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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
21
The text discusses who should bear the cost of meat inspection, opposing government funding and favoring packer responsibility. It notes minority points on state review rights and Civil Service waivers, arguing these could affect fairness and independence in inspection.
A Chicago committee of the National Association of Manufacturers completed a study of Unicon Stockyards packing establishments. They found systematic inspections, strict oversight, and overall sanitary conditions better than many kitchens, with calls for improvements in curing and canning departments and alignment with government standards.
Senator Beveridge held two White House talks with the President on meat inspection legislation and warned of a possible adjournment delay beyond Saturday if beef interests block the bill. He criticized proposed cost shifts to the government and noted House committees kept constitutional concerns and fund ideas. Beveridge plans a Europe trip and a July Fourth speech in Paris.
Berlin officials opened an agricultural fair and praised state food protections. An interview quoted by the Lokal Anzeiger discusses Chicago slaughter rates, noting 25 percent cattle slaughtered daily, few veterinarians, and animals thrown overboard from a large Emden steamship due to illness before slaughter.
Washington dispatch reports a House conference backing a one hour speech for a lock and dam canal and a Sundry Civil bill amendment to fund only a lock canal. Senate leaders push a vote on the Kittredge sea level bill for June 21, amid warnings of a potential House Senate clash and a presidential veto risk if sea level alone is chosen.
Mr Dryden of New Jersey addressed the Senate in opposition to the sea level canal bill for the Isthmus of Panama and in support of a lock canal. He spoke at length today outlining his case and contrasting the two approaches.
The Department of Health ordered the closure of two sausage factories yesterday after finding unsanitary conditions. Commissioner Darlington stated that inspections would continue and any unsanitary places would be shut down. The firms were Bernstein Greenberg at 49 Willett Street and Harry Brenner at TS Goerck Street.
Speaker Cannon sent a letter to the Trades and Labor Assembly stating Congress can consider before adjournment the pending injunction and eight hour day bills due to other business. He cited pressure on Congress and indicated no immediate action was guaranteed.
Wild animal show troupe arrived in Pittsburg thinking a Luna Park date, but the booking failed. After parading a dozen lions and panthers, the animals were housed in the Fifth Avenue traction barns. Oakland committees complained to Mayor Gutarie as police watched the situation. The menagerie was sent to New York that evening.
An unclear corporate notice states the organization remains always in town and attentive to the public, claiming no individual can serve as they can. It lists addresses at 135 Broadway New York and 6 Wall Street New York with branches hinted at in London and other codes.
Helen Gutman of 1427 Springfield ave Hilton N J is fatally burned after a gasoline tank explodes in the Motor Car Company garage at 291 293 Halsey Newark. Alice Sattler daughter of Dr Ludwig R Sattler of 22 Seventeenth ave Newark suffers severe hand burns.
Conrad Schickerling a West 31st street jeweller was brought before Magistrate Moss at the Tombs on $20000 bail as district attorney Vandiver sought a $10000 adjourned hearing. Complainant Gustave Edelhoff, bankrupt jewellers, accuses Schickerling of pawning diamonds and defrauding Maiden Lane firms with others allegedly tied to a larger gang.
Constables Scholl and Lane, under state forest laws, raided four large Rochester dry goods stores including Burke Fitzsimmons Hone Co and Sibley Lindsay Carr and McCurdy Norve, seizing wings and feathers sold in millinery sections. Samples collected as test case for constitutionality with Court of Appeals appeal planned. Authorities expect similar raids statewide per Albany reports.
A tomcat rode the trucks of a Central Railroad passenger car from Point Pleasant to Jersey City yesterday. Train crews stopped riders from removing the cat, which settled at each stop and rode on to New York via ferry after a northern journey.
A five year old girl named Edith McWade rode a runaway horse from Hastings down Warburton Avenue to Yonkers. Mounted Policeman Doty halted the horse near Greystone Samuel Untermyer residence after a two mile run. The girl escaped with a bloody nose from the stop but no serious injuries. Her father Richard McWeade had taken her and another child for a drive. He jumped out at home and lifted the other child to safety as the horse bolted past the sidewalk.
