President McKinley Urges Swift Tariff and Revenue Reform
President McKinley asks Congress to act quickly on a new revenue plan to end the persistent deficit. He cites rising debt, growing interest costs, and repeated bond issues while urging duties on foreign goods to protect domestic industries and sustain wartime-like government needs. He stresses ensuring pensions, debt service, and proper governance with ample revenue before other business.
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Congress
William Mkinley
Executive Mansion
Washington, D. C
Trinity Church Dedication in Wilkinsburg Pittsburgh
The Trinity Reform church of Wilkinsburg formally dedicated after costing 21000 pounds. Rev Dr Charles Cleaver of Baltimore led the services. The organ was donated by Andrew Carnegie and several art glass windows came from the Junior Order of American Mechanics and other groups.
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Trinity Church of
Wilkinsburg
Pittsburg
Trinity Reformed Church of
Charles Cleaver
Baltimore
Andrew Carnegie
Order of American Mechanics
The
Christian Endeavor
Brotherhood of St Andrew
Concerted Action Aims to Aid Seamen in New York
Representatives from organizations and trade unions arranged a mass meeting for March 26 to improve conditions for American seamen. The Central Labor Union of New York and Brooklyn, reform clubs, and the Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union organize the event.
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New York
Central Labor Union
Brooklyn
Reform Clubs
Atlantic Coast Seamans’ Union
Railroads and the Budget Policy to be Revealed
In Victoria on March 15 the government’s railway policy is promised this week or next as the budget speech nears. A motion by Turner signals the estimates due Friday. Private bills progress. a petition challenges the British Columbia Power and Light Company’s incorporation amid creditor disputes over a transfer of a plant to George Archer for a dollar. Drug stores oppose a council push for poisons in roughened bottles, citing patent medicines.
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Victoria
B. C
Turner
Hiberts
W. de Lemaistre
British Columbia Power and Light Company
Kootenay
George Archer
Disastrous Fire Destroys Ely-Walker Store in St Louis
A February night blaze at the Ely-Walker dry goods store in St Louis killed Fireman George Dunewald and injured two others. The seven story granite building at Eighth Street and Washington Avenue, owned by the Lynberger estate, suffered massive losses with stock value around 1.5 million and total damage estimated over 1.15 million. Fire continued into early morning with unknown origin and potential more casualties as two workers faced severe injuries.
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St. Louis
Ely-Walker
Eighth Street
Washington Avenue
Lynberger Estate
George Dunewald
Patrick Gardmore
Jerry McCann
Walker
Liggatt and Myers 'Tobacco Cormmvany
State may tax franchises as supreme court leans
The United States Supreme Court devoted much attention to the power of states to tax corporate franchises such as express telegraph and railroad. Two Kentucky cases upholding state law were decided in the state's favor, one involving Henderson Bridge and the other Adams Express. In another matter, Attorney General McKenna sought to file a brief in Deguyer v. Banning regarding a Mexican grant in San Pedro harbor to protect government interests.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Kentucky
Henderson Bridge
Adams Express Company
Supreme Court
McKenna
Anan J. Deguyer
Anan J. Deguyer Et al
William Banning
Court of Appeals
Superior Court
Los Angeles
San Pedro
American Girl Weds Baronet in London Fire Rescue Tale
Miss Kathryn Wright married Sir Edmund A. Lechmere baronet at St George’s Hanover Square. The match followed a dramatic rescue when she was trapped by flames in Warwickshire. Lechmere carried her to safety, suffering burns himself. The bride, about 20, is sister to Pittsburgh attorney F Payton Wright. the groom is heir to large estates and Worcester shire deputy lieutenant.
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London
St. George
Hanover Square
Kathryn Wright
Edmund A. Lechmere
Leutenant
Worcestershire
F. Payton Wright
Pittsburg
Warwickshire
Sir Edmund
End of a Judg eship Contest Withdrawn in Montana
Charles W. Pomeroy of Kalispell withdrew his supreme court contest against Judge D F Smith for the Eleventh judicial district covering Flathead and Teton counties. Smith retained the seat after a margin of 11 votes. Attorneys for both sides announced withdrawal of the contest with each paying own costs amid recent Cascade and Gallatin county ruling implications.
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Helena
Mont
Chas. W. Pomeroy
Kalispell
Supreme Court
D. F. Smith
Eleventh Judicial District
Flathead
Teton
Smith
Cascade
Gallatin
Pomeroy
Cuban Leaders Fail to Appear in Court for Filibustering
In New York on March 15 Judge Benedict presided over the circuit court where General Roloff secretary of war of the Cuban republic and Dr J Castillo did not respond to indictments for violating the neutrality law tied to filibustering expeditions to Cuba. Their bail bonds were declared forfeited while Editor Henriques Trujillo pleaded not guilty. Dr Louis also abstained, with bail set at $1000.
