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Newspaper

Vernal Express

Location

Vernal, Utah, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1908

Page

2

Utah News The Salt Lake Area Keeps Busy

A Utah news roundup reports a Parowan liquor dealer fined for a minor violation, large coil shipments from Scofield, a Salt Lake City cancer patient, a gasoline stove explosion in Ogden, and a new bank opening in Fyrum with $25 000 capital. It notes school census gains, a fatal streetcar incident in Green Bay, a drowning near Garfield, and a Salt Lake boy's death attempting a dive. Also covered are irrigation efforts, a shooting incident in Salt Lake, planned school restrooms, and public works including a court house loan and a new city fire chief appointment.

Mfe Shentley Nquor Parowan Scofield Mable Gustaveson Salt Lake City Peter Ingstrom Ogden Ogden Capital Fyrum Utah Salt Lake George Meld Green Bay Wis Charles Owen Saltairie Gloire Covington Ky National Irrigation Congress Mary Garrett Garfield State Board of Land Commisssioners Carbon County Wilford Hi Osgood National Biological Bureau Sevier Mountains Weber County Ogden Fruit Growers’ Association Supreme Court Christopher Anderson Snowville Pwin Falls Idaho Fle Anderson John Rolien Arkansas

Tribesmen threaten shah as Persian crisis deepens

Teheran dispatches report the shah of Persia held by wild tribesmen summoned to protect the throne. They demand vast sums, threaten to pillage Teheran, while relief funds from a Russian bank are exhausted. Famine looms in southern Persia as General Linkhoffs forces fail to curb the tribes.

St Petersburg Teheran Terala

American Fleet Arrives in Auckland England? New Zealand

Sixteen U S battleships of the Atlantic fleet arrive in Auckland after a 33 day voyage from San Francisco with a six day Honolulu layover. Rear Admiral Charles S Sperry commands the division as locals decorate the city in honor of the visitors. The Board of Education shifts Michaelmas recess to align with the fleet visit.

Auckland New Zealand Battleship Division United States Atlantic Fleet Charles S Sperry San Francisco Honolulu Board of Education

Discord Among Officials in Constantinople War Ministry

In Constantinople the Ministry of War hosts a rift among former ministers and palace officials. Dough Pasha, ex interior minister, clashes with Tahsin Pasha over amnesty for political prisoners. Wekh Pasha, once eyed as military schools inspector, is held captive and asks for a life-ending revolver while contributing 25 000 dollars toward cruiser purchases named for revolution heroes.

Constantinople Dough Pasha Tahsin Pasha Pasha Ministry of War

Funeral of Senator Allison in Dubuque as burial follows

Senator William D B Allison was buried Saturday in a simple private service at his residence. Family and intimate friends attended as readings from the 23rd Psalm and 1 Corinthians were given, with a prayer. Interment took place on a hillside overlooking the Mississippi River, officiated by the Westminster Presbyterian church.

Split Democratic Conventions Form Rival Tickets in Wallace

At the Idaho state Democratic convention in Wallace two factions the Du Bois and anti Dubois split into separate meetings. The anti Dubois group elected Judge Stockslager as chairman and issued a ticket including C O Stockslager J L Sewell M Alexander C A Boyd W W Snell Frank Moore J A Bradbury Miss Gertrude Noble David L Evans George Lamb John C Rice M D Mills T C Galloway. The Du Bois venue adopted a rival slate headed by Henry Heltfelt Henry L Day H W Lockhart with Frank Harris William Hunter Jesse Walling Frank J McBride William W Brown Edwin McBee Miss Dana Gillespie John Pressley John Flynn William Woods and others.

Bear Lake Oneida Fremont Masonic Hall Judge Stockslager C O Stockslager Congress J L Sewell M Alexander C A Boy3d W W Snell Frank Moore J A Bradbury Gertrude Noble David L Evans George Lamb John C Rice M D Mills T C Galloway Dubois Henry Heltfelt Nez Perce Harry L Day H W Lockhart Bannock Frank Harris Washington JV CG Whitewell Lembi William Hunter Larah Jesse Walling Canyon Frank J McBride Bonner William W Brown Idaho County Edwin McBee Kootenai Miss Ddna Gillespie Bingham John Pressley Supreme Court John Flynn United States William W. Woods Shoshone

Steamer Premier Burns at Warren Landing

Winnipeg dispatch reports the steamer Premier burned to the water’s edge at Warren Landing on Thursday morning. Six passengers and two crew members died, and nearby buildings were destroyed. The ship carried about thirty eight people from Selkirk, including twenty who slept aboard when the fire began in the engine room. Survivors escaped by jumping or were rescued by boats.

Stevens Warren Landing Lake Winnipeg Ocita Yicinity Selkirk

Parker to the Rescue in San Luis Obispo Runaway

New York judge Alton Parker aided at a near fatal runaway in San Luis Obispo when a surrey carrying A U HRlius wife and daughter, plus David Oliver, crashed after an automobile approached. Parker and Delancey Nicoll stopped the lurid scene, rescuing the injured and halting the wagon after it dragged its captives a distance.

San Luis Obispo Cal Alton Parker New York U Hrlius David Oliver San Francisco Wee Mir Olver Miss Mills Mills Parkeer Delancey Nicoll

Kaiser Sends Generous Gift for Zeppelin Airship

Emperor William gave 2500 to a fund to fund another airship. He met Herr Rathenau of General Electric in the Tiergarten on Saturday and expressed deep emotion over the Zeppelin catastrophe. He praised widespread contributions as a sign of national feeling.

