Shea Wins Shield From Questions in Strike Case
Chicago May 25 Cornelius P Shea president of the International Teamsters union was upheld by Judge Kohlsaat in refusing to answer questions that might incriminate him He is indicted in criminal court and the ruling aimed to protect the hearing of his case Bernard Mulligan and John Donohue were found in contempt for refusing to answer questions without criminal connection They were jailed but kept in nominal custody for five days for habeas corpus review The hearing before Master in Chancery Sherman resumes tomorrow with Hugh McGee James B Barry and others expected to testify The strike showed little spread today with limited deliveries by lumber firms coal wagons passed downtown without police escort and guards at large stores A small response to volunteer policing left city officials short of the hoped 1000 Additional policemen The teamsters and owners negotiated for arbitration while express companies refused to reemploy former workers The odds of a settlement remained uncertain Louis Flint a colored non union driver was attacked by five men described as union sluggers
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Chicago
Cornelius P. Shea
International Teamsters’ Union
Kohlsaat
John Donohue
United States
Ames
Kohlsaar
Teamsters Union
Mayer
Shea
James B. Barry
Dunne
O'Neill
Neill
Plainclothes assault and unclaimed arrests in Princeton area
Reports describe a violent assault on a man in Princeton avenue leaving him bleeding and unconscious in the street with no arrests made. In New York Senator Platt, head of United States Express, said striking Chicago drivers would not be rehired by their employers. In Chicago C S Wicke of Hines Lumber warned 140000 wood workers could lose jobs within a week if lumber district tie ups continue amid mills and yard layoffs.
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Princeton Avenue
New York
Platt
United States Express Company
Express
Chicago
C. S. Wicke
Hines Lumber Company
Frisco Railroad Extends Toward Roswell Texas
Oklahoma City May 25 announced the Frisco railroad will reach a hundred miles west of Quanah Texas as soon as possible. CC G Jones who built the Oklahoma City to Quanah segment returns from inspection and will oversee construction with Hales Centre Texas as the midway objective on the route toward Roswell New Mexico.
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Oklahoma City
O. T
Quanah
Texas
G. Jones
Hales Centre
Roswell
New Mexico
Governor Declines to Attend Arizona Statehood Meeting
Governor Miguel A. Otero of New Mexico sends a May 24 letter from Santa Fe stating he cannot attend the Phoenix gathering on Saturday due to official duties. He expresses spirit support for Arizona’s bid, opposes joint statehood, and reaffirms New Mexico’s push for separate statehood, predicting unity with Arizona’s stance.
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Santa Fe New Mexican
Otero
Phoenix
Kibbey
New Mexico
Santa Fe
N. M
W. &S. Sturgis
National Committee
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
Solomon Luna
HH. O. Bursum
Republican Central Committee
Miguel A. Oterg
Wealthy Savannah man kills himself after murder accusation
Rothwell Pulford, reputed Savannah’s wealthiest citizen, shot himself after being questioned about a revolver tied to the killing of Attorney Dan S. Berry. Pulford had denied knowledge, but agitation increased when asked about the weapon. Berry’s death had rattled him for months.
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Savannah
Rothwell Pulford
Dan S. Berry
Illinois
Pulford
Berry
Bank Raises Capital to 21 Million in Mexico City
Mexico City May 25 shareholders vote to increase the Central Bank capital from 10 million to 21 million dollars. The move expands scope and resources of the bank in national finance.
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Mexican Bank
Mexico City
Central Bank
City
King Oscar to Resume Reign After Regency Ends
Stockholm May 25 The regency for Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden and Norway ends this week. King Oscar who handed over government duties to his son due to ill health will resume the throne.
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Oscar
Stockholm
Gustaf
Sweden
Norway
Three Killed as Cars Collide in Night Crashes
A series of wrecks last night left three people dead and several injured. In Canton a car train collision near Louisville killed Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Howell and her daughter Anna. Gus Miller and two others died as bodies lay near the engine. In Augusta two men were killed and several injured when a trolley rammed a coal car on the Augusta Aiken line near Clearwater South Carolina.
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Canton
Gus Miller
Louisville
Howell
Anna
South Bend
Ind
Miller
Augusta
Louisville& Nashville
Augusta-Aiken
South Carolina
Savannah River
Clearwater
Collision of two trolley cars near Westport
William Stembler is dead and thirty five injured when two trolleys collide returning from Westport. More victims are expected to die.
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Liam Stembler
Westport
Here
Texans Alarmed by Big Storm in the North
A tornado like storm swept across North Texas towns including Waxahachie Ennis Dennison Temple Gainesville Cleburne and Fort Worth causing property damage and injuries though no deaths were reported The storm affected Chicota though not in the wind path officials said the frightening event followed recent tornado activity in the region
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Texas
Waxahatchie
Ennis
Dennison
Temple
Gainesville
Cleburne
Fort Worth
Chicota
Paris
Western Federation Reports Growth And Support
In Salt Lake City on May 25 the Western Federation of Miners held an executive session to review Secretary W D Haywood's report showing 55 000 members including 9 906 new initiates this year The federation spans 238 local unions 11 district unions and 3 state unions A subsequent open session pledged moral and financial aid to striking brewery workers in Beattle and a pamphlet titled Anarchy in Colorado Who Is to Blame by H E Bartholomew was distributed to delegates.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Western Federation of Miners
W. D. Haywood
Beattle
Colorado
H. EB. Bartholomew
Must Hang for Murder of Fox
The jury finds Joe Johnson guilty of first degree murder in the April 5 hotel lobby shooting of John H. Fox in Trinidad Colorado. The verdict carries the death penalty. Fox, a prominent southern Colorado citizen, former Trinidad city treasurer and Las Animas county treasurer, was the target of a sensational case that drew a mob and required police to move the prisoner to Pueblo.
