Tax Reduction Bill Passed War Revenue Curtails Checks Tax
The Senate passed the War Revenue Reduction bill amid debate over tax cuts on bank checks and carrier tax shifts. Amendments taxed bucket shops. capped cigars and cigarett es tax. and set penalties on cosmetics, while life and mutual insurance tax plans faced vigorous debate. The bill totals about 39.8 million in reduced revenue, with bucket shop tax potential to raise up to 10 million. House Ways and Means anticipates swift action upon Senate return.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Morgan
Alabama
Madrich
Rep
RP. J
Cockrell
Dem
Mason
Platt
Conn
Allison
Iowa
Fife Insurance Companies
Jones
Dem. Ark
Hour
Rep. Mass
L Ite
Aldrich
New York
United States
Chiilen
Texas
Chandler
N. H
House
Turley
Tenn
Western Union Telegraph Company
Chilton
McComas
Med
Internal Revenue Commissioners
Ark
Telegraph
Ala
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Payne
Index to Departments and page references
Financial Affairs and market notes list commodity prices and page numbers for Wheat corn oats cotton butter and iron. Contains notes on Amusements Arrivals hotels business troubles court calendars legal notes losses by fire marine intelligence new corporations railroads real estate society unit service and reporters.
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Brooks Brook
Harbor plan ties Chicago interests to East Chicago project
Chicago real estate leaders H C Frick J Kennedy Tod and the Lake Michigan Land Company aim to build a harbor at East Chicago Indiana to serve their holdings. Additional investors plan to purchase fifty acres nearby and erect a one million dollar steel plant. A canal bill passed the Indiana Senate. Construction could begin in May with rail lines extending to support the harbor and trade.
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Chicago
H. C. Frick
J. Kennedy Tod
Lake Michigan Land Company
Aldis, Aldis & Northcote
East Chicago
Ind
Calumet River
Indiana
Senate
Rea
Clothiers Move to End Sweatshops and Tax Reform
Gov Odell at Sherry’s banquet for National Clothiers’ Association outlines equitable taxation, business methods, and a push to move garment workers from crowded tenements to better quarters. Marcus M Marks announces a plan to relocate shops beyond overcrowded districts, aiming to curb vice born of overcrowding.
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Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
Sherry’s
National Clothiers’ Association
New York Wholesale Clothiers’ Association
Marcus M. Marks
New York Association
Sherry's
Gov. Odell
Randolph Guggenheimer
Edward Lauterbach
Samuel S. Slater
S. Solomon
Morley A. Stern
Our Association
Marks
Chicago
Cincinnati
Taora
Lower East Side
Samuel Rosenthal, Jr
Odell
Albany
New York
Gov
America
Globe
Sleeping family found in snow near New Rochelle
A man James Belinsky and his six family members including four children under seven were found asleep in snow near Larchmont by night watchman Joan Robinson. They were awakened, questioned, and released by Judge Van Zelm after brief police handling.
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New Rochelle
Larchmont
Joan Robinson
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Robinson
McSweeney
James Belinsky
Russia
Bristol
R. L
New Orleans
van Zelm
New York
Delirious man commits suicide on Cheechunk Bridge
In Goshen New York on February 6 William Howe gravely ill with typhoid fever fled his room in delirium and leaped to the Cheechunk Bridge. He plunged head first into the water after sliding off ice and vanished. His brother in law John Stage tried thrice to save him but failed. The body was recovered later that afternoon.
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William Fr. King
New York
F. Norton Goddard
A. H. Watson
National Credit Men's Association
National Association of Clothing Manufacturers
Congress of the Bay
Marcus M Marks
H. B. Blumenthal
Philip Hamburger
Sol. Solomon
Isaiah Josephi
Samuel Rosenthal, Jr
W. T. Allen
W. S. Peck
Nathan Stein
John R. Warner
Russell H. Wicks
Baltimore
National Association of Clothiers
Philadelphia
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
Bufao
Goshen
N. Y
William Howe
Cheechunk Bridge
John Stage
Howe
Stage
Montana Anti-Trust Bill Defeated in Helena House
HELENA Montana February 6 The House defeated the Lannin anti trust bill by 44 to 19 despite a favorable committee report The measure aimed at confiscation of trust property and drew surprise especially from labor circles The report notes Cafe Boulevard at 2d Ave and 10th St added 40 tables and L art Nouveau Banquet Rooms recently opened.
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Helena
Mon
Committee of
House
10Th St
Possible Appointment of P. C. Knox as Attorney General
Washington reports indicate President McKinley may nominate Pittsburg lawyer P. C. Knox as Attorney General to succeed Griggs. Knox, longtime Carnegie counsel and McKinley friend, would be the first choice, though he is not currently in Washington and is expected to arrive soon for talks. Appointment would not imply changes for the Postmaster General from the same state.
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Gary. Stone
Pennsylvania
Odell
Albany
Randolph Guggenheimer
New York
Samuel 8. Slater
Edward Lauterbach
Washington
United States
Griggs
P. Cc. Knox
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Knox
McKinley
Smith
Love in Chicago Schools Scandal Hits District Hopes
Chicago Superintendent Cooley received a letter alleging a principal ogled female students and tried to kiss a visiting teacher. A branch staffer reports nightly kissing by another principal, while a drawing instructor cites a female assistant falling for older pupils, prompting reprimands.
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Chicago
Cooley
South Side
Iowa
Munger will contest dropped in Chicago suits
Suits contesting the will of Albert A. Munger, who died August 26, 1898 and left an estate valued around 4 million dollars, have been dismissed. The settlement provides 50,000 bequests to four Chicago charities and preserves the Art Institute of Chicago’s Munger collection, valued at 125,000, for continued display.
