State calls for protection of Japanese residents in San Francisco
The May 26 dispatch reports that Japanese residents in San Francisco faced mob violence including the demolition of a restaurant and bathhouse. Secretary Root ordered investigations by the U S District Attorney and Marshal, while notifying Governor Gillette to enforce treaty rights allowing Japanese residency in the United States.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
San Francisco
State Department
Root
Ambassador Wright
Tokyo
Viscount Aoki
Bonaparte
Department of Justice
United States
United States District Attorney
San Fransico
Gillette
California
Lodging House Fire Kills Ten As Flames Sweep Through Union House
Fire in San Jose destroys the Union Lodging House after starting at Frederick Brown's store. Ten men burned dead, fifteen missing, twenty horses perish as lodgers flee through smoke led by firemen. Suspect G W Laverty arrested amid reports of incipient arson with coal oil evidence.
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Commercial Tribune
San Jose
Cal
Union
Frederick Brown
North Market Street
St. James
G. W. Lafferty
Union Lodging House
Union House
G. W. Laverty
Laverty
Brown's Place
Millionaires Bail In San Francisco Bribery Case
In San Francisco Judge Coffey’s courtroom rich defendants including Louis Glass Patrick Calhoun and Mullaly posted bonds totaling over $560000 to secure liberty during trial on felony bribery indictments. Mayor Schmitz Ruef and others faced additional bonds as grand jury sessions indicted six millionaires and others on bribery counts with June 10 adjournment for further investigations.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Millonaires
Patrick Calhoun
Mullaly
United Railroads
Tirey L.ford
William L. Abbott
Schmitz
A.A. Moore
Stanley ‘Moore
Moritz Rosenthal
Chicago
Earl Rogers
Los Angeles
William H. Crocker
Rocker National Bank
Henry T. Scott
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Calhoun
Ford
Abbott
Metropolitan Surety Company of
New York
Rogers
Coffey
Latt
Storney Schlessinger
Abraham Ruef
Elisor Biggy
Fillmore Street
Liberty
Schmitt
Ruef
Lawler
Dunne
Glass
Frank G.drum
Eugene de Sabla
John Marin
Abe Ruef
Mayor Schmitz
G. H. Ambsen
J. E. Green
W. K. Brobeck
Parkside Transit Company
Home Telephone Company
Opinst er at age sixty becomes Vassar freshman
Miss Mary Emily Van Dyne 65 years old has begun a Vassar College special course, the oldest freshman in the nation. She rents a cottage near the campus with her retired clergyman brother who escorts her daily. She dresses like other students and often makes her own gowns. She registered as from Poughkeepsie, though new to the area, pursuing a lifelong ambition delayed until after sixty.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Mary Emily van Dyne
Vassar College
van Dyne
Rough House on Clark Street Car
A man arriving from Chester Park on a Clark Street car reports being beaten by a slung shot weapon wielder. He leads police to Court and Vine but the suspect eludes capture as the victim recalls starting a disturbance during a confrontation with a crowd.
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Rough House
Chester Park
Clark Street
First District
Slattery
Kuhn
Court Street
Vine
East Court Street
Juror opposed to capital punishment causes steer in Steunenberg trial
Boise architect J. E. Tourtellotte faces scrutiny for conscientious scruples against the death penalty as jurors in the Steunenberg murder trial are questioned. Both sides weigh his views on anarchists and society while juror qualifications and remaining challenges unfold amid adjournments and anticipated further venire.
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Commercial Tribune
Boise
Idaho
Steunenberg
J. E. Tourtellotte
Tourtellotte
Talesmen
Senator Borah
Clarence Darrow
Wood
Bérah
Kuroki Defeated by Mosquito in Boston to Worcester
General Kuroki, after dodging Russian bullets, was bitten by a mosquito in Boston and had his left arm cauterized on the train to Worcester. He waved an American flag at Union Station to a crowd of about 1,000 as he explained the illness and said rest would allow him to continue the planned trip.
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James H. Hawley
Commercial Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Kuroki
Boston
Union Station
Tamura
Cortelyou
McKinley
Barber
Duncan
President McKinley
Day
Justice Day
Kaiser Tariff Agreement Signed by Germany and U S
Washington May 25 The German Emperor has signed the tariff modus vivendi with the United States. The President will proclaim the fact early next week and the new duties take effect July 1 with the amended Treasury regulations in force immediately upon proclamation.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Root
Reichstag
Germany
United States
Treasury
Monument to General Gadon Unveiled in Atlanta
The splendid equestrian monument to General John B Gadon was unveiled in Atlanta on May 25 with thousands from Georgia and the South attending to honor his memory. Gadon died January 9, 1904.
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Commercial Tribune
Atlanta
John B. Gadon
South
Prison Commissioner Greene resigns. Finley E. Fogg named successor
George V. Greene of Christian county resigns as State Prison Commissioner. Governor Beckham appoints Finley E. Fogg of Morgan county to fill the post, with the office to be filled again in January 1908 by the General Assembly.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
George V. Greene
Christian County
Beckham
Finley E. Fogg
Morgan County
Fogg
General Assembly
Mrs Mprinley 13 Losing Strength Declares Bulletin
A latest bulletin reports Mrs Mprinley 13 losing strength as the end seems near. The notice emphasizes the seriousness of her condition and urges family and friends to offer support during this difficult time.
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Commercial Tribune
Canton
McKinley
Rixey
Cortetyou
Mrs. Mprinley
Woman Fatally Wounds Husband In Window Entry
In Terre Haute Indiana this morning Isabel Dwyer shot Joseph Dwyer four times as he tried to force into her room through a window after a quarrel and separation. One bullet pierced a lung and caused his death.
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Commercial Tribune
Terre Haute
Ind
Joseph Dwyer
Isabel Dwyer
Dwyer
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