18 May 1910
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1910
Page
1
Horrific boiler disaster at the Canton plant leaves many injured and a dozen workers dead. Emergency crews rush to the scene as investigators begin to determine the cause of the catastrophic failure.
A massive blast at a Canton, Ohio boiler works tore through the plant killing twelve to thirteen workers and injuring many others. Debris flew miles, bodies were scattered, and rescuers battled flames as one hundred men were at work when the explosion occurred.
Denver May 17 Announcement that a close quarantine had been ordered against Colorado cattle shipped outside the state was received today by Dr Charles G Lamb state veterinarian from A D Melvin chief of the bureau of animal husbandry Lack of state control over movement of infected or exposed cattle within the state is given as the cause Cattle exposed to scabies must be quarantined when being transported beyond the state Those afflicted with scabies must be shipped according to department regulations
Restimory Maryland May 17 report to the temperance committee of the Southern Baptist convention commends President Taft for total abstinence and for backing new rules on issuing federal liquor receipts, aimed at curbing bootleggers and other violators of prohibition laws.
Federal Court in New York hears a receivers complaint detailing a cotton trading fraud by insolvent firm Steele. The report estimates losses of about 1.1 to 1.5 million dollars across cotton operators in the United States and overseas including Britain Germany France Spain and Russia.
Morning Journal reports Costa Rica earthquake survivors arriving in New York aboard the Joachim. Professor Philip R. Calvert of the University of Pennsylvania and his wife recount the destruction of Cartago with bodies in the streets and a city laid in ruin. Dr W. Brewer describes rescue work and the frantic travel through a country in panic as relief efforts began.
J A Ke Pole named receiver for Steele Miller Co of Corinth. He seeks to restrain Stephen Weld & Co and New York Dock Co from disposing of cotton notes stocks and bonds. Receiver alleges fraudulent bills of lading and over 60 000 dollars in preferential payments.
Santa Fe special officer Bert Mao and David Allison fought a long standing feud in a crowded San Bernardino street. Four bullets struck Allison and he died. Mao surrendered to the sheriff. No others were wounded in the centennial throng.
The Conley Moran bout, previously off, is back on and set for June 7 in Noad. The ten round fight will occur without a judges decision due to local boxing rules. A weight dispute sparked the initial delay and subsequent rescheduling.
Denver voters defeated the water franchise and the dry battle with margins from 5 600 to 16 000. Citizens party claims wins on election commission and several aldermen while Mayor Speer cites Democratic ballots in the scratched tally.
National shippers vote to arbitrate railroad freight rate increases before the Interstate Commerce Commission. A seventeen member conference committee led by W. P. Spencer of St. Louis and E. B. Williamson of Cincinnati to direct the campaign against railroads. Copies of the resolutions will be sent to railroad heads and traffic managers.
United States proposes submitting the Chamizal boundary issue to a mutually trusted jurist for arbitration. The dispute centers on whether El Paso Texas land south of the Rio Grande was formed by erosion or accretion and thus belongs to the United States or Mexico under the 1848 treaty.
Members of the United States Geological Survey announce plans for an interesting experiment to be conducted on a California mountain. The project aims to study geological and atmospheric processes in high elevation terrain, with details pending official authorization and scheduling.
Washington May 17 Assistant Attorney General Oscar Lawler testified on the Ballinger Pinchot case accusing Brandeis of an untruth then apologized. The hearing examined Lawler memo details about the Glavis charges and Ballinger relations. Kerby contradicted Ballinger testimony and read confidential letters from Seattle officials to support Thompson as reclamation director.
Pasadena May 17 A Carnegie observatory team will sample dust from Hale's comet as the earth passes through the tail. Dr George Hale says earth's transit around 4 PM to midnight is unlikely to produce visible effects. Spectroscopic data suggest tail particles are sparse. moonlight may obscure any faint sky brightening.
Berkeley Calif May 17 The UC astronomy department reports the transit of Hatleys comet across the sun is fully verified with geocentric conjunction on May 18 16 07 03 GMT. The tail width is shrinking from 2 million to about 1 million miles as Earth passes through. The event will not be visible in the United States and observers in the Orient are unlikely to see it.
New Orleans wire reports that the Norwegian steamer Marietta owned by Bluefields Steamship Co was seized at her wharf on May 6 by Nicaraguan insurgents. The vessel was sent to join the Ometepe and Glen small gunboats as part of their expedition, with the Venus involved in the event.
A blaze destroyed the Hotel Adams in Phoenix causing over 275000 in damage. About seventy one of more than 100 guests were accounted for as searches found no bodies. Guests fled via fire escapes while some invalids in upper rooms may have died. Governor Sloan and his wife reportedly escaped using a rope ladder.
At Gilham Arkansas on May 17 Mrs Wesley Wright and Mrs Gena Heath along with six children drowned in the Goss river while crossing in a wagon. Darkness hid the flood, and the river was out of its banks.
The body of King Edward Bearer moved through London amid a sequence of ceremonial stages on its way to the royal burial. Officials and mourners lined the streets as wheels rolled and drums beat, marking the first public phase of the funeral procession.
London May 17 crowds line streets for the state funeral procession of Edward VII with Queen Alexandra and King George present. Carriage bearing the coffin moves to Westminster Hall as 56,000 mourners queue, guardsmen, and officials observe the solemn rites.
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