Utah News Roundup Terms of City, County, and State Scenes
Long Utah dispatch notes Ogden and Salt Lake City events including a mayoral reward for saloon closure violators, arrests for bigamy, and accidents. It covers lossof life from trains and fires, a child burn fatality in Ogden, a young boy killed from a fall, and a convict getaway near Willard. Also mentions land sales in Iron county, fruit crop optimism, a large Pacific Island outing, a dynamite saloon blaze at Bingham, smoke nuisance drives, and funding for Utah exhibits at Omaha and eastern fairs.
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Joseph Party
Ogden
John 8
Bransford
Salt
Salt Lake
Herald Republican
Jegste Punk
Sterling
Robert Plumm
George Cibbett
Balt Lake
Lillian Poulson
Eld Pyper
Canon City
Colo
Eva Cooper
Bradford
American Optical Association
Cooper
Provo Fremen
Fair Grounds
Utah
Louis
James Bowera
Nephi
Gus Johnson
Willard
Johnson
Pacific Islands
Lagoon
Silver King
Bingham
Steve Melich
Salt Lake Commercial Club Publicity Bureau
Fisher Seeks Information in Utah Visit During Reclamation Tour
Salt Lake City secretary of the Interior Walter L Fisher accompanied by F I Newell and other interior officials met with state and federal land office staff and newspaper men in Salt Lake Saturday. He had been guest of honor at a Provo banquet and inspected the Strawberry valley reclamation project before departing for Payson to meet the governor. From Utah he proceeds to Portland and Seattle then to Alaska.
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Salt Lake City
Walter L Fisher
Ballinger
Salt Lake
Federal Land Office
F. I. Newell
Reclamation Service
Interior Department
Fisher
Provo
Strawberry Valley
Payson
Utah
Portland
Seattle
Alaska
Lords Accept Veto in Narrow Victory Over Lords
The Liberal government won a close 131 to 114 vote to back Viscount Morley’s motion and not insist on the Lords' amendment to the parliamentary bill. The result limits the Lords veto to two years and expands Commons prerogative, with Conservative defections pivotal to the victory.
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London
Asquith
Great Britain
House of Jorda
Viscount Morelys
Lords
House of Lords
House of Commons
David Lloyd George
US Grain Slump Hits July Crop Losses Nationwide
Government July crop report cites heat and drought reducing oats corn wheat and potatoes nationwide. Total grain and potato production nears record lows with high losses in the New York to Rocky Mountain belt while Pacific Northwest shows brief extreme heat but overall strong rainfall elsewhere. Actor Jameson Lee Finney dies in Carlton hotel fire in London. fire claims no other deaths.
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United States
Chicago
Ijsg
Department of Agriculture
New York
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountain
Virginia
North Carolina
Pacific
London
Jameson Lee Finney
Carlton
Finney S Root
Finney
Girl Lost In Mountains Near Meeker Searched For Carrie Rescorea
Searching parties sweep the countryside around Bar Seven ranch for fourteen year old Carrie Rescorea daughter of John Rescorea last seen Saturday evening while driving cows. Authorities fear possible assault by menaces and warn of danger in rugged terrain. The case prompts wide regional mobilization.
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Meeker
Cole
Bar Seven Ranch
Carrie Rescorea
John Rescorea
Mecuntia
Advance Price of Meat Pushes Costs to New High
New York meat prices rise with beef hind quarters moving from 11 to 14 cents and pork cuts up from 10 to 15 cents per pound over two weeks. Local dealers report the advance surpasses last fall’s peak. In California, Louigo Glaris chosen as joint secretary of the California conservation commission and the conservation board of control at a capitol meeting.
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New York
Sacramento
Cal
Louigo Glaris
Department of the Interior
California Conservation Commission
Conservation Board of Control
Capitol
There he will investigate the alleged coal frauds and the Camptroller Bay charges
A government inquiry targets suspected coal market frauds with a focus on the Camptroller Bay case. Officials plan hearings to determine responsibility and potential penalties.
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Camptroller Bay
Relief for Homesteaders extends until April 1912
The House approved a bill granting leave of absence to homesteaders in western land districts due to drought, extending protections until April 15, 1912. Amendments added districts in Devils Lake North Platte and Lander. A separate $10,000 appropriation seeks a bridge over the Snake River to aid Jackson's Hole country Wyoming and Teton Valley Idaho access.
