Powder Explodes Deep In Arona Mine Injuring Seven
An explosion 2000 feet underground at the Arona mine in Westmoreland County seriously injures seven miners and panics 200 coworkers. Workers fled the train into the mine entrance before returning to aid the injured. hospital care was arranged in Greensburg. Fulminite had been used and powder had been banned by Keystone Coal. a five pound can was believed smuggled and ignited by a trolley spark.
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Pittsburg
Arona
Keystone Coal Company
Westmoreland County
Greensburg
Uncle Sam Offers Homes in Wyoming
The government lists land and town lots for homesteading in Powell Wyoming on May 22 and 24. The Shoshone irrigation project second unit opens to homestead entry, with Powell town lots auctioned. Costs include $46 per acre water charge, plus $1 annual system maintenance. Crops include alfalfa beets cereals and fruit with high potato and wheat yields.
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Washington
Powell
Wyo
Wyoming
Reduction in oil prices by Standard in 1907
Pittsburg Pennsylvanian reports Standard Oil cuts crude oil prices by six cents per barrel across all grades except Ragland which remains at 60 cents. Effective 10 a.m. the Pennsylvania price drops to 1.73 with other grades listed from Meyer Black to Canada.
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Pittsburg
Standard Oil Company
Pennsylvania
Meyer Black
New Castle
Corning
Cabell
North Lima
Lima
Ohio
Somerset
Ragland
Canada
Auto in Miss Green and Robertson sisters runaway incident
A self starting auto used in a pleasure trip from Sterling Kentucky veered off near Kiddville. It threw Miss Margaret Robertson and Miss Fanny Robertson from the car and damaged a house at the hill’s base while Miss Ethel Green escaped injury. The vehicle then halted after its chaotic spree.
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Mr. Sterling
Ethel Green
Margaret
Fanny Robertson
Kiddville
Robertson
Insane inmate climbs cupola at state asylum
Stockton California May 6 One of two inmates escaped from the state asylum for the insane climbing five stories to a roof ledge and gaining footing on the room. He walked around the ledge before descending or being recaptured as authorities pursued him.
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Stockton
Cal
State Asylum For the Insane
Open Fight Upon Coatroom Padrone
Chicago May 1 The coat room padrone is named as the syndicate head in an investigation by the state superintendent of employment agencies. The syndicate allegedly controls cloak room profits in theaters and hotels, pays workers a small salary, and keeps most tips from patrons. State officers under Superintendent Cruden continue the inquiry.
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Chicago
Cruden
State Bureau of Employment Agencies
Bequest Follows Chance Meeting At Brighton Beach
Hoboken, May 6. Edward A. Lacey, cigar store manager, receives official notice that Theophile Regnaud of Paris has bequeathed him 5000. Five years earlier Lacey lent Regnaud a dollar after a brief train encounter when Regnaud claimed bankruptcy and later gave his card. They never met again.
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Hoboken
N. J
Edward A. Lacey
Theophile Regnaud
Paris
France
Lacey
Brighton Beach
Broomstick
Regnaud
New York
City Forester Proposes Urban Tree Planting in Chicago
Chicago May 6. J H Prost new city forester says urban smoke not fatal to trees and cities need green lines. He argues subterranean gas harms growth not merely soot and believes hardy species like Carolina poplar catalpa and ash can thrive amid metropolitan life.
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Chicago
J. H. Prost
Michigan
Bachelor Haase Left Es tate T o Sister If She Becomes A Widow
John Hi Haase a St Louis bachelor described as a hater of women and scoffer at religion left a $100000 estate with odd terms. His sister inherits only if she becomes a widow. He provided flowers and music for his burial and left $100 to the Rheinischer Frohsinn musical society whose members were to attend the funeral for pay.
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St. Louis
John Hi. Haase
Shiloh
Ill
A. E. Hansing
Belleville
Haase
Rheinischer Frohsinn
Receiver appointed for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in New York
Judge McAvoy signed an order appointing George B. Hayes as receiver in supplementary proceedings for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. The action by Elise Hartwig seeks to enforce a $253.25 judgment from the Ninth Municipal District Court dated September 2, 1908. An execution against Thaw was returned unsatisfied.
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Evelyn Thaw
New York
McAvoy
City Court
George B. Hayes
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Elise Hartwig
Ninth Municipal District Court
Airship Touring Line to Start in Germany
Stuttgart May 6 A representative of Count Zeppelin announced a new line of airships from Lucerne or Friedrichshafen to North Germany via Frankfort on the Main. Landing stops depend on city offers, with hopes to begin traffic next year.
