Senate Passes Tariff Amendment on Raw Cotton Duty
Washington draft June 9 reports the Senate voted 42 to 19 to add raw cotton to the dutiable list at 20 percent ad valorem. The move, first of its kind in tariff history, bypassed the finance committee and received solid Republican support with several named Democrats and Populists voting for the amendment.
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Washington
Senate
South
Messr
Allen
Butler
Heitfeld
Art
Messrs. Gaulion
D Mantle
Ymblicans
Chay McEnery
McLaurin
Rawlins
Tillman
Delegates Debate Pooling Legislation Across Cities
Delegates from New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston and other cities gathered to discuss pooling legislation. Reports showed 2 100 organizations supporting pooling while thousands of individuals and groups backed bills from Vorakor and Chicago, seeking interstate commission oversight.
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New Nori
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Louis- Wille
Andiniapolis
Se,sons
Omaha
Kansas City
Savannah
Milwapkes St
Pal
Vorakor
Interstate Conductee. Commission
Turmoil in Spain as liberal conservatives face upheaval
Turmoil grows as Spain's cabinet battles agitation over policy changes. Leaders push for demonstrations against the crown amid a debate on Sendr Cafiovas and the captain general's role.
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Fane
Cafiovas
Republican Senators Narrow Sugar Tariff Schedule
The Republican senatorial caucus voted to stand together on all schedules in the tariff bill and instructed the finance committee to report a new sugar schedule. It proposed 1.95 cents per pound duty for refined sugar and 1.10 cents for certain raw sugars, with coarse raw sugars from the Philippines and Java admitted at slightly lower rates. The Hawaiian reciprocity treaty issue was discussed but left unresolved as adjournment approached.
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Washington
Jane
Finance Cenent
House
Phillippine Islands
Java
Senate
Seneo ‘Gorman
Hawkeye Veterans Encampment Opens at Marshalltown
The 28th annual state encampment of G A R and allied orders opens in Marshalltown Iowa with drizzling rain clearing to propitious weather. About 15 000 visitors arrive as forenoon sessions feature receptions and conferences while the afternoon visits the state soldiers home hospital and grounds. Evening camp fires mark the event.
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Halltown
Marshalltown
G.A. BR
State Soldiers Home
Reed names House conferees on tariff bill
Speaker Reed selected the House conferees for the tariff bill and notified Ways and Means members he will name them. He asked quick action on Senate amendments to avoid delay. Report says Dingley and Payne will be Republican conferees and Bailey of Texas the Democrat.
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Reed
House
Tree
Ways and Means
Dingley
Payne
New York
and Bailey
Texas
Riotous Session in Arkansas House Over Smith Bill
June 9 in Rock Ark the Arkansas House faced a disorderly session as members debated the Smith bill to grant unredeemed lands to a railroad at 100 acres per mile. Opponents sought delays, decorum broke, the sergeant-at-arms intervened, and the speaker suspended proceedings with a vote postponed to Friday.
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Arkansas House of ‘Representatives
Larrie
Rock
Ark
Tower House
Minnesota Crop Report Notes Frost Damage Across State
The weekly Minnesota crop report records a cloudy cold week with heavy frost on the nights of the Bist and 80th. Frost damaged truck crops fruits berries and tender small grains, with 0.25 inch forming in some areas. Wheat damage ranges from slight to very serious, but improving weather may lessen overall impact.
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St. Paul
Minnesota Crop Report
Cabinet Deliberates on Spanish Mission and Cuban Issue
The June cabinet meeting extended beyond its hour as officials examined three candidates for the Madrid post. No decision was reached due to time constraints while discussions also touched on the Cuban situation. Comment follows on Hawaii reciprocity neglect amid Senate debate.
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Washington
Madrid
Czar Receives John W. Foster at Peterhof
The czar met with John W. Foster, American seal commissioner, at Peterhof during a visit on June 9.
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Cear
Foster
St. Peterspure
John W. Foster
Peterhof
Canadian Parliament Passes Alien Labor Law
Ottawa June 9 The house of commons has passed the alien labor bill. It mirrors the American act with two exceptions. Enforcement rests with the attorney general or an authorized official rather than a customs officer. The act targets the United States and is not meant to pressure a pact with the U S.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Dominion
United States
Largest Cook county mortgage record filed for 350 million
Onicaco June 9 a mortgage for 350 million was filed in the afternoon with County Recorder Simon. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company pledges the loan to Union Trust Company of New York.
