Roosevelt urges federal inspection of Chicago packing houses
President Roosevelt transmitted to Congress a special message urging a federal packing-house inspection law covering dressed meat and related products. He released the Reynolds Neill report showing revolting Chicago stockyards conditions and warned that current laws fail to curb abuses and unclean handling. The Beveridge amendment to the 1907 agriculture appropriation is urged for immediate enactment.
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Neill
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Chicago
James Bronson Reynolds
Charles P. Neill
Senate
House of Representatives
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Beveridge
Reynolds Neill report on Chicago packing house conditions
A partial summary of the Reynolds Neill investigation into Chicago slaughterhouses. They spent weeks surveying yards and buildings in Chicago and New York, noting filthy brick pavement filled with manure and poor cleaning, with many unverified claims excluded.
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Chicago
Tragedy After Heavy Rain Destroys Scotttown Village
Ironton Ohio June 5 Scottown a village twenty miles north of Ironton with two hundred residents was washed away by a six hour rainfall. Mrs Sayre and her daughter drowned as houses flooded and bridges failed. Telegraph lines down. crops damaged beyond estimate.
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Scotttown
Sayre
Storm Rakes Cincinnati with Floods and Wreckage
A noon storm drenched Cincinnati with two heavy downpours in quick succession and a strong wind. Flash flooding and shattered glass injured Western Union operators Higdon and Gorman as the Ingalls building fifteenth floor suffered window failure. Wires were out for over half an hour isolating the city.
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Cincinnati
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ingalls Building
Western Union
Higdon and Gorman
Tillman Triggers Return of Railroad Rate Conference
In Washington on June 5 Senator Tillman urged reconsideration of the conference report on the railroad rate bill. He said the bill should go back to conference and implied quick action. Senator Hale offered to yield to the conference report if debate could be avoided and new matter removed, prompting Tillman to object and move to disagree to the report, sending it back to conference.
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Washington
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Tillman
Hale
Senator Arthur Gorman Dies at Capitol Home
Washington mourns as Maryland's United States Senator Arthur Pue Gorman dies at 9:05 a.m. after months of illness due to heart trouble. He leaves a widow and six children, with private funeral plans and no state ceremony requested. Capitol aides recall his long service and genial, partisan leadership.
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Washington
Arthur Pue Gorman
United States
Maryland
Senator Gorman
Senate
Ada Gorman
Wilton J. Lambert
R. A. Johnson
R. W. Hills
Stephen Gambrill
London
England
Arthur Pue Gorman, Jr
Laurel
Maryland Assembly
Capitol
Gorman
Marr Nominated by Acclamation for Congress in Twelfth District
Dr. John W. Marr of Albion was nominated by acclamation as the democracy candidate for representative in congress from Indiana's Twelfth district at the convention in Auburn. The event saw little opposition and a modest gathering, with Whitley County officials supporting Marr and Allen County adopting the unit rule.
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Sentinel
Auburn
Ind
John W. Marr
Albion
Democracy
Noble County
Allen
Noble
Luke H. Wrigley
Morr
Whitley
A. A. Adams
Whitley County
Marr
Gandy
John W. Baxter
Adair
Allen County
Judge Adair
Dr. Morr
Robinson
R. L. Stone
Democratic Twelfth District Holds Opening Session in Auburn
The Twelfth district Democratic convention in Auburn convened at 11:50 AM with District Chairman Harry L. Gandy presiding. Delegates from Allen, Noble, Whitley and other counties organized committees, then adjourned to 1 PM as Morr campaign tensions surfaced and platform resolutions were adopted urging anti trust and tariff reforms.
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Auburn
Ind
Harry L. Gandy
Lagrange
D. C. Stout
Fort Wayne
Thomas F. Bresnahan
L. H. Wrigley
Albion
John Butler
DeKalb
C. L. Atwater
James W. Shaffer
Steuben
William van Auken
John Barpies
Heman
Carpener
Marr
Allen County
Allen
Twelfth
John A. Connelly
Monroeville
John W. Baxter
Baxter
Theodore Redmond
Committee On Credentials
Resolutions Committee
Republican Congress
Meat Trust
Chicago
Senate
Times
House of Congress
House
President
Morrin
Garrett
Fred L. Feick
Noble
Luke H. Wrigley
Abin
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