Gross Cruelty Alleged at Auburn Prison in 1907 Report
Albany dispatch details Dr. Gerin accused of brutality in Auburn Prison. The Blakes urge a grand jury investigation and call for a new warden. The report cites inhumane water rations cells for sick prisoners and harsh treatment of women inmates, plus waste in commissary and mismanagement of the industrial department, with $435,492 invested in the prison.
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Gerin
Grand Jury
Pee Nesters
George W. Repubhemed
Ginve Dee
Cal Joseph F. Scott
Cave Penham
Res
Menhham
Prsons
Senate
Charles I. Rattan
Auburt
Scott
Rattigan
Einizer
Ted
H. Riley
Plattsburg
Seetr
Aqhatus
Cnuel
Istag
Ated
Denges 1
Blake
Mr. Blake
Frederick H. Mills
Erie Telegraphers face potential strike over wage boost
In Youngstown on April 27 telegraphers aboard the Erie Railroad and Susquehanna and Delaware Divisions weigh a 12 percent wage rise after telephones displaced operators. About 1300 telegraphers vote with a majority leaning toward striking if demands are unmet. Mahoning Division held a large meeting with J Newman urging wage parity with other lines as current Erie earnings average 53 dollars a month.
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New York Times
Youngstown
Erie
Susquehanna
Delaware
New York
Chicago
Mahoning
J. Newtoan
The
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Order
Newman
Wireless men's strike spreads from Seattle to Astoria
Wireless operators on steamers from Seattle walked for higher pay and shorter hours on Friday. The walkout extended to Astoria where several men refused to report for duty aboard ships or at the harbor station. The Wireless Operators' Union has organizers in New York New Orleans Boston and major Gulf and Atlantic ports.
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San Francisco
Seattle
Wash
Astoria
Ore
Wireless Operators’ Union
New York
New Orleans
Boston
Gulf and Atlantic
Atlantic
Gulf
Squirrel Attacks Home in Quiet New Jersey Morning
In West Orange New Jersey a gray squirrel leapt from a basket near a police sergeant’s wife causing a chase through the house. The sergeant tripped while pursuing the animal, cutting his throat but is now hospitalized. Shamrock the terrier pursued the squirre l as furniture and a jardiniere were knocked over. The jardiniere has a notable provenance from Gen Metletlan.
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New York Times
West Orange
N. J
Murphy
Razor
Shamrock
Edison
Europe
China
Metletlan
Littleton Laments Belgian Strikes and Universal Suffrage
Martin W. Littleton of New York told the Beacon Society in Boston that Belgian strikes toppled plural voting and universal suffrage will fail without widespread education. He argued Senate elections by the people destroy representative government and will yield a pro jetariat ruling class. He urged informing the average citizen that employment is his prime need.
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New York Times
Boston
Beacon Society
Martin W. Littleton
New York
Littleton
United States Senate
Senate
Hamilton
Attorney Joseph Conover shoots self after partner's death
In Asbury Park New Jersey on April 27 attorney Joseph S. Conover attempted suicide at his Second Avenue home firing three times and is hospitalized at Long Branch with poor chance of recovery. Overwork after partner Aaron E. Johnston’s death and a nervous breakdown led him to rush work, though he was to rest for a month and planned to leave town. Conover, 34, a New York Law School graduate, faced heavy duties from Johnston & Conover firm’s sudden loss.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Joseph S. Conover
Second Avenue
Long Branch Hospital
Aaron E. Johnston
Eason
Johnston
Fie
Conover
New York Law School
Seek Ideas in Albany Special in The New York Times
A group of Connecticut state officers and legislators depart Hartford by automobile for Albany to study future state government methods. Notable attendees include Lieut. Gov. Tinsier of Vernon Secretary of State Dunn of Windham Speaker Webster of Harwinton and Senators Miner Johnson McGrath with Representatives Koppel nacz Mead Mitchelson and Lamb Varntville. They aim to inspect modernizing practices and note antiquated rules still in force.
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New York Times
Hartford
Albany
New York Capitol
Jov. Tinsier
Vernon
Albert Phillips
Stamford
Tnion
Controfier Dunn
Windham
Webster
Harwinton
Miner
New London
Johnson
Montville
McGrath
Waterbury
Koppelnac
Martford
Mead
Greenwich
Mitchelson
Simsbury
Lamb
Varntville
City Urges Sheriff Reform and Jail Transfer Plan
A New York City report harshly criticizes the Sheriff office for waste and inefficiency and urges reforms. It recommends a fixed 12,000 dollar salary, all Sheriff fees to the city, and the abolition of the Ludlow Street Jail with transfer to the Sinking Fund Commission. The study details high deputy costs, irregular jail staffing, and excessive inmate care expenses amid revenue gaps with federal prisoners.
