Revenue Legislation Debated By Congress For Tax Reevaluation
Washington reports show Senators and Representatives eager to tackle revenue legislation and lower war taxes when safe, with committees studying details while awaiting post election action. Finance Chairman Aldrich plans European tariff comparisons to inform potential reciprocity measures și the Kasson treaties face renewed scrutiny as the revenue system is revised.
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National Treasury
Congress
Financial Committees of Congress
Europe
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
France
United States
Bitter against Lentz Democrats denounce his performance
Democrats in Washington denounce Mr. Lentz for blocking many closing measures. Ohio congressman faced party ire over his dog in the manger stance and opposition to printing Coeur d Alene testimony. They urge honoring veterans and speeding key legislation despite his rancor.
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Washington
Congress
Lentz
Ohio
Reciprocity With Barbadoes: Ratification Time Extended
Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote signed a protocol extending until March 4 next the period for ratification of the reciprocity treaty with Barbadoes. Washington reports the move as formalizing continuation of negotiations and trade terms.
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Washington
Hay
Lord Pauncefote
Barbadoes
Industrial Commission Plans Summer Coast Investigation
The Industrial Commission will send a sub committee to study industrial conditions on the North Atlantic Coast this summer. Major Farquhar, Clarke, and Kennedy head the team, which begins in Philadelphia June 22 and then visits New Jersey New York and New England. A Pacific Coast tour in fall is also contemplated.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
North Atlantic
Farquhar
Clarke
Kennedy
Philadelphia
New Jersey
New York
New England
Pacific
Appointment of honorary commissioners to Paris Exposition
The Rev Dr Joseph Kraus kot and Ralph Blum of Philadelphia were named pace honorary commissioners to inspect agricultural exhibits at the Paris Exposition and to study agricultural schools and the status of agriculture in Europe.
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Washington
Joseph Krauskot
Ralph Blum
Philadelphia
Pace
Europe
Hazel receives federal judgeship oath in New York
John R. Hazel was appointed United States District Judge for the Western District of New York. He received the commission at noon and later took the oath of office, marking his formal start in the federal judiciary.
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Buffalo
John R. Hazel
United States
Western District of New York
Clergyman Endorses Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as Medicine
A Presbyterian minister and doctor of theology writes that Duffy's Formula and Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey were highly beneficial as medicines for his wife after a long illness. He notes temperance beliefs, asserts the preparations are medicines, and endorses their value based on personal experience and physician guidance.
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Mente Center
Keane
Duffy
B. Mills
D. D
Rochester
Increasing the Cadet Corps and Rathbone troubles rise
Washington notes move to appoint one hundred cadets under the Military Academy appropriation. Nominees and alternates are sought from states, with July 3 examinations and July 10 deadline. President may appoint remaining vacancies, including cadets at large. Rathbone's troubles in Havana widen as vouchers are rejected and bonds questioned. Neely case casts doubt on witnesses and alleged liars in ongoing trials.
Navy to solicit armor bids for battleships and cruisers
Washington June The Navy Department will advertise for proposals to supply face hardened armor for ships under construction and those authorized by the new appropriation bill. Bids will be invited in three classes 16 0% tons 2 000 tons and 30 000 tons. Companies may offer over 50 a ton under the last class. Secretary Long will judge reasonableness. if not, he may authorize an armor plant. The prevailing view is that any rate below 00 will be considered reasonable.
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Washington
Navy Department
Long
Visit of Cuban teachers to Harvard summer course announced
Washington reports the Quartermaster-General arranged transport for 1,483 Cuban school teachers to join Harvard University summer classes from July 1 to September. Five transports Burnside McPherson McClellan Crook Sedgwick will sail routes from Cuban ports to Boston carrying 133 275 275 32 and 475 teachers respectively with return to their homes by War Department after the course.