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Washington
Warren Hill
Devils Lake
North Platte
Neb
Lander
Wro
Mondell
Snate River
Jackson
Iole
Wyoming
Teton Valley
Idaho
Snake River
Jacksons Vole
Urge Diaz to Return to Mexico Amid Disorder in Mexico
General Por firio Diaz, former president, has received many cablegrams urging his return to Mexico to restore order. A New York based Mexican society reports it is organizing a large petition to persuade him to intervene. The society has re elected Diaz as president.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Francisco I Madero
Mexican Society of New York
Executioe
Diaz
Salary Resolution Passes Commons With 2606 159 Vote
A resolution to pay members of the House of Commons 2000 annually for their services was carried by a vote of 2606 to 159 on Thursday. The decision assigns regular remuneration to parliament members and outlines the annual salary.
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London
House of Commons
Murderer Harris Collapses in Court After Guilty Verdict
In La Junta Colorado Robert Harris was found guilty of first degree murder in the deaths of Chief J B Craig and Night Marshal Jacob Kipper of Rocky Ford. Harris, who is described as colored, collapsed when the verdict of death by hanging was read Friday.
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la Junta
Colo
Robert Harris
J B Craig
Jacob Kipper
Rocky Ford
Hariig
Cholera in Italy and Chiaro Switzerland Report
Official statistics show August 1 to August 5 in Italy with 1 039 cases and 380 deaths. The report notes regional spread and mortality figures affecting public health policy.
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Chiaro
Switzerland
Italy
Threatened Rancher Receives Death Demands in Columbia
Columbia Missouri ranchman St Gallion faced three letters ordering him to leave his wife or be killed. While in Wyoming for work, he got a fake telegram claiming his baby was dying and he rushed home to find more threats.
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Columbia
St. Gallion
Wyoming
Jeffries Begins Three Months Alaska Yukon Hunting Tour
James J. Jeffries the pugilist sailed from Seattle on the steamship Jefferson to Juneau Alaska and started arranging a three months hunting trip through Alaska and the Yukon territory.
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Juneau
Alaska
James J. Jeffries
Pugilist
Seattle
Jefferson
Yukon Territory
Mob Burns Wounded Suspect in Coatesville
A mob of Pennsylvanians dragged Pat Zachariah Walker from a hospital to a farm near Coatesville and burned him after he shot Edward Rice, a Worth Iron Mills special policeman. Walker had shot Rice, then hid in a cherry tree and shot himself as officers closed in. The mob tore fences and ignited a pile of dry grass to consume his body.
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Coatesville
Pat-Zachariah Walker
Edward Rice
Worth Iron Mills
Typhoon and tidal wave devastate coast of Japan
More than 500 lives lost as a typhoon and tsunami sweep Japanese shores on July 26. Fishermen from Shizuoka drowned. Tokio houses and a tea house are swept away. many workers killed at the Suzaki Inlaid work factory. torpedo boat and steamers foundered. thousands of horses collapse in Tokyo region.
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Victoria
Japan
Empress of Tapan
Shidzuoka
Tokio
Suzaki
Shimagand
Sherigawa
Balloonist Crashes Through Skylight at Marlborough Blenheim Hotel
Balloonist Charles Bennett, 20, of Newark New Jersey, plunges through a mammoth skylight into the Marlborough Blenheim hotel dining room in Atlantic City. He lands on tables among diners, sustains a fractured skull and other injuries, and is reported at the point of death in a local hospital.
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Atlantic City
Marlborough- Blenheim
Charles Bennett
Newark
N. J
Woman Attempts Golden Gate Swim Sidelined by Currents
Mrs Terre Disch daughter of a South Sea Island trader tried to swim the mile across the Golden Gate on Sunday. Currents dragged her about a mile before a life saving crew reached her. Four male swimmers who began to accompany her were forced back.
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Golden Gate
San Francisco
Terre Disch
South Sea Island
Gaye
Liberal Radical party nominates De la Barra Reyes for presidency
Francisco De la Barra and General Bernardo Reyes were nominated Sunday for president and vice president by men representing the Liberal Radical party without consent. The general is described as an Independent candidate for the presidency.
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Mexico City
Francisco de la Barra
Bernardo Reyes
Liberal Radical’ Party
Senate Orders Probe Into Stephenson Election
The senate, amid continued Lorimer election scrutiny, votes unanimously to investigate the validity of Isaac Stephenson’s Wisconsin Senate election. The move follows ongoing inquiries into contested ballots and process irregularities.
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Stephenson
Washington
Senate
Wm Lorimer
Trimefs
Isaac Stephbo50n
Wisconsin
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