President Roosevelt objects to House meat inspection bill
In a June letter to Chairman Wadsworth, President Roosevelt disapproves of the House substitute for Beveridge’s amendment to the agricultural bill. He says changes reduce effectiveness against packing industry evils, hamper the Agriculture Secretary’s duties, and delay restoring trade in meat, preferring the Senate version overall.
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House Committee
Washington
Loeb
Roosevelt
Wadsworth
House Committee On Agriculture
Beveridge
Secretary of Agriculture
Wadsworth Declines to Comment on President's Meat Inspection Criticism
Washington June 15 Wadsworth chairman of the house committee of agriculture says he will not reply to the president's criticism of the meat inspection program.
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Wadsworth
Washington
House Committee of Agriculture
Federal drainage bills advance in House committee
The Public Lands Committee reported bills favoring federal drainage. One proposes Minnesota Indian lands drainage under Interior regulation. A North Dakota ten-county drainage bill would use a million dollars from land sales, repayable. A third would drain the Virginia North Carolina swamp with irrigation funds. The panel reversed an earlier Mondell subcommittee report and aims to act this session.
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Washington
Committee On Public Lands
House of Representatives
Minnesota
Secretary of the Interior
North Dakota
Hansbrough
Virginia
North Carolina
Irrigation Fund
Mondell
General Land Office
Kensal and Brazil Firms Form Capital Ventures in North Dakota
Listings show Kensal Racing Association with $5,000 capital and incorporators John Nihil J M Watson Geo A Barnum and others in Kensal North Dakota. Brazil Telephone Co. seeks $50,000 capital with Buckholder and Rhae among incorporators in Brazil North Dakota. Also noted are firms in Mandan and Rugby with $50,000 capital and several named organizers.
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Bismarck
N. D
Kensal Racing Association
Kensal
Capital
John Nihil
J. M. Watson
Geo. A. Barnum
Blerer
Anton Feckler
The
Brazil Telephone Co
Brazil
Incorporators
C. An Cc
Tom Oksenterman
Grazing in Transit Experiment Extends to Wisconsin
A new experiment to graze sheep in transit will extend from North Dakota to Wisconsin this year. About ten thousand sheep will be moved, with grazing in transit allowed from Oregon and Montana to Chicago at a seven cent additional rate.
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Wisconsin
North Dakota
Superior
Wis
North
Missouri
Oregon
Montana
Chicago
Flesh Dropped From Firemen In Oil Tank Blast
Six members of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway fire department were severely burned in a steel oil tank explosion in the Santa Fe freight yards. Gus Miller and Guy Luddington were roasted as they were rushed to hospital when flesh dropped from their bodies.
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Topeka
Kan
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Fire Department
Gus Miller
Guy Luddington
Nebraskan Named to Succeed Major Edwards at Montreal
President Roosevelt nominates Church Howe of Nebraska to succeed Maj. W. A. Edwards as consul general at Montreal. Major Edwards will retire June 30 due to ill health after long service in the post.
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Major Edwards
Montreal
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Church Howe
Nebraska
Maj
W. A. Edwards
Massacre of Jews in Bialystok Shocks Russia
In Bialystok yesterday about thirty Jews were killed with many wounded as mobs looted Jewish shops on four main streets. The military and police patrols enforce a curfew. an armed truce is sought while grain mills and warehouses burn.
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Bialystok
Russia
Tragedy Follows Bombing At Corpus Christi Procession
A Jewish anarchist allegedly bombed the Corpus Christi procession in Bialystok, killing or wounding many. Christians then attacked Jews, burning shops, and a riot spread through Alexandrov and Suras streets. Soldiers fired into windows as Jews fled toward the railroad station, where several were killed. A Russian clergyman, Fedor off, was among the dead. Mills burn in Tula as follow up news.
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Bialystok
Russia
Alexandrov Street
Fedoroff
Alexandrov
Suras
Rug purchased in China nets Conger wife big Chicago sale
Mrs BE H Conger bought a rug in China for 90 dollars despite her husband the former minister’s protest. A Chicago buyer offered 7000 dollars after seeing it, and the money funded a new home for the Conger family in California as they settle there permanently.
