Utah State News Highlights From Local Columns
Utah items report encampment plans in Mandi, Salt Lake streetcar fare deals, school janitors in uniform, Manti school building contract set at about 17000, Park City telephony project started, murder confession in Guthrie case, Ogden saloon owner suicide, Richfield fair races planned for early September, death of cattleman Colonel Swan, Mt Pleasant Indian war veteran events drawing large crowds, serious injuries in Salt Lake Porter's accident, a fatal car fire near Morgan, census shows Salt Lake City school population up 62, Uintah land registrations total 37657, multiple local accidents and projects including a Sanpete sugar plant and Western Pacific railway contract.
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Richfield Fair and Driving Association
A. H. Swan
Wyoming
Ogden
Mt. Pleasant
Nelson
Moab
Uintah Lands
Provo
Grand Junction
Price
Vernal
Charley Mitcham
Newhouse
San Pedro
Utah Sugar Company
Sanpete County
Moron
Satig
Russia Won't Pay Indemnity in War Peace Terms
Portamouth N H dispatch notes Russia's reply to Japan on peace terms. M Witte delivered two texts in French and English denying indemnity and Sakhalin cession. Russia accepts some discussion points, rejects others, and hints at Japanese delay tactics as both sides weigh concessions.
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M Witte
Japan's Terms on Reimbursement and Sakhalin Cession
Baron Komura presented peace terms to M. Witte outlining reimbursement for war expenses and the Sakhalin cession, with no fixed sum and initial adjustments later. Also proposed are Manchuria evacuation, Port Arthur and Dalny leases, Korea protectorate, and Siberian sehing rights, all viewed as hard by Russia.
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Japan
Russia
Portsmouth
N. H
Sakhalin
Baron Komura
M. Witte
Portamouth Navy Yard
Liao Tung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Manchuria
China
Ruaala
Harbin
Vladivostok
Korea
Siberia
Far East
Sheriff Firefight Ended Jail Escape Plot in Boulder
In Boulder County jail, Sheriff Bartell and deputies fired into the corridor as prisoners attempted an escape. Louis Cinkus, awaiting robbery trial, was killed. James Rutan, held for assault with intent to kill, was wounded. Under Sheriff Thorne was knocked down but unharmed.
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Boulder
Cole
Bartell
Louis Cinkus
James Rutan
Thorne
Sherri Bartell
Cinkus
Rutan
Three Articles Agreed Upon in Peace Talks
From Portsmouth New Hampshire reports say three of twelve Japanese peace terms have been agreed by M. Witte and Baron Rosen for Russia. The items include Japan’s preponderating influence in Korea with Russian noninterference, mutual evacuation of Manchuria, and respect for territorial integrity of China while preserving equal business opportunity.
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Portsmouth
N. H
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Russia
Japan
Korea
Rusala
Manchuria
China
Chinese grievances stir talks on new treaty with U S
Wu Tingfang former Chinese minister in Washington and now vice president of the Chinese board of foreign affairs discusses the proposed treaty. He says the expiring convention is unsatisfactory to China and must be revised. He notes agreement to exclude coolies is acceptable but existing regulations burden the United States and require review. He regrets the boycott of American goods may hurt goodwill. The Chinese factions see few settlement prospects and favor boycotts to push the issue.
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Pekin
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs
United States
Scott
Rioting Flare During Hebrew Bakers Strike on East Side
Rioters assaulted a bakery in Allen Street after a strike by Hebrew bakers, wrecking the shop and scattering flour and dough. Police reserves were deployed to disperse the mob as a 100 member committee from strike headquarters pressed non union workers in Orchard Street.
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New York
East Side
Allen Street
Orchard Street
Mob Attacks Police as Strikers Rally at Scene
Hundreds of strikers mob the scene as a policeman defending non union men is badly beaten but holds his position until backup arrives. A patrol wagon with reserves is set upon by the mob, horses are stopped and officers dragged from seats. After ten minutes of heavy fighting the mob is dispersed.
Oyama Prepared to Strike If Peace Talks Fail
Reporters in Portmouth NH say Japanese General Oyama will strike at once if peace negotiations collapse. Outpost skirmishes may occur while forces repositioned, but a general battle could ruin negotiations and prestige. Armistice exists in spirit. a fresh assault could trigger final rupture.
