Lehi seeks water bonds as growth boosts Utah town
Lehi plans a September 14 special election on 26500 water bonds to expand its water system while city taxes rise from 7 to 10 mills. Builders push activity as seismic growth reshapes the town with new schools and roads.
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Lehi
Spanish
Willard
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Harriman
Mantua Box Mider County
Wan
Salt Lake County
Utah
Salt Lake Y. M. C. A
Independence Promise Drives Filipino Assembly Meeting
President Roosevelt told the Tendira majority leader Manuel Quezon that Filipinos could be independent within twenty years. Quezon said the president promised political freedom would advance and hinted at possible business concessions to aid improvements. Roosevelt also said the U.S. aims to avoid outside interference while the islands gain strength. The next Philippine assembly is elected in two years.
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Oyater Thay
N. Y
Roosevelt
America
Lslands
Riot and Lynching Turmoil Sweeps Springfield Illinois
Rioters burn dozens of Negro homes and kill several as militiamen restore order after a Black man assaults a white woman. George Richardson faces charges while William Donigan dies in mob violence. National Guard units deploy to patrol streets amid continued unrest.
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Springfeld
Til
Bloomington
Decatur
Perkin
Pontiac
William Donigan
Donigan
State House
Mabel Hallam
George Richardson
Richardson
Lewis Johnson
Charley Hunter
Twelfth
First Cavalry
Chicago
National Guard
Tiinois
Sixth Infantry
Eighth Infantry
Excursion Steamer Leelanu Wrecked at Carp Lake
In Michigan on Carp lake the passenger steamer Leelanu exploded after a boiler failure as it carried pleasure seekers from Lee land to a wild west circus near Traverse City. Mrs. Iaabel Lebonte was killed and about twenty injured while Engineer Edward Hardy survived.
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Traverse City
Mich
Iaabel Lebonte
Leelanu
Leeland
Fouche
Carp Lake
Edward Hardy
Vast Mexico Oil Well Fire Grows Into Volcano
In Cosbocas near Tampico a massive oil well blaze rages for 43 days. From an eight inch hole the flame crater widens to about 100 meters with smoke rising above 500 feet. Estimates say around 20,000 gallons of oil burn per minute as efforts fail to extinguish the fire.
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Mexico City
Cosbocas
Tampico
Well Han
T Ie
Abduction of 16 Year Old Butte Girl Alarmed Montana
Butte Montana reports sixteen year old Freda Bauer daughter of rancher Conrad Bauer was abducted Thursday night at gunpoint by two masked men. Bauer accuses two ranch hands and lovers of the girl, who have fled. The two men rode to the ranch and seized the girl as Mrs Bauer screamed for help. the abduction was described as cleverly planned.
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Butte, Mont
Mieas
Freda Bauer
Conrad Bauer
Billings
Bauer
Tauer
Mra. Hauer
Campaign of Socialists in Chicago Plans August Train Tour
The Socialist national committees met in Chicago and outlined a campaign to launch August 1 with a special train to the Pacific coast carrying Eugene V. Debs and other speakers. The party plans to visit 350 cities between Chicago and the Pacific, then return to Chicago and go to the Atlantic coast. Addresses will be made by party orators at many cities and a carload of literature will accompany the train.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Pacific Coast
Eugene V. Deby
A. A. &Bmons
Atlantic Coast
En Forte
Oklahoma editor arrested on charges linked to editorial
Governor Haskell files a criminal charge against Omar XK. Henediet owner of the Times in Oklahoma City. Warrant issued on complaint by the Democratic campaign treasurer. Case cites an editorial in last day's Newsom implying a meeting with Standard Of company reps in Kansas City on June 16 while Hagkell was said to be in Muskogee.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Omar XK
Henediet
the Times
Charles N. Haskell
Gor Hagkell
Standard of Company
Coates
Captain Conn fatally shoots Annia at Flushing yacht club
Captain Peter Conn of the U S Army fatally shoots William EB Annis, New York publisher, and injures Annia at the Flushing landing stage of the Bayalde Yacht Club. Annia dies in Flushing Hospital hours later. Conn, son of Brigadier General Peter Conover Haines, reportedly opened fire after a dispute involving his wife.
