Utah Peace Society Sets May 15 Peace Day
Utah state news notes a Peace society board vote to hold Peace Day on May 15. Other items include a salt lake jail prisoner safe keeping stall, isolation hospital closure possible, Sandy city park completion, and various local incidents and developments across the state.
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Utah State Peace Society
Garfield
Jall
Salt Lake
Sandy City Park
H. B. Holmes
Denver
Ogden
Holmes
Peter Hanson
Fountain Green
John LaRose
Southern Pacific
Ogden River
Charles Murphy
George Radcliff
John Fitzgerald
Park City
Salt Lake City
Knights Templars
Tah
Hatchtown
State Board of Land Commissioners
Land Board
Garfield County
Luein
Ne S. Lovett
Ogen
Miners Perish In Ohio Quarry Disaster At Amsterdam
In Amsterdam Ohio five of eighteen miners died in a sudden explosion at the Youngstown & Ohio Coal Co mine on Friday night. Seven men survived with injuries after the mine ventilation failed. Government experts aided rescue attempts but found six more bodies. The cause remains undetermined and relief workers report suffocation by after damp as a likely cause.
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Brubenville, O
Ohio
Geological Laboratory
Pittsburg
E. O. Jones
Jones
Government staffer says cotton pool probe to widen
The adjournment of the federal inquiry into the alleged cotton pool sparked hope in some New York financiers but Assistant Attorney General Clark McKercher said more witnesses will testify. Plans for deeper probing will be set in Washington within days as witnesses are called for further jury sessions. James Patten of Chicago challenged the market narrative claiming he trades on supply and demand and warned that mills in the U S and Europe could shut this August and September without cotton.
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New York
Clark McKercher
Washington
James Patten
Chicago
Mr. Patten
Europe
Forty Miners Entombed After Mulga Mine Explosion
An explosion at the Mulga mine in Birmingham County left forty workers trapped. Fifteen white and twenty five Black laborers were inside when the shaft cages were crushed. rescue efforts failed as flames shot 400 feet up the shaft and charred debris covered the site.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mulga
Birmingham Railway Coal & Iron Company
Chinese Rioting Threatens Changsha As Soldiers Mobilize
Missionary refugees report a critical situation in Hunan with villages burned near Changsha and foreigners threatened. Gun boats patrol the Yangtse Kiang and 3000 imperial soldiers occupy the capital while rioting spreads to outlying districts. a technical school fire kills thirty students.
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Hankow
Hunan
Changsha
Yangtse Kiang
Hearst Endorses Taft After Meeting Roosevelt Critics
William Randolph Hearst, once a Democratic hopeful, issued a signed statement endorsing Taft and criticizing Roosevelt. He met with the president at the White House for about thirty minutes to pay respects to Taft and express support for his administration.
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Washington
William Randolph Hearst
Taft
Dong So
Roosevelt
Hearst
White House
Youthful killer to die in electric chair for Ruth Wheeler murder
Albert Walter, 19, was found guilty of first degree murder in the Ruth Wheeler case. After 1 hour 50 minutes of deliberation, a jury condemned him for strangling Wheeler and placing her alive in a fireplace where she burned, despite defense claiming a tender heart.
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New York
Albert Walter
Ruth Wheeler
Walter
Roosevelt Receives Enthusiastic Paris Welcome
Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Paris to a joyful reception at 7 30 in the morning. He is greeted by representatives of the president and cabinet and Ambassador Bacon and M Jusserand. He meets President Fallieres and Foreign Minister Pichon and attends a Paris ovation at the Comedie Francaise.
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Paris
Theodore Roosevelt
Bacon
M. Jusserand
Washington
Roosevelt
Fallieres
Pichon
Comedie Francaise
M. Fallieres
Street Car Robber Captured in Salt Lake City
One highwayman terrorizing Salt Lake City has been arrested at his home thirty minutes after robbing a street car. Jack Davin was intoxicated and carried the loot, while the conductor escaped during the raid.
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Salt Lake City
Jack Davin
Davis
Creamery Package Co. License Forfeited Over Restraint Claim
Minnesota supreme court rules Creamery Package Company a Illinois based firm doing business in Owatonna restrained trade and orders its Minnesota license forfeited as a result.
