Rioters Kill and Wound in San Francisco Streetcar Strike
A May 7 riot in San Francisco as 1,700 United Railroads motormen and conductors strike escalates. One man, James Walsh, dies from a head wound while many others including police are injured. Police and guards exchange heavy pistol fire as strikebreakers attempt to resume service amid a massive 3,000 to 5,000 mob. Governor may consider federal troops if unrest spreads.
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Thomas White
Harry Sauer
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William Slattery
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Turk Streets
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San Francisco Governor Signals Possible Militia Call
Gov. James N. Gillette declared he will act immediately if riots continue and police fail to control them. He is awaiting advice from Adjt. Gen Louis Loufck and warned that militia or federal troops could be used, depending on the situation and civil authority.
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San Francisco
James N. Gillette
Adjt
Loufck
Lenroot Exits Wisconsin Senate Race After First Ballot
Former Speaker I L Lenroot withdraws from the Wisconsin Senate contest after the initial caucus ballot. He insists no deals or influences guided his decision and that he acted without the knowledge or backing of other candidates or their supporters. The move shocks candidates and supporters of Isaac Stephenson and Lenroot’s own camp.
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Washington Post
Madison
Wis
I L. Lenroot
Superior
la Follette
Isaac Stephenson
Lenroot
Actress Muriel Widdecombe in New York Suicide Note Left
New York May 7 Miss Wallace Widdecombe known as Muriel Nelson shot herself in her Hotel Bennington apartment after separate life with her actor husband and after filing a divorce suit. She left three notes including a message to her husband and friends and a request to publish her manuscripts. The composer-actress, once in The Squaw Man and A Message from Mars, had recently devoted time to composing.
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Washington Post
New York
Wallace Widdecombe
Muriel Nelson
Bennington
Haat Twenty-seventh Street
Nelson
England
William Faversham
Hotel Longacre
West Forty Seventh Street
Dougall Bissell
West Highty-first Street
Wally
Weyburn
Alise Thera
Tiffanye
Muriel
Boosey
ER. H. P. Squire
White Plains
Supreme Court of
Westchester County
Squire
Belachaser Chiswick
Charles Hawtrey
Democrats Win Baltimore Municipal Election Landslide
In Baltimore on May 7 Democrats claimed a sweeping victory in the municipal election. Mayor J. Barry Mehool won by about 6,000 over E. Clay Timanus as Democrats took 17 of 24 in the first branch and 3 of 4 in the second. Numsen and Hooper also secured large majorities, with two $1 million loans approved. Voter turnout was low and internal Republican divisions deepened, aided by Democratic bounty incentives for abstention and an electoral split within the African American electorate.
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First Branch
Numsen
Hooper
Washington Post
Baltimore
Frank Brown
J. Barry Mehool
E. Clay Timanus
Mahoot
Timanus
Wachter
Usia
Harry B. Cummings
Roosevelt
Cummings
Corey Ordered to Focus on Business Not Actress
New York May 7 William Ellis Corey head of the steel trust faces pressure to resign his $190,000 a year presidency over talks with actress Miss Mabelle Gilman. Associates say he must attend more closely to business despite Gary saying Corey's value to the steel industry keeps him in place. Reports note Miss Gilman planned to leave the Hotel Gotham as the wedding date toward next Monday approached.
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Washington Post
New York
Steel Trust
William Ellis Corey
Mabelle Gilman
Corey
Busiess
Gotham
Empire Building
Elbert H. Gary
Bandits Hold Up Northern Pacific Limited At Welch Pass
In Montana near Welch Pass the North Coast Limited was stopped by two masked robbers. Engineer James Clow resisted and was fatally shot but he set airbrakes, saving many lives. Fireman James Sulivan was wounded as bandits fled on foot, pursued by Sheriff Henderson and Deputy Webb. A suspect was arrested near Woodville. dogs and posse continue search in rugged Rocky Mountain terrain.
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Express
Butte
Mont
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific Railway
Mounis
Welche Spur
James Clow
Limited
James Sulivan
Ex Press
Henderson
Webb
Yellowstone County
San Point Ae
Woodville
Sheriff's Posse
Woodvil
Trath
Welch
Clow
Rocky Mountains
Goddard
Northern Pacific
Livingston
James Keon
Gallatin County
James Latta
Bozeman
Keon
Tatta
Uke Grovelle
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Procter Escapes Rabies After Pasteur Treatment
Cincinnati businessman and 3er & Gamble president Procter Cooper, aged heir to a fortune, was bitten by one of his pet dogs mistaken to be rabid last week. He returned from New York where he underwent Pasteur treatment. Doctors report no danger to the health of the young millionaire.
