Cushman Defies House Leaders In Startling Speech
Francis Cushman, called the Modern Lincoln, electrified the House with a forceful speech that drove leaders and members from both parties to applaud. He attacked Speaker and leaders, exposing perceived biases in bill handling and signaling a possible broader inquiry into meat packers and prices. The report notes observers, transitively, that the speech drew the largest audience in the sugar debate and sparked cross-party cheers.
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Congress
Grosvenor
Payne
House of Representatives
Protests Spread as Meat Prices Stir Frustration Across Cities
New York, Philadelphia, and Attleboro residents push back against escalating meat costs. Butchers strike and threaten lawsuits while packers reportedly raise only small gains, with a price table showing higher live animal costs and steeper consumer bills for common cuts.
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New York
Philadelphia
Attleboro
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Washington in Panic Over Prices of Foods
Washington faces a panic over soaring prices for table foods with meat, butter, and vegetables rising sharply. The report notes meats up to higher per pound, butter up over five cents, vegetables up 30 to 100 percent, and wholesale beef up three cents amid widespread cost inflation.
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Sprial
Commercial Tribune
Peace terms reportedly agreed for end of war
The Daily Mail claims Pretoria bases of peace are practically agreed upon though details remain. Boer delegates, after a British decision seen as offering limited executive seats, may accept terms pending government approval. Lord Milner summons an Australian expert to estimate Boer farm reconstruction costs.
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Daily Mail
Pretoria
Lord Milner
South Africa
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Johannesberg
Holland
Emperor William's Yacht Trip Draws Industrial Elite Aboard
Berlin April 17. Emperor William's yachting party left Bremerhaven aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm with seven Cabinet members and twenty military officers. It includes about fifty industrial and commercial leaders such as Tielein Weinckler Plate Wiegand Loewe Flohr Schlutow Zimmermann and artists and scientists like Bordt Vollhagen Slaby Busley Fechner. The trip signals his informal approach away from ceremony and fuels aristocratic fears of the nobility fading.
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Emperor William
Bremerhaven
Germany
Herren Tielein
Weinckler
George Plate
Henry Wiegand
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Lloyd Line
Isidor Loewe
George Bleichrder
Flohr, Schlutow and Zimmerman
Vulcain Shipbuilding Company
Stettin
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Herren Bordt
Vollhagen
Butchers of London Fear Famine Amid Trade Restrictions
London April 17 A meeting of the Butchers Association with delegates from the entire retail trade urged Parliament to lift limits on importing cattle from Canada and Argentina to avert a meat shortage during the King’s coronation. Similar resolutions will be shared at a nationwide meat trade meeting in Manchester on April 2.
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Butchers’ Association
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Argentina
United Kingdom
Manchester
House of Commons
R W. Hanbury
Board of Agriculture
Decision in Brewery Muddle Favors Engineers
The AFL Executive Committee issues a Cincinnati lockout ruling. It orders engineers to withdraw ultimatums and limit steam to union members, threatens revoking Local 18 charter, and directs charters to be revoked for noncompliant unions. The decision affects engineers and firemen in breweries and cites Louisville conventions.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor Today
Cincinnati Brewers
International Union of Seam Engineers
Gompers
Cincinnati
Engineers of Union No. 18
National Union of United Brewery Workmen
National Brewery Workers’ Union
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International Union of Steam Engineers
Steam Engineers
United Brewery Workers’ National Union
Louisville
Scranton
Brewery Workers’ Union
National Union of United Brewery Workers
National Union of the United Brewery Workers
American Federation of Labor
Decision Reversal After Late Notice Sparks Union Clash
A late decision shifts jurisdiction over engineers and firemen to the Engineers' Union, altering a six week dispute with the Brewery Workers' Union. The American Federation of Labor policy on industrial versus trade autonomy drives the confrontation, affecting meetings across the city.
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Brewery Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Diselling Wrinkles in Quest for Beauty Series
A practical and interesting article introduces a new weekly lesson in the Quest for Beauty series detailing practical wrinkle reduction techniques and cosmetic insights for readers seeking simple at home improvements.
Insurgent Gonzales to Surrender amid Manila tensions
Manila dispatch reports insurgent leader Gonzales agreeing to obey Malvar and surrender. General Bell notes no insurgents left in Batangas or Laguna. Samar insurgents’ surrender delayed to April 20 due to weather. Major Waller and Lieutenant Day trials proceed over alleged executions.
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Democrats Unite Against Reciprocity Bill in Cuban Pact Row
In Washington on April 17 the Democratic caucus endorsed removing the sugar differential from Cuba and elsewhere, pledging lawmakers to vote for amendments to the Cuban reciprocity bill. The session, though turbulent, ended with unity to abolish the differential and oppose the previous question, with 94 Democrats present.
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Swanson
Virginia
Cuba
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Cowherd
Missouri
Underwood
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Louisiana
Hypnotism Cures Placed by Columbia Professor Quackenbos
Prof John D Quackenbos of Columbia University announces hypnotism as a cure for mental illness and various habits. He claims to have treated 3000 cases with good results and may embark on a national healing tour treating patients while traveling.
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Columbia University
Commercial Tribune
New York
John D. Quackenbos
Ethel Barrymore
Cause Of Queen Wilhelmina’s Illness Miscarriage Reported
Amsterdam bulletin reports Queen Wilhelmina suffered a miscarriage as the cause of her illness. It notes she had a troubled night but the fever did not worsen and her condition is described as comparatively satisfactory.
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Amsterdam
Wilhelmina
Similar West Virginia masquerade case shocks Paducah
In Paducah on April 17 a West Virginia pair masqueraded as man and wife. A woman named Mrs Pearl McMillan and her male companion Jas Eaker were jailed and held for investigation. The woman’s disguise and refined manners contrasted with her ragged outfit and fear. The couple claimed Oak Hill Arkansas as origin after the man lost his job.
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Paducah, Kyng
Eliis Glenn
West Virginia
Pearl McMillan
Oak Hill
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