Utah News Roundup Includes Fires Dellay and Civic Plans
A North Utah bulletin reports a ridge fire damaging grain near Nephi and Levan. Bert Council, a Black driver, was injured in Salt Lake City after a wagon accident. Brigham City debates a site for a new federal building funded at 35000 dollars. Ogden Morning Examiner files for creditor relief while others report rail plans, a Rio Grande crash near Springville, and Salt Lake City high school site bids. Pioneer Day events begin in North Ogden as census and transit projects proceed. Milk pricing shifts in Ogden follow a new city ordinance, drought seems limited in impact on grain, and Nephi mourns the death of Tode Sperry after gallbladder surgery complications.
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Nephi
Levan
Bert Council
Salt Lake City
Brigham
Federal
Congress
Ogden Morning Examiner
Junction City
Frank Gaugham
Plain City
Ogden
Peter Kokos
Salt Lake
Cedar Creek
Huntington
Rio Grande
Springville
Reno
John H. White
State Fair Association
Ogden Rapid Transi Company
Brigham City
Samuel Hadley
North Ogden
Oregon Short Line
Murray
John 8. Painter
Butterworth
England
Utah
Box Elder
Tode” Sperry
Goller
Mapleton
Forestry Department
Washington, D. C
Riot at Picnic Ends in Train Riot near Chicago
A mob at Columbia Park on the Santa Fe line west of Chicago wrecked a ten coach excursion train and wounded officials and picnickers after a dispute over which section to board. Police and railroad crew clashed, with T. E. Mulvihill and Patrick Haley among the possibly fatally shot, and several others seriously hurt as the crowd surged, later ferried to hospitals.
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Chicago
T. EL Mulvill
Patrick Haley
Columbia Puark
Santa Fe
Mulvihill
Halley
Columbia Park
Komura toasts Dickinson in Tokyo diplomacy show
In Yokohama and Tokyo Count Komura hosts a banquet for American Secretary of War Dickinson. The foreign minister praises U.S. Japan ties and dismisses rumors of conflict while highlighting enhanced dialogue. Attendees include Marquis Katsura and other cabinet members, military leaders, and their spouses.
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Count Komura
Tokio
Japan
United States
J. M. Dickinson
Mr. Dickinson
Yokohama
Siberia
Marquis Katsura
Balloonist Oscar Erbstone in fatal race crash 1907
Oscar Erbstone winner of the 1907 International balloon race in America perished near Opladen along with four companions. The others killed were Herr Toelle, Hoeppe Kranz, and motorman Spicke. The dirigible Erbslohe had been refitted for passenger service and failed in fog producing a final explosion and a plummet to the ground.
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America
Leichlingen
Rhenish
Prussia
Oscar Erbstone
Opladen
Herr Toelle
Barmen
Hoeppe and Kranz
Spicke
Erbslohe
Cannon Collapses on Chautauqua Platform in Heat
Joseph G. Cannon speaker of the national house of representatives collapsed Saturday afternoon after speaking for an hour and three quarters in Winfield Kansas. Prompt aid prevented fainting. he urged the audience to excuse him as he spoke with great difficulty. The heat triggered a sinking spell but ice water and fresh air helped. He was taken to J T Raerty’s home and later fully recovered.
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J. T Raerty
Standard Gilsonite Asphalt Co files against Uintah Railway
The Standard Gilsonite and Asphaltum company of Utah and Colorado begins proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission against Uintah Railway and what it calls the asphalt trust. It charges the general asphalt company controls Gilsonite Asphalt and Barber Asphalt Paving, and the trust also controls the railway, leading to unjust rate fixing against the independent company.
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Washington
Standard Gilsonite and Asphaltum Company
Utah
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Con
Uintah Railway Company
Asphalt Trust
Standard Company
General Asphalt Company
The
Trust
Gilsonite Asphalt Company
Barber Asphalt Paving Company
Doukhoubers Rampage Ends With Naked Rebellion
In Virgin Saskatchewan seven miles from Kamask, 35 Doukhoubers staged a religious rampage removing all clothing, piling money and jewels and destroying them. Mounted police escorted the largely unclad group to a locked empty building as they searched for more garments and reported the protest continued as captors provided clothing.
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Winnipeg
Man
Kamasack
Sask
Virgin
Taft Will Campaign Broadly With No Single Favorite
The report states President Taft plans a general campaign this fall, focusing on the work of the last Congress and praising Republican lawmakers for keeping faith with party pledges. He will not back any state candidate or endorse a governor, despite personal friendship suggesting William Loeb as a possible candidate for New York.
