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Newspaper
Phoenix Weekly Herald
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1897
Page
4
The weekly Herald notes prosperity as crushers shrink and bankers report expanding loans and mercantile discounts. It cites rising stocks and bonds, improving iron trade, and gold outflow easing, with a cable from Lombard indicating American securities gain in foreign markets.
May 1897 reveals fewer manufacturing and trading failures than recent months, with overall economic strain easing. President McKinney’s Cuba policy moves forward through diplomatic channels, while local politics in Phoenix see Hooker retain City Marshal amid ballot confusion. Dan’s Review notes Spanish Cuba stance and labor unrest at the American Railway Union topolobampo plan.
A garbled but period tone article notes Central American states forming a union, GuatemalA and Costa Rica aligning with others. It discusses Hawaiian annexation favored by the Senate, U.S. strategic interests, and political debates over tariffs and protectionism amid a looming December Congress session.
A scattered collection mentions a centenarian maid who cannot ride a bicycle, politics around New Mexico territorial offices, Salt River wheat harvest and rising prices, eight hour law debates, and local reactions to tariff and island annexation. It also notes Galveston rail growth, Turks and islands population shifts, and critiques a Republican telegraphic service overreach.
An 1896 era analysis argues New York loses commercial primacy as world markets expand. Bradstreet figures show May exports up 15 percent nationwide, but New York rises only 10 percent, signaling reduced pro rata share amid shifting ports, transport lines, and rising Asiatic and European trade.
In Wacnixerox on June 25 the wool schedule was completed after Senator West offered amendments that were all defeated. the schedule was adopted as submitted by the Frnsses Committee. The aisk schedule was taken up. ANSAS FLOODS. Much rain fall in That Strate. Fort Sorry, Kris., Jane 25. Three and ninety-four hundredths inches of rain fall here fuls night, the greatest precipitation recorded by the weather observer in many years. Washington railroads have delayed trains.
At Columbus on June 23 the Ohio Republican convention convened under Grosvenor, adopting credentials and party platforms aligned with Senator Hanna. Key nominations included Bushnell for governor and Hanna for the United States Senate, with Daugherty and Dorrence Harting steering the new state central committee amid fierce party support and anti Cleveland civil service reform tones.
The Senate committee on foreign relations examined the Hawaiian annexation treaty and accompanying papers today in Washington. It was referred to the subcommittee—Poraker, Davis, and Morgan—with instructions to investigate and report. The panel appears split eight for ratification, with the possibility of nine supporters.
The senate today moved to suspend the operation of wool duties as part of a procedural dispute. The motion, raised by Senator Jones, seeks to halt the ongoing Wool Duties program pending further debate and action.
In London, June 24, the Foreign Office secretary Curzon answered Becket on Hawaii. He said Britain would not express opinion on the Hawaiian crisis. The government knew of a U S annexation proposal presented to the U S Senate but no decision had been made. Curzon stated Britain would protect its rights and subjects under international law.
BiG HAILSTONE s. Colorado Bound to Lead, Even in Hallstones, reports a severe hail storm in Prerno Colo on June 25. Stones reportedly weighed up to 10 ounces with a circumference near 199 inches. The storm caused broken windows in the southern city area and widespread crop and orchard damage, with some stock fearfully affected.
A severe electrical wind and rainstorm hit Sadalla on June 25, uprooting trees and destroying fences and houses. A Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train struck two box cars blown from a siding near Montrose, killing a young man who sought shelter in one car. Crops statewide suffered heavy losses. An Indian mint reopening is reportedly being considered in London with Senator Wolcott leading a push to influence monetary powers.
United States transfers and multiple real estate deeds listed by date and parties. Names include Léon Bouvier Martha Miller Conrad Meyer Elmer Patton H F Couch Joseph Bissett Peter Morrel Louis Pisroy Charles Wartman Homa Parey Felipe Gonzales William Morphy Adells Kier Andre Merz and others with parcels in sections and blocks, prices range from $10 to $3,000 and sheriff sales noted.
A terrible storm tore through Brun, Missouri and nearby towns on June 25, causing thousands in damage. Kilns and furnaces at Cherokee Lanyon smelter were destroyed by fire, buildings were blown away, and churches along with the fairgrounds suffered extensive damage. Several injuries were reported, including Thomas Smith of Zinc Worker. The storm lasted about thirty minutes with hail and heavy rain.
A June 25 dispatch reports Senator Hanna denying a telegraphic claim that McKinley’s name was slighted and Cuba’s freedom price. The mississippi death and a public hanging are noted, plus a coroner’s verdict on Isaac Hoffman. Also a call for hotel and boarding house proprietors to provide data for railway passenger services.
Guone Arizona June 23 The Globe Valley Globe and Northern railroad construction is expected to finish soon with President Garland and Vice President Cutler visiting for days to push the work. Officials anticipate the line between St Thames and Globe to be built immediately. Five heat deaths reported in New Orleans with ongoing extreme temperatures. Prostrations noted in New Orleans and nearby areas, while Kansas reports record heat and broad harvest disruption.
The Treasury Department has lately received many requests for email notes in small denominations, seen as a sign of improving business conditions. Officials note annual west and south demand for small notes for crop movement, but this early surge suggests broader economic activity rather to timely farming needs.
The Japanese government filed a firm protest over Hawaii’s proposed annexation by the United States. It argued that 25,000 island Japanese would lose treaty-right protections and potential citizenship under U.S. law, risking property and voting rights and jeopardizing Japanese interests in Hawaii. The government insists on safeguarding these rights and opposes annexation.
June 24 report states the Federal Council authorized the Swiss minister at Paris to sign the supplementary convention with the Latin Monetary Union members. The accord adjusts the silver coin proportion for each party to address a shortage of small change.
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