Paris Unrest Prompts Wide Arrests and Guarded Embassy
In Paris on May 1 cavalry and infantry patrol the city to maintain order. About one hundred demonstrators were arrested near the Palace De La Republique as striking printers clashed with police. A heavy security perimeter surrounds the American embassy after Brest strikers in black flags faced police, with fights and numerous arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Evening Journal
Palace de la Republic
Ar Brest
No surplus of food as San Francisco faces shortages
Mayor Schmitz warned the general committee that the city faced a food shortage after 700 car loads had been distributed since the April 18 earthquake, with only 108 on the way. General Greely estimated food would last fifteen days under current consumption, while Oakland relief moves also come under military direction. Plans for rebuilding and new building laws are being prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
General Municipal Committee
Schmitz
Grace Church
Lehmitz
General Committee
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
General Greely
Oakland
Vardee
Kahn
Greely
Mott
Board of Supervisors
Physicians ruin and city rebuild after great fire
Hundreds of physicians are left destitute after the blaze wrecked libraries accounts instruments and diplomas. The San Francisco disaster also wiped out or disabled 28 of 76 school buildings prompting an indefinite school vacation and transit promises amid a rapid return to normal shipping and relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Department of Education
United Railways
Farmers' unions consolidate into National Farmers' Union
Representatives from the Farmers' Social and Economic Union, Farmers' Relief Association and Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association of Illinois Indiana and Missouri met in Pickneyville and ratified consolidation into the National Farmers' Union. The new group will have about 15 000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Social and Economic Union
The
Farmers’ Relief Association
Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association of
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Pickneyville
National Farmers’ Union
Baseball Scores From May First Across Leagues
Chicago May 1 Following are baseball scores League at Cincinnati Pittsburg 3 Cincinnati 0 at Brooklyn Philadelphia 6 Brooklyn 2 at Boston New York 8 Boston 2 at St Louis Weather American at New York Boston 13 New York 4 at Philadelphia Washington 3 Philadelphia 6 at Cleveland St Louis 4 Cleveland 3 at Chicago Detroit 2 Chicago 1 ten innings Association at Louisville Milwaukee 5 Louisville 4 eleven innings at Toledo St Paul 3 Toledo 2 at Columbus Minneapolis 2 Columbus 4 at Indianapolis Kansas City 2 Indianapolis 2 twelve innings darkness
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland -St. Louis
Cleveland
Chicago -Detroit
Louisville
Milwaukee
Toledo
St. Paul
Columbus
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Budget Presents Surplus and Hopes for Debt Reduction
London May 1 Budget Day drew a large Commons crowd as Asquith, the chancellor, unveiled the first Liberal budget. He cited a 1905-06 surplus and forecast a 1906-07 surplus of about 15.37 million pounds, noting rising revenue and controlled expenditure while warning on debt and navy costs.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Budget Barometer: 1907 Plan Aims for Efficiency Savings
The speaker claimed knowledge of colleagues' intentions to push a 1907 budget that would save substantial funds without weakening national services. He emphasized achieving efficiency gains while maintaining service levels.
Asquith proposes thrift to cut debt and taxes
The government plans rapid debt reduction by halting naval and military borrowing, diverting surplus to debt payoff, and reallocating funds from the Chinese indemnity and other sources. A graduated tax inquiry is announced as Ex-Premier Balfour cautions that social reforms require higher spending.
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Asquith
Balfour
Bullets vs Stones in Mount Carmel Mine Riot
Mount Carmel Pa May 1 The first serious clash since April 1 between idle mine workers and state constabulary left about twenty injured with three expected to die including Louis Wilson R Miserevich Stanislaus Watakoski A trooper R H Gibson was also hurt. Strikes against non union men led to police response and arrests of Lieutenant Smith and three strikers.
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Mount Carmel
New State Constabulary
Louis Wilson
R. Miserevich
Stanislaus Watakoski
Wilson
R. H. Gibson
Sheriff Sharpless
Northumberland County
John C. Groome
Reading
Marleton
Smith
Constabulary
Mutineers Must Hang
The U S Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences of Robert Sawyer and Arthur Adams two Negro crewmen from the schooner Harry Berwind for the murder of the captain mate engineer and cook off North Carolina on Oct 10 1905 The decision sustained the trial court and rejected a juror standing error claim Justice Peckham announced the ruling with reluctance and Justice White dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Robert Sawyer
Arthur Adams
Harry Berwind
North Carolina
Mobile
Supreme Court
Peckham
White
Murder charge in Summitville as neighbor killed at home
At Summitville in this county, Sherman Speece a bartender, shot and killed neighbor Ollie Robinson a glass worker who was undressing in the family bedroom. Speece is jailed at Anderson awaiting a murder hearing.
Woman Dies From Hatchet Attack Aftermath in Denver
Dorotha Towne who survived a jealous hatchet assault by her husband James A. Towne in Chicago last week died from her injuries in Denver. The couple had moved from Chicago to Denver, where the previous day Dorotha was attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Dorotha Towne
James A. Towne
Mrs. Towne
Chicago
Woman Dies After Eating Popcorn in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana on May 1 Mrs Magerie Moses age 20 reportedly died after consuming a large amount of popcorn and water. The intestine was obstructed by swelling and the death occurred.
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Muncie
Ind
Bank Official Under Arrest in New York
Gustav F. Sorrow, vice president of the Bank of America Chicago, arrested at the Hotel Marseilles on an indictment for conspiracy to commit an illegal act. Held in Tomas police court in 5000 bail to await extradition. remanded to police headquarters in absence of bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gustav F. Sorrow
Bank of America
Chicago
Marseilles
Tomas
Royal visit to observatory on Mount Vesuvius
King Edward and Queen Alexandra visited the observatory perched on Mount Vesuvius. Stromboli, long quiet, resumes activity with smoke and ejecta reported as the volcano shows renewed vigor.
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Edward
Alexandra
Mount Vesuvius
Flax mill plans and volcanic eruption report
Piax Mill at Lenox Michigan May 1 supports flaxseed delivery to farmers for a new flax mill with about a thousand acres planned. Mount Heela eruption near Leith Iceland wary ash spread noted but no serious disruption to ships or activity.
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Lenox
Mich
F. W. Pareley
Yale
Mount Heela
Winburgh
Leith
Iceland
Germany invites twenty states to wireless telegraph conference
Germany issues invitations to twenty states for an international wireless telegraph conference to be held in Berlin on June 25. The Allan Steamship One orders a 10,000 ton liner for Liverpool to Canada service. Bank of Newport Arkansas fails to open due to poor collections. New York Senate passes a bill requiring publicity of political campaign contributions and expenditures.
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Germany
Berlin
Allan Steamship One
Liverpool
Canada
Bank of Newport
Newport
Ark
New York Senate
Cattle Hog and Sheep Market Report Chicago May 1 1906
From the Beach Wickham Co and McCall Bros Chicago report cattle hogs and sheep activity. Receipts 16000 hogs 14000 yesterday cattle 5000 beves and feeders strong to steady natives Western yearlings lambs market weak to strong by category. Official yesterday and today receipts and shipments noted with mixed packers and heavy shipping grades quoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Beach-Wickham Co
McCall Bros
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U. M. W. Leaders For Peace
National Supreme Court
Piax Mill
Grain Market
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