Slag Day Proclamation Noted Amid Utah Activities
Governor Cutler proclaims Slag Day for June 15 as Utah reports a fatal scalding, burns from a gas tank explosion, a $500 fine for a rail company, fruit grower organizing efforts, bear trouble near Mantan forest, and a slate of civic incidents from crimes to hospitalizations. Local honors mark President Young’s birthday anniversary. Ogden and Salt Lake figures feature injuries, thefts, and hospitalizations along with tourism boosts and post office pay raises.
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Cutler
Lucile Rebon
Salt Lake
Tom Leve
Ogden
Utah
Weber County
Mant Natsjonal Forest
Ogden Lacin
Hingram Young
Salt Lake Valley
Tah
Tornado tears through Charles City Iowa
A Sunday tornado hit Charles City Iowa at about 5 pm demolishing about 200 residences and barns. One man W R Geck was killed and four children were reported missing. The storm tore a ten rod wide path from three miles southwest into the city and northeast of town, toppling barns, uprooting trees, and lifting water from the riser bed. Buildings were damaged and livestock killed or scattered along the route.
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Charles City
Ilowa
W R Geck
Charles City College
Fatal County Seat War Feared in Eufaula Shootout
In Eufaula Sunday afternoon a clash between about fifteen Checotah men and local residents left Deputy Woods fatally wounded and Joseph Parmeter injured. Woods was shot while trying to disarm Parmeter as rifles and revolvers fired. The men aimed to seize county records from the courthouse and ship them to Checotah, while townspeople defended the court order and temporary injunction issued by the supreme court.
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Eufaala Ohla
Checotah
Liufawla
Eufaula
Woods
Joseph Parmete
Efe
Fufaula
Supreme Court
A Crazy Man and a Gun
Dr Joseph Pospisiel, a pension office employee in Washington, led police on a six hour siege firing at pedestrians and homes. He reloaded and shot at officers as they approached, firing about fifty rounds with none taking effect before he killed himself.
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Washington
Joseph Pospisiel
Divorced Wife Sale Leads to Fatal Gunshot in San Francisco
San Francisco May Zucker man a real estate firm Zuckerman Co died at St Marys hospital from a gunshot wound claimed to be from his divorced wife. He had told hospital staff his injury resulted from an accident but later left a note for Dr Almer Veil detailing the alleged facts.
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Charles Lote
Robley D Vivans
Brooklyn Fo
Ogden
James Bower
Salt Lake
Walter Swetman
Park City
Swetman
San Francisco
Zuckerman
Zuckerman & Co
St Mary’s Hospital
Almer F Veil
King Edward and royal party welcomed aboard Victoria and Albert
King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived with Princess Victoria and a large suite to the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. Royal salutes fired as German sailors cheered the monarchs. A guard of honor and marching bands greeted the visitors who remained for about an hour.
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Niel
Edward
Ard
Victoria and Albert
Alexandri
Victoria
Kenty
Prussia
Californian Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life
San Francisco resident George Scott a 23 year old drug clerk shot and killed his wife Blanche 19 on a sidewalk at Golden Gate avenue and Webster street before killing himself. The couple had been recently married and reportedly quarreled over jealousy. Both bodies taken to the morgue.
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San Francisco
George Scott
Blanche
Golden Gate Avenue
Tornado Sweeps KMISAS and Nebraska With Heavy Toll
A severe tornado tore through southern Nebraska and northern Kansas Friday evening, the most destructive storm in years. At least twenty one people are dead, five fatally injured, and many more hurt. Byron Nebraska and Courtland Kansas reported fatalities and isolation as rains followed, leaving storm victims without shelter overnight. The towns of Phillipsburg Kansas and Courtland Kansas suffered heavy damage and loss.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Kansas
Byron
Neb
Courtland
Kan
Phillipsburg
Kans
Plague Hits Laguaira as Port Opened by Castro
Caracas reports Laguaira remains isolated despite Castro’s May 29 port opening. Daily new plague cases strain finances as merchants exhaust funds, leaving destitute and authorities without money to help or fight the outbreak.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
Laguaira
Commercial Travelers Arrive for Salt Lake City Meeting
Arrangements are set for the fifteenth annual outing and grand council of the United Commercial Travelers in Salt Lake City on June 18 19 and 20. Delegates and many visitors from the inter mountain west are expected for three days of entertainment and profit with parade programs decorations and other preparations reported on schedule.
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Ogden
Utah
Ephraim
Milford
American Fouk
Beaver
Brigham
Lehi
Passen
Provo
St George
Bands
West Jordin Salt Lake National Banks
Trollo
Department of Utah
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Oregon Short Line
Salt Lake
United Commercial
Willard
Inter Mountain
Twenty Three Men Dead as Result of Bad Air and Gas
In Gladstone’s Gold King mine Silverton reports twenty three men missing and feared dead after a fire destroyed the mine building Rescue workers entered with a party of thirty four to locate the missing on the fifth level but encountered dangerous air on the fourth level Fourteen reached the surface while twenty were overcome by gas
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Silverton, Cole
Gold King
Gladstone
Three Sisters Named in Santa Barbara Will
Mrs Mary Ryan leaves the bulk of her £50000 estate to three sisters in a will filed here. Two sisters named are Mrs Katie Whitney and Mrs Anna Doud, both of Brook Inn. The whereabouts and married name of Bridget Laddy, the third sister, are unknown.
