Mrs Maybrick urges prison reform amid harsh conditions
Mrs Fiorence Maybrick told the Young Men's club at Parkhurst Church that human rights demand sunlight and ordinary decencies for prisoners. She cited Sing Sing’s 6 by 8 cells, thirteen hours’ confinement, and insanitary conditions, and described bleak scenes at Eastern Penn and Trenton prisons while advocating public demand for reforms and separation of first offenders.
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New York
Fiorence Maybrick
America
Young Men's Club
Parkishurst
Sing Sing
Tfong
England
Philadelphia
Trenton
N. J
Ain Sarnost
Judge Cuts Down Assailant in Courthouse Fight
Chicago December 24 A desperate bid to kill Judge Charles S Cutting of the probate court failed after the assailant Frank N Ellerbrock fired a pistol at close range and the judge overpowered him. The would be killer, held after a fierce struggle, was deemed insane by police.
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Chicago
Charles S. Cutting
Frank N. Eilerbrock
Judge Cutting
Hale
Criminal Court
Bilerbrack
Bilerbrock
Cuting
Hillerbrock
Dilerbrock
Cutting
Ellerbrock
Angle Sam's Army to Aid the China Famine Sufferers
Writhington reports from consuls and state department officials warming on China's famine. The American Red Cross will likely issue an appeal and request relief supplies with transports to be assigned for relief work.
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Angle Sam
China
Writhington
D. C
State Department
American Red Cross
Remains of Bishop McCabe Brought West
The body of the late Bishop Charles C McCabe, who died in New York, arrived in Philadelphia today and lay in state at Arch Street Methodist Church for public viewing. It was then taken by Pennsylvania Railroad westward for interment at Evanston Illinois as services proceeded.
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Failadelphia
Charles C. McCabs
New York
Generntours
Arch Street
Wert Funsy
Vis ‘Hely
Pennsylvania Railroad
Evanston
Western roads seek car interchange to ease freight flow
Kansas City wired dispatches report that after a December inquiry in St. Louis Interstate Commerce Commissioner C A Prouty, shippers, and railroad reps endorsed a plan for universal railcar interchange. Western lines favor free interchange. eastern lines oppose due to current gains from existing ownership of cars. President Stickney later argued that faster loading and unloading could dramatically boost freight capacity, potentially adding 1.7 million cars at no cost to railways.
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Kansas City
West
C. A. Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
St. Louis
Itha Shippers
Com~‘missioner Prouty
Prouty
New York
Stickney
Washington, D. C
A. B. Stickney
Chicago, Great Western Railroad
Interative Commerce Commission
I Would Do It Again The Lynch Law Lynching at Annapolis
Henry Davis alias Henry Chambers confessed to felonious assault on Mrs. John Reid near Annapolis last Friday. A mob of about sixty masked men seized him from the jail, lynched him at Brick Yard Hill, and fired upon him. His body was removed after the crowd dispersed.
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Annapolis
Henry Davis
Henry Chambers
Calored
John Reid
Annnapolis
Ney
Small‘wood
Smallwood
Jie
Saylor
Crouze
Mardellus
Davis
Post Office Employees in Austria Strike Reported
Unclear OCR text describes Austrian post office employees striking over conventions and motives. Impossible to determine precise entities or dates from the fragment.
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Austria
Madden Urges New Postage Rates and Reforms
Washington reports Madden, third assistant postmaster general, urges 4 cent per pound on second class matter and a uniform 1 cent per four ounces for printed matter. Proposes better handling of newspapers and periodicals and allowing ordinary stamps as special delivery stamps. Also notes a postal commission found most adding machines satisfactory. House adjourns for holidays until Jan 3, 1907. Mitchell and Hughitt named to honorary roles by president.
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Madden
Washington
D. C
Erawini Co
Washington, D. C
Conduct of wife kills the husband in Routh Bend case
A chaotic fragment from a Routh Bend news item reports a wife’s conduct leading to her husband’s death. The text is garbled and offers few clear facts beyond the fatal incident and involvement of the wife.