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Plushing
Retired Rear Admiral Robly Havana Sails into Rest
Rear Admiral Robly Havana completed forty eight years of service in the United States Navy and at age sixty two has retired. He left active duty after a leg injury from past battles and is currently at Mohonk Lake New York with his family spending the summer while remaining mentally alert.
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Mohonk Lake
N. Y
Robly Havana
Usurper Defeated by Legal Monarch Amid Moroccan Conflict
Wireless dispatch from Abdel Aziz sultan reports victory of his troops over Mulai Hafid forces marching toward Morocco City. Hafid loyalists suffer about 600 killed and 600 wounded. Abdel Aziz captures vast booty and defeats the Pehama tribe with 50 slain and 200 taken prisoner.
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Tangier
Abdel Aziz
Mulal Hafid
Morocco
Mulai Hafid
Daring train hold up near Spokane ends with minimal loot
Bandits boarded Northern Pacific No. 3 near Spokane after midnight in Otla. Clerks tricked them by emptying and concealing registered packages, leaving baggage and express cars untouched. Passengers unmolested, robbers limited by clerks quick actions and split mail effort.
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Spokane
Northern Pacific No. 3
Otla
Trent
Yardley
Soldiers Join Savages After Mutiny near Wuchow
Hong Kong reports 1000 mutineers from Konghau who killed their commander after gambling arrest and fled to the Yaus tribe in remote Kwangtung. Admiral Li arrives with warships as troops are summoned. mutineers loot a village, securing 100000 dollars before retreating to the Talking mountains.
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Hong Kong
Konghau
Wuchow
Kwangtung
Admiral Li
Talking Mountains
Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Company Put in Receivership
Scranton Pennsylvania Coal and Coke, a major western Pennsylvania bituminous mine operator, is placed in the hands of a receiver. Judge Edwards appoints Thomas H. Watkins as receiver after Scranton Trust Company petitions on bondholders' behalf. Intrinsic value cited at over 26 million against debts around 13 million.
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Scranton
Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Company
Pennsylvania
Died in quarantine prison Wardwell and wife tale
General D. K. Wardwell died Saturday afternoon in quarantine at Tombatono Arizona. His leper wife suffers from leprosy and nervous strain, with the notoriety of their case depleting her reason. Wardwell was a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars. Deportation efforts for Mrs. Wardwell to a leper colony faced federal resistance and complications.
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Tombatono
Ariz
D. K. Wardwell
Wardwell
Croker Denies Slan dering Roosevelt amid Misrepresentations
Dublin report says Richard Croker rejected claims he criticized President Roosevelt and implied clashes with King Edward. Croker calls the reports misrepresentations. David Bennett Hill is said to be visiting Croker for a week of quiet holiday.
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Richard Croker
Roosevelt
Dublin
King Edward
Croker
David Bennett Hill
New York
Pitiful Tale of Girl Wife in Brooklyn Shooting
Mrs Rose Graziano aged 19 walked into a Brooklyn police station with a loaded revolver and confessed she killed her husband Dominica Grasiano a laborer claiming he forced her toward immorality. She said he refused to work spent her money and asked for more.
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New York
Rose Graziano
Brooklyn
Dominica Grasiano
Town Swept Off the Map in Taft Montana Fire
Taft Montana was largely destroyed by a Thursday morning fire that left only the post office grocery store and a saloon standing. Officials estimate losses between 60000 and 76000 with little insurance and suspect a lamp overturn may have sparked the blaze. Rebuilding has begun as authorities investigate the cause.
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Arlesoula
Mont
Taft
Dennison
Taft Fa
Trust Ness
Anheuser
China protests over Pekin embassy guards shooting spy
In Pekin China plans to file a formal protest after Japanese army officer Captain Kawikita, once an instructor in the Chinese military college, was shot by guards while resisting arrest near the war office. He died two days later in the legation hospital.
