Utah State News Roundup Highlights Utah County Salaries and Local Events
Uintah county officials raise salaries for county officers. Prera school census lists 2107 children with 1015 boys and 1062 girls. Millard crops look dry but lucerne promising. Over 10 000 outsiders attend Salt Lake Elks convention. State fair entry judged. Salt Lake merchants say Elks convention barely affected trade. Sevier county to ban liquor licenses for Salina canyon dates. Numerous accidents and crimes reported including burglaries, injuries, and a bank misappropriation verdict. Inheritance tax upheld. Lucia cut-off nearing completion. Park City Elks win parade costume prize. roadside injuries and a fatality noted. Saltair to get stone walk to combat sand encroachment.
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Millard County
Salt Lake
S. W. Seara
Merchants of
Sevier County
Salina Canyon
Louisa Greatg
Japs Buried by Volcano on Torishama Island
A Yokohama dispatch reports Torishama Island overwhelmed by a volcanic eruption between August 1 and 15. One hundred fifty inhabitants are believed dead as volcanic debris covers the island and all houses vanish. Submarine eruptions nearby hinder access to the area.
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Yokohama
Japan
Littia
Torishama
Torishamsin
Monta Islands
Ilondo
Ex-British Soldiers Baffled by U S Enlistment Rumor
Time expired South African veterans and ex-British soldiers report a circulating rumor that the United States is recruiting officers for the Philippines. Many applicants at the London embassy are turned away after arriving with false expectations of embassy enlistment.
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United States
London
Philippines
Capetown
Durban
Militias Considered as Striker Crisis Grows in Nebraska
Governor Savage and Union Pacific officials met with North Platte city and county leaders to discuss sending troops to curb strikers accused of trespassing on Union Pacific property and threatening new hires. No major violence yet, sheriff confident in maintaining order. Savage to decide soon. Striker leaders pledge to help prevent violence.
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Savage
Union Pacific
North Platte
Neb
Walker
Lincoln
Gardner Wins World Middleweight Title in Salt Lake City
George Gardner of Lowell Massachusetts defeated Jack Root of Chicago to claim the world middleweight championship at the Salt Palace saucer track in Salt Lake City. The bout drew about 2 500 attendees with Root claiming a broken left hand in the second round and Gardner pressing the attack throughout.
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George Gardner
Lowell
Maas
Jack Root
Chicago
Salt Palace
Salt Lake City
Root
Gardner
Tragic Hudson River Fisherman Kills Boy With Sinker
Gustav Groowald Jr a 13 year old was struck by a sinking weight cast by a nearby fisherman while angling with his father and brother on the Hudson River He died instantly and the fisherman fled before arrest authorities pursued the case as a fatal accident or assault depending on findings
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Hudson River
Gustav Groowald, Jr
Young Gronwald
Clash at Nesquehoning Ends in Deputy's Fatal Shot
Patrick Sharp, a striker from Lansford, was shot and killed by Deputy Starry McElmoyle during a clash with deputies at Nesquehoning Pennsylvania. The incident sparked hectic moments before order was restored and no others were hurt. McElmoyle was arrested and jailed at Mauch Chunk.
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Nesquehoning
Patrick Sharp
Lansford
Starry McElmoyle
Sharp
Mauch Chunk
Cyclone Hits Lost Springs Kansas Damages Grain Elevator Church
A cyclone struck Lost Springs Kansas Monday afternoon at 4 30 damaging a grain elevator a church and several residences. Three freight cars were blown off the Rock Island tracks injuring three men seriously and several people slightly. Lost Springs lies on the Rock Island line near Harrington.
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Rock Island
Wichits
Lost Springs
Kansas
Harrington
Moro Situation Critical in Mindanao Conflict
The Moro uprising in Mindanao triggers American debate on action against Bacalod after a raid on Camp Nickare left two Americans dead and a third wounded. General Chaffee pressed for decisive moves to win Moros support, while mutiny aboard the Miss Bermnanos in Cataduanes left several dead and crew captured.
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Mindanao
Bacalod
Twenty Seventh Infantry
Twenty-seventh
Camp Nickare
Pershley
Elfleenth Cavalry
Residents find empty grave near Orlando funeral plot
A grave near Orlando Oklahoma opened to 500 onlookers found an empty coffin. C W Morrin of Madison Kansas believed killed, wife and insurer alerted. A man named Cox claimed to be an agent and accompanied Morrin in Orlando. Cox later said Morrin died in a runaway accident and the coffin was buried with ice. Police have no lead on either man.
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Orlando
Guthrie
Oklahoma
C W. Morrin
Madison
Mourla
Cox
Morris
Outlaws Tortured by Oklahoma Mob
A mob of several hundred men seized Levi Reed and Bud Wingo from Cordell jail and hanged them to trees to force revelations about the Casey Craven gang. Reed nearly died from strangulation before revival. The gang is described as one of the worst outrages in southern Oklahoma.