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New York
Circuit Court
Benedict
Roloff
J. Castillo
Cuba
Henriques Trujillo
Louis
Johnson Found Not Guilty In Washington Case
Johnson case verdict returns not guilty as jury asks for judge at seven this morning in Mensburg Washington. Local jurors clear Johnson of charges amid tense courtroom atmosphere.
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Johnson
Mensburg
Wash
Reed Named Speaker as Congress Opens New Session
Washington dispatch reports Tom Reed elected speaker of the Fifty-fifth Congress after McKinley’s call for an extra session. New faces fill the House as committees on Rules, Ways and Means and Mileage are announced, with notable shifts in membership and staff.
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Washington
Fifty-fifth Congress
McKinley
New House
Diplomatic Corps
Executive
McDowell
Couden
Congress
Reed
Bailey
Newlands
Silvette
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Jett
Illinois
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Ohio
Maxwell
Nebraska
Bell
Jones
Lewis
Todd
Michigan
Nevada
Shafroth
Colorado
Hartman
Montana
Harmer
Pennsylvania
Messrs. Dolliver
Iowa
Texas
Pierce
McMillan
Tennessee
Grosvenor
House
Alexander McDowell
Benjamin F. Russell
Missouri
William J. Glenn
New York
J. C. McElroy
Henry N. Couden
Henderson
Hepburn
Dingley
Committee On
Robertson
Louisiana
Swanson
Virginia
Dalzell
Ways and Means
Maine
Paine
Dalzel
Hopkins
Russell
Connecticut
Dolliver
Steele
Indiana
Johnson
North Dakota
Tawney
Minnesota
Wheeler
Alabama
McGarry
South Carolina
Wright
Massachusetts
Barham
California
Booze
Maryland
Coover
Georgia
Ways and Means Committee
No Restrictions on Congress Special Session Legislation
Washington report asserts the special session can lawfully take up any business beyond the tariff measure. McKinley’s proclamation gave no specific agenda and implied only the extraordinary occasion to convene. The Ways and Means Committee has held daily hearings for over a month on affected trades as the session nears three months.
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Washington
Congress
McKinley
Congress of the
United States
Ways and Means Committee
New Faces and Old Members Enter Congress Today
Washington dispatch notes a mix of new entrants and returning veterans in the house. Veterans like William Holman of Indiana receive warm welcomes, while Illinois shifts show Daniel W. Mills stepping in for Charles W. Woodman. Kansas sees William Baker stay home as Jerry Simpson returns from Medicine Lodge amid shifts in party balance.
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Washington
House of Representatives
William Holman
Indiana
The
Treasury
Illinois
Charles W. Woodman
Daniel W. Mills
William Baker
Kansas
Jerry Simpson
Senate Opens Extraordinary Session With Fresh Oath
Washington March 15 desks crowded with flowers as Vice President Hobart opened the extraordinary session at noon. Kansas Senator W A Harris took the oath. Oregon's Henry W Corbett was sworn in after credentials were presented. A delay to scrutinize the credentials followed a committee referral. Hoar and Cockrell waited on the president, who read a message in ten minutes before adjournment.
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Washington
Hobart
Senate
Kansas
W. A. Harris
McBride
Oregon
Henry W. Corbett
Mitchell
Gray
Delaware
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Hoar
Massachusetts
Cockrell
Missouri
Congress
Rescuing the Flood Sufferers in Memphis and Region
Rain and rising flood waters magnify misery across Memphis and Arkansas. A citizens relief committee mobilizes. hundreds rescued from homes and treetops by harbor boats. Levee breaches near Nodena Ark threaten more lives as Cumberland River hits 42 feet in Nashville. In Mississippi county, the river surge and crevasse deaths prompt grim forecasts. West Memphis reports a man and child swept away. Marion reports drownings among bayou residents.
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis Levee
Nodena
Ark
Osceola
Nashville
New Orleans
Mississippi County
Arkansas
Marion
West Memphis
Jake Carter
Child
Occident Wrecked At Nehalem Bar On Ocean Entrance
The steam tug Occident ran ashore at the Nehalem river mouth near Tillamook and is a total loss. The crew were landed safely with no injuries. The bar had shifted since the captain last entered the harbor, making this one of the northern coast’s most dangerous bars with a constantly shifting shallow channel.
