Utah News Roundup Sees Additions and Accidents Across Provo to Park City
Construction expands in Provo with a $15000 woolen mill addition as crews camp near Lagoon. Richfield clears diphtheria. Provo fights hoboes, a boy injured near Lehi, and a murder trial slated for a new hearing. Varied reports include a John Judge Memorial Stone event in Salt Lake City, a fatal mine accident at Park City, and a large grasshopper bounty payout across Sanpete and Richfield regions.
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Salt Lake City
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Park City
George Starrison
Springville
Town
Ile
Riehfeld Loan & Investment Company
Alvis Smith
Circleville
Shepherd Ros
Annie Lauarie Company
Denver, Northwestern P Pacific Railroad Company
Salt Lake
Colorado Sear Construction Company
Florence Strikes Paralyze City As 40000 Idle Laborers
In Florence, Italy about 40 000 workers across forty trades are idle after a national strike that began last Friday. Soldiers patrol every square while police and carabineers deter gatherings and suspected agitators. The government, promising order, has cracked down on meetings and arrests, hoping to curb vandalism and prevent spread to Milan and Genoa.
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Florence
Italy
Milan
Genoa
Train blown from track as tornado hits near Meridian
A westbound Chicago and North Western train traveling at 35 mph was struck by a tornado two miles from Meridian. Cars were hurled down an embankment, killing two and injuring more than twenty, with three fatalities and a fire sparked by the crash. The engineer reported seeing the funnel and the wreck occurred around 4400 clock, with help arriving after about an hour and a half.
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Chicago & Northwestern
Meridian
Mino
Tampa
Pennsylvania Legislature May Settle Coal Strike
Rumors in Harrisburg suggest Governor Stone may call an extra session to pursue arbitration of the anthracite coal strike. Officials have not confirmed the plan, but a legislative solution is described as possible if public demand becomes irresistible.
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Harrisburg
Stone
SLAIN IN BATTLE IN CURACAO REPORTS REVOLUTIONARY ARMY FOCUS
Advices from Curacao report Sunday fighting between government forces and the revolutionary army under General Matos. Generals Zelio and Vidal led the advance guard to Divuapa, where after five hours they were defeated. About two hundred revolutionaries were killed or wounded. President Castro is at Cua, twenty five miles from Caracas.
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Vidal
Divuapa
Castro
Cua
Caracas
Needle Point Traveled Arm to Shoulder Revealed
Miss Levadna Laraway of Great Rails Mont described a needle fragment embedded in her right shoulder for three years. She says the needle pierced her hand then traveled through her arm and into her shoulder before surfacing, yet she reports no ongoing trouble from the wound.
Reign of Terror Begins in Coal War Violence
Reports from Bluefield and Tamaqua describe shootings at Crane and Simmons creeks as striking miners clash with guards. John Ruble, a Blacksmith with Coal and Coke, is killed. troops move into the district while violence and property destruction rise and mine output collapses.
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Bluefield
Crane Creek
Simmons Creek
John Ruble
Bagumwore Coal & Coke Company
Ruble
Harney Shumate
Shumate
New River
Capterton
Daniel
Tamaqua
Pittston
ITO
Mystery murder tale cleared by Minneapolis reveal
Waterloo dispatch reports a 33 year old murder mystery solved as the supposed victim, Thomas Frederick, is found alive in Minneapolis. Frederick, once a farm worker for Charles Pickett near Redwood, vanished after a dispute over milking and was believed killed. Pickett died later, and Frederick now travels to rejoin his surviving family members.
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Clyde
Salt Lake
Collins
Olloy
W A Clark
Montana
San Tedro
Salt Lake City
Waterloo
New York
Dispatch
Hale
Trederick
Pickett
Ing Brothers
Glatera
Redwood
Troops Ordered to Fire on Rioting Niners in Pennsylvania Coal Regions
Brigadier General Gobin has ordered soldiers to shoot anyone throwing stones or missiles and to bayonet resistors in the coal districts. The Panther Creek valley has seen ongoing turmoil as troops protect nonunion workers while other areas stay relatively quiet. At Dorrance colliery a false rumor sparked a brief mob, and in Lunsford an encounter left Captain W H Heim slightly injured with several strikers bayoneted.
