Utah State News Highlights From Ogden and Beyond
Delegates attend Intermountain Photographers convention in Ogden and foresters meeting in Richfield report strong attendance. A Greek man charged with stabbing a countryman in Ogden forfeits bonds and flees. Utah honey crop looks good per bee keepers association. Cache County Horsebreeders fair set for April 15 in Hy rum with Boosters Club support. A 10 year old girl crushed at Lakeside gravel pit, and a Murray woman dies from complications after an ankle injury. Roosevelt to be entertained in Salt Lake in September. frontier days celebration in Cheyenne first. Utah Architects adopt ethics code for equal rights. A forest tree nursery to be established on Beaver Creek with 1,000,000 trees to plant. Utah County fruit shipment totals listed for 1908. Ruth Charakant, an Indian woman, committed to mental hospital. Ogden Children’s Aid Society formed to help homeless waifs and at-risk children. Dr Charles C Stratton dies in Salem, Oregon. he built Salt Lake’s First Methodist church. Arthur Brown sentenced for forgery involving 1,200 dollars. Ogden police demand saloon connections end within two weeks. Intermountain Good Roads will demonstrate a mile of macadam at next Ogden convention.
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Intermountain Photographers
Ogden
Foresters
Richfield
James Pollis
Utah
Utah Bee Keepers’ Association
Salt Lake City
Cache County Horsebreeders' Association
Hyrum
Boosters Club of
Logan
Lakeside
Nora Keyne
John Keyne
Martha M. Ferguson
Murray
Melvin Boutham
Red Butte Canyon
Myrna Coulam
Roosevelt
Salt Lake
Cheyenne
Utah Institute of Architects
Uinta
Forestry Service
Beaver Creek
Kamas
Utah County
Ruth Charakant
Provo
White Rocks
Pope
Uintah County
Children’s Aid Society of
Charles Carroll Stratton
Salem
Ore
Stratton
First
Arthur Brown
Old Commercial National Bank
T. D. Lewis
District Court
Board of Control of
Intermountain Good Roads Convention
Intermountain
Pacific Coast
Men Prove Brave as Emigrants Flee Burning Ship
Explosion wakes panic on the British steamer Calrarena off Dungeness. Women and children are rescued by the crew after men clash for boats, injuring many and killing a child. The ship sailed from London for Portland, Maine with about 900 passengers, mostly emigrants. The Kanawha and Upland aided, and transfers completed amid chaotic scenes.
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Dover
England
Dungeness
London
Portland
Maine
Kanawha
Upland
Murder ring led by Chief Sito broken up in Pacific
Advices received by the steamer Marmara report a murder league organized by Chief Sito in the Solomon Islands. The group spread propaganda of massacring white men who took native wives and terrorized Vella Lavella Island. They are linked to multiple killings including Trader Binskin and his family.
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Victoria
B. C
Sito
Solomon Islands
Vella Lavella Island
Binskin
London committee plans grand Roosevelt reception luncheon
London officials form a reception committee for former President Roosevelt and aim to stage a major event of his tour. The group will depart from formal royal visiting norms and gather representative Englishmen regardless of official rank.
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London
Roosevelt
Not in Harmony on Forests in Washington
The House rejected the Senate amendment raising the state share of gross receipts from forest reserves to 35 percent, returning the agricultural appropriation bill to conference. The Senate told its conferees to insist on the amendment.
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Washington
Senate
House
Famous Fat Woman Dies in New York
Louise Ambrodine a professional fat woman dies at 24 from acute rheumatism weighing 700 pounds and measuring four feet four inches. A derrick will lower her body from her apartment due to the stairway’s narrow passage.
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New York
Louise Ambrodine
Speaker to Pay Upkeep for Government Car
Washington report states the national treasury will cover the expense of maintaining the automobile provided to the vice president, while the speaker of the house will not have those maintenance costs paid. Conferees from both houses agreed on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill.
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Washington
National Treasury
Houses
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt Sr to Wed Eleanor Alexander
Theodore Roosevelt Sr and Miss Eleanor Alexander have set their wedding for the afternoon of June 20 in New York. Colonel Roosevelt sails for his country on June 10.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt, Sr
Eleanor Alexander
Colonel Roosevelt
American Invasion of Canada Foreshadows 150000 Settlers
Ottawa reports that about 150,000 Americans will settle in Canada this year, mostly western farmers crossing the boundary to the Canadian west. Immigration to date is up more than 50 percent from last year, with average cash or settlers' effects of 811 per person and an estimated 125 million entering Canada. British arrivals may reach 100,000, pushing total immigration near 100,000 for the year, roughly one new citizen per 23 Canadians.
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Ottawa
Ont
Immigration Department
Canada
American West
Great Britain
Just Like Savages Took Refuge in Boiler After Shootout
Pueblo police pursued James Wilson a 45-year-old railroad man facing attempted murder charges. During a struggle with Special Officer Cartinez, Wilson shot himself in the leg and hid in a boiler at Lannon foundry. A blaze from brush nearby burned his clothing and hair. he then killed himself. He had a history with his wife and recent tensions with Oliver Scott over the matter.
