Utah Railroads Cite Big Wool Crop and Other State News
Statistics from railroads estimate Utah wool crop at about 18 million pounds. Salt Lake City school population rising to 24 190, an increase of 3 000. Reports on suicides, accidental shootings, a death by falling from a tree, and drought effects on crops. Crime notes include ore stock fraud, mail theft, and a park city safe burglary scare. State tax and sewer investigations also noted amid dry farming optimism.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Fred Fournier
Tucker
John Nielson
Nielson
North Ogden
Jens, Forster
Ephraim
T. H. G. Parka
Nephi
Spry
Mathias Gunderson
Santaquin
William A. Williams
Ulintoh
Kamas
Ogden
Charles A. Bauer
Golden Rule
Oxden
District Court
Salt Lake
Lehi
Milford
Los Angeles
Utah County
State Board of Equalization
L. Chipman
American Fork
Fairfield
J. A. Merrill
Murphy
M. Henry
Henry
Klbert W. Gose
Marysvale
Jaiil
Hoken Olsen
Huntsville
Olsen
Supreme Court
Berry Brothers
Park City
Start Bloody Riot Sees Two Killed Four Wounded at Sugar Plant
A riot at the American Sugar Refining plant in Williamsburg during a strike action left two men dead and four severely injured. Police fired on strikebreakers as bricks were thrown from rooftops. several officers were hurt. The dead were Lithuanian. many rioters were foreigners, mainly Poles and Lithuanians.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Williamsburg
FAILED TO REACH SUMMIT SEWARD EXPEDITION RETURNS
The Portland Ore conian New York Herald Mount Mc Kinley expedition led by C. E. Rusk sailed from Seattle on the Tahoma April 24 and failed to summit Mount McKinley. The party ascended what they believed to be the summit but it is ten miles from the top. They could not see the flag claimed by the Thomas Lloyd party and will continue to Seward.
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Seward
Alaska
Portland
Rusk
Thomas Lloyd
Fairbanks
Herschel Parker
New York
Delmore Brown
Tacoma
Keystone party nominates slate for Pennsylvania governor ticket
The Keystone party formed in Philadelphia nominates William H. Berry of Delaware county for governor N Clarence Gibboney of Philadelphia for lieutenant governor Cornelius D Scully of Allegheny county for state treasurer and John Casey of Luzerne county for secretary of internal affairs The 117 delegate convention from 52 counties denounces both old parties as under liquor industry domination.
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Philadelphia
William H. Berry
Delaware County
N. Clarence Gibboney
Cornelius D. Scully
Allegheney County
John Casey
Luzerne County
Keystone
Joe Gans Nearing Death in Prescott Arizona
Prescott Arizona reports former lightweight champion Joe Gans is dying from tuberculosis described as the white plague by his physician Dr H T Southworth. Gans came to Arizona after a bad cold developed into consumption and he is expected to live about two weeks.
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Prescott
Ariz
Joe Gans
H. T. Southworth
Gans
Arizona
Old Feud Ends in Slaying at Salt Lake City Saloon
Leonard Piro an Italian bartender at the James Tedesco saloon was shot to death by two unidentified assailants at 1 40 Friday morning. George Fagan who lived above the saloon was the sole witness and investigators believe the killing stems from an old feud.
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Salt Lake City
Leonard Piro
James Tedesco
George Fagan
Denver Rain Ends Prolonged Heat Wave
A heavy thunderstorm swept Denver Thursday afternoon ending a several week dry spell. The storm brought strong rain and lightning along with a sharp drop in temperatures that had stayed above 90 degrees daily for over three weeks, with two days above 100.
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Denver
Train collision Ends Life In Anaconda Area
Miss Minnie Thomas of Anaconda was instantly killed and Charles Walters of Anaconda fatally injured when Walters' car was struck by a Milwaukee train on the road between Butte and Anaconda Thursday. Walters worked for years in the Anaconda Standard's stereotyping department.
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Anaconda
Mont
Minnie Thomas
Charles Walters
Walters
Butte
Anaconda Standard
Forest Fire Situation In Coeur d Alene Region
Forester W B Greely and Secretary James A Wilson report forty large fires across the Coeur d Alene forest spanning northwestern Montana and Idaho. Over 1,000 firefighters are deployed, none yet under control, with more crews and anticipated rain needed to curb the spread of the fires and protect timber.
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Missoula
Mont
W. B Greely
Montana
Idaho
James A. Wilson
Forester Greely
Coeur d'Alene Forest
Herole
Harding for Governor Names Ohio Gubernatorial Ticket
The Ohio Republican convention nominated Warren G. Harding of Marion for governor with a ticket including Francis W. Treadway for lieutenant governor Granville W Mooney for secretary of state A Crant Denman for attorney general Rudy A Archer for treasurer and justices William B Crew and Augustus N Summers for the supreme court.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Republican Convention
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Francis W. Treadway
Cleveland
Granville W. Mooney
Austaburg
A. Cr
Balloon Grogs Ill completes 248 mile long flight
Berlin reports the dirigible Grogs Ill ascended at Tegel Wednesday night and landed Thursday morning after a meandering 248 mile voyage. It passed over Eissenfels Maumberg Erfurt Gotha Eisenach and Meiningeen before returning near the start. Two motors were used at times.
