President Roosevelts clash over meat inspection bill
Roosevelt rebukes Wadsworth over the house agriculture committee meat inspection bill, saying the proposed changes worsen the original. He cites hours of inspection and court provisions as problematic. Wadsworth fires back defending the bill as faithfull to executive views and criticizes the president’s accusations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wadsworth
House Committee On Agriculture
Mr. Wadsworth
McCabe
Reynolds
House Committee
Secretary of
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
No Diminution In the Steel Mills Activity
R G Dun report notes continued strong future confidence with high preparations for fall and winter distribution. Major producers plan extended or earlier than usual maintenance, summer shutdowns reduced. Railway earnings for June rise 11.8 percent over 1905, and most farm products volumes grow, except cotton, with sustained steel and iron industry demand.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Company
Review of Trade
Shocks Felt in San Francisco and Oakland Friday Night
Two distinct earthquake shocks were felt in San Francisco and Oakland at 9 40 pm and 11 35 pm, west to east movement, lasting several seconds. No damage reported. Also a touring auto crash in Louisville injures 25, with 23 bruised as a 30 passenger car collides with a streetcar near Seelbach's hotel. Mrs Brown and her daughter hospitalized. National Banking Law amended by House after Senate changes. Roosevelt would veto sea level Panama canal plan. A man arrested for hotel fraud attempts suicide at police station steps. identified as F A Phillips and AR Aldridge. condition critical.
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San Francisco
Bland
Cisco
Oakland
Louisville
L. M. Brown
May
Chicago
Seelbach's
Miss Brown
St. Anthony's Hospital
New York
F. A. Phillips
AR. Aldridge
Editors Elect Names J B R Junkin National President
J B R Junkin of Sterling Kansas was elected president of the National Editorial Association. The next meeting will be held at Jamestown Virginia.
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Indianapolis
Ind
J. BR. Junkin
Sterling, Kan
National Editorial Association
Jamestown
House Backs Lock Canal Over Sea Level Plan
Washington June 16 The House voted 110 to 6 to approve the lock canal type for the Panama project after two hours of debate. Congressman Burton of Ohio argued for a lock canal and presented maps while Littauer of New York pressed for his amendment defining the type. The body rejected sea level terms and adopted Littauer's amendment, with Bartlett of Georgia opposing it as new legislation.
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Washington
House
Panama Canal
Burton
Ohio
Littauer
New York
Spooner
Tien
Bartlett
Georgia
Watson
Indiana
Senate Debates Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal Bill
In Washington on June 16 the senate debated for about four hours a bill incorporating the Lake Erie and Ohio River ship canal. Senator Bardon opposed, arguing a state charter suffices and national charters threaten state taxation and eminent domain. Senators Knox Nelson Culberson Patterson Spooner Berry Teller Stone spoke, with Stone backing the measure to safeguard public interests.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Bason
Knox
Nelson
Culberson
Patterson
Spooner
Berry
Teller
Stone
A Rare Article Indeed Feathered Mystery
A house visit ends with a child explaining angels’ feathers are white and scarce after a caller asks about a small feather. The scene fades into a quip about silence and a financial warning: a floating debt is a poor life preserver.
Ohio briefs spark county option push and other notes
Ohio items report Anti Saloon League pushing a county option bill at the next legislature session with support across rural Ohio. Other notes include presidential nominations for Ohioans, indictments against Columbus ice firms, state Sunday school meetings, Governor Pattison’s recovery, a runaway saving a baby, dry city conviction under seizure law, a freed strike breaker, bankruptcy filing by contractor McClain, a cow attack near Bellefontaine, and a historical note on New York City street cleaning in 1692.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
A. J. Williamson
AntiSaloon League
Tura
Bialystok Riots Spur Parliament Inquiry in Russia
June 16 dispatches describe Bialystok riots with bombs and gunfire as mobs clash with police and troops. A three-member committee from the lower house travels to Bialystok to probe alleged government involvement and to deter further disorders amid reports of proclamations urging revolt.
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St. Petersburg
Bialystok
Grodno
Minsk
Berlin
Social Democratic Party
Herr Bebel
Reichstag
Georgia Congressman Rufus E Lester Falls From Skylight
Washington June 16 Rufus E Lester 68 Georgia and Confederate veteran was fatally injured after falling through a skylight on Q Street Cairo apartment roof while seeking his two grandchildren. He sustained severe internal injuries and crushed right leg. physicians warned recovery was unlikely.