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Pennsylvania
Gobin
Panther Creek
Dorrance Calliery
Wilkesbarre
Lunsford
W, H Heim
Twelfth Regiment
Mindanao Quake Kills Twenty Moros Near Lake Lanao
A cable from General Chaffee reports a series of earthquakes in Mindanao near Camp Viejo ers adjacent to Lake Lanao. Twenty Moros died as walls collapsed and rivers were diverted. This marks the first major quake during the American occupation of the Philippines.
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Manila
Mindanao
Lake Lanao
Camp Vielers
Chaffie
L’atak
Cotabato
Bold poisoning attempt shocks Blackwell family in Ohio
Unknown intruders burglarize the Combs home at Blackwell Ohio spill poison in coffee injuring Mrs. Alice Combs and son Ernest who lie near death. Thieves steal valuables and flee, later found broken in pieces. A fire set at the house sparked further alarm with no arrests yet.
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Alice Combs
Ernest
Combs
Colombia ready to demand explantion from Nicaragua over revolution aid
Report from Washington says Colombia plans a formal demand to Nicaragua for backing rebels on the isthmus. Colombia would muster formidable land and naval forces if the current jailines revolt is crushed while Zelaya’s cordial relations are described as only nominal.
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Nicaragua
Washington
Core
Corlnte
Senor Concha
Carens
Zelaya
Mindanao Earthquakes Cause Widespread Damage and Fears
Reports from Mindanao describe a Thursday August 2 quake that caused extensive damage with few fatalities. Unconfirmed fears of a volcanic eruption linger in untouched areas as the strongest tremor toppled cannons and buried or burned houses amid landslides and altered landscape.
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Mindanao
Camp Vicars
Isthmus Tensions Rise as Forces Mass at Colon
Reports from Kingston Jamaica say the Nicaraguan has arrived with word that the isthmus remains critical. Colombian government concentrates troops at Lamina and Colon to face anticipated Rebel attacks led by General Herrera. Both sides are reported to be mobilizing all resources.
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Jamaica
Colon
Columbia
Lamina
Herrera
Frightful Epidemic of Cholera in the Orient
An Oriental cholera outbreak spreads from Java to Japan with wide coastal reach. By August 6, 623 European cases and 41 deaths are reported in Kong Kong, 1 049 cases and 164 deaths in the city, and 1 035 cases with 603 deaths outside it. Hundreds die in Java and other Chinese regions report similar mortality.
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Java
Japan
Taeing
Kongkong
Isin Ls
China
De Soto Constable Finds Kidnapped Boy Alive
Constable Pulcher and posse locate the boy thought abducted and murdered by horse trader Charles Julkersen. The youth says Bonnie Lerre Lalkerson, who owed him money, took him to the woods and threatened to kill him. Lalkerson faces jail.
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de Soto
Charles Julkersen
Bonne ‘Lerre
Ullerson
Lalkerson
Reward for Tracy Capture Nears Settlement
The Tracy reward of 4100 dollars faces settlement without court action. Sheriff Gardner informed five Creston men to share with Goldfinch, the informer who led to the fugitive’s capture. Officials expect the five to agree to give Goldfinch a portion of the reward.
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Gardner
Creston
Goldfinch
Violent eviction near Red Ash coal houses in West Virginia
In Red Ash and Beary West Virginia a constable removed striking families from coal company houses about forty families refused to vacate. As the constable began to seize household goods a volley of shots was fired from the river side. The fire 28 returned but no injuries were reported.
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Beary
W Va
Red Ash Coal Company
Theo
Fire destroys twenty business houses in Livings ton Texas
Incendiary blaze in Livinston Texas razed twenty business buildings amid ongoing investigations. Reports note extensive damage and inquiries continue into arson as investigators assess losses and affected merchants.
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Livingsston
Tex
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