Utah region news 却 mood of progress and disasters
A sweeping Utah summary reports Beaver woolen mills reopening under new ownership, a Whitird power plant in Elder county, and a Salt Lake to Ogden railroad expected by June. It notes fires escapes in Ogden schools, mass meetings on liquor, rail spur plans, and temperance activity, alongside accidents, murders, and a wave of farming and cattle shipments.
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St George
Bicom
Beaver
Whitird
Bow Elder
Ichi Eitizens
Salt Lake & Ogden
Ogden
Board of Education of
Ann Clemons
Nauvoo
England
Santaquin
Clemons
South Fork Canyon
Hunts Ville
Ephraim
Tobacco regions face flight to other states in Kentucky
Farmers across Kentucky tobacco districts threaten to abandon farming as warnings arrive and armed guards stand watch. Tenant farmers plan to move to other states, while many owners sell property and prepare to leave. Jedges murder and raids heighten alarm amid threats with matches powder and poison.
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Lexington
Kentucks
Jedges
Nicholas County
Woodford
Mount Sterling
President to send Congress a sweeping reform program
President Roosevelt drafts a legislative program to be urged in a special message to Congress after March 4 1909. The plan covers tariff revision the Sherman law amendments limits on court injunctions in labor disputes and an Employers liability reform plus passage of the Aldrich financial bill.
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Washington
Moosevelt
Congress
Reviston
Aldrich Financial
Hayti President Nord Alexis Declares Quiet Republic
In a Sunday palace interview President Nord Alexis said conditions in the republic are tranquil and he can preserve order and protect foreign interests. He noted no need for further action against revolution participants beyond punishing disloyal soldiers.
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Port Au Prince
Nord Alexis
Battleship Fleet to Visit Japan in Historic Show of Power
American battle fleet to visit Japan after cordial invitation from Emperor and Baron Takahira. President Roosevelt and cabinet approve acceptance as Metcalf and Pillsbury plan itinerary. China may be invited next, with other invitations likely declined to keep Atlantic bound by March.
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Washington
Japan
Root
Baron Takahira
Roosevelt
China
Metcalf
Admiral Pillsbury
Iton
Atlantic
Man convicted for church murder faces July execution in Denver
Giuseppe Alia denied a new trial after being found guilty of killing Father Leo Heinrichs at St Elizabeth's Catholic Church in Denver. The court sentenced him to be hanged in the week starting July 12. He attempted suicide by beating his head against cell bars, leaving him bruised and weak under guard.
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Denver
Colo
District Court
Greeley W Whitford
Giuseppe Alia
Leo Heinrichs
St Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
Alia
Proposed Tariff Commission Bill Aims At Free List Power
A bill by Senator La Poulette would authorize a Tariff Commission and the president to suspend tariff schedules and place articles on a free list if combined factors affect production or wages in the U S or foreign markets. The commission would have one member per judicial circuit, with diverse expertise and no Congressional ties. Members receive 10000 dollars yearly, with staggered ten year terms after an initial eleven years.
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Washington
la Poulette
United States
Congress
Final decree favoring Carter in engineer corps case
Judges Wohlsaat at Chicago's United States Circuit Court issued a final decree in Oberlin M Carter former captain in the engineer corps. The ruling finds most findings in his favor though his share is modest and the government must bear litigation costs Carter is awarded 1500 dollars as taint free funds in the suit.
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Chicago
Oberlin M Carter
United States Engineer Corps
Wohlsaat
United States Circuit
Carter
Venezuelan High Court Voids Fitzgerald Concession
In Caracas Venezuela the high federal court ruled against the Mine Company and the Orinoco Company limited American interests. The decision, not subject to appeal, nullifies the Fitzgerald concession and affects ongoing diplomatic discussions between Washington and President Castro. Rudulph Dolge representing Orinoca protested the ruling at the American legation.
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Caracis
Venezuela
High Federal Court of
Orinoco Company, Limited
Pitzgerald
Washington
Castro Rudulph Dolge
Orinoca Company
Vessels of French Fishing Fleet Lost At Sea
A coastwide review shows about 50 lives lost from 251 mariners who perished in ten St Pierre Miquelon fleet wrecks in heavy gales off New Zealand and British North American waters during the fall and winter seas. About 25 Newfoundland fishermen were also lost in these storms.
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Boston
Mass
New Zingland
British North America
St Pierre Miquelon
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Coloradoans Seek End to Rio Grande Labor Lockout
Denver business groups led by the chamber of commerce plan measures to settle the Denver and Rio Grande railroad dispute they call an unjustifiable lockout. Merchants report raising funds to host conventions and to shield Denver from the panic's impact, arguing railroads benefit from labor stability and deserve efforts to avert trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Cole
Denver & Rio Grande
Chamber of Commerce
Denver
Colorado
Senator Lamb Reports Prisoner Torture In Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus Ohio Senator Lamb visiting the Ohio penitentiary described a prisoner hanging by his wrists and said attendants tried to keep him from the man. The prisoner noted he had been hanging since Thursday with bread and water as his only sustenance and promised an investigation.