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Georgia
Falla
Washington
Rufus E. Lester
Cairo
Q Street
Sentence Suspended for Dr White in Mail Fraud Case
In Baltimore on June 18 Dr Thomas M White, who ran a so called college selling a higher correspondence course in spiritualism and magnetism, was found guilty by a U S district court jury on fraudulent use of the mails. Sentence suspended pending motion for a new trial.
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Baltimore
Thomas M. White
United States District Court
WHAT DOWIE SAW When Spirit Temporarily Left His Body
In Chicago June 16 Dowie testified in the Zion City controversy about visions where his body lay under a shroud and his spirit saw the dead form. He described angels present and a warning voice at the tabernacle. Two acquaintances claimed dreams of his assassination as his enemies attempted dynamite. He denied claiming Elijah the Restorer, saying he came in spirit and power. The account includes his claim of proclaiming himself as the first apostle in 1904 and inability to explain the commission.
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Chicago
Zion City
Landis
John Alexander Dowie
Angel Gabriel
Virgin Mary
Newman
Dowie
Tabernacle
Elijah the
Elijah
Walter Wellman heads north after Paris departure for Tromsoe
Walter Wellman and the remaining members of his Arctic expedition left Paris for Tromsoe Norway. Six members of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway fire department were severely burned by an explosion of a steel tank of oil in Topeka Kansas. A monument to Confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war in 1862 at Madison Wisconsin was unveiled by the Grand Army. John Thompson of Harrodsburg Kentucky enters the race for the Democratic nomination for United States senator against Governor Beckham and Senator James B McCreary.
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Walter Wellman
Paris
Tromsoe
Norway
W. S. Unbarger
Livestock Commission
Kansas City
Madison
Wis
Grand Army
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Topeka
Kan
Fred Tenham
London
England
Langham Hotel
John Thompson
Harrodsburg
Kentucky
United States
Beckham
James B. McCreary
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
In Chicago markets cattle, sheep, hogs and grain prices are listed with ranges for common to prime cattle, stockers and feeders, fat cows, bulls, milkers, wethers, ewes, lambs, and hogs. East Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo show varying prices for cattle, sheep, hogs and grains like wheat corn oats rye and clover seed. Trade notes include auctioneer exuberance and a mocked sale scene snippet.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Baseball Scores and Standings From Detroit and Other Arenas
In American League action Detroit beat Philadelphia 4 to 0 with Donovar and Warner earning the win. St Louis defeated Boston 6 to 3 as Jacobson and Petty led the battery. Cleveland beat New York 5 to 2 with Joss and Bemis strong on the mound. Chicago downed Washington 5 to 2 behind Smith and Owen. National League saw Chicago trim Philadelphia 7 to 0. Pittsburgh beat Brooklyn 4 to 2. New York defeated St Louis 8 to 1. Boston routed Cincinnati 7 to 4. American Association results include Columbus 8 Saint Paul 1 and Milwaukee 10 Minnesota 4. Standings show Cleve 29 18 .617, Chicago 29 17 .629, Phila 29 28 .508, Brook 21 33 .389.
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American League
Detroit
R.H
Philadelphia
Donovar and
Warner
Drgert and Schreck
BT. Louis
St. Louis
W. L. P.C. Cleve
N.Y
Chica
Ats Phila
E. H. Chicago
New York
Taylor and Grady
Mathewson
Bowerman
Boston
Cincinnati
Lindaman and Brown
Frater
Schiei
Clibs W. L
W. L.P.C
Thica
Brook
Phila
American Association
Columbus
T. Paul
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
W. LL P.C
W. L. P.C. Toledo
K.C
Miln
Minne
Colum
Ind'lcs
Louis
St. P
Leuleville
Kansas City
Baby Cowboy Holds Up Mounted Cop With Toy Gun
Wilfred Wright a Jamaica lad, four years old, trained with a harmless air rifle to mimic a stage show. He startled a New York Police Department rider when he proclaimed Buffalo Bill and aimed, then surrendered the toy gun as officers laughed and rode away.
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Wilfred Wright
Greater
New York
New York Tribune
Santa Claus
Wilfred
James C. Wright
Tenth ’Atréat
Jamaica
Buffalo Bill
The Orchid Family And The Misconceptions
The Orchid Family explains what truly defines an orchid, noting the fused column of stamens and pistils, and clarifying that most species are tropical with varied humidity preferences. It emphasizes that many so-called orchids in temperate zones grow on trees while some temperate species live in soil.
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Earth
The Goose That Laid the Golden Eye
Marsie asks what happened when the man killed the goose that laid the golden eye. Little Margie replies that the goose was cooked.
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Marsie
Margie
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