Utah State News Highlights Incomplete And Varied Local Items
Charlie Starkie drowns in the Jordan River near Salt Lake City. Utah Bankers' convention planned for Ogden June 22 and 25. Ogden grape juice bottling factory considered by locals. Episcopal convocation held in Logan with fifty delegates. Fire destroys William Coddle's Plain City home valued at $2,000. Bond issues for municipal lighting and waterworks pass at Provo election. Involuntary manslaughter charge faces Rasmus Johnson for fatal Salt Lake City crash. Cadet uniforms urged in Ogden high school battalion. Spanish Fork worker Spencer Woodard survives a 90 foot shaft fall. Mosida-Lehi line contract to build 20 mile telephone route. Farnsworth Lincoln home loss $1,800 to fire. Cement plant fire costs $12,000 from ignited matches. Ogden shooting leaves L. W. Strauthers grazed by bullet. Tintic branch trestle fire halts line south of Springville. Ogden insurers face probe by local committee. Two masked men rob Salt Lake gambling house of $3,000 in cash gems watches. Western Pacific moves 200 freight cars around Lake Bonneville. Mabel and Ethel Rushforth hurt in buggy crash near Kaysville. Utah conservation map fund allocation approved. Willy Beyhl commits suicide near Salt Lake City. Salt Lake publicity bureau contemplates Utah Day to promote state produce.
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Chariie Starkie
Frehine
Jordan River
Salt Lake City
Utah Bankers’ Association
Salt Lake
Ogden
Episcopal Church
Missionary District
Utah
Logan
William Coddle
Plain City
Provo
Rasmus Johnson
Pauline Hansen
Mills
Spencer Woodard
Spanish Fork
Dream Mine
Payson
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Mosida Lands Company
Lehi
Mosida
C. F. Farnsworth
Lincoln
Union Portland Cement Company
Devil's Slide
L. W. Strauthers
J. C. Pitts
Strauthers
Denver & Rio Grande
Springville
Western Pacific
Balt Lake
Mabel
Ethel Rushforth
Kaysville
Conservation Commission of
Willy Beyhl
Germany
Patten 15 Bumped as Waterman Forces Wheat Settlement on May
Theodore H Waterman Albany miller and James A Patten clash over May wheat deliveries on the Chicago board of trade. Waterman drives a private settlement with leading shorts at around 1 14 as Patten estimates losses up to 1 2 million. Leischstein acted as agent for a major elevator. Several cargoes delivered to try to break the market. Waterman resisted.
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Chicago
Theodore H. Waterman
James A
George W. Patten
Chicago Board of Trade
James A. Patten
J. Leischstein
Waterman
Senate Passes Naval Bill Amid Battleship Dispute
The Senate approved the naval appropriation bill by a 39 to 26 vote, amended to authorize one new battleship instead of two, with an appropriation near 134 million dollars. Amendments funded torpedo cars and barred certain bonds from contractor securities. The plan includes two battleships up to 6 million each, two fleet colliers, five submarines, and six torpedo-boat destroyers. In Nicaragua, Venus searched the American schooner Esfuerza, sparking tension as Bluefields clashes persist and leaders clash near Rama.
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Washington
Burton
Senate
Jesetor Johnston
James
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Venus
Esfuerza
San Jacinto
Bluefields Bluff
Paducah
Dubuque
Lara
Estrada
Rama
Mena
Charvarilla
French Submarine Pluviose Sunk Near Calais
The French submarine Pluviose lies in thirty fathoms after a collision with the cross-channel steamer Pas de Calais off Calais. Twenty seven crew members are reported missing. Causes vary with officials split between a failed dive under the steamer and a possible attempt to pass beneath the paddle wheels.
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Calais
France
English Channel
Pas de Calais
Dover
Fournier
Reclamation Filings Placed for Arizona Lands
A railroad agent filed 50,000 acres of government land between Maricopa and Casa Grande in Arizona, believed to act for Col. W. C. Greene who plans a reclamation project. An additional 30,000 acres were filed for J. H. Sherman and J. F. Church of Denver, with plans to spend 1,500,000 on reclamation along the Little Colorado river near the petrified forest, with filings made at Moki Indian agency.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Maricopa
Casa Grande
Col. W. C. Greene
J. H. Sherman
J. F. Church
Denver
Little Colorado River
Petrified Forest
Alaska Democratic convention adjourns without candidate
The Democratic territorial convention in Juneau ended after two days without naming a candidate for territorial delegate. Delegates refused to endorse Jas Wickersham and could not agree on a nominee for the fall election, deciding to postpone selection after the Republican convention.
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Juneau
Alaska
Territorial
Jas. Wickersham
King George Promises to Follow in Father's Footsteps
London reports King George, on Empire Day anniversary, sending two messages to the colonies and India. He pledges to follow his father's path, uphold constitutional government, safeguard liberties of the empire, and devote himself to Indian welfare.
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London
George
India
Hair Theft Shocks New York Student in Union Square
Police hunt a thief who clipped twelve inches of hair from Jeanette Toplitz, a 16 year old Columbia University student, beneath a crowd in Union Square. The braid, once hanging to her waist, was severed without warning.
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New York
Claims British throne from Brooklyn claimant to Edward VII
John H. DeGuelph of Brooklyn asserts he is the son of the late King Edward VII and demands the crown. He styles himself John George Edward Rex of Great Britain and Ireland and says he was unjustly deprived of birthright, urging parliament to recognize the legitimacy of all marriages by descendants of George V.
