City greets Pacific fleet amid Chinatown pageant
Crowds in Chinatown and Japanese districts fill streets and hillsides with lanterns as the Pacific fleet anchors. Mayors, reception committees, and admiral Evans meet aboard the Connecticut and at the St Francis Hotel while funds from Japanese and Chinese communities exceed thirty four thousand dollars for the city welcome. Navy changes push fleet stay in San Francisco to May 15 delaying the May 9 departure.
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Chinatown
Focal
Hartley
Mission Street Wharf
Taylor
Washington
Pacific Fleet
Dayton
Navy Department
San Francisco
Manuel Is Proclaimed King of Portugal in May Oath
Lisbon May 6 Manuel the young King of Portugal took the oath to the people and was proclaimed ruler in a sunlit ceremony. Troops and crowds lined streets as he rode to Parliament escorted by officials diplomats and nobles. The royal crown remained consecrated to the Virgin Mary as Manuel pledged to uphold Catholicism and the realm’s laws. He read a speech promising national prosperity and popular support before being hailed with cheers and gunfire.
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Lisbon
Manuel
Portugal
Diplomatic Corps
International Telegraph Conference
Gonçalves
Alarm on Turkish frontier stirs international concern
A Batoum consular report cites Russian artillery, ammunition, and provisions moving south to the Caucasus. The Sanjensk cavalry left Tiflis for the Turkish frontier with the Caucasian army near Kars expected in early June for maneuvers. Mountain guns have departed Kiev for the Caucasus as munitions flood the line. No word on a Persian punitive expedition yet. reinforcements may be awaited for a decisive action against the brigend tribes. In other flurries, Abd-el-Aziz heads for Morocco City on May 9, Seffi has been reoccupied, and Mulai Mafiq reaches Mequinez with plans toward Fez.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Batoum
Sanjensk
Tiflis
Kars
Kieff
Caucasus
Mfis
Persia
Cuban Sugar Crop Saved By General Rains
Havana reports general rains across the island and the sugar crop now assured, ending concerns over drought. The update notes widespread rainfall as of May 6, with favorable prospects for harvest and export potential.
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Havana
Japanese Finances Face Low Mood in Tokyo Markets
Tokyo financiers converge with government to restore confidence after policy moves. Bonds trade below 8 percent as speculation on bond rewrites and treasury state fuels gloom. Trade volumes on March settlement days reveal sustained weak business sentiment.
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Tokio
Japan
Tokio Stock Exchange
Britain Moves to Abolish Opium Licensing in Colonies
The House of Commons unanimously backed a resolution urging rapid abolition of opium dens licensing in Crown colonies, notably Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, and Ceylon. Seeley said measures will follow the resolution. Grey emphasized reducing opium exports to China and ending cultivation there, with Britain pursuing independent action and supporting international efforts.
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London
House of Commons
Hong Kong
Straits Settlements
Ceylon
J. E. B. Seeley
China
Edward Grey
Great Britain
United States
Harmon Nominated for Ohio Governor by Democrats
In Columbus on May 6 the Democratic state convention nominated Judson Harmon of Cincinnati for governor. The former U S Attorney General under Cleveland received the nomination amid strong factional feeling and the party endorsed William J Bryan, directing Ohio delegates to back him for president.
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Columbus
Ohio
Democrats of
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
United States
Cleveland
William J. Bryan
Ohio Democrats Nominate Harmon and Indorse Campbell Ticket
The state party nominated Judson Harmon for Governor and James E. Campbell for United States Senator, selecting delegates-at-large to the national convention. The ticket includes Harmon in Cincinnati for Governor, Rockwell for Lieutenant Governor, Mather and Osborne for Supreme Court, Newman for Secretary of State, Durbin for Auditor, Creamer for Treasurer, Hogan for Attorney General, States and Doran for Public Works, Ely for Dairy and Food, M'Bowell for School Commissioner, Larason for Clerk of the Supreme Court, and four delegates-at-large led by Johnson. The party attacked Republican officers and backed initiative and franchise taxation. Mayor Tom L. Johnson led a faction but refused a harmony agreement. he was later acclaimed as part of the Big Four. Campbell received 647 votes for U.S. Senator after a push to place Ingalls was ruled out. Harmon accepted the nomination, pledging duty to the Democratic cause.
