Washington letter notes Civil War era finance and strikes
The piece discusses Cleveland Globe Ship Yard strikers accepting wage cuts, Marcus Hanna as owner, a rising tool trust, and skeptical views on anti trust enforcement. It covers U S bond sales and European money, Supreme Court limits on maximum railway rates, and Senator Chandler advocating bimetallism. It cites Treasury receipts and expenditures for recent weeks and year to date.
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Globe Ship Yard
Cleveland
Ohio
Marcus A. Hanna
Formidable 6 millimetre gun ordered by Navy
The Navy Department ordered fifty 6 millimetre rapid fire automatic guns from Colts of Hartford. Eight arrived at Brooklyn navy yard, two mounted for Gunner Gilmartin. The gun, a new invention, can be operated by one man and fires 200 shots a minute. It shattered through bricks, oak, and steel in tests and could sweep a battleship deck in ten minutes. It rests on a steel tripod and uses a belt of shells.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Signal Corps
New Shell Ribbon System Aids Rapid Gun Fire
A naval document describes a machine gun using a five minute ribbon feed, loaded through a narrow breech slit. Fired shells eject automatically via gas-powered mechanism. The tripod base includes a bicycle saddle for comfort. Forty two more guns to arrive for cruiser and merchant vessel armament.
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Navy Yard
Maine Board of Inquiry Report Pending Congress
The Board of Inquiry into the Maine disaster has completed its work and sent the report to Washington. It is expected to be presented to Congress on Monday with possible calls for decisive action against Spain if the report points to enemies as the cause.
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Board of Inquiry
United States
Maine
Washington
Congress
Spain
Reform or Rampant Ring Power in Constitutional Convention
Nearly everybody recognizes Hon. E. B. Krattschnitt, president of the Constitutional Convention, but after fifty six days in session the public questions his use of talent. The Progress criticizes if his influence advances anything but opposing the New Orleans ring and ward bosses. It questions John Fitzpatrick and Brewster as motives skeptically, suggesting political involvement from possible self interest.
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E. B. Krattschnitt
Louisiana
New Orleans
Ward
John Fitzpatrick
Brewster
Endorsement Signals Wannaker for Pennsylvania Governor
Honorable John Wannaker enjoys the backing of Philadelphia business leaders for the Pennsylvania governorship. The text questions which candidate has political support, suggesting Wannaker could become governor if backing from politicians aligns.
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John Wannaker
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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North Carolina
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Colorado
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Idaho
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