Tornadoes Sweep Three States Leave Multiple Dead
A May 14 series of tornadoes hit Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri killing at least five people and injuring about 60. Holls Kansas was wiped out with three dead ten injured. Great Bend area saw two killed twenty injured. A Santa Fe engineer and a conductor died near Great Bend and Kinsley as a work train wrecked. Many farms and towns suffered severe damage and rail traffic was disrupted.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Mt. Washington
Fairmount Park
Holils
Kan
Great Bend
Greater
William Ackerly
Santa Fe
Frank Nicholson
Great Bent
Kinsley
Ackerly
Batita Fé
Holsington
Pond Creek
Oklo
RAGE PREJUDICE IN WASHINGTON AGAINST NE GRO OFFICIAL SPLASHES FURY
Southern representatives protested a Washington house building restaurant's handling after William T. Vernon a Negro register of the treasury dined there with Dies of Indiana and Garner of Texas both left the restaurant and reported the matter to Fitzgerald of New York. The episode sparked Democratic tensions and possible moves to bar Negroes from restaurants.
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Washington
House
William T. Vernon
Register of the Treasury
Dies
Indiana
Garner
Texas
Vernon
Companion
Iittzgerald
New York
Grand Valley residents back government canal plan
In Grand Junction Colorado on May 14 Senator Horace T Delong and Secretary D W Rupperle of the Water users association began a message to Secretary Ballinger stating that 96 percent of landowners favor government construction of the canal over private capital as the reason for halting private line work.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Washington
Grand Valley
Horace T. Delong
D. W. Rupperle
Water Sers Association
Ballinger
Revolt and Strife Mark Frange Postal Strike
Paria May 14 A postal strike sees workers appealing to workmen’s organizations for support. Influential speeches by M. Pataud and M. Guerard promise assistance, while threats of a revolutionary federation loom. Indecision grows as rank and file doubt agitators seek personal gain amid fears of wire-cutting and government strictures.
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Paria
M. Pataud
Electricians
M. Guerard
Revolutionary Federation of Labor
Princess de Sagan letter may cost Boni life custody fight
In Poris May 14 Count Boni de Castellane appeals a custody ruling granting his children to Princess de Sagan. Bonnet argues the princess is vindictive and could squander the family fortune, citing a letter from the Duke of Luynes and alleged public insinuations about an heir.
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Princess DE Sagan
Count Boni
Poris
Count Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Court of
Maitre Bonnet
Abe
Prince de Bagan
Chilren
Maitre Bonnot
Duke of
Bonnet
Maltro Cleenceny
Boni
Bont
Teddy Slays Enormous Bull Elephant in Headline Grasp
A hunter named Teddy shoots a massive bull elephant described as an enormous tusker. He picks it out from a herd and brings it down with a well directed bullet in a dramatic hunting account.
Roosevelt and elephant capture near Machakos station
Naiboroi, British East Africa May 14. Kermit Roosevelt lost his way from his father’s camp and spent a night on horseback before reaching Kiu station. Theodore Roosevelt was killed by a large elephant. a two month old baby elephant was captured alive for shipment to the New York Zoo. The captive will be shipped via Mombassa by rail with local natives guiding the journey.
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Naiboroi
British East Africa
Kermit Roosevelt
Machakos
Kiu
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
New York Zoological Gardens
Mombassa
F. C. Selous
United Railroads graft halted in SF trial
Charles Wheeler, attorney for Rudolph Spreckels, testified for the prosecution in the Patrick Calhoun case, denying a conspiracy to oust United Railroads for personal franchises. He described 1905 testimony before the city street committee on an overhead trolley franchise for Sutter Street and the resulting upheaval after a fire.
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San Francisco
Charles 8 Wheeler
Rudolph Spreckies
Patrick Calhoun
Spreckles
Phelan
United Railroads
Wheeler
Street Committee
Sutter Street
Muncipal Company
Wabash Train Plunges Into Bull Creek
Kansas City reports Wabash passenger train No. 6 ran through a washout and plunged into Bull Creek near Handolph, injuring several and leaving missing crew. A relief train with doctors and supplies departed after midnight.
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Wabash
Creek
Kansas City
Bull Creek
Handolph
Rolief
Quarreled Over Three Cents Ends in Murder
New York May 14. Lewis Gmilewits, manager of the three cent restaurant, was killed after refusing to serve two customers who demanded three eggs and a cup of voodah for 12 cents instead of 15. The assailants attacked him during the dispute.
