Locomotive Engineer Killed In Texas and Pacific Wreck
Northbound Texas and Pacific train No. 63 collided with a cow and calf near Sodus fifty miles south of Shreveport. Engineer W. P. Haggerty of Marshall died after being trapped beneath the engine and scalded. Fireman Dallas Curry of Marshall also died. W. H. Thompson of Marshall was seriously injured. The wreck left several others injured while the chair car and sleeper survived off the embankment. Haggerty had served with the railroad since its construction and rode with Jay Gould on inspections.
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Texas and Pacific
Sodus
W. P. Haggerty
Marshall
Dallas Curry
W. H. Thompson
Tex
Pelican
Haggerty
Engineer Haggerty
Jay Gould
Senate takes up railroad rate amendments with limited progress
Washington May 5 Senate members began consideration of amendments to the railroad rate bill under the fifteen minute rule but made little headway. Lodge’s line limited provision was adopted after excluding gas and water lines, narrowing the bill mainly to oil lines. The session opened with the president’s oil transport message read and tabled by motion of Foraker. Culberson's resolution then directed commerce to send the full report of the commissioner of corporations to the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
Foraker
Culberson
Secretary of Commerce
Commissioner of Corporations
Navy appropriation debate features oil transport message reading
The house spent the day considering the naval appropriation bill with most speeches backing the plan. Ohio's Mr. Burton argued against needless navy expansion and urged arbitration and world peace. The session highlighted the reading of the president's oil transportation message with strong applause.
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Washington
House
Burton
Ohio
Fast Train Collision Kills Three on Pennsylvania Line
Altoona Pa May 5 two fast trains the Chicago mail and the Chicago and St Louis express collided head on near Clover Creek on the Petersburg branch. Seven cars wrecked engines damaged. Three dead including a brakeman and a baggage master with an unknown woman and eight injured.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Petersburg
Clover Creek
Chicago Mail
Chicago and St. Louis Express
Frank Hardock
J. W. Herd
Black Hamis Busy Causes Wealthy Italians at New Orleans
Italian elites in New Orleans are unsettled as a busy Black Hamis figure disrupts social circles, stirring market talk and curiosity about origins and influence. Community leaders respond with caution as local observers weigh implications for status and cultural exchange.
Black Hand demands terrorize New Orleans merchants
Wealthy Italian merchants in New Orleans fear a Black Hand offshoot that issues extortion pleas from 2000 to 5000 dollars. Detective Dantonio leads police efforts to identify authors of threatening letters as victims face intimidation. Targets include A Montelone shoe maker Augustina Russo and Antonio Patroni, whose daughter is threatened with kidnapping.
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New Orleans
Black Hand Band
Dantonio
A. Montelone
Augustina Russo
A. Dittripani
Vincent Loscisco
Pasquale Taurimina
A. Catana
Antonio Patroni
Witte Praised in Farewell by Emperor
In St Petersburg on May 5 the emperor thanked Count Witte for his health lost due to hard work and noted his role in stabilizing finances and backing a new loan. Witte retires as president of the council of ministers, with Durnovo leaving the interior ministry and Goremykin rising to the premiership.
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St. Petersburg
Witte
Nicholas
Council of Ministers
Count Witte
M. Durnovo
Ministry of the Interior
M. Goremykins
M. Izvolsky
St.eetersburg
Durnovo
Naval Academy midshipmen faces reduced penalties after hazing probe
A Navy Department and Admiral Sands led special board settled the hazing case of thirty midshipmen. Instead of court martial and dismissal under old law, punishments include demerits reductions in classes confinement to reserve limits and other minor penalties welcomed by those involved as gentler than prior compulsory sentences.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Sands
Naval Academy
Ten Die in Pennsylvania Rail Collision Near Clover Creek Junction
Ten persons die and about twenty are injured in a head on crash on the Pennsylvania railroad near Clover Creek Junction. Most victims and injured were on the eastbound Chicago mail and the Chicago and St. Louis express. Recovery appears likely for the injured.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Clover Creek Junction
Chicago Mail
Chicago
Deputies Evict Hunting Parties From Indian Territory
Denison May 5 United States deputy marshals are forcing hunting and fishing parties to leave the Indian Territory per reports from E A McQuade.
Texarkana Plans for a Summer Theater Season
Texarkana officials announce a summer theater program aiming to boost cultural events. Local groups and sponsors will collaborate to stage performances at city venues, with tentative schedules released later this season.
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Texarkana
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