Revision of the Tariff: Republicans Divide Over Protection Policy
A Senate hearing before the Industrial Commission examined tariff duties as Republicans split over protection versus free trade. Key figures include Congressman Robert W. Taylor of Ohio and Dr. George Gunton, with mention of Mr. Blaine, Mr. Babcock, and regional shifts in Iowa, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina. The discussion notes potential impacts on the next Congress and election campaigns.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
Blaine
Babcock
West
Detroit
Henderson
Iowa
Congress
South
South Carolina
Alabama
North Carolina
Georg
Abcock
Reublican
Bryan
Robert W. Taylor
Ohio
George Gunton
New York Institute of Social Economics
Taylor
United States
Gunton
Edward Atkinson
Manufacturers push for general reciprocity convention
Detroit June 6 The National Association of Manufacturers closes with a resolution urging a general convention to discuss reciprocity treaties with foreign nations. The Executive Committee is tasked to arrange and oversee the convention.
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Detroit
National Association of Manufacturers
Irregular Stocks and Market Prices Listed
A snapshot of commodities and prices including wheat No 2 red at 82 4c corn No 2 mixed 48 1/2c oats No 2 mixed 31 1/2c cotton middling 84 4c iron Northern No 1 foundry 16 25 butter Western creamery 19c. Also notes sections such as Arrivals at Hotels and Out of Town Buyers, Amusements, and various page references.
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Egal
Engage Space in Advance for Lake Shore Limited Travel
Advertises advance engagement for the Lake Shore Limited of the New York Central to secure preferred seats to Cleveland Chicago and St Louis. Warns passengers to plan ahead. Also promotes WOFF'S MALT EXTRACT as a health tonic for the weak and debilitated.
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Lake Shore Limited
New York Central
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Pemuengers
Adv
National Association of Manufacturers Sets Tariff Principles
The NAM affirms tariff legislation should protect only those products needing it and avoid monopoly abuses. It calls for tariffs that compensate higher U S production costs and preserves competition. The group re elected officers and fixed Indianapolis as the next convention site.
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National Association of Manufacturers
United States
Indianapolis
German States Abandon Double Tariff Obstacle
Berlin June 6 One consequence of yesterday's tariff convention is that Prussia and other large states have dropped the proposed double tariff maximal and minimal system. The move eases path for new treaties, with U S Ambassador White noting improved prospects for a Germany United States commercial pact as Washington considers tariff reductions following McKinley and Gage statements. Foreign Office officials say negotiations are not suspended and will wait to see U S actions.
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Berlin
Prussia
von Miquel
United States
White
Germany
Foreign Office
McKinley
Gage
Chinese Tariff Question Sparks Chamber Protest
At the monthly Chamber meeting Gustav H. Schwab read a Shanghai Chamber cable to Washington. Ministers in Peking urge a quick high tariff, aiming to secure an indemnity loan. The international chamber protests the haste, warning it could destroy leverage for redress and hinder trade growth.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gustav H. Schwab
Committee On Commerce and Foreign Relations
Shanghai Chamber of Commerce
State Department
Washington
Peking
MR CORTELEYOU IN THE CABINET Rumor in Washington sparks Cabinet speculation
A White House rumor suggests Cortelyou could join the Cabinet as Major O L Pruden prepares to enter service. Rudolph Forster may be advanced from Chief Clerk, with Postmaster General Smith seen as the likeliest cabinet retiree. Cortelyou’s Post Office background cited as preparation for higher duties.
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Washington
White House
Cortelyou
O. L. Pruden
Rudolph Forster
Towne and former officials plan Beaumont oil development
Ex senator Charles A. Towne of Minnesota Gov Ben ton McMillin of Tennessee and ex Gov J S Hogg join a new company to develop Beaumont oil fields on a large scale with 5 million dollars capital. Towne also bought a quarter acre in the Mrowen oil field for 25000 while stating he has not retired from politics and will pursue business.
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Austin
Texas
Charles A. Towne
Minnesota
Benton McMillin
Tennessee
J. S. Hogg
Beaumont
French Ambassador to Germany Recalled in Diplomacy Shuffle
Paris correspondent reports Marquis de Noailles to be recalled as French ambassador to Germany with Leon Bourgeois likely to succeed. The Chronicle editorializes that the move stems from French resentment over Emperor William’s Metz celebration of the Czar’s birthday.
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Leon Bourgeois
Marquis de Noailles
Berlin
London
Paris
The
Daily Chronicle
M. Delcassé
Germany
M. Leon Bourgeois
William
Metz
Carnegie 2,000,000 Gift For Scottish Education
London report says at a meeting on Carnegie educational plans for Scotland the Earl of Elgin and Lord Rosebery attended. Principal features settled and to be published soon. Trust requires the capital remain invested in specified securities for now. Scottish press lauds the project developments.
