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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1908
Page
5
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The article argues that Washington leaders aim to push a flawed currency reform by tacking Aldrich bond currency and Vreeland Clearing House plans into a single bill. It condemns a $23 million pork provision and warns such hybrid measures will kill true reform, urging patience for genuine financial reform rather than rushed, political maneuvering.
Analysis argues that the Democratic Party, though weakened by years of illness, shows vitality as states adjust to Bryan’s lead. It notes Alabama and Florida shifts, delegates instructed for Bryan across several states, and the need for a competent leader to unite anti Bryan factions. The piece cites Tilden as a model for effective leadership to avert Bryan’s nomination.
The article cites major fires including Collinwood and Chelsea to illustrate how fire traps in workplaces hotels and theaters cause loss of life. It notes widespread neglect of safe occupancy standards and defective building groupings raising annual fire related waste and wealth destruction across nations before 1908.
Mr. Evans of Philadelphia argues for a national building code and public inspections to curb fire losses. He notes Napoleonic Code protections and suggests federal standards adopted by states and cities, with industry groups backing rational reform to lower insurance rates. Public executions are condemned as harmful and ineffective as deterrents.
A Pennsylvania sheriff publicly hanged a miner murderer, presenting the act as an object lesson. The event underscores harsh crime control in coal region communities and authorities’ tough stance on violence.
A editorial column argues that public morals slip when affluent elites ignore social duties. It singles out a prominent rich family linked to divorce law debates as emblematic, warning that wealth carries responsibility to uphold the public order.
Six years after the Havana martyrdom of LazEar and Carrotai, American Army doctors who exposed themselves to Stegomytia stings helped trace yellow jack. The Merchants' Association won Congress annuities for their widows, highlighting how sanitary advances by FINLEY and REED of the Army Medical Corps curtailed yellow fever. The piece honors vivisection and its role in modern medicine.
The piece argues that if The Beaver Herald's editor Fred Tracy were sole editor he would be innocent until a court finds him guilty of the alleged Post Office robbery with dynamite. It notes editors face numerous temptations and potential missteps within their profession.
The argument contrasts burglars and editors, labeling burglary as a poor fit for journalism. It questions Mr. Tracy's motives and role, noting his political activity and committee work. The piece hints at a grand jury investigation and defends the professional honor of journalists despite the suspect’s portrayal.
The article argues US manufactured automobiles rise in value and export dominance while imports decline. It notes US output jumped from 16 million to over 103 million dollars in five years, with exports surpassing imports last year, and highlights ongoing costs and consumer decisions in choosing cars. It also compares American and European buyer behavior and price sensitivity.
A captain warns that the Gulf Stream might shift toward shore and make New York a tropical foggy city, but experts affirm that ocean currents are stable overall and average positions do not indicate such a change. The article argues currents are driven by Earth’s rotation, temperature gradients, and continental shapes, keeping New York’s climate safe for years.
Dr. L R G Crandon of Boston urges that sickness is leaving fashion and a civilized society will not tolerate it. Yet hospitals remain full of preventable diseases and ignorance shows in contagious illnesses among children and pneumonia deaths. The writer notes growing public education as a hopeful sign. May 25, 1908. Brooklyn.
A letter from Norburne Barnard in New York explains how hens steal eggs by pushing or lifting them between nests. He warns that without boarded nests hens will raid and cover many eggs, as one hen seeks all she can obtain despite normal clutch sizes.
Resident complaints allege lack of drinking water for children at Bronx Animal Park with only 10 cent soda water sold for the wealthy. Mrs Amanda from New York writes on May 25, 1908, criticizing policy and access.
Hugo Reisinger agreed to lead next December’s German Art Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The show will fill seven halls and focus on modern German art with works by Broecklin Menzel Leibl Lenbach and other masters, plus notable American pieces in Reisinger’s collection. The project involves Berlin Berlin museum directors and German officials and aims to display German art as never before.
In Boston on May 26 President Charles S. Mellen accepted service for all defendants in the U S equity suit to separate the New Haven Company from trolley lines and its Boston & Maine stock. Lucius Tuttle expected to accept service next day. Massachusetts printing order on state court decision headed for the House. In New Haven rumors of a possible union between Delaware & Hudson and the New Haven Company surface amid large unissued shares.
