Utah inks flood, trains, and Taft visit headlines
Numerous Utah items fill the page from floods in Gunnison and Ephraim causing hundreds of thousands in damage to a rail crash near Tucker injuring a conductor. President Taft plans a Provo arrival at 1 15 p m and Salt Lake City by 4 30 p m. Also noted are streetcar collisions in Ogden, a hotel lawsuit by Jack Johnson, adulterated milk complaints, and an irrigation bond proposal in Salt Lake.
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Salt Na Bady
Theloward
Taft
Provo
Salt Lake City
Ogden Canyon
Stephen McCarthy
Ogden
J. H. Smith
Lily Harding
Gunnison
Axtel
Centerfield
Ephraim
Old Canyon
Joe Straub
Salt Lake
Denver & Rio Grande
Tucker
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Irrigation Industrial Investment Company
Ogden Railroad
George Patch
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Natonal
Grand Army of the Republic
William Fisher
Layton
Kaysville
Board of Commissioners of Indian War Records
East Lake City
Riots and troop move in northern Mexico amid Diaz era tensions
In Coahuila and Nuevo Leon unrest grows as anti administration riots are reported. General Barnardo Reyes winters in a mountain retreat while a special train of 400 cavalry departs under sealed orders, destination Sabinas. Pedro Martinez leaves Monterey for a secret mission in New York as Reyes supporters confer. The El Imperio editorial defends Diaz era stability amid calls for political liberty and prosecutions for electors.
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Mexico City
Coahuila
Nuevo Won
Mexico
Barnardo Reyes
Nuevo Leon
Diaz
el Imparelal
Sabinas
Monterey
Pedro Martinez
New York
Reyes
Reyesta Party
el Imparelni
Miles of Track Washed Out After Arkansas Flood
A second cloudburst at Four Mile Creek near Canon City swelled the Arkansas river valley, washing out 45 miles of Denver & Rio Grande track between Canon City and Salida and delaying traffic for a week. Royal Gorge and nearby canyons were flooded. Hangin Bridge level reached though intact. Pueblo levee and asylum grounds faced rising waters threatening adjacent areas.
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Denver
Canon City
Arkansas River
Denver & Rio Grande Road
Here
Salida
Royal Gorge
Arkansas
Pueblo
State Asylum
Asylum
Women Start Riot Over Neckwear Strike in New York
Dozens are hurt as neckwear strikers clash with firm employees on Broadway at Thirteenth Street. Police use reserves and dispersal shots, Broadway traffic halts, and a horse is fatally injured after bolting into an electric car. Emergency hospital intake reaches eighty five.
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New York
Broadway
Thirteenth Street
Lexington Avenue
Orchard confession settles suit with San Francisco Gas and Electric
San Francisco Gas and Electric paid 13,904 to attorney Walter H. Linforth after Harry Orchard admitted a perjured statement in a five year dispute. Orchard, serving a wife sentence for Governor Steunenberg's murder, had accused Bradley of explosives linked to Linforth property on Washington street in November 1904. The explosion was blamed on faulty gas fixtures, a suit Linforth filed resulting in a judgment of 10,800.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Gas and Electric Company
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Walter H. Linforth
Washington Street
Idaho
Orchard
Fred W. Bradley
Western Federation of Miners
Bradley
Linforth
Sait
Clark's Slayer Confesses in Utah Killing Case
Charles Olsen, arrested on a minor charge in Omaha, Neb., confessed to killing Deputy Sheriff Clark near Ogden Utah last November during a railroad box car robbery. He claimed another robber was wounded when a wagon approached and Clark and an assistant intervened. Olsen said the next day they learned of Clark's death after a threat to kill another officer.
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Omaha
Neb
Charles Olsen
Clark
Ogden
Utah
Olsen
Sutton Alone Responsible for Death at Annapolis
Washington report states Lieutenant Sutton is directly responsible for his own death, a personal safety incident possibly involving an attempt to shoot restrainers. The navy court of Inquiry found no other injuries caused the death of Second Lieutenant James N. Sutton at Annapolis Naval Academy in October 1907. The verdict was approved by the judge advocate general of the navy and acting secretary Peekman Winthrop.
