Utah town projects and incidents reported
Utah state news highlights postmaster appointment at Stateline Iron County a 50000 dollar Cache Junction grain elevator project and Green River sidewalk work. Billings dry farming congress dates October 26 27 28. a 22 year old Ogden man died by ingesting carbolic acid. Murray street lighting progress. North Salt Lake rail works. Layton farm law note. Rich listings cover horse show at Cache Valley Richmond and Salt Lake newsboys 638. Ogden and Panguitch hatchery sites chosen. Park City boxing result. Salt Lake city crime and court notes. Major irrigation plans for Weber County multi million dollar project.
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George F. Buhl
Stateline
Iron County
Cache Junction
Ogden Commission
Green River
Billings
Mont
Joseph Heath
Ogden
Murray
Michael Connors
North Salt
Kaysville
Layton
Cache Valley Horse Association
Richmond
W. A. Lipsy
Burrville
N. L
Salt Lake
Brig Madsen
Fish and Game
Panguitch Imke
Pangultech
Nat Dewey
Montana
Joe Jefford
Park City
Jefford
Blade
East Lake City
Lester Park
Twenty-fifth Street
Ogden Park Commissioners
Anna Knapp
Moron
Denmark
Samuel Newhouse
Weber County
Heima Peterson
Salt Lake City
Southern Pacific
Main
South Temple Streets
Surrender of Yildiz Garrison Ends Abdul Hamid’s Rule
The Yildiz garrison surrendered to Constitutionalists on Sunday. Sultan Abdul Hamid remains inside the Yildiz Kiosk with his minister as martial law and a state of siege prevail in Istanbul. Parliament will address the sultan’s alleged complicity in the mutiny and assess investigations.
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Constantinople
Yildiz
Mahmoud Shefket Paaha
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Sulvan
Soverelgn
Selimich
Soutari
Stamboul
Japs Make Friendly Visit to Pacific Coast Ports
Japanese training squadron under Rear Admiral H Ijichi enters San Pedro aboard the cruisers Soya and Asad for a peaceful weeks long visit. The Aso and Soya drop anchor at San Pedro as the ships plan calls on all principal Pacific coast ports.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Japan
United States
Soya
Asad
H. Ijichi
San Pedro
Bay of
San Francisco
Aso
Pacific Coast
Ijichi
Woman's Story Not Believed In Barrington Case
Des Moines Iowa reports that Lillian Gates of St Louis claimed to represent the British consul at St Louis on behalf of Lord Barrington. She identified Maybray as the murdered man James P McCann. Gates, a Barrington confidant, has made similar claims for others and seeks his release. Maybray denies the woman's account.
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Des Moines
Ian
St. Louis
Barrington
James P. McCann
St.ouis
Misa Lillian Gates
United States
James ©. Maybray
McCann
Misa Gates
Maybray
Great Silver Advocate Succumbs to Operation
Washington veteran senator William M. Stewart of Nevada died at Georgetown Hospital after an operation. He was 82 and had been a familiar figure in the capital for much of the last fifty years. Stewart served thirty years in the Nevada senate and championed silver, earning a role in political history for his stance on the crime of 73 and the silver demonetization debate.
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Washington
United
William M. Stewart
Nevada
Georgetown
Stewart
Mnst
Senate
Congress
Senator Stewart remembered as rugged figure with varied life
A memorial sketch depicts Mr. Stewart as a nomadic farmer with a Nevada home and Virginia farm, once Santa Claus to children, and a colorful Nevada and California mining background. A New Yorker by birth, he moved west during the gold rush, later serving in the senate and often voting against party lines, supporting white metal interests and opposing the force bill of 1892.
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Virginia
West
Nevada
Mr. Stewart
Santa Claus
Senate
New York
California
Bryan
Stewart
A& Man
Attempt on Newark priest ends with arrest
An assailant fired two shots at Rev Giacomo Lencarelli on parish grounds at St Reco's in Newark New Jersey. The would be killer Salvatore Musumece surrendered after the failed attempt. authorities note Lencarelli previously worked with police on a bomb outrage 11 years ago and Musumece vowed vengeance upon arrest.
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Newark
N. J
Giacomo Lencarelli
St. Reco's
Salvatore Musumece
Musumece
Castro Returns to Paris in Modest Style
Cipriano Castro arrived in Paris at 6 30 p m walked from the station with two attendants and four friends, using a taxicab to reach a modest Place Concorde hotel room. He continued his denunciation of the United States.
