FRISCO STRIKE NOW ON
San Francisco, May 6—The
street car systems o' this town are
now tied up completely by a strike
of the molormen. Strike breaker
Farley arrived from the East yes
terday evening with 400 men and
an attempt will be made Tuesday;
by the company to resume busi
ness with the aid of the strike
breakers. Serious trouble is feared
and the authorities are preparing
to handle any rioting which may
occur.
Kansas City, May 6—Col. Mul
fovd has received a letter from
Bryan saying that if the demo-j
cratic convention refuses to nomi
nate him for the presidency he
will endeavor to secure the nomi-j
nation oi Roosevelt.
Los Angeles, May 6—Jeffries an
nounces that if Squires makes a
good showing at the coming figh'
he will arrange for a contest with
him next fall.
Boise, May 6—Haywood’s atlor
ne :s are demanding that the pros
ecution allow the defense to know
what evidence they have in their
possession The court is expected
to lefuse the demand. The de
fense is gathering a ma*s of wit
nesses to prove that Orchard’s con
fession regarding the murder of
Steunenberg was made at the insti
gation of federal officers and had
nj foundation in fact.
Seattle, May 6—District Attor
ney Hoyt, of Nome has resigned,
and Assistant Attorney Grigsby
will probably be appointed to suc
ceed him.
Washington, May 6—Viscount
Aoki, the Japanese amtmssodor to
the United States, will visit the
Pacific coast in a few’ weeks to look
over the situation regarding the
new treaty which bars the admis
sion of Japanese laborers to the
United States.
Panama, Mav 6—Shovelmen on
the Panama canai work have de
manded that they he allowed an
increase in pay. Roosevelt, on
Tast’s recommendation refuses to
ailow any raise and a strike is very
probable.
Washington, May 6—A report
of the government customs and
tax receipts for the fiscal year has
just been issued showing a $75,000
000 surplus, the greatest in the
history of the country.
Akron, May 6—Secretary Taft is
seriously ill, but the physicians
! nounce that his illness is not dan
gerous. The attack was caused by
eating canned meats.
j Seattle, May 6—Isabelle Grant,
manager of the Metropolitan Hos
pital hospital has disappeared with
all of the funds of the institution.
I It develops ftorn an investigation
that she was making a practice of
selling bodies to medical students
before the death of the patients.
New York, May 6—President
Roosevelt’s letter relating to the
Moyer-Havwood affair was read
yesterday at a session of the hed-,
eration of Labor, in which the
president asked for evidence show
ing that these men are bein*.1
wrongly imprisoned and prosecu
ted, and saying tlwtt if such evi
dence can be produced he will
right matters immediately. He
says that De >s’ utterances regard ,
ing the matter have been very in-!
temperate and not justified by
circumstances.
Seattle, May 6—At the socialis4 j
convention held here last night
resolutions were adooted call ng
on the president to substantiate
the char.es made in his letter re-,
carding Moyerand Haywood. Feel* j
ing in the labor circles all over thej
west is running high against Roos-j
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evelt for taking bis stand in re-!
sard to the Idaho matter befor
the trial of the accused.
Washington. May 6—Powerful
pressure is being brought, to
hear on Ex President Cleveland j
by the big financial interests urg-!
ing him to oppose Hearst and
Bryan in the democratic conven
tion. Cleveland has so far refused
to take anv hand in the matter.
Chicago, May 7—Four thousand
brick layers will go on a strike
Saturday, On that day they wiil
ail be paid off and they have de
termined not to return to work
until their demands for a raise of
salary is granted. All building
operations will cease throughout
Mexico, May 7—The govern
ment has issued an ultimatum to
the Nicaraguan government to the
effect that if Gen. Lima and Col.
Boneaccusus are not delivered over
‘o the Mexican authorities tomor
row. war will be declared the next
day. These men are wanted for
being parties to a conspiracy to
kill President Barrillas.
the city until the strike is settled
Cleveland, May 7—Jav Miller,
; the congressional candidate, who
has just returned from Washing
ton, says that in an interview with
Roosevelt he was* told that Taft
would without doubt be nominated
for the presidency in 1908. Roose
velt stated’ that the party forces
would be lined up so that it will
be impossible to beat Taft out o
the nomination, although some of
the big money interests will oppose
him.
New York. May 7—Mrs. Patrick
is applying for a writ of habeas
corpus to secure the release of h^r
husband, who has been in prison
for several years for complicity in
the murder of millionaire Rice.
She claims that at the time of the
trial she was approached by agents
of the prosecution who stated that
if the would pay them $2,000,000
they would secure the acquittal of
her husband. Thpre has always:
been considerable doubt in the!
public mind as to the guilt of Pat-1
rick.
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Fort Worth, Mav 7—A tornado
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swept the northern part of Texas'
last night, totally destroying the
towns of Pleasant Grove and Bird
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wright. So far as known only j
three deaths were a used by the
storm, but the wires are all down,
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and when communication is re
sumed the death list mav he found
to be larger. Half of the town of
Demar was razed, the storm cut
ting through the business part of
the town, entirely demolizning
some buildings, while those ad
joining were not injured in the
least.
San Francisco, May 7—The
street car barns have been pre
pared for a long seige, and under
charge oi strike breaker Farley, an
attempt will he made to run the
cars this afternoon. The cars and
barns w ill be under a heavy guard,
but serious trouble is expected as
the strikers have been massing all
the morning. Bloodshed may fol
i 1owt an attempt to take the cars
out in charge of the strike break
ers.
Boise, May 7—A large number
of men are gathering here and it is
believed they are Colorado miners,
who are contemplating a raid on
the jail to release the- miners now
on trial. The state militia has
been notifiel to be in readiness to
come out on short notice.
Norfolk, May 6—Thomas Ryan
has loaned the Jamestown Fair
half a million dollars with which
to carry out the exposition. It was
recently found there were not suf
ficient funds to make the fair a
success and Ryan advanced the
money with the understanding
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that be should have support in his
race for the senatorshio from Vir
ginia.
Houston. May 7—The attorney
general finds that Senator Bailev
did represent the Standard Oil in
a legal capacity while a member
of Congress and the evidence has
been presented to the Governor,
who will call a special session of
the legislature for a new trial of
Bailey.
Seattle, May 7 — The Pacific
Coast Steamship Co. has decided
to operate a boat from Tacoma to
Alaska this summer, and will put
the Cottage City on that run.
Washington, May 7—The finan.
ces of the Jamestown fair are in
such bad sliape that the govern
ment has started an investigation
to ascertain what the prospects are
for securing the payment of the
million loan to the fair comniis
sioners.
The falling of a tree hv men en
gaged in getting on* piling on La
touche island, recently, uncovered
a large boulder of 12 per cent cop
per ore, in a locality where no
ledge was known to exist and has
eau-ed quite an exeitement in that
locality. The find was on the
Singer Mining Co. property.
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