Various Utah Local Notices Reported In Vernal Express
Readable items include Willard tabernacle remodel cost of 1000 dollars. A Bexelder county cannery contracting for tomatoes at 38 a ton. Plans for an Asiatic exclusion league in East Lake City. Contagious disease among horses near Salina. Salt Lake businessmen form Native Sons Boosting association. Oscar Horton of Goshen wounded in eye. Ogden pawnshop keeper fined 125 dollars for receiving stolen goods. Laws of 1907 nearly ready for delivery around March 20. Denver & Rio Grande shops restore 300 workers in Salt Lake. Mant and Springville clubs note business opportunities in steam laundry wool plant and mills. Senator Sutherland secures pension for Culbert King from Walker Indian war. Measles epidemic in Kaysville persists. Springville drug clerk fined 200 dollars and six months jail. Woman’s league urges child labor bill with telegrams to Washington. Hog plague reduces pork demand in Weber County. Mrs Dalth Jane Howe assaults Mrs Beck in Salt Lake City. Howe arrested. Iron County Telephone files incorporation for Cedar City link. Weber county woolgrowers form association. Lehi boys charged with taking coal from cat side track. Estate of Jesse Price sues Oregon Short Line for 50000 dollars. Payson defeats Nephi in rabbit shoot. 171 to 19 rabbits. State fair exhibitor shows hybrid buffalo, 2200 pounds, valued at 10000 dollars.
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Ogden
Denver & Rio Grande
Salt Lake
Mant and
Springvile
Mantl
Springville
Sutherland
Pension Bureau
Culbert King of Coyote
Kaysville
Justice Court
Woman's League
Salt Lake City
Washington
Weber County
Orden
Dalth Jane Howe
Fairfield
JL L Beck
Beck
Iron County ‘L Telephone Company
Cedar City
Woolgrowers
Weber County Woolgrowers’ Association
Lehi
Jesse Price
Lewiston
Richmond
Oregon Short Line
Payson
Nephi
Nephites
Utah State Fair Association
Priest Murder at Altar in Denver Church
Father Leo Heinrichs was shot during Mass at St. Mirabeth’s Catholic Church on Curtis Street. The Italian anarchist Giuseppe Guainaccio seized the gun, confessed a grudge against priests, and was captured after a short chase. authorities say the priest was killed instantly.
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Denver
Leo Heinrichs
St.Mirabeth’s
Aventh
Curtis Streets
Guuseppe Guainaccio
Leo
Cuarnaccio
Teluridis
Leopold Again In Hot Water
Brussels reports grow of crisis in the Congo free State annexation dispute. King Leopold demands control of the special fund and a 90 million dollar slush fund, while the government resists and hints at resignation to trigger elections likely unfavorable to the king.
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Congo Free State
Brussels
Belgium
Leopold
Negro Runs Amuck and Kills Chief of Police
In Yayetteside North Carolina Chief Benton was shot dead in front of his home after church services. Sam Murchison, described as crazed, also wounded two other people before the fatal shooting. Murchison was captured about an hour later and placed in a cell after a third struggle with officers and an attempted lynching. The chief’s 16 year old son was wounded by a pistol shot during the ensuing chaos.
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Yayetteside
Benton
Sam Murchison
Murchison
Heigs
D Tr Awd
United States Renounces Interference in Manchurian Affairs
The state department announced that no official protests or reports have been received about Japanese commercial aggression in Manchuria and that the U S government does not intend to address Japan or any other power on the issue when the battleship fleet reaches its destination.
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Washington
State Department
Manchuria
Japan
Lisbon Crisis Grows as Government Struggles with Two Fires
In Lisbon the government tightens control amid threats of liberal agitation and reactionary plots. A prominent reformist politician has left for the Azores, while plans consider delaying April elections and recalling the dissolved parliament. The Setubal situation worsens as the gunboat Yatre is sent to the port.
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Lisbon
Azores
Setubal
Yatre
Perjury Recantation Rocks Murder Conviction
Eighteen year old Jerry McUo y w Vzrat testifies against Bohemian fortuneteller Hermin Bilik in a murder case and is said to recant in an affidavit claiming the testimony was perjury taught by a police official and an assistant state's attorney. Bilik faces hanging March 20 as the supreme court affirmed the judgment, with governor potential clemency sought.
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Chicago
Jerry McUo
Vzrat
Hermin Buiik
Sla
Bilhk
Supreme Court
Goverlnor Deneen
Bilik
Fish Beater by Harriman Reach Illinois Central Row
Judge Ball dissolved last October’s injunction blocking Harriman interests from voting 281231 shares of Illinois Central at the March 2 meeting. The ruling allows Union Pacific and Railroad Securities to vote the stock. Mr Fish may pursue further steps to regain possession, with trial on the merits to follow.
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Chicago
Bell
Superior Court
Stuyvesant Fish
Harriman
Illinois Central Railroad
Fish
Finois
Union Pacific Railroad
Railroad Securities Company of New Jersey
Illinois Central
Ball
E. B Farrar
New Orleans
Spy Ensign Ullmo Sentenced for Life at Toulon Court Martial
Ensign Charles B Ullmo of the French navy was found guilty by a Toulon court martial of attempting to sell naval secrets to a foreign power. He received life imprisonment in a fortress and rank degradation. The court said he abstracted state security documents and communicated them but did not actually possess the papers.
