Salt Lake City News Roundup from 1906 Reports
Utah items from Salt Lake City include the new Chamber of Commerce Wing opening, the Grand Lodge F A M convocation, and the death of Clifford Burbridge after a snowball injury. Also noted are cold cases, jail court critique, Carnegie Hero medal to Thomas Harris, a fatal shooting in Scofield, and mortgage statistics for Utah County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Salt Lake City
Grand Lodge F. and A. M. of Tah
Rich Utah and Idaho Mines Rally Amid Expansion and Discoveries
In Utah and Idaho mining districts prospects expand with new digs at Alta and Fish Springs, a rising output and a 1.5 per cent quarterly plus extra dividend at Amalgamated Copper. Reports show deep ore bodies at Moonlight near Pocatello and 60 per cent copper in Bornite at Dark Horse. Idaho Falls eyes a Welmar smelter, while Goldfield and Bear Creek activities drive ore values and shares rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Copper Company
Utah Apex
Red Wing
Utah Mine Company
Fish Springs
Deep Creek
Avanta
Idaho
Spaulding
W. 8
Brown
Dark Horse
Divide
Montana
Nipissing Company
Samuel Newhouse
Balt Lake
Newhouse
Idaho County
Goodenough
Bear Creek
Marshall Lake District
Goldfield
Nevada
Utah
Long Series of World News Items Stir the Times
A robber seized 96500 in gold bound for the San Francisco mint from an express truck at Barstow California. The Alabama senate backs an investigation into Booker T Washington school methods. A Vancouver stove explosion injures six children. Fred Elenbrock deemed insane after a Chicago probate court attempt on Judge Cutting. Mount Vesuvius reports increased volcanic activity. Kingston earthquake noted. A Russian chief killed by a schoolboy as he left a concert hall. Portsmouth Ohio flood displaces hundreds as schools host relief. Ben M Susra chiefs seek pardon with Raisuli through Moroccan authorities. A Philadelphia Reading freight boiler explosion kills five. Mauna Loa lava flow nears the sea at two miles wide and advancing. Lucile Woermann wreck reported near Lome, passengers saved. Oliver Dyer, pioneer stenographer, dies at 88. Mrs Holman denies Europe trip to dodge Thaw trial testifying. Treasury Shaw urges a merchant marine to boost US trade at Harvard. Mauna Loa lava flows in three streams toward the sea. Odessa executes three terrorists in a drum head trial. US Tin Plate Co raises wages 2 to 2.6 percent for tin mill workers. Senator Bailey denounces improper ties with Waters-Pierce Oil. King Edward leads Kingston relief fund with a 5000 donation. London corp matches. Roosevelt asks for two 12 inch battleships. Zelwan reports Moroccan rebel followers arming as Tangier clashes loom. Illinois sues Illinois Central for millions. case in state supreme court. Carmack backs Brownsville action supporting the president on discharging negro soldiers. State legislature aligns with his views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Brollau
Smolensk
Russia
Borlokoff
Portsmouth
Ohio
Ben M’sur
Raisuli
Raisall
Philadelphia & Reading
Bridgeport
Mauna Las
Hawaii
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Pittsburg
United States
J. W. Bailey
Texas House of Representatives
Bailey
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
King Edward
Mansion House Kingston Relief Fund
el Guebas
Tangier
Northwest notes on politics crime and society
Reports from the region cover the National Wool Growers convention in Helena, a stabbing in Laramie, Wyoming, homestead law actions, Spokane hosting a coast handicap meet, and re elections of Wool Growers leaders. Also noted are suicides, a death from morphine, Oregon legislative moves, a Montana senate race, forgery cases, murders in Penticton and Beattle, and Bryan addressing Washington lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Wool Growers’ Association
Helena
Mont
Fred Greenback
George Johnson
Laramie
Wyo
Johnson
Senate
Hae
Wyoming
Extolled Virtues of Lee Centennial Observed in DC
The 100th anniversary of General Robert E. Lee's birth was celebrated by the United Confederate and Southern Society of the District of Columbia at the New Willard Hotel. Roosevelts letter praised Lee and a permanent Lee memorial with a southern educational institution was favored. Hillary A. Herbert presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert BE. Lee
United Confederate and Southern Society of
District of Columbia
New Willard Hotel
Roosevelt
Lee
South
Hillary A. Herbert
Secretary of the Navy
Lumber car shortage hits Western Washington mills
Investigation by Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane finds Northern Pacific equipment inadequate to move Western Washington lumber. Sawmill owners report many small operations going bankrupt while larger mills incur large losses, and thousands of workers lose jobs due to car shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Franklin K. Lane
Northern Pacific
Washington
Northern Pacific Railway
Relief Efforts in Kingston Delayed Amid Aid Dispute
New York Kingston relief committee notes supplies for Kingston earthquake relief may be halted. Governor Sweettenham of Jamaica refuses American war vessel aid, risking no arrival of cargo aboard the Allegheny and Prinz Joachim. Steamers diverted to Port Antonio for orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kingston
New York-Kingston
Sweettenham
Jamaica
Allegheny
Prinz Joachim
Port Antonio
Calgary Tragedy: Ferdinand Family Perished in Gas Poisoning
Police break into a Calgary tannery proprietor Edward Ferdinand's home and find his dead body, the corpse of a newborn infant, and Mrs. Ferdinand dead on the floor. Two young sons are found alive but fatally frozen. Suspected coal gas suffocation is leading theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alberta
Ce ‘Ull Detailn
Edward Ferdinand
Ferdinand
Coronation of Mohammed Ali Mirza Shah of Persia
Teheran reports the coronation took place Saturday afternoon with grand ceremonies on the peacock throne of gold surrounded by princes nobles and mullahs. The city glowed with illumination and popular rejoicings followed the event while funeral date for the late shah remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Mohammed Ali Mirza
Persia
Shah
Land Grafters in Colorado Probe Begins in Pueblo
Under direction of M. C. Burch and special agent D. Church an investigation into alleged public land frauds will be prosecuted from Pueblo for two months. Long and Church arrived after months of evidence collection in the southwest part of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
M. C. Burch
United States
D. Church
Department of Justice
Messrs
Long
Church
Renew Talk of New State in Idaho Region
Reports from the northern Idaho area recount renewed agitation for a new state by separating five northern counties to join the eastern Washington region. Lewiston or Spokane could serve as capital, with bills expected to be introduced in Idaho Montana and Washington legislatures next winter as a possible biennial installment of hot political tempers.