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Des Moines
BE. H. Conger
Conger
China
Chicago
Iron Wedding in Potsdam Honors Master Carpenter of the Imperial Court
Berlin reports a large Potsdam celebration for Herr Ferse and wife as they mark their 70th wedding anniversary. The 93 year old craftsman and 86 year old wife received gifts from Emperor William, the crown prince, and Prince Ettal Friedrich. The honors included a royal porcelain vase pair a diamond pin and orders plus paintings. Messages of congratulations poured in.
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Berlin
Potsdam
Ferse
Graybeard
William
Royal Porcelain Factory
Ettal Friedrich
Prince Hohenlohe
Panama Canal Expected to Prove Profitable Investment
Senator Morgan cited Gen George W Davis in noting the Suez canal's profitability a letter says the stock trades at a 900 percent premium on the Paris bourse Morgan argues the canal will not be charity but a solid financial venture He predicts the stock could reach 600 on the 100 within years after completion
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Washington
Morgan
Senate
Panama Canal
George W. Davis
Suez Canal
Davis
Paris
Drainage vs Irrigation Debate in Senate Colloquy
In Washington on June 15 Senator Gal linger opposed diverting irrigation funds for drainage. Senator Mallory pressed a resolution to survey the Florida Everglades for converting swamp lands into farms. Senators Tillman Stone Hansbrough and others argued the opposite before the measure was sent to the calendar.
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Washington
Gallinger
Mallory
Senate
Florida Everglades
Hansbrough
New England States
Tillman
Stone
Trial Set For August First In Unrest Plot
In St. Petersburg on June 15 fifty two deputies and workmen accused of attempting to establish a republic last fall have the trial scheduled for August 1.
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St. Petersburg
Peasants Acquitted Over Harsh Estate Superintendent
In Kursk on June 15 a jury acquitted thirty peasants charged with devastating the estate of M. Suichinsky minister of agriculture. The acquittal followed testimony about extreme harshness by the estate superintendent.
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Kursk
Russia
Here
M. Suichinsky
Estates Owners Beaten and Driven Off in Novgorod
In Novgorod province on June 15 peasants beat several estate proprietors and drove them away, reflecting social unrest and violence in rural Russia. Local authorities reported the incidents and are investigating the assaults and displacement.
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Novgoprod
Novgoorod
Russia
Peasants Seize Lands Near Tver In Act of Protesting Parliament
In Tver Russia on June 15 Cossacks and troops were sent to two districts as peasants expropriate lands amid anger at parliament inaction. In a disorderly area the action underscores rising unrest and government response.
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Tver
Russia
Estate owner killed after land distribution refusal in Mohilev
In Mohilev Russia on June 15 a landowner who refused to distribute his estate to peasants was killed. The incident highlights tensions over peasant land reform and property rights in the region.
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Mohilev
Russia
Fort Rice Lands Bill Passes Senate
Washington June 15 A senate bill provides for the disposal of the Fort Rice reservation lands in North Dakota under the land laws.
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Washington
Senate
Fort Rice Reservation
North Dakota
Lock Canal Debate in House Committee
Washington June 15 Littauer a member of the house committee on appropriations spoke for an hour in favor of a lock canal for the Panama project. The $25 000 000 section in the sundry civil bill carries no sea level option. Burton of Ohio defended the sea level stance.
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Washington
tLittaur
House Committee
Burton
Ohio
Cromwell to Face Senate Questions Over Panama Canal
Washington June 15 William Nelson Cromwell of New York counsel for the Panama Canal Co and a director of the Panama railroad faces compulsion to answer questions from Senator Morgan if a Senate committee decision can be upheld.
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Washington
William Nelson Cromwell
New York
Panama Canal Co
United States
Isthmian Waterway
Panama Railroad
Morgan
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Congress boosts funding for structural materials tests
Washington reports the House increased appropriations for tests of structural materials lignites and other coals after voting down a $100,000 cut for waters gauging by the Geological Survey. A dramatic conference report on statehood featured Speaker’s objections to Delegate Smith of Arizona over alleged undue influence.
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United States
Geological Survey
House
Appropriations Committee
Smith
Arizona
Wreck on Belt Line Kills Three Men Near Point Richmond
In the Belt line wreck between Point Richmond and Point San Pablo a defective switch caused a work train collision. Three men were killed outright and about a dozen were slightly injured.
