Chicago Stock Yards Sanitation Sweep Amid Reform Drive
Chicago sanitary inspectors visited the stock yards to halt sanitary violations and inspect meat handling as part of a wave of reform triggered by the Neill Reynolds report. Signs urged cleanliness, and new charges allege a Carrion Trust, opaque by products, and deals involving dead stock and lard rendering with major packers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Neill-Reynolds
Dudley
Doherty
O'Brien
Perry L. Hedrick
Whalen and
Bartzen
Nelson Moris & Co
Illinois
Kentucky
Nelson Morris
Union Stock
Yorks and Transit Company
Globe Station
Ind
Armour & Co
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger
Anglo-American Co
Hammond Packing Co
Omaha Packing Co
Stock Yards Slaughtering Committee
Balloon ascent over Milan ends in Adriatic tragedy
A balloon carrying three men rose from the Milan exposition grounds on Sunday. A strong wind carried it toward the Adriatic where it fell into the sea. Boats rescued survivors while Captain Nazari and Signor Minoletti were found dead. Signor Usnelli was saved and described a deadly voyage from the start.
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Ancona
Adriatic
Porto Recanati
Nazari
Signor Minoletti
Signor Usnelli
Scarcity of Labor in Odessa Cable Harvest
The South Russian harvest promises to be the most abundant in twenty years but labor may be scarce as garrison commanders bar army reserve men from hiring out to farmers. Landowners fear peasants may strike when crops are ready to cut.
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Odessa
Paris Cable Ships to Tangier Demands French Honor
A French warship sails toward Tangier to press Morocco for apology over the assassination of a French citizen. Paris vows to uphold prestige in northern Africa and denies any broader aims.
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Paris
Tangier
Morocco
Africa
Travel to Europe Heavy Across Atlantic Passport Rise
The Washington Special notes a surge in U S passport issuance with 1528 in January from the State Department records. February 1049 March 1688 April 2299 and May 3028 show applications running roughly 200 per month above long term averages.
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Washington
Atlantic
State Department
Ohio Solid for Bryan
Columbus reports strong Ohio support for William J. Bryan with Congressman Harvey Garber and Mayor Tom L. Johnson signaling a solid delegation. They expect Bryan to be the unani mous choice at the 1908 national convention.
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Columbus, O
William J. Bryan
Harvey Garber
Democratic State Executive Committee
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Bryan
Ohio
Berthe Claiche Sentenced in Manslaughter Case
Berthe Claiche pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter in the death of Emil Gerdron. Judge Davis sentenced her to imprisonment from two years and two months to five years, with a maximum penalty of 20 years.
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New York
Berthe Claiche
Emil Gerdron
Davis
Reward Proclaimed for Arrest of Oscar A Baker
Governor J Frank Hanly issued a proclamation offering 3000 reward for the arrest of Oscar A Cigarette Baker on a bribery charge tied to the last Indiana Legislature. The move follows a letter said to be from Baker denying Hughes as his representative and seeking immunity from prosecution.
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Indianapolis
J. Frank Hanly
Oscar A
Cigarette
Baker
Hanly
General Assembly
Ananias Baker
Fulton County
House of Representatives
Marion County Grand Jury
Hughes
Senator Gorman Dead in Washington
United States Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland died suddenly at his residence in Washington at 9 05 Monday morning. He had been ill for months but showed some improvement recently. Heart trouble was the immediate cause. Born in 1839, Gorman was a long time Democratic leader and a prominent figure in Congress.
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Washington
Arthur Pue Gorman
United States
Maryland
Gorman
American Congress
Democratic Party
Municipal Ownership a Failure in Utilities Debate
Atlantic City opening of the National Electric Association convention hears president W. H. Blood Jr claim public ownership of utilities fails in England and America. He accuses yellow journals of keeping the agitation alive with sensationalism.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Electric Association
W. H. Blood, Jr
England
America
Plans Rapidly Forming for New Town Theodore in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City reports plans moving fast to establish a new town in Comanche county on the Roosevelt hunting camp site. The town will be named Theodore and become one of six towns opened for settlement in the area.