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United States
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War Department
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McPherson
McClellan
Crook
Sedgwick
Tunas
Castiva
Cienfuegos
Boston
Manzanillo
Santiago
Guantanamo
Baracoa
Gibara
Cardenas
Sagua
Caibarien
Nuevitas
Havana
Matanzas
A Million a Day Shows Tropical Imports to U S
The April commerce summary reports U S tropical product imports worth over 300 million in ten months ending April 1900, averaging about 1 million daily. Rubber fibres silk cotton gums cabinet woods indigo ivory and more drive manufacturing needs, with sugar coffee tea tobacco and other tropical foods adding heavily to the total.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
India
Tropics
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
THE GOLD DEMOCRATS PLANS FORTHCOMING MEETING
The Gold Standard Democrats plan a July meeting in Indianapolis to discuss fielding a ticket this fall. Palmer Buckner supporters express some satisfaction while opposing Administration expansion. George Foster Peabody heads West to rally interest as Kansas City and Philadelphia decisions loom. Some Sound Money Democrats caution on support, deeming it early to judge impact.
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Gold Standard Democrats
Indianapolis
Palmer
Buckner
George Foster Peabody
The
Gold Democrats
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Americans Fight and Rescue Amid Catubig Siege in Samar
A 31-man detachments from Company H, 43d Infantry, held off about 600 insurgents for four days at Catubig as fire, burning hemp, and siege conditions besieged the garrison. Lieutenant Sweeney and Captain Day led a relief by Lao Ang, rescuing 13 men and saving the wounded, with Corporal Carson praised for leadership and judgment.
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Washington
Catubig
Samar
43D Infantry
War Department
H. M. Day
J. T. Sweeney
Corporal Carson
Day
Otis commutes three hanging sentences to hard labor
Washington reports that a military commission found three natives guilty of murdering Quartermaster-Sergeant Albert Votrie near Tanauan in Batangas Feb 2. They were to be hanged, but General Otis commuted the death sentences to twenty years hard labor at Presidio de Manila, citing local guerrilla influence and innocence of legal consequences.
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Washington
War Department
Albert Votrie
39Th Infantry
Bagbag
Tanauan
Batangas
Ots
Presidio de Manila
Otis
Regimental Cavalry to Philippines Plan Change
Washington reports a modification in the plan to send the entire 6th Regiment of Cavalry to the Philippines. Only the first and third battalions will proceed, while the second battalion stays in the United States as a reserve. The two selected battalions are stationed along the Pacific Coast and will sail for Manila in two detachments around June 15 and July 1.
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Washington
6Th Regiment of Cavalry
Philippines
Pacific
Manila
A Lieutenant General Now Washington June
President issues recess commissions to Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles and Major-General H. C. Corbin under the Military Academy Appropriation bill. Miles issues his first order as lieutenant general detailing the staff: Francis Michler, Hobart K. Bailey, and Henry H. Whitney.
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Military Academy
Nelson A. Miles
Army
H.C. Corbin
Senate
Miles
Root
Francis Michler
5Th Cavalry
Hobart K. Bailey
Sth Infantry
Henry H. Whitney
4Th Artillery
Webb's Academy Commencement Honors Naval Pioneer Webb
A large audience gathered at Webb's Academy and Home for Shipbuilders to honor the twelfth graduating class. Andrew H. Green delivered a memorial on founder William H. Webb, praised for pioneering wooden shipbuilding and early ironclads, and diplomas were awarded to twelve graduates with several already placed in shipyards or government service.
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Sedgwick Ave
Joseph M. Hodson
Academy
Stephenson Taylor
Andrew H. Green
William H. Webb
Crowe
Thomas Fitch Rowland
John F. Friebele
Clarence L. Morrison
George Crouch
Alfred W. Minuse
Mr. Green
Secretary Gage Withdraws Second $5 Million From Banks
Washington June 8 The Secretary of the Treasury issued the second call in a series for five million dollars to be deposited with the Treasury on or before June 3.
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Gage
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
The
Treasury
Seymour & Co. brokers assignment shows large liabilities
The Seymour and Johnson stock brokers schedule filed May 28 with Alfred Hayes Jr lists liabilities of 682,730 and actual assets of 610,266. Secured debts total 483,000 backed by collateral largely stocks and bonds now liquidated by banks, leaving net actual liabilities 219,730 and net actual assets 147,266. Banks holding secured loans include Phenix National 163,000 and several others at 50,000 each. Unsecured creditors include Townsend 41,000 Logan 10,767 Howland 17,288 Meeker Brothers 19,003 Drummond Betts 14,441 and Brady 85,564.
