Provo Boy Scouts Branch Planned. Utah News
Parker Perry, 17, is injured at Willard after a horse accident and dies in an Ogden hospital. Treasury estimates seek a 2500 increase for clerk hire. Provo woolen mills to close briefly. Salt Lake high school designs bidding open to all reputable architects. Murray plans weekly market day. Weber club building work begins in Ogden. Strawberry tunnel records 500 feet in November, total 10194 feet.
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Boy Scouts
Provo
Parker Perry
Willard
Ogden
Surveyor-General
Treasury
Congress
Utah
Salt Lake
Murray
Weber Club
Weber County
Strawberry
Alexander du Pius
Willows
Cal
Salt Lake City
Elmer Hill
Bingham
Elmerton Hotel
Box Elder County
C. B. Stewart
Utah Wool Growers’ Association
Portland
Arizona constitutional convention ends after sixty one days
The Arizona constitutional convention adjourned at 5 44 PM after sixty one days of session and adopted a document the majority calls the most progressive and the minority the most socialist. John Langdon of Globe was the sole Republican to vote for it amid ovations, Ellenwood Bisbee declined to sign, citing judiciary recall concerns, while Tuthill Greenlee also voted no but signed. Final tally 40 to 12.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Constitutional Convention of
Arizona
John Langdon
Globe
Ellenwood
Bisbee
Taft
Tuthill
Greenlee County
Langdon
Will of Mary Baker Eddy Leaves Christian Science Church Fortun
Fortune from Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy's estate is estimated at 1.5 million dollars. After household bequests, the bulk will go to the Christian Science Church. Five directors affirm the church will be governed by Eddy's ideas, per the board's first meeting since her death.
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Mrs. Eddy
The
Christian Science Church
Boston
Baker G. Eddy
Chritian Science Church
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Utah and Wyoming Population Gains Revealed by Census
The census bureau released figures showing Utah with 373 351 inhabitants, up 96 602 or 34 9 percent from 1900. Salt Lake county noted the strongest growth, Ogden city at 25 580. Wyoming counts reached 146 965, up 53 494 or 57 7 percent from 1900, with 1890–1900 rise of 29 976 or 47 9 percent.
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Washington
Utah
Salt Lake County
Ogden
Wyoming
Dickinson Favors Aeroplanes in Annual Report
Secretary Dickinson endorses the flying machine and urges Congress to fund the signal corps with better aircraft for instruction and field work. He notes the US first recognized aircraft for military use in 1908 at Fort Meyer and cites the current limited equipment: one small dirigible, one Wright aeroplane, and three captive balloons.
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Washington
France
Dickinson
Congress
Signal Corps
United States
Fort Meyer
Rebels Rallying Near Guerrero With 6000 Mounted Men
Accurate reports from Santo Tomas eighteen miles north of Guerrero place rebel forces in the district at more than 6000 men, all mounted and equipped.
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Douglas
Ariz
Santo Tomas
Guerrero
Women as Jurors in Olympia Case
Six Olympia women prominent in suffrage circles were to be tried before Justice of the Peace Milton Miles. Each woman chosen is noted for her involvement in city affairs.
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Olympia
Wash
Justice of the Peace
Milton Miles
Revolutionists Hope to Win in Mexico’s Insurrection
El Paso reports Jose Sannez Alvarez a former mine and land owner from Parral now a lieutenant colonel in the Mexican insurgent army spoke in secret on Thursday night. He claimed 7000 to 8000 armed men across Chihuahua and said insurgents are skilled fighters, confident of victory though unsure of the outcome.
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el Paso
Texas
Jose Sanenez Alvarez
Parral
Mexico
Isurrectionary
Chihuahua
China to adopt constitutional cabinet after new year
The Chinese throne is reported to accede to the imperial senate's demand for an immediate constitutional cabinet. Provincial assemblies, begun in 1909, mark a rapid move toward popular government after thousands of years of absolute rule.
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Peking
China
Imperial Senate
Charlton Extradition Sought Over Italian Murder Case
Secretary Knox grants Italy's request to surrender Porter Charlton for the Lake Como murder. He holds Italy’s refusal to surrender its citizens to the U S does not relieve the US of the extradition treaty obligation. Sanity question left to the courts, not the department.
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Washington
Knox
Italy
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
United States
Charlton
Interurban Line a Failure in Ogden Utah
Ogden Rapid Transit ends the Plain City line after months of heavy losses and offers the route to Amalgamated Sugar to serve as an auxiliary to boost the sugar beet industry in the region through which the line runs.
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Ogden
Utah
Plain City
Ogden Rapid Transit Company
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Six Miners Entombed After Alberta Mine Explosion
Sixty miners trapped in the Blue Bird colliery at Frank Alberta after a blast. Two bodies recovered by rescuers. Authorities hope others may be alive. intensive efforts underway to reach them.
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Vancouver
B. C
Frank
Alberta
Eighteen Injured in Springfield Trolley Collision
Eighteen people were injured when a Still-Traction passenger car bound for Danville struck the rear of a freight train near Storms east of Springfield. Slippery rails blamed for the wreck. one passenger seriously hurt.