Bertin William Count Zeppelin Tiegarten Herr Rathenau General Electric Company

Woman Shackled to Bedpost in Tombstone Quarantine Case

In Bisbee Arizona authorities report no law allowing deportation of Mrs Wardwell the leper to Molohal leper colony She is quarantined at Tombstone and kept shackled to a bed post Her 88 year old husband General Wardwell is weak after cancer surgery and may receive aid from Albert Cole her brother serving a prison term Governor Kibbey may be asked to pardon Cole to care for them.

Bisbee Arizona Wardwell Molohal Tombstone Jis General Wardwell Kibbey Albert Cole

Republican open meeting to be held in Youngstown

Foraker and Dick as spectators attend the event where Arthur Yorys leads a movement to nominate William He anything for the presidency. The gathering will feature General Hallis on state issues and Governor Hughes of New York and Senator Beveridge of Indiana on national issues. Invites extended to notable speakers. exact names kept off the program.

Cedar Point Arthur Yorys William HE Youngstown General Hallis Hughes New York Beveridge Indiana Ben‘itors Oraker

Non Union Miners Killed in Birmingham Train Attack

A shooting on a passenger train carrying non union miners near Blochton, Birmingham, left three dead and seven injured, two likely to die. The engineer avoided a derailment by lifting a log from the track and continuing at full speed as militia are dispatched to the scene.

Birmingham Blochton

Struggle for Mastery of Pacific Foreseen by Press

Christ Church readers welcomed the American Atlantic fleet’s arrival. A press article argues the Anglo Japanese alliance is temporary and predicts a Pacific struggle where the United States and Britain ally against far eastern powers.

Pacific Christ Church New Zealand Christ Clmuch Press United States Great Britain

Carpenter Robert Miller Ends Life on Bronx Bridge

Robert M E Miller a New York carpenter unable to find work hanged himself from a bridge over the New Haven tracks in the Bronx using a rope and noose. His body remained on the approach path of a northbound freight train after the engineer signaled and halted the locomotive.

New York Robert ME Miller New Haven Bronx Miller

Koreans Kill Japanese Soldiers near Hunchu Frontier

Reports from Possen bay describe a July 11 massacre on the Russo-Chinese frontier where a Japanese detachment encamped near Hunchu faced an ambush by Korean insurgents. All Japanese troops reportedly died. Russian Cossacks noted the missing camp flag and found signs of a fierce struggle and dead soldiers. Local residents denied knowledge of the event.

St Petersburg Possenbay Hunchu

Judge Rules Against Strikers in Seattle Incidence

In Seattle Washington Judge C H Han ford issued an injunction at federal court siding with shipowners and steamship companies. The Puget Council of Longshoremen and the local union were restrained from interfering with strike breakers on loading and unloading ships. The court ruled it had jurisdiction because interstate traffic was affected and held the unions responsible for acts of violence.

Seattle C H Hanford Pacific Coast Puget Council of

Honduras Refuses to Cancel Exequatur Revocation

Washington and Honduras decline to honor the U S request to revoke President Davila’s decree canceling the exequateurs of American Consul Drew Leonard and Vice Consul Virgil Reynolds at Celba. They claim interference in Honduras internal politics and join with France and Norway in advocating Celba’s surrender to revolutionists. The cancellation decree appears in the Honduran Official Gazette.

Washington Honduras Davila Drew Leonard Virgil

Sultan Claims Credit For Constitutional Undertaking

Constantinople reports the Friday selamlik ceremony at the white mosque near Yildiz followed by an audience with the sultan. The grand vizier and Tewfik Pasha joined as foreign diplomats were reassured that the sultan intends to uphold the new constitution, pledged as his own work.

Constantinople Tewfik Pasha

Thaw Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition in New York Court

Harry K Thaw of Pittsburg filed a voluntary bankruptcy in a United States court. Attorney Morchausher of New York represents Thaw, who is in Dutchess County jail. Assets are listed as 12801228 and liabilities as 45314042. Receiver Roger OMara, a Pittsburg detective, was appointed.

Ittsburg Morchausher New York Harry K Thaw Dutchess County Roger Omara Pittsburg Thaw

First Bank of Wonder Placed Under Receiver

Reno judge Orr declared the Wonder Bank and Trust company insolvent after testimony by Bank Examiner Wildes. Assets listed exceed $59,000 face value, with examiner citing actual assets at $658,762. Losses fall on miners and businessmen of Wonder.

Reno New Orr Wonder Bank & Trust Company of Wonder Wildes Wonder Bank Wonder

Storm Besets Boston With Severe Cloudburst

Boston endured a rare storm Friday afternoon bringing a cloudburst rainfall and fierce lightning. Streets flooded curb to curb and winds drove mist and spray reducing visibility to about forty feet as traffic halted.

Boston

Engine Derailed East of Imboden Kills Three

Train No 206 derailed twelve miles east of Imboden. The engine plunged over a twelve foot embankment dragging the mail baggage and smoking cars. Three killed, four mail clerks seriously injured, several passengers bruised. Sailors helped extinguish a fire in the baggage car and saved the baggage.

Want Half a Million Fairview Lincoln Neb

The Fairview meeting on Friday discussed the funds needed to run a Democratic campaign. Participants agreed the campaign requires substantial money and that at least five hundred thousand dollars will be necessary to cover expenses after the Denver nominations.

Fairview Lincoln Denver

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By Dan H. Willman Utah State News Jarrell William Young Mammoth Gerald Afield Butlerville State Board of Land Commissioners Shah Citvens Sultan Senator Allison Anti Dubois Wallace St Paul Pioneer Press Winnipeg Manitoba Parker Kaiser IS Zeppelin Foraker Uncle Sam Harry Thaw Slayer of White First Bank of Wonder Stald Old
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