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London
Carnegie
Scotland
Earl of Elgin
Lord Rosebery
Alarm in Switzerland Over Morgan Watch Trust Plan
Geneva dispatch says a Morgan led watch trust to curb Swiss watch imports alarms Swiss manufacturers. Report notes involvement of Philadelphia Watch Case Company of Riverside New Jersey and Standard Watch Company of Lafayette New Jersey. Swiss producers vow to combat the contemplated trust.
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Switzerland
London
Geneva
The
Daily Express
J.pierpont Morgan
Philadelphia
Riverside
N. J
Standard Watch Company
Lafayette
N J
Send for Scofrou and ioben practical Fred
An advertisement requests readers to send for Scofrou and ioben practical guidance from Fred regarding a Book offered by Ponds Extract Co located at 76 Std Ave. in New York. The notice emphasizes practical remedies and direct mail contact for details.
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Ioben
Fred
Pond’s Extract CO
War Office horse purchases spark Commons vote and reform call
British MPs clash over wartime horse buying in South Africa with a 159 to 60 vote approving 15.779 million pounds for transports and remounts. Critics allege inflated prices and corruption. War Office pledges inquiry. Dawkins panel urges decentralization and a War Office Board to streamline management.
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London
War Office
South Africa
House of Commons
Blundell Maple
Hungary
Austria
Lord Stanley
Brodrick
England
Canada
Australia
United States
Lord Kitchener
Clinton E. Dawkins
J. 8. Morgan & Co
War Office Board
Secretary of State
Commander In Chief
British forces rout Beyer Boer command near War Baths
Col. Wilson and 240 scouts surprised 400 Boers of Beyer command thirty four miles west of War Baths. Boers resisted then fled leaving 37 dead 100 prisoners and all wagons and supplies including 8000 cattle. British losses were three killed and fifteen wounded. Beyer could not recapture the transport or supplies.
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Pretoria
Col. Wilson
Kitchener
Beyer
War Baths
Arbitration Session Hears War Talks In The Hague
The Hamburger Cor respondent reports a secret session of the Arbitration Court in The Hague regarding the war in South Africa.
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Berlin
Hamburger
Hague
Arbitration Court
South Africa
Armour Institute Receives $250000 Gift for Engineering Campus
In Chicago on June 6 a further 250000 dollars was added to the 1000000 already donated to Armour Institute by Mrs. Philip D Armour and J Ogden Armour. Dean Victor C Alderson announced the gifts to fund two new buildings the Armour Memorial School of Engineering and a model workshop with a memorial hall costing 200000 dollars for construction and improvements aimed at making the institute the leading engineering college.
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Chicago
Armour Institute
Philip D. Armour
J. Ogden Armour
Victor C. Alderson
Armour Memorial School of Engineering
Street dancing objected to by Albany authorities
Commissioner of Public Safety Ham ordered police to stop children five to ten dancing on the street to hand organ tunes. William O. Stillman of the Humane Society voiced concern as crowds gathered to watch the youths perform graceful movements.
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Albany
Heavy Snowfall Reported in North Dakota
Heavy snow blanketed central and northern North Dakota with Jamestown area reporting two hours of snowfall this morning. Similar conditions touched towns along the Jamestown Northern Railroad but the snow melted quickly. Oldest settlers cannot recall a June snowfall of this kind.
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North Dakota
Jamestown
N. D
Jamestown Northern Railroad
Storm damages university hall and tobacco warehouse
A storm wrecked Waddell Hall at Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville injuring the campus structure as it collapsed through two floors. Damage totals about 5 000 dollars, while Gold and Pettus tobacco warehouse suffered rain losses estimated between 15 000 and 20 000 dollars.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Waddell Hall
Southwestern Presbyterian University
Gold & Pettus
One Day's Journey
Pennsylvania Railroad advertises trains between New York and Chicago completing the trip in 24 hours.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Chicago
Deaf mute pupil Nimmo drowns in New York river
Frederick J. Nimmo a seventeen year old deaf and mute athlete at the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb drowned in the North River near the Jersey shore. He struck water on a dive and vanished despite fellows efforts to reach him. Nimmo a seven year inmate and corporal in the institution battalion was from Brooklyn with a summer home in Allendale New Jersey.
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Frederick J. Nimmo
New York Institution For
North River
New Jersey
Nimmo
George Ray
Alfred Stern
Robert L. Nimmo
New York Cotton Exchange
Brooklyn
Allendale
N. J
Young Nimmo
Widener seeks West Philadelphia street railway franchise
George D. Widener, president of West Philadelphia Passenger Railway, applied to Philadelphia City Council for permission to lay tracks on all main streets in West Philadelphia west of the Schuylkill River. The request cites the 1858 act and cites a city ordinance from 1891. the matter was referred to the Street Railways committee without comment.
