Roosevelt urges Beveridge amendment for meat inspection
President Roosevelt transmits Reynolds Neill report on Chicago packing houses and urges immediate passage of an act adding compulsory federal inspection of meat and meat products at all stages. He describes revolting conditions, calls for funding via a per head inspection fee, and notes the need for broader authority to prevent future abuses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Messrs. Reynolds and Neill
Chicago
Heveridge
Senate
House of Representatives
James Bronson Reynolds
Charles F Neill
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Messrs, Reynolds and Neill
Messrs. Reynolds
Neill
Chemicala
Dveu
Aaa
Fea
Beveridge
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Senator Burton resigns from U S Senate in Kansas
Senator Joseph R. Burton of Abilene resigns after a conference with friends and hands his letter to Governor Hoch. Foster Dwight Coburn is appointed to succeed Burton, with Coburn previously not a candidate for the seat or upcoming legislature election. Coburn, born in 1846, served in Civil War regiments and since 1907 led the Kansas state board of agriculture as secretary.
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Topeka
Kan
United States
Joseph R. Burton
Abilene
Hoch
Bailey Wagener
Atchison
W. P. Hackney
George Findley
Burton
Kansas
Foster Dwight Coburn
E. W. Hoch
J. R. Burton
Coburn
F. D. Coburn
Jefferson County
Wisconsin
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Jealous man shoots lover then kills himself
Reuben Stewart shot Roy Veach in the head as they returned to the Dia home on a Sunday night. Brenla Dia was wounded as Stewart opened fire before killing himself.
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Christopher
Reuben Stewart
Roy Veach
Brenla Dia
Dia
Stewart
Veach
Senator Gorman Dies After Long Illness
Washington January reports indicate United States Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland died at his home at 9 06 am after months of illness. Heart trouble was the immediate cause, but he remained conscious until death. Gorman had served since 1881 and led his party in the Senate for many years, shaping national politics. He chaired the executive committee and helped secure Grover Cleveland's 1884 victory and led the Senate minority in the 1880 to 1891 fight against the federal elections bill.
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Washington
Arthur Pue Gorman
United States
Maryland
Senator Gorman
Gorman Long
National Congress
Senate
Cleveland
Fire and Earthquake Hit San Francisco Banks
San Francisco banks opened only for emergency payouts from May 7, with May death totals reaching 60,020,020.87 dollars. This figure, about 46 percent of May 1905 clearings, suggests the city’s business remained strong despite disaster conditions.
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San Francisco
Bomb Thrown From Window Causes Royal Tragedy in Madrid
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria narrowly escaped injury when a bomb exploded near the royal procession at Madrid’s Arsenal street as they neared the Esplanade. Sixteen people were killed and many injured, mostly escorts. The royal coach remained upright but splinters caused extensive damage.
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Alfonso
Victoria
Palace
Arsenal
Mayor Street
Escort to the palace after the blast near Victoria
The incident describes Queen Victoria's swift escort from the carriage to the palace following a bomb attack. Police captured a suspect named Moral, a Barcelona man, who said the boarding house housed the missile’s chamber. A second man fled across rooftops as French detectives faced crowd ire.
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Queen Victoria
Barcelona
Moral
Wedding Celebration Sparks Fatal Fireworks Blast
In Cienfuegos twelve people were wounded by a premature fireworks explosion during celebrations for King Alfonso's wedding. Havana events featured Spanish club decorations with Secretary Sterling and Secretary Castro representing Palma at a gala night lacking a banquet.
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Havana
Perons
Cienfuegos
Alfonso
Palma
Treasury
Sterling
Castro
Trea
Bomb Incident Marks Year Since Royal Carriage Attack
A year ago on May 9 1905 an anarchist bombed the royal carriage in Paria as King Alfonso and President Loubet left the opera. A trooper was injured by the blast but both monarch and president remained unharmed and continued to the hotel.
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Alfonso
Paria
Loubet
Thetrack
Caralaser
Palala D'Orsay
Royal wedding of King Alfonso and Princess Victoria in Madrid
Madrid celebrated the royal wedding with a citywide display of color and joy. The cortege departed from the royal palace at 9:30 a m and the ceremony at San Jeronimo de Real featured Cardinal Sancha and a Te Deum as crowds cheered and cannons fired.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Victoria
Spain
San Jeronimo de Real
Isabella Il
Christina
Sancha
Toledo
Trials Delayed for Moyer Haywood Pettibone to 1907
Attorneys for the state and defense agreed a continuance of the Moyer Haywood and Pettibone case likely into November or January February 1907. The defense had filed a stay application citing pending habeas corpus writs in the U S Supreme Court. The court sustained the prosecution motion with no trial date set due to Supreme Court uncertainty.
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Caldwell
Ida
Moyer-Haywood- Pettibone
Informa Talka
London Health Committee Agencies Discuss US Meat Inspection
At a City of London corporation meeting held Thursday the health committee chairman said the panel had earlier contacted the United States via the local government board about American meat inspection methods.