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Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
David L. Rockwell
Kent
Supreme Court
Hugh T. Mather
Sidney
George
Okby
Columbus
J. H. Newman
Troy
W. W. Durbin
Kenton
D. 8. Creamer
St. Clairsville
Timothy §. Hogan
Wellston
Board of Public Works
J. A. States
Lima
Bernard Doran
New Lexington
David Ely
Jeromeville
John A. M' Bowell
Millersburg
Oliver C. Larason
Newark
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
W.S. Thomas
Springfield
E. W. Hanley
Dayton
Matthew R. Denver
Wilmington
Ohio
Harvey C. Garber
Greenville
Johnson
Hamilton County
Join Molloy
Parmerene
Harmon
Molloy
United States
James FE. Campbell
M . Ingalls
Campbell
Atlee Pomerene
Moore
Pomerene
Holmes County
Sutton
Zanesville
Buckeye
Denison University
Cincinnati Law School
Common Pleas Court
Superior Court
Richard Olney
Supreme Court of the United States
W. J. Bryan
Ohio City
Canada Excludes Hindus From Emigration
Ottawa reports that Britain and Canada arranged to bar Hindu emigration from India. Deputy Minister Mackenzie King said Canada aims to remain a white country and would enforce labor and immigration laws. Hindus would be prevented from sailing to Canada unless directly from their country of origin with sufficient funds.
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Ottawa
India
MacKenzie King
Canada
Dominion
Hong Kong
Boycott Against Japan Shaken by Chinese Counters
Shanghai reports the Cantonese led boycott of Japanese goods to be collapsing due to viceroy opposition in Tien-Tsin, Shanghai, and Hankow. Authorities pressure and organizational actions limit the movement, with two societies forming to support a rising national sentiment in China.
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Shanghai
China
Tien-Tsin
Nanking
Hankow
Canton
Society of National Disgrace
Prisons revolt as prisoners kill guards at Alexandrovsk
A group of political prisoners led by Illineky attempted a mass escape in Alexandrovsk on May 6. Ten men fled after disarming guards during yard exercise. Three guards were killed and six wounded. In pursuit, two escapees were killed and four wounded. three, including Illinsky, were recaptured. Illinsky faced an eleven year sentence.
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Alexandrovsk
Illineky
Count Ignatieff
Tver
Ilinsky
Illinsky
Sixty Afghans Killed in Khyber Pass Fight
London reports a clash between Afghan forces and British troops near Landi Khotal in the Khyber Pass left sixty Afghans dead. A Lahore dispatch claimed three hundred Afghan dead, but that figure is not accepted.
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London
Khyber Pass
Landi-Khotal
Lahore
Democratic State Convention to Endorse Bryan for President
Boston May 6 The Democratic State Convention at Faneuil Hall is expected to be harmonious with broad support for a Bryan instruction resolution. Delegates-at-large named include George Fred Williams as leader and John B Moran Daniel F Doherty and John W Coughlin among possibles with Frederic J Stimson presiding.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
Denver
William J. Bryan
George Fred Williams
Dedham
John B. Moran
Daniel F. Doherty
Springfield
John W. Coughlin
Fall River
Frederic J. Stimson
Frank C. Richardson
Essex
Bryss
Pledges Ten For Taft At Connecticut Convention
Hartford delegates to the Republican State Convention voted to instruct ten of fourteen to back William H. Taft for the Chicago nomination while four remained uninstructed. Senators Bulkeley and Brandegee withdrew their names as delegates at large. The platform praised Roosevelt, urged tariff revision, supported a flexible currency, and proposed a study commission. Delegates listed include Brooker Ansonia Kenealy Stamford Clark Hartford Ullman New Haven Hopkins Killingly Fyler Torrington Jarvis Berlin Keeney Somers Blakeslee New Haven Shepard Portland Park Sprague Milner Moosup Burnham Bridgeport Roraback Canaan.
