Gathering Statistics on Tariff Costs in Shoes and Woolens
Senators Carlisle and Aldrich with Secretary Durfee hear from Massachusetts manufacturers at the Hotel Vendome about the cost of producing shoes and woolens. They discuss wage data, tariff effects, and plans to analyze every commodity from workshop to consumer, aiming to inform final report and economic questions. The Boston roundtable notes discrepancies between producer prices and consumer costs in footwear and promises continued hearings at other industrial centers.
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Boston
Carlisle
Aldrich
Durfee
United States Senate Fiscal Committee
Hotel Vendome
Chase
Massachusetts
Congress
Axminster
America
Balmaceda Forces Lose Ground as Chilean Capital Falls
Reports from Valparaiso and Santiago on August 20 show Balmaceda's army in retreat. Insurgent control spreads across ports and forts while provisional authorities and Congress seek stabilization. Dispatches confirm Santiago's capture and Balmaceda’s uncertain whereabouts amid refugee movements and foreign consular concerns.
Debaters eager as McKinley Campbell clash looms
Cortomrs Aug 30 Great interest in a joint debate between Major McKinley and Governor Campbell. Supporters predict a decisive match on tariff issues while Democrats rally at Ada and in Columbus. McKinley defends protection, cites carpet and sugar cases, Campbell praised for pace and wit.
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Major MecKinley
Campbell
McKinley
Claude Meeker
Major McKinley
Kenton
Forest
Ohio
Congress
Repubionni
Monaler
Favorite Son Wright Favored by Tenth Legion Delegates
Easton Pa August 30 The Tenth Legion Democrats favor RB E Wright of Allentown as Auditor General choice with 64 delegates expected to back him. Congressman Mutchler backs Wright saying reforms seen in auditors and treasurer offices point to needed change and honesty.
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Wright
Dispatch
Eastos
Tenth Legion
Auditor General
E. Wright
Allentown
Lehigh Valley
Muichler
Nepal
Ooi Mutchler
Robert E Wright
Erie County Republicans Organize and Back Dalzell
Delegates elected at Walther's Hall Jest evening to the Scranton convention pledge to support Dalzell. Perry Gibson Conrad J. Brown editor J. H. Keily T. O. Chambers A. J. Culbertson and H. Warren named as delegates. An on constitution and by laws committee was formed for future report. Delegates from Indiana Ishpeming elect D C Marsh H M Belt S A Smith pledged to Dalzell.
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Exie
Walther’s Hall
Erie County Republican Club
Scranton
Perry Gibson
Conrad J. Brown
J. H. Keily
T. O. Chambers
A. J. Culbertson
H. Warren
Dalzell
Indiana
Ispraza
Iican League Club
D. C. Marsh
H. M. Belt
S A. Smith
Smith
Dalzell Support Seen From Several States
Fragmentary lines indicate multiple states leaning toward Dalzell. While two others do not speak for themselves, the consensus suggests these states are favorable to Dalzell through indirect support. The note emphasizes a broader regional trend.
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Dalzell
Chicago's New Fuel Threatens Pittsburgh Glass Makers
Special telegram notes Chicago Glass Manufacturing Company on Wentworth near Forty-firth aiming to beat Pittsburgh via a new fuel blend of hot air and crude oil. Managers claim lower costs than natural gas will push Pittsburgh out of the Western bottle trade, with Chicago consuming much brandy industry output and labor savings cited.
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Windy City
Carcaco
Chicago Bis 5
Chicago Glass Manufacturing Company
Wentworth Avenue
Forty-firet Street
Pittsburg
Chicago
Clerical Firebug Arrested for Arson in Memphis
Rev. H. C. Stone a Methodist preacher with Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi ties was arrested in Memphis on charges of arson. He formerly led North Mississippi Conference and was connected to Governor Stone of Mississippi. Stone and porter Martin Anthony allegedly set fire to a furniture storage business to hide stolen goods.
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C. Stone
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
North Mississippi
J. B. Stone
White River
Ark
Stone
Martin Anthony
Six Illicit Distillers Caught Near Soto Mississippi
Marshal Walker and deputies captured six men near Soto Mississippi at 1 am as they traced Bob Sims gang across Alabama. Sims himself escaped capture though several gang members were in a vacant house near Be Soto. Those arrested include C P Savage and brothers T D and Mose Savance and their kin Tyree and William. Two more prisoners were nabbed two miles away two hours later. All prisoners to Mobile for custody.