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Trinidad
Colo
Joe Johnson
John H. Fox
Pax
Colorado
Johnson
Pueblo
Mr. Fox
Las Animas
Mayor Weaver Checkmates Gas Lease Fight in Philadelphia
May 25 Philadelphia reports a sharp clash as Mayor Weaver ejects two directors from the Department of Public Safety and Public Works offices and reinstalls his appointees. The state supreme court quickly suspends a county injunction, while supporters applaud Weaver and rumors of impeachment swirl amid a tense city hall showdown. City leaders vow to block the gas lease. opponents warn of political fallout and legal battles loom with figures like Elihu Root and John C. Johnson leading counsel on both sides.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
Department of Public Safety and of Public Works
Rialto
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Uame
United States
Boles Penrose
Elihu Root
New York
John C. Johnson
Everything Wrong With Cattle Rates
The Texas Cattle Raisers Association objected to rail freight practices before the State Commerce Commission. They claim unjust and excessive cattle rates, high Chicago terminal charges, costly feeding en route, and a 6 to 8 percent rate increase since 1910s. Railroads deny increases but admit some rates are unjust.
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Washington
Inter
State Commerce Commission Today
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
Chicago
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Railway rate plank is rather mild
Columbus Ohio May At the republican state convention Myron VT Herrick was renominated unanimously for governor. Other nominations were Lieutenant Governor General A L Harris by acclamation, judge of supreme court William C Davis state treasurer W S McKinnon, board of public works William Kirkley. The platform endorses enforcement of republican laws against monopolies and rebates and urges further legislation after investigation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Myron VT
Herrick
Oer
A. L. Harris
Supreme Court
William C. Davis
W. 8. McKinnon
Board of Public Works
William Kirkley
Supreme Court of the United States
Boston Bank Collapse Hits Creditors Across States
Seventy one banks and trust companies, mainly in Massachusetts, hold claims against Burnett Cummings & Co of Boston. The firm filed for bankruptcy with liabilities about 1.71 million dollars. Secured creditors total seventy eight, unsecured eighty one. many savings and national banks among them. Massachusetts and western lenders face losses amid Massachusetts street railway financing failures.
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Mass
Massachusetts
Burnett, Cummings & Co
Milk Street
Thisony
United States District Court
Financed Street Railway
J. T. Aubach
Massachusetts Street Railways
Massachusetts Savings Banks
Massachusetts National Banks
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank
Chicago
Ann Arbor
Midh
State Savings Bank Commissioners
Rural hoot on trail of robber and border fears
A Rural news dispatch reports that the robber Beirada who shot San Quentin stage driver Arans and fled with government funds is heading toward the United States after stealing a horse. Posses track Morales and Estrads likely to catch him before the boundary, border patrols tightening. Paris reports say France Britain and Italy near a mutual Abyssinia railway concession agreement to be sent to Germany.
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Cal
Tribune
Mosesada
S. C
Beirada
San Quentin
Enseiaia
United States
Morales
Estrads
Boudary Line
Arans
May Focover
Paris
London
The
Mafin
Abyssinia
Germany
Police uncover bomb factory tied to university students
In Idessa on May 25 authorities disclosed the discovery of a bomb manufactory last Saturday. Police seized 187 nearly completed bombs beneath a dwelling cellar used by one of 22 arrests. Four of the accused are university students.
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Idessa
Adverse rumors on Formosa battle reach London and Lloyds
The admiralty has no confirmation of a Manila defeat of Togo south of Formosa and naval experts doubt an open clash. London reports no news on Russian and Japanese fleet movements, while a rumored engagement near Formosa is unverified. Prices at Lloyds rose on the unconfirmed rumor of Ro jestvensky passing Formosa.
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Admiralty
Manila
Togo
Foremosa
Rojestvensky
London
Mapan
Formosa
Lloyds
Japanese Cavalry Reach Deep Into Russian Rear Near Gun Shu Pass
A Japanese cavalry squadron probing from their base defeated a Russian detachment north west of Gun Shu Pass on May 22 and moved near Tangiatun, twenty miles north of the pass, signaling intent to gain information for a possible flank thrust.
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Gun Shu Pass
Tangiatun
Tsitsihar
Harbin
Theogolian
Elev
Kuropatkin
Cmmander
Reuss
Sakharoff
St. Petersburg
Severe losses reported in Japanese outpost fight
A May 24 dispatch to Emperor Nicholas from General Finevitch describes Russian forces attacking the Nantchendsy valley and Japanese positions on the left bank of the Liao river south of Chandache. The Japanese abandoned Nantchendzgy after suffering a number killed or wounded and were driven from a village in front of their line.
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Finevitch
Nicholas
Nantchendsy
Liao River
Chandache
Nantchendzgy
Story of Poet Arthur Not Repeated
May 25 St. Petersburg Admiral Avellan confirms dispatches that Rojestvensky is steering north to bait the fleet. He doubts the Port Arthur tale and says the rumor of Rojestvensky being relieved will not be repeated.
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St. Peersburg
Admiral Avellan
Admiralty Department
Associated Press
Rojestvensky
Toge
Avellan
Rrojestvensky
Tore
Kaojestvensky
Vladivostock
Viewivestock
Port 'Othur
Russian Fleet Arrives At Yang River Mouth Amid Transport
Shanghai May 25 report says five volunteer crews of the Russian fleet with three colliers and one cruiser reached the Yang river mouth this afternoon. A cruiser then departed and three volunteer ore boats proceeded to Woo Sung tonight.
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Shanghai
Yang River
Woo Sung
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