Utah News Briefs Reflect Low Provo River and Local Incidents
The Provo River runs unusually low for July, while Salt Lake City records sixty-one deaths and 104 births. A 19-year-old George A. Holmes formerly of Salt Lake suicided in Denver. Cinematist Robert Curry injured in Layton by a fall from a pole. Various local events include a bid for rural free delivery, a new Mercur city bill, and a contractor's arm injury in Provo. Weather shows 7 to 102 degrees. crops suffer without rain. Notable incidents include a murder conviction in Salt Lake and rail workers strike settlement.
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Robert Curry
Layton
Vic Sodiatists
Salt Lake
Santaquin
Salt Linke City
Mercur
Heeloy
Frank Moliday
Provo
Salt Lake City
Dixon
Charles Wardrip
Hugh Duffy
Sacruamento
Cal
Liserie
Deseret
Starved babes to death case shocks Chicago area
Police arrest Viola Campbell on charges of allowing an infant to die from starvation after Dr Wellfeld refused to issue a death certificate. Campbell, claimed to be mother to Viola, allegedly housed eight other infants from a Wells Street contact. Parker—unidentified—claimed multiple infant deaths occurred in Campbell's home over three years.
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Chicago
Mra. Nee] Campbell
Nomines House
Wellfeld
Campbell House
Mwe
Viola Campbell
Capbell Sige
Campbell
Wells Street
Charge Against Buller by Surgeon General
Surgeon General Hamilton told a Manchester meeting of the British Medical Association that General Sir Redvers Buller used army medical wagons with the Red Cross to move ammunition to the front during the Boer War, arming bearer companies as escorts. He cited the principal medical officer as his source and argued the Boers’ actions mirrored Buller’s from twenty years earlier.
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Hamilton
British Medical Association
Manchester
Redvers Buller
Issa
Red Cross
Buller
Gypsy Child Stealers Nabbed In Marion Jail
A band of gypsies is jailed in Marion Indiana charged with kidnapping the three year old daughter of Henry Herman a plaster manufacturer. The child was taken from her grandparents home during a outing and later rescued by Mr Wilson after gypsies stopped in a saloon in South Marion. Police pursued and arrested the gypsies.
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Marion
Ind
Henry Herman
South Marion
Arrest of Nipple in Craven Lynching Case in Virginia
Lyneher arrested, Harry Nipple charged with involvement in Craven lynching at Losborg Virginia. Nipple held before Justice Wood and remanded to jail without hearing. Virginia authorities request postponement until next week. Nipple allegedly used a sledge hammer to smash Craven’s well door.
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Harry Nipple
Craven
Losborg
Nipple
Justice Wood
Virginia
Battle Rages Near Agua Dulce Amid Panama Conflict
Dispatch from Gen Salazar to the Colombian legation reports a desperate battle between government troops about 7000 strong and revolutionists near Agua Dulce, seventy miles from Panama. Communications are hindered by rough terrain and irregular water routes, with eight days required for overland travel.
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Agua Dolce
Legation
Salazar
Department of Panama
Agi Dabe
Agua Dulce
Panama
Forty waifs in jail amid Chicago street beggar crackdown
Police in Chicago rounded up forty children aged four to seven found begging and peddling on downtown streets under probation officer oversight. The youngsters, including girls and boys, were taken to Harrison Street station for inspection by the Visitation and Aid Society as raids continue to clear baby bears from the streets.
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Chicago
Harrison Street
Visitation and Aid Society
War on Mosquitoes Begins in New York City
President hederisi of the New York health board plans a systematic scientific war on mosquitoes. Seventeen inspectors will map ponds and stagnant water in the theater district and place oil barrels to treat pools of stagnant water. The effort targets mosquito breeding sites to curb disease.
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Hederisi
New York Health Board
Hns
Moalarin
New York
Tiny
Miners in Poor States Plan September Strike
President George Sichardson of the Kansas district Miners organization says miners in Kansas Missouri Arkansas and Indian Territory will soon strike on September 1 following an interstate conference that postponed the action until next year. Developments since then make a strike necessary to pressure companies to recognize the union.
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George Sichardson
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Lightning Strikes Kill Three and Disclose Missing Woman
In Oklahoma Guthrie dispatches report carrier Charles Campbell was killed by a bolt near Klarpersille while returning from a farming trip. Nearby harvester A L Freeman was stunned for hours. In Wisconsin the body of Mrs George Wolf, missing since June 27, was found buried four miles south of Chippewa Falls. her husband disappeared earlier. Geo Hollinger found the corpse prodding the earth. injuries suggest blunt force.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Charles Campbell
Hillings
Bliss
Klarpersille
A. L. Freeman
Harvester Statesman
Mra
Igorge Wolf
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Inquiry Into Mysterious Death of Town Legislator
Des Moines physicians report state legislator A. M. Potter of Wavercly died from morphine or chloral poisoning after being found unconscious at a Des Moines hotel Friday. At the inquest it emerged Potter bought landanum. Frank E. Scout of Muscatine, who was with Potter, may recall actions. Inquest adjourned for chemical stomach analysis.