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Point Richmond
Cal
Here
Point San Pablo
Churches Robbed in North La Crosse Burglaries
Burglars broke into two Catholic and one Lutheran church at North La Crosse Wisconsin last night and stole several thousand dollars worth of property. The churches were stripped of decorations and gold vessels.
Bryan Sails to Stockholm After Meeting Goremykin
William Jennings Bryan departed St. Petersburg for Stockholm after noon following an hour with Premier Goremykin. He spent the morning in the lower house of parliament where he drew attention in the lobby, effectively hosting a reception for onlookers.
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St. Petersburg
Wm. J. Bryan
Stockholm
Goremykin
Byran
Starts for Pole: Wellman Leaves Paris for North Pole Quest
Walter Wellman and the Arctic expedition party departed Paris for Tromsoe Norway amid a large send off. Ambassador McCormick joined the crowd as the fifty ton mammoth air ship and its gear were hauled away on a special freight train.
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Paris
Walter Wellman
Tromsoe
Norway
Ambassador McCormick
Hicks Presents Bill After County Superintendents Case
Ellendale North Dakota June 15. The supreme court ruled that county superintendents had no jurisdiction over Ellendale and Oakes special districts. W E Hicks ex superintendent of Dickey county sought $664.94 for supervising those districts and for four and a half years as president of the North Dakota manual training school without pay. He has also billed $150 for a 1903 summer teachers training school and legal fees. Demming settled for $200 with county superintendent support.
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Ellendale
N. D
Dickey County
North Dakota
Oakes
Supreme Court
W. EF. Hicks
Manual Training School
Hicks
Demming
Poisoned children plague hits Huntington families
Huntington West Virginia June 15 Two children of Joseph Jordan died within two hours of each other. Two other Jordan children are in serious condition from a poison whose nature remains unknown.
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Huntington
W. Va
Joseph Jordan
Indians Fear Disruptions After Statehood Bill
A Muskogee dispatch notes that statehood will reshape federal courts in the Indian Territory, creating a single district with consolidated offices. The piece details salaries for judges, marshals, clerks, deputies, stenographers, and commissioners across the former four districts.
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Muskogee
I. T
Indian Territory
United States Marshal
Commis
Sausage Factories Closed Over Sanitary Violations
New York on June 15 health department closed two sausage factories after complaints of unsanitary conditions. Health Commissioner Darlingtong says all unsanitary places will be immediately closed.
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New York
Department of Health
Darlington
Parliament Crisis Deepens as Government Sparks Backlash
From St. Petersburg June 15 the press laments a breakdown in the lower house as General Pavlov and War Minister Rudiger face blame for military executions. The government’s moves to expel Ulianoff provoke indignant protests and fears of a council dissolution and a fall of the Goremykin ministry.
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St. Petersburg
Pavioff
Rudiger
M. Ulianoff
M. Ulifanoff
Pavloff
Bat Ue
Goremykin
M. Alladin
Desperate Convict in Wadley City Shootout
Desperate convict Will Smith escaped from a camp and shot and killed Marshal Morris of Midville while mortally wounding planter J. J. Pove near Wadley on June 15. A posse pursues the armed fugitive serving a twenty year sentence.
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Wadley
Races at Buffalo Center of Attraction at Big Meet
Buffalo N C June 15 warm no breeze 4000 on grounds big racing meet center is the 2 10 race money at stake Casselton defeats Page in baseball as Skattebold fans 21 strikeouts for sixth straight win at Cas selton.
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Buffalo
N. C
Casselton
Page
Skattebold
Ece
Opening of Buffalo Racing Season Draws 3000 in North Dakota
The Southern Racing circuit began at Buffalo Driving Park yesterday afternoon drawing 3000 spectators. Farmers and families from miles around attended despite heat, with many youths and Buffalo ladies adding color to the grandstand. Officials F B Talcott president H E Brown vice president S G More treasurer W J Hawk secretary oversaw events as starter J M from Neenah Wisconsin officiated, while Sogeese Cole of Fargo counted a number in the program.
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North Dakota
Buffalo
Buffalo Driving Park Association
Talcott
H. E. Brown
S. G. More
W. J.hawk
J. M
Neenah, Wis
Sogeese Cole
Fargo
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