Indictment Battle Grows in San Francisco Corruption Case
In San Francisco on May 25 Patrick Calhoun and others denounced indictments as a tied to Rudolph Spreckels and labor interests. Mayor Schmitz and Ruef face renewed bribery charges with 89 new indictments for bribery across street railway, gas, and telephone firms as bail is set at 10,000 each.
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San Francisco
Patrick Jackson
Rudolph Spreckels
Labor Union Party
Calhoun
Spreckels
Spreckel
United Railroads
Tornwall Mullall
Schmitz
Mayor Schmitz
Erse
Brigy
Forre
Judge Coffey
Aperior’court
Patrick Calhoun
Abe Ruef
Eugene E. Schmitz
Abraham Ruef
Thorrwall Mullally
Louis Glass
Pacific States Telephone and Teetraph Company
Theodore V. Halsey
Telephone Company
Ona
Tirey L. Ford
W. M. Abbott
Ruet
Mullally
Ford
Abbott
Glass
Halsey
Coffey
Ruef
Hwever
United Railways
Pacific States Telegraph and Telephone Company
Manila
John J. Sabin
Guatemala President Cabrera Prison Death Sentences for Plotters
News from City of Mexico reports nineteen men were sentenced to death by a Guatemalan council of war for complicity in the attempted assassination of President Estrada Cabrera. Two Italians, one Spaniard, one Belgian, and two Mexicans among the condemned. diplomats consider the case grave and await Cabrera’s reply to a joint note from four powers.
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City of
Mexico
Cabrera
Guatemala
Rodrigues Parra
Guatemala City
Gamboa
Estrada Cabrera
Thomases
Manuel M. Giron
Guatemalan Consul Defends Cabrera in New York
New York May 27 Dr Ramon Bengoechea consul general of Guatemala defends President Estrada Cabrera saying reports are driven by political enemies. He rejects the Nero of Central America label and highlights Cabrera’s support for American enterprises and education. He argues Cabrera was not involved in the Mexico assassination of ex President Barrillas and calls him progressive. The note ends with a fragment about James Coppeck, 93, reported dead at Wahba Quaker.
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New York
Herald Today
Ramon Bengoechea
Guatemala
Estrada Cabrera
Cabrera
Nero
Central America
Bengoechea
Barrillas
Mexico
Old Glory Housed At New High School
A Fort Wayne Indiana ceremony saw the Womans Relief Corps present a flag to the city high school. Captain Wallace Foster Hoisted the flag as students and hundreds of visitors watched. Prizes for orations on True Patriotism were awarded to Robert Porter Lane Frances Willey and Adolph Hofer.
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Indiana Department
Womans’ Relief Corps
Fort Wayne High School
Tors
Wallace Foster
Indianapolis
Robert Porter Lane
Frances Willey
Adolph Hofer
Fort Wayne
Agnes Hitt
Alice E. Waugh
W. BR
J. N. Study
America
Gounod
High Front
Robert Por
Lane
Chester T. Lane
Woman’s Relief Corps
New England
Knightstown
Eliza J. Crisler
Kentucky
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Woman's Relief Corps
Women’s Relief Corps
Convention City
Grand Army
Department
Crawfordsville
Carr
Court House
Jonesboro
Montpelier
Stars and Stripes
Ridgeville
G. A.B. Post
Judge James Hargis Acquitted In Breathitt Feud Case
Lexington news reports Judge James Hargis found not guilty in the Jackson murder case tied to the Breathitt county feud. The verdict ends a lengthy trial season as jurors declared innocence amid extensive testimony and related Schedule of future trials set for Sandy Hook and Beattyville proceedings.
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Lexington
Thomas Cockrill
Jackson
James Hargis
Breathitt
Cockrill
Hargis
Ed Callahan
Cerrill
B. D. Cox
J. B. Marcum
Curt Jett
Marcum
Sandy Hook
Elliott County
Breathitt County
Watts Parker
James
Alex
Elbert Hargis
Edward Callahan
John Smith
John Abner
E. D. Cox
Bill Britton
Britton
Alex Hargis
Dr. Cox
James B. Marcum
Beattyville
Vessels Run Aground Near Port Austin Offshore
The life saving station at Harbor Beach Michigan received word that the wooden steamer B. F. Bielman and the hares McLeachlian from Estan aba to Jake Erie with ore ran aground at Port Austin at 2 a m Crews were saved by life savers as a heavy sea and northwest wind threaten further damage to the vessels
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Harbor Beach
Mich
B. F. Bielman
Hares McLeachlian
Estanaba
Jake Erie
Port Austin
Schurz Memorial Fund Reaches 72576 Dollars In NY
Subscriptions to the Carl Schurz memorial fund total 72576.01 dollars as of May 27 in New York. Treasurer Isaac N. Seligman reports gifts including Grover Cleveland’s 200 dollar check with a note praising the cause and expressing a wish to give more if possible.
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New York
Carl Schurz
Isaac N. Seligman
Grover Cleveland
Wyoming Fire Destroys City Hall in Suburban Ohio
A fire in Wyoming Ohio destroyed the city hall and all records, office fixtures, and parts of the fire apparatus. The loss is about 1000 dollars, leaving the town unprotected until replacements are arranged.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Wyoming
Big Land Thieves Book Reveals Wide Timber Lands Fraud
Washington May 24 Amazing revelations of a conspiracy to defraud the United States of millions in mineral and timber lands will be laid before grand juries in half a dozen states. The probe names high ranking businessmen and politicians including senators and lumber magnates. Indictments are expected across California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, and the Dakotas.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
California
Coloado
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Minnesota
Dakotas
Detective Burns
San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Heney
Burns
Interior Department
Rebellion Breaks Out in Wongkong China
In Swatow Kwantuneg May 27 rebels seize Wongkong Uping district assassinate civil and military officials and burn yamens. Local police plan to curb excesses as station guards move toward the scene. The revolt drew in natives from neighboring provinces and met with no public resistance.
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Swatow
Kwantuneg
China
Wongkong
Uping
Chin Chu
Canton Admiral Li moves to Uping district action
Admiral Li sails with the Kwangtah and the Mee foo to the Uping district where troops are en route to quell the rising. The May 27 dispatch places naval forces near Canton.
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Canton
China
Admiral Li
Kwangtah
Meefoo
Uping
Riots Reach Lien Show Mission Station in China Border
Dispatches from Shanghai and Hong Kong report native rioters destroying the German mission at Lien Show near Pakhoi. Missionaries escaped as German gunboat Iltis plus Tsingtau’s marines depart Hong Kong for Pakhoi. Disturbances also flare at Pakhoi and Lien Chow with several fatalities among American missionaries in 1905 and indemnity already paid by China.
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Berlin
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Lien Show
Pakhoi
Iltis
Lien Chow
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P. A. Randall
Walter Olds
B. W. Skelton
W. A. Kelsey
Col
J. H. Rohan
Pat Calhoun
Joe
Frisco Traction
Eugene Schmitz
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Theodore WY. Halsey
R. B. Wood
Wolf Lake
C. EF. Knowlton
the. Kimmel
James. Coppeck
Wahba
Old Glory
NEW High School
Tast National President Woman's Relief Corps
Free
Emerson
Republic
Sons of Veterans
Sullivan
Connersville
Saluda Center
Miller and Friends
Plymouth
Logansport
Rochester
Roanoke
Ginger Hill
Coe
Tangier
Rockville
Marion
Nappanee
Noblesville
Arcadia
Fisher’s Station
Public Improvement Committee
Greensburg
Decatur County
G. A. R. Post
Schurz
Fire Department Burns
Big Land Thieves
Public Domain
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