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Hartford
Conn
Chicago
Taft
Bulkeley
Brandegee
Committee On Resolutions
Connecticut
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
United States of America
William H. Taft
Ohio
Charles F. Brooker
Ansonia
Michael Kenealy
Stamford
Charles Hopkins Clark
Isaac M. Ullman
New Haven
Timothy E. Hopkins
Killingly
O. R. Fyler
Torrington
Charles M. Jarvis
Berlin
Tolland County
George E. Keeney
Somers
Denis A. Blakeslee
Middlesex County
Andrew N. Shepard
Portland
New London
Angus Park
Sprague
Windham County
Edwin Milner
Moosup
Fairfield County
W. E. Burnham
Bridgeport
Litchfield County
J. Henry Roraback
Canaan
Alabama for Taft at state Republican convention
Birmingham May 6. The Thompson wing backed Taft with strong resolutions and instructed delegates to vote for the Secretary of War in Chicago. Delegates elected J. O. Thompson W. R. Fairley F P H Lathrop N H Alexander. alternates Byron Tammel H F Owen Jere Murphy A G Mason. Electors chosen I Pellak James W Lee. Resolutions urged enforcement of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments and praised Roosevelt on railroad race equality.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thompson
Taft
Chicago
J. O. Thompson
W. R. Fairley
Pratt City
FP. H. Lathrop
N. H. Alexander
Montgomery
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Queens Democrats Try To Replace Cassidy Leader In Flushing
In Queens Conference Charles F. Murphy and J Sergeant Cram of Tammany Hall met Patrick J. Mara and Sheriff Herbert S. Harvey in Flushing to press Murphy’s view that Joseph Cassidy no longer leads the Queens Democratic organization. Lawrence Gresser pushes to build an iron clad machine with Harvey as head. Plans to shift street cleaning chief from Bowley or Koch to James F. Cronin and to move headquarters to the Shinnecock clubhouse in Flushing are under way.
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Charles F. Murphy
J. Sergeant Cram
Tammany Hall
Old Town Hall
Flushing
Patrick J. Mara
Queens
Mara
Herbert S. Harvey
Murphy
Joseph Cassidy
Sheriff Harvey
Democratic County Committee
Lawrence Gresser
Bermel
Gresser
Long Island City
James F. Cronin
Frederick Bowley
Herman Koch
Cassidy
Old Long Island City
Shinnecock
Peace mood in New Jersey GOP as Taft favored for delegates
Special correspondent reports relief at the State House as delegates at large settle with party unity. Taft is favored by most delegates though eight of ten districts have chosen delegates. Hudson County districts 9 and 10 still undecided. Names like Fort Briggs Rotherham Dear Garven Blair Gonzales appear in discussions as conventions schedule May 15.
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Tribune
Trenton
State House
Taft
New Jersey
Fort
Briggs
Knox
Congress
Def Gates
Hudson County
John Rotherham
Hudson County Republican Committee
Joseph A. Dear, Jr
Pierre P. Garven
John A. Blair
George Gonzales
Hilquitt Sparks Row at Cooper Union Debate
At Cooper Union last night Morris Hilquitt drew boos and cheers with harsh criticisms of the President. Mrs. Frederick Nathan protested with “Shame” as Hilquitt attacked Roosevelt after Professor Seligman rebutted him. Nathan left the platform amid the uproar while Hilquitt declared his loyalty to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper Union
Morris Hilquitt
United States
New York
Frederick Nathan
Hilquitt
Edwin R. A. Seligman
Columbia University
White
John Sparge
Seligman
Professor Seligman
Mr. Hilquitt
Mrs. Nathan
Republican district conventions nominate Taft allies and delegates
Across Kentucky and Missouri on May 6 Republican convention ballots led to Taft aligned delegates. In Louisville Fairbanks faction backed Cureton for Congress with Glover and Conkling as national delegates. Taft faction named Kinkead and Belknap Cowan as delegates. Missouri and Kentucky districts chose Harris Conrath Haswell Jackson Bennett Davidson for Taft with local county ties.
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Louisville
Fairbanks
N. €. Cureton
Congress
Walter B. Glover
Joseph F. Conkling
C. W. Nelson
J. M. Burnett
Taft
R. ©. Kinkead
Colonel Mortis RB. Belknap
Andrew Cowan
Herman Monroe
John W. Barr
Jefferson City
Missouri
Walter S. Harris
Boone County
Julius H. Conrath
Cole County
Elizabethtown
John Y. Haswell
Thomas Jackson
Shelbyville
Walter J. Bennett
J. &. Davidson
Johnson Sweeps Minnesota Primary Delegates
Returns from the Democratic primaries across Minnesota indicate Governor John A. Johnson supporters have swept the state, overwhelmingly defeating Bryan’s backers as delegates to county conventions and ultimately the state convention are chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
John A. Johnson
Bryan
Rescue at Sea as Miller Survives Shark Attack Near St Helena
Lawhull reports a dramatic near-miss near St Helena on March 11 when seaman Jacob Miller, aloft, fell overboard amid a shark filled sea. The crew launched a boat in darkness, faced aggressive sharks, lost gunwale grip, yet Miller was found exhausted but alive in a life buoy after about fifteen minutes of searching. The exact escape remains a mystery.
