Washington Letter and Political War Talk in 1899
In a Washington letter from December 1899 the writer notes Dewey and Sampson debates, condemnation of Congress for not supporting Sampson, and a shift in war coverage. It discusses Otis in the Philippines, the Aguinaldo search, and skeptical war officials. Other items cover Democratic House leadership bets on Richardson, polling in New York after elections, Choate and Salisbury friendship, Hay’s discipline prospects, the GOP committee call, and Florida figures. The column blends foreign policy, theater of politics, and party maneuvering with social quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis
Philippines
Logan
John A. Logan
Aguinaldo
War Department
Enrollment in U S schools reaches 16,687,643 in 1898
The annual report of the Commissioner of Education shows a total enrollment of 16,687,643 in public and private schools in 1898, up about 500,000 from 1897, with roughly 4,000 more students in colleges and universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Education
United States
Revenue law boosts receipts to record years
The year shows a surge under the new revenue law with customs receipts rising by 56,559,419 and internal revenue up 102,586,520, both surpassing all but 1866. Total ordinary receipts reach 515,960,620 the highest on record apart from 1866, while net ordinary expenditures exceed 605,000,000 and a deficiency of 89,111,559 remains in ordinary revenues.
Stamp mutilation rule for 10 cent stamps by tax commissioner
The directive states that from the thirteenth of the month the Commissioner of Internal Revenue requires documentary and proprietary stamps of 10c or larger to bear the user's initials and affixed date in ink. In addition, the stamp must be mutilated by three parallel lengthwise cuts starting near one end and ending near the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Westward Mining Dreams and the Great Desert March
A broad meditation on western expansion from 1899 notes how fifty years changed a desert of wolves into a thriving, mineral driven realm. It contrasts old and new miners, praises railroads and cities, and laments savagery fading as civilization advances across a land shaped by mines and prospectors.
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Western Hemisphere
Pacific
Atlantic
Red Man
Othare
Far West
Butte
Montana
Stamped envelopes redeemed. stamps exchanged or repaid
Notices describe post office practice for spoiled stamped envelopes and damaged stamps. It explains redemption at face value, return of damaged stamps, and recording of redeemed items by postmasters. The document also contains legal notices from Idaho in 1899 including attachments in the Bowen vs Morrison case and land claim proofs in Challis with witnesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Ivan
Nared Wettler
Uat
Johnston
U.S
Chalits
John Q. Adams
Ney
B. M
Wold
Charles Colvin
John Fleming
Alvan P. Challis
Henry Blurkey
Challis
Joxico
N. J. Sharp
Register
Elisabeth Stevens
Idaho
L. H. Johnston
U. 8
Ioner
Idwho
Elba P. Wilson
Joseph Horton
John W. Stephens
Daniel Stephens
Mako
Tlailry
L. J. Johnston
Say
Warner K. Jarvie
ALB
Loew
New NW
Nwy
Vis
Garner J. Potter
Iugh
McKendrick
Henry Bradbury
John Casanty
Reylater
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Silver Messenger
Tao
Custer Cquity
Hurrom Asp
Washington
Dewey
Crowninrhhield
Manila
Congress
Sampson
Germany
Matanzas
Cuba
Sam. Jones
Honse of Representatives
DeArmond
Missouri
Richardson
Tennessee
Bankhead
Alabama
House
New York
Tiger
Choate
Salisbury
Great Britain
Hay
Hon. Joseph
Chbioans
England
America
Tom Platt
Lemuel Bly Quigg
Robert Mazet
Boy Wonders
John Bull
Potato Pingree
Michigan
Alger
Teddy
Maryland
Crampacker
la Porte
Ind
Indiana
Great American Desert
Missouri River
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Colorado
Wyoming
Nevada
Sacramenton
Salt Lake
Steunenberg
Edwards
Idaho State Tribune
Fourth Judicial District Court of Idaho
Custer County
William J. Bowen
Platnait
John G. Morrison
Geo. B. Kryes, Clark
Ior Ait Hailey
TDARO
Iddo
R. N. Hunt
Ooee
James Gayle
R.n.hull & Co
Custer
Challis, SN
Buster
John P. Spalding
Prop
Pabst
Milwaukee
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