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Santa Barbara
Cai
Mary Ryan
Katie Whitney
Anna Doud
Brook Inn
Bridget Laddy
Wyoming Soldier Weds Frances Lipscomb in Baltimore
Douglas C Cordiner Laramie W30 a United States Naval Academy graduate eloped with Miss Frances Lipscomb of Washington and was married in Baltimore. Cordiner is assigned to the battleship Mississippi and will depart for the Mediterranean station later this summer, separating the couple.
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Washington
Douglas C Cordiner
Laramie
United States Naval Academy
Frances Lipscomb
Baltimore
Ten Years for Stealing a Million in Pittsburg Depot Bank
Harry Reiber and Join Young former paying teller and auditor were sentenced to ten years each for embezzling 1 105 000 from Farmers Deposit National Bank. Prosecutor Ferguson said the shortage began in the Leiter wheat deal in Chicago in 1897 and the loss started by Young, then grew as the defalcation expanded.
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Pittsburg
Farmers' Deposit National Bank
Harry Reiber
Join Young
Ferguson
Retber
Chicago
Young
GodIn
Major Dreyfus Survives Paris Pantheon Shooting
At the canonization ceremonies for Zola in the Pantheon Paris, Major Alfred Dreyfus was shot at by Louis Antonie Gregori a military writer. The attacker aimed two shots striking Dreyfus in the forearm but did not injure the bone. Gregori was seized and jailed as chaos erupted and speculation swirled around motives and royalist influence.
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Paris
Mile Zola
Pantheon
France
Louis Anthone Gregori
Alfred Dreyfus
Zola
Lfe
Dreyfus
Soldbberg
Gregori
L’action Francaise
Butte Snowbound In Darkness Across City and Mines
Butte Montana was cut off by eight inches of snow and driving rain, leaving the city in darkness as overhead wires tangled and power and streetcar service halted. Mines were closed, and railway lines east of Missoula faced serious damage with tracks and roadbed washed away. The Northern Pacific redeployed pile drivers and borrowed equipment to confront widespread flooding and rail disruption. Ten thousand men fought the rising waters as rain continued.
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Butte
Mont
Tricia
Sorby
Missoula
Northern Pacific
Helena
Torents
Woman in Olalla Charged With Cremation Murder
Mrs Madeline King of Olalla Washington, now jailed in Seattle, is charged with murdering her husband Edward King. She confessed to burning his body after learning about cremation from a neighbor and built a pyre near their cabin. Her daughter is in West Seattle.
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Seattle
Madeline King
Olalla Wash
Edward King
Anna Marie Fisher
West Seattle
Banks to pay interest on government deposits under new law
Congress passed a currency law requiring banks holding government funds to pay interest on deposits. An exception exists for national depositories used solely for government expenses. About 72 million dollars in funds are affected, with a similar amount in depositories not taxed.
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Washington
Congress
Anti Tuberculosis League Opens First Annual Convention
The American Anti Tuberculosis league held its first annual convention in St Louis, uniting physicians and laymen from across the country. The organization works in medical and legal departments to develop eradication methods through medicines and legislation, and it owns no property, operating as a wholly charitable entity.
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St Louis Mo
American Anti Tuberculosis League
Death in Trail of Tornado at Geneva Nebraska
A late Friday afternoon tornado near Geneva Nebraska killed a four year old girl and a farmwoman named Smith, injured Mrs Shively and a farmhand named Russell who died later. John H Shively’s farmhouse was demolished one mile west of Geneva. Vr Shive r and a young son were seriously hurt. The storm damaged several buildings including the industrial school engine house. other injuries were reported.
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Geneva
John H Shively
Shively
Smith
Russell
Vr Shiver
Industrial School For Girls
Explosion Aboard Tennessee Craser During Speed Trial
A steam pipe burst in the starboard engine room of the United States armored cruiser Tennessee during a speed trial off Point Hueneme Cal. Four men killed and ten injured, all in the engine compartment at the time. The explosion occurred minutes after Admiral Uriel Sebree, Captain B&B Howard, and Chief Engineer Robertson left the engine room on inspection.
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San Pedro
Cal
United States Armored Craser
Tennessee
Point Huenene
Uriel Sebree
Ir B&b Howard
Robertson
Auto Turned a Somersault Near Brunswick Germany
A fatal auto mobile accident occurred near Brunswick Germany killing Lieutenant Commander Ashman and First Lieutenant Johannes Fitzsche. First Lieutenant Elmanhorst and the chauffeur Licke were severely injured as the high powered car overturned while trying to avoid a cyclist.
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Brunswick
Germaany
Tidas
Ashman
Johannes Fitzsche
Elmanhorst
Licke
Eight Die in Street Car Collision in Annapolis
Eight persons were killed and many injured in a head on collision between two specials on the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric railroad near Annapolis Maryland on Friday night. The wreck occurred during preparations for festival events at the Nava academy. Both cars involved were special street cars.
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Annapolis
Washington
Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroad
Conn Ction
Nava Academy
Brown and Bread Triumph in Georgia Primary Victory
With almost all counties tallied Joseph W. Brown leads the Democratic Primary by 15000 in Georgia. Governor Smith loses his home Fulton and other large counties. Friday parades in Atlanta celebrate Browns win as marchers display bread loaf symbols for the Brown campaign.
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Atlanta
Joseph W. Brown
Smith
Fulton
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