Utah News Roundup Bright with Local Events
Health officer reports a healthy year in Leh and the Weber club backs a commission form of government for Ogden. An Ogden youth fractures a hip after slippers cause a fall. a missing 18 year old is found, and a Jordan River survey is proposed. A gymnasium plan for Ogden High is discussed, and habeas corpus efforts seek Thomas Vance’s release. A body found near Salt Lake is identified. Price boosters plan 6,000 booklets. An escape from Davis jail occurs. Bountiful Mercantile burns with $45,000 loss. Mantl magnate dies. a Brigham City basketball death occurs. Roads funding urged and a biennial report filed. Buckley, a train robber, is suspected in Weber County. Mrs. Poulsen dies of stomach cancer in Redmond. Ogden gas works enlarge. gap mine supports railroad lighting. Salt Lake real estate boosters cheer growth and a Tongue of a Salt Lake City lecture by Champ Clark is announced.
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Walter T. Hasler
Leh
Weber Club
Weden
Thea Commission
Samuel Horrocks
Ogden
Matthew Wilson
John Berglund
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Berglund
Price Commercial Club
Price
Carbon County
Bob McFarland
Davis County
Bountiful
Stanley Crawford
Mantl
Mantl Light and Power Company
Ely Wansen
Brigham City
Hansen
Wansen
State Raid Commission
al Buckley
Pueblo
Overland Limited
Reese
Weber County
William Poulsen
Redmond
Poulsen
Denmark
Finotsch Gas Works
Gap
Harriman and Gould
Lillie Rogers
Bruce Tingey
Tingey
Champ Clark
Salt Lakers
Clark
Alaska lynch mob incident shocks Juneau arrest of Dowling
In Juneau Alaska Lalloa Dowling described as the most beautiful halfbreed maiden was arrested after an investigation into her mother Mary Dowling's death. Mary died after eating fish sent by John Harris a local Indian suitor. A dog died after eating the fish and Mary followed soon after. Native women at Douglass Beach attacked Dowling as officers escorted her to jail, thwarted by authorities.
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Juneau
Alaska
Lalloa Dowling
Mary Dowling
John Harris
Douglass Beach
Walsh Urged to Withdraw from Montana Senate Race
The Montana Democratic state committee met Sunday afternoon and virtually asked T. J. Walsh to withdraw to promote party harmony. After a three hour session behind closed doors, the committee adopted a resolution urging Democratic members of the joint assembly to convene and unite on a single Democrat for whom all can vote, valued above any individual ambition.
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Helena
Mont
Democratic State Committee
T. J. Walsh
State Committee
Joint Assembly
Colville Indians on Verge of Starvation in Washington
Spokane report cites interpreter Wil Ham Nolan returning from the Colville reservation. He warns government payment of long‑due lands funds is essential to prevent widespread suffering. Two years of near crop failure have left many old men unable to work while traders ended credit.
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Spokane, Wash
Colville
Washington
Wil Ham Nolan
Colvilles
Smith Breaks Silence on Philippine Campaign Actions
General Jacob H Smith, famed for Samar Island exploits, defends his 1902 army conduct and denies ordering or approving the killing of women and children. He says he acted harshly toward Filipino tribes for mutilating wounded soldiers and burning bodies and attacks Theodore Roosevelt over support for General Wood’s campaign methods.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Jacob H Smith
Samar Island
Smith
Philippines
Theodore Roosevelt
Wood
Steamers Collide Near Sixty-Second Street Disaster
A collision off Sixty Second Street between the steamer Plymouth carrying about 300 passengers and a car float towed by a tug caused a panic. The float tilted and several cars derailed while a deck hand was killed when a car passed over him. The steamer passengers were unharmed.
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New York
Plymouth
Fell River
Forendon
Sixt}-Second Street
Labor Parade in Denver Protest Judge Whitford Sentences
A monster labor union parade marched in Denver on Thursday to protest contempt sentences handed to District Judge Greely M Whitford. President John McClellan of the state federation of labor presented charges to the legislature seeking impeachment proceedings. Between 8 000 and 10 000 union members joined as grand marshal led the crowd.
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Denver
Greely M Whitford
John McClellan
State Federation of Labor
Whitford
Printing law proposed to save government 1.25 million
Senator Smoot as head of the printing investigation commission presented a new bill that would radically reform the government printing office and the distribution of public documents. If enacted it promises an annual saving of 1.25 million dollars without reducing efficiency.
