Asylum Committee Reveals Brutal Methods at St Elizabeth
A Medico-Legal Society committee reports on the Government Hospital for the Insane in Washington's St Elizabeth, detailing use of strait jackets, feed tubes, toweling, and other restraints. It calls for reform, notes superintendent overburdened by administration, and mentions possible grand jury inquiry and action to be presented to the President.
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Charles M. Emmons
Richwrd B Eyans
M’‘col4ural Society
Elizabeth's Insane Asylum
Iis
St. Igabeth’s
Interior Department
Medico-Legal Society of
District of Columbia
Columbia
Ont Cour
Wiliam A. White
Government Hospital
Jumbia
St. Blaabeth
St. Elizabeth
St. Elzabeth
Government Hospital For the
St Elizabeth
Medico-Legal Society
Supreme Court of the District of
Insane asylum abuses prompt Medico-Legal Society proposals
A committee documents brutal practices at St Elizabeth including strait jackets feeding tubes and wet towel wringing. It urges action to transfer criminal insane, appoint expert directors, audit costs, establish separate care for inebriety, and set strict patient rights and cost caps.
Four Die in Giant Powder Explosion at Parish Coal Mine
A massive blast at the Buttenwood mine near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, killed four workers. WILLIAM MENTS, JOHN TAYLOR WILLIAMS, OWEN D. ANTHONY, and ANTHONY SHULRUN were in a timber man’s shanty where giant powder was stored. Three died instantly. Shulrun died hours later at City Hospital with severe injuries.
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Wilkesbarre
Buttenwoood
Parish Coal Company
William Ments
John Taylor Williams
Owen D. Anthony
Anthony Shulrun
Severe earthquake shocks hit Kingstown and surrounding areas
A powerful quake at 1:40 pm shook Kingstown St Vincent with walls cracking and people fleeing. Minor damage reported in Georgetown and other locales, a small landslide at the Cedars Windward district and a broken cable delaying overseas messages. Nearby ports note tremors and Mont Pelee activity observed by the US cruiser Denver. Various auctions and sales are advertised in Sloans, Bee catalogue, and Karr sale listings in Washington.
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Kingstown
St. Vincent
British West Indies
Georgetown
Cedars
Windward
St. Lucia
United States
Castries
Denver
J. C. Colwell
Martinique
Mont Pelee
Bridgetown
Barbados
Senate Divide Over Review Provision in Hepburn Bill
A Senate poll shows 38 in favor of a court review provision and 33 against with 17 in doubt amid a pause on railroad rate legislation. Democrats may unite to oppose suspending decisions pending appeal, while President Roosevelt leans toward explicit court review. The fight centers on whether courts can suspend rate decisions during appeals.
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Dickinson
Senate
Committee On Interstate Commerce
House
Washington
Committee
Knox
Fle Pefars
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Mr. Jinox
Mel Elkins
Aldrich
J.orakey
Kean
Crane
Messrs. Effins
Foraker
Congress
Messrs, Aster
Martin
McEnery
Morgan
Pettus
Delaware
Burton
Sansas
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hungarians Risk Parliament Dissolution and Armed Resistance
Budapest readers learn that the Hungarian coalition vows to resist royal moves toward constitutional curtailment. Parliament may be dissolved by the crown, possibly by force, as Romanian troops are reported in Budapest. Both sides claim right and aim for success amid a tense political clash. A separate notice reports a $6 million merger of Davenport and Rock Island interurbans and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Fakl
Hungary
New Supply of Sunday Posts
The Post regrets that unprecedented demand for The Sunday Post yesterday exhausted the large edition. Copies were at a premium before 10 a.m. Thousands have ordered an extra edition. An ample supply will be ready this morning, not including Mrs. Longworth’s portrait or the comic section. Portrait copies of Mrs. Longworth have been ordered and will be distributed Wednesday morning.
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the Post
Sunday Post
Roosevelt- Longworth
Mrs. Longworth
McCall Dies After Mental Strain From Fowler Report
John A. McCall former president of New York Life died at 5:35 pm in Lakewood New Jersey after a period of ill health and a reported breakdown tied to the Fowler committee findings. He lingered in a coma after rallying briefly, surrounded by seven children and his wife Mrs McCall who collapsed from the vigil. His death followed a career ending illness and financial strains connected to matters in the New York Life legislative bureau and a demand for fuller accounting.
