Treasury Report Shows Large 1901 Surplus And 1902 Outlook
The Treasury Department release to the House outlines 1901 receipts and expenditures with a surplus of 77.7 million dollars. It forecasts 1902 revenues around 685.6 million and total expenditures near 588.6 million, yielding a projected 100 million surplus. It details Sioux City and Pacific debt settlement, smallpox mortality, and Chinese exclusion funding while warning on revenue and spending balance amid postwar needs.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
House of Representatives
Columbia
Pacific
Ordnane
Depotataye Energy
Feh War
Navy Pension Fund
Arkansas
Peary of
Alarkresey
Centelfic Railroad
United Sts
Sioux City and Pacffc Railroad Company
Military
Naval Establishment
Indian Service
Postal Service
Peetebst
Possible Surplus In Next Year Sparks Tax Reduction Debate
The table indicates expenses in eleven years mostly fell below estimates, suggesting a continued surplus near 23 million next year though refunds and other factors could alter this. Sinking fund needs 37,000 annually to retire bonds, with the current year’s surplus near 100,000. A conservative tax cut of about 50,000,000 is urged, starting with repeal of miscellaneous war taxes estimated at 27,500,000.
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Postal Service
Sioux City
Pacific
Northwest
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
Siooux City and Pacific Railroad Company
United States
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company
Commission
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Edness
Ceuse
Marine Hospital Service
Union
Arizona
Spain
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Pennsylvania
Court of Claims
Spanish War Claims Commission
Warring Senators Over Capitol Committee Rooms Dispute
Washington December 6 A trio of senators clash over committee rooms as Senator Platt refuses to cede the largest room in the Capitol’s new quarters to Senator Cullom while Senator Elkins presses to eject Cullom and claim the coveted space. Cullom fights to retain the old interstate commerce room as Elkins plots to become Custom's successor. The capital watches as Platt appears likely to prevail.
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Washington
Senator Platt
New York
Senate
Custom
Illinois
Elkins
West Virginia
Committee On Foreign Relations
Cullam
Platt
Cullom
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senator Elkins
Engagement Announced for Mrs Armour and P A Valentine
New York reports the engagement of Mrs P D Armour Jr to P A Valentine announced by Mrs Armour at the Netherlands hotel. The wedding is planned for late April in the city after mourning for her husband ends. A quiet ceremony is anticipated with a possible European Asian tour and later an American tour. Armour's fortune is about 12 million and Valentine is described as a multi millionaire.
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P. D. Armour
P. A. Valentine
New York
P. D. Armour, Jr
Europe
Asia
Armour
Valentine
Washington Notes and Appointments in Nebraska and South Dakota
Speaker Henderson names H W Glasser of Dubuque Ia as messenger. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Steves Frontier county Eugene GB Austin vice S Cole resigned Wilcox Kearney county C W Morrow vice D C Shetler removed. South Dakota Seim Wagner county Nancy E Wilson vice A P Black resigned Tripp Hutchinson county John McClain vice Henry Klatt Jr resigned. Currency controller approves First National Bank Lincoln as reserve agent for Nebraska City National Bank. Charles M Carlow named assistant janitor in Sioux Falls public building. General Hazen Dead aged 61 years in Washington.
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Washington
Henderson
H. W. Glasser
Dubuque
Nebraska
Steves
Frontier County
Eugene GB. Austin
S. Cole
Wilcox
Kearney
C. W. Morrow
D. C. Shetler
South Dakota
Seim
Wagner County
Nancy E. Wilson
A. P. Black
Tripp
Hutchinson County
John McClain
Henry Klatt, Jr
First National Bank of Lincoln
Nebraska City National Bank of
Nebraska City
Charles M. Carlow
Sioux Falls, D. D
Miss Stone Located By Cable From Constantinople
Washington reports Miss Stone and her companion freed from captivity after a cable from Spencer Eddy in Constantinople said they were prisoners at Cul topo, a city on one side of the mountains. The note also mentions a prior record of German cigarette consumption.
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Miss Stone
Washington
State Department
Spencer Eddy
Constantinople
Cultopo
Germany
Disappearing stream in Utah basin puzzles geologists
The Dry Fork of Ashney Creek in northwestern Utah reportedly vanishes in a large basin after a measured 96 cubic feet per second flow. A narrow rock channel leaks a little water before the void, with springs further downstream feeding and draining periodically. Experts suspect subsurface gravels carry water underground, reemerging in heavy rainfall.
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Pry Fork
Ashney Creek
Utah
Atlanta Constitution
United States Geological Survey
C.T. Pratt
Dry Fork
Ashley Creek
Uintah Mountains
Boston Democrats sweep city election big Collins win
Boston voters gave General Patrick A. Collins a sweeping victory over Mayor Thomas N. Hart by the largest city plurality in 25 years. Democrats gained control of city government and key posts including Street Commissioner Salem D. Charlies and most school commissioners. Republican losses echoed statewide while weather and political tensions colored the turnout.
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Boston
Patrick A. Collins
Thomas N. Hart
Salem D. Charlies
School Commission
Hart
Gene Collins
General Collins
South Beston
Massachusetts
Worcester
O'Donnell
Woburn
Feeney
Chilsea
Newburyport
Salem
Haley
Cambridge
John H. McNamee
Dickinson
Cabinet Discusses Carnegie Gift for Education
Washington December 12 discussion in cabinet on Andrew Carnegie plan to donate 710,000,009 for educational work. Proposal aims to place a fund with government trustees to pay expenses of deserving students for original investigation at home or abroad, not building Washington universities. President to consult Congress before detailing terms.