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Toulon
France
Charles B Ullmo
Lfe
Ulmo
Woman denounces husband as murderer at hotel
Mrs XE Frazier accuses husband of murder and surrenders him to police after a quarrel at the Hotel Catalini in Los Angeles. She claims Frazier killed someone in Indianapolis four years ago and detectives fail to confirm details.
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Los Angeles
Catalini
XE Frazier
Frazier
Indianapolis
T Ravier
Stoessel Sentenced to Death by Military Court
Lieutenant General Stoessel was condemned to death for surrendering Port Arthur to Japanese forces. General Smirnoff and Major General Reiss were acquitted for lack of proof. The court urged commuting Stoessel’s sentence to ten years in fortress imprisonment and removal from service.
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St Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Fock
Smirnoff
Reiss
Vader
Rild
Genera Smirnoff
Powder House Horror at Hercules Plant in Pinole
A massive blast at the Judson packing house of the Hercules powder works in Pinole killed 28 workers including foreman W W Stilwell and white men Manuel Dnas Joseph Grace and W A Rodrigues. About ten tons of dynamite exploded, destroying sheds and causing extensive losses. The Du Pont De Mours plant faced an estimated $100000 loss and no cause was established.
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Berkeles
Bay Region
Judson Packing House
Hercules Powder Works
Pinole
Here
W Stilwell
Manuel Dnas
Joseph Grace
W A. Rodregues
Hercules
du Pont de Mours Powder Trust
Crime of Insane Woman in Denver Slays Family
Bodies of Mary E Nixon, 60, her daughter Mistie Canter, 35, and her 12 year old grandson were found in their city cottage with a sponge over the mouth and nose. Police believe Mrs Canter, mentally unbalanced, was the prime author of the deed. The three had been dead about a week when neighbors discovered them.
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Denver
Mary E Nixon
Mistie Canter
Canter
Nighbors
Black Hand Threatens to Blow Up Powder Magazine
A letter signed Black Hand to Commander Braunsrueter at Iona Island naval magazine threatens to blow up 3 million pounds of smokeless powder and explosives unless married men discharged by January 1, 1908 are rehired. The note demands immediate action to restore employment.
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New York
Braunsrueter
United States Naval
Iona Island
Blood Poisoning From Licking Stamps At Post Office
Miss Myra Silvervale of Norfolk Conn is hospitalized with a tongue disease believed to stem from contact with postage stamps while working as a Norfolk post office assistant. Doctors in the hospital report the condition is exceedingly painful and currently unexplained by surgeons.
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New York
Myra Silvervale
Norfolk
Conn
Slugged Robbery Hits Colorado Springs Merchant
Druggist and wholesale liquor dealer Ottoe Feh tinger was slugged shot and robbed on a country road three miles northeast of Colorado Springs by an unknown man who lured him with a tale of selling fine wine. A diamond stud ring valued at 1660 dollars and a cash roll plus checks totaling 660 dollars were taken. Feh tinger is in critical condition.
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Colorado Springs
Colon
Ottoe Fehtinger
Harrowing Lighthouse Keepers Tale Amid Ice Peril
Jon Berner endured seven days in a Toledo harbor lighthouse with the corpse of Captain Delos Hayden. He described a nerve wracking vigil, dangerous ice, and treacherous passages as he finally attempted to reach shore, slipping into icy water and narrowly escaping death.
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Toledo
Captain Delos Hayden
Jon Leemer
Hayden
Berner
Bemer
American fleet may visit Australia after Pacific voyage
Secretary Metcalf disclosed at the cable clerks meeting an Australian invitation for the fleet to visit Australia or some vessels to travel that route. He acknowledged this to be the first authentic hint of fleet movements after the San Francisco journey. He said the exact plan is not determined and while a return via Suez is likely some ships could be sent by the Australian route, but he cannot promise it.
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Washington
Metcalf
San Francisco
Suez
Maryland Sails to World Records at Magdalena Bay
The Maryland naval crew set two world marks during target practice at Magdalena Bay. With a three inch gun they achieved 1865 hits per minute, a perfect 1000 percent, no misses. Six inch guns yielded 843 hits per 1075 possible, winning the contest for the Maryland team.
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San Franccisco
Magdalena Bay
Maryland
Marylands
Lilley Grilling on Electric Boat Submarine Probe
Representative Lilley of Connecticut seeks an inquiry into Electric Boat Company methods used to influence the House Naval Affairs Committee. His resolution, sent to the committee, may be reported to the House if substantial grounds are proven.
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Washington
Lilley
Connecticut
Eectric Boat Company
House Committee On Navil Affairs
House
Railroads to Increase Telegraph Operators Under New Law
In Topeka the Rock Island and Santa Fe railroads plan to add operators to meet the federal nine hour workday. Rock Island in the southwestern district will unleash six more operators with Chicago approving the move. Santa Fe eastern division leaders met last week and also decided on staff increases.
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Topeka
Rock Island
Santa Fe
South Western
Chicago
Society Woman Mrs William Proudtt Burden Found Dead
New York socialite Natha Rives Belmont daughter and Washington society favorite was found dead in her Fifth Avenue home. Coroner ruled death accidental from gas poisoning caused by a disconnected gas tube from a chandelier to a drop light, which released gas as she lay propped in bed.
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William Proudtt Burden
Natha Rives
O H P Belmont
New York
Newpolis
Washington
Fifth Avenue
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Salina
Native Sons’ Boostnn Association
Oscar Horton
Goshen
Heinrichs
Negro
United States
Lisgch
Portugal
BY Harriman
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Suez Canal
Australia
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