and Mrs Patterson. Meade, famed for Civil War service, had been ill after grip and appendicitis surgery.
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Wardloginn
Washington
United States Navy
Johnston Gid Wales
Meade
Mrrs
Patterson
Mesule
Death of ex governor Porter in Indianapolis
Albert G Porter ex governor of Indiana and minister to Italy under Harrison died at his Indianapolis home on Monday aged 74 after two years bedridden from paresis He was born in Lawrenceburg educated at Ashbury DePauw and practiced law before a political career including congress supreme court reporting and roles as first comptroller of the treasury and governor Porter later pursued a history of Indiana and a Hallan mission abroad before health failed. An unrelated item notes A E French arrested in Newburg NC for operating a private express service in violation of postal statutes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Albert G. Porter
Italy
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Ashbury
de Pauw
Supreme Court
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Republican Party
Congress
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Harrison Ballooe
Hayes
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the Treasury
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Hallan
New York
A. E. French
Williamsport
United States
Marshal McCarty
Newburg
N. C
Hugh J. Gorman
Philadelphia
French
Thig City
Washington Debates Tariff Amendments and Public Debt
The capital dispatches summarize Senate actions on tariff amendments including Hawaiian reciprocity abrogation proposed for July 1 1898, and a Morgan resolution seeking unpublished Cuba war correspondence. Reports cover executive sessions, nominations, and finance committee activity plus April mint receipts and debt reduction figures.
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Allen
Senate
Morgan
Aropted
Cuba
United States
Chandler
William K. Day
Ohio
William A. Jones
Wisconsin
Senate Finance Committee
House
Reed
Congress of the Universal Posint Union
Showalter
Pennsylvania
Colerings
Conflicting War Reports Signal Prolonged Conflict
London reports from May discuss ministerial inquiries into Pharsalos and possible discontinuation of the war. Athens ministers return and report to the cabinet. Greece may respond to mediation. Dispatches also hint at a potential peace proclamation and the foreign powers' intervention. Separately, Carlisle notes are to be withdrawn due to fraud and miscount issues. Locomotive explosion kills an engineer and injures a fireman in Kansas City.
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The
Times
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Athens
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Wade
Daily Chronicle
Greece
Dany Chronicle
Pharsalos
Washington
Carlisle
Gage
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Hank Roberts
Chicago & Alton Railwaay
Charles Er
Catarrh of the Stomach Promised Cure Tablets
A period piece advert explains catarrh of the stomach as chronic and hard to cure, listing symptoms such as bloating sour risings and headaches. It promotes Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe, patent-free remedy to aid digestion after meals, with testimonials and a mail offer for a free stomach troubles book.
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Rny
Stuart
N. J. Hooker
Dearborn St
Chicago
Sewart
Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Postal Facilities in 1800 Describe Slow Business Letters
The Atlantic notes that in 1800 business within the postal field was slow and costly. Merchants kept books, used quills, and inked with sand. Envelopes stamps and mailboxes did not exist. A single sheet fromBoston to New York or Philadelphia cost 19 14 cents while 1 cent bought five times less today, and return replies took 12 to 18 days.
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Atlantic
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
United States
Hoston
Melting by Eleetetelty and Ear Music Study
Professor Elihu Thompson argues melting through grasses or thick iron is possible with time and sufficient current though impractical due to equipment, time, and discovery risk. Miss Alice C. Fletcher notes an Omaha song recorded by phonograph matched exactly with a song heard 12 years earlier.
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Elihu Thompson
Alice C. Fletcher
Woman's Story on Female Diseases and Lydia Pinkham
A column cites women who argue male doctors cannot fully treat female diseases, noting Lydia E. Pinkham's 19th century advocacy as a formative lesson in understanding these conditions. The piece frames women’s health as needing female insight and expertise.
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Lydia E. Pinkhem
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