Porto Rican tariff debate vueltas to open doors in Philippines
Washington, Feb 28. Cabinet member says revenues from Porto Rican goods would fund island improvements, making the tariff resemble free trade. Delegates from Puerto Rico protest the plan as unfair, pointing to Trinidad treaty terms and broader free lists. Debate closes amid supports and forecasts a narrow passage.
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Porto Rico
Philippines
Washington
United States
Congress
Notable Speeches on the Porto Rican Bill Heard in Senate
Senate privileges and elections committee hearings centered on Montana political finance. Representative Bywater admitted depositing 15000 dollars in Bank of Montana after adjournment, claiming 6000 held in a trunk and 9000 from a brother sale of mining stock. He denied paid votes for Clark, while White side hinted at a 5000 payoff. New witnesses Rickerts Kurtz appeared. Nolan Whiteside and Peller recalled as testimony shifted. Whiteside contradicted prior defense testimony.
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Montana
Washington
Dolliver
Iowa
Bailey
Texas
Lowan
Cannon
Illinois
Appropriations Committee
Depew
New York
Senate
Philippines
Helena
Clark
Whiteside
Rickerts
President Favors the Compromise
The cabinet endorses a proposed compromise amid ongoing talks. Officials signal support for a settlement framework aimed at resolving divisions and advancing legislative action. Further details await formal announcements and congressional consideration.
Sensation in Iowa House Over Call for Information
In Des Moines on Feb 28 the Iowa House debated a long preamble and resolution by Head of Greene county demanding that the governor secretary auditor and state treasurer disclose ties to insurance or building and loan firms. The measure cites attorney general findings and seeks salaries and roles. Head also urged John Cownie of the board of control resign one of his two offices. The resolutions were laid over under the rules.
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Des Moines
Head
Greene County
Executive Council
John Cownie
Board of Control
Cownie
Iowa
Funeral for Gen McNulta Held in Bloomington
General John McNulta was laid to rest in Bloomington after services at Second Presbyterian Church. Local Grand Army of the Republic, Sons of Veterans, and Guards units escorted the body to Evergreen Cemetery, with ritual salutes by Company D and many notable honorary pallbearers. Separately in Cincinnati, General Alger’s appeal over Tennessee land purchases is before the circuit court of appeals, and in Milwaukee unions seek a spring wage advance with builders’ representatives.
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Bloomington
Ill
John MecNulta
Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Veterans
Company D
Third Infantry
Troop B Cavalry
William P. Kane
Wabash College
Evergreen Cemetery
Gen. Alger
Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
R. A. Alger
Judge Clarke
General Alger
Louis Keith
John F. Anderson
Tennessee
Clarke
Keith
Roberts Wins Cracking Boer War Victory at Paardeberg
Dispatches from London recount General Roberts surrounding Cronje and 4,000 prisoners captured at Paardeberg. Canadians led the assault with Gordon Highlanders and Shropshires, securing a dawn surrender as bells ring in Majuba anniversary fervor.
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Lord Roberts
Great Britain
Bombay
Gibraltar
Paarneberg
Cronje
Her
Majuba
Gordon Highlanders
Shropshires
Roberts
Transvaal
Piet Cronje
M. I. Wolverans
Volksraad
Cornet
Burned in Mother's Presence Father Arrested for Murder
Tulsa Feb. 28 Frank Hakey of Fry Oklahoma arrested on murder charge after a Creek Indian boy died from severe burns. Hakey married the boy's mother and allegedly sought to learn if the boy’s lands would revert to him if he died. The mother says Hakey burned the child in her presence and threatened her. Hakey has served a term in the penitentiary and is jailed in Muskogee.
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Tulsa
Frank Hakey
Fry
There
Hakey
Muskogee
Repulsed assault on Pieter's Hill by Inniskillings with heavy losses
From Colenso dated Sunday February 25 the Inniskillings attack Pieter's hill is repulsed as Boers unleash devastating crossfire. Many officers and hundreds of men are killed or wounded. Reinforcements Dublin Fusiliers and Connaughts fail to take the position. Armistice to gather dead and wounded. Boers admit heavy losses and resist siege pressure at Ladysmith.
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Colenso
Inniskillings
Pieter’s Hill
Donga
Dublin Fusiliers
Connaughts
Inniskilings
Lyttleton
Hart
Ladysmith
Change of date eyed for Populist convention in the plains
Sioux City reports talk of shifting the national Populist convention from May 9 at Sioux Falls to a later date due to weather concerns. Fox of Sioux Falls notes the fusion convention would then be set by June, with Sioux Falls preparing to accommodate about 12 000 attendees.
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Sioux City
Sioux Falls
de M. L. Fox
South Dakota
Fox
Exploding Boiler Kills Man at Ypsilanti Mill
Ypsilanti Michigan February 28 Boiler No. Lat at the Ypsilanti Paper company Superior mill exploded Monday evening at 6 15 dislodging four companion boilers wrecking the boiler house and killing William Horton. Martin Tull was severely scalded. The boiler landed on farmer A J Knapp s property. Loss covered by steam boiler insurance. Cause of explosion not known.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Ypsilanti Paper Company
Superior
William Horton
Martin Tull
A. J. Knapp
Muscatine Markets Shifting Claims And Blended Trades
Local market report notes no real change in Muscatine trades with dealers blaming ongoing blending of goods from meat to groceries. Prices hold steady with coal at high levels and upward pressure on hay and wood items as Chicago markets trend downward.