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Chicago
Albert A. Munger
Cornelia Thomas
Arthur L. Munger
Art Istitute of
Munger
Institute
Woman’s and Children’s Hospital
Chicago, Foundlings’ Home
Chicago Nursery
Half-Urhan
Home For
Incurates
Woman Keeps a Secret in Baltimore Trial
Frances Caspari, once a Baltimore High School German professor, stands trial for obtaining over 71000 dollars under false pretenses from teachers and others. She claimed investments in Southern Leaflet Publication Co of New York and Northern and Western Kindergarten Co of Boston, promising 10 percent dividends. She testified she sent funds to Mrs Mary Roberts in New York and pledged secrecy.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Frances Caspari
High School
Southern Leaflet Publication Company
New York
Northern and Western Kindergarten Company
Boston
Mary Roberts
New York City
Cats Sold at Merchants Exchange Auction
ST LOUIS on February 6 a consignment of fifteen cats from a country trader was offered at the Merchants Exchange. W A Colby announced the auction and D J Bushnell bid 40 cents each, securing the lot amid laughter as he planned to release the cats at his seed warehouse.
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ST. Louis
Merchants’ Exchange
W. A. Colby
D. J. Bushnell
Bushnell
Norfolk & Western Railway Mardi Gras Excursion Tickets
New Orleans Short Line to sell one fare Mardi Gras excursion tickets from Washington with through sleeping and dining cars. Address No 398 Broadway New York.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
New Orleans
Washington
Broadway
New York
Mutiny Rumor Aboard Astral Near Local Waters
Rumors of a mutiny aboard the Astral, a Standard Oil vessel for China, caused waterfront excitement as reports claimed 23 crewmen refused to work. Investigations linked eight able seamen to the defection while authorities sought to arrest mutineers aboard near Gedney Channel, with no confirmation of arrests or ship movements by nightfall.
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Tugboardom
High Seas
Philip Ruprecht
Foreign Shipping Department
Standard Oil Company
Dickey
China
Ruprecht
Dunham
Gedney Channel
Nicholls
United States
URAL
Staten Island
Gresham
Marshals
Astral
Bay
Hhe
Thieves Active in Baltimore Tunnels Pilfer Passengers
A gang of thieves and pickpockets operates on Baltimore street railways and suburban lines and now targets trains passing through tunnels between Washington and New York. They board tunnelside stations, buy Washington return tickets, and steal valuables from travelers including jewelry and a pastor’s satchel. Police keep quiet to trap them.
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Baltimore
Washington
New York
Newark
N. J
Daniel Costin
West Virginia
Hudson River Route Ady Ad Copy
Brief epigraph asserts scenic travel along the Hudson with the New York Central line. It claims the region is the most delightful in America and quotes a fare of two cents per mile.
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Hudson River
New York Central
America
Fear ship is wrecked near St. John’s Newfoundland
Report from St. John’s Newfoundland on February six describes drifting wreckage ashore near Torbay seven miles north of the city. Authorities fear a large well-found vessel and crew have been lost with indications pointing to the schooner Challenger from Cadiz as the likely victim.
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ST. John's
N. F
St. John’s
Torbay
Challenger
Cadiz
San Marcos Sinks Half submerged at East River Pier 18
The Mallory Line steamer San Marcos lies half sunk at Pier 18 East River after hitting wreckage off Ninth Street. The vessel, towed by the President, developed a large hole in the stern flooding the rear hold. tugs assist as water-tight compartments limit total loss. The ship built in 1881 faces repairs and possible raising by Merritt Chapman.
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Mallory Line
San Marcos
Pier 18
East River
Ninth Street
Burling Slip
Hoboken
Fulton Street
South Street
Ward Line
Merritt- Chapman Wrecking Company
Roach
Chester
Penn
Galveston
Texas
Teutonic Tug Near-Tragedy清
A late passenger at the White Star Line Teutonic voyage narrowly escaped falling from a pier as crew detached the gangplank. The man, clutching grips and an overcoat, was saved by a longshoreman who grabbed his coat tail. He boarded a tug and rejoined the ship off Liberty Island, name not learned.
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White Star Line
Teutonic
Liberty Island
Spanish Cause Celebre Echoes in Madrid High Court
In Madrid on February 6, a High Court case centers on Señora Ubac seeking restoration of her daughter from a convent. She alleges coercion by a Jesuit confessor who urged the girl to join the veil and even sent clandestine letters. The family, wealthy and socially prominent, faces heightened anti clerical sentiment amid the Electra controversy and the priest dubbed Father Fishhook for alleged soul-saving schemes.
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Madrid
Electra
Sefiora Ubaca
Father Fishhook
Royal Wedding Day Festivities In The Hague
The Hague hosts a festive wedding eve for Queen Wilhelmina and Duke Henry with 100,000 spectators, parades, music, banners, and a democratic crowd. The Civil and Religious ceremonies, royal procession, and a gala luncheon mark the day as the couple prepare for their honeymoon. fashion details follow including the queen’s silver tissue gown and other trousseau gowns.
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The
Hague
Wilhelmina
Henry
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Wilhelmus van Nassau
Burnett's Vanilla Ad Urges Genuine Product Choice
An advertisement warns shoppers to avoid cheap substitutes and insist on Burnett's Vanilla as pure. It cautions against unsafe options and urges requesting the brand from grocers.
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Burnett
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J. K. Tod
East
National Association
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Montana
the Hague
Netherlands
Victor de Stuers
Transvaal
Dr. Leyds
Transvaal Republic
Queen Victoria
Kruger
Gen. de Wet
Duke
Royal Trousseau
School of Art Needlework
Amsterdam
Nicaud
Paris
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