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Berlin
Tegel
Eissenfels
Maumberg
Erfurt
Gotha
Eisenach
Meiningeen
Prospective Strike Fizzles in Chicago Building Trades
Chicago contractors report the planned general strike by car carpenters, electricians, bricklayers, plasterers, hoisting engineers and laborers failed to attract widespread participation. Fewer than 1,000 workers joined the call, while unions not taking part remain strongest in the industry.
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Chicago
Pinchot Boom In New York Grows With Roosevelt Backing
New York political circles report a Pinchot gubernatorial bid gaining traction with Theodore Roosevelt approached for support. Dr. Samuel McCline Lindsey who sparked the effort met Roosevelt in confidences and praised the potential outcome. Lindsey, a Columbia professor and former Porto Rico education commissioner, has long advocated Pinchot.
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New York
Gifford Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt
Samuel McCline Lindsey
Porto Rico
Columbia University
Roosevelt
Dr. Lindsey
Colonel Roosevelt
Mr. Pinchot
Will Send Scout West
Beverly Mass Senator Winthrop Murray Crane, in effect the Senate whip, was summoned by President Taft to Beverly for a long talk. The President asked Crane to tour the West soon, extending to Seattle, to inquire into political conditions and report back firsthand. Taft reportedly has full confidence in Crane's political savvy.
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Beverly
Mass
Winthrop Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Senate
House
Taft
Crane
Seattle
Slaughter of Chinese by Mob at Yaqui River Town
Reports from Douglas Arizona describe a mob massacre in Yaqui Mexico killing many Chinese including women whose bodies were hacked. Rurales captured seventeen assailants whose leaders were said to be to be shot.
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Douglas
Ariz
Yaqui
Mexico
Tragedy in Kentucky Ends in Self-Destruction
Matthew Bond aged 11 shot himself while driving with his estranged wife of 11, near Lawrenceburg Kentucky. He was nephew of President Rich ad Crossfeld of Transylvania University. The couple had recently reconciled before the incident on Wednesday.
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Lexington
Matthew Bond
Richad Crossfeld
Transylvania University
Lawrenceburg
Race War Erupts in Texas Killing Scores
A race riot between whites and negros in Slocum and Elkhart, Texas, escalates with at least fifty five dead and many wounded. Troops from Houston and Jacksonville arrive as martial law grips Palestine and surrounding counties in the black belt amid heightened fear of further bloodshed.
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Palestine
Texas
Slocum
Elkhart
John Wilson
Edgar Henry
Houston
Jacksonville
Texas Rangers
John G Carlisle Dies in New York at 69
John G Carlisle former secretary of the treasury died at his New York apartments at 10 50 after a two day illness of heart failure with edema of the lungs. Born September 5 1835 in Kenton County Kentucky he served as a U S representative from 1877 to 1890 and as speaker 1888 1889 later filling Sen James Becks unexpired term and serving as secretary of the treasury under Grover Cleveland.
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New York
John G. Carlisle
the Treasury
John Griffin Carlisle
Kenton County
Kentucky
National House of Representatives
James B. Beck
United States Senate
Sympathy Strike Called in Portland Unions Over Wage Dispute
The Central Labor Council of Portland directed its forty eight affiliated unions to seek permission from their international headquarters to put the question to members of the unions about a general sympathy strike. The move follows a Teamsters push for higher wages and shorter hours.
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Portland
Ore
Central Labor Council
Teamsters’ Union
Miner Shot in Clash Near Greensburg Coal Mines
A coal miner was shot and killed Saturday night near the Export coal mines ten miles from Greensburg. George Davis of Wilkes-Barre Pa a member of troops A Pennsylvania state constabulary was seriously wounded. Nearly twenty others sustained minor injuries.
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Greensburg
Thin Place
George Davis
Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania State Constabulary
Murderer of Child Run Down in San Francisco
Joseph A. Wendling, accused of killing Alma Keliner in Lomsville Kentucky, was arrested in a Third Street lodging house after hiding for 24 hours. He admitted his identity but denied the crime. Detectives Burke and Ryan led the arrest and he claims innocence.
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San Francisco
Thin City
Joseph A. Wendling
Alma Keliner
Lomsville
Burke and Ryan
Wendling
Four Children Drowned by Mother Near Antioch
In Antioch California a mother Mrs. Joseph Mello drowned her four children in a tub on Saturday. The victims ranged from three months to four years old. Neighbors confronted her as she calmly walked away from the scene and she offered no resistance. The family lived alone in a home a few miles east of the town.
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Louisville
Henry Krintz
Elizabeth Fuchs
Krintz
Oskaloosa
Ills
Antioch
Cal
Joseph Mello
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