Woolen Mills Form Trust in the South
Nashville Tenn Dec 22 A merger of leading southern woolen mills with 1 260 000 capitalization forms the American Textile Woolen company to consolidate regional woolen production and distribution.
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Woolen Mills Form Trust
Nashville, Tenn
South
American Textile Woolen Company
Skull Broken by Kappa Alpha Work in Francises Cal
Dec 22 in Francises California. Floyd Allen, a freshman at Molaralto College, lies in Berkeley with a fractured skull after hazing by members of Kappa Alpha.
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Francises
Cal
Kappa, Alpha
Floyd
Allen
Molaralto
California
Berkeley
Pittsburg Girl Weds Lord Ellenborough in London
Hermione Schenley of Pittsburg, daughter of the late E W H Schenley, married Lord Ellenborough, a retired royal navy commodore, in London. She wore a white velvet robe draped with old lace and a white velvet toque.
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London
Hermione
E. W. H. Schenley
Pittsburg
Lord Ellenborough
Royal Navy
Newspaper tips in Schmitz case untold trial
San Francisco December 22 a trial attempt sought to question several newspaper men about article sources related to the Schmita Ruet defendants. The questions were ruled out on state objections.
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San Francisco
Cal
Schmita-Ruet
Shaves in Sleep Wounds Man in Bed Incident
Muncie Indiana December 22 T Kirby Hein gahn a wealthy somnambulist severely wounded himself while shaving in his sleep He entered the bathroom got a razor and returned to bed drawing the blade across his throat in a self inflicted injury to sleep shave attempt.
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Muncie
Ind
T. Kirby Heingahn
Slum Address Postal Card Triggers Suit in Beattle
Nellie Ram sey Collins of Bellington sues Northern Express in superior court over a postal card that listed her address in a questionable district. She says the card caused her fiancé W B Collins to break their engagement for eight months, though they later married. She seeks damages for mental suffering claiming the agent’s act ruined her prospects.
Insurance reports to go to legislature in Des Moines
Des Moines reports two insurance reports to go to the legislature after a forenoon session. The commission agrees on main questions like deferred dividends and limiting company expenses but disagrees on details. Clarence Ladd of Witherville arrived and announced his candidacy for railroad commission stenographer.
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Des Moines
State Insurance Commission
Clarence. Ladd
Witherville
Railroad Commission
Clock He Stole Rang at Wrong Time
Kansas City Missouri December 22 Robert Phillips faces ten days in county jail after pleading guilty to stealing a clock from L Johnson. An arresting officer heard the clock ringing in Phillips pocket as he walked downtown prompting the arrest. The judge questioned why he did not fix the clock and Phillips joked he did not know the fool thing was loaded.
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Kansas City
Robert Phillips
Phillips
Miller
L. Johnson
Afty
Birds' refuge swept into sea by September hurricane
Officials of the Audubon society report Grand Cachere island in the gulf of Mexico, a 100 acre bird reserve and historic site, was washed away by last September's hurricane. F M Miller and four trappers explored the area and found Bremerton island submerged, while thousands of pelicans with broken wings lay dying.
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New Orleans
Audubon Society
Grand Cachere Island
Jone
Gulf of Mexico
Thomas, Taggart
Democratic National Committee
F. M. Miller
Bremerton Island
Widow Seeks $10,000 From Abrahams In Fatal Liquor Sale
A widow sues for ten thousand dollars claiming dangerous liquor caused a fatal incident. The case involves Abrahams and appears before the Supreme Court. Details are fragmented but indicate a civil action seeking damages after a deadly sale.
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Mane City
Oes i
Abrahams
Foraker Attacks President Over Negro Dismissals
Senator Foraker assails the President over Negro dismissals as Congress winds down its session. The Ithrjian Canal Commission releases its annual report on the closing day of the session, detailing findings and recommendations.
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Foraker
Ithrjian Canal Commission
Beer Halls Aid Welfare of Disabled Veterans
Washington officials report beer halls at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers generated profits totaling 165 154 dollars in the last year. Inspector General Colonel John L. Chamberlain says the halls greatly aid comfort health and general welfare of aging members whose pensions fund their drinking.
