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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
2
Bids for five armored cruisers and four battleships were opened with eight contenders entering the field. Prices ranged around 4.15 million to 4.75 million per ship, as firms from Moran to Newport News submitted proposals under the 1500 act while the Navy weighs coppering and sheathings for the ships.
Representative Tayler of Ohio introduced a constitutional amendment to outlaw polygamy through federal marriage and divorce laws. He indicated the measure aims beyond a mere unified code, seeking a broad end to polygamy, with active support beginning despite his nonmembership on the Judiciary Committee.
The Deep Waterways Commission sent its report to the House detailing a planned twenty-one and thirty foot waterway between the Great Lakes and Atlantic tidewater. Estimates total 326 million for the thirty foot channel with 284.3 million annual maintenance, favoring routes Erie to Ontario and Ontario to the Hudson via Oswego and Mohawk Valley. The commission, signed by Lieut. Col. Raymond, Alfred Noble, and George Wisner, notes higher value per cost for the twenty-one foot option and potential for large seagoing vessels.
The House approved the Oleomargarine bill by 106 to 92 after a hard fight by the minority committee and opponents. It raises taxes on colored imitation butter to curb fraud and allows state police powers to regulate oleomargarine imports and labeling. Supporters argue higher taxes protect dairy interests. opponents warn it could hurt consumers and workers. The measure includes a July 1 effective date and details on packaging and taxation.
The President today sent nominations to the Senate naming Col. John F. Weston as Assistant Commissary General of Subsistence with Brigadier General rank. Capt. Frank B. Melenna of the Forty-seventh Infantry to be Inspector General of Volunteers with Major rank.
The House Naval Affairs Committee favors a bill to appoint Maine Representative Boutelle as a Captain on the retired list upon his resignation from Congress. The Military Academy Appropriation bill goes to the Military Committee next Tuesday and a War Department hazing inquiry at West Point may be reported favorably, per Chairman Hull. The Naval Affairs Committee also unanimously chose Fuss to chair after Boutelle’s resignation, and the Senate adjourned as a telegram from New Orleans urged a Ship Subsidy bill to boost the merchant marine.
The Smith estate at Smith's Point in Centre Moriches was not sold after a bid around 400000. The heirs say Supreme Court decisions increasing the property's value bolster their claim to nearly half of Great South Bay. The 750 acre upland area in Brookhaven Township includes half of the bay and grants fishing rights and wildfowl shooting in a large water area planned for a future game preserve.
Vancouver reports William Boulton, said son of a noted Englishman, collapsed and died last night when confronted by a woman who claimed to be his wife and alleged he deserted her in England for another woman. Doctors say death was caused by fright after the stormy interview.
Funeral services for Thomas Nolan Assistant Corporation Counsel who died recently at St Francis Hospital were held yesterday morning at St Ann’s Roman Catholic Church East Twelfth Street A requiem Mass was celebrated by Rev Pather Lynch a nephew of the deceased Delegations from the Corporation Counsel office and the Tammany Society were present The body rests in a vault at Galvary Cemetery and will be taken to Limerick Ireland for permanent interment.
President asks Senate to authorize payment of two thousand dollars to the heirs of Florentino Suaste a Mexican citizen lynched in La Salle County Texas on October 5 18h. The proposal cites humanity and does not address US liability.
The Porto Rico commissioner F Degetau elected to represent the island in Congress is expected soon in Washington. House officials hold a large amount of mail for him as the situation remains uncertain.
A Baltimore delegation led by Homer and the Baltimore Clearing House calls on Secretary Gage at the Treasury to accept the President's invitation to remain for four more years. They praise his ability, integrity, and impartial enforcement of statutes, hoping for continued prosperity and financial stability.
Washington reports that engineer May is not imprisoned but barred from leaving Guatemala under debt law. A judgment against May prompted the restriction, and Hunter was told to ensure May is allowed to depart if he has left a proper attorney of record.
The Cabinet backs a smaller cut and warns a $40 million reduction would risk a deficit. Chairman Payne reports the bill, delaying action until after other appropriations. President and Treasury favored a $30 million cut given a projected $26 million surplus in 1902.
