Speaker to Try Pacification In Senate Administration
The Senate administration faces a cautious path as a speaker seeks pacification measures amid uncertain support, aiming to ease party tensions and push a likely contested agenda forward.
20 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1902
Page
1
The Senate administration faces a cautious path as a speaker seeks pacification measures amid uncertain support, aiming to ease party tensions and push a likely contested agenda forward.
Chicago packing house says meat and provision prices will rise one half to two cents per pound for about two months due to fodder shortages. Packers deny a broad price trust, noting current gains stem from high demand and feed scarcity while retailers hold slim margins.
Packers deny a beef trust while arguing natural supply and demand drive price increases. Samuel W. Allerton cites high slaughter volumes and lighter weights, noting corn shortages raise costs and that a large crop would ease values, as farmers in Illinois and nearby states struggle to raise cattle amid rising demand.
A New York report states a colossal stock pool backed by J P Morgan Co James R Keene John W Gates E H Harriman and Rockefeller factions with about 1 billion in capital began this week The pool allegedly coordinates operations through Gates as broker pushing Union Pacific Southern Pacific Colorado Fuel and Louisville & Nashville in a planned market sweep.
London April 19 Archdeacon Wilberforce starts a movement inviting Westminster Abbey workers to a smoke and service during dinner hour. About 100 men gather daily in the cloisters join hymns and prayers, sip beer, remove caps and pipes during prayers, then receive handshakes and thanks from the Archdeacon as the Abbey remains closed to the public.
A Castle Loo despatch reports the queen's illness continues without interruption and her condition remains fair. It notes she has taken some squid nourishment and shows signs of stability.
The April 1902 AFL executive council adjourned after adopting an appeal to wage workers and Congress to end injunctions in labor disputes. The message calls for laws protecting workers rights, urging unions to discuss and press state and federal lawmakers, and to inform Senators and representatives of their actions.
In Terre Haute Indiana April 19 a sensational report says John L Walsh former county treasurer is short seven to fifty thousand dollars. Treasurer William Clark states Walsh owes between forty seven and fifty thousand with ten to twelve thousand in tax receipts and notes yet to be settled. Experts are reviewing the books and a full explanation is expected within days.
For the first time in Italy a candidate who is an anarchist named Pietro Calcalgno seeks a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. Recently released on health grounds, he lives on a Mediterranean island and would not take his seat if elected, as he distrusts the Italian Parliament. He has been imprisoned for radical beliefs and has fled to England and America to escape police.
Bankers' committee of the Wesett Moore Syndicate reports a fierce offer for the United States Telephone Company. The property is expected to pass to strong capitalists, with interest from independent telephone properties. The United States Telephone Company operates toll lines connecting 300 exchanges in Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana. It is said to be among the syndicate's biggest earners.
Tony S. Diesner former Assistant Police Clerk indicted on nine counts of forging police court witness fee vouchers totaling nearly nine thousand dollars. The grand jury also charged Charles Dalton in connection with the murder of Katz several weeks earlier.
Estes G. Rathbone, before the Supreme Court on a habeas corpus writ, opposes a pardon by either the United States or Cuba. He seeks a new trial and argues the Audiencia Court erred by requiring a public deed bond. He insists the trial be before an uninfluenced court.
A night fire at the Christian Moerlein Brewing Company on Elm Street caused extensive damage to the four story brewery and linked structures. Firemen fought the blaze from the Pleasant Street side and atop the building while water supply proved difficult. The cause remains unknown and Moerlein officers were not present.
New York April 19 details of a great steamship merger outline a parent company running White Star and other major lines while preserving flags and subsidies. American interests would dominate, with plans for a single year rate and reduced winter competition to benefit importers and shippers nationwide.
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