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Holse
Idaho
Washington
Lewiston
Spokane
Billy
Montana
Utah Lawmakers Debate Usury and Tax Reforms in Session
Utah legislators push bills on usury capping interest at 12 percent and real estate taxes after January 1. Senate member Wesley Walton from Rich County and others push appropriations and new revenue measures while rules for bill introductions tighten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley K. Walton
Senate
Mr. Walton
Rich County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dtah State News
Clifford Burbridge
Saltog City
Ogden
Peter Romers
Riverside
Fay
Gold Springs
Brigham Young University
Provo
Willis Brown
Salt Lake
Weber River
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Zelpha Barll
Hawley H. Earll
Scofield
William Brown
County Recorder
Utah County
Ella Ougman
North Pole
Howard
Frank Yourng
Crandall
Bingham
C. B. Diehl
Harriman
Utah Light and Railway Company
Hyrum Farrell
Eden
Ogden Canyon
Farrell
Tony
Parowan Valley
Parowan
Salt State Horticulture Association
Myton
Theodore
Heber City
Maria Lydia Winkler
Germany
Logan
Kaysville
Tooele County
Vernon
Bccles
Ogden Knitting Works Company
Martin Olawane
Margarette Pierce Young
Brigham Young
Ahe
Young
Plains
la Sal
Alta
Coeur d'Alene
William Stephenson
Welmar Copper Company
Kaufman
Birch Creek
Idaho Falls
Dalsuy
Triangle
Great Bend
William J. Brewer
Grant Snyder
Nevada Fairview Company
No. 4
Osborn
Horseshoe Bend
Payette
Pearl
Moonlight
Pocatello
Crefacut
Yerlington-Malachite Copper Company
Yerington
Sam Francisco Mint
Barstow
Cal
Alabama Senate
House
Booker T. Washington School
Children's Aid Society
Vancouver
Fred Elenbrock
Charles 8. Cutting
Probate Court
Chicago
Matteucci
Mount Vesuvius
Hamburg
Lucile Woermann
Lome
Togoland
Oliver Dyer
United States Senate
Boston
J. C. Holman
Boyle Nesbit Thaw
Europe
Harry K. Thaw
Maunaloa
Odessa
Illinois
Ilinois Central Railroad
State Supreme Court
Brownsville
Carmack
Northwest
Spokane Rod and Gun Club
Interstate Sportsmen's Association
F. B. Warren
National Wool Grow Ers’ Association
George 8. Walker
L. D. Thomas
Jennie Coles
Rawlins
Oregon
Frank Davey
EB. W. Haines
Joseph M. Dizen Republican
Missoula
W. A. Clark
Butte
Nathan Jacoba
Portland
Los Angeles
United States District
Towerve
W. Zimmerman
Penticton
B. C
San Francisco
California
Francisco
J. N. Grover
Beattle
George Terry
Wind River Reservation
Draper
Terry
Joshua Terry
Smith's Fork
W. J. Bryan
Coon
Bryan
Bey
Berne Block
Tacoma
Waah
A. L. Jackson
Frank Carpenter
George Johbnson
Deer Loage Valley
Carpenter
John Berberich
Parrott Ranch
Bin
Tecoma
Wash
Kingsten and
Whele
Colorado
Jensen
Axen
Dean
Tea Boards of Commissioners
Frederick Hasband
Bummit County
Park City
Senator Hasband
Smith Han
Uétab
Joseph
Senile Wotathela
Saat Bet Hone
J. F. Tolton
Nor
Mintier
Tingey
Agricultural College
University of Utah
Orvil Thompson
Millard County
Thompson
Thedosius Botkin
Mauritiue
Uncle Bam
Theodosius
Smith
Linh
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