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Miss
Marshal Walker
Bob Sims
Alabama
Sims
Be Soto
Joseph Mosely
C. P. Savage
T.D
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Hhey
Aci
Tyree
William
Sims Gang
Mobile
Unprecedented Salmon Pack in Alaska and San Francisco
Arctic Packing Company reports a record river pack of 133000 cases and 1600 barrels of salted salmon with fishing starting July 10. Four canneries operated at full capacity as laborers including Chinese and Highbinders faced police actions to restore order in Chinatown and keep work going.
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Jensen
Arctic Packing Company
Alaska
Chinatown
Governor Colcord Warns Against Pine Nut Mine Rush
Governor Colcord of Nevada visits San Francisco warns the public not to rush to Pine Nut mining claims. He says Senator Haines overestimates riches though honest in opinion and notes all Pine Nut claims are taken. Colcord will travel to Pine Nut to verify reports before announcing conclusions.
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Colcord
Nevada
Haines
Nhut
Man Attacks Six Sisters in Williamsburg Convent
An unknown man entered the Convent of the Mother of Sorrows in Williamsburg at 1 am and assaulted six sisters, including a 19 year old. The attacker fled as Father Zentgraf and police searched the premises but found no trace of him.
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New Yor
Mother Superior
Empress of Austria Reported To Be Insane
A Vienna dispatch states the Empress shows grave insanity symptoms. She is eccentric in public, wears bizarre costumes, and a medical expert calls the case grave and hereditary. A sister in an insane asylum is noted, and a Bavarian king is described in connection with the case.
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Austria
Panis
Fstafette
Vienna
Creditors settle Plummer affairs while liens remain on Deas
In New York on August 30 creditors of John F. Plummer and his brother Albert T. Plummer reached a settlement. They discharged both men from all claims but kept rights against William B. Deas. Creditors received a 20 percent cash dividend, and several large creditors took titles to Plummer’s real estate as part of their share.
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Frederica
Delaware Bay
Queenstown
Queen Anne County
Chesapeake Bay
Sussex
Kent County
Honest Jun
Darling
New York
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Albert T. Plummer
William 8. Deas
J. F. Ploummer
Millard Fillmore’s Sister Dies in San Francisco
Julia Fillmore Harris, last survivor of Millard Fillmore’s immediate family, died at her son Charles Harris’s home in San Francisco. Born in 1812, she came to California in 1872 from Minnesota and is survived by two children, Charles Harris and Mrs Pollis of Toledo Ohio.
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Julia Fillmore Harris
Millard Fillmore
United States
Charles Harris
California
Minnesota
Charles
Pollis
Toledo
Tennessee General Assembly to Meet to Settle Troubles
The extra session of the Forty-seventh Tennessee General Assembly convenes at noon tomorrow in Nashville. Main business is resolving issues from the Briceville miners and convicts dispute including the lease system abolition and plans for rebuilding and enlarging facilities.
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Nashville
Tens
Forty-seventh General Assembly of Tennessee
Briceville
State Assembly Debates Reform Agenda On Prisons And Laws
Members discuss ending the lease system and reducing prison sends, noting the State pays 100000 dollars annually. Proposals urge lighter crime penalties, possible whipping post for misdemeanors and houses of correction for youth. Military laws may be tightened to empower the Executive in emergencies like Briceville.
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Assembly
Briceville
Fooling the Doctors at Charity Hospital
New York Aug 30 A patient in Charity Hospital wards is suspected of feigning stomach distress to stay as a hospital boarder. Visiting physician Kelly plans staged procedures including a fake operation, skin cauterization, and an emetic, with a frog or turtle placed in the bowl to convince the man that a growth exists, prior to any real incision.
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New York
Charity Hospital
Kelly
Kell
Sheehan
Spent Two Fortunes The Rise and Fall of Constantine Ashargan
Constantine Ashargan once inherited a million from his Athens family and squandered it in lavish living across Athens Constantinople and beyond. Now a ten dollar weekly clerk in New York he seeks a third fortune from an Alexandria uncle and aims for a sober life after a career of revelry and a duel with a Russian nobleman.
