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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1906
Page
1
Eleven men were blown to pieces and five others seriously injured when a dynamite plant near Pequea along the Susquehanna river exploded. The blast was heard fifteen miles away and fragments of bodies were found hanging to trees, making identification nearly impossible.
Missouri Attorney General Hadley sought an attachment for H. Clay Pierce of Waters-Pierce Oil Co. after he failed to appear at the oil inquiry in St. Louis. Commissioner Anthony granted several days grace to secure attendance, citing attorney illness as a reason for absence. If Pierce does not appear, Hadley will pursue compulsion.
Speaker Cannon states the house will pass a meat inspection bill aimed at protecting producers and consumers and restoring public confidence in the 8 percent of packing output questioned by government investigators. Local fire in Snyder, Oklahoma destroys eleven top business houses including two banks following a recent cyclone. A tornado in Anaconda Montana in Chouteau county causes about 100000 dollars in damage and threatens Fort Assinniboine. The bill barring corporations from making money campaign contributions has cleared the senate.
The notice surveys global and domestic events with floods, fires, strikes, political moves, and social notes. Highlights include China’s finances, Chicago Shriner convention, Guatemalan rebel gains, oil fires in Springfield and York, Russia’s navy plans and UK loan talk, Secretary Shaw’s non candidacy, Kentuckians’ homecoming, St. Louis municipal spend, cholera toll in the Philippines, Hendrick Oklahoma fire, theater fire losses, Omaha plant damage, Delaware senate nominee, Maryland senator seating, revival of Russian naval rebuild, July adjournment plans, St. Louis trades strike, Cuba quarantine, Bryan’s potential Petersburg visit, Washington statue unveiling, May fire losses, Hannibal convention plea, junk sale of captured vessels, Jesse James son’s bar exam, Southampton docks fire, Standard Oil price hike, Italian honor, Hot Springs public lid, Western storms, Illinois harvest, Syracuse meat packers defense, Lincoln crude discovery, and Wall Street packing scandal effects.
Kansas City speaker Harry B Walmsley, longtime Missouri underwriters inspector and pure food advocate, declares half of U S deaths arise from impure and dishonest foods. He blames packers and notes the average person consumes forty two doses of poison with each meal.
William Jennings Bryan dismisses talk of his 1908 nomination as too sudden and premature. He jokes about the news from recent state convention action and says he cannot discuss a possible nomination. Bryan plans to return home in September according to his brother in Lincoln, Nebraska.
St. Petersburg Opisko, a fiery peasant orator, roused the house with a denunciation of the majority plan. He urged full nationalization of land and said millions cry for land and its redistribution. He denounced the constitutional democratic project as unjust for permitting private estates.
Kansas City report states the Big Four meat packers of Chicago were convicted in federal court for accepting rebates from the Burlington railway. Indictments varied but all cases aligned with the outcome of Cudahy Co.’s indictment for taking 23 cents per hundred pounds on a New York shipment for export to Germany, despite a 35 cent interstate tariff.
Washington faces an international law puzzle as the steamship Empire, flying the American flag, delivered arms to Guatemalan rebels before the Marblehead could seize it. Both vessels linger near Corinto awaiting Washington's instructions. Also, Col. Edwin B. Hay dies in Washington famed wit and handwriting expert.
William Jennings Bryan arrives in St Petersburg to study the Russian situation. He visits the douma, the parliamentary body, during his stay in the city.
Senate and House conference committee confirm joint statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Arizona and New Mexico will vote in November on the plan. a majority approval is required for acceptance. If either rejects, no constitutional convention will occur and territories persist. A bill reflecting these provisions will go to the president.
Clyde Bank Scotland Cunard launches the Lusitania, claiming the largest fastest ship afloat. At 32000 tons, 785 feet long, it uses quadruple screws and turbine engines delivering 80000 horsepower, to sail 25 knots with 559 first class, 500 second class, 1300 third class passengers and 800 crew. Expected Atlantic crossing in four and a half days. Charles Louis Tucker Executed in Charleston Prison.
Omaha residents are told to expect a government organized registration for Crow reservation lands drawing July 2 at Billings. Burlington offers low round trip fares from nearby points and reduced rates from others, with sale June 10 to 26 and return by July 11. Cities prepare lodging, tents, and security as Billings and Sheridan coordinate to accommodate up to 10 000 visitors with police, chambers, and councils ensuring safe registration.
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