Chicago packing houses report shocking unsanitary conditions
Washington June disclosures portray filth and pollution in Chicago stockyards. The Neill Reynolds reports, submitted to Congress, urge federal meat inspection and warn of European market losses without action. The Roosevelts message labels the conditions revolting and demands drastic reform.
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Chicago
Charles P. Netll
James B. Reynolds
New York
Congress
Roosevelt
Beveridge
Mth
Neill and
Reynolds
Notable Maryland Senator Arthur Pue Gorman Dies
Washington June 5 Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland died suddenly at his residence after months of illness. A leading figure in national politics since 1881 he chaired the executive committee and helped elect Cleveland in 1884. He played a pivotal role against the federal elections bill and influenced the 1894 tariff later named Wilson Gorman. He leaves a widow and six children including Ada and Mrs. Lambert.
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Washington
Arthur Pue Gorman
United States
Maryland
Gorman
Gorman Long
National Congress
Senate
Cleveland
South
Finance Committee
Weather Forecast and Judicial Appointment News
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania forecast shows showers with cooler air across east and south portions on Tuesday and Wednesday. In Harrisburg, June, W B Green of Emporium is named president judge of the Twenty-fifth district by Governor Pennypacker, replacing the late Judge Charles A Mayer of Lookout.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission to renew inquiry in Philadelphia
The Interstate Commerce Commission resumes work in Philadelphia on alleged car discrimination in Central Pennsylvania soft coal regions. Officials of the Pennsylvania division of the New York Central Railroad, then Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads, are to be examined. President Cassatt of Pennsylvania Railroad not summoned. he met with directors and vice presidents earlier in the day.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New York Central Railroad
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Metcales Die in Cananea Mob Attack Under Martial Law
June 5 report says Cananea Mexico remains tense as Col. Kosterlitzky’s decree drives the mob from streets. George and William Metcalf confront the mob at lumber yards, are struck with stones and knifed, William shot, both mutilated. Bermudes, an anti Diaz agitator, linked to the violence, fled toward the United States as authorities search.
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Douglas
Afiz
Cananea Mexico
Col. Kosterlitzky
Allersons
George
Wiliam Metcalf
William Metcalf
Mub
Metcalf
Mod
Jose Bemnudes
Ariz
E. Azota
Diaz
Hermosillo
Bermudes
Canadea Centenario
GIVES UP THE CONTEST PROSPEROUS BROKER ENDS LIFE
Henry H Powers once a successful New York stock exchange member shot himself at his Brooklyn home after years of fortune decline. Fifteen years earlier his firm faced losses and he sold his seat. Despite losing most of his money he kept visiting brokerages until the eve of his death.
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New York
Henry H. Powers
New York Stock Exchange
Lit
Brooklyn
Powers
Stock Exchange
Leaders in Corner as Eight-Hour Bill Faces House Protests
Washington June 5 Speaker Cannon and aides are trapped between opposition from organized labor and protests from government contract manufacturers. Bills shifting an eight-hour day to all government contracts threaten factory layouts and may force rework. Manufacturers plea for delay clash with labor’s demand for eight-hour laws as GOP politicians fear rising labor activity in the coming elections.
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Washington
Cannon
Committee On Labor
Labor Committee
District of Columbia
Ant
House
Organized Labor
United Labor
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Reception to Bryan Planned at Madison Square Garden
New York June 5 A reception for William Jennings Bryan with Democrats nationwide will be held at Madison Square Garden on his return from a world trip. Bryan accepted the league initiative to attend. The executive committee will discuss plans and expects Bryan to visit London for a Fourth of July event, arriving in early August. Missouri Democrats and other delegations are anticipated to attend as a national affair. A separate item notes a severe Indiana storm causing eight workers to be shocked two fatally in Princeton reaching a barn.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
Madison Square Garden
William H. Hoge
Commercial Travelers & Hotelmen’s Anti- Trust League
Bryan
Constantinople
League
Pague
London
Ome
Princeton
Ind
Indiana
National Guard On Ground Amid Coal Mine Riots
Miners and guards clashed near Jefferson county towns in Ohio with four guards wounded and a mass of militia sent from Columbus. Troops distributed at the mines. Steubenville reports 500 shots in the exchange as guards and striking miners battle once more.
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Columbus
Adjutant Generalz
Wheeling
W. Va
Jefferson County
Ohio
Dittonvale
Plum Run
Bradley
United States Coal Company
Vorhees
Smith~ Field
Coal Company
Pittsburg
Col
Ammel
Ohio National Guard
Hughes
Houck
Marion
Marysville
Circleville
Newark
Chillicothe
Delaware
Canal Dover
Bucyrus
Ironton
Speaker Carmi Thompson
Bowerstown
John C. Speaks
Dillonvale
Steubenville. O
Coburn Named U S Senator by Kansas Governor
Foster Dwight Coburn of Kansas City Kansas appointed by Governor E W W Heich to fill the seat of resigning J Ralph Barton Coburn born 1846 in Wisconsin served Civil War regiments and 18 years as secretary of the Kansas state board of agriculture He was a livestock exhibition commissioner at the 1904 St Louis exposition and has not definitively accepted the appointment.
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Topeka
Kana
Foster Dwight Coburn
Kansas City
Kans
United States
E. W.W. Hiech
J. Ralph Barton
Coburn
Senate
Dorn
Jefferson County
Wis
Annas
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
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Gertha Clalehs
Bertha Claiche
Emil Gendron
Davis
St. Washington
Jane
Ithtutt
Jamieson
Pittsburg Dispatch
Metcales
Travelers League
National Guard
Hoca
Sutton
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