Cleveland Urges Tariff Reform as Electorate Demand
Former President Grover Cleveland returns from a South shooting trip to a birthday flood of felicitation and argues tha t the true path for Democrats is a clear tariff reform platform. He warns against mere denunciation of trusts and calls for constructive policy to curb corporate injustice while defending railroad utilities and national prosperity.
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New York
Tinea
Princeton
Mer
Buddy
Grover Cleveland
South
Astrday
Cleveland
Friends of Democracy
Dts
Democratic tariff report frames path to victory
The speaker urges Democrats to seize the tariff issue now or risk losing it to opponents. He argues that public sentiment favors Democratic aims and warns against rivals stealing the chance to win. The passage portrays Cleveland's conviction and moral stance in this supreme hour.
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Cleveland
Trade Chance in Ethiopia Secures U S Treaty Relations
Consul Robert P. Skinner’s negotiations with Abyssinia led to a commercial treaty promising reciprocity on duties and transportation rights. He predicts Abyssinia’s vast potential, noting a small current foreign trade and optimistic prospects as modernization expands transport and wealth.
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Hing’ Menelik
Abyssinia
United States
Robert P. Skinner
Marseilles
Ethopia
Europe
Gkinner
Ethiopia
Skimmer
Afemo
Hit
Dominican Trade Growing To 1906 Economic Report Summary
A 1906 Dominican Republic commerce report, summarized by the International Bureau of American Republics, notes total foreign trade around 10.6 million dollars, a 1 million increase from 1905, excluding precious metals. Imports rose by 1.33 million, sugar export values fell, but export quantity exceeded prior year. U.S. dominates trade with 6.5 million in exports and 6.5 million in imports. Germany, France, United Kingdom, Spain, and Puerto Rico follow in order of trade shares.
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Dominican Republic
Customs Service
International Bureau of American Republics
Republic
Bixport
United States
France
Eek Gitois
United Kingdom
Mit
Spain
WM Dbat
Porto Rico
China Fears Uprising Over Famine Aid Drive
Shanghai reports to Washington warn that famine in China could fuel sedition and threaten the dynasty as foreign aid campaigns expand. Viceroy Tuan Fang seeks 1 million dollars to buy rice, while U S and European states push relief efforts to stabilize foreign interests and prevent riots.
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Washington
China
Tuan Fang
India
United States
Noyt’ Buford
San Francisco
Lews Klensch
State Department
Big rise in exports of meats and dairy products
Exports of meats dairy products and food animals from the United States totaled over 550 million dollars for the year, up 76 million from the prior decade. More than 60 percent went to the United Kingdom, though this share has fallen from over 70 percent a decade earlier.
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United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Civil Service Examination for Scientific Assistants
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination on April 17 and 18 for scientific assistants for the Department of Agriculture. Salaries range from 200 to 2000 dollars per year. Examinations will be held in Washington and other cities.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Department of Agriculture
Washington
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Lanston Monotype Machine CO
Callowhll
Philadelphia
Pan
Mnston Monotype Machine
Fleischmann
Alexandria
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Berd
Wilfred Bancroft
James D. McConville Co
St. Tare's
Jamestons Exposition
Cahill
View
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Exposition Grounds
Giva Hardy & Remore
D. Burns & Co., Inc
Oh & GN. W. Board OF Pharmacy
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Green River
Green Brier
Green Spring Valley
OM Valley
Quid Lion
Arlington Eye
Belle of
Anderson
WM. Dietz
Ity and
Taw
Hughes Seen as Taft Rival in 1908 Nomination Fight
Washington dispatch notes Charles H Hughes may emerge as Roosevelt’s chosen rival for the 1908 Republican nomination. Taft hesitates, preferring the Supreme Court bench, while Roosevelt exerts influence over the convention. Hughes gains standing through Albany achievements and allied support, prompting party leaders to watch him closely for a possible national role.
