Experts to Stt Meat Inspected Board of Inquiry Sought
Chicago officials push for a federal commission of pathologists to inspect meat handling at stock yards. The group would decide if locally infected cattle should be sold or condemned and review local tuberculin cases and packing practices. The inquiry also recalls grisly past accidents with meat products and veal loaf.
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Chicago
Dunne
Whalen
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Commission
Say
John Kearney
James T. Brady
Army Officer Shot by Accident at Fort Madison
Lieutenant Ferdinand Williams of the engineer corps U S A was accidentally shot by a sergeant during target practice at Fort Madison near the naval academy in Annapolis Maryland. He died a few hours after the accidental discharge as the sergeant was instructing new men with the weapon.
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Annapolis
Ferdinand Williams
Engineer Corps
Fort Madison
Naval Academy
Williams
Senator Redfield Proctor Dies During Homeward Trip
Washington reports Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont died while en route to his home after a ten day visit. Associates in the senate were surprised by the news though friends had known of his long illness. He left Washington in good health two days earlier for the trip.
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Washington
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Senate
Extra Trouble in Ohio Near Steubenville Today Soldiers Called
Sheriff Voorhies in Jefferson county wired for 100 troops as 500 shots were fired between striking miners and mine guards near Steubenville. He warns more trouble may come. In Kansas, Senator Joseph R. Burton after talks with close friends turned in his resignation to Governor Hoch.
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Columbus
Ohio
The
Evening Journal
Sherif Voorhies
Jefferson County
Steubenville
Voorhies
Hoch
Senator Arthur G. Gorman Dies in Washington
Senator Arthur G. Gorman of Maryland died in Washington this morning after a period of illness. The immediate cause was heart failure. He had served in the Senate for many years.
Cassatt's Career Rises to Pennsylvanian President
Mr Cassatt may resign as stock accepting employees stir controversy. He began as a Georgia railroad civil engineer then joined the Pennsylvania system, advancing from motive power and machinery to superintendent, then vice president and finally president. He assumed the top post seven years ago at age sixty.
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Cassatt
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Cananea Riot Ends as Martial Law Enforced
Cananea remains quiet after a violent two days with martial law in place. Colonel Kostelisky disarms foreigners and Mexicans alike while Governor Isabel and volunteers monitored the line at Naco. Estimates place total deaths at thirty six Mexicans and six U S citizens.
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Bisbee
A. T
Cananea
Naco
Isabel
Sonora
Kosterlisky
Kostelisky
Coloel Greene
United States
LaFollette Seeks Railroad Rebates and Discrimination Details
Wisconsin senator La Follette sent a telegram to State Railway Commissioner Thomas asking for concrete examples of rebates discrimination and freight charge practices by railroads. Thomas replied at length detailing the inquiry. Also reported are a fatal shooting in Byron Illinois and a full slate of baseball scores from Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburg Cincinnati Milwaukee and other cities.
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LaFollette
Madison Wis
United States
Laollette
Thomas
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Boston
Cincinnati
Cincinnat
New York -Philadelphia
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Association
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Louisville
Indianapolis
Des Moines
Lincoln
Pueblo
Denver
Sioux City
Omaha
Era Ridiculed Over Mexican Laborers Lacking Socialist Ties
The text notes ridicule of an era for claiming Mexican laborers have no socialistic organizations, highlighting tensions over political organizing and labor structure without specifying groups or dates.
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Era
Cananea Riots Provoked Deaths and Cross-Border Tension
The report notes an early death of the Metcalf brothers after a clash in a Cananea lumber yard. US citizens shot at residences, killing fifteen Mexicans and wounding others including a student. International leaders advocate calm and diplomacy amid border tensions and labor mingling.
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Thompson
Luis RE. Torres
Sonora
Brothers Metcalf
United States
Mexican Herald
Cananea
Washington
Roosevelt
Diaz
Deneen Tours Illinois Institutions In Jacksonville Visit
Governor Deneen spent seven hours in Jacksonville visiting the School for the Blind the School for the Deaf Central Hospital for the Insane and Maplewood sanatorium. He kept a sphinxlike demeanor and heard a patient demand his resignation prompting the governor to reply that she was the first person to say she did not think much of him.
