Dynamite Blast Kills At Least Twenty In Albany Quarry
In Albany on May 12 a premature detonation at the Callahan Road improvement company quarry near South Johor killed at least twenty workers. Preparations had run six weeks with thirteen holes drilled, explosives totaling over eight thousand pounds. Several company officers near the blast were also killed as rock and debris rained over the area.
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Albany
Stone Army
Callahan Road Provement Company
Johor
Wright Brothers Honored at Aero Club Luncheon
Wilbur and Orville Wright were guests of honor at a New York Aero Club luncheon marking their return from Europe. The brothers received a warm reception as Taft's letter of regret was read, with Wilbur denying mind reading and asserting US recognition in 1905.
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New York
Wilbur
Orville Wright
The
Aero Club
United States
Orville
Taft
Woman Files Damages Suit Over High Heels Fall
Oakland May 12 Mrs Anna Peterson sues the land Traction company for injuries after a fall from a street car caused by wearing high heels. The defense argued contributory negligence but Superior Judge Fred Wood ruled in favor of the traction company reducing liability and awarding costs.
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Oakland
Cal
Anna Peterson
Thekland Traction Company
Peterson
Fred ¥. Wood
Oakland Ac Company
Atlin
Death of Hickert agent deemed mysterious in Stamford
In Stamford Texas on May 12 W M ne a joint ticket agent for the Wich Valley and Texas railways was found dead in his room with a slot hole through his head. The cause of the supposed suicide is not known.
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Stamford
Texas
W. M. Ne
Wich Valley & Texas Railways
Flying machines for sale as low as seven thousand
New York May 12 The minimum price of a Wright aeroplane has been set at 7560 dollars. A high speed two passenger war capable machine could cost up to 25000 dollars. Orville Wright announced the price schedule last night and he and Wilbur plan to leave for Dayton after a reception by the Aero club of America.
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New York
Orville Wright
Wilbur
Dayton
Ohio
Aero Club of America
Hains May Face Court Martial Trial
Final adjudication of the New York case against Captain Peter C. Hains Jr for the murder of William Annis will be awaited by the War Department before it acts on his status. If no military offense is found, the officer may be court martialed despite New York court actions.
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Hains
Washington
State of New York
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William
Annis
War Department
Department
New York
Merchant Prince of Cornville to Be Staged
Chicago May 12 Samuel Eberly Gross dramatist and 63 year old bridegroom plans a production of his poetic drama The Merchant Prince of Cornville by a prominent actor and notes a federal court decision about Edmond Rostand allegedly stealing ideas for Cyrang de Bergerac from this work.
Disastrous prairie fire sweeps Cuastro County
A disastrous prairie fire swept parts of Cuastro County in the Panhandle over Saturday and Sunday. Col T K Herring of Herring and Laird suffered the heaviest losses as flames destroyed 30 sections on his ranch within the affected area.
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Amarillo
Texas
Cuastro County
Panhandle
Col. T. K. Herring
Herring & Laird
Outrages by Tribesmen Amid Armenian Plot Claims
Constantinople reports public executions as mutineers are hanged, total 38 since April revolt. Adana massacre described with a burned school and mass casualties. Government pursues Armenian conspiracy claims and orders trial for Djey ad Bey. Marash area villages destroyed as refugees flee toward the city.
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Constantinople
Suyltan’s
Dimit ‘Meldan
Stamboui
War Office
Thomas .D. Christie
Tarsus
Adana
Marash
Asiatic
Turkey
Metropolitan Handicap to Be Run Today
New York May 12 Horse racing opens the 1909 turf season at Belmont Park with no bookmaking and an oral betting trial. The Metropolitan handicap is the feature race with a $5,000 purse and fourteen entries as fair weather and a large crowd are expected.
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New York
Belmont Park
Supreme Court
Nicaragua to settle old Emory timber claim
Pedro Gonzales arrives in Washington from Nicaragua signaling imminent negotiations at the State Department to resolve the long pending Emory timber cutting concosions claim that has troubled officials.
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Nicaragua
Old Olam
Washington
Pedro Gonzales
Emory
State Department
Blind Senators Shielded By Trusted Retailers Influence Law
A fragment calls out Senator Gunt and accuses allied trusts of masking influence over legislation. The text asserts retailers shield themselves through behind the scenes pressure, claiming widespread acknowledgment of the scheme.