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Stuttgart
Wurttemberg Aerial Navy League
Zeppelin
Zeppelin Airship Construction Company
Lucerne
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Frankfort-on-the- Main
M'Pherson replies to congressman's charges
Kansas City May 6 Attorney Frank Wangerman leading counsel for the railroads in the Missouri rate litigation telegraphed Attorney General Wickersham at Washington calling Representative Murphy's resolution an outrageous tissue of misrepresentation The action centers on railroad rate disputes and a political response to a congressional inquiry.
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Kansas City
Frank Wangerman
Wickersham
Washington
Murphy
Missouri Judge Defends Rate Case Actions in Public Statement
Judge Smith McPherson of Red Oak Iowa issues a long statement reviewing his role in the Missouri rate cases. He challenges Congressman Murphy and defends his decisions, including remarks on a fishing trip with Gardner Lathrop and the court jurisdiction in Kansas City. He says he would accept congressional inquiry if needed and details how he processed the 1905 to 1909 proceedings and the restraining order.
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St. Louis
Smith McPherson
Red Oak
Congress
Murphy
Missouri
Philips
Congressman Murphy
Kansas City
McPherson
Gardner Lathrop
Santa Ise System
Tampico
Mexico
Missouri State University
Women Join In Peace Congress Session
In Chicago on May 6 the National Peace congress held a women’s session hosted by the Chicago Woman’s club. Mrs Ellen M Henrotin presided as Lucia Ames Mead of Boston argued that human nature is changing and a few leaders can end war by prudent statesmanship.
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Chicago
Indiana counties vote in dry wet option elections
In Pulaski Clay and Spencer counties voters decide on local liquor options. Spencer County sits along the Ohio River where both shores have long been wet as river counties in Indiana move with the anti saloon campaign.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Pulaski
Clay
Spencer
Ohio River
Ohio
Indiana
River
Switzerland
Jefferson
Canada lifts embargo on U S cattle except Pennsylvania livestock
Ottawa reports Canada has removed the general embargo on United States cattle due to foot and mouth disease. The embargo remains only against livestock from Pennsylvania, marking the final easing of the ban.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Pennsylvania
Markets Slide on Commodities Decision Then Rebound
New York trading opened with drops as the commodities decision sparked uncertainty. Reading stock swung sharply with thousands of shares traded while Delaware Hudson and Pennsylvania recovered losses as coal road officials awaited the court’s full text before commenting.
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New York
Philadelphia & Reading
Delaware & Hudson
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court votes constitutional for Hepburn rail rate law
The U S Supreme Court declares the commodities clause of the Hepburn act constitutional. It reverses the circuit court and allows enforcement as construed, with an emphasis that ownership of stock in a producing or subordinate company is not per se prohibited and applies only at the time of transportation. Justice White announces the decision with Justice Harlan dissenting on stock ownership.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
White
United States Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Delaware & Hudson Company
Dies in father's defense in Brooklyn shooting
Louis Prober a 19 year old boy died in Brooklyn hospital after a struggle with a policeman over his father's arrest. The officer Policeman Dillon says the revolver discharged accidentally during the exchange and he is held at the station.
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New York
Louis Prober
Brooklyn
Dillon
Commodities Clause Applies to Railroads in Interstate Coal Transport
The court redefines the commodities clause scope, holding railroads engaging in interstate coal transport are subject to its regs. It upholds exemptions for timber and preserves the act as a broader commerce regulation, with penalties separable and remand directions issued to enforce the revised interpretation.
Delaware and Hudson Claims Not Affected In Commodities Case
W S Opdyke Jr, general counsel for the Delaware and Hudson, says the court's decision lets railroads continue as now constituted. He notes Reading and parts of Erie Lehigh Valley Jersey Central and Ontario & Western fall under the ruling, while Delaware and Hudson’s coal sales in Pennsylvania remain unaffected.
