Current events of the week railroads raise freight rates
A condensed review lists rising freight charges on sugar and coffee by railroads, a DOJ hunt for an alleged Tender tree, injuries on the Southern railway in Virginia, Taft signing a forest reserve reduction, a sugar fraud case testifying against the sugar trust, and varied global and domestic items from aviation to politics and weather.
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Department of Justice
Southern Railway
Virginia
Taft
Idaho
Louis W. Hill
American Aeronautical Association
Big Top Fire Prompts Panic Averted at Circus
Spectators fled as fire consumed Barnum Bailey’s big top in Schenectady New York. About 16 000 people escaped unharmed while heroic efforts by workers and calm crowd action prevented tragedy. Damages estimated at 10000 dollars.
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Biase
Behenectady
N. Y
Barnum & Bailey
Childern
Drill
Ieus
Arma
Hill Visits Crescent in Bid to Extend Rail Line
Great Northern Railway president Crescent H Hill toured Crescent and surrounding timber tracts in central Oregon. He praised prospects for timber and debated routes for an Oregon Trunk line via Klamath Falls and Deschutes Valley, noting surveys to determine the best east west intersection and a new division point at Crescent.
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Klamath Falls
Kyle
Crescent
Bstran ty Semancy L/P
Hill
Ceomneri
Deschutes Vally
Burne
Dakotans to Oregon Tour From Fargo to Hermiston
A party led by Washington Dr. H. W. Coe of Portland plans a six day tour from Branford through North Yakima Seattle and Hood River to showcase desert and reclamation projects in Umatilla and nearby counties. He reports 600 left since August with 1,000 more expected. the Umatilla reclamation program is described as a top government project.
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Washington
H. W. Coe
Portland
Fargo
F. E. Ball
Columbia Land
Branfield
Minot
Hermiston
Sage
Jesan Keren
Pearing
North Yakima
Seattle
Hood River
Ernat
Coe Anys
Coe In
Tornadoes Sweep Oklahoma Towns and Rural Areas
Tornadoes hail and rain crossed Garvin McClain and adjacent counties. McCarty 11 miles SW of Pauls Valley wiped clean with fences ripped apart. Mrs Dewberry died after injuries from flying timber. Pauls Valley and Paoli suffered extensive damage with reports of towns blown away. casualty and damage totals still unsettled.
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Paulsey
Robert Clark
Maysville
Pauli
Pauls Valley
Madill
Nniaie
Pauls
Toon Salles
Elmore
Paoli
King Edward 18 Buried Watch Funeral Pageant
London observers report vast crowds as Edward VII and Victoria’s burial rites loom. A global royal turnout with nine sovereigns and Roosevelt in uniform marks a ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall amid thunder and splendor.
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London
Edward VII
William
Newry
Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Hall
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
King George V Pardons Many In Wave Of Clemency
London reports a royal mercy push as King George V grants remissions to England Wales Scotland and Ireland prisoners with sentences longer than a month and extends similar clemency to navy and army personnel including deserters. The king plans to press parliament on issues tied to royal veto and Irish demands.
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London
George V
England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Board of Admiralty
Fternoon
Hohenaollern
George
Wae
King George
Newmarket
Princeton Expects Gift of Ten Million Dollars
Salem Massachusetts May 24 The value of a vast bequest under the will of the late Isaac is uncertain though the estate is not expected to exceed ten million dollars Trustees in Salem say the exact amount cannot be determined and they are not prepared to state whether the estate will reach that figure The unnamed beneficiaries and terms remain undisclosed in the fragmented note.
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Mount Angel
Eee
Varne Town
Vale
T. W. Davidson
Yale
Ie Company
Oregon
Klamath Palla
Meadow Lake Lumber Company
Meadow Lake
Salem
Mass
Putnoston' Iy
Isaac Per Rosa Aw
John M
Truateca
Cherries prices soar as harvest nears across regions
Market notes show cherry buyers paying up to 6 cents per pound with occasional bids near 3s 8d, while total crop value reaches about 4000 per car. At Stockton California and other points farmers report strong activity, though fluctuations persist as shipments begin. Two days of deadly fighting reported in Washington with unclear details, along with a mention of unusual airship sighting in Springfield Ohio.
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Anna
Ae Peiet
Stockton
Cat
Safety appliances eyed for workmen protection
The 18th annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers in New York considers a new era of safety devices to prevent work accidents. A committee report backed by John Kirby Jr. cites 508,000 annually injured workers and a $250 million annual loss, with 99 percent backing employer liability and workmen indemnity, drawing wide national and international expert input.
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National Manufacturers Association
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
United States
John Kirby, Jr
Frederick Remsen Hutten
American Museum of Safety
Miles M. Mawson
Russell Sage Foundation
Ee Bee
Metmra
Acea
Speel
Seven Boilers Explode at Plant Killing Several Workers
A May 18 boiler explosion at the Shoot and Tin Plate plant injures about a dozen workers, with several expected to die. Arm fragments flew onto porches and roofs as fire spread, and one man was hurled 700 feet. About 100 men were at work. many rescued others from burning ruins as injuries and shock spread through the plant.
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San Francisco
Ik Meek
Shoot & Tin Plate Company
Cliff
Jira
Fragmentary 1920s United States political note
A garbled dispatch from Washington May 18 discusses U.S. naval status, global rankings, and a fragmented line on election commissions and city officials including supervisors and aldermen. The fragment references America, Germany, Denver, and widespread heat or burning imagery without clear context.
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