Record of the Year Exports From the United States
Exports for the fiscal year nearing end likely reach 1.5 billion dollars, the highest on record. For eleven months to May 1901 total exports were 1,235,013,500, double the prior period, with agriculture driving gains and manufacturing share rising, while several regions show varying changes and Hawaii shifts influence totals.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statstics
Europe
North America
South Ca
Asia
Africa
Oceanton
Hawaii
Uniteds
China
Comerthandise
States
Porto Rico
Prices Advancing in Commodities Amid Strength
Bradstreet's note from New York on June 21 predicts sustained strength in several lines with further improvements. It highlights crop conditions, rain distribution, and widespread price increases in cotton goods, hides, leather, cereals, lard, cheese, tin, and steel, plus higher imports demand, and firm building hardware and iron markets.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Morrow
South Atlantic
Texas
Northwest
Europe
Shea
Boston
Wheat and corn export totals and weekly failures report
From July 1 to date this season wheat exports total 211 612 214 bushels, up from 196 450 126 last season. Corn exports reach 2 315 054 bushels versus 2 514 593 a week ago. Year to date corn exports stand at 173 081 001 bushels, compared with 146 299 152 in 1898 99. Weekly failures total 198, down from 189 the prior year.
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Uly
Haan
Increasing Distribution Highlights Broad Prosperity in Trade
R G Dun and Co reports rising distribution of merchandise beyond the Ohio River, with railways moving more luxury goods and steady crop news. Labor disputes ease, iron and steel activity remains high, and July deliveries already promised. Foreign demand grows as drought worries ease. Atlantic exports up year over year, while failures edges rise in US and Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Ohio River
Northwest
Wall Street
Iron and
Totcs
France
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Bank Clearings Rise 50.5 Percent This Week
The Bradstreet compiled table reports bank clearings in principal cities for the week ending June 20, showing a 50.5 percent increase over the same week last year. The figures detail each city’s gains or losses and compare them to the prior year.
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New York
Bradstreet
What Minister McCormick Is Doing
Chicago reports Robert McCormick recently appointed minister to Austria arrived for a short visit. He stated he negotiated better treatment for American meats with Austrian officials and plans to push reciprocal terms before a two year trade treaty expires. He will return on the Oceanic Fly June 21.
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Chicago
Robert
McCormick
Austria
Acta
Benedict Arnold Relics Recovered From Traitors Ship
Burlington Vermont June 4 J G Falcon a diver has visited the spot where the schooner Royal Savage commanded by Gen Benedict Arnold was sunk in 1777 by the British. He found three gun carriages and about thirty cannon balls. Two carriages will go to the Smithsonian Institution and the other to the city of Burlington.
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Burlington
J. G. Falecon
Benedict Arnold
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Burling
Taft Named Civil Governor of Philippine Islands
Secretary Root issued the President's order establishing civil government in the Philippines. William H. Taft is appointed civil Governor reporting to the secretary of war, with civil authority starting July 4. Corbin to oversee enlistment of natives in the Army of Occupation.
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Washington
Root
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Philippine Islands
William H.taft
Secretary of War
United States
The
Coloyil
Elihu Root
Disturbances Deemed Unthreatening by Russia Leader
The speaker asserts repeated assurances that disturbances were not ominous and likens police action to other nations handling unruly schoolboys. He claims his government was never more secure and loyal, praising progress and peaceful aims across the empire.
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Russia
Tts
Census Of Consumptives In New York State Planned
Commissioner of Health Dr Daniel Lewis announces a statewide census of consumptives to assess numbers and needs. The survey aims to reveal care options for those unable to pay for private sanitarium treatment, with physicians statewide invited to provide data through a circular survey.
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Dr. Lewis
New York State
New York
Daniel Lewis
State Board of Health
Lewis
Boards of Health
Koch declares tuberculin cures tuberculosis in Germany
Berlin June 21 Prof Robert Koch reports in the German Medical Weekly that Dr Goeth of Slawentzitz Hospital has used tuberculin for ten years against pure tuberculosis with unvarying success.
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Berlin
Robert Koch
Goeth
Slawentzitz Hospital
Enlistment Plans for Filipinos in US Army Scouts
General Corbin will help organize native Filipinos as scouts in the Philippines under a law allowing up to 1200 Filipinos to be officered by Americans. About 5000 Filipinos now serve as scouts in forty companies across the islands. Corbin travels to the Philippines to assess conditions for the War Department. He doubts a larger force is needed as several units are already ordered home.
