Gran De high school cornerstone to be laid in May
Utah state notes report the cornerstone for Gran De high school set for May 20. Other items include a fatal shaft fall in a Bingham mine, a ptomaine death from bologna, a $300 liquor fine in Salt Lake City, and recovered body from the Blue Springs reservoir. Collections and reclassification work across state offices are listed along with local notices.
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New Grande High School
Matt Johnson
Bingham
David Brown
Alpine
Salt Lake City
Parowan
William R. Dodds
Blue Springs
Salt Lake
Federation of Women's Clubs
Utah County
Springville
Shibwits
St. George
Galt Lake
Tom Rice
John Rice
Marian Bus
Weber County
Ogden
Emigration Canyon
Bert Cramer
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Thistle
Spanish Fork Canyon
Tooele
United States
Raleigh
Price
Irrigated Lands Company
Price River
GOAL MINE DISASTER AT WHITE HAVEN
A Wellington coal mine explosion in White Haven kills 137 miners with only four survivors. Rescue efforts halted by a roof collapse as fire breaks out, ending any hope for remaining entombed workers. King George sends condolences to mine owners.
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Manchester
England
Wellington
White Haven
King George
Heinze Acquitted of Bank Misuse and Check Over-certification
New York financier Frederick Augustus Heinze was acquitted of misapplying Mercantile National Bank funds during his presidency and of over-certifying checks for Otto Heinze & Co. The government failed to prove him a reckless gambler, and his legal transactions were judged valid. Heinze vows to focus on copper properties and claims significant personal losses from the lengthy trial.
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New York
Frederick Augustus Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Otto Heinze & Co
Heinze
Florida Launches at Brooklyn Navy Yard in Spectacular Ceremony
The battleship Florida, the largest American dreadnought yet, was launched at Brooklyn navy yard with 50,000 spectators. Vice President and Secretary of the Navy attended as the vessel, 21,825 tons, carries ten 12 inch guns. In Salt Lake City, spectators at the Sullivan Thompson fight at Saltair fled when a floor section collapsed. all were rescued with eight injured and one leg broken. Thompson won by knockout in the eighth round.
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New York
United States Navy
Florida
Brooklyn Navy Yard
United States
Salt Lake City
Sullivan
Powder Explosion Injures Twenty in Logansport Area
A magazine at Casparis Stone company in Trimmer Indiana exploded Friday night destroying homes and injuring about twenty residents. John Elroy in charge is missing and feared killed. the blast was felt for miles.
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Logansport
Ind
Casparis Stone Company
Trimmer
Here
John Elroy
Massachusetts Senate deflects direct vote for U.S. senators
The Massachusetts Senate, with no debate, rejected a house resolution to record support for electing United States senators by direct vote. The vote stood 1 to 20, with three Republicans joining eight Democrats in approval.
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Boston
Senate
Massachusetts
United States
San Bernardino Seismic Tremors Brief Valley Fear
A sharp earthquake rattled San Bernardino and the surrounding valley Thursday at 10 30 pm. The initial quake was strong, followed by tremors and a deep rumble that sparked terror in several sections. No damage was reported.
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San Bernardino
Cal
River steamer City of Saltillo wrecks near St Louis
The City of Saltillo sank within five minutes after striking a rock twenty four miles south of St Louis at about 9 30 p m. One woman, Mrs Isaac T Rhea of Nashville Tenn, drowned and her body was recovered. Eight others are feared lost with the drifting river current foiling rescue efforts near Glen Park. Peter McLean and his crew saved several passengers and ashore they found shelter in a lime company boarding house.
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St. Louis
City
Saltillo
Isaac T. Rhea
Nashville
Tennessee River
Glen Park
Peter McLean
Mre. Rhea
Lime Company
Driving with Rockefeller in Tarrytown Spark Craze
In Tarrytown New York Rockefeller invites neighbors for drives in car or carriage creating a local pastime. He wears a paper vest claiming cold protection and asks guests to keep the garment as a souvenir of the outing with the famed resident.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Slow strangulation ends in fatal hang for Quinn
Walla Walla prison witnesses Richard Quinn, a Everett wife killer, slowly die by hanging. The trap sprung and, after about twenty-two and a half minutes, the man died as attendants reported violent twisting and groans, with his final words pleading for ascent.
