Labor rights clash with state police power in bakery hours ruling
The U S Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, held New York ten hour day and sixty hour week bakeries unconstitutional, asserting the right to contract liberty under the Fourteenth Amendment. Justice Peckham ruled the law interferes with private labor contracts. dissents argued health and welfare considerations. Albany report notes Lochner fined for allowing overtime and outlines broader implications.
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the Tribune Burfat
Washington
Justice Peckham
Supreme Court of the United State
New York State
Harlan
White
Day
Holmes
Congress
Gee
United States
New York
Albany
United States Supreme Court
Joseph Lochner
Utica
Lochner
Panama Railroad Company elects officers and reorganizes
The Panama Railroad Company held its annual meeting at No 21 State Street with Secretary of War William H Taft in attendance. A complete reorganization followed including election of directors and officers. Directors include Theodore P Shonts John F Wallace Charles E Magoon and others. Taft cast the sole stockholder vote as 68 800 of 70 000 shares were owned by the U S government. The report showed 1904 gross earnings of 3 267 859 62 and net earnings above outlay of 710 894 99. The board approved salary suspensions for officers and limited director fees for in person attendance. A plan to double track the isthmus road and upgrade equipment costing 1 250 000 was ratified. Taft noted end of Pacific Mail exclusive control and potential rate readjustments. He also discussed Philippine railroads and prospects for a forthcoming prospectus.
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Panama Railroad Company
State St
William H. Taft
United States
Canal Commission
Taft
Theodore P. Shonts
John F. Wallace
Charles E. Magoon
Mordecai T. Endicott
Peter C. Hains
B. M. Harrod
Oswald H. Ernst
William Nelson Cromwell
William Barclay Parsons
Clarence R. Edwards
Edward A. Drake
Sylvester Deming
Thomas H. Rossbottom
R. L. Walker
John Adams
H. G. Prescott
Theodore P. Shants
Panama Railroad
Shonts
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Panama
Mules for Panama Canal Purchase Planned in Louisiana
New Orleans reports on Panama Canal work showing bids being prepared for as many as 10 000 mules. J L Bristow, ex Assistant Postmaster General, will travel here next week to oversee purchases. Also note: Colon reports 400 West Indian contract laborers from Barbados arriving for Culebra district duties.
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THE
Tribune
New Orleans
Panama Canal
Louisiana
J. L. Bristow
Colon
Barbados
Culebra
Alleged Negro Quits Eastman College After Petition
C V Daniels, a 17 year old Eastman Business College student from St Thomas, withdrew from the main college after 14 Southern students petitioned President Gaines alleging he had negro blood. Gaines, born in Virginia, accompanied Daniels to New York and criticized the petitioners for narrow minded action. Daniels plans to return to St Thomas in mortification.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
C. V. Daniels
Eastman Business College
Gaines
New York
Virginia
Daniels
St. Thomas
Henry V Gaines
Eastman College
Co. C. Gaines
Rumors of Rainsford's Resignation Denied by Vestry
Vestrymen of St George's Protestant Episcopal Church led by Seth Low J Pierpont Morgan and others refute reports of Rev Dr W S Rainsford's imminent resignation. They note his health improving in Rome with Mrs Rainsford and a son and expect his return to lead the large parish on New York's East Side. The church, with free seats, serves both wealthy and Tenement residents, growing from fourteen families to about nineteen hundred under Dr Rainsford.
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St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Seth Low
J. Pierpont Morgan
R. Fulton Cutting
H. H. Pike
William Jay Schieffelin
William Foulke
J. Noble Stearns
W. S. Rainsford
J. W. Markoe
West
Tribune
Rainsford
Rome
St. George’s
Mrs. Rainsford
New York
Long Island
Fire horse crash saves boys at drugstore window
Fireman Bill Leonard steering Engine No 53 sent the gray horse Tom and the black mate through Boetzel's drugstore plate glass to save two paralzyed boys. Leonard and both horses escaped injuries. Tom later died. the team and horse vet were taken to care.
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Bill Leonard
Tom
Boetzel
Lexington-ave
106Th St
Leonard
Death by Own Action In Denver
Bodies of Herbert Gorham and William A. Fagen found in a Clarkson Street room in Denver. They apparently died from poison about five days earlier. Gorham hailed from a wealthy New York family. Fagen from a rich Philadelphia family. They had come to escape and return home, with relatives continuing to search.
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THE
Tribune
Denver
Herbert Gorham
William A. Fagen
Clarkson-st
New York
Fagen
Philadelphia
Ham
Serhae
Oust Inspectors Over Harlem Building Collapse
At least three and perhaps six inspectors will be dismissed from the Buildings Bureau for neglect of duty after Harlem building collapses. Superintendent Hopper condemned their inspection work as the Borough President Ahearn’s commission backed, and Tamany Hall discussions followed. The Master Builders Association urged action and proposed a special committee to aid in enacting licensing laws to prevent future collapses.
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Harlem
Buildings Bureau
Hopper
Ahearn
Messrs
Eidlitz
Brady
Just
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Mr. Murphy
Mr. Hopper
Borough
Master Builders’ Association
Thomas J. Brady
Otto M. Bjidlitz
Andrew J. Robinson
Luke A. Burke
Warren A. Conover
Brooklyn Superintendent orders seven families out of Williamsburg flat
Buildings Superintendent Collins forced seven families from 543 Flushing Ave Williamsburg after finding weak building foundations. Police, Captain Holihan and reserves arrested protesters as officials halted ongoing work with inspectors reporting three men found tearing a chimney foundation.