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New York
W. S. Opdyke, Jr
Delaware & Hudson Company
Reading
Pennsylvania
Erie
Lehigh Valley
Jersey Central
Ontario & Western
Roosevelts Score First Lion Kill in East Africa
Nairobi May 6 Theodore Roosevelt bagged another lion near Wamil Kapiti bringing his total to three lions and one lioness on the present expedition. Kermit Roosevelt also downed a cheetah and a lion yesterday. The hunting was exciting and both marksmen performed well. Rumors exist of a May 15 arrival at Nairobi before proceeding to Souik. The lion yesterday fell at close range and Roosevelt’s rifle saved an escort from attack.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Wamil
Kapiti
Kermit Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Souik
Mr. Roosevelt
Lock Type of Canal Is O K d By Congressmen
New York May 5 Further endorsement of the lock type of canal and assurances of the stability of the Gatun dam were voted here by members of the congressional party returning from the canal zone after an unofficial inspection. Representative William D Jameson of Iowa said alarming reports about Gatun dam were unfounded and that the dam is safe for all time.
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New York
Gatun Dam
Congressional
Panama
William Darius Jamieson
Iowa
Billings to Race for Poor in German Charity Meet
Berlin May 5 American millionaire C K G Billings will send nine of his fastest trotters including Lou Dillon to Berlin for the opening meeting at Ruhelleben next month. He plans to attend and will donate any winnings to local charities.
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Billings
Berlin
Germany
C. K. G. Billings
Lou Dillon
Ruheleben
Bride-To-Be Ends Life Before Wedding
Mary Kirkinus, engaged to John Markis, told him she dreaded the wedding day. Her body was found on railroad tracks after she threw herself in front of a train. In Berlin a balloon competition was halted by heavy snow, balloons returning crusted with snow a foot deep.
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Westville
Til
Mary Kirkinus
John Markis
Berlin
Congressional push to probe Missouri judges over rate cases
Washington May 5 Rep Murphy introduces a resolution to investigate Federal Judges John Philips and Smith MacPherson over Missouri rate litigation with railroads. The measure cites fishing trip arrests and claims judges insult attorneys and overstep legislative power. Governor Hadley urged Murphy not to proceed.
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Washington
John FR. Phillips
Smith MacPherson
Western District
Missouri
Murphy
Philips
Warner moves to study interstate rail rates in Missouri
In the Senate today Mr. Warner urged consideration of a resolution to let the Interstate Commerce Commission probe the rates of 18 interstate roads operating in Missouri to see if charges are unreasonable. Objections from Mr. Stone and others delayed action and the measure was referred to the committee on interstate commerce.
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Washington
May
Senate
Warner
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri
Stone
Hale
Elkins
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Judge Philips Demands Immediate Investigation in Murphy Case
Judge John F. Philips of Kansas City said he will demand an immediate inquiry into the Representative Murphy resolution after reading a Washington dispatch. He stated he will not allow the charges to linger and hinted he may issue a further statement later.
Des Moines Council Accuses Hamery in Indictment Charge
Des Moines councilman John MacVicar leveled a shocking accusation that fellow council member John L. Hamery faced possible grand jury indictment for obtaining money by false pretenses in Minnesota. Hamery denied the charge noting a prior residence in the state and acknowledging name changes amid the controversy.
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Des Moines
John MacVicar
John L. Hamery
Public Safety Department
Cottonwood County
Minnesota
MacVicar
Hamery
MacVicard
John Hamere
John A. Humery
Humery
John Randall
Lambertine
Minn
Randall
Arrested in row over a tombstone
Washington May 5 Following the arrest of Riley Anderson at Allentown on Saturday charged with removing a monument from the burial lot belonging to Julian A Vandergrift a preliminary injunction was applied for today by Mrs Vandergrift to prevent Anderson and others from removing the body of her husband and his mother Mrs Vandergrift alleges that Riley Anderson Henry Anderson L R Boyd and H H Dawson have removed a monument from her lot to another and are proceeding to have the old inscriptions cut off and new ones cut on it.
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Washington
Riley Anderson
Allentown
Julian A. Vandergrift
Vandergrift
Anderson
Shuberts to Build Twin City Theaters
Minneapolis reports J J Shubert, vice president of the Shubert Theatrical corporation, says the firm will at once acquire or build two new theaters in the twin cities. Jacob Frank of Chicago, attorney for the Shuberts, and Marshall Fox architects accompany him.
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Minneapolis
J. J. Shubert
Shubert Theatrical Corporation
Ryan Hotel
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Shubert
Jacob Frank
Chicago
Shuberts
Marshall & Fox
Shubert Architects
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Harry Swisher
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M’pherson
Peace Congress
Wall Street
Harlan
New Jersey Central
Delaware & Lackawanna
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
George Gray
Circuit Court
Joseph
Merchants Hotel
Stanberry
Bride-To-Be
Wpherson
Hadley
Jefferson City
McPherson and Philips
Commission
DES Moines Council
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