Utah News And District Briefs From Across The State
Postmistress Mrs Stickney of Santagua suffered a stroke and serious condition. Lund to Grand Canyon rail project gains momentum. Kim the Korean boy beaten in Salt Lake City after night school. Mary Ryan stranded in Salt Lake City after theft of her luggage. Agricultural college in Logan nears completion. 7 675 corporation tax notices sent by secretary of state. Ogden paper forecasts electric roads development by Keelen. Springville closes schools over smallpox outbreak with about 25 cases in 11 families. Vernal files incorporation papers for Thoroughbred Sheep and Livestock Co with 50 000 capital. Huntsville town disincorporation question to voters. September Utah deaths total 340. 63 districts free from contagious disease. Plans for a 12000 amusement hall for Taylorsville ward. Don Carlos Dalton drops dead in Ogden from heart failure. State labor reports being collected on wages hours and strikes. Four youths bound over for wrecking a streetcar on Washington Ave line in Ogden. Walter Irving injured in Murray in runaway buggy incident. Aero Club of Utah formed to promote aerial navigation. National Woolgrowers convention to feature sheep dog feats in Ogden January. Otto Bassett convicted of highway robbery in Ogden. jailed escape attempt stopped.
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Mra
A. E. Stickney
Santagua
Lund
Utah
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Balt Lake City
Kim
Union School
Mary Ryan
Kansas City
Salt Lake City
The
Agricultural College
Jogan
Uteh
C. &. Tingey
Ogden
David Keelen
Ogden Rapids Transit Tramway Company
Springville
Vernal Thoroughbred Sheep and Livestock Company of Vernal
Secretary of State
Huntsville
State Board of Health
Tayersville Ward
Don Carlos Dalton
Dalton
Bylanders
State Statistician
C. Murphy
L. Packard
R. Farr
G. Tout
Washington Avenue
District Court
Walter Irving
Murray
Aero Club of
Otto Bassett
Bassett
Hd Morrissey
Suffragette attacks ballot box in Bermondsey by election
London report details Mrs. Chapin a suffragette who hurled a bottle of acid at a ballot box during the Bermondsey by election. The attack burned some election officers and led to her arrest. A second similar act caused minor injuries to others. Christabel Pankhurst blamed the government for provoking such acts.
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London
Christabel Pankhurst
Gebhardt Confesses Not to Electric Chair Claim
Frederick Gebhardt, who married Anna Luther and confessed to killing her, insisted he cannot be sent to the electric chair. He claimed only manslaughter could be proven while denouncing his Astoria wife who has turned against him. Mrs Gebhardt told police she heard a false tale of seven other killings.
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New York
Frederick Gebhardt
Anna Luther
Otto Mueller
Astoria
Fred
Girl fires on masked mob in Mason county incident
A slender girl in Mason county Lexington Kentucky faced forty masked riders who broke down her father's door. She fired both barrels of a double barreled shotgun when entry was refused. Kreitz identified several riders as arrests were expected after conference with officers in Mayaville.
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Lexington
Mason County
George Kreitz
Kreitz
Mayaville
Paris Court Orders Education Custody Change for Castellane Sons
The Paris court ruled on the Boni De Castellane vs Princess De Sagan case, rebuking both parents for their dispute and ordering the May 27 judgment into effect. It directs that, in case of parental disagreement, the two elder sons be sent as resident pupils to the Lycee of Jangen for proper medical attention.
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Paris
Boni de Castellane
Princess de Sagan
Lycee of
Jangen
Woman shoots husband in Harri son Street jail
Mrs Esther Levy visited the Harrison Street police station two hours after obtaining her husband's arrest for abandonment. She fired a pistol through the cage at Abraham Levy, a tailor, fatally wounding him as officers watched. The shooting occurred in the cell block corridor with several policemen present.
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Chicago
Abraham Levy
Esther Levy
Harrison Street
Levy
Mra. Levy
Ballinger Outlines Public Domain Policy And Reclamation Plan
Secretary Ballinger, returning to Washington from a western tour, states that no withdrawn water power sites on the public domain have been secured by private interests since his term began. He urges temporary withdrawals to protect sites and seeks Congress authority to issue bonds to fund rapid completion and extension of reclamation projects.
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Washington
Ballinger
Interior Department
Far West
Congress
Senate Committee On Irrigation
Steamer Hestia Lost Off Maine Coast With Many Missing
Eastport reports the Donaldson line steamer Hestia bound Glasgow to St Johns and Baltimore struck a shoal near Seal Cove. Of about forty aboard only six are known saved as wrecked passengers and crew clung to the hull amid a northeasterly gale and darkness.
