14 May 1907
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1907
Page
1
Reports from San Luis Obispo Hospital indicate all injured inmates detained after the incident show excellent recovery prospects. Medical staff say the bruised victims respond well to treatment. Authorities investigate the defective equipment and whether safeguards failed.
Santa Barbara dispatch reports two hours of juried inquest into the Southern Pacific wreck near Honda. Survivors travel. coroner's jury finds deaths from injuries and faulty equipment. Dozens injured, some seriously, with names and hometowns listed among the victims. Recovery and transport details follow as officials assess cause and fate of the dead.
Members of the battalion punish Lieutenant Commander C. B. McVay Jr by observing a silence boycott during a meal in the midshipmen's mess hall. The act mirrors a naval tradition where silence serves as rebuke for perceived investigative methods.
An aged man R P Hawes released by a Los Angeles judge on a writ of habeas corpus is immediately re arrested and moved to custody after a governor’s extradition papers arrive. The case concerns Hawes wanted in Woodeye Oregon for grand larceny and takes place in May in Los Angeles.
Denver reports that the Rio Grande trainmen have been offered a compromise plan by General Manager Ridgeway to settle wage scale disputes. The union committee reportedly issued an ultimatum demanding terms by tomorrow, though details remain unconfirmed.
The passage reports disciplinary actions taken against the cadet battalion amid ongoing internal tensions within the unit. Details are limited and the exact reasons are unclear in the fragment.
Commander Fallam of the US gunboat Marietta reports tampering and delays of his official telegrams by Honduran authorities in San Pedro. He warns Provisional President Davila that American forces may withdraw after internal strife and interference with telegraph lines.
Travelers arriving at Puerto Cortes report renewed fighting in Honduras. The conflict centers on questions of allegiance and control after recent tactical maneuvers, with armed groups engaging in actions that reflect shifting factional alignments.
Washington May 28 The Supreme Court of the United States today affirmed the Missouri state court ruling that Southern Railway and others could condemn land for a river bridge project. The decision sustains the state court’s reversal of a lower federal ruling, upholding authority to condemn land for the project on the Mississippi River alignment.
Prospective jurors in the Little Dulg county Taywood case presented a wide range of reasons to avoid service in the high profile trial. The jury pool showed notable eagerness to dodge duty, reflecting public sentiment on civic obligations during this famous case.
At Boise Idaho May 33 testimony focused on 140 jurors drawn for the Haywood trial. Many excused for illness or being husbands of ill wives while others included ditch riders, federal officers, and bank staff. Judge Wood questioned prospects as 76 remained. Walter Shaw and Walter Wash Shaw were among the examined as juror bias questions centered on capital punishment and ties to labor or mining groups.
The courtroom filled with spectators including a nurse and a widow mother as summoned jurors crowded the session. Sheriff Hodgin closed doors after an hour, leaving twelve jurors in the box with four examined and eight awaiting defense questioning. The court will sit 10 to 12 mornings and 2 to 4 20 afternoons per Judge Wood.
A. V. Campbell, Spokane local manager of the Western Union Telegraph, is to be called as a witness in the Boise trial of Western Federation of Miners officers. The record suggests a message from the federation to Spokane. The Pioneer Press notes Castle Chief Mining records show Charles Moyer worked there in 1886 87 and hints at a Joliet penitentiary period, with conflicting timing and employment details.
San Francisco reports 150 cars operated by 350 non union strike breakers from 1:30 am to 4 pm and 7 pm on about sixty lines. Calhoun vows to arm non union crews if attacked and Governor Gillet keeps state staff in place to monitor the San Francisco unrest. In Geneva, a Kremsbach landslide killed three and injured many others.
A derailment near Thur station on the Central railroad killed a man walking beside the track and injured several train crew and passengers. The West Virginia Express derailed after striking an open switch. engineer Martin and fireman Martin sustained serious injuries.
The U S supreme court dismissed Kansas v Colorado over Arkansas River diversions for irrigation with no prejudice to Kansas to renew if injury shows. United States intervenor petition also dismissed, costs borne by each party. The decision ends a long suit begun in 1901 amid irrigation disputes and riparian rights debates.
A street car traversing a Rio Grande bridge panicked crowds injuring over a dozen. A girl stepped on a match igniting clothes and jumped from the car. the conductor saved a life by tearing burning garments away. Injured include conductor AOL. Panik and teens Josefina Garcia 17 and Tomaza Flores 16 with brain concussion.
May 13 report from Yekamah Nebraska states Waller Copple and his wife were murdered last night across from the Iowa line twelve miles east of town. Sheriff hunts for Bert Shittpe a farm hand who worked for Copple Phillipett is suspected of knowing something about the crime.
Senator Dick argues a Columbus gathering called for Wednesday would be useless for the convention’s purpose. The Harmony convention declaration faces skepticism as organizers push ahead with plans.
United States Senator Charles Dick chairman of the Ohio Republican Executive State Committee cancels a Columbus meeting planned for May 15. He says the gathering was not to dictat e candidate choices but to seek unity and harmony among Ohio Republicans, and postpones the meeting indefinitely due to misrepresentation and opposition.
Columbus Ohio May 13 Walter Brown of Toledo chairman of the republican state central committee arrived here tonight and conferred with A I Vorges state insurance commissioner and manager of the Taft canvass in Ohio He would not rescind his call for the state central committee meeting in this city Wednesday. Telegrams from Senator Dick calling off the conference were sent to members of the state central and executive committees and county chairs. Chatonan Frown says Senator Dick did not consult him before taking action. Brown's possible stance at the conference with Vargee tonight remains undecided.
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