One Warship a Year Plan Recast by Congress and President
After a sharp congressional fight the navy bill trimmed proposed new construction. The President and Senator Hale back a gradual program aiming to about forty ships total over years, with about one battleship year and reductions in other classes to fit fiscal limits.
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Congress
House
Senate
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
Navy budget clash over battle ships plan
The speaker criticizes Navy Department leadership and explains a split over battleship construction. One plan called for three ships costing 223 million, the Houge committee cut to two ships, trimming the original 342 million proposal from the naval board.
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Navy Department
Navy
Houge
Con&reaz
Naval Board
Cortelyou's Assistants Expected in Post Office Reform
Postmaster General Cortelyou plans major staff changes at the Post Office Department with four new assistants by year end. Frank N. Hitchcock of Massachusetts has been nominated as First Assistant. The Second and Third Assistants Shallenberger and Madden are expected to retire. Fourth Assistant name anticipated this week, with emphasis on public ties, tact, and diplomacy.
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Post Offce
Cortelyou
Frank N. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
Shallenberger
Madden
Southern Leaders Eye Southern Swing in 1896 Race
Rival presidential hopefuls focus on the South as the battleground to determine the Republican nominee and possibly the next president. Northern and Southern delegates split, with Cortelyou’s Southern posts shaping party strength and postmaster appointments.
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Friends of
Reed
McKinley
Roosevelt
South
North Carolina
Tarheel
Cortelyou
Cordyou
Mohn seeks outside review of army court martial
Second Lieut Albert J Mohn of the Fourth Cavalry asks the President to reopen his Jefferson Barracks court martial case with an outside review. He claims unfair trial and alleges cover ups by officers. The Judge Advocate General is reviewing the prior proceedings before final decision and potential dismissal is expected.
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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
Bonds to Bear Portraits of Gridley and Lewton
Fester J. Wade of St. Louis, winner of the entire 2,500,000 Philippine bonds issue, travels to New York to arrange funding for closing the deal. The certificates, issued in 1000 and 10000 denominations, will be delivered at the New York subtreasury Wednesday morning. The $1,000 note will feature Capt. Charles W. Gridley from Manila Bay, and the $10,000 note will bear Gen. Henry W. Lewton, slain in the Philippine insurrection.
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Fester J. Wade
St. Louis
New York
Wade
Charles W. Gridley
Dewey
Manila Bay
Henry W. Lewton
Philippine
Blaine as Authority Through French Venezuela Dispute
The Senate-assembled papers recount Blaine's 1881 plan as Secretary of State to curb Venezuela France arrears by placing a US agent in Caracas to collect monthly payments and distribute pro rata to creditors, with a Venezuelan default clause to seize La Guayra and Puerto Cabello customs. France refused priority, and settlement bypassed the plan.
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United States
Senate
Blaine
France
Venezuela
Washington
Evarts
Noyes
Paris
Caracas
la Guayra
Puerto Cabello
Garfield to Visit Oil Field for Investigation
Announcement from the Department of Commerce and Labor states Commissioner Garfield will travel to New York then the Kansas oil fields to direct special agents in the Standard Oil inquiry. The administration backs Garfield. Texas delegation and legislature request extending the probe 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
Former Rough Rider Telegraphed Inaugural Congratulations
Special to The Washington Fest from Vallejo California March 12 Purser J H Mizner of a steamboat line once aided President Roosevelt during the Rough Riders two years earlier He sent a telegram on inauguration day apologizing for missing the ceremony saying his twins are teething The President replied with thanks noting the excuse was a good one and that he was glad to hear Mizner had become a father of twins.
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Washington
Vallejo
Csl
J. H. Misner
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt
Mare Island
Mizner
San Francisco
Paul Jones
Treasury Department Changes Among Three Assistant Secretaries
Secretaries Shaw issued new duties for the three Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury. Reynolds will oversee only customs and special agents divisions. The Revenue Cutter Service Life-saving Service and Marine Hospital Service move from Reynolds to Taylor. Shaw says customs administration is too large for one official's undivided attention.
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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 as Drunk Denier Faces Thirty Days
A terse court scene where an officer notes a person rearing drunk, the culprit admits intoxication, and the judge sentences the offender to thirty days for the costs of drinking, delivering a concise moral from a bygone era.
Oregon land fraud cases move toward Portland trials
President urges bottom line probes while avoiding false indictments in Oregon land frauds. Senator Mitchell and Representative Hermann and others await trials in Portland, with U S District Attorney Heney guiding indictments and a remaining three month window for proceedings.
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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
Press Opinion: National Drink and Land Frauds in West
A compilation of editorials discusses Porto Rico coffee expansion as a domestic industry, the Oregon land frauds case and expected prosecutions, federal supervision of life insurers, jiu jitsu versus boyhood self defense, pronunciation of South Carolina, longevity and pessimism debates, and near term Washington political strife signaling four years of partisan clash.
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America
Buffalo
Kansas City Journal
Change of Heart Promised by Dr Miles Heart Cure
An advertisement urges readers to try Dr Miles Heart Cure to restore heart strength and vitality for dizziness palpitation short breath fainting spells and chest pains. It features testimonial from Miss Emma J Barton of Watertown New York and promises a money back guarantee if the first bottle does not help.
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Miles
Emma J. Barton
Watertown
N.Y
Truggist
Garments and Go-Carts Catalog Prices Noted
A listing contains varied prices for garments in all styles including $750 and $650 options, plus lower figures such as $3 and $1.00. It also shows folding go carts and woven go carts with multiple price points like $225, $990, and $398, reflecting a mixed promotional catalog entry.
Mail routes and schedules for worldwide destinations detailed
A long, dense notice lists daily dispatch times from New York to global regions including Brazil, Nicaragua, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Europe. It specifies mail classes, connections, special directions per country, and closing hours for transoceanic and overland routes, with numerous country and city names and remarks on prepaid postage and special handling.
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South
Central America
West Indies
Brazil
Syracusa
New York
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
Europe
New Zealand
Thaer
Yunnan
MAN OF Fich Ag
Joan A Merritt Presister
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Boarf
Gridley
Lawton
Beem
Kguecee
Statesman
Treasury Department
Poetic Justice
W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street, Cor. 11Th
Mitchell, Hermann
Rochester Post- Express
West
Dryden
Detroit Free Press
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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
Daily Mat
Hyves
Albert Chevalier
Miles-Stavordale
Emmett Devoy
Stalian
The
Three Muscaps
Owley
Randall Mattis
Lackette
Chevalier
Lafayette Opera House
Weils
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Harlan Mary Marble
Quincy Adams
Sawyer Jenn
Resus
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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
Russ Hedwig Schroeder
Washington Club
T. A. Smith
Queenstown
Liverpool
ITAL
Nord America
Norway
Denmark
Ewitzerland
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Turkey
Egypt
Greece
Finland
S & Finlard
Scotland
Ethiopia
Azores Islands
Ranil
Umbria
Lverpool
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
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Thomas Jefferson
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