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Maine
Eastport
Seal Cove
Donaldson Line
Hestia
Glasgow
St. Johns
Baltimore
Newman
Miesavers
Lghthouse
Machias Sea Island
Virginia City Sinking Into Canyon At Steady Pace
Reno experts warn Virginia City is sliding eleven feet down the canyon side over years due to old underground timbering in the Comstock mines. Professor George J. Young of the University of Nevada cites crumbling supports and predicts a catastrophe unless preventive steps are taken after a recent cave‑in exposed a deep opening.
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Reno
Nev
Virginia City
George J. Young
Mining and Geological Department
University of Nevada
Young
Comstock
Aken
SUGAR TRUST MAY ESCAPE
Justice Holt of the U S circuit court dismisses indictments against Gustav B Kissel and Thomas B Harned in the American Sugar Refining case citing statute of limitations as barring action for offenses more than three years old. Similar action likely for remaining defendants as well.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Justice Holt
United States Circuit Court
Justice How
Gustav EB. Kissel
Thomas B. Harned
Triple Tragedy in Kansas Leaves Three Kin Dead Near Kansas City
James McMahon confessed to killing Alonzo Van Royen and two sisters Miss Ross McMahon and Mrs. Alonzo Van Royen on a farm near Kansas City Kansas. A family quarrel sparked the shootings, with Van Royen slain in the timber and the sisters later shot at the Van Royen home. To prevent mob violence after the confession, authorities rushed McMahon and two related men to Lansing state penitentiary in autos.
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Kansas City
James McMahon
Ross McMahon
Alonzo van Royen
Kan
McMahon
van Royen
Patrick McMahon
Patrick Lamb
Five Die In Fire At Presbyterian Girls College Nursery
In Lynchburg Virginia a blaze at the Presbyterian church orphanage nursery killed five children. A worker rescued an older child who then ran back for a younger sister, prompting a desperate rescue effort by Mrs. Priest and boy students as flames enveloped the basement.
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Lynchburg
Girl's College
Presbyterian , Church
Priest
Greek Mutiny Recalled as Salamis Battle Scene Reappears
In Athens a naval clash unfolded as rebels led by Lieutenant Tibaldos fought warships and field batteries for about twenty minutes. A torpedo boat Sphendora was hit and lingered in smoke, while rebel vessels retreated to a headland. By Saturday, Velos returned to the arsenal and Tibaldos remained at large.
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Athens
Themistocles
Salamis
Tibaldos
Military League
Goudi
Phalerum
Piraeus
Velos
Women's Foreign Missionary Society Sets Record Giving
In Pittsburg reports at the fortieth annual convention the Women s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church announced the highest funds raised in its history despite a weak business mood. The home branch urged closer ties with Young Women's societies across denominations.
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Pittsburg
Methodist Episcopal Church
Labor Leaders Plan Supreme Court Appeal After Contempt Sentences
Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor were sentenced by Justice Wright to jail terms of twelve nine and six months for contempt in the Buck Stove and Range injunction case. They will appeal to the U S Supreme Court if the appellate court sustains the district court sentence.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Justice Wright
Buck Stove & Range Company
St. Louis
United States Supreme Court
District Court of Appeals
Weaving the Net Around Mathews
Gus Bren a Kansas City tailor testified on Friday that William Mathews alias W G Marvin and Grigware visited his shop on April 3. Bren identified the pair and said Mathews was measured for a suit, tying the suspect to events in April and the May Union Pacific mail train robbery case in Omaha Nebraska.
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Omaha
Neb
William Mathews
W. G. Marvin
Union Pacific Mail
Gus Bren
Kansas City
Mathews
Grigware
Affidavit Emerges in Cook Barrill Mount McKinley Fight
A Ravilli County farmer George W. Sclleder swears Barrill said he and Dr. Goon reached Mt McKinley with the explorer claims. Attorney Staff, local counsel for Dr. Cook, secured the affidavit amid the dispute.
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Missoula
Mont
Mt McKinley
George W. Sclleder
Ravilli County
Irving
Barrill
Goon
Mt. McKinley
Cook
Six Killed In French Rail Accident During Speed Test
Six persons died and twelve were injured when an electric train during a speed test on the Villefranche to Bourg Madame line ran away and plunged into a ravine near Prades France.
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France
Prades
Villefranche
Bourg- Madame
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