A promotional note offers Scott’s Emulsion of cod liver oil as a quick remedy for catching cold. It invites readers to try a small bottle and promises to prove its effect within a day. Address provided as Scott & Bowne, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
News from Manila describes increased operations in Northern and Southern Luzon. Generals Funston and Morrow engage insurgent groups near the Nehico River and Bulacan, with several engagements and captures, while Bahul sees rising insurgent activity. Philippine Commission members and officials plan a Dagupan visit with railroad hosts, returning Sunday.
Washington dispatch reports a Cabinet meeting on Philippine coinage. The plan would have the War Department seek a congressional hearing to authorize minting distinctive silver dollars with a gold value near 50 cents. If approved, a Manila mint could produce coins to ease trade with natives before winter ends.
Under the United States Philippine Commission an experiment farm will be started about 200 miles from Manila to test seeds and plants from the United States. Prof. Bernard Moses contacted the University of California which will send seeds and plants, and Phelps Whitmarsh will lead the work.
The Saturday Review attacks President McKinleys message to Congress on the Philippines, calling his outlook false. It quotes Frederick H. R. Sawyer and cites his remark on the Mindanao murder, plunder, and slave-raiding as a stark example of the supposed cruelty.
London dispatch reports that in reply to Secretary Hay through US Ambassador Choate, the Foreign Office stated Hongkong authorities could not locate a Filipino Junta.
A board of officers led by Major General Muet S Otis in Des Moines Iowa will survey sites for a potential military post there. Capt MacNutt ships from Sandy Hook to San Juan Porto Rico to inspect ordnance material. Changes assign Capn MacNutt to New York City and Sandy Hook duties and move Capt Babbitt to New York Arsenal.
Naval orders revoke Ensign L Shane’s December 5 posting and transfer him from Michigan to Wampatuck, with Wadhams detached to hospital in New York and Emory taking command of Monongahela. Several Asiatic Station changes list Lieut Commander Jordan, Cadet Lewis, Ensign Owens, and others. multiple transfers among ships like Isla de Cuba Urdaneta Petrel Brooklyn Urdaneta Manila Don Juan de Austria Monadnock Albany Arayat Cavite Station and Cavite Hospital awaiting assignments.
Lieut. W. W. Gilmer moves from the Yosemite to the Don Juan de Austria while Lieut. C. H. Mathews transfers from the Yosemite to the Culgoa. First Lieut. N. G. Burton of the United States Marine Corps is detached from Cavite Station and ordered home.
The torpedo boat Cushing at New York Navy Yard after breaking a main feed pump on the way to Newport for repairs. The collier Scindia to be renamed Ajax after January. Alabama leaves Cramp's Ship Yards for League Island. Sylph sails from Annapolis to Washington. Leonidas departs Pensacola for Lambert's Point. Leyden arrives at Newport. Toneka reaches Naples. Scorpion sails from Kingston to Aux Carts. Annapolis sails from Norfolk for Hampton Roads. Rawlings to depart Newport News with about 250 recruits for Cuba, landing at Nuevitas and Matanzas, then returning to Galveston for another load toward Santiago.
Police recover over $1 000 worth of fur garments stolen from Samuel Kramer’s 612 Columbus Avenue shop on November 11. Detectives Walsh and McDonough with Capt. Schmittberger arrest Marie Roth, 26, at 528 Amsterdam Avenue. About $5 000 worth of fur was stolen from neighborhood residents.
Pauline Ixcane of 34 Mass Thirty-fourth Street testified in court pleading for the man who had robbed her. The judge granted a lenient sentence after the tender-hearted appeal, saving him from a lengthy term.
Gustav Schmidt seized a woman's purse on Madison Avenue Thursday night containing her gold watch and $20. Miss Keane chased him, a policeman captured Schmidt, and in Yorkville Police Court Magistrate Pool converted the charge to disorderly conduct holding him in $1000 bond for six months of good behavior.
Millionaire or not, shoppers urged to save with Hamerslough Bros selling all stock at 60 cents on the dollar. Hundreds of high end fall overcoats once priced 12 to 18 dollars now at 6.50 as they liquidate the retail business. Open tonight until 9. Broadway Streets.
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