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Portamouth
N. H
Manchuria
Oyama
Linevitch
Sineviteh
Port Arthur
Harbin
Alarm grows over looming trade clash with China in Roosevelts warning
In Shanghai MUST KEEP FAITH reports the threat of an ecrisia amid an anti American boycott as President Roosevelt orders Minister Rockhill to demand strict China compliance with article 15 of the 1868 Tien Tsin treaty. In London Parliament adjourns after a turbulent session with mass motions and sparse attendance, black rods summon members to the Lords where only a few officials remain.
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Shanghai
Roosevelt
Rockhill
America
China
London
Houses of Commons
Black Rods
House of Lords
Triple Tragedy in Jewelry Store From Desplainee Streets
Chicago police officer Oscar Benson killed his brother in law Mathew Mamer and clerk Nicholas Keeten in Mamer’s Harricon Desplainee jewelry store. Benson then shot himself, dying soon after. Keeten was wounded while fleeing the scene. The motive traced to a prior dispute between Benson and Mamer.
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Chicago
Oscar Benson
Mathew Mamer
Nicholas Ketten
Mamer
Harricon
Desplainee
Benson
Nicholas Keeten
Alil Ving
Taft Talks to Filipinos in Manila Banquet
Secretary Taft spoke at a native banquet in Manila on Friday night and outlined the administration’s insular policy. He faced disaffection from local politicians but was cheered after presenting the official stance against McKinley policy.
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Manila
Taft
McKinley
Iegular
Labor Troubles At Riga Strike Paralyzes City
Official confirmation of widespread unrest in Riga as twenty thousand workers strike. Socialists threaten violence to deter returning to work while soldiers and cavalry patrol streets. Shops halted after pressure and a meat market owner refused to join the strike. Merchants seek military protection for $2 million in perishables and merchandise.
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Bt. Petersburg
Riga
Auzitatora
Albany Horror: Myers Department Store Collapse
A special commission will probe the John G. Myers company department store collapse in Albany that killed thirteen people and injured two. Mayor Gaus ordered out of town investigators to avoid bias as rescuers conclude all victims have been recovered and search ends with no further bodies found.
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Albany
John G. Myers Company
Gaus
Automobile Crash Near Carmel Hill Injures San Francisco Pair
A serious accident on the seventeen mile drive near Carmel Hill Friday afternoon left William Cluff of San Francisco with a broken left leg and trau m e d about the body. Mr and Mrs Bruener and Mrs William Cla escaped with minor bruises.
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Pacific Grove
Cal
Carmel Hil
Join Bruener
Mra
William Cla
San Francisco
Mgr. Cluffs
Governor and Adjutant General Meet to Discuss Texas Troops
State Health Officer Tabor visited Austin to urge the governor and adjutant general to keep Texas troops in readiness for possible deployment to the Louisiana border. He asserts a serious national situation requires immediate consent to mobilize forces if needed.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Tabor
Louisiana
Russian Mutineers Trial Yields Mixed Sentences
Fifty three mutineers from the training ship Pruth faced a court martial. Fifteen were acquitted, four condemned to be hanged, three sent to penal servitude for life, and the rest given shorter terms. Commutation suggested for two death sentences to life penal servitude and two to ten years.
Death of One-Year-Old In Calabasas Buggy Accident
In Freano California the infant June daughter of J Booles of Heisman died after wedging between a buggy body and its handle while climbing from the buggy. Dr Fred Williams arrived promptly but could not save her.
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Freano
Cal
Pretty June
J. Booles
Heisman
Fred Williams
Anarchy at Warsaw Captured in Synagogue Clash
Warsaw police rounded up 250 Jewish Socialists found armed with revolvers and daggers in a synagogue on Novolipit street. Fifteen more were arrested after gunfire on Francia Sekauska street. A morning bomb discovery preceded three policemen being shot.
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Warsaw
Novolipit Street
Francia Sekauska
Crazed by Liquor Story Ends in Stabbing
In St. Joseph Missouri William A. Linn a laborer attacked and fatally stabbed Harry Jacobs an aged mechanic after a heat and liquor induced frenzy. An officer and two citizens pursued him but he escaped and later returned home where he fought his father mother and wife. Linn was captured after police beat him into submission.
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St. Joseph
William A. Linn
Harry Jacobs
Linn
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