Mutiny at Sea In Quarantine Port Near San Diego
A British steamer Maori King carrying 921 Chinese and 212 Russian steerage passengers from Vladivostok and Shanghai to Mazatlan arrives in San Diego harbor under guard after a mutiny flare up. Tense clashes erupt between Chinese and Russian passengers, with at least fourteen wounded. Captain Duncan seeks assistance and safe passage with immigration officials supervising the quarantine.
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San Diego
Cal
Vladivostok
Shanghai
Mazatlan
Gusymaz
le Sun’ Lai
China
Boxer
Duncan
Squish
Hitchcock
Wuard
Will of James Henry Smith Leaves Vast Inheritance
George Grant Mason, 38, division superintendent of the St Paul Railroad, receives two thirds of the residuary estate in a will read after the funeral. Anita Armstrong Smith widow gets $3,000,000. Lady Cooper sister receives $1,000,000. total bequests amount to $5,200,000. The estate reportedly could total $52,000,000 with principal share to Mason potentially about $30,000,000. William S. Mason, another nephew, gets the remaining third. The document notes a direct heir provision but says a direct heir is unlikely. Mason’s career path is traced from apprentice to railroad executive.
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Washington Post
New York
James ‘Henry Smith
George’ Grant Mason
St. Paul
Anita Armstrong Smith
William Rhinelander Stewart
W. S. Ma Bank
City National Bank
Evangtop, IL
George Grant Mason
St. Paul Road
Stevens Institute
Hoboken
French China Valuation Restored in Import Ruling
A U S court decision, led by Tudge Bryan Waite, reestablished the old valuation on $200,000 worth of Limoges china imported by Haviland & Co. from Limoges. The ruling followed a France-based Treasury investigation and drew protests from M Jusserand. French exporters warned of a tariff war if the valuation had stood.
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Washington Post
New York
Tudge Bryan
Waite
United States
General Apprainera
Limoges
Haviland & Co
China
France
United States Treasury Department
William Burgess
M. Jusgerand
Secretary of the Treasury
Haviland
M. Jusserand
Washington
Foreign Office
Paris
Burton Urges Wachter Support for Taft in Maryland
Baltimore May 7 ex Congressmen Wachter received a letter from T E Burton Ohio chairman of the Rivers and Harbors Committee in the National House urging support for Secretary Taft for the 1908 Republican nomination. Burton says he cannot intervene in Maryland politics but hopes Wachter will back Taft and notes Burton’s Cleveland trip and plans to return.
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Wachter
Taft
Baltimore
Ohio
Rivers and Harbors
National House of Representatives
America
Maryland
Cleveland
Washington
Taffix
aMcos
Countess Vilma Penniless After Eloping With Gypsy
The house Countess Vilma Festetics settled on her Gypsy husband Redolf Nyert has been revoked by her father Count Paul Festetics under Hungarian law, leaving her penniless and reportedly seriously ill. Nyart is said to have a New York engagement with a salary of $0.
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Washington Post
Vienna
Vilma Festetics
Redolf Nyert
Count Spreti
Nyatt
Festetics
Paul Festetics
Nyart
New York
Cadets Suffer Steam Burns On St Marys Launch
Two cadets Roy Block and H C Dyer were injured when a steam valve blew aboard the St Marys off Glen Cove. They were rescued by ship officers and crew and brought to Bellevue Hospital in New York. Dyer is the son of Episcopal chaplain Rev C H Dyer.
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Washington Post
New York
Bellevue Hospital
St. Mary's
Glen Cove
L. E
Roy Block
H. C. Dyer
C. H. Dyer
Episcopal
Block
Dyer
Hempstead
Stary's
The Mikado Withdrawn by Mrs D Oyly Carte
London May 7 Mrs D Oyly Carte withdraws The Mikado entirely after receiving a formal prohibition against production The notification halts provincial performances and may end English theaters most popular Gilbert and Sullivan work unless the lord chancellor bans it An amateur group asked the lord chamberlain which passages offend but he would not specify.
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London
D'Oyly Carts
Phy
Law Sticks To His Story On May Day Riots
Paris May 7 The examination of Jacob Law a Prussian naturalized American who fired a revolver at Cuirassiers on May Day top of an omnibus in Crocendia shows Law insisting he acted without accomplices. The chaotic trial details the suspect’s assertion of solo action amid the city’s unrest.
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Paris
Jacob Law
United States
Irish Bill Lacks Ambition in Home Rule Debate
London May 7 government unveils long awaited Irish bill in Commons. Birrell presents a plan granting an Irish council of eighty two elected and twenty four nominated members to control eight departments while the Crown and lord lieutenant reserve power to veto measures. Dublin Castle remains under imperial control with key departments kept out. Balfour denounces the measure as unfair and insufficient for Irish self governance.
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Tintontate
England
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George Wyndham
Alfred Deakin
Australia
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New York
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Home Counsel
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