30 Jan 1905
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1905
Page
1
Tribune reporters find reduced on duty police by the three platoon system and widespread patrolmen failing duties under current administration. Crime surges as only 4 564 patrolmen are on duty while 2 778 are off or detailed to other tasks. Commissioner McAdoo calls for purging corrupt elements and cleaning the force.
A Tribune report analyzes rising city crime in New York, questioning patrol manpower and the three platoon system. It argues both factors contribute and urges a purge of the force to restore public safety, citing midnight patrol gaps and widespread robberies, holds up, and assaults across districts with a calendar of January crimes.
In a Russian Turkish bath at Nos 21-23 Hester street two teen tailors Abraham Pasternak and Peter Roos suffocated after losing the door in dense steam. Attendants and owner Abraham Stern faced police scrutiny as Deputy Coroner Weston found no violence.
Olaf Haga tells how the Texas dredge crew faced a decisive gale and a long drift after the vessel foundered two weeks after leaving Danzig. They endured freezing seas, limited rations, a leaking ship, and the scattering of lifeboats before rescue by the Mercedes and transfer to the Zenos.
Warsaw and London dispatches describe escalating strike violence with wholesale pil lage, looting of shops and state vodka outlets, widespread closures, and heavy police actions. British consular officials are targeted while hussars run amuck. casualties and arrests mount as authorities seek to quell riots across Russian Poland.
The report outlines rising unrest with 100,000 workers striking in Lodz, threats of wider action in Odessa and southern Russian cities, and growing terror fears. It notes censorship chief Swereff may resign, Gopon’s escape, arrests, and Grand Duke Sergius’s influence over policy, including the removal of an elected zemstvo council plan and shifts in Moscow governance.
Pittsburg dispatch reports Lawrence Phipps and former wife Genevieve Chandler Phipps plan to remarry within six weeks. Refurnished home begins anew, marriage likely outside Colorado due to state law. Phipps abroad, reconciliation urged by Henry Phipps for the sake of their children. Mrs Phipps allegedly borrowed 83000 from Hart McKee to finance divorce efforts and will be repaid by Phipps.
New Brunswick N J January 29 Special Miss Geneva Nivison who led the Sweetmans post office in Monmouth County for six years has stepped down at her request. Johnson Applegate replaces her as postmaster. Nivison began in April 1901 and her salary last year was 14.91 dollars, down from 25 dollars the first year. The office income fell after a rural free delivery route from Englishtown reduced mail receipts by roughly half.
Train schedule notes arrival in Cleveland at 7 13 a m with Cincinnati at 1 30 p m and Indianapolis at 8 09 p m from New York Central service. Fares listed as 45 p m. unclear phrasing follows rail line designation.
The Delaware and Hudson offers a prize of ten dollars for the best design and a second prize of six dollars for suitable store or detailed Sirevlar address J. W. Bur tek, G. P. A., Albany, N. Y. Advt.
Turbulent scenes unfold in Warsaw with widespread wrecking of shops and several storehouses set ablaze as striking workers riot. Troops fired on mobs, yielding casualties, while unrest spreads across Russia with reports from Odessa and other cities.
A Daily Graphic dispatch from Sebastopol describes a heavy situation with the government investing the naval forces to address the gravity of the circumstances.
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