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Sheriff's Office
Commissioners of Accounts
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Harry M Rice
Gaynor
Harburger
Shea
Sinking Fund Commission
City of
New York
New York County
Ludlow Street
Reye
Iudion Street
United States Marshals
National Guard
United States
Board of Estimate
Secret of Rudolph of Austria Death Revealed
Countess Marie Larisch's memoirs recount the events leading to the Crown Prince's tragedy and offer court gossip from Austria and Bavaria as featured in next Sunday's Times.
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Rudolph of Austria
Marie Larisch
Austria
Bavaria
Car crash kills chauffeur in Greenhut car at Springfield
James Cramond, chauffeur, is killed when the Greenhut machine veers and strikes a telephone pole near Springfield L I. Thomas Conroy, a mechanic, survives with severe injuries and head fractures. The car, owned by Nelson W. Greenhut, was testing at about 50 mph before the crash.
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Jamaica Hospital
Nelson W. Greenhut
Sixth Avenue
Springfield
L. I
James Cramond
Thomas Conroy
Conroy
Cramond
East 107Th Street
New York
Greenhut
Charles Stevens
Merrick Road
Craimond
Stevens
Mr. Stevens
Finnegan
Jamaica
Greenhut-Siegel- Cooper
J. B. Greenhut
Greenhut-Siegel- Cooper Company
Chauffeur thrown from auto in Brooklyn trolley crash
An Irving Strauss auto rear-ended an eastbound Bergen Street trolley at Bedford and Bergen in Brooklyn. Driver escaped notice, and chauffeur Carl Gunnison, 1113 Eighth Avenue, was thrown, suffering a deep scalp wound. ambulance staff treated him at the scene.
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Irving Strauss
Tenth Avenue
Brooklyn
Bergen Street
Bedford Avenue
Carl Gunnison
Eighth Avenue
Strauss
Union League
Grand Avenue
Gunnison
Dike Break Floods Lower Tensas Concordia Parishes
A Mississippi River levee breach at Lake St John north of Ferriday Louisiana released floodwaters over farming lands in lower Tensas and Concordia parishes. About 20,000 people are expected to be displaced across 900 square miles, with property damage in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Natchez
Miss
Mississippi
Upper
Louisiana
Lake St. John
Ferriday
Lower Tensas
Concordia Parishes
Vicksburg
Lions Roar At Opera In Milwaukee Report
Spectal to The New York Times says during Haense and Gretel in Milwaukee the Chicago Grand Opera Company performance was interrupted by loud roars from a circus practicing in the City Auditorium basement. Lions tigers and elephants protested the music, startling the conductor and audience.
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Spectal
New York Times
Milwaukee
Haense
Gretel
Chicago Grand Opera Company
City Auditorium
Love Letter Induces Embezzlement Trap Case
Samuel Kalisch of 210 West Eleventh Street, arrested in New York last December and extradited to San Francisco, faces embezzlement charges after a false arrest and mistaken identity. A forged love letter campaign led to his detention before Miss Lydia Anna McCarty identified the real target and the error was uncovered. Kalisch has filed a $100,000 suit for false arrest against San Francisco authorities.
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Samuel Kalisch
West Eleventh Street
San Francisco
Abraham Sarasohn
Broadway
Kalisch
Anna
Chicago
New York
Frank Campbell
Sixteenth
Lydia Anna McCarty
Folsom Street
Jefferson Market Court
Sarasohn
Sarasoin
Supreme Court
Seabury
McCall
Public Service Commission
United States
William Minahan
Miss McCarty
Confessed killer in 1906 Brownsville riot linked to 1911 Winston-Salem crime
Ernest Dye, a Black man in Sharon Pennsylvania, confesses to police that he shot Private Lightfoot in Brownsville Texas during the 1906 riots and killed a man in Winston-Salem in 1911. He was arrested after attempting to drink poison at the police station. He says an associate named Green is being held for Lightfoot’s murder. War Department and North Carolina authorities have been informed.
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Green
Lightfoot
Brownsville
War Department
North Carolina
Representative Bathrick recounts near miss from twelve inch shot
On board the Dolphin during target practice, Representative Bathrick of Ohio and eight others heard the firing signal and watched a twelve inch shot from the monitor Tallahassee strike water. Bathrick described the roar and buzzing sound. A spray column rose about 100 feet, showering several men as they took cover.
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New York Times
Washington
Bathrick
Ohio
Dolphin
Tnru
Oscar H Co to New York Passage East of Hook at 6 40 P M
The note records Oscar H Co bound for New York sailing two miles east of the Hook at 6 40 P M on the 20th SA Scandinavian American Line. An advertisement touts a tonic named Angostura as a famed remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar H
New York
Y Hook
Austro Hungarian Moves Against Scutari Reported
Berlin reports suggest Austria-Hungary preparing for separate action to eject King Nicholas from Scutari as ambassadors meet. Russia urges restraint while Essad Bey proclaims himself King of Albania with 30,000 troops marching on Tirana and Djavid Pasha named War Minister.