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Washington, D. C
National Home For
Netton
John L. Chamberlain
Foraker Defends Presidential Powers Over Army Discharges
Washington reports detailing Senator Foraker challenging the president's authority to discharge troops. He argued Congress holds power to regulate armies, set trials, and ensure court martial oversight, while the president commands the armed forces. Congress adjourned for holiday recess until January 3.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Foraker
Congress
Republic Co quits says its president
New York December 23 President Nichols of the Republic Oil Co testified at the Standard Oil ouster hearing that disclosures in Hadley’s Missouri proceedings ended the company’s usefulness. He said the company’s entire business outside Missouri had been turned over to Standard and Missouri portions would have been too, except for junctions blocking action.
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New York
Nichols
Republic Ol Company
Standard Oil
Hadley
Missouri
Republic
Standard
Fragmentary War Chronicle Describes Pvt Bers Dead Skull
Fragmentary OCR reports a casualty scene with aPrivate Bers hard and a fort setting. The text is garbled but notes unconscious soldiers and a shallow skull fragment described as paper thin in a chaotic battlefield context.
Famine in China Strikes Fifteen Million in North Blains
Washington reports from Iuatantsi prefecture confirm massive famine across North Bhiangs sa with Antong and Fountryi townships worst hit. Floods drown crops and reeds, forcing locals to wade waist to neck deep for miles. An urgent appeal for aid is issued as 15,090,000 people are listed as stricken.
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Washington
D. C
Iuatantsi
Bhiangssa
China
Antong
Fountryi
War on Ice Trust in New York Began
Albany N Y Dec 22 Attorney General Mayer filed in supreme court for dissolution of the American Tee company The summons and complaint were issued last night and sent to New York City for service The company had raised prices last summer from 1 20 to 5 and 6 per ton An ice delivery cost poorer customers 10 to 14 per ton by the time it reached them
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Albany N
Mayer
American Tee Company
Supreme Court
New York City
Jerce
Graft intimation found on dead man in St Louis
St Louis suspects graft in the elevated railway deal. Warren P McChesney 63, retired contractor, died after a fall in a store. Receipts dated November 1905 for 1000 and 500 from McChesney to Dr A H Ohmann-Dumesnil claim “preliminary expenses” for the bill to authorize the St Louis electric elevated railway. Dr Dumesnil says he wrote receipts but no money changed hands. He gave receipts to McChesney to prove expenditures for others. McChesney had been elected to the house of delegates but lost a contest shortly after.
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St. Lows
St. Louis
Warren P. McChesney
McChesney
A. H. ‘Ohmann-Dumesnil
A. H. Ohmann-Dumesnil
South St. Louis
Sager
la~ Barge
Dr. Dumesnil
E “McChesney
Governor commutes Albert Patrick sentence to life in prison
Albany December 22 Governor Higgins commuted Albert T Patrick murder verdict for William Marsh Rice to life imprisonment. The decision cited strong appellate judges opinions that the trial violated Patrick's rights, with no further explanation given.
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Albany
Higgins
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Saver
Court of Appeals
Oryors
Patrick
Hartje Divorce Case Delayed as Both Spouses Prostrate
Pittsburg Pa Dec 22 Both Hartje and his wife are prostrated. Hartje's divorce suit grounded on status grounds will not come up next spring. Criminal cases arising from the divorce will be tried within two weeks. An appeal in the divorce suit will be taken. Yom Madine Hartjes coach and co respondent says he will sue Hartje for 50000 damages for inability to secure a good family position due to Hartje's allegations.
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Pittsburg
Hartje
Mia
Madine
Hartj
Negro Women Denounce Roosevelt in Boston Protest
The Negro Women’s Suffrage League in Boston denounces President Roosevelt’s official reply to resolutions on dismissing Black soldiers. They call his language extraordinary, equate it to Nero, and accuse him of inciting race mob violence against 10,000,000 innocent citizens. They oppose courtmartial or unlawful punishment of Black soldiers and demand fair treatment.
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Boston
Maas
Negrati Women's Suffrage League
Thoraker
Nero
Duke of
Alya
Platesman
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Hitchcock
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