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New
Taft
Washington Dispatch
New York
Charles H Hughes
William B. Taft
Hughes
Roosevelt
William 2. Taft
Supreme Court of the United States
Hyself
Mr. Taft
Fuller
Tait
Theodore Racaevelt
Chicago
Foraker
Fiftyninth Congress
Senate
House
Republican Party
Parker
Iittle
Gov. Hughes
Jeaders
Albany
Rural Delivery Increases Across States and Territories
Assistant Postmaster General De Graw reports 37,400 rural delivery routes now in operation, led by Illinois with 2,765, followed by Ohio 2,492 and Iowa 2,303. Virginia has 864 routes and Maryland 83. The Middle West has the largest proportionate routes. The average monthly mail per route is 4.42, up from 3.68 last year, with some routes handling 16,000 or more pieces monthly. Money orders per route average 8, up from 34 a year ago, marking growth in rural postal service.
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Ilinois
Ohio
Iowa
Virginia
Maryland
Middle West
Morton and railroads backed ICC move to place deputy commissioners
The Interstate Commerce Commission created deputy commissioners to hear complaints away from Washington. Paul Morton of the Equitable Life Assurance Society advocated a western resident representative, funded by railroads, to curb rebates and discrimination and speed inquiries. His plan aimed to cut costs and strengthen enforcement amid funds shortfalls.
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Remata
Washington
B. F. Yoakum
Rock Island Railroad
Paul Morton
Navy
Hauitable Life Assurance Society
Sded
Morton
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
Chicago
Otter
Explorer Mohun to Lead Congo Gold Expedition
Washington's Dorsey Mohun, famed African explorer and former American colonial agent, is named by the Ryan Guenhelm syndicate to head a mixed American Belgian mineral prospecting expedition to the Congo. The team will depart around May 15 and aims to locate gold and precious stones. Mohun, 80, fluent in Arabic and Zanziberi, has long been a Congo authority and earned local respect with a native name across the Free State.
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Washington
Cable Advicy
R. Dorsey Mohun
Rowa
Congo
Zan‘gibar
Ryan~ G@uegenhelm syndicate
Africa
Free State
Mail service shut off after ship line withdraws freighters
Withdrawal by the Oceania Steamship Company from the San Francisco Auckland Sydney route halts parcels post dispatch to New Zealand and Australia. Postmasters are instructed to decline such packages until new arrangements are made, with orders to be signed when possible.
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San Francisco
Auckland
Sydney
Post-Office Department
New Zealand
Australia
Postal clerks and carriers stay office as pay gains win support
Postal clerks and rural carriers nationwide will remain in service after threats to resign due to higher living costs. Thanks poured to Hitchcock and De Graw for securing salary increases via the Post Office appropriation bill. Edward Cantwell of the National Association of Letter Carriers praised their efforts and said local unions passed resolutions of gratitude.
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Postal Service
First Asistant
Geeral Hitchcock
Cortelyon
Aitchcock
Committee of Congress
House
Senate
Congress
de Graw
Hitchcock
DeGrow
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National Association of Letter Carriers
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Hitcheoos
Automobiles in Antarctic Exploration Planned by Arctowski
Consul General H W Diederich in Antwerp reports Henry Arctowski plans a tenth pole expedition using two finely built automobiles and a vessel to trace the prolongation of Edward VII Land and its possible reach toward Victoria Land. The effort targets glacier travel rather than pole attainment, broadening exploration methods in the antarctic regions.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
H. W. Diederich
Antwerp
Henry Arctowski
Pole
de Gerlache
Edward VIII
Victoria Land
Arctowski
Mule in Brownsville testimony sparks unusual dialogue
The Brownsville hearings feature a pistol firing tale around a mule owned by Matias G Tamays a Brownsville carpenter. The animal is described as fractious frightened and slow moving with repeated questions over whether it would have run away if not checked by its owner.
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Benator Warner
Missouri
Matias G. Tamays
Tamays
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Foraker
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