Brutal prison methods prompt action call in New Mexico
East Las Vegas June 27 special report highlights public outrage over Captain Arthur Trelford’s prison abuse. Colonel Charles Minus urges immediate removal, citing witnesses who describe hangings, beatings, and cruel labor while the reform regime fails to protect convicts.Pritchard defends impartial inquiry against Hanna bias claims.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Arthur Trelford
Territorial
Charles T. Minus
California
Oyster Bay
George W. Prichard
Minus
Reynolds
Curry
Tresforde
The
Citizen
Trelford
Russia
Treiford
Tresford
Raynolds
Pritchard
Hanna
Santa Fe
George W. Pritchard
J. W. Raynolds
R. H. Hanna
Prichard
Rockefeller Officials Subpoenaed in Oil Cases
Subpoenas were issued in the U S district court for top officers of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. Named target figures include John D Rockefeller president and other executives. The action follows their attorneys refusal to disclose the company’s financial conditions.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Standard Oi Company
New Jersey
Standard Oil Comany
Indiana
John D. Rockefeller
Wm. Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Henry Rogers
W. H. Tilasurer
C. M. Pratt
W. BP. Hows
Charles T White
Standard Okl
Knocked from Car and Injured in Santa Fe Yard
Jim Katley, former Luna county deputy sheriff, was knocked from the steps of a box car in the Santa Fe yards at Sliver City New Mexico. He suffered severe head trauma and a dislocated hip and was sent to Santa Fe hospital in Las Vegas. Katley had recently begun working for the Santa Fe.
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Sliver City
Jim Katley
Luna County
Santa Fe
Ry Ale
Las Vegas
Kalley
The
That Bills Eleven. Pittsburg. Jone 2 seven per ons are dead
In Pittsburg district within the past 24 hours heat caused deaths and many people to be prostrated as temperatures rose. The maximum today reached 82 degrees.
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Bills
Pittsburg
Jone
Perons
Hudson Fulton celebration marks 300th discovery and 100th steam use
New York June 27. The period from September 18 to 26 will honor the Hudson river discovery 300 years ago and the first steam navigation by Robert Fulton on the Hudson, per the Hudson Fulton celebration commission following the committee on scope and plan report.
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New York
Hudson River
Robert Fulton
Hudson
Hudson Fulton
Committee On
Will Play For Purse Of $100 In Two City Games
Silver City No M June 27 The Liver City and Santa Rita baseball teams will play a game at Santa Ita on the Fourth of July for a prize of $100 and on the fifth of July will cross bats at Athletic Park in Silver City for a prize of $75. Both teams are evenly matched and expected to provide an exciting contest.
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Silver City
No M
Liver City
Santa Rita
Santa Ita
Bate
Athletic Pate
Shriners Will Confer Degrees in Silver City
A Silver City report notes a Ballat Abyad Temple Shriners unit from Albuquerque plans to visit Silver City to confer Shriner degrees on a large class, with upcoming arrangements extending to Deming and nearby towns in the region.
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Citheen
Silver City
Ballat Abyad
Almaverque
Deming
Electrical storm and hangings across United States
A New York electrical storm killed three people and damaged churches and buildings. Three convicts, Harry Vaughn Edward Raymond and George Ryan, were hanged in Missouri for killing guard John Clay during a prison escape attempt in 1905. A San Francisco telegraphers strike shows unions pressing for leverage while public and private lines clash over usage.
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Jefferson City
Harry Vaughn
Edward Raymond
George Ryan
John Clay
B. Allison
EB. Blake
Varsity Rages On At New London
New London Connecticut June 27 strong northwest breeze delaying morning events of Yale and Hayward University races on the Thames river. Freshman eights and varsity fours postponed to afternoon tide and will row after the varsity eight at 1 pm. Crowds gather to watch the event.
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New London
Conn
Thames River
Yale
Hayward Universites
Fight over two cent fare in Pennsylvania
Uniontown Pa June 21 The two cent fare law in Pennsylvania is challenged as unconstitutional. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad operating the Pittsburgh and Connellsville line filed an equity suit seeking nullification of the law and permanent recovery of penalties claimed under the act by Fayette County.