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New York
Lewis Gmilewits
Cannon Roars Defiance at Doctor Osler Theories
A defiant act erupts as a cannon roars against Dr. Osler and his medical theories. An aging physician is cited amid the clash, the scene mounting tension between science and personal authority.
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Osler
Fearful Cost of Coal Toll in United States Mining
A century report notes that more than three thousand lives are lost annually in coal mining across the United States. The piece cites dangerous conditions and rising fatalities as a national concern.
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United States
West Virginia Bears Worst Coal Mine Death Rate
A U S Geological Survey report for 1907 shows 125,000 deaths daily across U S coal mines with 5,716 serious injuries. West Virginia records the highest fatality rate at 12.35 per thousand, followed by New Mexico Alabama Colorado Washington and Montana.
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Denver
Colo
United States Geological Survey
United States
West Virginia
New Mexico
Alabama
Colorado
Washington
Montana
Sittes
Aes Ae
Japanese Cruisers Arrive at Canadian Port
Victoria B C May 14 The Japanese cruisers As and Boya arrived from San Francisco at Roo.
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Canadian
Victoria
Japane Cruiers
As and
Boya
San Pranciece
Roo
Union Pacific Not Affected In Utah Suits Report
The court clarifies that Union Pacific is not involved in the Utah litigation related to commodities clause disputes. Official documents indicate no impact on the railroad or its operations within the case.
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Utah
BAY the
Sure Court
Dian
Prosecution Will Not Be Dropped Says Assistant AG
Wade Silis informs Senator Smoot that the commodities clause decision does not affect the government’s action against the Union Pacific or the ICC probe, stating the ruling only concerned the clause’s constitutionality and not railroad freight practices or anti trust prohibitions. He notes Utah actions remain unaffected by the decision.
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Washington
Smoot
Wade Silis
H. Babcock
Supreme Court
Union Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department
Aftah
Utah
Forester A F Potter Transferred to Denver
Laramie Wyoming May 14 A F Potter head of the bureau of forestry will spend most of the summer in the West with Denver as his headquarters He declares Colorado will be the source of complaint and he aims to remedy administration defects He is a son of Denver.
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Laramie
Wyo
A. F. Potter
Bureau of Forestry
West
Denver
Colorado
Sen
Osler Sees Victory Over Tuberculosis Within Reach
At a May National Association meeting in Washington Cannon and Osler debated aging and public health. Osler urged continued funding and public involvement to push toward final tuberculosis eradication, noting progress over generations and hope for the future.
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Osler
Cuaracs
D. C
Cannon
N National Association For the Study and Prevention
Pdootor
Ogler
Finance committee prevails on duty amid senate clash
Weekington May 14 The finance committee win kept an amendment by Cummins to cut the duty on round iron at 83 to 42 cents and the house rate upheld. Much debate filled the day over profits of the U S street corporation as personalities clashed. Root defended the finance committee while Money and Lodge sparred over free speech and Senate decorum Beveridge proposed raising the tollne.
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Weekington
Committee On Finance
Enete
Cummins
U. S. Street Corporation
Root
Finance Committee
Money
Senate
New York
Lodge
Lister
Beveridge
Tolne
DYNAMITE BLAST KILLS THREE AT GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC WORKSITE
A dynamite blast at a Smith Bros rock-work camp near Aberdeen on the Grand Trunk Pacific line killed three men instantly. Among the dead were Alexander Watts of Marysville Tennessee and a Montenegrin worker. Watts' body will be sent to Tennessee for burial.
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Vancouver
B. C
Smith Bros
Aberdeen
Prince Rupert
Alexander Watts
Marysville
Tenn
Grand Trunk Pacific
Watts
Tennessee
Woman's Body Recovered From Hudson River Near Fort Lee
Unidentified woman found dead in the Hudson River opposite Fort Lee ferry late last night. A wallet with 450 dollars was discovered in her skirt. remains suggest she had been in the water for weeks. No identification yet.
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New York
Hudson River
Fort Lee Ferry
No Truth in Report of Steamship Wreck
London May 14 reports that a claim the French line steamer Chicago had gone ashore near Havre en route from New York to Havre was an error and not confirmed by authorities.
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London
New York
Havre
Chicago
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