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Athens
New York
Alberty
Constantine
Constantinople
Trome
San Francisco
Interpreter Arberty
Alexandria
Arberty
Mystery Man Clinging to Log Rescued Near Hell Gate
A naked man with only trousers and a vest clung to a log in the Hell Gate channel last evening. Captain Paul and the ferry crew of the James rescued him as the craft neared College Point, later detaining him at a police station as a possible island prisoner named John Corcoran, age 25.
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New York
Paul
Hell Gate
Long Island Sound
James
College Point
Astoria
John Corcoran
Belgian Free Ports Plan Shrinks Tariffs Burdens
The Journal of the Chamber of Commerce reports Belgium may declare Antwerp and other ports free to become a central warehouse. French and other traders might shift goods to Belgium to avoid tariffs and protect profits.
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Paris
Journal of the Chamber of Commerce
Antwerp
Belgium
Holland and Belgium to attend World Columbian Exhibition
The Foreign Committee of the Chicago Columbian Fair Commission met with the Minister of Commerce at Brussens for two hours. Holland and Belgium will appoint commissioners to attend to their exhibits at the fair.
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Comerce
Holland
Belgium
Million Dollar Fire Rips Natrona Plant at Tarentum
A massive blaze at the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company’s stone building near Tarentum destroys a large stock of bicard soda and equipment. Water pressure failed as boilers were shut for repairs, delaying firefighting and causing millions in losses. the two story stone structure is to be rebuilt immediately.
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Pennsylvania Salt Company
Tarentum
Natrona
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company
Hart
Abducted the Girl Case Stirs New York Inquiry
Inspector Byrnes acted on a dispatch from James Morrow of Tioga county Pennsylvania alleging John Hazelton abducted Morrow's 5 year old daughter Mary. Hazelton claimed Mary left home of her own will but detectives arrested him after a later confrontation. Mary denied accusations.
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Byrnes
James Morrow
Shippen
Tioga County
John Hazelton
Morrow
Mary
Hazelton
Gerry
Phalen
Hagerton
Scotty's Friends Anxious Top to Boat Newport Hopes
Ex-congressman Scotty Wik? and associates faced a tense scene in Newport as authorities hastily summoned Dr. William Pepi amid a disputed incident. The evening involved a long-standing feud with Dr. Brandes and crowded fans, with uncertain outcomes and lingering questions about liability and motive.
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Newport
W. L. Scotty
William Pepi
Brandes
Booming an Elevated Terminal
General Joseph T. Torrence, president of the Chicago Elevated Terminal Railway Co, returns from Europe convinced the elevated terminal is Chicago’s railroad solution. He outlines consolidating freight and passenger traffic, eliminating switching yards, and building six to seven story freight houses with stone walls, using hydraulics to lift goods to street level.
Ex-Preacher Arrested for Arson in Memphis Case
C Stone an ex preacher with prior charges in several Tennessee Mississippi and Arkansas towns was arrested on arson charges in Memphis. He admits the act but claims he is a morphine victim and claims habit influenced the fires at a storage warehouse and a Jefferson street business.
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Memmuis
Texn
C. Stone
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Greenville
Stone
Memphis
Jefferson Street
Rain tests at Morris ranch near Tex show final evaluation
Reported rainmaking experiments near Mrpuaxp Texas have reached a final thorough test stage. The group insists the work must continue, aiming to prove viability before El Paso. They claim strong local backing and financial support to push a definitive demonstration if needed.
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Tex
Morris Ranch
el Paso
Two Pittsburgers on 1100 Mile Bicycle Trek to New Orleans
BinmivaHam, ALA, Aug, O-O Wy Pettiford and Frank Lenz of Pittsburg reached Birmingham this afternoon en route to New Orleans. They rode bicycles the 1100 mile distance, expect to finish in about three weeks and leave for New Orleans tomorrow.
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New Orleans
Isyrclal Talagham
Dispatch
BinmivaHam
Ala
Wy Pettiford
Frank Lenz
Pittsburg
Ne. O. Ans Tonmorrow
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