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Uniontown
Bart
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pittsburg and
Connellsville Road
Fayette
Butte Mail Carriers Strike Over Wage Scale
All mail carriers in Butte walked out citing unfair wage scale, says Byte Mott June. They refuse to work until new scale takes effect July 1. Current pay starts at 600 dollars first year and 360 dollars each following year.
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Mott
Silver City Telephone Co Elects Officers
Special to The Citizen Silver City N M June 37 A meeting of the directors of the Silver City El Paso and Southwestern Telephone company was held and the following officers were elected for the year William D Murray president W E B Haker secretary and treasurer J A Morgan El Paso manager The company now employs a crew on the reconstruction of the telephone system between southwestern New Mexico and El Paso and the new line will soon connect the important towns in the Union section with telephones.
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Silver City
N. M
Silver City, el Paso and Southwestern Telephone Company
William D. Murray
W. E B. Haker
Las Cruces
Mith
Ald
J. 4. Morgan
el Paso
New Mexico
Unie
Emet
Uniform bill of lading adopted by shippers and railroads
In Chico Illinois on June 27 representatives of commercial interests and trunk lines reached a binding agreement on a uniform bill of lading. The interstate commerce commission concurred. The bill will become part of interstate law and will constitute a railroad receipt binding on the carrier.
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Chico
Tetorite Commerce Commission
Iterstate
Railroad contracts boost millions in new equipment
New York June. The Harris man Gould and other large railroad systems have placed car contracts within a few days. Expenditure of upwards of 15 000 000 is expected, with orders pending for a further 10 000 000. Heavy contracts are about to be made for locomotives for all western lines.
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New York
Harris
Gould
Cailroad
Western
San Francisco Executive Ties Hands of City Treasurer Bantel
A San Francisco executive stifles the city treasurer Bantel in a dispute over fiscal control with a July 8 sentence looming. The move heightens tensions between municipal offices as officials navigate budgetary limits and authority.
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San Francisco
Bantel
Mayor Schmitz Holds Court From Jail In Politics Of Payments
June 27 report outlines Acting Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz at County Jail No. 2 controlling city funds. Treasurer Bantel must have Schmitz’s signature on orders or bonds canceled. Nippert of Aetna Surety Company insists Schmitz’s authority be validated before payments, delaying teachers, firefighters, police salaries and other city bills.
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Brandiaco
Eugene Sehmita
Inch Auto
County
Jalil No. 2
Angamate
Jali
Charles A. Bantel
Cugene
BE. Schmits
Gallagher
Eugene E. Schmits
Schmite
Paul M. Nippert
Aetna Surety Company
Shaebald
Bantel
Schmitz
Nippert
Pete
Era
Fam
Trouy
Bohm
Colone
Gov. Gillet
Eugene BH. Schmite
Heine
Aetna
Ro Nippert
San Francisco
Raltz
Brother’s Death Wish Sparks Controversy in Montgomery
Montgomery June 27 A fireman and a negro preacher demand death on the gallows for his brother David slated for July 2. The preacher says they will go to heaven and questions the fallen man’s fate. Francisco Cal June 27 A blast at Fourth and Day street kills one, injures several as timber falls, hurting many.
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Montgomery
Ala
John Fireman
David
Boise
Idaho
W. F. Davis
Borah
Hercules
Bunker Hill
Paulson
Orchard
Davis
Engineer testifies of warning before 1903 attempted wreck
W J US e es. 6 OW. W. Bush, the engineer who ran the Florence and Cripple Creek locomotive on November 14, 1903, said D. C. Scott warned him that an attempt would be made that night to wreck the train. Rush described a curve favoring a wreck and Scott rode with him, stopping the engine where trouble might occur. The witness, Boott, said those who planned the wreck removed a rail the next morning.
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OW. W. Bush
Florence & Cripple @ Creek
D. C. Scott
Road
Scott
Rush
Boott
Haywood
Dale
R. J. Campbell
Denver
Orchard
Darrow
Davis
Cripple Creek
Davie
Stewart
Colorado
Dells
W. W. Tush
Florence and Cripple Creek
Western Federation
Union
Economie Mill
Victor
Hivl
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Western Union
Overland
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West Oakland
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Butte
Telephone Company
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Serio
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