One Warship a Year Naval Plan Cut to Conservative Level
After Congress adjourned, Senate and House debates trimmed planned navy expansion, signaling a shift toward a program of about one battleship per year. President and Hale align on reduced expenditures, aiming to maintain about forty frontline ships with older vessels retired or modernized as needed.
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Senate
House
Congress
General Board
Department
Hale
Senate Committee On
Naval Affairs
White House
United States
Programme Naval Board
Aisa
Sasten
Itason
Musson
Texas
Ists Vasschusetts
Gregan
New York
Brooklyn
Navy
Amon
England
France
Conjress
Naval budget debate over battle ship numbers and costs
The speaker praises the Navy Secretary and rejects a full three ship plan. He notes the House committee trimmed the plan to two battle ships reducing the cost from 342,250,000 to a lower figure. He criticizes the naval board as the seat of wisdom yet this plan was not adopted.
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Navy Department
Navy
Houge
Con&reaz
Naval Board
Cortelyou to reshuffle Post Office top ranks
Postmaster General Cortelyou plans major personnel changes in the Post Office Department by year end. Four assistants are expected, with Frank N. Hitchcock of Massachusetts already named as First Assistant. The Second and Third Assistants Shallenberger and Madden are likely to retire, while the Fourth Assistant is to be announced this week, chosen for public familiarity and tact in dealing with officials.
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Post Offce
Cortelyou
Frank N. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
Shallenberger
Madden
Southern leaders eye 1896 fight shaping Southern GOP power
Rival presidential contenders monitor Southern sentiment as delegates could decide the next Republican nominee. North and South factions scramble for influence with leaders in North Carolina and Cortelyou’s postmaster appointments poised to impact the regional balance.
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Friends of
Reed
McKinley
Roosevelt
South
North Carolina
Tarheel
Cortelyou
Cordyou
Mohn seeks outside review of army court martial
Second Lieutenant Albert J. Mohn of the Fourth Cavalry has asked the President to reopen his Jefferson Barracks court martial case with outside review after alleging an unfair trial and accusing officers of lying. The case, currently with the Judge Advocate General, will proceed to the Secretary of War and the President for approval before potential dismissal is carried out.
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Albert J. Mohn
Fourth Cavalry
Jefferson Barracks
Mohn
Judge Advocate of
Army
Lieut Mohr
Judge Advocate General
War Department
Davis
Secretary of War
Gridley and Lawton on Bonds Portraits Adorn Philippine Certificates
Suc cessful bidder Fester J Wade of St Louis has bought the entire 2.5 million dollar Philippine bond issue. Certificates will be delivered at the New York subtreasury Wednesday morning with Wade turning over value to the government. Denominations include 1000 and 10000 dollars bearing Capt Charles W Gridley and Gen Henry W Lewton portraits.
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Fester J. Wade
St. Louis
New York
Wade
Charles W. Gridley
Dewey
Manila Bay
Henry W. Lewton
Philippine
Blaine and Venezuelan Debt Crisis Aid Proposal
Papers submitted to the Senate recount Blaine's role as Secretary of State in a 1881 attempt to settle a France Venezuela dispute. The plan proposed US agents collect monthly payments from Caracas and distribute to creditors, with US control of La Guayra and Puerto Cabello if Venezuela defaulted, but France refused to yield its priority claim.
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United States
Senate
Blaine
France
Venezuela
Washington
Evarts
Noyes
Paris
Caracas
la Guayra
Puerto Cabello
Garfield May Visit Oil Field for Investigation
The Department of Commerce and Labor announces Commissioner Garfield will visit New York then Kansas oil fields to directly oversee special agents. The president backs Garfield amid beef and postal fraud inquiries, and Texas lawmakers urge extending the oil inquiry to Texas fields.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Gar
Standard Oil Company
Campbell
House
Garfield
New York
Kansas Oil Fields
Kansas
Bristow
Postal Service
Panama
United States
Texas
Congress
Garfiela
Teething Twins Delay Telegram To President Roosevelt
Purser J H Misner of a steamboat line and former Rough Rider sent a tepid telegram on inauguration day. He apologized that his twins were teething, congratulated the President, and noted the President’s gratitude for the message.
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Washington
Vallejo
Csl
J. H. Misner
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt
Mare Island
Mizner
San Francisco
Paul Jones
Treasury Department Reassigns Duties Among Three Secretaries
Secretary Shaw orders new division of labor among the three Assistant Secretaries. Reynolds will oversee customs and special agents. The Revenue Cutter Service Life Saving Service and Marine Hospital Service move from Reynolds to Taylor. Shaw says customs needs undivided attention of one assistant secretary.
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the Treasury
Shaw
Reynolds
Division of Customs
Special Agents
Revenue Cutter Service
Life-saving Service
Marine Hospital Service
Taylor
Customs Administration
Poetic Justice in Courtroom Drunkard Sentenced to Thirty Days
A humorous verse records a judge sentencing a drunken offender to thirty days. The accused admits to drinking and denial, while the officer notes the world had sunk at the moment of the incident.
Oregon land fraud cases set for June trial in Portland
President instructs prosecutors to pursue land fraud indictments to the bottom while avoiding false charges. Senator Mitchell Representative Hermann and others face trials in Portland early in June with delays for grand jury proceedings. District Attorney Heney expects new indictments and reconvenes the grand jury. President urges thorough, careful prosecutions and personal accountability for officials.
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John H Mitchell
Binger Hermann
J. N.williamson
Portland
Oreg
Mitchell
Williamson
United States
B Heney
Bellinger
Heney
Hermann
Oregon
Washington
Busi
Hitchcock
Micody
District of Columbia
Tle
Opinions on coffee, land frauds and other notes
A collection of editorials discusses Porto Rico coffee expansion as a domestic industry, Oregon land frauds and federal supervision of life insurers, jiu jitsu versus street self defense, name pronunciation for the South Carolina battleship, longevity debates, and political fights in Washington.
