Mayor Schmitz Faces Bribery Accusations In San Francisco
Calhoun accuses Ruef of lying about bribes while a seven member business committee controls mayor Schmitz's actions under a written pledge. Trial delay issued as prosecutors prepare counter affidavits, Schmitz free on 56000 bond. district attorney hints at possible later custody request.
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Calcolm
Traction Company
Ruef
San Francisco
Schmitz
Way
Works Board
Strees Department
Sweeping
F. W. van Sieklen
Committee of Seven
Calhoun
Patrick Calhoun
United Railways
Abe Ruef
Grand Jury
Tnited Railways
Alayor
Eugene Schmitz
Afonfay
Dimnne
Lehrmitz
Heney
Langdon
Judge enjoins picketing in Allis Chalmers dispute
Milwaukee May 23 Judge A Sanborn of the U S district court extended injunctions in the Allis Chalmers molders strike case. The decision makes concerted picketing practically impossible and ends a four year dispute with nonunion workmen and company business protected. The case follows prior contempt convictions and temporary orders issued by Judge Quarles. A separate note reports J C Bariles presidency of Free Bariles Oil Co and proceedings in Stillwater and St. James related to oil price controls.
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Milwaukee
A. Sanborn
United States District Court
Allis-Chalmers Company
Quarles
Sanborn
Cit Trust
Pant
Mian
J. C. Bariles
Fiee Bariles Oi
At. Pam
Stillwater
St. Jahres
Zonday
Stens
Arees
Odessa Plot and Kills Shake Empire in May 21
Odessa officials report an infernal machine exploded in the central police bureau killing the police superintendent and two chiefs and wounding seven. A two-man two-girl group planted the device. one girl escaped. The leader was named Tcherikoff. In St Petersburg Premier Stolypin announced a plot to kill the emperor Grand Duke Nicholas and himself with broad parliamentary support for the verdict. Lenin is sought by warrant in London.
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Odessa
Central Police
Tcherikoff
Viner
Stolypin
Nicholas
Alexander
Blame On Negroes At Brownsville Shootings
Two witnesses before the senate committee on military affairs testified they saw negro soldiers shooting in Brownsville on the night of August 13. Lt Dominguez of the Brownsville police and Policeman Padron described a busy four-block area dodging bullets, insisting the shooters were negro soldiers. Dr Charles Thorn testified he heard firing near his house and judged the voices to be those of negroes. Padron and Dominguez faced cross examination, but their account remained unchanged.
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Brownsville
Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Ihey
Texas
Lient_ Dominguez
Padron
Charles Thorn
Senator Foraker
Dominguez
Foraker
Taft Named Kansas Republican Choice for President
Kansas Republicans meeting in Topeka on May 17 declare William H. Taft the state’s choice to succeed Roosevelt as president.
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Kansas
Taft
Topeka
Kan
Republican State Central Committee
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
Delay In Haywood Trial Forces Fresh Venire
Boise Idaho May 21 the Steunenberg murder trial stalls awaiting a new venire of talesmen. Only 11 of 20 peremptory challenges used and nine of ten jurors gathered a week ago remain uncalled. Judge Wood to adjourn for a day while Hodgin seeks 50 more talesmen. Prosecution and defense struggle to fill a vacancy as court awaits a full panel amid quiet city scenes.
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Boise
Idaho
Steunenberg
Haywood
Slill
Mrs Gould Brings Suit In Limited Divorce
New York May 20 Mrs Gould files for a limited divorce in supreme court citing abandonment. She seeks separation with dispute over alimony arguing her husband WG Gould earns enough to pay more than the current 4000 dollars a month. Family discussions reportedly considered demands of 100000 to 120000 dollars annually.
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New York
Aly Maward Gould
Swift
Gould
Supreme Court
WG. Gould
Plea for Uniform Weights and Measures Laws
A Thursday meeting at the Bureau of Standards of the Department of Commerce and Labor drew delegates from most states to consider drafting uniform laws supervising all weights and measures used in trade. Enactment of such laws would be urged upon Congress and state legislatures.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards of the Department of Commeérce and Labor
Congress
Superman Wins Crooklyn Handicap in Muddy Track
New York May 21. Superman a three year old colt from James B. Keene stable won the Crooklyn Handicap on a slushy track. He finished one mile and four furlongs in 2 09 beating Beacon Light by a length. Nealon, a five year old from C. & Darnell, was third.
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Superman
New York
James BR. Keene
Beacon Light
C. &. Darnell
Nealon
Roosevelt to inspect canal route by Mississippi trip
President Roosevelt accepts invitations from several state governors to travel down the Mississippi River starting from a central Illinois town. The journey will occur soon after the September 20 dedication of the McKinley monument in Canton Ohio.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Ilinoisey
McXinley
Canton
Smith Report Flaws on Combine and Oil Monopoly
Washington May 20 The Smith Commission report to President Roosevelt charges Standard Oil with monopolistic domination of the petroleum industry in 1904 via railroad discrimination and unlawful devices. It cites vast refinery output, pipeline control, and suppression of independent rivals, arguing monopoly rests on transportation power rather than oil ownership.
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Washington
Standard Oil
Roosevelt
Herbert Knox Smith
Standard Oil Company
Standard and Affiliated
Mid-Continent
Standard
Five Die in Engleville Mine Fire in Colorado
Five miners are dead after a fire spread through the Engleville coal mine in Engleville Colorado. Superintendent Alexander Jacobs among the fatalities. rescue teams reached bodies after creating a temporary shaft around the blaze. The mine, a long running operation for about 80 years, had fire as a lingering hazard from a previous outbreak.
