Salt Lake City celebrates streetcar extension to Sandy
Utah residents greet the line to Sandy with a day of business closures and festivities as the first car arrives. Reports cover a youth theft case in Ogden, guard maneuvers at Dale Creek Wyoming, a drowning in Midvale, and a stray porcupine incident in Ogden.
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Salt Lake City
Sandy
Roland @Parson
Ogden Fall
Chargea
Pearson
Utah National Guard
Dale Creek
Wyoming
Bert Owens
Midvale
Jordan River
Ogden
Reed Hotel
Wallace R. White
Utah
Migration Canyon
Hammon Denies Bribery Allegations In Gore Inquiry
In Muskogee Oklahoma Senator Gore reasserts a $25 000 to $50 000 bribe offer to influence his senate action in a probe into Indian land deals. Jake L Hammon testifies denying any bribery or knowledge of McMurray contracts while acknowledging past meetings with Gore to discuss campaign finances.
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Muskogee
Oklo
Thomas P. Gore
Congress
Jake L. Hammon
House of Representatives
Oklahoma Republican State Committee
McMurray
Gore
New York
BE. W. Saunders
Hannon
Th Senate
Slump in the auto business foretold in trade circles
New York reports indicate the auto industry has bottomed out with manufacturers storing unsold cars and cutting workforces. Several large plants have closed for inventory with no clear reopening date this year. Dealers expect prices to drop 25 to 50 percent in coming months as farmer and rural sales vanish due to high upkeep costs.
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New York
Holdups Confession Near Ogden Likely Dismissed
Boise report says a self confessed member of the Oregon Shortline train hold up near Ogden may have his case dismissed as Detective Jones finds his statements inaccurate. Hud Rogers claimed four men robbed the train and fled on bicycles, hiding them in an ice house before entering Ogden on foot.
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Boise
Oregon
Ogden
Jones
Hud Rogers
Gore Mafia Bribe Claims Tie Gore to Oklahoma Land Scandal
In a Washington hearing Gore testifies he was offered 25000 to 50000 dollars to sway McMurray Indian land contracts involving 450000 acres. Hannon named Vice President Sherman and Senator Curtis as interested parties. Creager and Gore clerks described further overtures and frog leg dinners.
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United States
Thomas P. Gore
Washington
Sherman
Charles Curtis
Kansas
B. 8. McGuire
Oklahoma
Congressional Investigation Committee
Gore
Jake L. Hannon
Oklahoma Territorial Republican Committee
Oklahoma State Republican Central Committee
Congress
J. F. McMurray
McAlester
Okla
New York
Hannon
McMurray
Co. B. Creager
Creager
Senator Gore
Occidental Hotel
Insurgents Scored at Washington State Republican Convention
The Washington Tacoma convention denied insurgent influence with United States Senators Piles and Jones and Congressman Humphrey and McCredie delivering critical remarks. Miles Poindexter was not named or present. The gathering counted 887 delegates.
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Tacoma
Wash
United States
Piles and Jones
Will G. Humphrey
W. W. McCredie
Miles Poindexter
Senate
Crane Attack Injures Carrolltown Man in Bird’s Peck
In Carrolltown Pennsylvania a badly wounded crane attacked Joseph Warrender twenty three as he held the animal. The bird pecked out his left eye and may blind the other eye.
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Carrolltown
Joseph Warrender
Insurgents Win Tariff Law Branded Failure at Iowa Convention
At Des Moines a volatile Republican Iowa convention endorsed Senators Cummins and Dolliver and opposed Taft while branding the tariff law a failure. Roosevelt and Lacey drew cheers from insurgents as regulars fought to shape the party’s course ahead of the next election.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cummins
Dolliver
Washington
Taft
Carroll
State Central Committee
Resolutions Committee
Ellsworth Rominser
Roosevelt
Lacey
Treasury July figures show decline in public debt
The monthly treasury statement reports a grand total cash of 1.733 billion dollars in the treasury, a general fund balance of 52.366 million, a working balance of 30.503 million, and a decrease of 0.503 million in the public debt as of August 1 following July activity.
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Washington
Treasury
General
Jury Drawn For Browne Second Trial In Voting Case
In Chicago the panel selection for Lee O Nell Browne’s second trial on count of purchasing votes continued with 200 veniremen examined and another venire of 100 men ordered drawn to form a jury.
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Chicago
Lee O'Nell Browne
New Lands Open to Homestead Settlement in West
Thousands of acres unfenced from national forests and restored to the public domain by President Taft will be opened to homestead settlement early this fall. The lands lie in Colorado New Mexico Washington Oregon Utah and Wyoming.
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Washington
Taft
Colorado
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Wyo
Kansas City Woman Aids Slaying Suspect Return
Mrs Cora Muena, linked to the case of Alma Kellner’s murder in Louisville, traveled with Joseph Wendling and captors bound for Louisville. She meets Inspector Carney in Kansas City to discuss the division of rewards totaling about $6,000 for arresting the alleged killer of eight year old Alma Kellner.
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Kansas City
Cora Muena
Hume
Joseph Wendling
Alma Kellner
Louisville
Wendling
France
Carney
Lindsey
Louisvile Police
Muena
Boyle
Griffin
Kansas City Police
Frank Fehr
Chicago Readies For Knights Templar Triennial Conclave
Chicago prepares to host up to five hundred thousand visitors for the Knights Templar of the United States thirty-first triennial encampment. The highlight will be exhibition drills by commanderies competing for supremacy in Templar drill mastery with substantial prizes and thousands of dollars in awards for the winners.
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Chicago
Knights Templar
United States
Cuba Faces Crisis as Elections Approach
Havana reports adjournment of congress leaves the island in political campaign mode for the first week of November elections. The young republic faces its most serious crisis amid many parties and new groups forming including La Jovenauba and Young Cubans inspired by the Young Turks and Young Italy movements.
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Havana
Republile
la Jovenauba
Young Turks
Young Italy
Utah Guard Wins Praise From West Militia
Utah's National Guard earns high praise from regulars in Camp O ls Wyoming after a month in camp. Officers and men have made an excellent record, with Western states lagging behind in what is described as a strong military showing this year.
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Camp O'ls
Wyo
Utah
West
Stage Held Up Near Mogollon in New Mexico
Santa Fe reports Captain Fred Fornoff of the mounted police was alerted that a stage running from Mogollon to Silver City was raided again. The driver was killed and $18,000 in gold bullion stolen. Mogollon lies seventy miles from rail and telegraph access. Last week a similar hold up netted three women passengers $650. Posses pursued the robbers.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Fred Fornoff
Mounted Police
Mogollon
Socorro County
Silver City
Militia Return After Riot Tied to Ethridge-Morton Feud
Militiamen in Macon Georgia returned from Gray after rioting linked to the Ethridge Morton feud. Will Morton was released after a fist fight with Clayton Kitchina, a cousin of the dead men. The Mortons refuse further discussion, claiming self defense.
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Macon
Gray's Station
B. 8
Morris Ethridge
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Lewis
Board of Pardons
Ogden Canyon
James Wilson
Wi Eon
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Davia
Jake L. Hamon
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