Meat Bill Clash Moves to Senate Confrontation
Washington June 28 House votes 198 to 45 to stand by conference on meat inspection amendments to the Agricultural bill and reappoints conferrees. Debate centers on who pays inspection costs with attempts to recede or insist, and a possible final compromise on canning date and inspection stamps.
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Washington
House
Wadsworth
Scott
Lamb
Senate
Proctor
Vermont
Notuyorta
Ovlock
Meat Rules for London
The City of London sanitary committee reports for compulsory slaughter time inspection of all animals for human food. It urges official stamping of disease free meat after inspection and requires foreign meat to meet home killed standards. It calls for exclusion of packed meat and for public and private slaughterhouses. Representatives publish the report and delay action until the next meeting.
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London
Corporation of the City of
United Kingdom
Postmaster General finalizes Penn Station branch site deal
The Post Office Department under Postmaster General Cortelyou secured a larger, compact site for a new Penn Station post office in New York. The purchase covers 106,877 square feet on the West side of Eighth Avenue, with a price of 64,115 and a broader appropriation of 1,725,000. Terms allow bridges, eliminate inner courts, forbid steam power on tracks, and grant mail tubes and access to subway connections.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Cortelyou
New
Pennsylvania Terminal
New York
Post Office Department
Eighth Avenue
31St
31St Street
Bost
Corteiyou
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Pennsylvania, New York & Long Island Railroad Company
New York City
Oil Trust Prosecution Discussed With Roosevelt
Washington reports state that Attorney General Moody Assistant AG Purdy and Kellogg Morrison special counsel met with President Roosevelt to review the plan to pursue criminal actions against Standard Oil under the Anti Trust law If evidence supports it indictments may follow but no decision is final The department will use special grand juries in various districts targeting railroad rebates illegal discriminations traffic managers ship lines and Standard Oil operatives
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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 Reviewed in House Over Town Topics Circulation
In Washington on June 28, Bourke Cochran pressed a House resolution asking the Postmaster General if Town Topics may circulate in the mails. The measure failed after a series of parliamentary rulings as Overstreet argued newspapers fall outside government judgment.
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Washington
Norman Hapgood
Collier's Weekly
Bourke Cochran
New York
Hapgood
Overstreet
Indiana
Cockran
Post Office Department
Motorman Bottcher to be tried today before coroner
William Bottcher the motorman held in connection with a fatal accident involving children at No 198 Avenue A near J P Cengano is to be tried before Coroner Marburger at 10 o clock this morning. About twenty five witnesses are expected to testify.
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William Bottcher
Iws
J. P. Cengano
Avenue A
Marburger
Senate Deliberates on Public Buildings Bill and Related Measures
The Senate spent the day on the Public Buildings bill with Tillman repeating the Morris incident in open session. Bailey blocked action on the Pure Food bill, while Foraker secured a $100,000 increase for San Juan, Porto Rico. The Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal report was accepted, and New York received a $350,000 repair appropriation for the Assay Office after Scott urged it.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Senator Tillman
Morris
Tillman
Congressional Record
Carter
San Juan
Porto Rico
Foraker
Scott
Heyburn
The
Tribune
Bailey
New York
Secretary of the Interior
New York City
Wynne Resignation Sent After Court Martial Conviction
General Elliott received Captain Robert F. Wynne’s telegram resigning from the marine corps amid a court martial conviction and dismissal. The Navy Department suspended execution to allow resignation, causing officials to call Wynne’s move irregular and premature while he remains a prisoner awaiting trial.
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Washington
General Elliott
Marine Corps
Robert F. Wynne
Elliott
Newberry
Navy Department
Wynne
Secretary of the Navy
Philippine Church Contest Ends in Roosevelt Endorsement
Washington June 28 inquiry at the War Department shows Governor Ide of the Philippines has Roosevelt's formal approval on his position over the Juan da Dios property. It is intimated that Vatican authorities disapproved Archbishop Harry's letter to Ide. Ide will seek possession in Philippine courts after pending similar cases are decided.
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Washington
War Department
Ide
Philippines
Harry
Juan da Dios
Roosevelt
Vatican
Towne's Chariot Race and Tumble in House Speech
Washington June 28 Representative Cushman mocked political opponents in a House speech. He depicted Towne as a humorist, recalled a wheat and silver chariot race, and referenced the OPER smash-up with Mark Hanna. Cushman praised his party's “stand pat” stance and attacked the Demon party.
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Washington
Cushman
Representative Towne
New York
Williamson
Guatemalan unrest linked to Cabrera's government ends
Washington cable from Minister Combs reports Guatemala turmoil subsiding as Guatemalan troops retreat into El Salvador from the frontier. The force, said to have gathered in Salvador, crossed into the country to overthrow President Cabrera's government.
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Salvador
Cabreras
United States District Court for China Adopted by House
Washington June 28 The conference report on the bill creating a United States District Court for China was adopted by the House today after passage of the bill.