Railroad Bill Passed With Democratic Support In House
The House approved the railroad bill by 200 to 126. Fourteen Democrats joined the majority as President Taft expressed gratification. The measure creates a court of commerce under Supreme Court justices, tightens stock issues control, enforces rate rules, and extends ICC oversight to phone and telegraph firms. It mandates accurate freight quotes and allows route shifts for shippers, with penalties for false rebate claims.
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Washington
House
Taft
Congress
Senate
Court of Commerce
Interstate Commerce
Supreme Court
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Engineers Doubt Maine Raising Feasible
Washington reports the state department began talks with Cubans to gain permission to raise the wreck of the Maine. Engineers doubt any salvage is possible, fearing the bulk is destroyed and only remains of victims might be recovered. $100,000 appropriation seems insufficient, but a start may occur.
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Washington
State Department
Cuba
Maine
Havana
Congress
Explosion at Burgettstown Kills Oil Worker McCullough
A blast from a large nitroglycerine magazine in Burgettstown harms oil field crew. Frank McCullough dies with his body not recovered, while two driven horses are also killed in the explosion.
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Pittsburg
Burgettstown
Frank McCullough
McCullough
Utahn ascends Mt McKinley on wavering summit claim
Salt Lake City reports Thomas Lloyd, former Utah resident and coal mine inspector, led a four man party to Mount McKinley. Sightings of the summit by Lloyds team and a separate observer from Kantishna support an ascent route via the ridge Lloyd chose. Lloyd, Welsh born and long active in Carbon county, is noted for daring mining exploits and policing the Robbery Roost era.
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Salt Lake City
Thomas Lloyd
Utah
Cook
Fairbanka
Alaska
Mount McKinley
John M. McLeod
Baeen
Kuskowim
Fairbanks
Kant
Heber M. Wells
Lloyd
Wales
Carbon County
Trade With Germany Exceeds All Earlier Nine Months
Imports from Germany for the nine months ending March 31 1910 reached 132 million dollars, the highest for any period in U S history. Compared with 1909 and 1908 imports totaled 104 million and 115 million respectively. U S Germany trade for nine months ended March totaled 336 million dollars, up 42 million from the prior year with exports at 205 million versus 191 million in 1909 and 232 million in 1908.
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Washington
Germany
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Car of dynamite explodes causing roadbed damage
A box car loaded with 28,000 pounds of dynamite exploded on a spur track opposite Beck's Hot Springs. The blast opened a gap more than fifty feet wide and twenty feet deep, damaging the Oregon Short Line, Rio Grande Western, and Salt Lake and Ogden railways. No one was injured, and total damage is estimated at $9,000 after a passing locomotive sparked the fire.
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Salt Lake City
Oregon Short Line
Rio Grande Western Railroad
Salt Lake & Ogden Railway
Hot Springs
Fordney Replies to Beveridge on Tariff in House
Representative Fordney of Michigan delivered a speech in the house on Friday as a reply to Senator Beveridge of Indiana. He argued Beveridge attacked the Republican party and portrayed himself as a martyr and savior of his constituents while addressing Beveridge tariff points issue by issue.
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Washington
Fordney
Michigan
House
Beveridge
Indiana
Yukon River Opens for Navigation to Dawson
The Yukon River remains navigable for most of the stretch between White Horse and Lake LeBarge head of navigation by range steamers. The steamer La France at Lake LeBarge foot is expected to depart for Dawson on Monday with passengers and freight.
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Skagway
Alaska
Yukon River
White Horse
Dawson
Lake LeBarge
Victory for the West and Railroad Bill Victory
The senate adopted the long and short haul amendment to the railroad bill, signaling a major win for the intermountain region. The move aims to place the West on equal footing with other areas and remove barriers to progress in the western states.
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Washington
Senate
Intermountain
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