Absolute deadlock on meat inspection amendment
Washington June 28 absolute deadlock reported by Senator Proctor after three conferee sessions on the meat inspection amendment to the agricultural appropriation The Vermont senator said house conferees refused any compromise on who pays inspection costs The Senate proposed a tax of 5 cents per head on cattle and 3 cents on hogs sheep and goats to fund inspection while keeping the House's 3 million dollar appropriation The tax would cover about half the appropriation and the House called the tax unconstitutional and refused to sign the report unless the House provision was accepted letter for letter The impasse threatens the legislation and general business with no chance for compromise after repeated refusals by the House Conferees to join in any report.
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Washington
Proctor
Senate
Vermont
House
Treasury
Hale
Congress
Nelson
Senate in Open Session Crowded With Important Business
Washington June 28 The senate met in open session for about five and a half hours with a quorum roll call and extensive business. Proctor announced a deadlock in meat inspection conference. Batley rebutted Cosmopolitan attack. naturalization bill passed. La Follette railroad hours bill continued. sundry civil bill resort accepted. Warren spoke on livestock industry. Bailey denied Cosmopolitan allegations and blamed Hearst. House actions included a lock canal bill and Philippines import duties ratified. Sessions closed with a brief pause and a three hour night session focusing on the customs administrative act.
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Washington
Senate
Proctor
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Batley
la Follette
Senator Warren
Bailey
W. R. Hearst
Hearst
New York
House
McKinley
Philippines
James
Last of Big Money Measures Passed by House
Washington June 28 The general deficiency bill, the last of the big money measures, passed the house at 6 o clock p m with a few changes in the text of the bill Several items were inserted due to late information.
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Washington
Washington Conferees end talks on rate bill and pure food pact
On June 28 in Washington the conference on the railroad rate bill failed to reach agreement, with likely provisions to mirror the Senate amendment on passes and a pipeline clause shift from common carrier to railroads. Separately, conferees agreed on the pure food bill, basing on the House text, eliminating two provisions and establishing penalties for adulterated or misbranded goods with fines up to 500 dollars or one year in jail on first offense.
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Washington
Senate
Sherman
Hotel
Normandie
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate move on Santo Domingo treaty timeline
In executive session Senator Bacon proposed a vote on the Santo Domingo treaty for December 17 at the next congressional session. Republicans pushed for ratification after two long efforts, while Democrats blocked it. Bacon said the administration seeks authority to carry out treaty provisions, or end the current stalemate. the question was postponed for a day at Republicans’ request.
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Washington
Bacon
Senate
Santo Domingo
Congress
United States
Dominican Republic
Spooner
Minnesota Drainage league holds second annual convention
The Minn esota Drainage league closed its second annual meeting in Wadena with small attendance. Speeches were given by State Auditor Iverson Engineer Ralph W E Fellows and North Dakota state engineer. Officers elected include President C H Warner Aitkin first vice president John Abercrombie Alexander second vice president Leslie Walther Moorhead secretary J S Goll Grand Rapids treasurer H V Eva Duluth.
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Wadena
Minn
Minnesota Drainage League
Iverson
Ralph
W. E. Fellows
North Dakota
C. H. Warner
Aitkin
John Abercrombie
Alexander
Leslie Walther
Moorhead
J. S. Goll
Grand Rapids
H. V. Eva
Duluth
No Peace Conference This Year Declared
The foreign minister in the lower house announced that the second international peace conference would not be held during the present year.
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the Hague
Thaw Declines Exam. Alienists Report Sanity Proclaimed
New York June 28. Harry M Thaw, the Stanford White slayer, is deemed sane by alienists hired by the district attorney after a one hour interview. Thaw refused all questions, insisting only force could compel an examination. He denounced counsel Olcott and kept to trivial talk as doctors departed.
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New York
Harry M.thaw
Stanford White
District Attorney's Office
Thaw
Olcott
Mr. Olcott
Cleveland man shoots wife then kills self in Buffalo
Fred Haas of Cleveland shot and instantly killed his wife Maud Haas in Buffalo on June 28 and fatally wounded Ida McElroy at 1389 Oak street before shooting himself. Ilaas had reportedly refused to give her husband money, the motive given for the murder suicide.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fred Haas
Cleveland
Maud Haas
Ida McElroy
Oak Street
Ilaas
Reed sister of Custers dies at eighty in Monroe
Mrs. David Reed, sister of Generals George A. and Thomas Custer who fell at the Little Big Horn in 1876, died at her Monroe home aged eighty. She had been invalid since 1876, her health shattered by the battle news, and had already lost a son and a son-in-law, in addition to her two brothers.
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Monroe, Mich
David Reed
George A
Thomas Custer
Little Big Horn
Montana
Strikes End as Building Trades Council Reopens Work
In St Louis on June 28 the Building Trades Council declared the strikes off and ordered the workers back to their posts. Some 6000 men had been out of work for three months during the dispute while negotiations continued.
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St. Louis
Building Trades Council
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