Royalist Plot Feared as Paris Homes Searched
Paris reports a sweeping dawn search of labor federation offices, royalist and bonapartist leaders, and anarchist figures amid fears of a plotted May 1 uprising. Police seized documents linking royalists with labor leaders while the federation resists turning over books. Troops and police guard key sites as authorities probe secret societies and preempt disturbances.
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Paris
Labor Federation
M. Bacconnier
M. Thouvenel
Louis Napoleon
Feuillent
Imperial Guard
Hich
Ecole Militaire
Galérie Des Machines
Seine
Jacques Piou
Liberal League
MM. Terheim
Griffuelhes
Federation of Labor
M. Fromentin
Baron de Taradel
The
M. Lépine
Strikes and unrest sweep French ports and cities
Violence erupts as waiters strike in Marseilles forcing cafe closures amid threats. Gendarmes reinforce to maintain order while Toulon gasworkers strike and troops seize works. Brest sees raucous union rhetoric urging workless peasants and anti-machine sentiment as unrest spreads.
New Ticket Office Opens at 170 Broadway
On May 1 ticket offices at Net Aston Home and Broadway will close and a new ticket office opens at 170 Broadway with a $6 price point.
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Fenway
Firond
Net Aston
Broadway
Rate Bill Vote Near May Be Set Monday
Washington April 27 The Senate leadership predicts a final vote date on the Railway Rate bill will be set early next week possibly Monday. Conservatives push a broad court review amendment, claiming 39 Republicans and 12 Democrats would back it, enough for a majority. Tillman says continuous debate starts Monday, with ten days’ debate planned before final passage. Democrats claim 26 votes for the Overman amendment but would still fall short of a majority.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
Tillman
Aldrich
Cannon Hears No Bee On Presidency Ambitions
Washington April 27 Speaker Cannon says he will focus on House duties and policy work rather than pursue the Presidency. He rejects personal ambition, urges unity among Republicans, and notes a boom for his candidacy has been launched in Illinois but will not deter his congressional responsibilities.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Cannon
House
Illinois
Capitol
Congress
Joe
Tom
Moody proposes Knox as 1908 presidential possibility
In Pittsburg on April 27 1908 Attorney General W H Moody suggested Senator P C Knox of Pittsburg as a potential Republican candidate for president for 1908. Moody spoke at the Americas Club dinner scene after a large Congressional party arrived from Washington.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
W. H. Moody
United States
P. C. Knox
Moody
Boise Penrose
Knox
Penrose
Washington
Schenley
Does Turkey Mean War
A Daily Mail dispatch from Port Said reports Turkish troops have occupied El Arish on the Egyptian Syrian frontier. The move heightens tension on the region as troops secure the border area amid rising conflicts in the Near East.
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London
Port Said
Daily Mail
el Arish
Turkey Must Withdraw From Egyptian Territory
London reports the Cabinet considered the Turkish Tabah boundary dispute and ordered the Minerva to El Arish to check reports of frontier pillar removals at Rafanaher and El Arish. Negotiations with Constantinople continue, but Britain remains fixed on Turkish troop withdrawal.
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London
Turkey
Tabah
Minerva
el Arish
Rafanaer
Constantinople
Fire nearly destroys two downtown saloons on Chambers Street
A blaze swept through Nos. 16 and 18 Chambers Street yesterday afternoon, threatening the Record Café and Gillespie's Tiger. Fire damage was estimated at $20,000 before crews gained control. The fire started on the second floor near Mayor McLellan and his private secretary O'Brien.
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Record Café
Gillespie
Mayor McLellan
O'Brien
Fire at Typographical Union HQ burns block on Chambers Street
Fire swept three connected buildings on Chambers Street destroying Typographical Union No 6 headquarters and Record Café. Mayor McClellan observed the blaze as engraver William Fuelling clung to a window sill and was saved by firefighters. A commission had just been named to condemn the block for the Brooklyn Bridge approach.
