Fight Over Meat Bill in House and Senate Clash
Washington June 28 The House voted 198 to 45 to stand by as conferrees on the meat inspection amendment to the Agricultural bill are reappointed. Prolonged debate followed over who should pay for inspection with supporters urging government funding and opponents warning of burden on beef producers. A final vote on the conference report and possible compromise nears as Saturday adjournment looms.
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Washington
House
Wadsworth
Senate
Lamb
Virginia
Committee On Agriculture
Wedsworth
Davie
Proctor
Bowie
Alabama
Mississippi
Lorimer
Illinois
Payne
New York
Agricultural Committee
Ndneton
Scott
Promer
Vermont
Meat Rules for London City Report Proposes Meat Inspection
Londoners learn the sanitary committee urges compulsory slaughter time inspection of all meat for human consumption. Foreign meat to meet home killed standards. official stamps after inspection. ban on meat packed to avoid inspection. calls for both public and private slaughterhouses with oversight. Councillors publish the report and delay final action to the next meeting.
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London
Corporation of the City of
Taltel Kingdom
Postmaster General approves New York Pennsylvan ia terminal postoffice site deal
Washington reports Postmaster General Cortelyou secures a larger, more accessible site at the Pennsylvania terminal in New York City. The 106,877 square foot facility advances ventilation and lighting, forbids steam locomotives nearby, and allows bridges across streets under revised terms. Purchase totals about 1.66 million dollars with conditions on access and mail tube routes.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Cortelyou
New
Pennsylvania Terminal
New York
Post Office Department
Eighth Avenue
31St Street
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Pennsylvania, New York & Long Island Railroad Company
New York City
Oil Trust Prosecution Moves Toward Indictments
Washington dispatch says Attorney General Moody and special counsel Kellogg Morrison conferred with President Roosevelt on Standard Oil scrutiny. If evidence supports it, criminal cases may proceed. if not, actions may pause. District attorneys plan special grand juries across districts to probe interstate commerce law violations and rebates by railroads and oil interests.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Moody
Purdy
Charles B. Morrison
Frank M. Kellogg
Department of Justice
Standard Oil Company
White House
Roosevelt
Messrs. Kellogg and
Morrison
Oil Trust
Standard Oil
Hapgood Libel Trial Topic in House Debate
Washington June 28 The Hapgood libel trial of Collier's Weekly editor Norman Hapgood was reviewed in the House by Bourke Cochran who sought a resolution asking the Postmaster General whether Town Topics could circulate through the mails. Overstreet objected and the resolution failed.
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Washington
Norman Hapgood
Collier's Weekly
Bourke Cochran
New York
Hapgood
Overstreet
Indiana
Cockran
Post Office Department
Motorman to be tried today before coroner
William Bottsher the motorman held in 900000 ball the largest interestrate in coroner history will be tried today before Coroner Harburger at 10 o clock for running over two children of J J Cenguno in front of 198 Avenue A about two weeks ago. About twenty five witnesses will be called.
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William Bottsher
J. J. Cenguno
Avenue A
Tela
Harburger
Senate Debates Public Buildings Bill and Related Measures
The Senate spent a mostly idle day on the Public Buildings bill with Tillman reiterating the Morris incident to push its publication in the Congressional Record. Debate focused on increased allocations for urban projects, notably San Juan Puerto Rico, where Foraker won a raise to 100,000 dollars, and New York's Assay Office repairs won 350,000 dollars following Scott’s recommendation.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Tillman
Morris
Congressional Record
Carter
San Juan
Porto Rico
Foraker
Scott
Committee On
Heyburn
The
Tribune
Bailey
New York
Secretary of the Interior
New York City
Wynne resigns from marine corps amid court martial
General Elliott received Captain Robert F. Wynne's telegram resigning from the marine corps. The Navy Department, urged by President clemency and pending official word, deemed the act irregular and premature since Wynne remained a prisoner awaiting trial. When an official resignation arrives, it will be promptly accepted and further proceedings dropped.
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Washington
General Elliott
Marine Corps
Robert F. Wynne
Elliott
Newberry
Navy Department
Wynne
Secretary of the Navy
Philippine Church Contest Fight Over Property Title
Washington June 28 inquiry at the War Department reveals Governor Ide has presidential approval on his position against Archbishop Harry over Juan di Dios property. Vatican authorities reportedly disapprove the archbishop's letter. Ide plans to sue in Philippine courts to recover possession after pending related cases are decided.
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Washington
War Department
Ide
Philippines
Harry
Juan di Dios
Roosevelt
Vatican
Towne's Chariot Race and Tumble in Congress
Representative Cushman of Washington mocked opponents in the House with a humorous Towne vignette dating to 1898. He described a chariot race with Towne driving wheat and silver as a famed past performance, joking about Hanna and a dramatic fall. He praised Williamson and accused Democrats of no firm stance.
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Washington
Cushman
Representative Towne
New York
Towne
Mark Hanna
Williamson
Wobblers
Trummers
Guatemala Revolt In Guatemala City Cable Dispatch
Minister Combs sent a cable to the State Department from Guatemala City reporting revolutionary disturbances. Troops are retreating into El Salvador from the frontier and the trouble is believed ended. The Guatemalan troops crossed back into Guatemala in a bid to topple President Cabrera's government.
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Washington
Combs
State Department
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Salvador
House Adopts Bill to Create U S District Court for China
Washington June 28 The conference report on the bill creating a United States District Court for China was adopted by the House today and the measure passed.
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U. S. District Court For
China
Washington
United States District Court For
House Today
Hoyt House May Go to Actors' Fund
The Charles H. Hoyt summer home at Charlestown New Hampshire may revert to the Actors Fund under Hoyts will if The Lambs relinquish control. Officials claim the house is well kept with a caretaker and a member living there but say its location makes patronage unlikely. The Actors Fund is expected to use it for charitable work.