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Lawhull
Far East
St. Helena
Jacob Miller
Miller
Maine Professor Gowell Dies By Own Hand In Orono
Professor Gilbert M. Gowell of the University of Maine, who left after a quarter century of poultry research praised by the USDA, shot himself amid temporary melancholia. Since his wife’s death two years ago his mood worsened. he was sixty-three, born in Bowdoinham, and left several children.
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Orono
Gilbert M. Gowell
University of Maine
United States Department of Agriculture
Gowell
Bowdoinham
Governor Hughes Signs Bills In Albany May Day Actions
Governor Hughes signed the Page Francis bill creating a court investigation commission for New York Buffalo and Rochester with two Senators three Assemblymen and two civilians to probe court methods and justice administration. He also signed a nine member commission bill to study aliens’ social and economic prospects. He signed thirteen more appropriations totaling over 6 million dollars and five additional bills bringing that day’s total to 31 new laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Albany
Hughes
New York
Buffalo
Rochester
New York City
Raines
Wadsworth
Armstrong
Hooker
State departments may hire special counsel, Appellate Division says
Albany May 6 The Appellate Division third department rules the Legislature may authorize state departments to employ special counsel in the Santa Clara Lumber Company case. It returns the matter to Special Term for hearing of merits, overturning Attorney General Jackson’s position.
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Legislature
Albany
Appellate Division
3D Department
Jackson
Santa Clara Lumber Company
State Forest, Fish and Game
Santa Lara Lumber Company
State of New York
de Witt C. Middleton
Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner
Ferris J. Meigs
Lumber Company
Mnerita
Interborough Tax Exemption Upheld by Court
Albany May 6 The Interborough Rapid Transit Company of New York won a ruling from the Appellate Division Third Department confirming its exemption from taxation on special franchises. The decision follows an appeal of a 1905 assessment by the State Board of Tax Commissioners totaling 9,000,002. The company argued exemption under the Rapid Transit act governing New York subways now operated by the Interborough company.
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Albany
Interborough Rapid Transit Company of
New York
Appellate Division
Third Department
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Rapid Transit Act
New York City
Interboroungh Company
Governor announces hearings on pending bills
Albany May 6 Governor Hughes announced that he set hearings on several bills. On May 14 he will hear the Wemple-Filley bill to compel railroads to pay employees twice a month, a bill to erect a state hospital on Long Island, and a bill regulating grants underwater on Staten Island. Friday afternoon hearings will cover Insurance Company measures, a 5 cent fare proposal to Coney Island, and an Assemblyman Robinson bill extending private subway operation to fifty years. Saturday the Green bill on Torrens land title registration and the Francis bill for a three platoon police system in city areas.
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Albany
Hughes
Long Island
Staten Island
Assembly Railroad Committee
New York
Coney Island
Assemblyman
Robinson
Persian Rug Exhibition At 24 Fifth Avenue
An exhibit from the Persian Trading Company of New York is on display at the temporary annex of the Andersen ure tion Company, No. 24 Fifth Avenue. The collection features a Tabriz palace carpet and other intricate pieces, with showings this afternoon, this evening, tomorrow, and Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andersen «Uretion Company
Fifth Avenue
Persian Trading Company of
New York
Diamond Match Co. Reports Record Year and Board Reforms
A Chicago dispatch says Diamond Match Company in its annual meeting reviewed year ended December 7, 197, with profits of 2.28.07 the largest in its history. A resolution to purchase Bryant and May joint holdings in California timber property was approved unanimously. Officers were re elected and the board reorganized by re electing retiring officers.
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Chicago
The
Diamond Match Company
C. Barber
Bryant & May
Diamond
California
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Seffi
Tangier
Mulai Mafiq
Mequinez
Fez
James S. Coward
Greenwich
Piliet
Cotatoges
Tokio Clearing House
Ose
Eeeiom
British House
James E. Campbell
Butler County
Massachusetts
Alabama
N. J
Tast
Hisquitt
Minnesota
Maine
John Jameson
W. A. Taylor & Co
M. Y
Merritt
Senate Committee of Finance
State Armory Commission
Creedmoor
Page
Hudson-Fulton
Hudson Watershed
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Diamond Match CO
Broadway
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