05 Jan 1894
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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1894
Page
1
An ad touts wool pants at three dollars, claiming durable stitching with linen thread and a fit comparable to tailor made suits. It promises a full range of men and boys clothing at prices suited to hard times.
Reports from Milwaukee and St Paul detail ongoing injunctions over wage cuts and strikes on the Northern Pacific line. Judge Caldwell discusses how hearings and notices would be handled, emphasizing protections for employees and property, with hints of further receiver actions and potential removals in Milwaukee.
Ohio Governor McKinley, in a message to the legislature, warns of a prolonged industrial downturn and urges economy in public expenditures. He calls for a short session, notes that tangible property bears a larger tax burden, and supports continuing the tax revision commission to address unequal tax distribution among property classes and corporations.
The Ways and Means Committee, composed of Democratic members, settled on an income tax plan targeting individual incomes over 4000 and corporate profits, while also adjusting the whisky tax to ten cents per gallon and extending bonded storage to eight years. Other changes lowered the pack of cards tax and kept cigarette tax increases, with projected revenue reaching millions from corporations and individuals and a boost from the whisky levy. The session also touched on tariff caucus shifts and a Republican minority report on foreign affairs.
United States post offices in operation on Jan 1 show 68 806 offices with 151 first class, 674 second class, 2 950 third class, and 5 342 fourth class. Changes include four class expansion to presidential class. appointments of J W treo urn sheriff in McPherson county. Jessie Boies dies in Waterloo at 40?. market summaries for wheat, corn, hogs, cattle, and livestock prices in Chicago and Minneapolis with assorted prices and expectations.
A compilation of brief items: the Trenton National Bank in Missouri authorized to begin business with capital. a Pontymister Wales colliery riot injuring twenty. New York destitution with three men attempting suicide. Hartford City Indiana clash with tramps, a citizen injured, six arrestees. Lovey jailed for fraud. Donjon bound over for federal grand jury action. yellow fever outbreak in Rio with five deaths. Ex Vice President Morton undergoes foot surgery with days to recovery. Count William Bismarck warned of a threat to his home. Berlin dispatch dispels ministerial dispute rumors. Boston Colorado Smelting shows Colorado gold gain near one million. Columbus Indiana wife murderer Brown sentenced. Timothy Harrington named editor of United Ireland. DL&WRR declares 4⅘% dividend. Kentucky court grants lottery writs. lotteries resume with Morley influenza relapse concerns.
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