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A. M. Potter
Wavercly
Bivas
Des Moines
Potter
Landanum
Frank E. Scout
Muscatine
Prison Break Led by Noted Train Robber Dynamites Jail Wall
Gus Hyatt led sixteen convicts in a bold escape from the Tennessee penitentiary using dynamite to blast a wall. Fifteen fled. Ed Carney died during the attempt. Joe Loss and James Work were captured after pursuit with bloodhounds. six escapees were government convicts and the rest state convicts. Posses with hounds pursue the fugitives.
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Gus Hyatt
Desperado
Liberty
Tennessee Penitentiary
Ed Carney
Nashville
Joe Loss
James Work
Maii
Hyatt
Doe
Winchester
Huge Floating Dock For Battleship Call For Bids
The Navy Department will solicit bids for a large floating dry dock to accommodate a 160 ton battleship. To be built in the United States and sent to the Philippines, it could become one of the largest moating docks. Budget of 1.55 million dollars. Admiral Nadicot has prepared specifications. Tow routes depend on construction site. Pacific or Atlantic options considered.
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Navy Department
United States
Philippines
Admiral Nadicot
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Pacific
Atlantic
Suey Canal
War tensions ease as May outbreak nears end
Captain McCrea of the gunboat Machas cables the navy department from Cape Hartien Aug 4 reporting the May outbreak is practically over after talks with authorities. He says authorities find the situation satisfactory and rebels have been driven from critical positions with enthusiasm, with no further danger of serious disturbances.
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McCrea
Machas
Navy Department
Cape Hartien
Growth of Pension Roll Indicates Thousands More Pensioners
Commissioner of Pensions Ware Smlys notes that post legislation from the last session will push the pension roll past ten thousand new retirees. He cites a steady rise in pensioners since July of this year, driven by ongoing congressional pension measures.
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Ware
Ware Sayk Wlyut
Congress
Immigration and labor unrest in South Africa conflict
The London Times Jolaonesturg correspondent protests against Botson attempts to introduce Chinese workers to alleviate Jiabor scarcity. The government may intervene if pushes continue, while immigration aid for women is being advanced. In Siame kin, United Mine Workers district headquarters, hundreds sought aid as unions faced strain and some long‑time miners resisted non‑union work.
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Jolaonesturg
The
London Times
Tne
Botsen
South Africa
United Mjioe Workers
Siamekin, I
Devastating Los Alamos Earthquake Swipes California Village
A seismic disturbance in northern Santa Barbara county California devastated a Los Alamos valley village. Shocks began Sunday evening and caused about 30000 dollars in village property damage with additional losses in surrounding areas. The event created fissures hills and knolls where none existed and shifted the valley’s topography. The sequence included seven light shocks Tuesday night and a severe 1 20 am Thursday morning twister like event.
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Los Alamos
Santa Barbara County
California
Western Union Oil Company
Gil Wells
Carriga Ranch
Waller
Tracy Threatens Bank Hold Up and Express Car Theft
Harry Tracy, the fugitive, is in eastern Washington armed with four guns and 200 rounds. He plans to hold up a bank or rob an express car and has promised $5,000 within a year to helpers who aided his escape from the Oregon penitentiary. He aims for the Hole in the Wall in Wyoming and seeks safety among thieves. In Salt Lake City, W McCaslin killed Miss Lottie Hassell and wounded Max Peters before shooting himself, amid reports of alcohol and domestic trouble.
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Harry Tracy
Washington
Tracy
Oregon
Hole-in-the-Wall
Wyoming
Salt Lake City
Munday
I W. McCaslin
Lottie Hassell
Max Peters
McCasliy
Cay
Salt Palace
Miss I Mussell
Me Peters
Siddenly Metaisiin
Entombed Miners After Mount Kembla Colliery Explosion
An explosion at Mount Kimbla colliery near Wollongong thirty miles from Sydney results in heavy loss of life. Twenty seven bodies recovered and a portion of the pit mouth wrecked. One hundred forty nine miners were rescued. many remain entombed with grim chances of survival. The colliery area is partly on fire.
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Mount Kimbla
Wollongong
Port
Sydney
N.S. W
Marcos dispute over Isla de Marcos ownership clarified
Dispatch from Yoko reports the Japanese press weighing the Marcos islams ownership claim between an American citizen and the Japanese government. Public opinion favors US handling of the dispute, while guano deposits are doubted as the island’s heavy rains wash them away.
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Yoko
Marcos Islams
Cally
United States
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