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Washington
Corbin
Philippines
Chicago
Henry O. Corbin
United States Army
Philippine civil government planned for July 4
Manila reports the Washington announcement that civil government will start July 4 in the Philippine Islands. Judge William H Taft to be civil governor while remaining head of the Philippine commission. The commission supports a combined civil military governance plan if it avoids nobility issues and preserves customs revenues.
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Manila
Washington
Philippine Islands
William H. Taft
Philippine Commission
Southern man for President 1904 urged by Gaines
Nevada Tribune report from Washington covers Tennessee Congressman John Wesley Gaines advocating a Southern Democrat for President in 1904. He cites strong support, names senators Morgan Cockrell Carmack Bailey and others, and argues ex-Confederates on the bench and in cabinet prove Southern influence. He urges selection of a straight Southern candidate.
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New York
the Tribune
Washington
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
South
Gaines
Morgan
Alabama
Cockrell
Missouri
Carmack
Turley
Culberson and Bailey
Texas
Bacon
Clark Howell
Georgia
White
Louisiana
John Marshall Harlan
Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
Porto Rico
Supreme Court
Congress
Casualties Reported From Lipa Engagement Philippines
Acting Adjutant General Ward received a cable from General MacArthur listing casualties from the Lipa action in Luzon. Private John J. Rogers of Company D, Twenty first Infantry, died of wounds. First Sergeant Frank B. Sterns was wounded in the leg above the knee. Sergeant Delbert Gregory was seriously wounded in the leg. Iragol on Cork was slightly wounded in the thigh. Sergeant Stearne's wounds described as moderate.
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Washington
Ward
MacArthur
Philippines
Lipa
Luzon
John J. Rogers
Twentyfirst Infantry
Frank B. Sterns
Twenty-first Infantry
Delbert Gregory
Iragol
Cork
Stearne
Virginia Constitutional Convention Names Suffrage Chief
Richmond June 21 The constitutional convention committees were appointed with United States Senator Daniel as chairman of the suffrage panel. The makeup aims to include all factions and move quickly on franchise to clear the way for other issues. Daniel said he would call the Sagmanen committee next week as debate over the negro vote continues amid conservative worries that radical action could harm the state.
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Richmond
United States
Daniel
Sagmanen
Agoncillo Disappears From Paris Amid Silence
Paris June 21 Agoncillo representative of Aguinaldo has left his apartment a week ago for Marseille and is said to be returning to the Philippines. He has been inactive in Paris for a month, recently seen and said he received little news from the Philippines. He sought permission to return to Hong Kong on private business, living quietly and seldom leaving.
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Paris
Cailles Near Pagsanjan After Move Toward Santa Cruz
In Laguna province General Cailles with seven hundred riflemen and bolo men is near Pagsanjan a day from Santa Cruz on Laguna de Bay. He plans to surrender Monday and is expected to assist in bringing in Malvar who is his superior officer.
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Manila
Cailles
Laguna Province
Pagsanjan
Santa Cruz
Laguna de Bay
Malvar
Alabama constitutional convention considers arbitration board
June 21 Montgomery reports an ordinance to establish a board of arbitration. The committee on preamble and declaration of rights proposes new constitutional protections including free speech and free press, right to testify for defendants, revocation of exclusive privileges, and revoking educational or property suffrage qualifications.
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Montgomery
Board of Arbitration
Committee On Preamble
Declaration of Rights
Alabama
General Assembly
May Join the Militia Fails at Pressmen Meet
Washington June 2 The International convention of printing pressmen rejected a resolution urging members to refrain from joining military organizations. The vote defeated a report favoring the resolution citing loss of individual independence. A dispute over labels with the Typographical Union was also rejected while disputes with publishers may be referred to the executive committee. President O Connell of the Machinists Union spoke on machinists gains toward a nine hour day and cooperation with press manufacturers.
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Washington
Committee On Law
Union of American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
O'Connell
Machinists* Union
No Trouble in Russia Says Russian Ambassador
Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, protested an article in the New York Independent titled The Russian Situation from the Inside. He said the author is unknown and that March university disturbances among Russian students were no worse than common youth unrest. He compared Russian students to American and other students, describing them as vigorous youths prone to reckless behavior.
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Washington
Count Cassini
New York Independent
America
United States
England
Willisway Ie
Rumor of Gen Botha Surrender Denied Again
The Sun reprints a claim of June 18 that General Botha surrendered after President Kruger’s decision. The British Foreign Office reportedly believes the surrender occurred, while Colonial Secretary Chamberlain’s secretary calls the rumors unfounded. The report links Lloyds’ liability for £500,000 seized from a train, connected to gold shipments and conveys that 34,000 of the 63,000 South African concentration camp inmates are children.