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Tillamook
Occident
War Material for Transvaal Reported Landings in Africa
The Daily Mail's Cape Town correspondent says Germany has recently landed large shipments of munitions at Walfish Bay. The Transvaal is arming steadily with ammunition guns and military supplies from France totaling many tons monthly. All are unloaded at strategic points amid rising suspicion.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Capetown
Germany
Walfish Bay
Transvaal
France
Postmasters to Serve Four-Year Terms Policy Adopted
Washington March 15 postmaster general Gery announced to the Associated Press that the administration will enforce a four year tenure policy for all postmasters with removals for cause in cases of delinquency incompetency or unsatisfactory conduct or administration of offices noted as exceptions.
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Washington
Gery
Associated Press
New Tariff Bill Shifts Wool and Lumber to Duty List
Washington March 15 Chairman Dingley outlines the tariff bill aiming to raise revenue and shield U S industries. He estimates total first year increase near 50 million dollars with wool and woolens and sugar driving most gains, while many schedules mirror prior laws to protect agriculture and manufacturing.
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Washington
Dingley
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Tariff Bill Features Put Forward by Ways and Means
The House saw the tariff bill introduced by Republican Ways and Means Chair Dingley. It outlines Schedule K for wool products, classifying wools and camel, goat, and alpaca hairs into three categories, with terms like mavino and metis appearing in the wool classifications.
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Congress
Washington
Ways and Means
House
Dingley
Osceola Builds Levee as Mississippi Rises
The Mississippi River at Memphis climbs to 46.3 feet, the highest since 1872, causing widespread suffering in Arkansas lowlands. Osceola residents, aided by every man and boy, trench to reinforce a new levee while nearby Sans Souci faces inundation and tension with steamboat crews under fire.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Arkansas
Littl Rock & Memphis Railroad
Kansas City
Fort Scott & Memphis
City
Iron Mountain
Marion
Osceola
Sans Souci
Bluff City
Wreck on the Missouri Pacific Kills Two
A Missouri Pacific passenger train northbound from Kansas City wrecked near Wolf Creek Kansas at midnight after hitting a herd of horses. Engineer Ed Nye and Fireman Patrick Connor were killed, conductor John H Meyers and several others injured. Some passengers, including W P Piper and H M Austerland, sustained serious but not fatal injuries as wreckage involved all cars except the sleeper.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Wolf Creek
Hiawatha
Kansas
Ed. Nye
Patrick Connor
John H. Meyers
Jack Appleton
H. A. Kemp
Pacific Express
J. B. Meadows
Atchison Kansas
Lege Brothers
Santa Fe
Nye
Connor
W. P. Piper
H. M. Austerland
Oklahoma
Piper
Posey Brothers’ Mercantile Co
Atchison, Kan
Meadows
Leavenworth
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Clarksville
Tenn
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Chicago
Grant Monument Inaugural Parade Planned For April 27
New York March 14 Arrangements for the Grant monument parade on April 27 progress favorably it will be the greatest demonstration of the kind in the country The president cabinet supreme court foreign representatives governors of 20 states and the national guard expected to participate General Dodge grand marshal says navy and army will feature the parade A large turnout of state national guards governors staff and a brigade of school cadets assured Commander in Chief Jackson Grand Army of the Republic Commander Rohl Sons of Veterans and Colonel Donoghue Union Veterans urge participation
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New York
Grant
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
National Guard
Dodge
United States Navy
Army
National Guards of
States
Jackson
Grand Army of the Republic
Rohl
The
Sons of Veterans
Donoghue
Union Veterans
World record set in fly casting by Walter Mansfield
Walter Mansfield won the San Francisco fly casting club tournament by a remarkable throw at Stow Lake. His line dropped the fly 108½ feet from the water’s edge, breaking the prior 102½ foot record. The crowd erupted in cheers as Mansfield was carried along the lakefront amid celebrations.
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San Francisco
Walter Mansfield
Stow Lake
Uarf
Mansfield
Death of State Senator Salyers Boosts Hunter Election
Frankfort Ky March 14 The sudden death of State Senator John P Salyers at his mountain home was announced by telegrams today causing a profound sensation among legislators His passing removes doubt that Hunter the Republican nominee for United States senator will win when the point ballot is held.
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Frankfort
John P. Salyers
Mountain Home
Salyers
Last Wineter
Flunter
United States
Decree Expected in Telegraph Case in Omaha
Omaha March 12 counsel for Western Union and Union Pacific are preparing a stipulation for the telegraph decree case and Judge Mimmner will sign the decree accordingly.
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Omaha
Western Union
Union Pacific
Mimn@er
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