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Pekin
Pekin Legation
China
Kawikita
Kiroahima
Pao Ting Fu
Japan
War Office
Legation
Legation Guard
Streets of Rome Unsafe Says Milwaukee Archbishop
Milwaukee Archbishop Sebastian G. Messmer warns in Rome that the Holy Father would face danger on the city streets at night due to hostility toward the pope and the clergy. He blames local sensationalist papers for incitement and degradation.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Rome
Vatican
Sebastian G. Messmer
La Follette Denies Roosevelt Bryan Started Fight
At Lincoln Nebraska an audience of 6000 heard Senator La Follette declare he is a Republican and that the fight against railroad discrimination for lower rates was started by Wisconsin Illinois Iowa and Minnesota, not by Roosevelt or Bryan. He praised Bryan personally yet kept to his party line.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bhpworth Assembly
Robert M. la Follette
W. J. Bryan
Himalf
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Bryan
Roosevelt
Taylor May Return for Trial in Kentucky
Lowsville reports a close friend says former Governor W B Taylor will come from Indianapolis to Kentucky for trial on the Goebel murder charge. Governor Wilson had pledged a fair trial if elected but may delay action during the campaign, per Frankfort sources.
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Lowsville
W. 8. Taylor
Taylor
Kentucky
Inclapapolie
Goebel
A. F. Wilson
No Occasion to Fear Invasion From Abroad Rally Heard
Knute Nelson of Minnesota told 3 000 at the closing rally of the Lather League of America that the real army is churches and schools. He warned the internal threat to law and morality, urging faith in institutions over force as the nation’s safeguard.
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Chicago
United States
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Lather League of America
Explosion at Franco British exhibition grounds kills two
Two people die and six are injured when a balloon envelope explodes during preparations for an ascent at the Franco British exhibition. Captain Lovelace of the New York Aero club employs the victims. Miss Hill, 18, is among the dead after being burned.
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London
Lovelace
New York Aero Club
Miss Hill
Ian
Lyvoelace
Killed Woman Refused to Loan Him Two Dollars
In an alleged confession, Thomas DeWitt, 2 years old, claimed he killed former landlady Mrs. Aireline Muller, 49, at her home after she refused to lend him two dollars. He said he stuffed a stocking in her mouth to hide the scream and feared arrest if she made noise.
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St. Louis
Thomas Dewitt
Aireline Muller
DeWitt
Reeled Bones and Skulls Unearthed Near Winnipeg
A Winnipeg St Boniface College expedition led by Judge Windhomme reburied the skeletal remains of Jean Baptiste De La Verandyre and Jesuit Father Aulfeau along with skulls of nineteen French voyagers. They were killed by Sioux Indians in 1740 at a lakeside northwest of the woods. Also noted is the wife of Mort St. Charles, linked to the 1732 La Verandyre expedition.
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Winnipeg
Jean Baptiste de la Verandyre
Father Aulfeau
Indiana
Teland
Lake Woods
St. Boniface College
Windhomme
St. Boniface
Mort St. Charles
Sieur de la Verandyre
Prohibition Plank Urges Texas Constitutional Amendment
The Democratic prohibition plank calls for a 1909 constitutional amendment to ban manufacturing sale gift or exchange of interstate shipments of all intoxicating or medicinal liquors except for medical and sacramental uses. It asks voters not to view the issue as a test of democracy.
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San Antonio
Texas
Woman Dives to Save Babe From Well in Fulton Missouri
Mrs J B Stephenson a frail mother ten miles southwest Fulton lowers herself into a ten foot well on Friday and saves her four year old child from drowning grasping the infant in her teeth as she surfaces The child had played near the well top and fell backward into four feet of water at the bottom.
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Fulton
J. B. Stephenson
Planters’ Protective association aims snuff plant fight
Advices from New York say plans for a snuff factory in the dark tobacco district are underway by the Planters' Protective association. A company with $600000 capital will erect the plant in a major tobacco center, signaling farmer competition against the tobacco trust.
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New York
Planters’ Protective Association
Tobacco Trust
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