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Washington
Smoot
Printing Investigation Commission
Senate
Congress
Sherman's Vice President Breaks Senate Deadlocks In Historic Vote
Washington reports the vice president cast decisive ties on three Senate rolls, saving the ship subsidy bill and pushing adjournment amid a push for direct election of senators. The subsidy bill would pay $4 per mile to second class American built ships servicing routes between U S ports and Philippine and Japanese ports.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Postoffice Department
Philippine Islands
Japan
Ocean mail contracts and routes restricted to certain carriers
The text details routes between China and Australasia and between American ports and ports south of the equator with a payment of $2 per mile to third class American ships. It lists stops at American ports in the South Atlantic and prohibits contracts with rail competitors or individuals exporting or importing goods for themselves. It caps annual expenditures at $4,000,000 or at surplus earnings of the ocean mail business.
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China
Australasia
South America
Equator
South Atlantic
Butter glut forces export drive from Chicago market
Three million pounds of butter must be shipped abroad in coming weeks to avert heavy losses in cold storage. A Chicago dealer with 70 000 tubs of the finest butter bought at 31 cents a pound is now selling at 25 cents per pound.
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Chicago
Commission
Senators Sworn In To Start Thursday Senate Session
Washington Senator W Watson of West Virginia and North Dakota Senator A J Grenna took the oath of office at the start of Thursday's Senate session succeeding Davis Elkins and William Purcell and securing seats.
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Washington
D. W.watson
West Virginia
A J Grenna
North Dakota
Davis Elkins
William Purcell
Senate
Garment Workers Strike Ends in Chicago
The Chicago garment workers strike, active since September 22, ended Friday night as workers deserted and gave up. Supplies had been dwindling for weeks, with relief provided by commission stores only after cuts to provision levels.
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Chicago
Commission
Reapportionment Plan Backed by Republican House Group
Washington report notes 391 member house as current base for reapportionment plan. Campbell of Kansas led a defeated motion 56 to 91, later reconsidered and adopted 70 to 55 with about fifteen Republicans present to set party policy on census based redistricting. Naples item reports Scotland Yard arrests eight men in connection with Peter The Painter case, longtime Russian anarchist hunted since the Sidney Street affair.
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Washington
House
Campbell
Kansas
Naples
Scotland Yard
Peter
Thea
Sidney Street
Watterson's Son Found Insane in Saugerties Shooting
A commission ruled Ewing Watterson insane on July 1 after he shot Michael J. Martin in Saugerties. Watterson, son of Col Henry Watterson of Louisville, remains confined as mental health proceedings continue.
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Kingstown
Ewing Watterson
Col Ienry Watterson
Louisville
Watterson
Michael J. Martin
Saugerties
Bang
Bank Burglary Bill Advances in Senate
The senate passed a bill Friday defining bank burglary with explosives as a penitentiary offense. Anyone breaking into a building and attempting to force a safe or vault by explosives would face a sentence of ten to thirty years on conviction.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Lynchers Convicted in Newark Manslaughter Case
William McKinley a shopkeeper was found guilty of manslaughter over the July lynching of Carl Etherington a detective for Newark s dry element McKinley the second mob leader convicted in the case.
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Newark
Ohio
William McKinley
Carl Etherington
McKinley
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham vegetable compound for health
Mrs Jommnson of Scottville Michigan says the Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Sanative Vashi eased her farm life burden. She claims no backache and bearing down pains since using the remedy and says it helped her daughter with painful periods.
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Beottville
Mich
Lydia E.pinkham
Kess
Lydia
Pink
Ham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
J.G. Jommnson
Scottville
Lydia T. Pinkham
Opinion Not Always Final: Doctor Opposes Engagement
The pretty daughter of a physician is engaged to a college student. The doctor deems them too young and opposes the match. She tells her lover father says he will have to give you up, prompting a hopeful remark about timing when a parent yields.
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Rebaboth
Sunday Herald
The Cannibal King Scorches at Lunch in Royal Sketch
A humorous dialogue unfolds as a royal cook reports a burnt dish to the Cannibal King. The king reacts with a scorching remark, and the scene closes with a brisk capture of the cook. The spoof references a coast setting and a playful courtly tone.
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Maestty
Healthful Grape Nuts Benefit Brain and Body
A Boston educator recovers from nervous exhaustion after years as a teacher and credits Grape Nuts with relieving constipation and boosting brain power and stamina. The testimonial asks readers to see The Road to Wellville and note the product’s health claims.
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Boston
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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