Chinese Exile Law Revisions Relax Restrictions Boost Admissions
The report details sweeping changes to Chinese exclusion regulations. The Bertillon system of identification is discontinued and officers must notify Chinese applicants of their rights, with appeals allowed in Chinese. New rules expand time for appeal, clarify admissibility standards, and require consular and return-travel guidance for laborers and merchants.
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Changes in Chinese Exclusion Regulations Document
A historical record outlines edits to Chinese exclusion rules including admission dates, certificate handling, and land entry limits. It notes omissions of old provisions, including bonded landings, fair participants, and laborer exemptions, while reaffirming certification procedures and rescinding older inconsistent regulations.
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Tariff Compromise Basis Shows Limited German Gain
Berlin dispatches indicate only modest potential impact from tariff shifts as the Treasury revises regulations to ease German complaints. Key change covers port departures valuations and freight charges, but officials doubt it alters March 1 deadline on prohibitive duties for many American goods. Russia may route via the Danube to German markets, while Germany and the United States pursue a provisional accord within days to avert a tariff war.
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Three Held Accountable for Large Le Droit Park Syndicate Debt
A Lusuidt Supreme Court report shows Charles Richardson Hooker and the Henseys held liable jointly for 68,840.4 due to misappropriation in the Le Droit Park Land Syndicate. Trustees removed. Auditor Payne notes seventeen shares treated as others’ shares due to alleged fraud. Hooker not liable for 97,022 received by Thomas G. Tienag from shareholders amid misrepresented mortgage interest.
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Coal thievery scare and inmate chorus at Fourteenth Street
In a southwest Washington incident two Black women arrested for theft at railroad tracks near Fourteenth and D streets became colorful defendants in police court as they protested over coal they demanded and claimed innocence. A city desk sergeant urged them to forfeit money while others argued about the coal and its price. Separately the Albatross steamship under the United States Fish Commission prepared for a voyage around Japan and the Philippines to dredge deep sea fish east of Japan.
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United States Fish Commission
Japan
Washington Produce Market Report Summary
Market notes show EGQS Market steady with moderate receipts and ready demand for all choice goods. Fresh Virginia Tennessee North Carolina produce. butter market steady with good creamery supply. cheese holdings reduced amid active trade. Live poultry receipts firm with varied per pound quotes. dressed meats see improved demand due to cooler weather. vegetables and fruits steady with minor price shifts. dried fruits moderate arrivals and prompt placement.
Market Place Update From a Cold Blue Monday
Yesterday at Center Market saw nearly stalled trade as dealers rearranged stock in anticipation of a busier week. Prices drifted with only mild changes, dandelion considered a delicacy at current costs, while Florida weather signals potential price rises for fruit and vegetables. Pineapples scarce at 40 cents each. strawberries 10 to 60 cents a box and poor quality. Poultry prices steady with roasters 18 cents, young birds scarce 22 to 29 cents per pound. capons 22-25 cents, turkeys variable. Quail scarce at around $5 a dozen. Veal calves plentiful though dairy pricing held. health authorities debate calf age. Beef and hogs reported with mixed movements. sheep and lambs arriving, prime hampered by offerings. Continuous receipts and varying values across steers, cows, calves, and dressed meats reflect a cautious market outlook.
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Boston Oathouses
Florida
New York
Teer Pool
London
Ables
Market Receipts and Prices for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Receipts show cattle 31 000 steady market with calves and stockers mixed. hogs 55 000 with market lower yet mixed heavy and choice ranges. sheep 27 000 and lambs 5 80 to 7 40 in varied bids. Week ended figures in Baltimore and other points reflect lighter supply and firmer or steady tone overall.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago
Baltimore
New York Cotton Markets End Weak After Mixed Trade
New York cotton closed unsettled with prices down 2 to 29 points from the day’s range. Reports of large U.S. ginning and strong English demand spurred brief rallies, but selling pressure and a private ginning estimate capped gains as brokers weighed supplies and receipts.
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Liverpool
Bess
Two Wills Filed for Probate In Early 1900s Case
The will of Edith V Ourdan dated April 28, 1908, filed for probate, leaves personal effects to her husband Vincent L Ourdan and devises premises at 1015 C Street Southwest to Edith M Reed in trust for Alexander until age twenty five, with a provision if Alexander dies before twenty five the house goes to Edith Reed. Cash bequests include 200 to Nettie Garner and seven other small sums. Executor named as Vincent L Guidan. A second will, Mil Elizabeth Rhodes dated March 3, 198, offered for probate, bequeaths personal estate to husband flair and the real estate to be divided among husband and two sons, with Harry P B Rhodes as executor.
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Lincoln Birthday Celebration Set By Historical Society
On Lincoln's Birthday the United States Historical Society will honor the birth with a Monday night program. Speaker Carson from the House of Representatives is invited along with a roster of Representatives and Generals including Blackburn B Dovener of West Virginia and James Kennedy of Ohio. President Lincoln's favorite poem As Should the Spirit of Mortal Pro Proval will be recited, and an original poem on Lincoln will be read. Mrs J Walter Mitchell and others will participate.
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United States Historical Society
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West Vagna
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Wisconsin
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Ohio
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Indiana
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Property purchase for summer retreat for Blair family
The late Francis P Blair’s estate includes eleven and a quarter acres with a tea room house and several outbuildings. Justus Gould will keep his house in the estate. The sale by the justice aims to provide a summer haven for his children instead of sending them to hotels.
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Montgomery Blair
Justthe Gould
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