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London
Botha
Kruger
Transvaal
Foreign Office
Joseph Chamberlain
Dreffontein
Lloyds
Natal
Orange Free State
Cape Colony
Johannesburg
Cape Town
Rand
Pretoria
Broderick
House of Commons
South Africa
Captain Slocum's Boer War Report to War Department
Captain H. L. H. Slocum of the Eighth Cavalry, former military attache with the British, presents his June 21 report detailing the Colenso crisis, Roberts’s move to Kimberley, Cronje’s surrender, Boer defensive strengths, British artillery predominance, and British soldier discipline and courage.
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Washington
L. H. Slocum
Eighth Cavalry
War Department
Colenso
Slocum
Lord Roberts
Kimberley
Roberts
Cronje
Bloemfontein
Pretoria
World gold output estimates released by Engineering and Mining Journal
The journal will publish figures showing US output at 118,423,562 and world output at 255,024,654 for last year, with minor changes from earlier estimates. It notes Transvaal’s reduced contribution due to war and calls out shifts in rankings among the United States, Canada, India, Rhodesia, Brazil, Australia, and China.
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New York
Engineering and Mining Journal
United States
Transvaal
Canada
India
Rhodesia
Brazil
Australia
China
Johannesburg
Australasia
Russia
Mexican fugitive Cortez sighted near Rio Grande
Laredo Tex June 21 Sheriff Haynes of Zapata county reports a Mexican matching the description of fugitive Cortez crossed the Rio Grande near San Ignacio and headed for Villas Dam Mexico. He was heavily armed travel-stained and riding a horse after returning from a search for the murders of Sheriffs Morris and Glover.
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Laredo
Tex
Haynes
Zapata County
Carrizo
Morris
Glover
Cortez
Rio Grande
San Ignacio
Villadams
Mexico
No Batson in Church. Meth odist resolution on hats at worship
The First Methodist Church board in Omaha Nebraska on June 21 passed a resolution requesting that in all public services the ladies remove their hats after entering the pews. The motion aims to maintain decorum during worship and aligns with traditional church etiquette.
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Omaha, Neb
First Methodist Church Board
Gown for Ex Queen Sets Off Paris Charity Push
Paris reports a public subscription opened to buy Ranavalona the ex queen of Madagascar a black satin gown. Ranavalona, allowed a Paris visit from Algiers, wanted the gown but government funds were small. La Presse launched the drive and 730 francs were donated with Henry Rochefort leading the list.
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Paris
Ranavalona
Madagascar
Algiers
la Presse
Henry Rochefort
Ranavalo
The Liberal Split Dominates London Discourse
London papers report a Liberal party split with expulsions and resignations whispered. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman faces pressure over leadership while pro-Boers seek Asquith’s ostracism after his Boer independence speech. Campbell-Bannerman calls for calm and condemns camp abuses.
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London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
House of Commons
Herbert A. Asquith
Campbell-Bannerman
Henderson Arrives in London for Fortnight of Courtesy
A London dispatch says Speaker Henderson and his wife and daughter have reached Carlton House for a two week stay. He will be honored by Speaker Gully and Parliament members and attend the large Fourth of July dinner where he will speak. Attendees include colonial representatives, Lord Strathcona, Lord Goschen, Sir Ian Hamilton, Levi P Morton and Frederick H Gillett with speeches by Choate Hanbury Weldon Parker and Rugby head master.
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New York
The
Tribune
London
Henderson
Carlton House
Gully
Lord Strathcona
Lord Goshen
Ian Hamilton
Levi P. Morton
Frederick H. Gillett
Ambassador Choate
R. W. Hanbury
Bishop Weldon
Calcutta
Joseph Parker
Rugby
Giolitti cites end of crisis as strikes settle
In Rome the Chamber of Deputies heard Signor Giolitti report on the agricultural crisis. He said 511 strikes involving 800,000 workers were settled by mutual concession and wage totals rose by 48,000,000 lire. He praised the government for a moderate course and for allowing peaceful labor organization.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Giolitti
Libel verdict in Berlin on De Beers funding claim
The libel case from Dr. Liman against Dr. Schmitz Dr. Loock and the Cologne Gazette ends. Schmitz faces 10 marks or ten days in prison and Loock 30 marks or twenty days. The court notes the Cologne Gazette was offended by the denial but not entirely vindicated.
