Reciprocity Pass Expected in Tariff Bill Debate
Washington dispatch reports the Aldrich reciprocity amendment to the tariff bill will pass the senate and likely the house in the form reported. Sen Aldrich and Speaker Reed and Maj. McKinley have signaled support, with minimal Democratic opposition. The wool schedule is expected to pass, while the sugar free list amendment faces Northwest opposition and may be decided later.
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Washtxeton
Aldrich
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Reach
Maj
McKinley
Sol
North West
Not Until October Will Congress Impose Adjournment
Washington dispatch notes the Edmunds motion adds little clarity on when Congress may adjourn. House and Senate likely cannot finish by Sept. 19 or Oct. 1, with Speaker Reed predicting Oct. 1 as a probable adjournment. The President plans rest with his family in the mountains after a grueling session. Contention centers on tariff, federal courts relief, bankruptcy, and lard bill, with possible substitution by the pure food measure.
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Congress
Washington
Edmunds
Senate
House
Reed
Brazil Seeks Trade Concessions With United States
In Washington Sept 1 Brazilian envoy Mendonca said Brazil would offer tariff concessions and remove duties on US farm products. He stated Brazil would admit free US agricultural implements machinery railroad equipment including rail iron and reduce cotton leather goods and clothing duties by at least 25 percent.
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Sam
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Mr. Mendonca
United States
Maj. McKinley
Ways and Means
Mendonca
Congressional Proceedings Highlight Privilege Debate on Smyzer
In Washington on September 2 the House debated member privilege after Mr. Cooper cited that Ohio representative L. M. Smyzer held stock in the refrigerating company where Commissioner Raum is president. Smyzer moved to be discharged from the committee and was granted. In the Senate, the tariff bill was taken up after a delayed quorum.
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House
Washington
Cooper
Raum
L. M. Smyzer
Ohio
Kaum
Smyzer
Senate
Weas HiIndon
Largest traveling crane in the world at navy yard
In Wassixdton the navy yard hosts the world’s largest traveling crane now in operation. It has a 110 ton lifting capacity, a 185 ton machine weight, and cost 100000 dollars. Tests were held with war and navy secretaries and officials watching, judged very satisfactory. Frank Hatton remains seriously ill in Washington with rheumatic fever after ten days confined to his room.
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Uncle Sam
Wassixdton
Navy Yaid
Frank Hatton
Washington
Oklahoma Speaker Collapses From Heat Rout at Rally
GourHare Okla Sept 2 N A Daniels who was elected speaker of the lower house Friday collapsed on the street Saturday at 1 o'clock and is not able to recognize anyone. The incident followed heat and excitement of the day.
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Oklahoma
GourHare
Okla
N. A. Daniels
Tariff Talk to Occupy Senate This Week
Senate will finish general debate on the tariff bill this week with key issues like reciprocity and the sugar clause still to be debated. Conference reports on river and harbor and land grant forfeiture may be delayed to next week as tariff discussions continue.
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Senate
House
Washington
Frye
Fire
Omission by Saco Aldermen Could Spark Reed Contested Election
In Bipperorp Maine Sept 2 Democrats fear the failure of the Saco board to revise voter check lists will invalidate the election. Officials admit the error while other election steps were met. Budefori officials jailed for duty neglect parallel the situation. A conference will decide action. If Reed leads the district a contest to his win is anticipated.
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Saco
Reed
Bipperorp
Seco Board of Aldermen
Budefori
United States District Court
Congress Lets Soo Canal and Galveston Harbor Bill Advance
In a conference on river and harbor amendments the committee favors raising the appropriation to about 25 million, with Senate and House differences narrowing the total. Senate amendments for the Soo canal and Galveston deep water harbor pass, plus Baltimore harbor and Delaware river island removal join in. Contracts to complete the four major works are to be authorized immediately.
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Soo
Galveston Harbor
Wassixetux
House
Senate
Soo Canal
Gelveston
Baltimore
Delaware River
Clarkson Quits Asst Postmaster General After Record Poets
Clarkson resigns after nearly eighteen months as first assistant postmaster general. He helped appoint 26,675 fourth class postmasters and opened 5,660 new offices, totaling 32,335 changes and establishments, the largest such record in the same period. Most new offices were in the South.
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Clarkson
Post Office Department
Labor Day Parades Sweep Across Major Cities
On September 2 in Chicago about 30 000 workers marched as the Chicago Trade and Labor Assembly and Central Labor union staged the main parade with eight hour day banners. Knights of Labor led smaller gatherings as dignitaries watched from the reviewing stand. In New York two parades formed by the Federation of Labor and the Central Labor union drew roughly 15 000 to 25 000 laborers along Houston Street to Second Avenue and Fourth Avenue to Eight Street, with strong public support and orderly displays.