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Collins
Brooklyn
Flushing Ave
Williamsburg
Holihan
Clymer St. Station
Currey
Judges' Bill Now Law Referees for Life in County
Albany reports that the ex judges referee bill became law without the Governor's signature. It allows the Appellate Division to appoint seasoned 1st District Supreme Court justices as official referees for life with a county paid salary of 10 300 dollars, for referable cases at limited cost to parties.
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Elsberg
New York County
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
1St District
Gift From Tuskegee Boosts Baldwin Fund With $800
Jacob H. Schiff as treasurer received a check for 800 from Booker T. Washington School alumni teachers and students in Tuskegee Alabama. The gift reflects hard work sacrifice and pride in supporting uplifting work. Other notable donors include Cleveland H. Dodge James Speyer Frederic A Delano Arthur Curtiss James George Westinghouse Cornelius Vanderbilt Marshall Field and others.
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Jacob H. Schiff
William H. Baldwin
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
Cleveland H. Dodge
General William J. Palmer
James Speyer
Frederick A. Delano
Arthur Curtiss James
George Westinghouse
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Marshall Field
George W. Wingate
Edwin F. Atkins
Joseph PF. Keany
Mary L. Surrage
Six D Tour Via Pennsylvania Railroad to Point Comfort
A historical note outlines a trip route via the Pennsylvania Railroad to Point Comfort with references to Richmond Washington and other names in unclear sequence, indicating multiple stops or connections and a possible travel timetable.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Point Comfort
Richmond
Washington
Albany to Start Fresh Mortgage Tax Plan With New Bill
Albany April 17. A new mortgage tax bill will replace the existing one after a joint legislative resolution asks the Governor to return the current bill. Senators Raines and Malloy expect a revised measure exempting building and loan associations to be introduced and pushed to the Governor for signature.
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THE
Tribune
Albany
Raines and
Malloy
Higgins
Raines
Jefferson in declining condition at Palm Beach
Joseph Jefferson's health worsened as doctors reported him very low tonight. Family members were summoned by telegraph and the actor remained alive at midnight, with hope he may survive the night.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Joseph Jefferson
Jefferson
Porter
Automobile Hansom Rampage Injures Mrs. Coates in Broadway
Mrs. Alfred M. Coats sustained a severe scalp wound after a New York Transportation Company hansom driven by James Dorris ran wild from 11th to 19th streets on Broadway. A 15 year old errand boy and a woman were injured. Dorris was arrested.
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Alfred M. Coats
Providence
R. I
Broadway
Coats
Hall
Charles Hall
Strathmore
East 32d
11Th-St
17Th-St
18Th-St
19Th-St
Dorris
Mrs. Coats
Frankenstein
Joseph Strong
Auto Hits Brougham Injuring Mrs Goodwin in New York
An auto belonging to the New York Transportation Company collided with a brougham at Fifth Avenue and 39th Street. Mrs M Goodwin and her daughter were injured, with Mrs Goodwin suffering facial cuts. Driver Joseph Fitzsimmons faced careless driving charges but were dismissed as a civil suit remained possible.
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New-York Transportation Company
M. Goodwin
Tug o Seizes Colliers and Russian Fleet in Kamranh Bay
Saigon reports Japanese captured colliers off Cochin China. Russian warships anchor at Kamranh Bay taking provisions. Eridan sails with cargo for the squadron. Prince Cantacuzene and other sick sailors receive care aboard multiple ships. Admiral du Jonquieres rejoins Descartes.
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Saigon
Cochin China
Cape St. James
Here
Kamranh Bay
Eridan
Russians optimistic on battle outcome near Pescadores
St. Petersburg reports an admiral expressing confidence that Admiral Togo will not battle near the Pescadores. He argues Rojestvensky must advance to Vladivostok and may seek Kamranh Bay to coal, with no fixed stay length, and denies squadron division.
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St. Petersburg
Togo
Japan
Rojestvensky
Vladivostok
Tokio
Pescadores
Formosan
Tego
Kamranh Bay
Cape Padaran
Cochin-China
Firefighters Quarrel Leave Home Burned in South Orange
Rival crews from South Orange Village and Township argued over hydrant use delaying water supply as Byron R. Bacon’s home on South Prospect Street burned to the ground. Benjamin L. Jones alerted the village department. multiple hydrants failed, streams were feeble, and the blaze caused losses over 320,000 with the family away.
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Township Volunteer Fire Department
Bacons
Russian Fleet Sighted Near Anamese Coast
A Hong Kong dispatch reports part of the Russian fleet seen yesterday at Turan Bay about 250 miles north of Kamranh Bay. Turan Bay lies between latitudes 16 and 17 north. Haifong advices to a Paris newspaper say forty Russian vessels were recently sighted in that latitude steaming north.
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Anamese
London
Hong Kong
Turan Bay
Kamranh Bay
Haifong
Paris
Russians Reported in Kamranh Bay Amid French Neutrality
Tokyo reports the Russian squadron reached Kamranh Bay by April 12 and has occupied the port forty eight hours by April 1. France denies vessels in territorial waters off Madagascar and may face Japanese representations. Unclear if the fleet will depart for northward voyage.
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Tokio
Kamranh Bay
France
Madagascar
Japan
Dewey's Port Wine and Grape Juice Promoted
Dewey's Port Wine and Grape Juice praised for aiding the sick. Marketed by Mr. Dewey & Gong Co. located on Fulton Street in New York.
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DEWEY
Dewey & Gong Co
Fulton St
New York
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