Treasury Debt and Mint Reports Highlight July Finances
Washington notes report July sees total debt including cash in treasury rise by 6.8 million with heavy disbursements. July receipts total 3.028 million against 11.073 million deficit. Currency and mint statements show fluctuations in bank note circulation and July coinage at U S mints. Potential tariff litigation looms with delays before supreme court ruling on duties collected.
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Treasury
Monongahela
Surat
Natrional Bank
United States
Mint
San Francisco
Supreme Court
International Monetary Conference Hope Seen For Washington
Report from Special Envoys Stevenson Payne and Wolcott says prospects for an international monetary conference are improving. Britain may soon consent to participate in Washington talks as France appears receptive if Britain joins. Official channels note favorable reception in France, with possible participation contingent on British agreement.
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Stevenson
Payne
Wolcott
Great Britain
United States
England
Washington
France
The New Tariff and Wilson Act Comparison
Washington analysis by Charles H. Evans compares the present tariff law with the Wilson act showing average ad valorem duties of 54.66 percent under the new law versus 46.WW percent under Wilson. Increases cited include chemicals woods and woolens silks earthenware metals sugar tobacco agricultural products and spirits with projected revenue rises. Estimates assume unchanged import value and volume.
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Washington
Congress
Charles H. Evans
New York City Bonds Sale Attracts Heavy Subscriptions
New York City bonds and stocks offered at the comptroller's office drew strong demand for $10,053,017.27 of ty percent bonds. Vermilye & Co. and Kuhn Loeb & Co. bid the entire issue at 105.912, likely securing the allotment. Thirty eight bids total $26,355,564 with minor blocks by Rudolph Riegbolte & Co. Cincinnati for 50,000 of the 1918 bonds.
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New York
New York City
Vermilye & Co
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Rudolph Riegbolte & Co
Cincinnati
Miners at Work in Wheeling District
The Wheeling district mining situation shows about half the normal force active. At Boggs Run two mines operate with roughly 60 percent of workers, Glendale Mine has around the same, Elm Grove employs about 40, and Moundsville sees only eight men back with doubtful success. Secretary Lewis of the Ohio Bliners spoke to Elm Grove strikers on Monday, and Glendale Company posted notices discharging nonreturnees, pressuring half the workforce to agree to terms.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Boggs Run Company
Glendale
Elm Grove
Moundsville
Secertary Lewis
Ohio Bliners
Inhuman Cruelty In Alabama Miner Jailed Over Niece
Henry King a one legged miner of Coahburg is jailed for beating his five year old niece inhumanly. After whipping she was hung by the heels on a wall peg all night bleeding. He fled after a later beating with telegraph wire as neighbors intervened. Mob violence feared. the child may die.
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Birmingham
Ala
Henry King
CoaYburg
King
Jall
Miners Strike Continues After Pinnick No 2 Meeting
In Clarksburg West Virginia a Monday night miners meeting led Pinnick No 2 to return their checks and stay out. Despard mines also went out on Monday, with claims all nearby would have joined if coal had not dropped and delays were faced. A new District Assembly of the Union Mine Workers of America has been organized.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Pinnick No. 2
Despard Mines
Union Mine Workers of America
Withonburs
Bad Boy's Brigade
Cedar Lake
Lowell
Lowell Lumber Company
Lake County
Kankakee
Portland's Oil Wizard and Miner Aid Efforts Highlighted
Portland reports on aid for hungry miners with bread donations and governor Mount's appeal to Indianapolis subscribers. A local oil-spotter, Benjamin Fulton, demonstrates devices to locate oil and gas. The piece notes unrest over bread shortages and references a historic Knox County Protestant church origins in Indiana.
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Portland
Benjamin F. Fulton
Fulton
Fulton Locates Gold and Gas Finds Amid Skepticism
In Wood county Ohio, Fulton reports locating 500 sites including a heavy producer weir amid dry wells. He claims oil and gas lie in adjacent layers and notes a prior gold discovery west of town using new instruments. A Michigan City fire injures several and destroys structures, with $70,000 loss.
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Fulton
Wood County
Ohio
Michigan City
Wiliam Bauman
Michigan Clay Sash, and Door Company
Louis Schwarts
Fred Peters
Herman Lucknow
Unclear excerpt reports marriages and local projects in Michigan City area
Elopement leads to marriage involving William M. Swofford and Ella F. Dur ham in Franklin. Michigan City marshes show unprecedented whort liber ties yield. Washington county notes two roads built in a year with six more likely to be voted on in August. Rufus Magee of Logansport seeks a land tract in Fiora to build a win- (text truncated).