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Pueblo
Colo
James Wilson
William Cartinez
Lannon
Wilson
Oliver Scott
Scott
Cartinez
Brownsville Affair Inquiry Finds Soldiers Involved
Washington reports the military court of inquiry found evidence supports that soldiers of the Twenty fifth Infantry Colored fired on Brownsville Texas. The panel said regiment officers failed in duty before and after the shooting, with fourteen men eligible for reenlistment and the board's findings deemed final by law.
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Washington
Military Court of Inquiry
Brownsville
Tex
Secretary of War
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Board of Inquiry
Smith elevated to first presidency of Mormon Church
In Salt Lake City Apostle John Henry Smith was unanimously named to the first presidency after the death of President John Rex Winder. Anthon H. Lund becomes first counselor. Joseph F. Smith Jr. named as a twelve apostle. Francis Marion Lyman joins the general church board of education.
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Salt Lake City
John Henry Smith
Mormon Church
John Rex Winder
Anthon H. Lund
Joseph F. Smith, Jr
Twelve Apostles
Francis Marion Lyman
General Church Board of Education
Winder
Campaign Against Bucketshops in Washington
The department of justice has arrested twenty three individuals indicted for operating bucket shops in the District of Columbia. Preparations indicate two more defendants will surrender while four others remain at large including William P. Lillis Edward S Beggs Robert A Guy and Joseph Gaskins. Officials expect swift arrests for the remaining suspects.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Department of Justice
William P. Lillis
Edward 8. Beggs
Robert A Guy
New York
Joseph Gaskins
Baltimore
Millions for irrigation project in southern Idaho
Lieutenant Governor Sweetser of Idaho announced in Salt Lake City that 24 million dollars will fund the Bruno tract near Burley to develop 700000 acres within three to five years. The plan includes a 3 million dollar dam above American Falls and a 2 million dollar siphon under the Salmon river in Twin Falls county, financed with private capital and government acts. Work to begin immediately, claiming the project will be among the west’s largest irrigation schemes.
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Salt Lake City
Sweetser
Idaho
Bruno
Burley
Buhis
Pittsburg
American Falls
Salmon River
Twin Falls
Chicago
Carey
Famous Scout Dead Near Boulder In Railroad Death
Joseph Sturtevant known as Rocky Mountain Joe was found dead beside an inner city railway near Boulder Colorado on Thursday morning. Officials say head bruises suggest an accidental death. A Civil War veteran he later gained fame as a scout.
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Boulder
Colo
Joseph Sturtevant
Rocky Mountain
Joe
Greece Seeks 48 Million Loan From Britain Syndicate
The Greek government reportedly passed a bill to raise up to 48 million dollars in a loan. A British syndicate is said to intend taking the loan in exchange for a waterworks concession in Athens.
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Washington
State Department
Athens
House approves building two battleships at six million each
Washington reports a decisive 162 to 10 vote authorizing two battleships at 6 million dollars each, with 33 Democrats for and 24 Republicans against. The naval bill totals 128 million dollars, includes two fleet colliers and four submarines, and requires contracts under the eight hour law per Mr Fitzgerald's amendment.
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Washington
House
Navy Department
Fitsgerad
New York
Wholesale Graft In Pittsburg Grand Jury Indicts Collector
A true bill charging Max G. Leslie, Allegheny county delinquent fines collector, with bribery was returned by the grand jury. A sweeping presentment accuses many of the 126 witnesses of withholding graft knowledge and notes perjury by a few. Directors and officials of six banks tied to the corrupt depository ordinance are sharply criticized.
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Pittsburg
Max G. Leslie
Allegheny County
Bia
Roosevelt's Genoa Pilgrimage Cut Short by Demos
The Roosevelt party halted their sentimental journey from Spezia to Genoa as crowds swelled along the route. To avoid growing demonstrations, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt altered their plan and diverted to Genoa a day early, stopping amid cheers and bouquets at every village and crossroads.
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Genoa
Theodore Roosevelt
Spezia
Roosevelt
Waning Romance Keeps Boys From Sea
Washington witnesses tell the house committee on merchant marine that waning sea romance keeps American boys off crew lists of American steamers and sailing craft, delaying bills to curb under and unskilled manning and promote training in the merchant marine. Officials say crews would favor Americanization if workers stayed on the job, but current crews rely on Greeks Spaniards and other aliens.
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Washington
House Committee On Merchant Marine
Americas
Sugar Company Fined for Contempt by New York Judge
Judge Lacombe of the United States court found American Sugar Refining company in contempt for not answering a subpoena to produce two books of account before the federal grand jury. The refusal was justified by alleged legal and constitutional questions and an appeal from the court order was planned.
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Sugar Company
New York
Lacombe
United States Court
American Sugar Refining Company
Federal Grand Jury
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Raises Wages Seven Percent
Officials announce a seven percent wage increase for 7000 trainmen of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad with immediate effect. The company also says all workers temporarily laid off due to the coal strike will return to work next Monday.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad
Belgian sets new aeroplane record at Chalons sur Marne
Daniel Kinet of Belgium broke the world record for a flight with a passenger at Chalons sur Marne France by staying aloft two hours and twenty minutes with a companion. In Berlin last September Orville Wright flew one hour and thirty five minutes with a passenger.
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Chalons-Sur-Marine
France
Daniel Kinet
Berlin
Orville Wright
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