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Charles H. Hoyt
Charlestown
N. H
The
Lambs
Actors’ Fund
Charles Lown
Joseph Grismer
the Lambs
Rate Bill Almost Law in House Conference Fight
Washington June 28 The House moved toward final passage of the Railroad Rate bill with a conference report adopted after intensive debate. The anti pass provision was settled by a modified Senate amendment restricting free interstate transport to a limited list of classes. The conference report was presented for Senate action as Tillman sought further safeguards regarding pipeline provisions and delays before enactment.
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Wadsworth
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Post
Sherman
New York
Tillman
Richardson
Alabama
Bartlett
Georgia
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Gaines
Tennessee
Gillespie
Texas
Curtis
Kansas
Driscoll
Senate
Conferrees
Mann
Illinois
House Conferrees
Cannon
Wisconsin Democrats Indorse Bryan for 1908 White House
The Wisconsin Democratic State Convention adjourned without day in Milwaukee as William Jennings Bryan received strong indorsement for the 1908 presidential bid. Delegates praised Bryan during the readings of the platform provisions, with cheers erupting when his name was mentioned. The platform calls for enforcement against trusts and monopolies, tariff revision, and direct election of U.S. Senators. It also favors municipal ownership, a two cent mile maximum passenger rail rate, ad valorem taxation, and primary law amendments.
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Milwaukee
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
National
Timothy E. Ryan
United States
People's party convention ends in adjournment
St Louis reports the People's party national convention adjourned sine die. The party advocates that U.S. Senators be elected by the people, opposes tariffs favoring trusts, and laments government autocracy. It stresses that monopolies threaten public welfare and should be owned by the people.
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St. Louis
The
People’s Party
People
United States
Thomas E. Watson
Congress
Bryan Indorsed in Indiana for Congress Nomination
Alexandria Indiana June 2. John A M Adair was nominated by acclamation for Congress in the heavily Republican 5th District. The Democratic convention adopted a resolution backing William J Bryan as the choice for President in 1896 and praising his conservatism. Trusts and graft in public places were denounced.
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The
Tribune
Alexandria
Ind
John A. M. Adair
Congress
William J. Bryan
Warrants Issued for Ice Dealers Conspiracy
Philadelphia officers issued warrants charging conspiracy to fix ice prices. Sixteen or more ice dealers, mostly part of the Ice Exchange, are named with one exception. Hearings set for Monday as prices allegedly rose from $2.50 to $7 a ton. District Attorney John C. Bell directed the action based on information about the restraint of trade.
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Philadelphia
Ice Exchange
John C. Bell
Ice sentence reduced for Beard and Lemmon
Judge Kinkade reduced the fines to 2500 dollars each and ordered six months in the workhouse for R A Beard and R C Lemmon, with no delay in beginning the sentence. They will start Friday afternoon as the Toledo Ice and Coal Company reports price cuts and other motions proceed. J P Watters and H B Breininger are to file similar motions.
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the Tribune
Toledo
Kinkade
Ice Trust
R. A. Beard
R. C. Lemmon
Toledo Ice and Coal Company
J. Miller
Beard
Policeman Charged with Assault and Duty Violations
James J. Allen a West 47th Street patrolman faced trial at Police Headquarters on charges of assaulting Charles S. Dodge of West 83rd Street while off duty intoxicated and absent from roll call. Dodge testified a drunken officer followed him in Central Park West and struck him with a club wounding him twice before he fled to a drug store for treatment. Roundsman Gilhooley said Allen was off post twice that night. Allen denied the allegations.
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James J. Allen
West 47Th Street
Charles S. Dodge
No. 1
West 83d Street
Mr. Mathet
Dodge
Allen
Roundsman Gilhooley
New Armament for 2d Battery in The Bronx
The 2d Battery F A N G N Y in The Bronx receives a new field battery of rapid fire guns with russet harness and full equipment. War Department issue at no cost to New York. Captain Wilson’s unit prepares to move to Van Cortlandt Park by Saturday, erect camp at the north end named Camp Thurston, with an army officer to train in care and use of the new armament.
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Bronx
Wilson
War Department
New York
van Cortlandt Park
Camp Thurston
Young heiress files suit for divorce in Burlington
Mrs Pauline Welch heiress to J S Pierson estate begins divorce proceedings from Walter T Welch a New York traveler. She is under age and will not receive her fortune for several months. She met Welch in Toledo and Windsor Ontario where they were
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the Tribune
Burlington, Vt
Pauline Welch
J. S Pierson
Walter T. Welch
New York
Welch
Jim
Windsor
Ont
City Controller States Land Deal Details
Controller Metz released his reply to Frederick L. Lancaster of the West Rockaway Land Company. He says landowners agreed to pay a city lawyer 30 percent of any award if the land is taken for a seaside park and hospital, insisting the city would receive any percentage. The controller notes he never supported a beach project but preferred city gains. He adds no one needs to meet with him for city business while he is in office.
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New York
United States
R. S. Minturn
East 22d Street
N. Y
Association For
Metz
Frederick L. Lancaster
West Rockaway Land Company
Matz
Westaway Land Company
Waldo to Study Foreign Police Methods in Europe
Deputy Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo will sail tomorrow for a six weeks trip in Europe at his own expense. He will visit London Paris Berlin and Vienna to study police conditions and methods, focusing on central offices as requested by General Bingham. A regular official study tour is planned for summers.
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New York
Rhinelander Waldo
General Bingham
Europe
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Waldo
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Wisconsin
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Coniston
Winston Churchill
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Globe-Democrat
Boston
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New York Times
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West 32Nd Street
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