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St. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Creamery Package Company
Illinois
Owatonna
Minn
Minnesota
Proposed Memorial to Morton Institution in Nebraska City
Senator Burkett introduced a bill to establish the Morton Institution of Agriculture and Forestry in Nebraska City to advance forestry science and practice. The project, overseen by the Department of Agriculture, would cost up to 260000 dollars for land and buildings with 10000 dollars requested to start.
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Washington
J. Sterling Morton
Burkett
Purcell Attacks President and Attorney General in Senate Speech
In his maiden speech on the railroad bill, Senator Purcell of North Dakota criticizes the president and attorney general. He accuses an intention to reshape the supreme court to enforce the proposed law and override state laws and constitutions.
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Washington
Senate
Purcell
North Dakota
Supreme Court
Wages Raised for Big Four Locomotive Engineers
Warren 8 Stone announces a substantial wage increase for 600 Big Four locomotive engineers, improving pay across the union. The Cleveland area news confirms the broad pay raise under Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers leadership.
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Cleveland
O—Warren
Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Big Four
Maud Adams Calms Kansas City Theatre Crowd
Actress Maud Adams kept cool after a fuse blew in the footlights causing a puff of smoke and a suspected panic. She ordered the curtain down and reassured the audience, preventing a possible scare during the second act.
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Kansas City
Maud Adams
Miss Adams
Railroads Take Big Toll of Life
Washington reports a large rise in railroad fatalities and injuries in the Interstate Commerce Commission quarterly study for the quarter ending December 31, 1908. Killed total 1,099 and injured 2,491, with 41 more fatalities and 6,645 more injuries than the same period in 1907.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Governor Pothier Says He Won’t Seek Senate Seat
In a Wednesday interview Governor Aram J. Pothier, of Rhode Island, states he will not run for the U.S. Senate to succeed Senator Aldrich. He asserts the state has nationally capable men able to represent Rhode Island in the Senate and sees no reason to seek the position.
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Providence
R. L
Aldrich
Aram J. Pothier
Senate
Veteran Maine Senator Hale Retires After Five Unanimous Nominations
Augusta Me Positive announces the retirement of Eu gene Hale from the United States senate after five unanimous nominations for continuous terms. He declines to engage in a contest for the succession and cites not health but the honor and duty of stepping aside.
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Augusta
Eugene Hale
United States Senate
Washington
Hale
Byron Boyd
Republican State Committee
Boyd
Maine
Senate
Maine Senate Seat Faces Fresh Contest After Long Tenure
The Maine senate race shifts as Frederick A. Powers announces candidacy against Eugene Hale who has served since 1881. Hale cites age and reluctance to enter a contest while predicting favorable reelection signals despite opposition sparked by past war stance.
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Senate
Eugene Hale
Spain
Frederick A. Powers
Maine Supreme Court
Lot M. Morrill
Augusta
Maine
Death in Parley’s Canyon Accident
Dr. Joseph Miller, Civil War veteran and Salt Lake City resident, was killed instantly when a shotgun discharged as it rested between his knees while he rode with his daughter Louise H. Miller on a bogey in Parley’s canyon. The vehicle overturned injuring the daughter.
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Salt Lake City
Joseph Milleron
Louise H. Milleron
Parley’s Canyon
Aldrich Seeks Record of Loyalty to Administration Measures
Senator Aldrich, during a half hour conference with President Taft on Friday, pledged to devote the remaining days of his term to advancing administration measures. He aims to have his last Senate service noted as a loyal supporter of measures that reflect credit on the Republican Party.
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Washington
Aldrich
Taft
Senate
Itil
Loved the Jersey Lily and the Langtry interest
Frederick Gebhardt a longtime social figure in New York Baltimore and Washington is reported dying Mrs Gebhardt has been summoned from Washington Freddie Gebhardt drew attention a score years ago for his marked attentions to Miss Lily Langtry the English actress
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New York
Frederick Gebhardt
Ife
Baltimore
Washington
Gebhardt
Freddie" Gebhardt
Lily Langtry
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Seashan
Vernal
Joe Tolliver
Tolliver
Utah
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Utah Grand Lodge
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J. P. Fitzgerald
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