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Onicaco
Cook ‘County
Simon
Lake Shore
Michigan ‘Southern’ Railway ‘Company
Union Trust Company of New York
Ex Champion Oarsman Eph Morris Dies at Home
Evan Eph Morris, once United States champion oarsman, died in Alleghany from consumption. He lost to Edward Hanlon on June 20, 1878, then retired. Also notes officers elected for the Degree of Honor branch of the A O U W with Mrs M Stewart San Francisco as supreme chief of honor and other officers named.
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Prressure
Evan
Eph
Morris
United States
Alleghany
Edward Hanlon
Milwwaaveee
Regies
A. O
U. W
Stewart
San’ Francisco
Blewett
Bismarck
Adelia Harding
Hebron
Neb
Mary
Tinker
Jackson
Bickford
Manchester
Shippers Agee Ohio City Boat Freight News
Cincinnati dispatch notes shipper Agee handling freight amid rising tides and harbor congestion. Local docks report steady volumes as marine commerce moves through downtown terminals.
General Strike Looms for New York Plasterers
About 5,000 plasterers in New York City face a possible general strike after unions voted that foremen must be elected by the workers. If an employer later nominates a foreman he must be kept on for a year at a $4.50 minimum eight hour wage.
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New York City
New York
Flaws in the Confession and Ireland Case at Bismarck
The defense works to impeach the confession of Holy Track and Treland in the Spicer case, presenting witnesses to suggest false facts about young Indians. Fireworks factory fire at West Van Buren and Halstead streets injures workers and bystanders. one woman later dies. Nicholas Hotaling, first mayor of Huron, dies at soldiers home in Springs South Dakota. Twenty-nine horses perish in a large fire at the R. W. Gole barn in Winnebago. wind threatens nearby townyards.
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Bismarck
Confession of Holy
Treland
Curiaco
M. Shure
South Dakota
Her Springs
Nicholas Hotaling
Huron
Guata
Rica
Caterphce Thexe
Winnebago
Orry
R. Ws
Gole
Watrong
Calhoun Arrives in Washington to Discuss Cuba
W J Calhoun of Illinois arrives from New York and reports to Judge Day at the State Department before meeting President McKinley in the White House cabinet room. He says his purpose is to relay facts from Cuba and declines to reveal possible policy or Ruiz case opinions.
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Washington
Illinois
Cuba
McKinley
New York
State Department
Judge Day
White House
Calhoun
Tor, UecheMip
Ena Veen
President Expected to Act After Calhoun Report
Washington June 9 revival of Cuban talk centers on the return of Mr Calhoun and the expectation that the president will take action once his report is received Some Republican senators indicate a shift from the negative policy toward a definite line of action to settle the ongoing Cuba situation.
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Washington
Senate
Calhoun
foreign relations _committtée
Authentic Figures Show Eight Thousand Insurgents
Havana reports eight thousand insurgents in the area between Cape San Antonio Pinar del Rio and the Jucaro Moron line of Puerto Principe province. They are well armed and split into small bands living in woods and mountains, with thousands more Cuban natives in insurgent camps nearby.
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Havana
Key West
Associated Press
Cape San Antonio
Pinar del Rio
Jucaro-Moron
Puerto Principe
Government Seeks Appeal in Three Friends Case
The United States plans an appeal after Judge Locke's ruling in the Three Friends filibuster case. The U S attorney telegraphed for instructions and the department ordered an appeal to the New Orleans court of appeals for an early trial.
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Three Friends
Washine Ton
United States
Locke
United States Court ‘of Appeals
New Orleans
National Silver Republican meeting outlines new structure
June 9 at the Leland hotel the provisional committee of the National Silver Republicans met with 32 states represented. Ex-Congressman Towne of Duluth elected permanent chairman as resolutions favored immediate bimetallism and the free coinage of silver and gold. An seven member national executive committee was authorized with power to fill vacancies and call a convention.
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Onucaco
National
Silver Republican Party
Leland Hotel
Towne
Duluth
National Convention
United States
National Committee
Trusted Bookkeeper in Portsmouth Defaulter Suspected
June 9 report from Portsmouth New Hampshire states Herbert Buford, longtime Morley factory bookkeeper, is alleged to be a defaulter in the thousands. He is said to have kept names of former employees on the books and pocketed wages due, with the exact loss not yet disclosed.
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Portsmouth
Herbert
Buford
Whio
Morley
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