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Springfield
Danville
Court Finds Temple Iron Case Violates Sherman Act
The U S circuit court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled there is no general conspiracy among anthracite coal railroads to restrain commerce or fix prices but held Temple Iron company as a combination of those railroads in violation of the Sherman act. The government wins only this point and the defendants are not ordered to alter current coal prices.
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Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Temple Iron Company
Plans to Help Settlers in West Extend Homestead Time
Representative Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming, chairman of the public lands committee, introduced in the house on Wednesday a joint resolution extending the time for certain homesteaders to establish residence. The measure benefits homesteaders in North Dakota South Dakota Idaho Nebraska Montana Colorado Utah Wyoming and the territories of Arizona and New Mexico.
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Washington
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
Public Lands Committee
House
North Dakota
South Dakota
Idaho
Nebraska
Montana
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
New Jersey
Florida
United States
Oregon
Nevada
California
Oklahoma
Engine Plunges Into Lake After Landslide Near Seattle
A Northern Pacific passenger engine derailed and slid into Lake Washington sixteen miles from Seattle when 500 feet of track were torn out by a landslide. The train, bound from Vancouver to Seattle, escaped a total washout with the engine half submerged but no injuries reported.
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Seattle
Northern Pacific
Vancouver
Lake Washington
Lake Shore
Mexican federal troops mobilize in Chihuahua frontier
Reports over the railroad wires say at least 4000 Mexican federal troops are in Chihuahua taking the field against insurgents in the mountains. A thousand more were sent from Torreon to join forces marching from Chihuahua toward Madera and Temosachic.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Tech
Torreon
Madera
Temosachic
Women voters in Washington fail to back liquor ban in Charleston turnout
In Washington cities where women voted on Tuesday, an Anacortes turnout produced hundreds of women and several wet officials. The navy yard town Charleston also went wet despite organized WC&G and TU efforts, with 212 women casting ballots.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Anacortes
Navy Yard
Charleston
WCG
T. U
Campaign Committees Report Campaign Funds
The Republican congressional committee received 77461 dollars and disbursed 74373 dollars while the Democratic congressional committee received 27700 dollars and disbursed 27771 dollars, per reports filed Thursday with the clerk of the House of Representatives.
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Washington
Republican Congressional Committee
Democratic Congressional Committee
House of Representatives
Trial sworn for Dr Burke dynamite tent house case
A Santa Rosa jury was sworn Wednesday to try Dr Willard P Burke a respected physician on charges he dynamited the tent house on his sanitarium grounds occupied by Misa Lotta Smith and her infant child and the Shires act.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Willard P. Burke
Shires
Misa Lotta Smith
Growth of Population in United States Census Report
Census data released on Saturday shows the United States including territories and possessions at 101,100,000 people. The Philippines accounts for 7,685,426 residents and the North American mainland excluding Alaska totals 91,972,206. Growth over ten years reached 15,977,691, or 2 percent, with dramatic regional changes across divisions.
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Washington
United States
States
Philippines
Samoa
Quam
Hawalii
Alaska
Laname Sanal Zone
West North Central
South Atlantic
Enst South Central
West South Central
Mountain
Pacific
Brazil Ends Mutiny on Cobra Island After Heavy Fire
In Rio de Janeiro, naval mutineers on Cobra island surrender after a daylong artillery engagement. Over 200 killed and wounded. the rebellion appears suppressed. The senate then votes to declare a state of siege for thirty days.
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Rio Janeiro
Cobra Island
Senate
Rival religious clashes roar in Calcutta with Maxim gun
Serious fighting erupted Saturday morning between rival religious factions in Calcutta. Several combatants were killed and many injured. Troops deployed a Maxim gun, but fanatics evaded capture and were routed after several soldier charges.
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Calcutta
More Die in Woods Than on Gridiron Pittsburg
Fatal hunting accidents in Pennsylvania this season exceed football deaths in all forty six states. The record notes that hunting fatalities are already equal to or surpass football deaths nationwide this fall.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
House Passes Rivers and Harbors Bill In Record Time
The house disposed of the rivers and harbors bill voting for the committee's measure in record time and without amendment. Money was appropriated at the rate of seven million dollars per hour.
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Washington
House
Brunswick Hotel Fire Strikes Minneapolis Area
The Brunswick hotel at Hennepin avenue and Fourth street in Minneapolis was burned to the ground Saturday night. Estimated loss is $40,000. Guests escaped safely as flames engulfed the building.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Brunswick
Hennepin Avenue
Fourth Street
Balaklava veteran George Smith seeks charity in Oakland
George Smith one of the immortal six hundred from Balaklava rides again in Oakland seeking relief from city authorities. At age 54 he asks for aid citing his wartime service and current poverty.
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Oakland
Cal
George Smith
Balakliva
Alleged Oi Land Frauds In L A Circuit Court
Federal government filed fraud charges in the United States circuit court in Los Angeles accusing schemes tied to the sale of 6 100 acres of oil lands in Kern County valued at about 10 million dollars related to the Southern Pacific railroad land sales.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Southern Pabfic Railroad
Kero County
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