Report on care of the insane exposes harsh at Elizabeths
A Medico-Legal Society committee揭 reports serious abuses at St Elizabeths Insane Asylum in Washington. It details use of strait-jackets, toweling, feeding tubes, and wagging disciplinary methods. compares humane care in some states with harsh practices at the District hospital. calls for legislative action and a grand jury inquiry, with a copy 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
Insane Asylum Abuses and Reform Proposals Discussed
A medical committee highlights alleged abuses at St Elizabeth Hospital including strait jackets, feeding tubes, and rough disciplinary methods. It urges Medico Legal Society action to transfer criminal insane elsewhere, ensure expert treatment, and implement independent inspections, budget safeguards, and new facilities for inebriety, feeble minded care, and veterans.
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St. Elizabeth
Medico-Legal Society
Supreme Court of the District of
District of Columbia
Four Men Die In Powder Explosion At Parish Coal Mine
A boiler explosion in a timber man’s shanty at the Buttenwood mine near Wilkes-Barre, Parish Coal Co, killed four men. Ments, Williams, Anthony, and Shulrun were in the shanty when the powder ignited, three died instantly and one 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 rattle Caribbean islands
Severe and protracted shocks were felt in Kingstown and Castries with roofs rattled and walls cracked. A landslide occurred at the Cedars Windward district as the cable to St Lucia failed. Reports from Bridgetown note a minor quake and a ship report from Mont Pelee activity as the Nathan sale in Washington previews mahogany furniture and jewelry auctions at Sloan's and Karr’s on F Street NW.
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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
Nathan
Sloana
Sloan's
Washington
Johnston Cinss
Bee
Poll of Senators review stalls rail rate reform battle
A Senate split on railway rate legislation stalls action as a review provision eyed for court suspension of commission decisions prompts a clash between rail interests and reform advocates. Republicans back a court review while many Democrats lean cautious, creating a likelihood of party discipline shaping the Hepburn bill’s fate.
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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 Face Parliament Dissolution and Possible Armed Resistance
Budapest reports a tense standoff as the parliamentary coalition vows to resist royal prerogative, with fears of dissolution by force. Romanian troops have arrived, and both sides claim legitimacy. The outcome could force new elections or trigger absolutist governance if the crown acts decisively. The article also notes a Davenport Iow a merger involving TWA and regional utilities valued around 6 million dollars.
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Budapest
Fakl
Hungary
New Supply of Sunday Posts Due to Demand
The Sunday Post reports unprecedented demand for yesterday's issue with the Roosevelt Longworth wedding coverage exhausted its edition. Thousands ordered an extra edition, with copies including the wedding news now being prepared and portrait shortages addressed for distribution later.
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the Post
Sunday Post
Roosevelt- Longworth
Mrs. Longworth
John A Mccall Dies After Strain Over Life Agency
John A McCall, former president of New York Life Insurance, died at 5:35 p.m. in Lakewood New Jersey after a monthslong health collapse tied to his resignation and a harsh Fowler committee report. He faced a mental effort to recover, with seven children at his bedside, and his wife collapsed from the vigil. The death followed a liver enlargement and a public life spent in insurance leadership and controversy over the legislative bureau run by Andrew Hamilton.
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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
Lve
Albany
N. Y
Gander Bay
Young McCall
Canton Avenue
North Pearl Street
Live Oaks
Albany State Currency Assorting
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's business district housing nearly twenty firms were destroyed by a morning fire. Losses total about 740000 with two thirds covered by insurance. Helpers from White Hall and other towns aided local firemen whose efforts stopped the blaze after it spread to party walls. Major losses included Wilson W Ripley estate 30000 and Tuttle Company printers 130000 among others.
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Rutland
White Hall
Wilsan
The
Tuttle Company
Crampton Combination
Combination Cash Store Company
All Are Safe in China Bishop Bashford Says
A reassurring cable from Bishop Bashford in Shanghai reports all Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society workers in China are safe with no apparent danger. Secretaries note China is in transition and some ferment is likely, but general uprising like the Boxer movement is not probable.
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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
Train Collision Near Asheville Kills Two
Conductor Hough and Brakeman Simpson died when the second section of a passenger train bound for Asheville collided with a light engine between Swannanoa and Black Mountain. Engineers Keever and Reache and two firemen were seriously injured. No passengers were seriously hurt, though many were shaken. A wrecking train was dispatched to clear the wreck. Diamonde at Auction Today At the Karr Retiring Sale 15 East.
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Asheville
M. C
Hough
Simpson
Keever
Reache
Southern Railway
Swannanoa
Black Mountain
Murder Plot DYNAMITERS in the West Head Officers Arrested
Special to The Washington Post from Denver reports Charles H. Moy et al and William D. Haywood along with three Western Federation of Miners officials were arrested on charges of being accessories to former Governor Frank M. Steunenberg’s murder. The six men were taken from Denver jail and transported to Boise, Idaho, amid allegations of a broader plot and confessions revealing Cripple Creek and other mine turmoil.
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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
Deadwood
8. D
Burington
Wais
Mills
Idaho Penitentiary
Colorado National Guard
Adjt Wells
Wells
Higher wages granted in New Haven Hartford deal
A wage and working agreement for New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad conductors and trainmen was decided between railroad officials and unions after days of talks in New Haven. The pact 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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