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Senator Gunt
Filipin Delegates Plea for Independence in Senate Remarks
In Washington on May 12 Eraater Gore declared retailers are blamed for price abuses by manufacturers and trusts, while Filipinos press for independence. Commissioner Ocampo backed protests against free trade with the United States as Filipinos demand life and death independence and gratitude for American rule.
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Washington
Eraater Gore
Senate
New England
Paynter
Aldrith
Ocampo
Congress of the Philippines
United States
Spain
Wealey Bolt Seeks Divorce Over Husband Robbery Conviction
Grand Junction Colorado May 12 Mrs Wealey Bolt filed a divorce suit against her husband alleging his robbery conviction. He received a two to five year sentence and admitted to stealing in court saying he did so to aid his wife through their troubles as she stood by him.
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Grand Junction
Colo
French strike fails as postal clerks stay at work
Postmen and postal clerks do not join a planned strike. Labor unions cite lack of turnout and mixed support as they explain why workers did not walk off the job. Local authorities monitor the situation and prepare contingency plans.
Walkout Across France Sparks National Labor Tension
Paris reports a peaceful first day of a proposed nation wide walkout. Railway mail service halted except trains. Cabinet dismisses 228 workers. Mining leaders fail to back a sympathetic strike in Lens. Seine delegates urge unity to form regional unions ready to join a general strike if called.
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Paris
Congress
Lens
Seine Department
Federation of Labor
France
Jealous Lover Slashes Then Ends His Life
An enraged lover slashes his partner and attempts to cut off her head before turning the razor on himself. Police report a fatal self-inflicted wound as the scene ends.
Tragic double event at Helper lunch counter
Ogden reports say Mrs Lena McDonald a Helper depot waiter was slashed by her jealous lover James McCleary who then cut his own throat dying minutes later. McCleary had followed the woman from Denver though she was badly hurt but to recover.
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Ogden
Utah
Helper
Rio Grande
Lena McDonald
James McCleary
McCleary
Denver
Women and widows picket as livery strike widens
Chicago reports today note a livery drivers strike with the arrest of an undertaker for excessive firearm use. Wives and daughters of strikers vow picket duty and the driving of hearses by wives of livery owners adds to the tense demonstrations.
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Chicago
Woman Dies After Hair Sacrifice Won by Vanity
Beaverton May 12 Mrs Maria Palmer Walley 24 died in Berkeley after refusing to cut her once famed hair to save her health. Born in Auxboro Indiana her hair reached ninety inches in childhood and drew theatrical offers. Doctors attribute her death to a tuberculosis but say she might have lived longer if she had cut her hair.
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Beaver
United States
Maria Palmer Walley
Berkeley
Walley
Grant Drank Thrice In Eighteen Years
Chicago on May 12 General Frederick D Grant addressed the Chicago Young Men's Christian Association urging temperance. He stated he is not a prohibitionist but supports regulation and personal teetotalism, noting he would claim two champagne glasses and one whiskey drink in eighteen years if allowed. He argued sparing drink reduces peak drunkenness and timing for a “periodical jag.”
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Chicago
Chicago Young Men's Christian Association
Frederick D. Grant
Two Tensleep Raiders Confess Rushed to Sheridan Jail
Sheridan Wyoming May 11 strong evidence of a full confession from two of the men charged with murder and conspiracy in the Basin Big Horn county killings near Basin. Albert Keyes and Charles Farris were moved to Sheridan jail with United States Marshal Joe Lafora, while other defendants await trial.
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Sheridan
Lefors
Wyo
Bittle
Alleman
Emge
Lizier
Basin
Bie Horn County
Albert PB. Keyes
Charlea Farris
Farris
Keyes
United States
Joe la Fora
Busin
Papila
Allemand
Binge
Lazier
Chantandly Erling
Onry
Hosin
George Raban
M. A. Alexander
Herbert, Brink
Ed. Eaton
Thomasson
Big Horn County
C. J. Parmice
Parma
National ‘Woolgrowers Association
State
Woolgrowers
Wyoming
Joe la Fara
Dnsin
Bhorlydan
Tom Horn
Cheyenne
Willie Nickel
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Hickert
Uncle Bam
Iime
United States Navy
W. Kart Christy
Big Sunday Leader
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Cannon
Murdock
T. 2
Hord
Lida Frowe
Young Turks
Galata Shidge
Palgace
Tae. Fon
Bae
Filiping
Jim
Grant
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