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Philadelphia
Fecht
Emery
George D. Widener
West
Committee On
Philadelphia figures react to Pennsylvania traction bill
In London on June 6 W L Elkins of Philadelphia said he only heard of the act permitting elevated and underground roads and would take no action. P A B Widener of Philadelphia said he had not heard the law had been passed and had nothing to say.
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London
W. L. Elkins
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
P. A. B. Widener
Drowned American Legation Attache Found After Nine Months
The body of F. L. Jones attaché at the American Legation in Buenos Ayres was found in a creek near Shadwell Albemarle County nine months after he and his horse drowned during a trip to visit Dr. G. S. Wise. A scarf and scarfpin remained near his neck. Jones, a Louisiana native educated abroad, had worked as a State Department interpreter. The driver, a negro boy, escaped without harm.
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Richmond
F. L. Jones
Buenos Ayres
Shadwell
Albemarle County
Jones
Louisiana
State Department
Mr. Jones
Warmee
Ridge Hill
G. S. Wise
Woman Denounces Canteen at Soldiers Homes Meeting
Mrs. Matilda B. Carse told the Willard Hall gathering of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union that Soldiers' Homes inmates spend money and time drinking. She urged removing the canteen from all soldiers' homes. Miss Helen Hood pressed suppressing liquor sales to old soldiers and noted a repeal push.
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Chicago
Matilda B. Carse
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Willard Hall
Helen Hood
Fatal Fire at Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee
Fire at the Pabst Brewing Company caused an estimated 150000 to 200000 dollars in damage, insured. It began near the roof of Elevator F where four coppersmiths repaired it. Elevator F and the malthouse cupola were destroyed. Coppersmith John Smith died from injuries after falling four stories.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Pabst Brewing Company
John Smith
Lincoln's Remains In Danger Says Inter Ocean
Chicago dispatch reports the Inter Ocean will claim Abraham Lincoln's remains in Springfield are unsecured against body snatchers. Robert T. Lincoln plans immediate steps to seal the tomb with a cement block, ensuring protection and nightly oversight.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Robert T. Lincoln
Ill Governor Samford Reported Extremely Ill
A Tuscaloosa dispatch to The Age-Herald states Governor Samford is extremely ill and his family has been telegraphed for assistance.
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Birmingham
Ala
Age-Herald
Tuscaloosa
Samford
Myles Standish Ginger Ale Faces Domestic Brand Bias
A brief note reports that Myles Standish Ginger Ale encounters prejudice against domestic brands. The piece hints at market challenges and consumer bias impacting sales and distribution decisions.
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Myles
Yerkes plans electricity for London Underground rail
London stockholders approve Charles T. Yerkes plan to electrify the Metropolitan District Railway and replace antiquated cars with American pattern rolling stock. The project includes a new power station at Chelsea, rebuilt stations, arc lights, and a speedier system run by an American-backed traction company.
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London
Metropolitan District Railway
Charles T. Yerkes
Yerkes
London Underground Railway
United States
Chicago
England
Great Britain
Widener-Elkins Group
Underground Railway
District Railway
Daily Mail
Meee
Forbes
Chelsea
Baltimore
Metropolitan District Electric Traction Company
Maryland Trust Company
Maryland Company
Col. J. Willcox Brown
Enginring Corporation
J. G. White & Co
Metropolitan Railway
Col. Brown
Mropolitan District Electric Traction Company
Metropolitan District Railway Company
Robert W. Perks
M.P
Midland Railway tests with forty American locomotives
Samuel W. Johnson, Superintendent of the Midland locomotive department, reports in The Daily Mail that six months of comparative tests of standard Midland goods locomotives and forty American locomotives have shown notable results. The London dispatch notes ongoing performance assessments since the latter half of 1899.
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London
Midland Railway Company
Samuel W. Johnson
Daily Mail
Midland
Baseball Seventh–IY at Cadets in West on Saturday
Seventh inning baseball note indicates IY plays Cadets in West this Saturday. A boat back by rail suggests travel details. The fragment mentions schedule and transportation without specific scores or venues.
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West
Mrs McKinley Shows Slight Morning Improvement
Washington dispatch reports a slight morning improvement in Mrs. McKinley's condition with no change during the day. Dr. Rixey and colleagues held a White House consultation, while Secretary Cortelyou said the president remains hopeful and unable to attend Buffalo Exposition on the 13th, hoping for a later date.
