Roosevelt Urges Federal Inspectors After Chicago Stockyards Revolt
President Roosevelt transmits Reynolds and Neill report urging immediate federal inspection of meat and packing houses after findings of revolting conditions at Chicago stockyards. Document calls Beveridge amendment and condemns sanitation laxity, unsafe handling, and tuberculosis risks in meat processing.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Neill
Reynolds
Committee On Agriculture
Senate
House of Representatives
James Bronson Reynolds
Charles P. Neill
Chicago
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Beveridge
Theodore Roosevelt
Madrid Wedding Weekend Ends With Royal Bull Fight
King Alfonso warns of another assassination attempt as bomb suspect Manuel Morales ends his life in Torrejon de Ardos after a guard's death. The Madrid royal bullfight closes amid ovations for the royal couple though lacking its usual gore, Queen Victoria watching calmly.
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Torrejon de Ardos
Manuel Morales
Alfonso
Victoria
Morales
Madrid
Alcala
Senor Cuesta
Queen Victoria
Royal Box
Rescue by Neighbors
John Palmquist of Moline was found in a sewer ditch behind 417 Fourth Avenue after being overcome by sewer gas. Neighbors revived him but he remained in critical condition with the accident posing a potential fatal outcome.
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John Palmquist
Moline
Fourth Avenue
Palmquist
Complete Defeat for Revolutionists Across Salvador Boundary
Washington reports a cablegram from Guatemala stating the revolutionary movement near the Salvador boundary was crushed at Asuncion Mita with complete defeat. Guatemalan forces claim constant victory along the line and no reverses. The piece also notes Woodmen Memorial ceremonies at Chippiannock Cemetery with Modern Woodmen of America and Royal Neighbors in attendance.
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Washington
Barrios
Salvador
Revolutionary Party
Asuncion Mita
Woodmen Memorial Association
Chippiannock Cemetery
Modern Woodmen of America
Royal Neighbors of America
Miners Resume Work After Two Month Strike
Springfield June 4 A total of thirty thousand coal miners who had been on strike for two months return to work across the state this morning ending the labor standstill and resuming production after negotiations.
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Springfield
Tariff debate as 1908 campaign impetus at Reform Club
John Sharp Williams headlines a tariff reform dinner at Hotel Astor with mentions of Bryan Cleveland Parker and Watterson. Regrets from Cleveland Parker and Watterson are read. Williams urges tariff education as a national issue for 1908. Senator Arthur P. Gorman dies suddenly in Washington after recent improvement.
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New York
Reform Club
Hotel Astor
Bryan
Cleveland
Parker
Watterson
Trever Cleveland
Alton B. Parker
Henry Watterson
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Renewed Cananea Riots Leave Several Dead in Mexico
Reports from Cananea and nearby towns detail renewed clashes between striking Mexican miners and rurales under Colonel Kosterlitsky. Five rioters were killed and 13 wounded, with American casualties minimal. Officials dispute executions and arrests amid claims of cross border volunteers.
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el Paso
Tex
Cananea
Green’s
Kosterlitsky
Hermosillo
Cownel Greene
Douglas
Ariz
Cananea Jdiots
Rurales
Greene
Yashel
Financial trouble delays Rock Island exhibition show
Talbots Fighting the Flames was slated for Rock Island today and tomorrow under the firemen relief association but did not reach the city due to Davenport financial difficulties. Attachments were served to settle claims from other cities. Negotiations with St Louis backers aim to free the property for tomorrow. The company must perform three exhibitions here and had planned both days.準
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Talbot
Rock Island
Firemen's Relief Association
Davenport
St. Louis
Twentyfourth Street
Nighttime trolley disaster claims eleven lives in Rhode Island
A June day outing on the Providence River ended in tragedy when a fog bound trolley derailed at Moore's corner East Providence. Eleven youths and young adults were killed and scores injured as rescuers struggled with a bungled, dangerous rescue effort.
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Providence
Moore's Corner
East
Guard Ambushes State Militia at Ohio Mines
In Steubenville on June 4 armed guards at United States Coal Company mines were ambushed by striking miners as troops moved from Glenn's Run to Coal Hollow. About 500 shots fired, four wounded. miners were foreign-born. A separate clash at Plum Run saw 75 shots exchanged. manager T. E. Young slightly wounded. Sheriff requests 100 soldiers. Governor orders 4th regiment to mobilize to Jefferson county.
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Steubenville
Ohio
United States Coal Company
Glenn's Run
Coal Hollow
Plum Run
T. E. Young
Voorhees
Columbus
Jefferson County
Woman refuses operation over swallowed gem in Omaha
Mae Thomas, who confessed swallowing a diamond from jeweler 10 Combs, balked at surgery after county officials declined a non prosecution agreement. Earlier, she agreed to operate but insisted on written assurance she would not be prosecuted.
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Omaha
Neb
Mae Thomas
Slabaugh
Cassatt
Senator Burton Quits in Fear of Expulsion
In Topeka on June 4 Senator Burton resigned after a conference with close aides. Governor Hoch received the letter and will defer appointment, as speculation grows about a successor until after the November election. In Washington the Niagara river control and Niagara falls preservation bill cleared a key vote.
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Burton
Topeka
Hoch
Fairbankos
Senate
Wiliams
Washington
House
Williams
Mississippi
Niagara River
Niagara Falls
Beachey Narrowly Escapes Airship Collapse in Flight
In Cleveland on a trial flight Lincoln Beachey, the San Francisco aeronaut, survived a collapse of the airship framework at 500 feet. He steered it to 50 feet above ground where it landed upright, suffering only minor bruises as bamboo piles near the engine snapped and the propeller tore a hole in the balloon. Hydrogen gas poured out, narrowly missing serious injury.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lincoln Beachey
San Francisco
Beachey
St Paul Car Derailment Halts Freight on Levee
A St Paul freight car derailed and nearly toppled down the Seventeenth street levee while another was damaged when cars were pushed against a bumper Saturday evening. The wrecked cars remained on the site through Sunday and today.
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St. Paul
Seventeeth Street
Physicians At Boston Assemble For Medical Meeting
Thousands of physicians and surgeons traveled to Boston for the opening of the American Medical Association annual convention and related medical society meetings, with the first general session slated for tomorrow as experts gather from across the United States and abroad.
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Medical Association
Boston
United States
American Medical Association
The
Plan A Reception for W. J. Bryan
New York on June 4 reports a nationwide invitation only reception for William J. Bryan upon his return from a world trip. The Commercial Travelers and Hotel Men's Anti-Trust league will host under its auspices with Bryan expected to arrive in early August.
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New York
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Commercial Travelers’ and Hotel Men's Anti-Trust League
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F. W. Whitridge
John Sharp Williams
W. J. Bryan
Europe
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Carnegie
Erne
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Arthur P. Gorman
Nagpuras
Gorman
Page
Democratic Party
Arthur Bce Gorman
City of Mexico
Mexico City
Galbraith
Dunkards
Dayton
Yearly Convention of
Old German Baptist Church of America
Englewood
Central Union Telephone Company
Kansas
Pennsylvania Road
Fairbanks
Road
Philadelphia
Jane
Pennsylvania Railroad
Haverford
Gandler
J. R. Burton
New York Press
Physicians AT
Iowa
Keokuk
John R. Maxwell
Iowa State
Bright
Dieppe
France
Baron Korwin
Austrian Military Balloon Department
London
Vienna
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