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Paris
Cipriano Castro
Place Concorde
Castro
United States
Californians Welcome Japanese Visitors in City Plan
San Francisco convened a broad meeting of army and navy officers civic leaders and civilian groups to prepare a formal reception for Admiral Iichi commanding the Japanese training squadron now heading to the port. The effort honors the cordial reception given to Admiral Sperry and his officers during the Atlantic fleet's around the world cruise.
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San Francisco
Admiral Sperry
Army
Navy
Iichi
Bent-Prower irrigation bond passes by near unanimous vote
In Lamar Colorado a bond issue totaling 2 950 000 was approved to fund the Bent Prower Irrigation District. The project will irrigate about 100 400 acres in Bent and Prower counties south of the Arkansas River. A canal over 100 miles long will be built and a reservoir with 75 000 acre feet capacity will sit behind a 90 foot dam. Construction is expected to take about two years.
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Lamar
Colo
Bent-Prower
Bent
Prower
Arkansas River
Corner in Wheat Breaks as Patten Abandons Fight
A Chicago Board of Trade frenzy on April 22 1909 saw massive wheat losses as May July and September deliveries collapsed from opening highs. James A Patten and partner W H Bartlett were tied to the market turmoil with Patten reportedly vacationing in Colorado.
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Chicago
James A. Patten
Colorado
Trinidad
Colo
Patten
Chicago Board of Trade
Fay
George W. Patten
Jim
Young Turks Win in Constantinople Victory and Sultan's Offer
The Young Turks scored another victory over Sultan Abdul Hamid in Constantinople. The sultan proposed transferring government control to ministers responsible to parliament and agreed to replace the city garrison with troops from the corps that has effectively held the city for four days.
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Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
Electrician Guilty of Murdering His Employer
J Walter Wilson an electrician was found guilty in San Francisco of murder in the first degree by means of poison mailed to his employer Harry Boas. The jury recommended life imprisonment. Wilson claimed he relied on the death by his own action theory for his defense.
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San Francisco
J. Walter Wilson
Aebt
Harry Bows
Wilson
Boas
Earthquake Forms New Lake in California Canyon
Ventura dispatch reports a Sierra mountain slide altered Santa Paula canyon damming Santa Paula creek to create a lake in the south fork canyon. The croek bed rose about 200 feet, with water pouring from falls near 200 feet high and the scene described as rivaling Tahoe.
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Los Angeles
Ventura
Sierra Range
Santa Paula Canyon
Santa Paula
South Fork Canyon
Tahoe
Croek
Turks Release Lecturer From Constantinople Arrest
George Nox McCain, a lecturer and former newspaper man, who had been arrested in Constantinople on suspicion of photographing the cry for the one of the aulian's enemies, has been released. The dispatch said he was allowed to leave the city without molestation after the photographic plates he exposed were destroyed by Turkish authorities.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
George Nox McCtain
Constantinople
McCain
Irrigation Committee Plans Westward Inspection Trip
The senate Irrigation committee will start September 1 for a sixty day tour across the west to visit government reclamation projects. They will assemble in Chicago, traverse the northwest and Pacific states, then the southwest ending in Denver late October. Two special cars will accompany the group.
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Irrigation Committee
Washington
Senate Irrigation Committee
Chicago
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Denver
Futile attempt to liberate kidnapper Boyle
Mercer Pennsylvania jail officials report an attempted escape from Mercer county jail on Thursday night aimed at freeing James H Boyle. A ladder was found under his cell window by Night Watchman Robert Frust, stopping the plan to saw bars and free Boyle. The incident prompted security review of the jail cages.
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Mercer
James H. Boyle
Mercer County
Robert Frust
Boyle
President Taft to probe Utah freight rate charges
President Taft on Wednesday ordered an investigation into alleged railroad rate discrimination against Salt Lake City and other intermountain cities. Utah figures Senator Smoot, Senator Sutherland, and Representative Howell filed the complaint, urging action by the justice department. The petition accuses Harriman lines of ignoring laws and inflating profits, citing higher rates from Chicago and Missouri river points to Utah versus Pacific coast abeds, naming lines including Southern Pacific Union Pacific Oregon Short Line Oregon Rail other carriers.