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New York
Timera
London
Austria
Scutari
Berlin
Cettinje
Nicholas of
Montenegro
Russia
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
London Times
Austria- Hungary
Count Berchtold
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Nicholas
Europe
Essad Bey
Albania
Tirana
Macedonia
Djavid Pasha
Djavid
Essad
Daily Mail
Belgrade
Austrian Fleet Moves as War Clouds Gather
An Austrian naval division with 10,000 troops reportedly sailed from Trieste to seize Antivari Dulcigno and San Giovanni di Medua and push toward Cetinje. Berlin reports quote the Strassberger Post on a telegram claiming Monte Negro entry, with officials wary as London talks on a draconian Montenegro evacuation policy loom. The Vienna diary cites Emperor Francis Joseph railing against pressure to war amid peace hopes.
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London
Trieste
Antivari
Dulcigno
San Giovanni di Medua
Cettinje
Berlin
Strassberger Post
Montenegro
Austria
Scutari
Vienna
Daily Mail
Francis Joseph
Europe
Powers
Cattinse
Borden and daughter Ramona found after sensational search
Gail Borden and his daughter Ramona, who was restored to him in Medford near Boston after a days long search, are recuperating. He speaks of keeping quiet and worries about Ramona’s possible nervous breakdown while noting he will not prosecute or cause trouble.
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Boston
Mass
Gail Borden
Ramona
Medford
Mr. Borden
Barracks Fire Claims Five At Presidio
A fire at the West cantonment of the Presidio in San Francisco destroyed two frame barracks housing non commissioned officers of the Sixth Infantry and their families. Five people died two women and three children aged 5 7 and 9. Sergeant Schall and his family were trapped as flames spread from an explosion of gasoline in one barracks. The sentry alerted three families but Schall’s quarters were consumed before rescue. He was later taken to hospital under guard.
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San Francisco
Cal
Sixth Infantry
Presidio
Schall
West Cantonment
Burglary at W Goadby Loew's Wheatly Hills Home
A burglar raided W Goadby Loew’s Wheatly Hills residence in Hempstead L I early today. He woke 16 year old Margaret Loew, escaped after jumping 12 feet from an open window, taking about 800 dollars in cash and jewelry. Authorities suspect an insider presence due to guard dogs.
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New York Times
Hempstead
L. I
W. Goadby Loew
Wheatly Hills
Margaret Loew
Mr. Loew
Wreck of Green Mountain Flyer Injures Six Near Middlebury
Six passengers were badly hurt when the Rutland Railroad Green Mountain flyer derailed at about 6 pm near Beldens four miles north of Middlebury. Two Pullman cars and several coaches left the rails. cause unknown. Injured include Miss Clara Munger New York City S Bresley Burlington Charles Williams New York City Mrs George Henderson Montclair and Miss E Derrick St Albans all taken to Burlington hospitals.
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Rutland
Beldens
Middlebury
Clara Munger
New York City
S. Bresley
Burlington
Charles M. Williams
George R. Henderson
Montclair
N. J
E. Derrick
St. Albans
Remnant sale at Powers Theatre draws crowds and sells out
Chicago, April 27. Powers Theatre held a remnant sale for The Money Moon. At 7:30 p.m. hundreds queued as unsold tickets were offered at 30 cents each. all 417 remaining seats sold. Harry Powers calls remnant tickets the solution, planning nightly 30 cent sales after 9 in future. scalpers barred.
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Chicago
Power's
Harry Powers
No Check on Bryan in Land Bill Talks
Sacramento April 27 report on a conference of Progressive leaders in Gov Johnson's office. They agreed not to decide the method of conferences with Secretary Bryan until his arrival and wishes are known. Discussion centers on alien land bills with Bryan possibly presenting the federal view and potential protests over treaty issues.
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Sacramento
Gov. Johnson
Bryan
Wilson
United States
Johnson
Senator Thompson
Thompson
California
Roosevelt
Taft
Panama Canal
Japan
Panama
Col. Rooosevelt
Jorgun
Letach’ Deasmak
Thanking Bryan for Wireless Banquet in Utah
Utah members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union informed Secretary Bryan that his diplomacy was their aim at the event. Mrs. E. Kerd and a state delegation met the state organization at the railway station and presented their views.
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Bryan
Ogden
Utah
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Co Ve
E. Kerd
Steriaetieae
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Squirrel
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Tinea
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TIMES
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Lions Roar AT Opera
Elephants and Tigers
Cyprus
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Negro
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