Ogden Water Works Ownership Debate Returns
A flood of brief Utah items covers Ogden water works ownership calls, local theft reports, mining accidents, railway work, and a trolley collision. Notable: a firefighter falls from a quarry derrick. a Salt Lake man at the state hospital claims two wives. Utes travel by caravan with a cavalry escort. urban crime and labor counts appear in disparate notes.
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Ogden
Caratat Rowe
State Board of Health
Salt Lake
Hoxeir
George Kralzes
Maihreudet
East Lake City
Hellman Gold
Dutchmen Riot In Curacao Over Venezuelan Provocations
Venezuelan Consul in Caracas fled to the German consulate as riots broke out in Willemstad Curacao. A 1,000 strong mob attacked a Venezuelan resident, forced him to apologize publicly, and the crowd jeered while playing the Dutch hymn and shouting anti Castro and anti Castro slogans. Troops were deployed to patrol the city.
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Caracas
Willemstad Curacao
Venezuela
Curacao
Dutch West Indies
Curaca
Castro
Senor Lopez
Thea Qonsul
Deorsa
Corn Corner Collapses After July Oats Slump
The July oats option fell 66 cents per bushel on the board, with little market reaction due to previously light trading. Experts link the drop to expected large crop movements and a congested market outlook for the coming weeks.
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Board of Trade
Mail Pouch Robber Caught in Kansas City
Kansas City authorities arrest Charles Sigvage and a Black man in a bold theft at Union Station. They allege a mail pouch theft on June 6 involving $10,000 sent from Los Angeles to a New York City bank. Police claim strong evidence ties Savage to the crime and seek recovery of the funds.
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Kansas City
Charles Sigvage & Negro
Kansig City Union Station
Los Angeles
New York City
Hitchcock to form executive committee from national committee
Frank H. Hitchcock as chairman of the Republican national committee announces a plan to create an executive committee drawn entirely from the national committee members. The proposed lineup includes Charles F. Brooker, TFE Coleman, William Borah, and others from Connecticut Delaware Idaho Illinois Missouri Nebraska New York North Carolina Pennsylvania with Hitchcock directing the action.
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Chiergo
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
Tfe Coleman
Dupont
Delaware
William Ii Borah
Idaho
Rank O Lowen Illinoia
Charles Nagel
Missouri
Victor Rosewater
Nebraska
William J. Ward
New York
Edward C Duncan
North Carolina
Boles Penrose
Pennsylvania
Chaairman Hitchcock
National Committee
Democratic Committee Chooses Officers After Conference
Norman Mack Chegen chairs the selection for the national Democratic committee officers after a 1% session hour conference with William Jennings Bryan and John Kern. Officers named include Chairman Norman IX Mack of Buffalo New York and Secretary Urey Woodson of Kentucky.
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Norman Mack Chegen
Chicago
William J Bryan
John Wo Kern
National Dahecratia Committee
Norman IX. Mack
Duffalo
L P, Hall
Braska
N OC
Haskell
Oklahoma
John I Martin
Aissouri
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Unrest in Central America Sparks War Fears
Report from steamer Newport passengers details widespread anarchy in Guatemala with murders and flight, pink plague cases aboard and two American women missing after visiting Guatemala City. President Cabrera allegedly transfers funds to Paris and London amid bitter public sentiment. Honduras and Nicaragua also described as unsettled with war believed imminent.
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San Francisco
Newport
Guatemala
San Jose de Guatemala
Sa Hna Cruz
Mexico
San Jose
Guatemala City
Cabrera
Paris
London
Honduras
Nicaragua
Celebration at Quebec Opens Three Hundredth Anniversary Festivities
The Prince of Wales led the Thursday morning pageant marking Quebec’s 300th anniversary founded by Champlain. A notable exchange of addresses occurred between Vice President Fairbanks and the Prince of Wales, each praising U S British relations and the prince sending goodwill to the American government.
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Prince of Wales
Fairbanks Exchange
Quebec
Champlain
Fairbanks
Princes of Wales
United States
Great Britain
Denver & Rio Grande Merger Consolidates Into One
The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, the Rio Grande Western, and all Colorado and Utah subsidiaries except the Rio Grande Southern merged Thursday into a single company to be named the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. It will file incorporation papers and, after notifying stockholders, issue 1 560 000 000 in bonds and 88 600 060 in stock to retire existing bonds and exchange stock for the merged firms.
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Denver, Colo
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company
Rito Grands Western Railroad Company
Colorado
Utah
Rio Grande Southern
Severn Railroads
Denver & Rio Grande and
Rio Grande Western
Storm Kills Tenussivania Guards on Gettysburg Battlefield
On the eve of departure home, at least six Tenussivania National Guard members were killed during a severe electric storm at Gettysburg. Governor Stuart was in a tent with friends when the storm hit, causing tents to collapse and entangle occupants. About fifty men sheltered in the regimental guardhouse. none escaped.
