President Roosevelts call for strict meat inspection reform
Roosevelt transmits preliminary report by James Reynolds and Charles Neill on Chicago stockyards. He urges immediate federal inspection from hoof to can, funded by packers, to curb unsanitary practices and protect health. The Beveridge amendment is recommended to grant comprehensive inspection power.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Charles I. Neill
James B. Reynolds
Chicago
Wackingtown
Congress Debates Panama Canal Supplies and Post Office Aid
Senate moves to conference on railroad rate and canal supply measures while post office funding of 192,485,000 advances. House sessions resume amid filibuster tactics as diplomacy and appropriation bills edge through, including naval and education actions.
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Senate
Mohday
Messks
Tillman, Anhom and
Wikins
Kittredge
Isthmian Canal
Rayner
Panama
House
District of Columbia
Cannon
James Wickersham
United States Circuit Court
District of Alaska
Post Office
Daniel
Morgan
Isle of Pines
Panama Canal
Stone
Robert Adams
Pennsylvania
Lleuse
Teed Smoot
United States
Murphy
Committee On
London Hospitals Adopt Slant-Wound Surgical Technique
Several London hospitals report use of a method that makes postoperative skin joining invisible. The technique cuts the skin at a slant rather than at right angles and employs hollow ground scalpels for suturing.
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Wounda
London
England
United States Pensions Reach 141 Million in Civil War Roll
The United States government paid 141 million in pensions this year to veterans, mainly Civil War recipients. On January 1, the pension roll showed 7,016 names.
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United States
TOU
Campialan Gifts Not Criminal Seen by Court
The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division found George W. Parkina not guilty of criminal intent for his $1,000 contribution to the Treepublican campaign for the New York Life Tasvrines company. Perkins was discharged, DA Herone’s contention upheld, and Judge Greet Daum’s ruling reversed. The case goes to the Court of Appeals.
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New York Supreme Court
Dowar
George W. Parkina
New York Fife Tasvrines
Perkins
Herone
Justion Greet Daum
Court of Appeals
Potees in the Neill Report Reveals Food Plant Abuses
The Neill Report exposes unsanitary meat processing conditions including no restrooms and workers constrained to stand, filthy tools and aprons, moldy canned meats, and hazardous labelling. Women and girls endure low temperatures and unsafe floors, with fumes and leaks noted.
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Neill
President Urges Immediate Meat Packing Reform in Nation
The president calls for swift enactment of strict interstate commerce laws to regulate Chicago stockyards and packing houses. He condemns filthy conditions and unclean processing methods, demands comprehensive meat inspection at all stages, and warns funding must be provided to ensure the law’s effectiveness.
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Department of Agriculture
Shome
Senate
Chicago
Oshall
Interesting News Items from the Era
President Roosevelt's autograph brings fifteen in New York aid to San Francisco sufferers. The Italian consul G Paralorni moves from New Orleans to Philadelphia. The National Mothers Association names Mateus M. Marks of New York president and J I H Noba of Chicago vice president. Chancellor von Bulow visits Nordeney for a three month holiday. King Victor Emmanuel meets Meloe editor at private audience on church state ties in Italy. Cracker of San Francisco receives philatelic exhibit honor. The isthmian commission prepares for Drake University's twenty fifth anniversary at Des Moines Iowa.
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Roosevelt
New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
G. Paralorni
Philadelphia
National Mothiers' Association
Mateus M. Marks
J. 1 H. Noba
Chicago
Chancelor von Bulow
Berlin
Nordeney
Northpen
Cgenunny
Victor Mimanuel
Sthis Meloe
Churchman of
Oh Cracker
Lenton
Isthimianeum
Eliespasil
Drake University
Des Atoines
Towa
Daiie
Senator Arthur P. Gorman Dies in Washington
Maryland statesman United States Senator Arthur Pue Gorman died suddenly in Washington on Monday morning after months of illness. A longtime Democratic leader he entered Senate in 1881 and steered party policy including the Wilson Gorman tariff. His death marks the end of a career highlighted by influence in finance, defense, and river and harbor funding.
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Maryland
Washinton
Arthur Pue Gorman
United States
Washington
Gorman
Gorman Long
National Congress
Senate
Cleveland
South
Finance
King Alfonso Foresees Another Bomb Attack
King Alfonso told F. W. Whitridge that another assassination attempt would occur, possibly soon or within a year, while calmly resigning himself to the danger after a bomb exploded at the royal wedding. He and Queen Victoria fled to the castle as courtiers saw his nerves fray and the queen’s dress stained with blood.
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Alfonso
F. W. Whitridge
Queen Victoria
State Board Opinion Delays Teacher Resignations
State Superintendent Dayhoff of Kansas holds resignations cannot take effect until accepted by the school board. Utica enlarges grounds to nine schools at a total cost of 23266 dollars, about 2500 per building. Hoboken makes five minutes of absolute silence each morning starting with a bell. Missouri’s WT Carrington urges industrial clubs for students, already adopted in two counties under county supervision. Salt Lake judges oppose modern language teaching in grade schools as most pupils won’t attend college. Weehawken New Jersey pays teachers starting salaries of 500 to 700, rising to 1360 after five years, 840 after seven years, with normal school grad and two years experience required.
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Dayhoff
Kansas
Utica
Hoboken
N. J
WT. Carrington
Missouri
Ilinois
Nebraska
Salt Lake
Weehaw ‘Ont
N. Dd
Cananea Massacre Follows Mine Wage Strike War
A deadly riot erupted in Cananea Mexico as Mexican workers clashed with American miners over wage hikes from 3.50 to 5 per day. Forty five Americans were killed when Mexicans attacked the camp, set fires, and dynamited mills. Colonel Greene requested troops from Blaine. George Metcalf and 3 Mexicans died at the lumber yard amid street violence.
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Cananea
Mexico
W. C. Greene
Greene Company
Colonel Greene
Blabee
Greene
Naco
Ariz
George Metcalf
Sonora Hotel
Metcalf
William Metcalf
Great Lakes Freight Surge Reported by Commerce Bureau
A Department of Commerce and Labor bulletin shows April 1906 freight on the Great Lakes exceed all prior periods. April shipments reached 4,205,505 net tons and April 30 year to date total 5,418,481 net tons, with four months at 1,502,636 tons higher than 1905. Coal movements largely east to west. iron ore and copper mostly west to east. Noted causes include coal stocks before a potential strike and fears of a ship labor strike.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Buffalo
Right to Ignorance Vindicated in Pa Mine Rule
Judge Rice upholds lower court ruling striking the 1905 law banning underage mining labor, removing school attendance certificate requirements. National Consumer’s League warns age limit becomes futile and condemns Pennsylvania judges as enemies of children. case to supreme court.
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Rice
Superior Court of
Pennsylvania
Florence Kelly
National Consumer's League
Charities and the Commons
Georgia
Supreme Court
Lax Compulsory Education Laws
William J1 Allen, general agent for the New York association for improving the condition of the poor, notes in the Americaun Monthly Review of Reviews that 50 600 to 100 000 children listed as attending New York City schools under the compulsory education law are actually in the streets or laboring in tenements and factories, violating child labor law. He urges more reliable school reporting.
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William J1. Allen
New York Association For
Americaun Monthly Review of Reviews
New York City
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Georgetown University
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Portugal
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Archanological Institute of America
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Ira Steward
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Claflin
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