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Levi Reed
Bud Wingo
Casey-Craven
Cordell
Oklahoma
Reed
Casey-Cravena
Widower Benton Targeted by 47 Women in St Louis
Forty seven women in St Louis and nearby sought to marry Benton a widower who claimed to be a Texas cattleman and millionaire. Six widows confessed engagements promising diamonds and a mansion before Benton Heirs aged 63. His right hand is severed but did not deter his pursuit of brides.
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St Louis
Shames Benton
Paso
Texas
Benton
Charles Fair and Wife Die in Paris Trouville Auto Crash
Charles Fair and his wife Virginia Fair were killed when their 45 horsepower car swerved, turned over, and struck a tree near Paris while returning from Trouville. The chauffeur was injured. witness described a high speed dash and a somersaulting crash in front of Chateau Buisson du Mal.
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Charles W. Fair
Mra W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Virginia Fair
Paris
Trouville
Hoth
Mel Fair
Mr Fair
Chateau Buisson du Mal
Yair
White Men in Mindanao Question Race on Mindanao Island
C G Stone, ex Army engineer in the Orient, tours Mindanao to verify reports of a white race. He finds no native white men, noting lighter individuals are descendants of Castilians who settled and intermarried with locals. These groups, scattered across the island, have abandoned Christian faith and practice Islam.
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Mindants Island
C G Stone
Army Engineering Corps
Orient
Sanrancisco
Stone
Captain Baldwin
Mindanao
Mohammed
Anthracite Strike Near Settlement Indicated
Major John Biddle of the District of Columbia authority says settlement by September 1st may come. An agent tells dealers to prepare shipments after September 1st as mines will operate. Operators and miners both expected to concede and sacrifice.
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John Biddle
District of Columbia
Pittsburg
Detroit
Liddie
Weebington
Automobile accident near Cyereaux claims two lives
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Valr were embalmed and shipped to Paris after a crash near Cyereaux France. The chauffeur reported the left front tire deflated and wheel rub before the collision. Mr Fair bought the car for $12,000 last June and planned a second sixty horsepower model.
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Charles Valr
Cyereaux
France
Paris
San Francisco
Mr Fair
Confession Opens Murder Case In Towa City
Special dispatch says Charles Holiday confessed to the murder of James Gaullagher, stating Mrs Gaullagher and he killed the wealthy stockman because they were in love. Holiday claims a midnight shooting at Gaullagher’s home, with plans to poison him, and that he left hours before the fatal shot.
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Towa City
Towa
Charles Holiday
James Gaullagher
Gaullagher
Waas
Holadsy
Gaullag
Bryan Declares He Will Not Seek Presidency Again
Nebraska figure William J Bryan writes to the New Orleans Times Democrat denying any candidacy for the next campaign. He states he has no plans for renomination, emphasizing loyalty to the ticket and the platform and opposition to organized wealth.
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William J D Bryan
New Orleans Times Democrat
Bryan
Tin Plant Shutdown After Wage Dispute at Liwood
About two thousand workers at the American Tio Islate company in Liwood Indiana were told the tin plant would shut down indefinitely after a resumed operation last Monday. Authorities cite a shortage of orders as the reason for suspension.
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Liwood
Ind
Theo
Lost Cabin gold mine located by Wyoming prospectors
A Wyoming party after five years of prospecting on Otter creek sixty miles southwest of Buffalo reports finding rich gold veins and what may be the Lost Cabin mine itself. Numerous locals and two seasoned miners Albert Sutton and Marnes C. Ture ria helped explore the cliff face where carbonate veins yield high gold content. The scene drew about two thousand onlookers as lore of the lost mine nears confirmation.
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Lost Cabin
Bale
Otter Creek
Iuffalo
Cabla
Albert Sutton
Marnes C. Tureria
Gorham
Wilhelm Artach
Buffalo
Meno
Wells Postofice
German Professors Hint at Unified Europe and Tariff Barriers
Baron Augus Sartorius von Waltershausen of Strassburg predicts a future Central European federation with a common tariff against U S and British arms, possibly followed by a political union of Germany Austria Switzerland Belgium and the Netherlands. He cites U S loan repayment powers as evidence and contrasts western Europe’s limits with American resilience. The British Medical Journal says rumors of King Edward’s second operation are unfounded.
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Baron Augus Sartorious von Wallershausen
Strassburg University
Luftsocial Wissenschaft
United States
Central Europe
Great Britain
Haron von Waltershausen
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Belgium
S[folland
Muabia
Western Europe
British Medical Journal
Edward
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