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Trinidad
Col
Alexander Jacobs
Engleville
Englevile
Calorado
News in Brief: Rail VP resigns and other items
The week’s brief items include H R Nickerson resigning as vice president of the Mexican Central Railway. Senator Foraker denounces Ohio Chairman Brown as dictatorial. A Chicago jail delivery is foiled involving Charles Nansen with nitroglycerin. Bricklayers may strike over pay by checks on the Chicago county building project. Florie Hudicouri sails to Europe for a Hague peace congress. New England mill centers plan wage increases for 85,000 operators. Ireland protests the Home Rule bill as a Dublin convention is planned. Junius Darby, a Chicago motorman, is shot by his jilted former partner. George G. Still, Yale ’52 and former Connecticut lieutenant governor, dies at 77. Senator La Follette begins a bear hunt in Colorado. The U S wheat market is viewed as unfavorable with high current prices. Benjamin Ide Wheeler is offered MIT presidency. Bishop Berry urges Methodist leniency toward dancing with cards. Col Goethals telegram confirms dredge workers strike. Anthony Harris, 35, killed at Illinois Steel plant by a falling iron ore load. Britain and Japan nearing accords per the St. Petersburg Sword. The Canadian government surveys a $105 million Georgian Big Montreal canal project. A Berlin laborer is jailed nine months for taunting the Kaiser. Senator Cullom denies resigning rumors. Postal Service reports a quarterly profit of $1,800, or so, with receipts of $22,459,120. Early Yale graduate George C. Sill dies at 77 of locomotor ataxia.
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H.R. Nickerson
Mexican Central Railway Company
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Brown
Whitman
Chicago
Charles Nansen
Florie Hudicouri
Waytt
Peace
George G Stl
Yale
Connecticut
Stamford
Robert la Foillette
Wisconsin
Glenwood Springs
Col
Jake Borah
Russia
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Henry S. Pritchett
Bishop Berry
Methodist Church
Epworth League
Philadelphia
Bishop
Isthmian Cangi Commission
Col. Goethals
Montreal
Great Lakes
Bruenning
Berlin
Cullom
Illinois
Washington
Disturbance at Evansville street railway strike turns riot
Evansville Indiana May 21 a disturbance between street railway strikers and nonunion workers drew a crowd around a strike breaker’s car and police on bicycles dispersed the mob. State Labor Commissioner Woerner arranged a conference between strikers and company representatives with individuals present rather than union members. Several cots were placed in the street railway building. Illinois Local Option Bill signed into law allowing certain counties to vote on saloons. Cuban General Carloss Roloff dies in Havana after brief illness.
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Evansville
Ind
Main
Louisiana
Bieyeles
Woerner
Ilinois
Springield
Gary
Deneen
Robbers Dynamite Winnebago Bank. Loot Over $1,100
In Perder Nebraska the State Bank of Winnebago was robbed early Tuesday as the safe door was blown off with dynamite. About $1,100 in currency, silver, gold, and checks vanished, with $6 in small change recovered. A vehicle seen nearby and cut telephone lines linked to Homer aided the investigation. a $100 reward from Martin Bros. of Omaha is offered.
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Perder
Neb
State Bank of
Winnebago
Great Northern
O. A. Ogburn
Og Duro
T. N. Thompson, Jr
Homer
Qyburn
Pender
Winnebago State Bath
Martin Bros
Omaha
Government shelves Bill on Home Rule in Ireland
London reports the nationalist Dublin convention rejected Birvill’s Trish plan and the government will abandon the bill for this session. It will pursue other reforms with Liberal backing, shelving the measure to avoid cabinet dissent and curb Home Rule opposition.
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London
Dublin
Birvill
Trish
Ireland
Goa
America Leads in Leather Boots and Shoes Rise in Value 1905
Washington reports from the census bureau indicate the United States is a leading maker of boots and shoes with growing value across leather goods. The 1905 manufacture figures cover boots, shoes, gloves and tail furs with notable gains.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Burnham Case Postponed in Forgery Trial
Testimony from physicians stating Frederick Burnham, president of Murreal Reserve Life Insurance, cannot hear in court leads to a postponement of his forgery and grand larceny trial without a new date.
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Burnham
New York
Frederick Burnhham
Murreaal Reserve Life Insurance Company
Kansas Brewery Ouster Battle Reaches Supreme Court
The Kansas Supreme Court appointed receivers S H Allen FE FL Garvee and G H Whitcomb to manage all Kansas properties of the Anheuser Busch Brewing company of St Louis as a fight to drive breweries from Kansas moves toward the U S Supreme Court.
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Topeka
Kasr Ile
United States Supreme Court
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
S. H. Allen
FL Garvee
G. H. Whitcomb
Anheuser-Blsch Brewing Company
St. Louis
Chicago Bans Red Flags in Parades
Chicago police announced no more parades will permit red flags or banners. The move follows the recent Moyer and Haywood sympathy parade which featured a heavy display of red color and posters.
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Chicago
Police Shippy
Red Coller
Moyer and Haywood
Lake Vessel Fire Scars Grand Haven Cruise Disaster
The steamer Maomi of Cros by Transportation company burned on Lake Michigan during a night voyage from Grand Haven to Milwaukee. Four coal passers perished in the forecastle as flames spread while rescuers from the Kerr and the Kansas aided others seen at portholes pleading for help. About seventy five passengers escaped death by a perilous near miss.
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Lake
Burns
Grand Haven
Maomi
Crosby Transportation Company
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Kerr
Kansas
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