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Oklahoma City
O. T
Comanche County
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Theodore
Deluge Wipes Out Scottown Village in Ohio River Drainage
A cloudburst on the Indiana Guyan river headwaters in Lawrence county Ohio nearly washed away Scottown, 15 miles north of Huntington, causing property losses estimated at 500000. Forty buildings were swept away with some carried half a mile downstream along the stream.
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Huntington
W. Va
Lawrence County
Scottown
Religion rarely sways big horse trade outcomes
The subject notes that religion has limited impact on the horse market and trade decisions, suggesting secular factors dominate pricing and transactions. The statement presents a viewpoint on the relationship between belief and commerce in the horse trade.
Anarchist Morales Dies After Madrid Bomb Plot
Manuel Morales the chief suspect in the royal bomb outrage near Madrid was tracked to Torrejon de Ardos. He shot a guard dead and killed himself after being cornered by villagers. The incident drew mass crowds at the morgue as authorities debate burial.
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Madrid
Torrejon de Ardos
Manuel Morales
Iso
Victoria
Morales
Alcala
Senor Guesta
Madred
Francisco Martinez
Martinez
Acquits Girl Slayer in Murder Trial
Josephine Terranova, accused of murdering her aunt Concetta Riggio, is acquitted after a sixteen minute jury deliberation despite the judge’s charge favoring first degree murder. She remains in custody at the Tombs as the district attorney considers pursuing a charge for the uncle’s death.
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New York
Josephine Terranova
Concetta Riggio
Scott
Ely
Will Sail for South Pole Balloon Expedition
Paris cable reports Comte Henry de la Vaulx, fresh from New York to Paris, plans to join Dr Charcot on an Antarctic voyage. He intends to reach the south pole in a balloon not a dirigible, arguing a spherical balloon is simpler and sturdier and feasible with caution and patience.
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Paris
Comte Henry de la Vaulx
New York
Dr. Charcot
South Pole
M. de la Vaulx
Lord Barrington Executed Date Set in McCann Murder Case
The Supreme Court affirms the death sentence of Lord F. Seymour Barrington for the murder of James P. McCann and orders the execution for July 26 in Jeffer City Missouri.
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Barrington
Jeffer City
Supreme Court
F. Seymour Barringto
James P. McCann
Riots Report Forty Mexicans Die at Mexican Mine
A circulating report claims all Mexican workers at W. C. Greene's mines in Mexico are on strike and that forty workers were killed in a riot. It lists Governor Ysabel of Sonora en route with troops and a request for U.S. troops from Fort Huachuca. Mr. Greene is in Naco, Arizona.
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el Paso
Texas
W. C. Greene
Mexico
Ysabel
Sonora
United States
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Greene
Naco
The Man With A Storied Guilt Pocket
A terse aphorism frames a man who bears others sins openly yet keeps his own transgressions to himself. The line suggests moral burden and concealment within a public conscience.
Attack on czar's palace raises fears for imperial safety
Strong searchlights crown Cronstadt fortifications and a guard ship blocks the bay to Peterhof as precautionary measures amid unrest among Cronstadt sailors. Officials fear revolutionary agitation could endanger the Emperor and imperial family.
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St. Petersburg
Cronstadt
Peterhof
Berlin Cable Opens Waterway for Hamburg Freight
Emperor William opened the Tellow Canal linking the Havel and Elbe canals to Hamburg, giving hundreds of manufacturers water transport. The project cost $10,000,000.
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Berlin
In With the Sea
Havel and
Elbe
Hamburg
Prominent Representative Adams Dead After Suicide in Washington
Washington special representative Robert Adams Jr of Pennsylvania's Second District is found fatally shot in his Metropolitan Club apartment. A note to Speaker Cannon cites overwhelming debts as motive for self-inflicted wound. Adams helped push the whipping post bill and guided Cuba resolutions and the war against Spain through the House.