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Washington
United States District Court For
China
House Today
Hoyt Summer House May Go To Actors' Fund
The will of late playwright Charles H. Hoyt left his Charlestown New Hampshire summer home to The Lambs as a summer clubhouse. Reports of neglect were denied by Lambs official Joseph Grismer who said a caretaker and resident member have kept the property. The trustees may transfer control to the Actors' Fund per Hoyt’s wishes for charitable use.
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Charles H. Hoyt
Charlestown
N. H
The
Lambs
Lambbs
Actors’ Fund
Joseph Grismer
the Lambs
Rate Bill Almost Law In Congress After Conference
Washington reports the House approved the conference on the Railroad Rate bill and adopted the anti pass modification. The lengthy provision lists who may receive interstate free transport and notes subsequent Senate actions and expected final passage. The scene featured applause, remarks by Sherman and Tillman, and ongoing handling of related bills and rules.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
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
Bryan Indorsed by Wisconsin Democrats for Presidential Bid
Milwaukee June 28 William Jennings Bryan was strongly endorsed as the Democratic party standard bearer for the 1898 campaign by the state convention which adjourned without day. The plat form calls for enforcement against trusts and monopolies, tariff revision, direct election of US senators, a two cent per mile passenger rail rate, ad valorem taxation, and primary law amendments.
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Milwaukee
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Timothy E. Ryan
United States
People's party convention ends in St. Louis
The national convention adjourned sine die. The address to the People urges direct election of U.S. Senators by voters, opposes tariffs aiding trusts, and condemns government by injunction and private monopolies. The platform lauds rural free delivery and calls for sovereignty of the people over power and monopolies.
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St. Louis
The
People’s Party
United States
Thomas E. Watson
Congress
Bryan Indorsed in Indiana for Congress
Alexandria Indiana June 28 John A Adair Democratic State Central Commit tee for the 5th Congressional District was nominated by acclamation for Congress. The convention declared William J Bryan the choice of the Democrats for President in 1908 and commended his conservatism and foresight. Trusts were denounced and graft in public places deplored.
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Tribune
Alexandria
Ind
John A. M.adair
Democratic State Central Committee
Congress
William J. Bryan
Warrants Issued for Ice Dealers Conspiracy
Philadelphia warrants charge a conspiracy among seventeen ice dealers to fix prices. Most are Ice Exchange members. Preliminary hearings set for Monday. Ice price allegedly rose from $2.50 to $7 per ton. Information to District Attorney John C. Bell led to warrants.
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Philadelphia
Ice Exchange
John C. Bell
Ice Sentence Reduced In Toledo Ice Case
Judge Kinkade reduced fines to 2500 dollars each for R A Beard and R C Lemmon and ordered six months in the workhouse. They must begin serving Friday afternoon. The Toledo Ice and Coal Company cut prices. manager J Miller filed for suspension of sentence. Similar motions were to be filed for J P Watters and H B Breininger.
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Tribune
Toledo
Kinkade
Ice Trust
R. A. Beard
R. C. Lemmon
Toledo Ice and Coal Company
J. Miller
Beard
Policeman Allen On Trial For On Duty Assault
James J. Allen a West 47th street station officer faced trial at Police Headquarters charged with being off post while on duty and assaulting Charles S. Dodge of No 1 West 82d street. Dodge testified he was struck twice by a drunken officer in Central Park West on June 11. Roundsman Girlhooley said Allen was off post. Allen denied the charges. Deputy Police Commissioner Mathet reserved decision.
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James J. Allen
West 47Th Street
Charles S. Dodge
No. 1
West 82d Street
Mathet
Dodge
Allen
Central Park West
List Street
Roundsman Girlhooley
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 funded by the War Department. Captain Wilson and unit praised. They move from the armory to Van Cortlandt Park for camp Thurston, to be taught care and use by an army officer.
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Bronx
Wilson
War Department
New York
van Cortlandt Park
Camp Thurston
Young heiress sues for divorce in Burlington VI
Mrs Pauline Welch heiress to J S Petersons estate begins divorce proceedings from Walter T Welch a New York commercial traveler. She is not yet of age and will not receive her property for months. They met in 1908 and wed in Windsor New Jersey.
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The
Tribune
Burlington
Pauline Welch
J. S. Peterson
Walter T. Welch
New York
Welch
Windsor
Gut
Controller Charges Land Company Over Attorney Fees
Controller Metz released a reply to Frederick L. Lancaster of West Rockaway Land Company claiming he has a 1903 agreement showing 30 percent of any land award would go to a city attorney. Metz says fees should benefit the city, not an outside attorney, and warns against “men for the purpose” of such deals while in office.
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Wadsworth
Lamb
Virginia
Committee On Agriculture
Wedsworth
Bowie
Alabama
Burleson
Texas
Lever
South Carolina
Williams
Mississippi
Lorimer
Illinois
New York
Mr. Payne
Agricultural Committee
Metz
Frederick L. Lancaster
West Rockaway Land Company
Waldo to Study Foreign Police Innovations
Deputy Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo sails tomorrow for six weeks in Europe to study police conditions and methods in London Paris Berlin and Vienna. He will travel at his own expense and inspect central offices and city police setups as part of a program urged by General Bingham.
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Rhinelander Waldo
General Bingham
Europe
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Waldo
R. Waldo
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