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Washington
Taft
Western Railroads
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Harriman Nes
Utah
Chicago
Missouri River
Denver
Utah Territory
Pacific Coast
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Rail Raid & Navigation Company
San Pedro
Los Angeles & Salt Lake
Denver & Rio Grande
Missouri Pacific
Colorado Midland
Colorado & Southern
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
American schooner captured near Canada by Vancouver cruiser
The Dominion government cruiser Kestrel arrived in port with the American halibut fishing schooner Charles Levi Woodbury. After four Nordenfeldt volleys aimed to warn and sink the vessel, the ship surrendered when boarded. The pursuit occurred Sunday afternoon in northern waters alleged to be adjacent to Canada.
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Vancouver
B. C
Kestre
Charles Levi Woodbury
Canada
Roosevelt Arrives in Mombasa Aboard the Admiral
Theodore Roosevelt reached Mombasa in British East Africa aboard the steamer Admiral, greeted warmly and in good health with his party. The voyage from Aden included a brief Mogadishu stop, and the captain hosted a farewell dinner where Roosevelt spoke in English, German, and French.
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Mombasa
British East Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Aden
Mogadiaco
Italian Somaliland
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Hungarian Cabinet Resigns In Hungary Francis Joseph Asks New Minister
Budapest reports the Hungarian cabinet resigned on Wednesday. Emperor King Francis Joseph asked Interior Minister Count Andressy to form a new government. The premier Wekerle stepped down amid internal party discord that shattered coalition support for a Hungarian state bank independent of Austrian banking institutions.
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Budapest
Francis Joseph
Count Andressy
Wekerle
Cummins Proposes Graduated Income Tax Plan
Senator Cummins in Washington on Wednesday introduced an amendment to the Payne Aldrich tariff bill proposing a graduated income tax. He claims the plan would yield about $40,000,000 in revenue and differs from 1894 law and Bailey's amendment. It exempts incomes under $5,000 and allows a deduction of that amount from every dutiable income.
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Washington
Cummins
Bailey
Patten Investigating Wheat Crop Prospects in Midwest
Chicago magnate James A. Patten, a leading bull in wheat, left the city on a quiet trip to survey crop outlook and potential July contract deliveries. He travels with an expert to assess winter wheat across the Midwest and neighboring states, including Missouri, where reports vary.
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Patten
Chicago
James A. Patten
Mr. Patten
Hex
United States Dispatches Armored Cruisers to Alexandretta
Armored cruisers Montana and North Carolina, carrying a large Marine contingent, head for Asiatic Turkey and expected to reach Alexandretta by May 8. They cruise at twenty two knots with capable crews under Captains Marshall and Reynolds, aiming to aid safety of Americans amid turmoil in Turkey and Persia. Western powers are urged to assist and protect American interests as diplomatic efforts continue.
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North Carolina
Montana
Alexandretta
Guantanamo
Cuba
North Uarolina
Asiatic
Turkey
William A. Marshall
Alfred Reynolds
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Russia
London
St. Petersburg
Europe
Taft
Tabriz
Persia
Constantinople
Teheran
Wille Grants Pardons In Goebel Killing Case
Governor Wille pardons former Governor W. S. Taylor and former Secretary of State Charles Finley who fled to Indiana over the Goebel murder in 1900. Also pardoned are John Powers Holland Whittaker John Davis and Zach Steele. Indictments against Wharton Golden Frank Cecil and William H. Culen remain unresolved. Youtsey remains serving life in prison.
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Frankfort
Wille
W. 8
Taylor
Charles Finley
Indiana
William Goebel
John Powers
Caleb Powers
Honduras
Holland Whittaker
John Davis
Zach Steele
Wharton Golden
Colorado
Frank Cecil
St. Louis
William H. Culen
West
Cecil
Henry EF. Youtsey
Lisbon Quake Stuns City As Fires Break Out
A Friday evening earthquake rocked Lisbon with rolling ground and partially demolished buildings. Residents fled to streets as fires started and alarms rang. King Manuel appeared to comfort fire crews and calm the frightened crowds.
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Lisbon
Manuel
Religious Fanatics Kill Thousands in Asiatic Turkey
Intelligence reports a spreading wave of fanaticism from Adana into eastern provinces. More than ten thousand Armenians were massacred in Syrian towns and villages, with Adana vilayet bearing the brunt of the outbreaks.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Adana
Vilayet
Tragic Incident Involving 12 Year Old Boy In Opelousas
New Orleans reports a 12 year old boy named Tom Godfrey, angered by his stepmother leaving him in charge of younger stepsiblings near Opelousas, fed the youngest to hogs and assaulted the others with an ox. Three children were injured and the baby survived with limbs eaten by hogs. Tom Godfrey is jailed in Opelousas.
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New Orleans
Opelousis
Tom Godfrey
Tom
Opelousas
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