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Washington
Robert Adams Jr
Pennsylvania
Adams
Metropolitan Club
Speaker Cannon
Congress
Mr. Adams
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Spain
Crank Threatens Longsworths on European Cruise
Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati and his wife formerly Miss Alice Roosevelt sailed for Europe aboard the American Line steamship St Louis. They expect to be gone two months. A man with a cigar box claimed to hold an infernal machine and threatened to blow up the couple, causing pier excitement.
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Crank
Longworths
New York
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
Alice Roosevelt
Europe
American Line
St. Louis
Longworth
Morgan Buys Art Collection for Five and a Half Million
Paris Cable reports J Pierpont Morgan bought Rodolphe Kann art collection for 5500000 dollars. The purchase includes eight Rembrandts four Rubenses and six Van Dycks along with eighteen century furniture tapestries and sculptures by Houdon Pajou and Pigalle.
Uncle Sam Shows Surplus in May Government Balance
The monthly comparative statement lists receipts of 47,980,028 and expenditures of 45,848,211, yielding a surplus of 2,131,812. For 1905 the year ended with a deficit near 13,000,000.
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Uncle Sam
Washington Special
Shaw Announces Retirement From Public Life
In Des Moines Indiana Leslie M. Shaw declares he will retire from public life within two years after leaving the Cabinet. He says he cares nothing for the Iowa governorship fight and plans to return to private life.
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Shaw
Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Shaw
Steel Trust to Build in Canada at Sandwich Plant
A United States Steel Corporation representative paid two Sandwich Ontario residents 17060 for their farms. The sale signals the steel giant’s final decision to construct its 1,000,000 dollar Canadian plant at Sandwich.
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Steel Trust
Canada
Detroit
Mich
United States Steel Corporation
Sandwich
Ont
Steel Corporation
Fourteen Die As Trolley Car Overturns In Providence
Fourteen people are killed when an electric trolley overturns in East Providence early Sunday morning. Rescue crews and investigators respond, with officials noting multiple fatalities and ongoing inquiries into the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
East
Pass Privilege Abolished In Famous Rate Bill Conferees
Washington Special reports final agreement between Senate and House conferees on the rate bill. The new anti pass provision prohibits free passes while exceptions may be stipulated in contracts. Sleeping car inclusion remains disputed, the ICC size and salaries were debated, and most Senate amendments were retained or redrafted. Tillman signals prompt Senate action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Platt
New York
Standard Oil Company
Pullman Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Tillman
Japan Holds American Mines Near Port Arthur
American owners of gold mines near Port Arthur protest to the State Department through the local consul after Japan refuses to retire mine properties, indemnify owners, or permit resumption of work. The war opening work involved several shafts and hundreds of workers with about $1,000,000 at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chefoo
Port Arthur
State Department
Plot to Kill Roosevelt in Portland Revealed
Portland detectives learn of a large body of Russian Nihilists in the city after arrest of a Pole for assaulting Russians. They allege the group plans to assassinate President Roosevelt and awaits funds to send a deputation to Washington to execute the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Roosevelt
Washington
Grover Cleveland Announces Fishing and Shooting Sketches
New York announces Grover Cleveland's new book titled Fishing and Shooting Sketches. The work compiles the author’s pleasant experiences with rod and gun, with several chapters previously printed in various periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grover Cleveland
New Check for Trusts Proposed in Congress
Cleveland special congressman Burton may introduce a national law to prevent trusts from cutting prices below cost unless reductions are universal nationwide. Independent men have asked him to father the measure in the current session.
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Cleveland
Burton
Congress
Mae Will Keep That Diamond
Omaha special reports the county attorney refused consent to operate on Mae Thomas to recover a diamond she had swallowed after allegedly stealing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae
Omaha
Neb
Mae Thomas
Jews Plan Million-Dollar Drive Against White Plague
Chicago group Jews of America announces a campaign to raise 1 million dollars to contest the so called white plague. The purpose and scope of the effort are described as a national fundraising drive.