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Congress
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Philippine tariff measure reported and adopted
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee agreed on a temporary Philippines tariff bill. It imposes Dingley rates on imports from the Philippines and similar tonnage duties for ships, with coastwise laws exempted for foreign vessels between the U.S. and the Philippines. Duties go to the Philippine treasury. internal revenue tax exemptions apply to exports to the Philippines. Democrats were briefed and a Friday report, then a one day debate next Tuesday under a special rule was outlined.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Philippine Commission
United States
Philippines
Philippine
Prince Henry's Duel With Van Tets Revealed
The Hague report outlines Prince Henry choosing pistols for a duel with Van Tets after a palace dinner scene. A shooting party was arranged, the queen warned against fighting, and Van Tets was wounded in the stomach requiring an operation. The prince and court maintained denials, but details suggest a real confrontation.
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van Tets
The
Hague
Prince Henry
Resolutions Adopted by AFL on Labor Label and Union Ties
Scranton reports the American Federation of Labor approved resolutions supporting free shop access for Journeymen Tailors Union, calling for mar ine law changes to let seamen quit ships, opposing giant ocean raft towing, endorsing Tobacco Workers Union labels and stamps, and backing the Journeymen Horseshoers and Actors National Protective Union. A boycott against cigars made with child labor was adopted after removing a line. The session adjourned to hear committee reports and delegate deliberations.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Tobacco Workers’ International Union
Tobacco Workers’ Union
International Union Ec” Journeymen Horseshoers
Cizors
Song
Grain markets rebound as May wheat hits new crop record
Chicago December grain trading opened weak but soon reversed. Short sellers faced heavy buying and excitement as May wheat rose from 6 9 to 3 3/4 dollars per bushel, closing 3/4 cent above the prior Saturday at 83 83/4 cents. Corn white stayed steadier, May at 68 3/4 cents.
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Chicago
DIES OF POISON IN DRAUGH CITY WOMAN
Mrs. Geors H. Pidduck died at St Josephs Mercy hospital from carbolic acid poisoning after being found unconscious in the Davenport hotel. Her husband is said to have bought carbolic acid. no inquiry was made at the hospital. The case remains mysterious with questions of possible murder unresolved. George Mapleton says a stranger gave him carbolic acid but he will recover and cannot identify the assailant.
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Sioux City
Geors. H. Pidduck
Davenport
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
George Mapleton
Fire destroys Gables business district near Kalamazoo
A blaze swept the business portion of the village Gables twenty miles west of Kalamazoo causing total losses around 100000 dollars. Sixteen business places were destroyed or damaged in the fire reported yesterday with extensive property damage.
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Michigan
Kalamazoo
Mich
Vill Gables
Markets report from Sioux City and Chicago livestock prices
Sioux City markets show hogs mixed and heavy. cows and feeders around 4.00 to 6.50. Chicago receipts steady with hogs from about 5.20 to 6.90, cattle steady. South Omaha hogs strong with 5.50 to 6.25, cattle receipts 3,300 steady. Kansas City cattle 4.75 to 6.40, hogs 5.65 to 6.40, sheep steady with lambs 4.00 or so.
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Sioux City
Chicago
South Omaha
Kansas City
Grain Markets Diary Shows Mixed Cash Quots in Chicago and Minneapolis
Grain and Provisions report from Chicago on December 10 lists cash quotations for flour and grains with values for wheat and corn across No 2 and No 3 grades, oats, rye, barley, flax, and timothy seed. Pork, lard, butter, cheese and whisky prices are noted, with bids and market firmness cited. Minneapolis shows cash wheat at 78 3 4 cents and nearby months around 77 to 80 cents with No 1 hard and No 1 northern bidding nearby.
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Chicago
Byggs
Minneapolis
Chicago Protests South Africa War At Public Meeting
A large Chicago audience heard W Cochran and others condemn British conduct in the South African war. Resolutions urged creation of a Chicago citizens committee to press the president to enforce the 1871 Washington treaty and deny U S ports to Britain linked war supplies, with donations exceeding 5000 dollars raised for relief.
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Chicago
W. .Cochran
Arers
Chieg
Hiram A. Thomas
People's Church
Theo Brentano
Murray F. Tuley
American Transvaal League
Cochran
Great Britain
South Africa
England
American Congress
United States
Washington
May
Yates
Illinois
Bishop Spaulding
Peoria
Rostand Appeals for Boers in Christmas Carol
Paris dispatch reports Edmond Rostand publishing a poem titled Christmas Carol urging children worldwide to donate Christmas gifts for Boer mothers and children in concentration camps. The verse contrasts reader happiness with Boer infant suffering, depicting Father Christmas as a spectre bearing coffins rather than toys.
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Edmund Rostand
Paris
Edmond Rostand
South Africa
McKinley National Park Bill For Appalachian Reserve
Representative Brownlow reintroduces a bill to create a McKinley National Park in the southern Apalachians. The proposed park would cover 4,000,000 acres and honor President McKinley for his support of the cause.
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McKinley National Park
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