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Chriaco
Cause of Labor
Chicago
Chicago Trade and Labor Assembly
Central Labor Union
Knights of Labor Assemblies
Addiiton
Carpenters
New York
Gotham
Brooklyn
Federation of Labor
Houston Street
Second Avenue
August Delabar
August Delabar, Surrounded By A Large Sia
Fourth Avenue
Eight Street
Cincinnati's Display Ten Thousand Union Men Parade
In Cincinnati Ohio on September 2 trades unions and labor groups held a grand street parade and picnic. About 10 000 wage workers gathered at Garfield place led by a marching band and city police. John P Green representative from Cleveland delivered the day’s address on workingmen’s condition.
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Cixcixxati
Ohio
Garfield Place
Deitch
John P. Green
Cleveland
Judge Cooley Dead in Ann Arbor
Ma Elizabeth Cooley 60 wife of Judge T M Cooley of the Interstate Commerce Commission died in Ann Arbor early Sunday morning. She had lived there over 30 years and was a noted philanthropist. She was president of the board of managers of the state industrial schools for girls at Adrian appointed by Governor Jerome and held since.
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Irs
Judge Cooley
Ann Arbor
Mich
Elizabeth Cooley
T. M. Cooley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robbery motive discussed in Omaha case of Ole Littlestich
In Omana Nebraska on Sunday at 4 AM the Norwegian cooper Ole Littlestich was found dead with his head crushed by a bludgeon. Police were told but no clues emerged until a World Herald reporter uncovered a clue pointing to a murder suspect and probable arrest.
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Omana
Neb
Ole Littlestich
World Herald
Seven Thousand at Pittsburg Labor Day Parade
Labor day observances spread across Western Pennsylvania with a forenoon parade of about 7,000 and an afternoon mass meeting at Allegheny City park. Knights of Labor protested by not attending after not being officially invited, provoking further tensions with trades unions and ongoing wrangling between the groups.
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Knights
Pittsburg
Allegheny City Park
Knights of Labor
Pennsylvania
Peace Treaty Signed by Jautenarla and San Salvador Officials
Acting Secretary Wharton reports a telegram from Minister Mizener in Guatemala stating that Acajulta in Salvador reached a peace agreement with Gen Ezeta. Provisional president and leaders accept the terms, armies to retire within forty eight hours and peace footing in eight days. Barillas’s cabinet resigns in protest of the treaty.
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Jautenarla
San Salvador
Washington
Wharton
Mizener
Guatemala
Ryan
Mexico City
Acajulta
Salvador
Ezeta
Gantemala
Asmabaa Phe eGadiemas
Central America
Paraded in St. Paul Labor Day parade and picnic
In St. Paul, September 2, the second Labor Day observance drew about 3 000 workers despite a morning rain. Five parade divisions and as many bands led the march, with unions closing shops to join the event at Silver Lake in the afternoon. In St. Louis, 10 000 union members marched and heard speeches at Suburban Park after parading through the city.
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Twin City
St. Pau
Rilver Lake
Empoorest
St. Louis
Prince Streets
Nemese
Oxford in Iowa Burned After Incendiary Fire
An Iowa village near Iowa City suffered near total destruction from a fire deemed incendiary. The blaze wiped out most of Oxford’s business district and many homes, destroying the post office and bank. the rope on the fire bell was cut. Loss quoted between 5900 and 10000 dollars.
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Oxford
Iowa City
Iowa
Trade Outlook Brightens on Treasury Moves and Tariff Hope
R D Dun & Co reports improved business conditions as Treasury buys 42 percent bonds ease money strains, Labor Federation strike stance softens, and tariff action looms. August bank clearings rise 21 percent outside NYC. diversified gains in wool, iron and steel, cotton goods, and leather amid uneven markets across Chicago Boston Detroit and Pittsburg. Failures total 189 this week, down from last week and year-ago levels.
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New York
R. D. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Treasury
Labor Federation
New York Central
Senate
Boston
Inen
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Omah
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Savannah
Jacksonville
Atlanta
United States
Canada
Mulcting a Railway by a New York Lawyer in Damage Claims
News reports Henry Webb, a New York lawyer, filing 500 complaints against the West Chester race track railroad for overcharging 50 cents on tickets. The story notes previous suits yielded $50 plus costs and mentions widespread overcharging in trains and hotels. Separately, a Bangor band masked assault targeted Daniel C. Woodman over abuse allegations, with Woodman away and fearing return home.
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New York
West Chester
Missing Fishermen Return to Gloucester After Adrift
Daniel Doran and Charles Potter of the schooner Lizzie Griffin arrived home from St. Pierre Miquelon, forwardees of the American consul. They strayed in a dory on the Banks in fog August 17, adrift five days and four nights, rowing 200 miles without food or water before being cared for in St. Pierre two weeks ago.