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London
Corporation of the City of London
United States
Revolutionists Massing on Mexican Border
Dispatches from Mr. Combs indicate revolutionists near the Mexican border preparing to renew the movement against President Cabrera. One report says a Mibuimettering expedition has left a Mexican port bound for a Guatemala port.
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Washington
State Department
Mr. Combs
United States
Guatemala
Honduras
Cabrera
Bomb thrower ends life after Madrid bombing manhunt
Manuel Morales, the chief suspect in the attack on King Alfonso and Queen Victoria, died by suicide in Torrentón de Ardos after exchanging fire with guards. A hotel proprietor who hosted Morales identified the body, ending a dramatic royal wedding investigation.
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Madrid
Torrenton de Ardos
Manuel Maroles
Alfonso
Vecetoria
Morales
Torrenjon de Ardos
Alona
Senor Cuesta
Bia
Spaniards in Their Glory at Madrid Bull Fight
Madrid witnessed a royal bull fight climaxing the royal wedding celebrations for King Alfonso and Queen Victoria. Eight bulls were despatched by top aristocratic cavaliers including the Duke of Medina Coeli, the Duke of Alba, and the Marquis of Tobar amid enthusiastic ovations from about 60,000 spectators.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Victoria
Insurance firms meet on hazy San Francisco losses
An important June meeting of American insurance companies adopted unanimous resolutions on the adjustment of liabilities from the San Francisco fire. The insurance fleet claimed to cover about 76 percent of US corporations and denied earthquake losses as insurable causes.
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New York
San Francisco
Eleven Die In Electric Car Wreck At Moore's Corner
Eleven persons are dead and many others injured after a crowded electric car overturned at Moore's corner in East Providence early Sunday. The trip involved over 100 young men and women returning home from Crescent Park. The motorman, unfamiliar with the road, is cited as a possible cause and two of the injured may die.
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Providence
R. L
Moore's Corner
Crescent Park
Olneyville
Thornton
Mob Kills Suspect After Attempted Assault
Allan Turner African American youth arrested at Arcadia La charged with attempting to assault Mrs James Barron at her Bienville parish home. After fleeing to his mother's house a posse surrounded the home and killed Turner before capturing him and turning him over to authorities.
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Gibsland
Allan Turner
Arcadia
James Barron
Bienville Parish
Prominent Idahoan Dead Former Idaho Attorney General Parsons
Boise Idaho report of the death of George M Parsons former Idaho attorney general who died Saturday in Boise after a two to three year illness from diabetes He was 66 and a native of Indiana He came to Idaho in 1871 settled on Wood River and was elected attorney general in 1892 serving two terms He lived in Boise since then leaving a widow and an adopted daughter.
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Boise, Ida
George M. Parsons
Indiana
Idaho
Wood River
Longworths on St Louis Face Bomb Threat Incident
New York report says Representative Nicholas Longworth and Mrs. Longworth aboard the steamer St Louis were interrupted by a drunken Italian who threatened to throw a bomb at them. Police arrived as the man vanished, with authorities deeming the threat likely a drunken boast.
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New York
Nicholas Longworth
Longworth
England
St. Louis
Longworths
Plor
Poison Meat Scandal Warns of Military Losses
General Nelson A. Miles argues that adulterated meat fed to troops cost thousands of lives and health, citing past investigations, canned beef fed to the army, and shipments from Baltimore & Ohio to Liverpool, which he says were relabeled and sold as soldiers rations.
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Miles
Kansas City
Nelson A. Miler
United States
Republic
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Liverpool
War Department
Packing House Scandal Discussed With Roosevelt
President Roosevelt met with Secretary Wilson Senator Beveridge and others including Special Agent Reynolds and Labor Commissioner Neill to discuss the Beveridge amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill. The group reviewed potential effects but released no conference details.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Beveridge
Reynolds
Labor Neill
Chicago
Afonso PD
Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Nlae
Stockmen Seek Fair Treatment on Meat Inspection Bill
Chicago reports J. J. Ryan of Fort Dodge Iowa and Murdoch MacKenzie head the stance that northwest stockmen back stronger government inspection. They say tougher rules would boost export trade and defend meat quality, arguing current doubts harm business.
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Chicago
Northwest
Congress
J. J. Ryan
Fort Dodge
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Murdo MacKenzie
Amerie National Stock Growers’ Associaion
Mr. Ryan
Chicago Moves to Study Stock Yards Conditions
Chicago plans a commission to investigate stock yards practices and changes in beef and hog slaughter methods. Mayor Dunne, with Health Commissioner Whalen, will seek federal cooperation and ask authorities to name several members to join the panel.
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Chicago
Dunne
Whalen
Packers Fight Beef Inspection Amendments. House Protests Rise
No application to hear Beveridge beef inspection amendment has been made to the house agriculture committee by packers, and no meeting has been called. House members receive wire protests from cattle raisers opposing the inspection amendments, suggesting packers back the cattle raisers or work through them.
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Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
Senate
House
Catre
Cattle Rainers
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