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Fowler
New York
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
O'Cloek
Laurel House
Lakewood
N. J
Mr. McCall
John C. McCall
McCall
Losis
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Legislative Committee
New York Life
Long Branch
Andrew Hamilton
Hamilton
Legislative Bureau
Albany
N. Y
Gander Bay
Young McCall
Canton Avenue
North
Pearl Street
Live Oaks
Connecticut Life Insurance Company
Actuarial Department
State Insurance Department
George W. Miller
Southern
Palm
Florida
Aiken
Augusta
Washington
L. S. Brown
G. A. Southern Railway
15Th St
Six Blocks Burned in Rutland Fire
Six large blocks in Rutland Vermont housing nearly twenty firms and tenants were destroyed by a morning blaze. Loss estimated at 740000 with two thirds insured. Fire spread beyond the local department requiring White Hall and other aid. Heaviest losses include Wilson and Ripley estate buildings Meade drug and tobacco Abraham clothing Baker buildings Tuttle Company buildings printers Crampton Cash Store block and stock.
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Rutland
White Hall
Wilsan
The
Tuttle Company
Crampton Combination
Combination Cash Store Company
All Safe in China Bishop Bashford Reports
A reassured cable from Bishop Bashford in Shanghai says all Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society workers in China are safe and no danger is apparent. Other messages from North Central West and South China missions similarly report no disturbance, with warnings that China remains transitional and prudence is advised for missionaries.
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London
Reuter
Shanghai
United States
China
New York
Lienchow
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Bishord Bashford
Tientsin
North China
Nanking
Central China
Chungking
West China
Foochow
Noochow and
Hinghau
Frigey
Bashforg
Central China Mission
Yangtse
Foochew
Hinghan
Bashford
Hinghay
Missonary
Missionary Society
Arthur Smith
Societes
Bissford
Railway Collision Kills Conductor and Brakeman in Asheville
At 4 o clock this afternoon a collision between a passenger train section bound for Asheville and a light engine between Swannanoa and Black Mountain injured several, with Conductor Hough and Brakeman Simpson killed and Engineers Keever and Reache plus two firemen seriously hurt. No passengers were seriously injured. A wrecking train was sent to clear the scene. Auction items listed from the Karr retiring sale include fine plate silverware watches and bronzes.
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Asheville
M. C
Hough
Simpson
Keever
Reache
Southern Railway
Swannanoa
Black Mountain
Murder plot tied to Western Federation leaders in Idaho
Special report from Denver details the arrest of Charles Moy Haywood and six others of the Western Federation of Miners for alleged accessories in the murder of former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg. Messages describe confessions, significance for Cripple Creek violence, and secret extradition steps to Boise.
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Idaho
Washington Post
Denver
Colo
Charles H. Moyet
William D. Haywood
Western Federation
C. H. Pettibone
Frank M. Steunenberg
Union Pacific Railroad
Boise
Steunenberg
Ninery
Western Federation of Miners
Coeur d'Alene
Martin Walley
Julian
Cripple Creek
Independence
Steusnenberg
Harry Orchard
Federation
Dynamiters’ Club
State Supreme Court of Colorado
Haywood
Moyer
Peabody
Adjt
Bell
McDonald
Wais
Mills
Idaho Penitentiary
Colorado National Guard
Adjt Wells
Wells
Higher Wages Granted By New Haven Railroad
New wage and working agreement reached for conductors and trainmen of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad provides general wage increases. Negotiations spanned ten days in New Haven with officials from the road and the unions, including the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The agreement will be drawn up and signed later this week.
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N. Y
FH Co
The
Washington Post
Boston
New York
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railroad
New Haven
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Sloana
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Bee
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Burrows
Carter
Depew
Dillingham
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Elkins
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Hopkins
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Patterson
Rayner
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Stone
Roumania
Towa-Illinois Traction
Davenport
Iowa
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Rock Island
Moline
Til
Watertown
Joan A.M
New York Life Company
Ghina
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Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society
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Miners’ Federation
Deadwood
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Dept. of Union Trust Co
Ind
Bps
Unds
Meommmenius
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