Cuban Tariff Changes Lower Duties on Machinery and Rail Gear
The war department released the executive order amending the Cuban tariff effective Oct 1. It cuts railway equipment duty from 10 to 5 percent and sugar making machinery from 10 to 3 percent, with a 50 percent rebate on agricultural machinery imports within twelve months. It also grants five percent ad valorem entry for railway parts imported directly by Cuban railways within twelve months with conditions set by the customs chief. The order details how machine parts and tools are classified for duty. Widely reported alongside is a Canton Ohio update on President McKinley’s will.
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Washington
war department
island of
Cuba
ad valorem
customs service
Carnegie Art Awarders Names International Jury
Pittsburg Sept 28 director Beamy of Carnegie Institute announced the international jury for this year’s award. The panel includes Edmond Aman Jean Paris Robert W Allan London John W Alexander New York John La Farge New York Winslow Homer Scarboro Me Frank W Benson Boston Mass Robert W Von Toht Rockland Lake N Y Thomas Eakins Philadelphia Pa Frederick W Freer Chicago Clarence M Jones Pittsburg.
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Director Beamy
Pittsburg
John W. Beamy
Carnegie Institute
Edmond Aman-Jean
Paris
Robert W. Allan
London
John W. Alexander
New York
John La Farge
Winslow Homer
Scarboro
Frank W. Benson
Sa Jem
Boston
Mass
Robert W
Homer
Maine
Benson
America
Train Wreck Near Council Bluffs Kills Three
An Omaha report states a Wabash passenger train from St. Louis to Omaha derailed 11 miles southeast of Council Bluffs, plunging 18 feet down an embankment. The wreck left three fatally injured, 16 seriously hurt and many others with minor injuries aboard nearly a hundred passengers. In San Francisco, Charles M. Hayes announced his resignation as president of the Southern Pacific Railway.
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Omaha
Wabash
St. Louis
Council Bluffs
botton
Indian creek
Hayes
San Francisco
Charles M. Hayes
Southern Pacific Railway company
Klu Klux Gang on Trial in Kentucky Crimes
A Pineville Kentucky dispatch reports 13 members of the Reynolds and Wright factions of the Klu Klux gang are on trial in Roanoke Virginia for murder highway robbery and train wrecking. The latest crime involved the murder of a woman named Big Wilson in Letcher county.
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Kentucky
Bar of Justice
Roanoke
Pineville
Bell county
Klu Klux gang
iy Letcher county
Mans Wright
Reynolds
Wright
Letcher county
Big Wilson
Seymour Beaten in Trenton Delegates Vote Split
In Trenton on September 28 the Democratic state convention selection yielded 18 delegates for Mayor Seymour of Newark with 25 opposed to him. Opponents back ex-Congressman Ferrell of Gloucester county. Indications show the county likely to tilt slightly against Seymour for governor.
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Newark
Trenton
N. J
conventio
Seymour
Ferrell
Gloucester county
Britishers Gan Play Cricket in Philadelphia Test
In Philadelphia on September 28 the first test between an All Philadelphia eleven and B J T Bosanquet's English team began in fine weather. The visitors posted 198 runs batting first, and the Quakers were 78 for 5 at the close, aiming to chase a target.
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Philadelphia
B. J. T. Bosanquet
Quakers
Sampson Representatives Oppose Judge Advocate in Sampson Case
In the Schley court of inquiry on September 28 1901 Rear Admiral Sampson sought to be represented by counsel Stayton and Campbell but was denied as not a party to the case. Stayton said he would renew the request, criticizing efforts to exploit Sampson and promising to face questions squarely. Witnesses Hood and McCalla described dispatches and picket duties near Cienfuegos May 21 23 with orders from Sampson and Schley, while testimony clarified the timing and content of verbal orders and the presence of the flying squadron en route to Santiago.
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Judge Advocate
Sampson
McCalla
Staey
Washington
Schley court of inquiry
Messrs
Stayton and
Campbell
Starton
Admiral Sampson
John Hood
Hawks
Bowman H. McCalla
Marblehead
Spencer $. Wood
Dupont
woitness
Cienfiegos
Harber
Mr. Rayner
the
Texas
Cienfuegos
Lemly
New York
Dewey
Schley
Santiago
Brooklyn
Hood
Admiral Schley
Mr. Hood
Havana
Key West
Cuba
McCalla Reports Cervera Not In Cienfuegos Harbor
Witness recounts briefing Captain Chadwick on Cuban conditions and a secret signal code. He described locating Cuban forces at Cientuegos, sending evidence to Admiral Schley, and reading orders urging a return to Santiago despite coal limitations. Czolgosz deteriorates under Auburn guard as he awaits imprisonment.
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Brooklyn
Cuba
Chadwick
Admiral Sampson
Key West
Cienfuegos
Schley
Mr. Rayner
etail
McCalla
Bobley
Santiago
Cervera
Cientuegos
Cerera
Chenfuel 08
Adimnal Schley
Eagle
Mar- Dichead
Admiral Schley
Clenfusgos
Commodore Schley
Ten Farm Owners Face Heaven If Stingy, Seminary Debt
In Miffinburg Pennsylvania on September 4 the Luth eran Synod of central Pennsylvania debated methods to liquidate its Gettysburg seminary debts. Dr J A Singmaster warned that a man who owns ten farms and gives only fifty cents yearly would not reach heaven. The synod upheld the directors and will clear the debt.
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Miffinburg
Lutheran Synod of central
Cloudburst Killed Thirteen in Rio Grande Ravine
San Antonio Texas September 28 news reports a cloudburst flood near the Rio Grande in Presidio county on September 23 killing thirteen prospectors asleep in a ravine camps flooded by 20 feet of water washing through the channel. All died in the disaster.
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San Antonio
Tex
Presidio county
Rio Grande river
Armour Dead at Kansas City After Illness
Kirkland B. Armour, known as a prominent packer, died at his residence in Kansas City Missouri at six o'clock last evening after a three day decline from Bright's disease and a weak heart. He had been sinking gradually.
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Kirkland B. Armour
Kansas City
Kirkland
Armour
packer
Mr. Armour
Bright
Fatal Duel on the Street in Willacoochee Ga
In Willacoochee Georgia on September 28 Ran dall Metts was shot and killed on the street by his father in law Elisha Lott. Both families are prominent and Lott is well to do. A recent family dispute preceded the confrontation as the two men met in the street and drew revolvers without warning.
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Willacoochee
Randall Metts
Elisha Lott
Lott
America’s Cup race set for fresh breeze on Sandy Hook
New York dispatch reports the first America’s Cup race, abandoned after a fickle wind, will restart today off the Sandy Hook lightship with a windward and return course. Lipton, Morgan, and others push for a clear breeze, hoping to test Shamrock and Columbia under fair conditions. forecasts predict a fresh easterly to northeast wind, 10 to 19 miles per hour, with a possible shift afternoon. Roosevelt tentatively plans a Pacific coast tour next year. Cape May indicts 29 for gaming and liquor sales on Sunday.
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Walt TIN
Morgan
New York
Sandy Hoa
leeward
Ughishin
ward
weather bureau
Sandy Hook
Satur Oay
Thomas Lipton
America
Britain
Sycamore
Watson
Ratsey
Mr. Jameson
Columbia
E. D. Morgan
Pary City
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