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Jacksonville
Deneen
Springfield
School For the Blind
School For the Deaf
Central Hospital For the Insane
F. P. Norburg
Maplewood
Blackhurst Reservoir Burst Floods Farina Area
The Blackhurst irrigation reservoir four miles northeast of Preaton burst after heavy rains. Flooding ruined crops and killed many farm animals. Wagon roads and Oregon Short Line tracks were drowned delaying trains for hours. Property loss runs into thousands of dollars.
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Preaton
Blackhurst
Farina
Legally Dead Decision Lets Insurance Payout Stand
In Burlington judges rule New York Life cannot recover funds paid on William Jarot who vanished in 1807 and reappeared in 1805, declaring him legally dead after seven years. Separate items report Peter Ryan seizing a freight train in Rushville and a circus concert seating collapse in Sidney injuring Frances Thornton and Clyde Childers.
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Burlington
Withrow
New York Life Insurance Company
Chittenden Eastman
William Jarot
Ryan
Rushville
Ind
Peter Ryan
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Connersville
Sidney
Frances Thornton
Clyde Childers
Foreign Help for Sugar Beets in Michigan Fields
In Ionia Michigan June 4 sugar beet fields near Ionia are filled with foreign laborers. Several hundred Bohemians have been imported from Chicago and 100 women and girls were brought from northern Michigan picked up between Alpena and Bay City.
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Ionia
Mich
Chicago
Michigan
Alpena
Bay City
Bank Raid Shock Hits Riga Office of Deerings
Six unknown men entered the Riga office of Deerings the Chicago machinery firm shot the cashier and rifled the safe. They were chased but escaped after firing on pursuers and killing two.
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Riga
Deerings
Chicago
Markets Hogs and Cattle Mixed as Receipts Rise
Chicago market notes show official receipts yesterday at 17,355 and shipments 2,155 with today 45,000 estimated receipts and leftovers from yesterday. Hogs steady to higher in parts, light and mixed packers quoted 84 20 to 86 40 with heavy shipping grades around 8 4 to 10 and roughs 86 10 to 86 25. cattle and calves steady to higher in limited trading, beef and veal ranges noted with natives 83 42 to 86 10 and westerns 83 40 to 86 10. no grain market today and cattle market described as more active but steady with declines noted in light trading.
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Chicago
Secretary Shaw Attacks Cummins in Iowa Campaign
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw spoke to large audiences in Newton and Knoxville Iowa denouncing Governor Cummins as a revisionist. He warned tariff revisions may occur after a 1908 presidential election with no further vote for years and noted only two states favor immediate tariff change.
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Dow Moines
Jone
the Treasury
Shaw
Iowa
Republican Party
Cumming
Newton
Knoxville
Cummins
Congress
Roosevelt tariff revision debate divides Republicans
In 1904 President Roosevelt did not advocate tariff revision in any messages to Congress. The piece asks if Roosevelt Republicans will stand pat and criticizes party leaders for silence on tariff changes while warning that supporting a candidate who champions tariff revision would rebuke the national party. It notes Iowa’s tariff debate as central to the contest. Kansas City police report Gertrude Robinson, a Chicago divorcée, kidnapping her 7-year-old daughter Gertrude from in front of the Chace school after moving from Indianapolis to Kenosha, Wis.
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Shaw Sald
Roosevelt
Congress
Committee On Ways and Means
Congressional Caucus
Iowa
Union
National Republican Party
Kansas City
Gertrude A. Robinson
Chicago
Harry G. Robinson
Gertrude
Robinsons
Indianapolis
eKnosha
Wis
Three Little Boys Drowned In Chequamegon Bay
Ashland Wisconsin reports Chequamegon bay claimed three boy victims ages 8 to 10. Isaac Storm 8 Clarence Wendt 10 and Thomas Hegeman 9 were in a craft that capsized during an evident drowning tragedy.
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Ashland
Wis
Chequamegon Bay
Isaac Storm
Clarence Wendt
Thomas Hegeman
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Topeka
Kan
the Evening Journal
Joseph R. Burton
Abilene
Washington, D.C
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Mary
President Cassatt
Galbraith
City of Mexico
Colonel Greene
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Rockford
Ray Reber
Byron
Parma
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