Revenue code overhaul faces heated debate in legislature
Des Moines dispatch outlines legislative wrangling over tax and revenue provisions. Key clashes include full cash value vs low ratio valuations, proposed township boards of review, and new rules for loan and building associations. Exemptions cover U.S. and state property, educational and religious institutions, farms, and other common items. bankers and corporations face updated assessment bases and shareholder reporting requirements. The plan shifts property taxation to reflect new valuation methods and expands oversight by auditors and county assessors.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Code Committee
Wars and Means
House
Senate
Funk
United States
Hell
Every
Ovisiion
Boards of Review
As Ors
Gage Named to Treasury Portfolio in McKinley Admin
Lyman J. Gage president of the First National Bank of Chicago announces he has taken the Treasury post under McKinley. The Canton event includes Maj. McKinley and notable figures as he states his past party affiliations and plans, with biographical highlights tracing his rise from clerk to bank head and World’s Fair supporter.
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First National Bank of Chicago
Rone al Cantom
Lyman J. Gage
First National Bank Chicago
McKnley
Canton
McKiller
Maj
McKinley
Treasury
Gaga
de Ruyter
Madison County
N. X
Eli
Mary Judson Gase
Rome
N. Y
Rome and Watertown
Oneida Gentral Bank
Chicago
Merchants’ Savings, Loan and Trust Company
First National Bank
I86s
American Bankers’ Association
Jane
Gage
Sarah Etheridge
Little Falls
N.Y
Cornelia Gage
Denver
Colo
Inauguration gown for Mrs McKinley described
Chicago correspondent details Mrs McKinley’s planned gown for the inauguration. Levende of silver and white brocade will form the fabric with pale blue satin trim. The design features a high neck with lace, a decollete effect, long sleeves with lace, a stately train, and several panels of brocade.
Brooklyn Woman Dies After Faulty Prescription
Miss Liftian Templeton of Brooklyn dies after taking a friend’s prescription intended to cure a cold. The tale notes the danger of misused remedies and the fatal outcome of such advice.
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Liftian Templeton
Brooklyn
Miss Templeton
Congress Debates Money Conference and Canal Plans
The Senate discusses a proposed international monetary conference with a push toward government led canal control. The House passes the immigration and Indian appropriation bills amid sharp exchanges, including Grosvenor attacking Altgeld and Dearmond ridiculing a farmers pamphlet. The Senate confirms William S. Forman as Internal Revenue Commissioner and advances a bankruptcy bill. a tariff conflict ends with a presidential authority to appoint conference commissioners. A volatile session closes with a clash between Powers and Barrett over railroad rights and foreclosures.
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Walcott
House
Galveston
Tex
Cleveland
Vatthan Scott
Iowa Caralrs
Oswego
Kan
Luoraer
Dem
Georgia
John F. McMae
United States
Wanderer
Savannah
Nicaragua
Sherman
Morgan
England
Hepburn
Rep
Town
Grosvenor
Ohio
Altgeld
Illinois
Dearmond
Sissouri
Morteux
Senate Priday
Secretary of State
Atlantic and Pecific
Uliler
Wortsare
Powers
Veruiwat
Mr. Barrett
Massachusetts
Russell A Alger Named Secretary of War in McKinley Cabinet
Gen Russell A Alger of Michigan is chosen to be Secretary of War, with a long war record and former governor of Michigan. He was summoned to Canton to accept, with pledges that other cabinet appointments remain undecided. Born 1836 in Ohio, Alger rose from farm work to law, lumber, and military service in the Civil War, later serving as Michigan governor from 1884 and leading G A R.
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Lamont
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
McKinley
Gen. Alger
Canton
Gen
Russell
Alger
Lafayette Township
Medina County
Ohio
William the Conqueror
Richfield, Q
Akron
Grand Rapids
Rich
Annette EL Team
Second Michigan Cavalry
Booneville
Miss
Sixth
Michigan Cavalry
Pigth Michigan Cavalry
Custer
Lincoln
Detroit
Michison
Bezole
G. A. RB
First Snowstorm Hits Three Texas Areas
Telegraphic brief notes report Texas regions experiencing their first snowfall in three years. A Washington dinner hosted by Secretary and Mrs. Carliste honored Prasigeny and Mrs. Cleveland. The New York Board of Health lists infectious diseases including tuberculosis. A New York man Arthur Palmer shot his mother, brother, and sister. the killer is at large.
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Texas
Pnd
Carliste
Washington
Cleveland
New York Board of Health
Arthur Palmer
New York
Calnier
Senate
Mms
Thurston
aMernoun
Chicago Times-Herald
John Sherman
Mitch Ina
Kansas City Lines
Wealth and Poverty Debate Across Newspapers
A collage of 1900s editorials decry poverty and hunger, urging immediate action. Chicago Washington Boston reporters condemn wealth disparities, call for charity, and accuse elites of indifference while noting India and Turkey crises.
Cholera on board Nu dia at Plymouth confined to troops
Royal charity and global concerns appear in a mixed summary: cholera cases aboard the Nu dia in Plymouth are limited to troops. Queen Victoria donates 500 pounds to the India famine relief fund opened by London’s Lord Mayor. Montserrat suffers severe food shortages with extensive damage and 75 lives lost.
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Plymouth
Queen Victoria
India Famine Relief Fund
London
Montserrat
Newfoundland
Bungerr
Austria
Hungary
Montagn
Tasnyynig
Pensa
Drm
Ofriedrich Krepp
Count Muravyiett
Faure
St. Petersburg
Gnheatad Wolf
Tacoma
Wash
Misa Cheistignya Smith
Chiesga
Dumas Fils
Delicate Jointing of Gutta-Percha Insulation Described
An account details the intricate process of gutta percha jointing aboard a ship describ ing workers handling copper conductors, gutta percha insulation, and careful rolling with heat to avoid air bubbles. The narrative notes the required tactile skill and the dangers of imperfections in the insulation.
Work and change in Cheyenne life observed in Montana
A New York Post correspondent in Montana notes a Cheyenne man carrying wood for lodge duties while a tiny girl nearby hauls twigs. The piece reflects on shifts in tribal labor roles, with past norms fading as tribes adopt new methods. The girl embodies a link between past and future.
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Hovever
New York Post
Montana
Iearish
Child spins courtroom humor in comic Miss speech
A Pittsburg Chron icle report recalls a judge's young daughter who attended court and recounted the proceedings with playful misstatements. She described speeches to twelve men who sat together and were then placed in two dark chambers to be developed, amusing her mother.
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Pittsburg
Pana
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