Change of Heart Cure Promoted by Dr Miles
An advertisement urges readers to treat the heart as other organs and try Dr Miles Heart Cure to relieve dizziness palpitation shortness of breath fainting spells and chest pains. It quotes Emma Barton of Watertown New York praising the remedy and offers a money back guarantee on the first bottle.
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Miles
Emma J. Barton
Watertown
N.Y
Truggist
Garments and Go-Carts Price List Fragment
A fragmented price list shows garments in multiple prices and styles with figures such as 41000 750 650 3 38 298 265 198 175 1.00 80 500 and go carts including folding two styles woven slides with prices 225 990 398 780 and F598, indicating a mixed catalog snippet. The readable items suggest a wholesale or showroom listing.
Mail routing schedule for overseas destinations and disptch notes
Complex 1940s style mail timetable listing ship routes from New York to numerous destinations in the Americas, Caribbean, Europe and Asia. It details dispatch times, directions per specific vessels, and special handling for categories like registered mail, with notes on connections via ports such as Santos Colon Tampico and Philadelphia. The document covers Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Guatemala, and many others, plus exceptions for East Coast routes and transit through various hubs.
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Europe
New York
Queenstown
Liverpool
ITAL
Nord America
Norway
Denmark
France
Ewitzerland
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Turkey
Egypt
Greece
Finland
S & Finlard
Scotland
Ethiopia
Azores Islands
Ranil
Umbria
Lverpool
South
Central America
West Indies
Brazil
Syracusa
Tio Janeiro
Santos
Fernamenco
NAIA
Angentina
Paraguay
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
Panama Canal
Zons
Calla
Department OF
Colombia
Bolivia
Chile
Pers
Finence
Colon
Mal
Guatemala
Yucatan
Campeche
Daggers
Tlesdae—Fc
Bermuda
Pera
Bermudian
Santa Marta
Magualiena
Adirondack
Cape Haiti
Port DL Paix
Adirondaca
Newpoundland
Pring Willem II
Ape
Haiti
Fort DE Paix
Caracaq
Veneziela
Trinidad
Guiana
Tr & Pins
Willem Hf
Norther
Bervard
New Jero
Para
Wannes
CLBA
T Catan
Mexico
Seneca
Tampico
Tures Island
Dominican Republic
Bahamas
Philadelphia
Curacao
Argentina
Uruguay
Fortune Island
Jamaica
Coldwaia
Caura
Magdalena
Sarnia
Costa Rica
Pernambura
Rio Janeiro
Santos Mall
Laugusy
Port Tampa
Fai
New Orleans
la Halgo
Wednewiave
Newfoundland
North Slanes
Connectine Rinses Belug
Reston
Mianela
British Honduras
Tnsedare Nicaragca
Ton
Thurslana
Hawait
Japan
Borea
Pht
Pinf Islands
Mongolia
Paresis Pontrails
KORA
China
Philippine Islands
Vancouver
Vetorla BC
Dan Presa
India
San Francisco
Hawaii
Robreskan
West Austealad Fat Islands
New Caledonia
Vancouser
Victoria BC
Phil Fpint
West Australia
New Zealand
Thaer
Yunnan
MAN OF Fich Ag
Joan A Merritt Presister
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Boarf
Nhewars
Gridley
Lawton
Beem
Kguecee
Statesman
Treasury Department
Poetic Justice
W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street, Cor. 11Th
Mitchell, Hermann
America
Buffalo
Rochester Post- Express
West
Dryden
Detroit Free Press
I Insurance
Kansas City Journal
West Point
Columbia
8 C
South Carolina
Charles II
Lords Proprietors
United States Navy
Dr Sperry
Detroit Journal
Sperry
Dr. Sperry
Nashville American
Art and Prudery
Richmond
Detroit Tribune
Minneapolis Tribune
Charleston News and Courier
Palais Royal
Eleventh Streets
Sunday Post
Suit Department
New 313
Child’s Goods
A, Lisner
Otis Skinner
Gypsy Bover
the Harvester
Dewolf Hopper
Wang
Burton Holmes
New Willard
T Arthur Smith
Chase
Hyves
Albert Chevalier
Miles-Stavordale
Emmett Devoy
Stalian
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Three Muscaps
Owley
Randall Mattin Lockette
Chevalier
Jay J. Morton
Lafayette Opera House
Weils
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Harlan Mary Marble
Quincy Adams
Sawyer Jenn
Resus
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Fulton
Jolly Grass Widows
Capital
Georgetown
NEW National
Richard Mansfield
Ivan
Alexiy Tolatny
Mme Sophie de Meegner Tucs
Mat Bias Beau Brummel
the Terrible
Richard Jit Sar
Parewell
Jenve
MR. Hyde
Wizard
Montgomery
Tin Woodman
Mrs. Wilter
Hongkong
Fast Life
Wainwright
Rauscher's
Rauscher
Charles Bell
George Lothrop Bradley
Eno
Firs Greely
Mies Een Hale
Francia J Hugginson
Archibald Hopkins
Kbbey
Mra Lodge
Edward L. Moree
Pinchot
Herbert Wadsworth
Alwi Schroeder
Buss Hedwig Schroeder
Washington Club
T. A. Smith
Bydney
Lloyd Wrightson Wusleal
Mier
Board of Education
Arthur Smith
Baoders & Stavman
Working Boys’ Home and Children’s Aid Association
Ravecher
Piny
Fulton’s
Ninth Street
N. W
Thomas Jefferson
Post Business
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