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New York
John H. DeGuelph
Brooklyn
Edward VII
England
United Kingdom
Ireland
John George Edward
Rex
Great Britain
Lreland
George
A Hero of the Range in Grand Junction
Billy Williams rode thirty miles into Grand Junction to seek medical help for his partner John Mock after Mock's horse collapsed, leaving both legs broken and his body bruised and crushed. Williams carried Mock into town for treatment.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Billy Williams
John Mock
Williams
Mock
Mack
Rush for Homesteads in Public Domains
Commissioner Dennett of the General Land Office notes an enormous rise in entries for homestead settlement. He expects total entries for the current year to exceed those of the previous year by about 60,000, with roughly 90 percent for homesteads.
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Washington
United States
Dennett
General Land Office
Swanhilda Wreck Near Terra Del Fuego Drowns Crew
The British bark Swanhilda wrecked on Staten Island at Terra Del Fuego's southeast coast. Captain Payne his wife and thirteen others drowned. The vessel sailed from Cardiff on March 16 bound for the west coast of South Africa. No further details available yet.
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Punta Arenas
Chile
Staten Island
Terra del Fuego
Payne
Cardiff
South Africa
Millionaire's Son Snell Found Dead in Chicago Rooming House
Albert J. Snell aged 60, son of millionaire Amos J. Snell famed for a high profile 1888 murder case, was found dead in a Chicago rooming house on Monday. He had inherited wealth but for years earned a meager living running strands on the docks.
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Chicago
Albert J. Snell
Amos J. Snell
First Wife Loses Contest in Elliott Alaska Claim
Judge Windes sustains a demurrer by Grace Van Wormer Elliott, second wife of Henry Curtis Elliott who died in an Alaska snowslide after locating copper claims. The ruling bars Catherine May Elliott from contesting the property, as a prior will left half of Alaska finds to the first wife for a $500 grubstake. The later will bequeathed the estate to the widow and a two year old son.
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Chicago
Windes
Grace van Wormer Elliott
Henry Curtis Elliott
Alaska
Catherine May Ellott
Elliott
Yale Students Expelled Over Car Borrowing Dare
Four Sheffield scientific school members at Yale were expelled after borrowing a car owned by G G Prentice Jr of New Haven. Prentice declined to press charges, and the automobile was recovered in Waterbury. The act followed a dare among the students.
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New Haven
Conn
Sheffield Scientific Schoo Yale
G. G. Prentice
Ijr
Owen Slimmdé
Yale Authoriies
Prentice
Waterbury
Long Trip With Dogs Reaches San Jose in World Circumnavigation
William Brown began from Newfoundland on December 125 1906 with four dogs to chase a $10,000 purse. He has traveled about 25,000 miles and arrived in San Jose at noon Thursday on the final leg, three of the original four dogs still with him.
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San Jose
Cal
William Brown
Newfoundland
Fog Cited in Sinking of Steamer Goodyear Off Point Aux Barques
Port Huron Michigan families mourn eighteen missing crew of the Frank Goodyear after it sank when rammed by the James B Wood. Four survivors reached Cleveland headquarters. Emma Bassett remains in Port Huron. Sir William Slemena reportedly picked up some aboard and made no survivor report. Goodyear laden with ore from Lake Superior. Wood was in ballast. Fog and light seas blamed for the disaster.
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Port Huron
Mich
Frank Goodyear
Point Aux Barques
James B. Wood
Sir William Slemena
Goodyear
Cleveland
Emma Bassett
Mitchel & Company
Lake Superior
Gilchrist Transportation Company
Collision sinks steamer Skerryvore off Cowes with loss of twenty two
Twenty two persons drowned after the steamer Skerryvore collided with the German bark J. C. Vinnen in the English channel. The Skerryvore sank, two crew rescued with one dying later. The bark reached Cowes then left for Southampton. apparently no passengers were aboard either vessel.
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
J. C. Vinnen
English Channel
Southhampton
Secretaries Treasurer Heike Faces Customs Duty Conspiracy Charge
In a United States circuit court session on Thursday afternoon Henry L. Stimson read letters in which Charles R. Heike spoke of liberal weights from the customs house. Heike, secretary-treasurer of the American Sugar Refining company, is charged with conspiring to defraud the government of duties on raw sugar imports.
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New York
Charles R. Heike
United States Circuit Court
Henry L. Stimson
Heike
Customs House
American Sugar Refining Company
Trust
Roosevelt Kept Busy in London Visit with Queen Mother
Theodore Roosevelt spent a hectic day in London on Tuesday avoiding crowds. He was received in audience by Queen Mother Alexandra and Dowager Empress Marie at Buckingham Palace. Earlier he toured the British Museum with Frederick C. Selous, R. J. Cunningham, and Seth Bullock.
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London
Theodore Roosevelt
Alexandra
Empress Marie of
Russia
Buckingham Palace
Frederick C. Selous
R. J. Cunningham
Seth Bullock
British Museum
Dry Dock Dewey Sunk investigated in Manila
A board is probing the sinking of the dry dock Dewey in Manila. Divers inspect the dock bottom while raising operations are set to start. Navy officials warn it would be easy for an intruder to bypass guards and tamper with the electric valves.
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Dewey
Manila
Navyal
Chinese Mob Burns Yi Yang Villages
A messenger reports a mob burned about a hundred houses in Yi Yang and destroyed several villages. Officials fled as rioters moved along the main road, cut telegraph wires, and advanced northward leaving the town at their mercy.
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Changsha
Yi Yang
Packers Indicted Over Unmarked Meat Shipments
Hartford federal grand jury charges Schwarzschild and Sulzberger with shipping unmarked and uninspected meat. Indictment issued after Tuesday session.
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Hartford
Conn
Schwarzschild & Sulzberberger
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