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Chicago
Predict Late Adjournment For Fourth Of July
Washington lawmakers visiting the White House foresee no final adjournment before July Fourth. Representatives Watson and Grosvenor are among the most emphatic speakers on that outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
White House
Watson
Grosvenor
Balloon voyage aims for Vienna from London
Baron Korwin chief of the Austrian military balloon department starts from Earls Court London in a balloon with the aim of reaching Vienna. If successful it would set a new record for the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Baron Korwin
Austrian Military Balloon Department
Earls Court
Vienna
Not News to Miles On Beef Adulteration Claim
General Nelson A. Miles states in Kansas City that beef packing abuses were known seven years ago and warns adulterated meat cost thousands of soldiers their health and lives. He claims a large reservoir of affidavits and testimony was ready but not heard by the investigating committee.
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Kansas City
Nelson A. Miles
Colorado
United States
Republic
Government's Loss San Francisco Earthquake Damage Estimated
Judge Morrow reports federal building damage in San Francisco from the quake and related events. Estimated costs include the store $10,000 subtreasury $30,000 mint $365,000 post office and United States Courts $500,000 revenue cutter storehouses $6,000 for a total of $611,000. Secretary Shaw plans to buy land on Commercial Street beside the subtreasury for a new federal building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Morrow
Subcommittee On
Federal
Mint
United States
Revenue Cutter
Shaw
Commercial
Mayor Schmitz thanks Roosevelt for troops aid
San Francisco Mayor E B Schmitz sends a letter to President Roosevelt praising U S troops for fire and earthquake relief. He thanks the government on behalf of the people and vows to rebuild the western sea port within five years with God’s help.
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Washington
E. B. Schmitz
San Francisco
Roosevelt
United States
Schmitz
James E. Scripps Dies at Home in Detroit
James E. Scripps dies at his Detroit residence. Born in London in 1835, he came to the United States in 1844 and helped found the Detroit News in 1873 with his brothers E. W. and George H. Scripps and sister Ellen. The Scripps family later founded newspapers in several major cities, forming the Scripps- McRae Press Association and the Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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James E. Scripps
Detroit
London
England
United States
E. W
George H. Scripps
Ellen
Detroit News
Scrippses
Scripps- -McRae Press Association
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Where Are Those Hero Medals Pittsburg Special
More than two years after Andrew Carnegie founded the hero fund commission it bears his name. The commission has awarded medals to forty seven heroes but none have yet been given out despite some receiving gifts from Carnegie’s five million dollar fund.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Hero Fund Commission
Carnegie
Opening 1.5 Million Acres for Homesteaders in Wyoming
The President proclaims settlement of 1 500 000 acres in the Shoshone Indian reservation Wyoming Registration runs July 16 to July 31 at Leander Shoshone Thermopolis and Moreland A drawing for sites will be held at Leander on August 4 bringing a chance for homesteaders to claim lands in the region.
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Washington
Shoshone Indian Reservation
Wyoming
Leander
Shoshone
Thermopolis
Moreland
Baron Reid von Reide nau Demanded $100,000 for Pittsburg Title
A Vienna envoy connected to Rome reports Baron Reid von Reide nau, ambassadorial member, demanded cash for transferring his title to Miss Margaret Louise Magee of Pittsburg. The sum of $100,000 is stated as having been paid, with the June 6 wedding pending.
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Pittsburg
Baron Reid] von Reidenau
Rome
Margaret Louise Magee
Steamer Sinks Off Pier Killing Sixty Five
An overloaded excursion steamer capsized near the Riga pier killing 65 of the 75 aboard. The vessel had just begun for Dubbein when she lurched and sank. only ten were rescued.
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Riga
Dubbein
A 12 Year Old Thief Arrested in Cash Box Theft
Vienna police detain a 12 year old for stealing a cash box containing $200. Court records reveal the boy committed 153 thefts over the past two years.
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Vienna
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