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Gettysburg
Tenussivania National Guard
Stuart
Populist Campaign Opens in Macon Georgia
Populist candidate for president Macon Gay Thomas Watson spoke for an hour at the Grand Opera house to a capacity crowd. He urged Georgia to deliver its electoral vote and said he would back Bryan to defeat Taft if needed. Watson attacked Bryan while praising Roosevelt and Taft.
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Macon
Gay
Thomas &Watson
Grand Opera House
Georgia
Bryan
Taft
Roosevelt
Douglas Declines Democratic National Committee Chair Offer
Former Massachusetts Governor William L Douglas returns from a yachting trip and says he is out of politics. He denies reports from Lincoln that he was offered to chair the Democratic National Committee and states he will not accept the position despite appreciation.
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Monument Beach
Mass
William L Douglas
Lincoln
Nebraska
Democratic National Committee
Rioting at Bombay Mills Ends in Casualties
A 20 000 mill hands strike at Bombay turned violent as British infantry fired to quell the riot. One native was killed and six wounded while police and Europeans suffered injuries. Riots disrupted the Poona mail train and continued into the afternoon as troops restored order.
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Bombay
Tilak
Mill District
Poona
Tiley
voHeys
Fireman Stops Train Robbery In Appleton
In Appleton Wisconsin a masked man jumped from the bag car trench onto the engine cab after the train passed Appleton Junction He wielded a revolver and commanded the driver Louis Wandell to stop the train Gustave Pahl the fireman struck the robber with a coal scoop knocking the weapon loose and forcing the assailant to flee while the train traveled about twenty miles per hour
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Appleton
Wis
Appleton Junction
Louis Wandell
Wandell
Gustave Pahl
Pahl
Slavery Days Revealed at Georgia Prison Probe
Atlanta reports startling disclosures at a legislative investigation into the state prison and convict lease system. Macon merchant Strong testified convicts were lined up and sold like mules, with sick inmates shipped out in exchange for new leases. Albert Rogers described the whipping of Jon Tilsby, a young white boy, for escaping from a camp.
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Atlanta
Legislative Investigation Committee
Macon
Albert L Rogers
Atlant
Jon Tilsby
Embezzler Walker Brought to Hartford in Custody
Hart ford Conn Will am P Walker wanted for embezzling 565000 from Savings Bank of New Britain and 66600 from the Connecticut Baptist convention arrived Friday in custody of state police chief and a Los Angeles detective chief. He was jailed in the county building steel cage after capture in a mining camp about 109 miles south of Ensenada Mexico.
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Hartford
Conn
Willam P. Walker
Savings Bank of
National Irrigation Congress Call For Albuquerque
The executive committee of the National Irrigation Congress issues a call for the eighteenth national irrigation congress to be held in Albuquerque from September 2 to October 3. The four great objects are to forestall floods reclaim deserts and make homes on the land and all interested parties are invited to attend.
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Albuquerque
National Irrigation Congress
Geateenth National Irrigation Congress
Harriman Merger Conference on Standardizing Equipment
Chief engineers from Harriman lines met in Denver to discuss unifying 16 000 miles of Harriman rail assets into one practical system. Isaacs chaired the opening session as consultants sought to standardize equipment for more efficient service and lower costs.
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Denver
Harriman
Standard Oil Co wins appeal in Seventh Circuit case
The Seventh Circuit reverses trial rulings in the Standard Oil Co of Indiana case. It excludes evidence on intent, splits offenses by carload, and says the maximum first offense fine was excessive. Government has 30 days to seek a rehearing. filing likely within period. Judge Grosscup authored the opinion, joined by Daker and Seaman.
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Chicago
United States
Cirect Court of Appeals
Standad Oil Company
Indiana
Landis
Court of Appeals
Tate
Standard Oi] Company
Standard Ol Company
New Jersey
Daker and Seamin
Grosscup
Will Increase Capital at Chicago Oil Company
Chicago based oil firm plans a capital stock increase of 200 million dollars, extending total capital to 606 million. The move follows a U.S. appeals court reversal of a prior ruling, with a projected earnings decline of about 10 million for the fiscal year as dividends are kept modestly aligned with the larger equity base.
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Chicago
United States Court of Appeals
Landis
Cail News
Standard O11
Girl hurt in punishment case involving Treiberg mayor’s daughter
Grete Bele, daughter of Treiberg’s mayor, was severely harmed between dusk and dawn on Wednesday in a case tied to her engagement to engineer Preffler. The king of Sasony refused pardon as parties discuss the brutal act and its international attention.
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Sreibert
Grete Bele
Wigear
Treiberg
Dask
Sasony
Elgil
Preffler
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