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Berlin
Dr. Liman
Leipsic Neuste Nachrichten
Dr. Schmitz
Dr. Loock
Cologne Gazette
Liman
de Beers
Cologne
Schmitz
Baldwin Ziegler expedition to reach north pole aims for American flag
Dundee reports readiness as the Baldwin Ziegler party of forty scientists sets sail for the north pole aboard a fine ship formerly the Esquimans. They vow to outpace Duke of Abruzzi and claim the pole, aided by W. W. Astor's £5000 Jubilee Nurses Fund gift. At Kiel regatta seventy four yachts raced with no first prize awarded.
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Dundee
America
Baldwin-Ziegler
North Pole
Duke of
Abruzzi
Pole
Esquimans
W. W. Astor
Kiel
Iduna
Kelnbols Sore
Bonpter
Pas Eget Ee
Coors
Condemned sharp article from Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
A condensed report notes a sharp Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung article and a Copenhagen correspondent for the London Daily Mail. It mentions L. S. Swenson, the American minister, traveling to Washington amid talk of Danish wine sales and Swiss National Council debates, plus a December or spring tariff submission. Christina Nilsen, Swedish singer, was reported ill but is said to be healthy on her way home. Sir Walter Besant’s will names Fr. Watt as executor and literary executor, with a surprising manuscript. A blue book shows UK navigation figures, while Horace Porter hosts a Paris reception marking Mrs. McKinley’s illness, with many dignitaries in attendance.
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Nord Deutsche Algemeine Zeitung
Copenhagen
London
Swiss National Council
Deutscher
Christina Nilsen
Gothenburg
Sweden
Wexlo
Walter Besant
Fr. Watt
Sie Watt
Besant
United Kingdom
Horace Porter
United States
Paris
St Tong
McKinley
Paul
Loubet
Charlemagne Tower
Astador
Russia
Francis B. Loomis
Portugal
Prohibition Terms Issued On Warship Use
A special order was issued detailing the prohibition terms and their application to first class warships. Letters were sent to Admiral Higginson of the North Atlantic squadron and Admiral Barker of the New York navy yard to inform them of the prohibition.
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Admiral Higginson
North Atlantic
Barker
New York Navy Yard
National Capital Notes Washington June 21
Washington June 21 Dr L We King named pension examining surgeon at Greenfield Postmaster at Michigan City to get another carrier from Oct 1. Indianap olis bank approved as reserve agent for Illinois National of Springfield. Dean of Indianapolis registered at St James. Harry Early Wine band postmaster at Michigantown approved. Assistant postmaster at Mayaguez Porto Rico Thomas C Vera arrested for using canceled stamps. Indiana postmasters appointed at Birdseye Sycamore Ray Pleasant Lake Fremont and other towns. Mrs McKinley condition favorable. may move to Canton in July. Geneva treaty revisions discussed with Red Cross neutralities expanded. Mexican govt to take delegates to Pan American trip including Pacchuca Monterey Pueblo and caves of Caca hubumilpo. Secretary Gage to Boston for Harvard degree. Capt Thomas Franklin discharged from volunteers.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
L. We King
Greenfield
Michigan City
Capital National Bank
Indianapolis
Illinois National
Springfield
N. I. M. Dean
St. James
Harry Early Wine
Michigantown
Clinton County
Cochran
Thomas C. Vera
Mayaguez
Porto Rico
Rages
Indiana
Birdseye
Dubois County
Mary C. Dillion
C. J. Hubbard
Sycamore
Howard County
Thomas E. Windsor
C. B. Jones
Ray
Steuben County
O. S. Laird
D. M. Laird
Pleasant Lake
L B. Smith
F. G. Gilbert
Fremont
J. P. Allebright
C. A. Michael
Berne
Switzerland
Geneva
United States
Mexico
Blaine
Pan-American Congress
Pacchuca
Moneterey
Pueblo
Orazade
Cacahubumilpo
Gage
Boston
Harvard University
Thomas Franklin
United States Army
No Site Yet Chosen by Elks
Springfield dispatch reports Elks Home committee members traveling home after denying rumors of no national Elks home. Grand Exalted Ruler Jerome B. Fisher of Jamestown says the order will join the national home and will propose a site before the Grand Lodge session in Milwaukee next month. The party will inspect a site offered near Waukesha Wisconsin, with other locations noted in tentative consideration.
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Springfield
Elks’ Home Committee
Jerome B. Fisher
Jamestown
N. Y
Elks
National Home
Grand Lodge
Milwaukee
Wauksha
Wis
Doctor Victor Popper Dies By Own Action in City
SAN FRANCISCO June 2 Dr Victor Popper of this city committed death by own action by taking carbolic acid shortly after being arrested on a charge of having caused death. Those who were with him at the receiving police station witnessed the night incident.
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San Francisco
Victor Popper
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