Treasury Secretary warns of year end deficit despite strong revenues
Washington reports a projected treasury deficit exceeding 18 million dollars for the current fiscal year, though receipts remain solid. Officials cite rising past year expenditures in navy, army, and rural delivery as the cause while predicting a fall in spending as appropriations lapse, with balances set to rebound before July start of the new fiscal year.
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Secretary of the Treasury
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Navy
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria Seeks Independent Kingdom
The Odessa agency reports Prince Ferdinand plans to elevate Bulgaria to a kingdom on his accession anniversary. He would back autonomous Macedonia with a Christian governor chosen by Berlin treaty signatories, aided by an Anglo French naval demonstration in Asia Minor. Ferdinand's recent visits to London and Paris are noted.
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Odessa
Asia Minor
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London
Paris
Richman as conductor helps a green hostler on crowded car
Gen. T. Coleman du Pont, head of the E I du Pont Powder Co., acted as conductor for Wilmington City Railway to aid a novice. He assisted passengers, signaled the motorman with two bells, and helped an elderly woman with a market basket as the car moved from Madison Street toward Mar ket Street, waving farewell at Market Street.
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T. Coleman du Pont
E. I. du Pont Powder Company
Wilmington City Railway Company
Gen. du Pont
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West Eighth Street
Market Street
German Trade War Threat Looms Over U S Exports
Washington reports a commercial clash with Germany as the 1900 reciprocity pact nears denouncement. U S exports to Germany last year totaled 323.97 million dollars with agricultural goods worth 86 million. under new tariffs, wheat and other farm products face steep increases that could shut Americans out of German markets.
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United States
Germany
State Department
Terence
Tramp Sentenced to Bath by Camden Recorder
Luke Kalp, a tramp, was arraigned in Camden New Jersey where Recorder Stackhouse ordered him to be bathed and fumigated at the county jail as a measure to deter vagrants. Kalp reportedly said he had his first bath since the centennial year after escaping into the river.
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Recorder Stackhouse
Camden
N. J
Luke Kalp
Kalp
Why Italians Stay in Cities
Immigrants from Europe, including Italians, settle in New York and eastern cities because they must find work immediately and earn much more than back home. They would pursue land and new opportunities elsewhere if given a chance, which could benefit both the country and themselves.
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East
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