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Record Café
Typographical Union No. 6
McClellan
William Fuelling
No. 20
Chambers Street
District leaders face reapportionment shakeup in NYC
Analysis of the Parsons plan triggers district shifts among Republican and Tammany leaders. Key figures like Ryder Foley Harburger Oakley Eidman Pegram Murphy and Murphy's 18th District control are debated as primaries loom. New Senate district lines affect Queens Richmond Kings and Brooklyn as described.
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Tammany Assembly
Patrick J. Ryder
Big Tom” Foley
Dan” Finn
Little Tim” Sullivan
James E. March
Lkely
Mr. Delessandro
Michael Hines
Julius Harburger
John T. Oakley
Oakley
Tammany Hall
Ds Harburger
Charles F. Murphy
Internal Revenue
Eidman
James F. Pegram
Tammany District
Tammany
Tammany Executive Committee
United States
William Henkel
Henkel
Murphy
Coggey
Lantry
Richard van Cott
Joseph F. Pendergast
Senate
Queens
Richmond
Kings
New York Counties
Harvard German instructor charged with wife murder
Cambridge police issued a warrant for Erich Muenter, a Harvard German instructor, on a charge of murdering his wife by arsenic in Cambridge two weeks earlier. The victim, Mrs Leone K. Krembs Muenter, died after a flawed care sequence. autopsy and chemical analysis by Harvard chemist Whitney revealed arsenic traces. Chicago and Lawrence authorities may assist. Muenter’s whereabouts and a $1,000 life policy on his wife are noted.
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Cambridge
Mass
Erich Muenter
Harvard University
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
Oxford Street
Leone K. Krembs
Chicago
Muenter
McIntyre
William D. Swan
W. F. Whitney
Harvard Medical School
Lawrence, Kan
Whitney
New York
A. Kreinbs
Fullerton Avenue
Graceland Cemetery
Operators reject new mine workers proposals in dispute
United Mine Workers President Mitchell faced a seven member anthracite operators committee in Jersey City as their letter rejected his latest wage and arbitration proposals. The missive argues arbitration should follow the Strike Commission award, notes higher wage costs would burden the public, and warns the strike could rest on Mitchell if no agreement is reached.
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Mitchell
United Mine Workers
George F. Baer
Loomis
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Richards
Reading Company
San Francisco after shock and fire flood city follows quake distress
Salinas reports three more strong shocks last night with no damage so far. The Salinas quake damage tops $1,000,000 as river deeps rise and bridges condemned. In San Francisco, rebuilt areas see ongoing repairs, flood rain, homeless camps, relic hunting ruins, and mobbed docks while moneyed crime and price gouging prompts police action.
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San Francisco
Salinas
Stockton
Sutter Streets
Market and
Geary Streets
Richelieu
Oakland
Market Street
Great Fairmount Hotel
California and
Powell Streets
Presidio
Satsuma
Pacific Mail
Meiggs
Sherman
Folsom Street
Army Dock
Manila
Honolulu
Pacific Avenue
Fillmore
Church
16Th Streets
Mission Street
Schmitz
United Railroads
Rittenhouse
United States Marines
Bush
Oak
Division Streets
Central
Red Cross
Arthur Jacobs
O'Grady
Mathewson
Jacobs
National Guard
Ernest Wilder
B. F. Rittenhouse
United States Marine Corps
Wilder
Looks Like Strike Looms In Wilkes-Barre Mines
Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania April 27 The mine workers convention in Scranton next Thursday may order a strike if operators refuse to accept either workers propositions President Mitchell declined to comment until official reply is seen Operators say acceptance of a 10 cent per ton wage increase would cost about 12 million dollars while the sliding scale would raise workers pay by roughly 20 cents per ton based on last year’s output of 60 million tons
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Eite
Nous
Ford
the Tribune
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Mine Workers’ Convention
Scranton
Mitchell
Sleeping cars on Lake Shore Limited to St. Louis and Cincinnati
The Famous Lake Shore Limited offers sleeping cars to St. Louis and Cincinnati leaving New York daily at 6 30 P M via New York Central lines with no excess fare.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
New York Central
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