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Washington
Sutton
Navy Court of Inquiry
Annapolis Naval Academy
James N. Sutton
United States Marine Corps
Judge Advocate General of the Navy
Peekman Winthrop
Secretary of the Navy
Ballinger Defends Public Lands Policy Amid Spokane Reclamation Debate
Secretary Richard Ballinger spoke in Helena asserting land policy remains necessary while addressing Spokane reclamation complaints. He blamed settlers ignorance of irrigation requirements for disillusionment and urged continuing government administration rather than broad contract releases or reimbursements.
Cloudburst Ruins Homes and Roads in Bingham Utah
A Wednesday cloudburst caused $35 000 to $40 000 in damage in Bingham Utah. D J Cook the New England Company's mine superintendent lost his residence and contents. the Cook family escaped with only the clothes they wore. Other houses were wrecked foundations and a Clipper livery horse drowned two buggies and other property washed away. The barn suffered about $1 700 in damage and road repair costs are estimated at $12 000 to $15 000.
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Bingham
Utah
D. J. Cook
New England Company
Cars Collide in Canyon Injuring Motorman and Passengers
A head-on crash on a curve near the Lewis resort in Ogden canyon injured motorman W. D. Delaney and several passengers of two Ogden Rapid Transit cars. Delaney reportedly misunderstood instructions, causing the collision as riders rushed for exits in a brief panic.
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Ogden
W. D. Delaney
Ogden Rapid Transit Company
Lewis Resort
Ogden Canyon
Delaney
Death in fumigated room ends Salt Lake editor
Corydon W. Higgins associate editor of the Salt Lake Mining Review was killed by poisonous fumes from a fumigated room at his North Temple street apartments. His body was found at 3 30 p m with no one else present, leading to the assumption he entered unaware of the disinfection.
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Salt Lake City
Corydon W. Higgins
The
Salt Lake
Attell Retains Bantam Title Over Percy Cove
San Francisco’s Monte Attell retained the bantamweight championship by defeating Seattle’s Percy Cove in a ten round stoppage. The fight ended in the tenth when Referee Smith halted after Attell dominated and Cove showed no chance to recover.
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San Francisco
Monte Attell
Percy Cove
Seattle
Attell
Praccicany
Smith
Drowned Girl in Hotel Water Tank at Radersburg
A two and a half year old girl, daughter of William Haldaway, drowned in a hotel kitchen water tank in Radersburg. The child was found nearly dead and died before any physician could reach the scene. no doctor was available in the vicinity.
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Helena
Mont
Radersburg
William Haldaway
Raderburg
Pinchot Controversy Heated At Transmissionsipp Congress
Colorado debate over forest reserves led to a division of lands resolution presented by ex Senator Patterson. Frank Gowdy countered with criticism of Pinchot but accepted the compromise amendment praising forestry policies. The pair of motions was approved, ending the long forestry dispute at the session.
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Denver
Colorado
Gifford Pinchot
Transmissiosipp Congress
Congress
Senator Patterson
Pinchot
Frank Go
Patterson
Gowdy
Rates in West Too High says Knapp
Washington. Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp reports rail rates west of the Mississippi are high and a source of shipper complaint. He notes strong dissatisfaction in the Intermountain and Pacific coast states and outlines a fall tour to collect evidence for potential rate relief. Hearings will be in Spokane Seattle and possibly Salt Lake with results presented in November.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Intermountain
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Spokane
Seattle
Salt Lake
Women Riot During Pittsburg Strike At Pressed Steel
About five hundred women joined a strike at the Pressed Steel Car plant in Pittsburg. They hurled bricks at the company property and restaurant, forcing office workers to dodge bricks while state troops arrived on horseback to restore order. Riot clubs were used on some protesters to subdue the crowd.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Montana to gain three congressmen says Pray
Congressman Chas. N. Pray, arriving from Washington, predicts Montana will elect three congressmen after the next census, up from one. He cites a population near 600,000 and notes 168 new post offices have been opened this year to improve mail service for the new voters.
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Helena
Mont
Chas. N. Pray
Montana
Basi
Pray
He_calla
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Frances
Thomas Shipley
Shipley
Timothy Shugrue
Park City
Shugrue
Earnest Dean
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State Land Board
Ir Juab County
State of Coahuila
San Francisco Gas Company
Court of Inquiry
Ballinger
East Lake
Commerce Commission
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