A reader asks why wealthy families like the Vanderbilts appear to secure rapid divorce rulings while average people face delays of a year or more. The letter, datelined New York, May 26, 1998, suggests concern over access to swift court action and perceived inequality in docket handling.
A short poem celebrates springtime growth and renewal. The speaker notes joy in budding trees, infant blooms, birdsong, and rose petals. The tone is tranquil and celebratory, with imagery of nature waking after winter.
The College Women’s Club hosted a season finale concert with Lordtte Mission boys in simple Roman tunics. Performers wore pink green white and brown garments and included solos and choruses. Attendees included club officers and guests such as Evelyn Baldwin and Anthony Euer.
Robert Underwood Johnson notes a May 22 proposal to exempt foreign language books from the U S printing requirement. He argues the change benefits printers with little risk to authors and cites limited foreign works produced under the act in seventeen years.
Levi P. Morton’s former residence site at the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street is leased to Walter J. Salomon for 47 years. Broker Charles D. Halsey arranged the deal for the Seymour Building, a five story structure with 27.5 feet on Fifth Avenue and 123 feet on Forty-second Street. Salomon promises to develop the property and expects nearby towers to rise, improving the neighborhood.
Representatives of the Harlem Property Owners Association the YMCA and allied groups protested to Commissioner Corrigan against the proposed Summer garden project in the block between 110th and Elith Streets and Fifth and Lenox Avenues. Dr Jacob Thorne president of the Law and Order League cited pupil truancy from Public School 1 Lenox Avenue and 11th Street while the amusement company produced affidavits from about 100 local property owners in support.
The Cunard liner Mauretania sails from Liverpool four days late due to propeller repairs and will bypass Queenstown to arrive in New York Monday night. She will stay only two days, then sail to Liverpool on Thursday. Cargo operations plan 6000 tons of coal loaded between Tuesday and Wednesday.
After the 25th anniversary of Rev. Luke J. Evers’s ordination at St. Andrew’s Church in Duane Street, he received gifts totaling several thousand dollars. Parishioners gave $1084 in a purse, a $1000 check from a Jewish donor, and two $1000 checks from non-Catholics praising the early morning mass for night workers.
Dr. Thomas Hunter, President Emeritus of the Normal College, has sent to the Trustees a $1,000 railroad bond with income of $40 yearly to be awarded as a prize for the student with the best attendance across all classes in the session.
The Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Protestant bodies elected four bishops each during a conference in Baltimore. New appointees include Wilson S. Lewis of Morningside College Sioux City Iowa Edwin H. Hughes of DePauw University Greencastle Indiana Robert McIntyre of Los Angeles California and Frank M Bristol of Washington DC. The proceedings also featured debate on a resolution asking for an opinion on the constitutionality of a paragraph banning amusements.
Kansas City May 26 The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America considered every field of home missionary work including laboring men immigrants and Indians A debt was reported by the Home Mission Board for the first time in ten years amounting to over 347000 due to absorbing Cumberland Branch The year saw about 26000 more gifts from churches and individuals for home missions An effort to keep Jewish evangelism with the Department of Immigration failed as the assembly adopted the plan after strong advocacy by Charles Sielze referencing his ties to New Yorks Jewish quarter and his intended actions for the race.
Justice John B. McKean of the Special Sessions is dangerously ill at his home 183% Est Fighty-third Street. He is 63 years old and has shown gradual decline with doctors in attendance for eight days. Last night reports indicated improved condition and restful sleep.
City officials approve a 4,007,075 dollar appropriation for new school buildings. Aldermen endorse the plan after receiving official notice from Corporation Counsel Pendleton. A parade for the Gov Clinton reception is planned from the Battery to City Hall. Park bonds of 2100.0 were issued to restore grass plots along upper Broadway damaged by subway construction.
On the petition of William Hepburn Russell and Charles B. Rushmore receivers for Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company Judge Ward of the U.S. Circuit Court approved paying 164.4 to John W Hinsdale for legal services in the receivership litigation in North Carolina State courts. The receivers note North Carolina has long been a litigant ground against the company and state courts have often ruled against it.
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