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Gloucester
Mass
Daniel Doran
Charles Potter
Lizzie Griffin
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Old Dominion Seal Prompts Major Rock Bridge Investment
Glascow Virginia reports General Fitzhugh Lee, president of the Rock Bridge company, receiving a London telegram urging a September 10 directors meeting to ratify a syndicate contract for a 1.5 million dollar project in the Old Dominion. In Carmo Illinois a jailed suspect for the Hodges Park murder is not expected to be considered for railway mail service.
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Carmo
Ills
Charles Curres
John Wood
Curres
Doc Brooks
Hodges Park
Sons of Veterans to Hold Tenth Encampment in Minneapolis
In St Joseph Missouri report notes the tenth annual encampment of Sons of Veterans will be held in Minneapolis next year. The membership proposal to admit descendants beyond sons was referred to the next encampment for consideration.
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Minneapolis
St. Joseph
Sons of Veterans
Arizona Water Storage: Dams to Reclaim Arid Lands for Irrigation
The Phoenix Republican outlines efforts to store winter runoff in large reservoirs to irrigate up to 75,000 acres below New River and Agua Fria. Projects include a New River dam led by John King and W C Collier, plus an Agua Fria scheme by L H Orme et al. Combined capacity több than 40 billion cubic feet, enabling year round canal flow and citrus fruit production.
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Arizona
Betes
Plains
Walnut Grove
Florence Canal Company
Pinal County
Casa Grande
New River
Phenix
John King
W. C. Collier
Repute
Hudson Creek
Castle Creek
Agua Fria
Agua Fria Water and Land Company
L. H. Orme
J. P. Orme
J. D. Monihon
N. O. Murphy
William Hancock
Phoenix
Frog Tanks
Castle
Humbug Creeks
Phoenix Republican
Wealthy Duke of Northumberland Among Britain’s Largest Landowners
The Duke of Northumberland ranks as one of Britain’s biggest landowners with extensive holdings in London and across Surrey Middlesex and Northumberland totaling about 200000 acres and a 375000 dollar annual rent. In Northumberland he owns five castles and much of his income comes from Drummond's bank. The Marquis of Salisbury is also noted as exceptionally wealthy with about 20000 acres, much of it in London. Cor. Chicago News.
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Duke of Northumberland
Great Britain
London
Surrey
Middlesex
Northumberland Gate
Northumberland
Drummond’s Bank
Marquis of Salisbury
Chicago News
Definition of a noun in a classroom joke
A teacher asks what a noun is and Willie defines it as the name of a person place or thing. The exchange includes a joke about an organ grinder and a gas office clerk in a clipped, humorous wit tone from Harper's Bazaar and Philadelphia Times.
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Willie
Harper's Bazar
Philadelphia Times
My Little Neighbor and London Statues In Decay
A reader recalls a sweet scene of a neighbor girl standing at an open window and daydreams about her. then Max O'Rell laments four London statues near a park entrance, noting eroded features and a missing nose on Queen Anne’s statue in St. Paul’s churchyard, joking about winter noses.
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Momesick
Ead
Eben Ae
Uty
London
Queen Anne's
St. Paul's Churchyard
England
Max O'Rell
Curious Patent Office Gadgets Highlight Ingenious Devices
The patent office records cite a morning automatic bath tub that starts water, maintains temperature by a thermostat, rings when ready, then wakes the sleeper. Another inventor constructs an illuminated cat made of pasteboard filled with phosphorescent matter to deter rats and mice through the night.
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Patent Office
New York
Knowledge as a Tool and Moral Aim
Excerpts discuss intellect's value as a lever to uplift society, arguing passion for knowing should accompany wisdom and virtuous use of knowledge. Another note reports German experiments estimating luminous clouds at about fifty one and a half miles altitude. A seaside honeymoon cartoon contrasts on-board seasickness with on-shore bliss.
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Bette
New York Ledger
Germany
New York Telegram
Loudon Hospital
Bees Invade Augusta Court House Flue
A newly swarmed bee colony occupies a vent flue of the Augusta court house chimney. About fifty bees cluster near Clerk of Courts Choate’s desk while no stings have occurred yet. Residents remain uneasy as the swarm settles in.
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Augusta
Ofice
Court House
Courts Choate
Lewiston Journal
Fragmentary OCR Item on Dinner Speech and Legislation
An unreadable OCR fragment references a dinner speech and mentions legislation. It is unclear and contains garbled text with incomplete phrases and names, offering no clear event, location, or dates.
Ordered to Honolulu Charleston Sail for Despatch
Washington reports Admiral Brown received navy orders to proceed to Honolulu with despatch. The Charleston will sail at 10 am. He had warned that a revolution was imminent on the Hawaiian islands and a violent outbreak could occur at any time.
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Charleston
New York
Washington
Admiral Brown
Secretary of the Navy
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
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