Lehi Banner Manager Jas. M. Kirkham
Lehi Banner reports Jas. M. Kirkham serves as manager for the Lehi publication. UTA information appears in the text.
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Newspaper
Lehi Banner
Location
Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
2
Lehi Banner reports Jas. M. Kirkham serves as manager for the Lehi publication. UTA information appears in the text.
Tom Fitch resigns after ten years as Helper postmaster. A ten year old boy sustains serious injuries in a runaway at American Fork. Cigar factory plans advance in Fanpete and Sevier counties. Ogden hosts Elka convention August 29 for two days. Lucerne seed crop outlook poor due to dryness amid hot weather speeding grain harvest. Governor Cutler proclaims Uinh week at the Lewis and Clark exposition. A six shooter incident near Fairfield endangers Alfred Anderson. Emery and Carbon veterans hold eighth annual reunion at Wilberg's Lake park. Chinch bugs threaten southern Utah crops. a northern mutis report. John Davies found dead in Salt Lake City stairwell. Utah cattle and sheep valuations rise from 1904 figures. Uintah reservation homestead registrations top 6000 at Grand Junction with many women among applicants. The body of Theodore Rasmussen found near Lake View after probable railroad accident. Deaf students to exhibit at Lewis and Clark exposition denote Utah building. Ogden man James Marth injured milking a cow. Hans Hermanian sustains head injuries but recovers. Uintah reservation opening revised to allow 111 entries per day starting August 28. State livestock valuations indicate growth over 1904.
An officer of the naval staff cites several Russian officers for conduct in the Sea of Japan battle. He singles out Captain Rodionoff of the Nakhimov for defiant leadership as the ship sank, sending seventy crew to land while he stayed aboard with his navigator and perished? rescued by the Japanese.
Reports from Cleveland hospitals show one death from Sunday night grade crossing crash while six others are expected to die. A street car disaster left many injured including James Martin whose wife and two children were badly hurt and his daughter killed. Martin is said to be insane as a result and Mrs. Martin is not expected to live. The father allegedly visited the hospital where doctors treated his daughter and allegedly enriched a physician.
A group of Utah men consider forming a company to farm 80 000 to 40 000 tons of rich land near Green River Utah. Joseph H. Young of Denver A Wall and Duncan MacVehicle of Salt Lake City are among investors. The tract lies south of Green River station along the Rio Grande Western line and may attract settlers displaced from the reservation.
Chillion Bowen of Whahoe Nevada faced a police judge Monday after a Sunday shooting that killed W W Stephenson. The hearing was continued to Friday as Mrs Stephenson mourns her husband and collapses by the coffin. The coroner’s inquest will be held next week.
Inga Hanson former Salvation Army girl was convicted in a jury trial related to a personal injury case and sent to Joliet penitentiary for an indeterminate sentence. Since trial she has been confined in Cook County Jail Hospital claiming paralysis from the injury.
A 17 year old girl Misa Georgia White died by drowning in the Missoula river after her mother denied a picnic outing. A younger brother followed but did not witness the act. The event occurred on a Monday near their home outside Missoula.
A Montana petition signed by about 800 Fergus County residents and others seeks a full pardon for Milton O Howell serving life for Thomas Rowling's murder. W E Cort, Howell's attorney, exhumed the victim's body and presented the head to Governor Toole to prove the victim was shot from the front, leading to a commutation and ongoing clemency efforts.
President Roosevelt welcomed the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to the United States for a peace mission. He introduced the envoys, hosted an elaborate luncheon, and expressed hope for a just and lasting peace. The event combined pomp with straightforward American hospitality.
A deadly clash in Dover Street Chinatown Heavily armed Hip Sing Tong men opened fire at a Chinese theatre crowd of about 400 injuring several and killing three. Police arrested numerous Chinese district residents as rioting spread through nearby stations.
John A Logan Bell, 28, killed his stepfather Joseph Bartlett, 66, after a heated dispute. Bartlett, a fruit peddler, wrested an axe from Bell and struck his mother, who fainted. Bell then shot Bartlett with a rifle during the tense confrontation. both men were taken into custody.
Dispatches from Korea describe a simultaneous Japanese advance from Kaanchodary against Musarict and Platwalbang pasars, with north columns checked by Russian pressure. Russian losses are said to be insignificant while Japanese warships patrol near Peter the Great Bay near Vladivostok. Chinese reports say Japan increases activity in Manchuria and Yinkow with settlers and traders following the army.
In Hattiesburg a city convict guard was assassinated Friday morning by two Black men Willan Horn and Kid George. George and Ed Lewis were captured. Brock was whipped to reveal Horn. That night a mob secretly hanged the two murderers to a bridge under electric lights.
Robert Crimwall, a New York resident, was decapitated by a subway train midnight Friday after he printed a story alleging Congressman Rhinock of Kentucky libeled Ming Alice Roosevelt. Crimwall claimed Rhinock urged bookmakers and shady figures to target her during a Cincinnati visit.
New York reports the first summer yellow fever case entering the city and a second death at the detention hospital. William B. Smith, a pantryman from the steamer Advance from Colon, died after showing an acute fever. Nine suspects were removed from the vessel with seven under inspection. Health officials note cases did not arise from U.S. fever districts.
In Portland Oregon a jury in the U S district court reported they could not agree after more than forty hours deliberation in the United States vs J N Williamson Dr Van Geeauer and former U S Commissioner Marion Biggs charged with conspiring to commit perjury to secure part of the public domain. The jurors were discharged. A prior trial also ended in a mistrial after two days of deliberation.
Secretary Wilson acknowledged an ongoing inquiry into the animal industry bureau amid revelations by Dr. KE Salmon that he was a partner and associate of George B E Howard Printing Co. for six years. The firm supplied inspection labels under various contracts.
Ike Kinney a desperate negro killed two persons and wounded several others in Mississippi County Arkansas before being found in a river bottom near Doella. A posse located him after a daylong chase and he opened fire. he was shot and killed as deputies closed in. Reward of fifteen hundred dollars had been posted for Kinney's capture dead or alive.
The Times notes Japan will not relinquish control of Manchuria amid ongoing negotiations. Secret steps include extending the Korea to Seoul railway across the Yalu about 150 miles into Manchuria, with Liaoyang as a probable junction. U S firms ordered 350 steel bridges, 150 locomotives, and 2,000 cars for the project.
Percy Pembroke one of three boys under 17 charged with the murder of Thom an W Cook. In his cell the 16 year old broke down and told Sheriff Barnet the full story. Blaker struck Cook with a lead pipe while Pembroke fled leaving Snelder and Blaker to complete the robbery. Pembroke exonerates Crowhurst.
Great Northern telegraphers strike spreads as non union operators are driven from Devil's Lake by sympathizers. Passenger trains run slightly behind schedule while regular freights operate but no extras are moving, signaling mounting disruption.
Official report says two Russian torpedo boat destroyers engaged the Ketsho, a small merchant steamer, off Chung Chig on Korea's northern coast. Sixty shots were fired with seven strikes hitting the engine room and bridge, killing the captain and a boy and wounding two crew members. the Ketsho escaped as the destroyers headed for Vladivostok.
A local passenger train No. 27 wrecked near Conchutes on Thursday morning at Pleasant Hill Missouri. Engineer Frank C. Berry of Sedalia and Engineer Raymond of Sedalia were injured. Berry, in charge of a yard switch engine, pulled onto the main line and collided as the passenger train moved around a curve at about thirty five miles per hour.
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