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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1905
Page
1
Albany reports a rapid, secretive Niagara power bill hearing aimed at aiding Lockport interests. The brief session featured opposition from Lockport officials and local figures, while lawmakers moved the measure toward passage despite calls for delay and concerns over local benefit.
Albany April 18 La Fetra backed by Murphy’s faction finally seeks favorable committee report on street cleaning and sprinkling powers for the City. A rival Prentice bill with similar aims advances after pressure from Woodbury and critics, with support from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals noted.
In New Haven Connecticut on April 18 Republican Mayor John P Studley captured a third term as the party won most city offices. Democrats retained only Controller Jonathan N Rowe and Tax Collector Francis G Anthony. Studley's large plurality over Democrat William Pardee was about 2 90.
Railroad promotional snippet notes a three day tour with departure April 24 inviting attendees to join agents for documentation and guidance on the trip. The fragment lists participating agents and organizers but lacks full context or concrete outcomes.
President Roosevelt killed a bear and a bobcat during a rugged Rocky Mountain hunt. Courier Elmer Chapman delivered the tale to Secretary Loeb from Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs after the President restricted press access. The secretary’s reaction showed admiration for the President as a hunter, while Chapman remained quiet until the end.
West Palm Beach Florida April 18 Joseph Jefferson remains critically ill as his condition worsens from a complication of diseases. Doctors say end could come at any moment though rallying days or weeks are possible. Family friends and staff gather at his bedside with Drs Potter and Worley in attendance as his aging health declines.
Secretary Shaw selects Robert Sheppard as his coachman after a Civil Service disagreement over a gravedigger candidate. A conference with Civil Service Commissioner Cooley led to the compromise, with Shaw noting Sheppard’s prior coaching roles and familiarity with Washington streets, while the commission acknowledged the need for an experienced driver beyond a standard examination.
An experimental radium solution by Hugo Lieber has been used at Flower Hospital to treat cancer with noted success. An 82 year old New Canaan woman with cancer in the instep improved after two weeks, with malignant tissue dropping away six days after initial treatment. A second patient with uterine cancer showed marked improvement, and a heel cancer is to be treated with the same method today.
Agents and general managers of the Equitable Life Assurance Society met at the Savoy and endorsed President Alexander and Gage E Tarbell urging continued fight for mutualization. A Brackett resolution to strip the Insurance Committee of his bill failed 86 to 7 after a sharp attack on the Equitable Society. Hyde renewed his charges of checks as profits against Alexander, who denied syndicate membership. H H Knowles, supervisor, says he was suspended for insubordination after resisting attempts to bar him from the meeting.
After two long sessions agents and general managers debated the Equitable strife and outlined five resolutions. The key proposal urges a legislative charter change to turn the company into a mutual concern with policyholders as directors. Other resolutions praise President Alexander and Tarbell, back Frick committee, note mutualization, and demand official recognition of the mutual structure.
A surface car collided with fire truck No 7 near 28th Street and 3rd Avenue while en route to 16th Street Irving Place. Two firemen, John Hurley and John Brennan, were taken to Bellevue Hospital unconscious after the crash. Passengers in the surface car were shocked. the fire in the Irving Place residence caused minor damage before firefighters arrived.
Miss Lillian Schnell a telephone operator from 252 West 134th Street triggered the fire response, fetched extinguishers, and manually operated the elevator to reach the third floor. She helped confined residents, calmed panicked tenants, revived fainted women, and later reassumed her switchboard duties after assisting Mrs Clarke.
Denver dispatch reports Sherman Bell former Colorado adjutant general weighs accepting Venezuela’s army commander post. He says a large salary and near total power tempt him, and promises decisive reform, recruiting up to a hundred top men to join. Bell notes potential conflict with Roosevelt and a possible clash with a U S army.
Kingston reports a gas buoy explosion aboard the government lighthouse tender Scout while men were filing. One man is dead, four injured with two likely to die. The blast caused a fire, shattered windows citywide, and wrecked the dry dock shed.
On Easter Monday April 2 the Pennsylvania Railroad will run a special train from Atlantic City to New York. The parlor car dining car and coaches will depart Atlantic City at 6 p m and stop at Trenton New Brunswick Elizabeth Newark.
The McClellan administration reports total salary increases of about 425000, with 325000 by March 1 and roughly 100000 since. Aldermen push frequent wage increases, aided by legislature funded police and tenement inspector hires, while city engineers are raised to retain skilled staff amid construction needs.
Toby the tiger cat belonging to Mrs. Joseph H. Tryon woke the sleeping family when smoke appeared in the house. The cat sat on Mr. Tryon's pillow and tickled his face until he woke, then led the family outside as flames spread from a kitchen door. The house was saved with little difficulty.
Achile Jackhard, a French automobile driver living at 122 East 6th Street and tied to the Havemeyer garage, was arrested in Central Park near 98th Street for speeding in a big touring car at eighteen miles an hour. Two young women were aboard the vehicle and asked for bail. Henry Havemeyer pledged bail, posting the residence at 1 East 11th Street as security.
Oakley S Barker grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt died suddenly of heart disease at the Hotel Carlton in Stamford Connecticut His wife Harold and child are aboard the steamer Kroonland since sailing from Dover Barker mother Catherine Vanderbilt ninth Commodore Vanderbilt daughter married Smith Barker later Gustave Lafitte Barker grew up with Commodore Vanderbilt educated at Williams College did not engage in active business and had lived in Stamford fifteen years He was about fifty years old and described as tranquil and enjoying life
The U S Supreme Court ruling declares New York bakery ten hour day and sixty hour week laws unconstitutional. Analysts like Laflin Kellogg say the decision aligns with state court trends and may affect many labor provisions nationwide. Alfred Steckler sees possible reargument given the narrow majority and dissenting opinions.
In Trenton the Supreme Court decision denying states power to set labor hours sparks reaction to New Jersey Senate Bill 1400 known as the Bakers Act. The bill limited workers to sixty hours weekly and ten hours daily in bakeries, aiming at sanitary rules, backed by Governor Stokes and Newark labor leader A. J. Golub among others.
At the Quill Club meeting in Hotel Manhattan Samuel Gompers AFL president urged bakers to strike to restore a ten hour workday after the Supreme Court ruled the law unconstitutional. He warned of national drift under long hours and linked local labor discontent to broader socialist currents. A. Cahan and Edward A. Moffett joined as speakers.
The Journeymen Beakers and Confectioners' International Union calls a meeting in Chicago next Saturday to decide on seeking a rehearing of the Supreme Court decision on the Bakers Ten Hour law. Leaders from AFL and ILGWU say the ruling may spur intensified workday reform and union wage scales, while skeptics warn of constitutional overreach and potential trouble for small employers clashing with ten hour proposals.
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