Packing House Scandal Report Sent to Congress
President Roosevelt transmitted the Reynolds Neill commission findings on Chicago stockyards and packing houses. The report urges immediate federal inspection across all meat and meat products, stricter labeling, higher inspectors, and new legislation to curb abuses and ensure sanitary, safe interstate commerce.
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Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Congress
Messrs. Neill and Reynolds
Chicago
James Bronson Reynolds
Charles P.neill
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Messrs. Reynolds and Neill
Senate
Beveridge
Secretary of Agriculture
Senator Gorman Dies in Washington at 9:05 A.M.
United States Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland died at his Washington residence after a heart ailment. News notes his long service since 1881, leadership in the Senate, and role in Cleveland’s 1884 campaign. The Senate adjourned in mourning and committees were named to attend his funeral.
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Washington, D. C
Arthur Pue ‘Gorman
United States
Maryland
Gorman
Gorman Jong
National Congress
Senate
Cleveland
Messrs
Raynor
Allison
Morgan
Hale
Aldrich
Teller
Gallinger
Elkins
Martin
Tillman Clay
Spooner
Kean
Bailey
Blackburn
Clark
Mont
Overman
House
Increase in Cotton Acreage Across United States
The crop estimating board reports United States cotton acreage at about 28,686,000 this year, up 1,686,000 or 6.2 percent from last year. May 25 crop condition averaged 84.6, higher than 77.2 in 1905 and 83 in 1904, with a ten year average of 84.9. In St Louis County, numerous clubs chartered in St Louis fail to pay county revenue and operate on Sundays in violation of the law.
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Nelson A. Miles
Kansas City
United States
Republic
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Liverpool
War Department
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Statistics of the Agricultural Department
St. Louis County
St. Louis
Grafstrom Memorial Tablet Presented by Kansas
The Grafstrom memorial tablet was presented to the state of Kansas with James A. Troutman delivering the speech and Governor E. W. Hoch accepting on behalf of the state. Edward Grafstrom, chief mechanical engineer of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway, designed a small steamer used to rescue hundreds during the 1903 North Topeka flood. He perished when the boat capsized on June 2, 1903, while making a final trip with a six man volunteer crew.
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Grafstrom
Kansas
James A. Troutman
E. W. Hoch
Edward Grafstrom
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Railway
North Topeka
Opening of Shoshone Lands for Settlement in Wyoming
The president proclaims a 1 150 000 acre Shoshone reservation opening to settlement. Registration of applicants will be held at Lander Shoshone Thermopolis and Worland from July 16 to July 31 if Big Horn railroad carries passengers. A drawing starts August 4 1906 at Lander and continues as needed.
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Wyoming
Lander
Shoshone
Thermopolis
Worland
Big Horn
Wyo
Morgan Buys Rodolphe Kann Art Collection for 5.5 Million
J Pierpont Morgan has purchased the Rodolphe Kann collection for five million five hundred thousand dollars. The works include eight Rembrandts, four Rubenses, and six Vandykes with extensive eighteenth century furniture. The set also features fine tapestries and sculptures by Houdon Pak and Palle.
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Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rodolphe Kann
Rembrandt
Rubens
Vandych
Osme
Houdon, Pak and
Palle
Legally Dead After Seven Years in Insurance Case
Burlington Iowa judge Withrow rules New York Life cannot recover payments made on the death of William Jarvis. Jarvis disappeared in 1897 and reappeared in 1905, the court holding he was legally dead after seven years. The decision affects Chittenden Eastman and the insurance company.
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Burlington
Withrow
New York Life Insurance Company
Chittenden Eastman
William Jarvis
Davitt Dies in Dublin After Long Illness
Michael Davitt founder of the Irish Land League and longtime South Mayo MP died in Dublin on May 30 after a long illness. Blood poisoning from jawbone necrosis followed operations. his death drew wide sympathy and tributes from John Dillon and John Redmond among others.
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Dublin
Ireland
Michael
Davitt
John Dillon
Father Hatton
House of Commons
Irish Land League
Lord Hemphill
Earl of Aberdeen
Lord Leutenant
Countess of
Aberdeen
Collision on Vine Street Hill Injures and Burns Fifteen
A crash involving Dr. J. C. Atkins vehicle and two street cars on Vine street hill Cincinnati leads to seventeen injuries and one possible death. The auto tank explodes after impact spraying burning oil on all three vehicles and passengers. Dr. Atkins Bertha and Eugenia Nelson and driver Walter Levall suffer severe burns. thirteen Mill Creek Valley riders are lightly burned. All three vehicles are destroyed.
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J. C. Atkins
Vine Street Hill
Cincinnati
Mill Creek
Vine and Norwood
Bertha
Eugenia Nelson
Walter Levall
Atkins
Mill Creek Valley
Wife of minister in Independence fights burglar
Mrs. W. T. Campbell wife of a Baptist minister in Independence Missouri woke to a white man with a razor over her bed. She grappled with him and both were cut. The intruder escaped leaving a trail of blood.
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Independence
W. T. Campbell
Torpedo Boats Collide During Plymouth Practice
During preliminary maneuvers off Plymouth England torpedo boats No 108 and 81 collided in the channel both vessels suffered heavy damage No 108 requires immediate docking and inspection by the yard authorities.
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Plymouth
England
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Méath
Senator Gorman
General Miles
Topeka
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