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Columbus
Senator Lamb
Toledo
Ohio
Atendants
Corporations Fight City Tax Demands in Los Angeles
Edison Electric and Home Telephone officials filed formal demands seeking refunds totaling 74,000 dollars for taxes paid under protest and under duress. Edison seeks 50,379 dollars and Home 24,435 dollars, claiming the assessor charged more than a fair share.
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Los Angeles
Ldison Electric Company
Home Telephone Company
Ynday
Ydison Company
Home Company
Senate Approves Steamship Subsidy Bill With Tonnage Rate Cuts
The senate passed a ship subsidy bill covering sixteen knot vessels on routes to South America the Philippines Japan China and Australia at four dollars per mile. Twelve knot vessels now receive two dollars per mile matching the old sixteen knot rate. Amendments require one ship to stop at two ports south of Cape Charles if multiple Atlantic to South American services run and cap total subsidies to match government receipts. Hale urged an auxiliary navy to prevent reliance on foreign fleets in war.
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Washington
Senate
South America
Phillippines
Japan
China
Australia
Atlantic
Cape Charles
Ilale
Congressman Littlefield Resigns From Maine Seat
Governor Cobb received a Sunday resignation letter from Congressman Charles I Littlefield representing Maine’s Second district. He steps down to resume his law practice, which has been seriously interfered with by congressional duties.
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Rockland
Cobb
Charles I. Littlefield
Maine
Littlefields
Senator Bryan Dead in Florida Typhoid Fatality
Senator William James Bryan of Florida died at Providence hospital at 8:30 Sunday morning from typhoid fever. He had served only seventy three days since succeeding the late Senator Stephen R Mallory who died December 23. He spent thirty three days of his time contending with illness, and his death marks the seventh senator to die since the adjournment of the Tift ninth Congress on March 4 last year.
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Washington
United States
William James Bryan
Florida
Providence Hospital
Stephen R Mallory
Bryan
Senate
Germans and Hottentots clash in Kalahari desert battle
Berlin reports a clash between German expeditionary forces and Hottentots in the Kalahari. Fifty eight Hottentots killed, several captured. German losses heavy with Captain von Trehert, Lieutenant Obinger, and twelve soldiers killed or wounded. March 6 to 15 march marches and fierce fighting described.
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Berlin
South Africa
Germain
Cochis
Ercheit
Hote Tentot
Nexr
Kroppers
Berlin Reichstag Row Over Negro Comment Sparks Journalists Strike
During a colonial budget debate in the Reichstag, Herr Erzberte of the centrist party called the government’s treatment of negoes in the colonies immoral. A journalist chant elicited by the remark prompted the centrist to rise, and Herr Broe ber demanded an apology. Journalists, offended by the insult to their profession, threaten a strike unless a proper apology is issued.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Erzberte
Tribune
Sume
Reports on Count Tolstoi’s Illness Reach Moscow
Reports from St Petersburg say Count Leo Tolstoi fainted and remained unconscious for a time after an influenza attack. Two physicians traveled from Moscow to Yasnaya Polyana, his estate, as the daughter in law in St Petersburg denied any notification and doubted the severity.
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St Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
Moscow
Yasnasya Polyana
Woman 29 Adopts 46-Year-Old Man as Son in Lowell
Miss Wilhelmina Crawford of Lowell aged 29 adopted James Butler aged 46 in a superior court proceeding. Butler, orphaned young, was raised in Crawford's family and she expressed motherly affection prompting the adoption.
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Lowell Mass
Wilhelmina Crawford
Superior Court
James Butler
Crawford
Sage
Butler
Lost Money in Speculation at Port Huon Mich
Attorneys for the United Nate Protector Tater nity of this cells announce that Supreme Secretary W L Wilson confessed misusing 75000 of the institution funds. Banking Commissioner Zimmerman has taken charge as the money was lost in mining ventures and electric railroad promotions, with records falsified to cover the period.
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Port Huon Mich
United Nate Protector
Supreme
W L Wilson
Zimmerman
Telephone Trust Profits Reported By A T T President
President Vail reports AT T profits of 23479 in the year, up from 17857000 last year. He describes the system as nationwide with millions of subscribers and miles of circuits, noting 1664000 miles of wire and unified local exchanges under one large network.
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New York
Vail
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
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Bingham Junction
Mace Cochran
Mat Zoraph
Cochran
Samuel Mulholland
Salt Lake City
Mulholland
James Jensen
Mt Pleasant
Richie Burns II
Burns
Lawrence G. Cracroft
East Lake
Cracroft
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Admiral Deans
San Diego Harbor
URI
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Proposed Tariff Commission
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Oberlin Carter
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Littlefield
Senator Bryan
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