J Edward Summons, president of the Board of Water Supply, will ask at today’s Board of Estimate meeting that formal notice be sent to Schoharie and Montgomery counties. The city seeks to take over the Schoharie watershed, a step previously blocked by lack of notice and the Echoharie site’s removal from the water supply plan. The move would place the issue before the State Commission for possible approval.
John Laurie Martin real estate dealer of Cortlandt Street died of pneumonia at Roosevelt Hospital aged forty eight. He was Harvard 1881 graduate, husband of Julia D P Nicholas of Newark, father of two sons Varick Dery and Erate and a daughter Mrs J E Nicholas. He held leadership roles in Irving Improvement Putnam Holding and Varick Contracting Companies. Funeral at the home of John Nicholas in East Street with brother in law Lewis D Nicholas.
Factional tensions rise as County Committee President Parsons relinquishes control of election district officer appointments to longtime district leaders. Odell and Parsons camps clash over leaders in the new districts with Hunnecke favored by Odell allies and Green backing Parsons. A Central Republican Club resolution endorses the President’s noninterference stance and condemns threats to federal officeholders for political activity.
Chicago Democrats at the Iroquois Club launched a Bryan boom with cheers as they tout him as the logical 198 nominee and predict his nomination and election. Mayor Dunne attended briefly but declined to speak, with many city officials and lawyers in attendance.
Analysis of the actual timetable from January 12, 1905 through June 11, 1906. The report reviews train runs, station stops, and service patterns on the Pennsylvania Railroad, noting changes and consistency across the period.
J. R. Wood appointed as Passenger Traffic Manager and Eastbound General Manager overseeing operations and staff responsibilities in the transit division.
Wisconsin Democrat E C Wall candidate for 1908 presidency says he favors William Jennings Bryan succeeding him. He declares support in a telegraph dispatch dated June 14.
Senator Frederick C. Stevens of Attica said Governor Higgins would not be renominated. He dismissed gossip of a Higgins bid and noted Hearst sentiment only in large western towns like Batavia Lockport and Niagara Falls. State Chairman Odell traveled from Newburg to discuss the matter with district leaders.
Governor Higgins appeared in the executive chamber in Albany today for the first time since finishing his duties on the Legislature's bills. He had been resting at his Olean home and may stay only a day or two before undertaking the Western trip he planned before returning.
The Thomas J. Brennan Association launched Brennan for Tammany leadership in the new 107th Street clubhouse with about one hundred members present. Senator John J. Frawley, former 32d District leader, is expected to be Brennans top rival in the upcoming primary.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Woodruff of Brooklyn and Jacob A Riis called on Mayor Mc Clellan to congratulate him on his second LL D conferred this week by Union University. Woodruff said the visit had no pality significance.
Guy W. Mahon of Berea Ky reports to The Tribune that the Court of Appeals decision upholds the trustees main point in the Kentucky schools color line case. Berea College favored separation of races in rooms but opposed maintaining schools twenty five miles apart, a distance clause the court found unconstitutional.
Lifesavers along Long Island charge could not cover the Long Island Railroad fare, and officials refused a reduction, forcing the planned dinner and reunion for next Wednesday to be abandoned. The railroad has a history of offering reductions for county fairs fur races and Ike occasions.
All boys' sailor suits priced at 4.50 and 6.50 are offered by Rogers, Prer & Company with three Broadway stores. Address details note locations near City Hall, Union Square, and Greeley Square.
Emil Boas of the Hamburg American Line accuses France's La Provence of racing Deutschland and risking passenger lives by choosing a northerly route 120 miles shorter despite ice bergs and a government request. French Line agent Paul Faguet denies deviation and cites La Provence's 3200 mile log as proof of a southern route adherence.
Washington reports A W Benson was sworn in today as Kansas senator, replacing J R Burton. Senator Long presented his credentials and escorted him to the Vice President's desk for oath. Senator Burrows noted a possible irregularity in the governor's certificate.
The Union Pacific Railroad announced a permanent 2 percent reduction in passenger rates for Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah effective July 1. Through fares between Chicago and the Pacific Coast will drop as the western rate per mile falls from four and five cents to three cents. The change, made voluntarily, surprised local commercial bodies.
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