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Beverly
Mase
Taft
Epublican
William Loeb
New York
Ohio Republican Platform Endorses Taft Administration
Beverly Massachusetts reports Taft administration receives strong backing in the planned Ohio Republican platform for the Columbus convention July 26 to 28. The document aims to guide other states in pledging loyalty to Taft and aligns with Nicholas Longworths keynote to frame the national campaign.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Columbus
Death of Hon. Charles Rolls Ends English Flying Meet
Bournemouth England the first year flying tournament ends with the death of Hon. Charles Rolls third son of Lord Llangattock at age 33. Rolls had just glided toward a mark when the biplane tail snapped causing a fatal crash witnessed by spectators. Known for the Dover Calais flight, Rolls was a leading English sportsman.
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Bournemouth
England
Charles S. Rolls
Lord Liangattock
Rolla
Captain Rolls
Channel
Dover
Calais
Burgheim Prisoner Report Narrowed By State Dept Telegraph
Washington reports say the state department has asked American Consul Mof fatt at Bluefields to verify if Dr Lawrence Burgheim of Houston is held prisoner by Madrid forces. The dispatch notes Burgheim was reportedly forced to treat the wounded at Bluefields Bluff. President Taft Declines To Dictate State Platforms. Beverly Mass. Taft emphasized he should not draft party declarations for state candidates, noting the vast scope of a president’s duties in aligning national pledges with Congress.
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Washington
State Department
Moffatt
Bluefields
Lawrence Burgheim
Houston
Texas
Madrid
Burghelmt
Bluefields Bluff
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Congress
Immigrants Denied Admission at U S Ports
Nearly 25 000 immigrants arriving at U S ports during the fiscal year ended June 30 were denied admission and forced to return to their countries. Reasons cited include physical defects and the chance of becoming public charges. The year’s total admitted reached 1 061 670.
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Washington
U. S
Pinchot and Cannon Clash Over Father of Conservation
In Kansas City the debate between Gifford Pinchot and Speaker Joseph Cannon at the Knife & Fork club centered on who should be credited as the father of conservation. Cannon credited J W Powell of the government geological survey, while Pinchot named Theodore Roosevelt.
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Kansas City
Gifford Pinchot
Joseph G. Cannon
Knife #& Fork club
Cannon
J. W. Powell
Government Geological Survey
Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt
Major Portland Exposition Building Fire Destroyed Key Structures
A Thursday blaze in Portland Oregon devastated the Exposition building and the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club plant along with a dozen smaller structures. Loss is about 300000. One man, possibly Bout, a stable employee, is dead and several people including a Yorktown blue-jacket are missing. Fire began in the gates room of the Orange Brush Automobile company.
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Portland
Ore
Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club
Yorktown
Orange Brush Automobile Company
Roosevelt to Attend Cowboy Breakfast in Denver
Colonel Roosevelt will be guest of the Denver Press Club at a cow boys breakfast in his honor at Overland Park on August 29. He replied via John S. Irby that he will attend breakfast or lunch that day and will confirm later. The event features chuck wagon fare with several famous cooks already engaged.
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Denver
Roosevelt
Denver Press Club
Overland Park
Johns. Irby
Theodore Roosevelt
Girl Attacked by Cop Perhead Snake in Huntington
In Huntington Pennsylvania a three foot copperhead sprang from a stone wall at Mies Amelia burglar as she walked from a book bindery. The snake bit her arm and clung to the sleeve, pulling fabric away from flesh. Men responding to her screams killed the snake before it could strike again.
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Huntington
Mies Amelia
Imports Exceed Previous Records Under Payne Aldrich Tariff
Washington reports that during the first eleven months of the Payne Aldrich tariff period ending June 30, imports surpassed prior records by over 114 million dollars. More than 49 percent entered free of duty, a share unmatched since 1897 and earlier periods when sugar enjoyed free status under older laws. Customs receipts totaled 302,822,16 but stand second only to 1907. Figures released by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Peculiar Murder Confession from Brother in Lee County
Henry Brown confessed to killing Addison Addisonon after testifying against his brother Albert Brown who was convicted of murder in the 1909 case. Albert had been twice tried and sentenced to 15 years, but the sentence was suspended on appeal. Mo brothers are well known Faynoers. Henry was imprisoned as habeas corpus proceedings sought release for Albert.
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Tupelo, Miss
Albert Brown
Alonzo Addison
Henry Brown
Lee County
Addison
Moi
Refused to Trust Bank Plaintiffs Lose Fortunes in Flight
A Bristol couple Mr and Mrs T C Bennett moved to Hutchinson Kansas after a bank collapse left them penniless with three children. They carried their entire 3000-dollar fortune sewn in Mrs Bennetts skirt but lost it on a train ride between St Louis and Kansas City.
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Hutchinson
Kan
T. C. Bennett
Bristol
Tony
Owl causes blackout at Boulder power plant
An owl damaged the Colorado Power company plant in Boulder Colorado plunging the city into darkness. The bird hooked a claw on live wires shorting the circuit and burning out the plant with a $6000 loss.
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Boulder, Colo
Colorado Power Company
Boulder Canyon
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Doukhoubers
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