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No. Tl Broadway
Alfred Hayes, Jr
Phenix National
American Exchange National
National Bank of Commerce
Bank of Aemirca
Corn Exchange
Mercantile Trust Company
J. & W. Seligman & Co
J. J. Townsend
Chicago
F. G. Logan
J. E. Howland
Meeker Brothers
Columbus
Ohio
Drummond, Betts & Co
St. Louis
A. W. Brady
This City
Archbishops Address and Lambeth Garden Party Plans
The Archbishop of Canterbury will deliver an address and, on the following Thursday, entertain the congress at a garden party at Lambeth Palace. The Lord Mayor A J Newton will host a reception to delegates next Friday. A grand cosmopolitan temperance meeting led by the Earl of Carlisle is a main feature with Lady Henry Somerset chairing on Tuesday and many American speakers expected.
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Lambeth Palace
A. J. Newton
Earl of Carlisle
Henry Somerset
Lightning Strikes Lineman in Westchester Tragedy
A New Rochelle telephone lineman William Myers of 104 Avenue fell from a sixty foot pole and was fatally injured by an electric shock. He died after being taken to the Windsor Hotel where he boarded. A bolt also struck trees near White Plains, burning a local car, and rain halted the Tarrytown White Plains Mamaroneck line, splashing passengers and delaying travel.
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New Rochelle
William Myers
No. 104 Avenue
Windsor Hotel
White Plains
Tarrytown
Mamaroneck
Baltimore Girl Killed by Lightning in County Yard
June 8 in Braishaw Baltimore County. Dollie Taylor fifteen daughter of Colonel B F Taylor Board of County Commissioners killed by lightning while seeking shelter under a tree. Her sister Carrie twenty rendered unconscious but expected to recover.
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Dollie” Taylor
B. F. Taylor
Board of County Commissioners
Baltimore County
Braishaw
Carrie
Hailstones Strike Corning in Severe June Storm
A fierce rainstorm hit Corning New York on June 8 with heavy hail for about twenty minutes. Large hailstones shattered windows city wide and damaged crops. Flooding washed out several tracks on the Pennsylvania division of the New York Central rail line.
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N. Y
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Lightning strikes pole and floods street in New Brighton
A lightning bolt struck an electric pole at Henry and Jersey streets in New Brighton Staten Island yesterday afternoon. The bolt split the pole and jumped into the water running along car tracks for several hundred feet toward Jersey Street and Richmond Terrace before vanishing in the flooded water at street corners.
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Jersey Sts
New Brighton
Staten Island
Jersey St
Richmond Terrace
Paris Exposition US Pavilion sparks garbled clash of cards
In Paris during the Exposition period a dispute arose after a New York report claimed the United States Pavilion was unsafe. Builders and a correspondent exchanged cards at a National Pavilion reception led by Benjamin D Woodward. Tense exchanges followed between M Gustiaux and M Dumay.
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Paris
New York
United States
M. Morin Gustiaux
M. Henri Dumay
America
Benjamin D. Woodward
M. Gustiaux
M. Dhumay
McCormick firm statement to follow assignee says
William J. Curtis assignee of Price, McCormick and Co. declared yesterday that his earlier publicized remarks about the firm's affairs were unauthorized and false. He warned that a surplus status could not yet be determined and that a full report would take several days to prepare.
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William J. Curtis
Price, McCormick & Co
Appointment of deputy AGs to Franchise Tax Bureau
Albany June announcement names Henry B. Coman of Madison County as Deputy Attorney General for the Franchise Tax Bureau and Robert E. Steele of Herkimer County as Corporation Deputy. The vacancies follow Deputy Attorney General John Hedges moving to the Bureau of Elections as counsel to State Superintendent McCullough. Salary attached to both offices is 400.
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Albany
Davies
Henry B. Coman
Madison County
Franchise Tax Bureau
Robert E. Steele
Herkimer County
John Hedges
Bureau of Elections
McCullough
Bote
World Temperance Congress Opens in London Next Monday
London prepares for the World's Temperance Congress opening next Monday with Most Rev. Frederick Temple presiding. The event brings together delegates from various nations to discuss reform and temperance measures.
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London
World's Temperance Congress
Prederick Temple
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