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Michigan City
Washington County
Rufus. Magee
Logansport
Fiora
British Government Agrees to Conference on Pelagic Sealing
United States special commissioner John W. Foster said Britain will accept a U S proposal for an international pelagic sealing conference in Washington this coming winter. Foster spoke after meetings with British officials including Chamberlain and Webster and plans to report to President McKinley.
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Washington
United States
McKinley
Chamberlain
Richard Webster
London
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
America
Mr. Foster
Pacific
Hay
Great Britain
Bering Sea
Young Activist Benjamin Simon Dies by Own Action
A youth known for labor agitation under the Socialist Labor Party at Hudson pleads in a mailed note that he could not pursue his dream to study and join worker emancipation. He cites wage slavery and capitalist overthrow as motives and asks his parents not to grieve as he dies.
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Saab
Hudson
New York
Co-Operative Commonwealth
Socialist Labor Party
Benjamin Simon
Glucose Monopoly Report Signals Massive U S Control
Chicago special reports a new glucose trust with 40 million capital that would dominate nearly all U S output, excluding two companies. The deal involves major Wall Street figures led by J Pierpont Morgan and includes Sugar Trust leaders. Chicago financiers and prominent names also back the issue.
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Chicago
Times-Herald
United States
New York
Wall Street
J. Pierpont Morgan
Guaranty Trust Company
H. O. Havemeyer
The
Sugar Trust
F. C. Matthiessen
Roswell P. Flower
Anthony Brady
Moore & Schley
Blair & Co
Norman B. Ream
Marshall Field
Edward L. Brewster
John W. Doane
L. Leiter
Clarence Buckingham
Robert T. Lincoln
Tom Watson S Latest
Atlanta special reports in the People's Party Paper that Tom Watson urges Senator Marion Butler to resign as national chairman. Watson condemns Butlerism and fusion with foes, advocating a leader aligned with Nashville policy and Populist principles, proposing Washburn or Reen as alternatives.
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Atlanta
People’s Party
Thomas E. Watson
Marion Butler
Butler
Nashville
Washburn
Reen
Excelsior Steamer Departs for St Michaels From Mission
The Excelsior, chartered by the Alaska Commercial company, sailed from Mission Street at 2 p m direct for St Michaels. It is the last of the companys fleet to connect with the Yukon river steamers this season. Hours before departure the wharf was thronged with passengers and goods.
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San Francisco
Excelsior
Alaska Commercial Company
Mission ‘St
South African Fight Ends with Mashigombi Death
London reports from the Cape indicate Fort Martin near Hartley saw the death of chief Mashigombi in the Saturday battle. British forces captured 400 to 500 of his followers as Marlie’s Kraal fell, with over 100 prisoners taken at the fort. Natives fled to caves but were hunted down. Mashigombi was wounded and captured. Two solid gold bullets were recovered after the clash.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Cape
Fort Martin
Hartley
South Africa
Mashingombi
Marlies Kraal
Fort Salisbury
Magosmish
Mashitngombi
Anu
Double murder at Springfield Illinois accused horse trader
James Mingle, a horse trader, is charged with the killings of Mary Briscoe and her infant child. The victims were found headless with a hatchet. the woman died hours later and the baby was dead at discovery. Mingle was found with blood on his clothes and denies the charge.
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Springfield
Til
James Mingle
Mary Briscoe
Mingle
Shocking Fort Smith Case Reveals Destitution
In an old shanty near the U S jail Mrs. Hauer widow of a former German resident was found near death with malarial fever. Two young children, six months and four years old, lay dead from disease exposure and starvation. Mrs. Hauer and three hungry children also in the hut were in danger as she neared death in hospital.
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Fort Smith
Ark
United States
John Hauer
Condensed Dispatches From Around The Nation And World
Grounded steamer City of Alpena freed with no damage. Riots flaring in Riverton Alabama as workers clash with black laborers and some flee area. Reels of old documents scattered by toppled cases in Kings County Brooklyn. Cleveland Rolling Mill idle for fuel with 1200+ workers laid off. Georgia mining assets auctioned by Receiver for 24000. Canada Klondike issue debated by Secretary Sherman amid gold hopes. Barcelona riots met by garrison reinforcements. Mixed reports of fires and chaos in various offices and streets.
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