May Day riots engulf Paris as cavalry charge crowds
On May Day Paris endured violent clashes as dragoons and cuirassiers swept the streets with drawn swords. Over 1,000 arrests were made as labor districts saw martial displays around the Arc de Triomphe and Republique, while the Labor Exchange and Demagnet streets hosted stubborn demonstrations.
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Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Bourse
Bank of France
Place de la Republique
Demagent
Blace de la Republique
Boulevard Demagenta
Quai de Valmy
Hundred Millions Offered To Rebuild San Francisco
A New York syndicate offered to provide 100 million dollars for San Francisco rebuilding on a bond and mortgage basis. Senator Newlands announced the plan to finance chiefs, with details under discussion by the local Finance Committee. Street lights and streetcar service gradually resume as debris is cleared and camps receive better shelter.
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San Francisco
Newlands
New York
W. F. Herrin
The
Southern Pacific
United States
Nevada
Palace Hotel
Potrero
Rapi
May Festival Opens With Thomas Tribute at Music Hall
Cincinnati marked the seventeenth May Festival concert honoring Theodore Thomas. Conductor Frank Van der Stucken delivered powerful readings of God's Time Is Best and Brahms Requiem while Mme. Gadski drew prolonged applause. Sir Edward and Lady Elgar were absent due to bereavement. the intermission offered social scenes in Music Hall's grand foyer, with Box No. 5 hosting Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth.
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Cincinnati
Frank van der Stucken
van der Stucken
Mme. Gadski
Brunnhilde
Brahms
Edward
Elgar
Association
Music Hall
Queen City
Elm Street
Nicholas Longworth
Longworths
Shermans March to Sea Curtailed by White House Directive
Washington reports a War Department telegram and a presidential directive limit a military escort for Rev Father Sherman, son of General Sherman, on a historic march. Brigadier General Duvall notes two officers and eight enlisted men will study Sherman’s Atlanta campaign but must return to Ft. Oglethorpe after reaching Dalton.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
War Department
Thomas Sherman
W. T. Sherman
Sherman
South
William P. Duvall
Department of the Gulf
Atlanta
Cate
Father Sherman
Chattanooga
Army Ad
Eral Sherman
Duvall
General Bell
Bell
General Duvall
White House
Dalton
Ft. Oglethorpe
Ainsworth
Powers Bill Fails in House Committee
Washington dispatch reports the relief bill for Caleb Powers is effectively dead in the House Judiciary Committee with no support expected. The measure would allow federal courts to take murder cases from state courts, a shift criticized as overreaching. Meanwhile Henry Taylor of Newport urges Kentucky Club funds to aid Powers in his fourth trial.
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Commercial Tribune Bureau
Posttal Telegraph Building
Washington, D. C
J Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Caleb Powers
House Committee On Judiciary
Henry Taylor
Newport
Kentucky Club
District of Columbia
Newport Friends
Powers
Thieves Steal Corner Stone From Pasadena Church
Special Dispatch reports thieves stole the 300 pound corner-stone of the North Pasadena Methodist Church in Pasadena California. The stone contained coins and small valuables worth about ten dollars and was removed from the recently completed church premises.
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Commercial Tribune
Pasadena
Cal
North Pasadena Methodist Church
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