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Washington
Rixey
Sternberg
Johnston
White House
Cortelyou
Hunt
Porto Rico
San Jose Scale In Newburg Damages Parks
Newburg New York June 6 Superintendent Weed of Downing Park removes over 200 San Jose scale infested shrubs found in the park. Percy L Halsted of the State Department of Agriculture condemns the pests and orders immediate burning of the shrubs to stop spread. Halsted will inspect nursery stock in Cornwall and has already surveyed Marlborough and Milton fruit trees for infections.
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Newburg
N. Y
Downing Park
San Jose
Percy L. Halsted
State Department of Agriculture
Hudson Valley
Tr. Halsted
Cornwall
Marlborough
Milton
Revision of Church Forms at New Brunswick Synod
The General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in America met in New Brunswick. Committees proposed baptismal and ordination form revisions. one baptism alternative replacing conceived and born in sin with sinful by nature was defeated, two others to be considered tomorrow. Ordination form changes will be acted on tomorrow. Seminary professors’ salaries were set at 2500 each, a new permanent figure.
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New Brunswick
N. J
General Synod of the
Reformed Dutch Church In
Theological Seminary of the Church
Gen Roome's Widow Injured In Fall At Asbury Park
Mrs. Mary Roome widow of Gen. Charles Roome United States Army suffered a compound fracture of the right arm a deep cut over the right eye and a lower jaw injury after tripping on stones while descending steps at the Hotel Bristol Asbury Park N J. Though aged seventy five her recovery is uncertain doctors report
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Roome
Asbury Park
N. J
Mary Roome
Charles Roome
United States Army
Bristol
Will bequeaths 3000 dollar physiology scholarship to Chicago University
Dr Marie J Mergler who died in Los Angeles leaves 3000 dollars for a physiology scholarship at the University of Chicago. Her estate also provides 10000 dollars for her mother Mrs Henriette Mergler and bequeaths 3000 dollars to the Women’s Hospital of Chicago with Theodore Schintz named as trustee.
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Chicago
Marie J. Mergler
Los Angeles
Cal
University of Chicago
Mergler
Women's Hospital of Chicago
Theodore Schintz
Henriette Mergler
Regal Splendor Heads West on the Pennsylvania Limited
Regal Splendor makes a westward trip aboard the Pennsylvania Limited as advertised. The details emphasize smooth service and the lure of the famed streamlined train for travelers seeking swift passage to western destinations.
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Pennsylvania
Smith College Girl Arrested for Theft Pleads Guilty
Miss Mabel Burt of Bridgeton New Jersey twenty one years old student at Smith College was arrested on theft charges totaling three thousand dollars She pled guilty in district court to two counts and was bound over to the Superior Court in fifteen hundred dollars bail Unable to furnish bail she was returned to a police cell A detective reportedly obtained a confession from her while riding a trolley car She will await further proceedings after her father arrives to assist in her defense
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Northampton
Mass
Mabel Lawrence Burt
Bridgeton
N. J
Smith College
Miss Burt
Naybard
J. Ogden Burt
N. B. Lucia
Prospect Street
Mabel
Chicago
Henrietta dr.Tifft
Yester
Mabel Burt
Henrietta H. Tifft
Louise Meyer
Miss Burt Linked to Northampton Larceny Case
Bridgeton New Jersey June 6 Miss Mabel Burt daughter of J Ogden Burt a noted local lawyer is reported to be under arrest in Northampton Massachusetts accused of larceny from fellow Smith College students. Her parents have traveled to Northampton for details.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Mabel Burt
Northampton
Mass
J. Ogden Burt
Jam of ore vessels strains Conneaut Harbor facilities
At Conneaut Harbor Ohio the ore boat backlog grows with double the handling capacity. Some ships are sent to Ashtabula for unloading as night work begins and trains haul record loads down the Hog Back Hill toward Albion. The Bessemer Railroad operates up to fifteen daily runs, with a record 568 cars totaling 25,544 tons.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Conneaut Harbor
Conneaut
Superior
The
Steel Trust
United States
Furnace Districts
Bessemer
Pittsburg
Albion
Penn
Carnegie Road
FREAKS OF LAWMAKERS AT ALABAMA CONVENTION
In Montgomery the Constitutional Convention debated removing a secession clause from the preamble as unnecessary. A later ordinance provoked laughter proposing that only judicial offices may be held by men learned in law.
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Alabamian
Montgomery
Ala
Sanford
Pierce
Marion
Congressman Otjen Injured in Milwaukee Car Incident
Milwaukee June 6 Congressman Theobald Otjen and his private secretary Nathaniel Green were struck by an electric car while driving. Both were wounded but doctors said injuries are not serious and Otjen may soon be about.
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Milwaukee
Theobald Otjen
Nathaniel Green
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