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Chicago
Muscatine Markets Report February Prices and Stocks
Muscatine Iowa market notes list current prices for wood cement coal flour and grain products. Wood pine wood hard and soft coal. flour varieties eggs butter cheese beeswax and meats also show pricing. Live stock poultry and lumber items with ranges for hogs cattle lambs and nails. Market conditions described as weak to unsteady with some strength in certain items.
Plague Cases Reported After Twelve Days Without Sign
The steamship Australia arrived in San Francisco from Honolulu. An AP dispatch from Honolulu dated Feb 20 notes three fatal plague cases found yesterday after twelve days with no signs of illness. Victims: two Chinese males and a woman of mixed Chinese and Hawaiian ancestry.
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San Francisco
Australia
Honolulu
Associated Press
Ex-Convict Foote Bound Over for Circuit Court Trial
Owosso Michigan February 28 Ex convict Fred Foote bound over by Justice McCaughan to stand trial at this term of circuit court. Foote previously murdered a man in Fenton ten years ago and was pardoned in 1897 with terms to abstain from liquor. He violated parole by drinking in Durand recently. Milwaukee Journal Madison special reports supreme court quashes contempt against Milwaukee mayor city clerk and twenty five aldermen for passing and approving street railway ordinance after injunction. Lansing Governor Pingree appoints Dr E S Pettijohn Alma sanitarium special commissioner to visit insane asylums in Germany Austria France. William Hodges Cadillac named county agent of Wexford county. Hagerstown Knightstown revival improves business as merchants pay old accounts. Springfield Miners and operators reach agreement and adjourn. Sub district Peoria 11 cents advance Williamson 12 cents advance machine differential 7 cents. Eighteen St Louis jurors questioned about burglar visits.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Aberdeen
Scotland
London
Hancock
San Francisco
Philippines
Rex
Philadelphia
Missouri
Kansas
Territories
Clarion
W. W. Barr
Clango
Copenhagen
United States
Owosso, Mich
Fred Foote
McCaughan
Foote
Fenton
Durand
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
Supreme Court
City of
Superior Court
Lansing, Mich
Pingree
E. 8
Pettijohn
Alma Sanitarium
Germany
Austria
France
William Hodges
Cadillac
Wexford County
Lumber Prices From Local Supplier Catalog
Flooring priced at $17 40. siding 4 and 6 inch $14 27. ceiling beaded or plain $20 40. shiplap $16 24. select joist $26 40. common boards rough $10 25. No 1 dimension rough $16 50 20. fencing 4 and 6 inch rough $14 22. battens per 1000 lineal feet $3 6 50. short lumber mixed grade $15 17. shingles $1 25 4. lath $4 50 5. pickets $15 22. posts 10 38c.
Market Quotation Headlines for Wheat to Butter Prices
The city market reports daily quotations with Wheat 55 cents oats 2144 cents per bushel barley 28 cents eggs 16 cents corn 29 cents rye 45 cents potatoes 4 cents and butter 20 cents.
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Graham
Chicago Markets Special Dispatch From Muscatine Office
J J Toher and Co brokers with H E McKay as manager report market updates from Muscatine office dated February 27 1900. Chicago lines and brokerage notes summarize trading conditions and price movements for the day with local office contact details.
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J. J. Toher & Co
H. E. McKay
Muscatine Office
Chicago, Ill
Pioneer Cure Ad Promises Kidney and Liver Relief
An old advertisement touts Pioneer Cure as a remedy for kidney disease rheumatism impure blood liver trouble stomach trouble and female complaints. It claims multiple targeted cures with chocolate tablets offered in 25 cents and one dollar sizes sold by all druggists.
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Pioneer
Honest Dealings Bring Success Proclaimed
A short proverb-like notice extols honesty in trade and price fairness as the path to prosperity. It urges fair goods and services from merchants and suggests integrity yields lasting business success.
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East
Trinidad
State Department
West Indies
Gen. Mnulta
Building Trades Council
B. F. Sanders
Builders’ and Traders’ Exchange
Huller
Colense
Cape Town
Majuba Hill
Little Bobs
General Cronje
War Office
Bobs
Buller
Manitowoc
Registrar of Deeds
Butler
Ind
Wilmington
Conrad
Grant
Bechler
California
Muscatine Markets
Ironquill
Muscatine
Fruit and Vegetables
Hagerstown
Knightstown
Springfield
Ills
Peoria
Williamson County
St. Louis
Nichols Market
Omaha
Minneapolis
Csi Ccinx
Liverpool
Bureau of Civil Service Instruction
Washington, D.C
M. N. Bond
W. F. Main Co
Eastern Factory Cor
Friendship and Eddy Sts
Providence
Western
Iowa City
Rock Island
Colorado Springs
Kansas City
Ft Worth
el Paso
Los Angeles
John Sebastian
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