Political scheme and graft exposure in San Francisco
Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney outlines the graft policy of influential financiers and banks in San Francisco. He accuses Patrick Calhoun of United Railways of seeking bank backing to resist prosecution and calls for public support to continue the anti corruption drive. He notes immunity deals for confessed bribe takers among supervisors and argues wealth must not shield crime.
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San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Heney
Gra
Patrick Calhoun
United Railways
Calhoun
Hener
Hey
Meat Packers OK Inspected Slaughtering Posts
The American Meat Packers association executive committee adopted a resolution urging immediate effect to require postmortem inspection on slaughterhouses buying cows and cattle across 29 states. Secretary George L. McCarthy cites dangers from tubercular cows and diseased dairy farms and urges cleaner farming to protect public health.
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Chicago
American Meat Packers’ Association
United States
George L. McCarthy
Association
In Pursuit of Jones Charged With Cutting
Captain V O Milliken and two bloodhounds pursue William Jones in Bath county for the murder of Stella Clemmons an eighteen year old girl found at Jones house with throat cut from ear to ear. Jones last seen heading toward Carlisle from Lexington Kentucky May 31.
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Lexington
V. O. Milliken
William Jones
Stella Clemmons
Jones
Bath County
Carlisle
Four Cremated in Fireat Long Branch House
In Long Branch New Jersey on May 31 four bodies were found in the burned residence of Walter Schiffer secretary of United Cigar Manufacturers company. Victims include Ruth Schiffer age fourteen and Marion Schiffer age ten daughters of Mrs Schiffer and servants Tilly Montion and Mary Dilter.
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Long Branch
N. J
Walter Schiffer
United Cigar Manufacturers Company
Ruth Schiffer
Marion Schiffer
Schiffer
Tilly Montion
Mary Dilter
Greater Part Under Water in Cameron Parish
Lake Charles Louisiana May 31 report says the greater part of Cameron parish is under water with widespread flooding and rising creeks inundating farms and roads.
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Lake Charles
Cameron Parish
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