Utah State News Briefs Highlight Growth and Tragedy
Salt Lake reports show city enrollment at 16 646 students for public schools opening day up from 14 939 last year. Mrs Reed Smoot underwent tumor removal surgery in Salt Lake. Ogden ships peaches at three carloads daily with forecast rise. Thistle depot fire costs near 25000 dollars. Axtell murder case in Salt Lake ends with planned hanging. County fairs set for three to eleven days across several counties. A Salt Lake City man commits suicide with a shotgun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gag Jn
Oregon
Gag Pfathe City
Brigham
Cinimen
Cottonwood
Himliet
Salt Lake
Heed Smoot
Utah
Ogden
City Health Department of
State Industrial School
Sil
Denver & Rio Fande
Thistle
J. 3
Morris
Joseph W. Axtoll
Salt Lake City
Taft
Joseph Clan
Hia Chin
Madis
Levi O Scofield
Lureka
Postal A Savings Department
State Board of Equalization
National’ Bank of
Uncle Sam
Mammoth
Dada Weber Counties Canal Company
Daly West
Ontario Dami
Park City
G. W. Wurtzbach
Bert Bates
Real Offender Confession After Owlhurst Robbery Case
Farmer Hartfield in Moe County faced mob violence after bloodhounds led to Armon Blumbaugh confession of a Reyburn home robbery. John Hopkins’s neighbor Lara Blaylock testified to the burglary and received a five year sentence in the state reformatory. Blumbaugh sued mob leaders for damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartiile
Armon Blumbaugh
Hia Ife
John Hopkins
Reyburn
Lara Blaylock
Hopkins
State Reformatory
Trumbaugh
Drumbaugh
Wumbaugh
Missionaries in Peril in Szechuan Province
In Szechuan the viceroy orders missionaries to concentrate in larger towns amid unrest over the governments railroad policy. Chengtu and nearby foreign missions shelter in a Canadian Methodist compound as protests focus on the Szechuan Frankow railroad project backed by foreign capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Szechuan Province
Szechuan
Chengtu
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church of Canada
Zechuan
China
Tibet
Progressives Back La Follette at Minnesota Banquet
More than 260 progressive Republicans from across Minnesota gathered for a banquet praising Senator Robert M La Follette of Wisconsin as the logical standard bearer of advanced Republicanism for the next presidential campaign. Resolutions pledging support to La Follette were adopted in the contest for the Republican nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Robert M la Pollette
Wisconsin
Cost of living in Germany drives tariff petitions and potato relief
Berlin chamber of commerce and merchants guild urge the government to lower grain fodder and potato duties with a special classification and a 50 percent potato cut until August 1, 1912. In Grand Junction a temperance group campaigns to ban liquor licenses across dry areas, citing U S bootlegging and intemperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Berlin Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Guild
Grand Junction
Cole
United States
Womens Christian Temperance Union
Taft Urges Arbitration in Hartford Address
In Hartford Connecticut on a home stretch of Charter Day a crowd of about 50 000 listened as President Taft spoke on arbitration He advocated an international arbitration court saying it would prevent war and was met with widespread applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Toga
Connecticut
Charter
Taft
Madero Attacked by Mob on Vera Cruz Return
Francisco I. Madero the Progresive party candidate for president was mobbed on arrival in Vera Cruz Thursday night. He was crowded and hustled and some followers were pelted with stones amid injuries and anger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Francisco JT Madero
Progressive Party
Beattie Guilty of Murder in Virginia Court
Beattie found guilty of murder in the first degree by a Virginian jury after a 57 minute deliberation. He faces electrocution on November 4 as his father and supporters watched, the court scene described with dramatic reactions from all present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterfield Court House
Ylenry Clay Teattle, Jr
Young Beattie
War Preparations On French Frontiers Reported
Paris La Liberte claims Germany moves toward war with 150 guns on the southeastern frontier and additional forces at Nancy despite French explanations. In San Francisco the coaster Santa Clara struck submerged Contessima Rocks amid fog, wrecking, after a prior search failed to locate them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
la Liberte
Germany
Nancy
San Francisco
Santa Clara
Congress
Toadstool Poisoning Warnings In New York Areas
Twenty two people died in New York and nearby areas after eating a toadstool bred tea tool l that caused mushroom poisoning. Health boards posted notices in Italian settlements warning grocers to caution customers. thirty three remain critically ill. Bryan Visits Roosevelt Offices to discuss politics and current events in a brief exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Health
Workmen Buried Under Building in Nica France Eldorado Collapse
Forty four workers were repairing the Eldorado theatre when the building collapsed on Friday morning. Twenty bodies have been recovered, with search ongoing for others feared buried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nica
France
Eldorado
Famine and Floods Hit China Prompt Red Cross Appeal
American Consul Wilder in Shanghai reports Yangtze floods from Hankow to Shanghai overflowed hundreds of miles. Cities submerged and rice scarce push living costs to new highs. Engineer Jameson studies flood control options for China with Red Cross aid considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Yang Tsen
State Department
Wilder
Shanghai
Red Cross
American Red Cross Society
Hankow
Co YD Jameson
American Red Cross
Morocco Situation Eases Slightly as Talks Progress
Paris reports tension over the Moroccan crisis easing due to France and Germany readings of French proposals by the emperor and the chancellor. Berlin and Paris officials say agreement is more likely though anxiety remains. The foreign office keeps silent on talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Germany
Berlin
Temps
Foreign Office
Pinchot Exploring Alaska With Party on Way to Watanuska
Pinchot exploring party led by former forester Gifford Pinchot, joined by Senator Miles Faindeater of Washington and two reporters, arrived on the steamship Northwestern Thursday night and began toward the Watanuska coal fields. Senator Poin Dexter advocated home rule for Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Alaska
Gifford Pinchot
Citizens Army Proposal Rejected by Newcastle Votes
The Trades Union Congress in Newcastle on Tyne votes against the proposal to organize a citizen army. About five hundred thousand votes opposed versus ninety three thousand in favor, as the congress remains in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newacastle
Tyne
England
Trades Union Congress
Wreck of Chilean Steamer Tucapel Claims 32 Lives
Lima reports a telegram from the Tucapel purser states thirty two were drowned when the Chilean steamer foundered near Quiles. No quick survivors are mentioned. the search and rescue status remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Tucapel
Quiles
Three Day Conference Ends With Threat of Strike
A three day International Advisory Board conference of five shop craft unions concluded with a warning that Julius S Kruttschnitt must concede to recognize the Federation of Shop Workers or face a strike. General officers were given full charge and International President J W Kilne indicated concessions may be required to avoid public fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Advisory Board
San Francisco
Julius S Kruttschnitt
Hartman
Federation of Shop Workers
Ita
Geenral
J W Kilne
Blacksmiths
Wnen
Wruttschnitt W
Taft's record trip to cover 15000 miles in vast swing
President Taft launches a historic September 17 tour planned to span the nation. He will visit most states north of Mason Dixon line excluding New England and address tariff reciprocity and recall of judges, aiming to influence insurgent districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Heverly
Union
Mason and Dixon
New England
Ship Burris Disaster Off Nicaraguan Coast
The schooner Whisper exploded early Sunday 100 miles southeast of Port Limon Costa Rica and sank with ten lives lost and its cargo of mahogany. Passing vessels reported the disaster to this port as crew and passengers witnessed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Nicaraguan
Here
Crewe An
Floods Ravage Alamogordo and Surrounding Areas in New Mexico
A continuous downpour in Santa Fe and Otero county transformed arroyos and canons into torrents. Flooding washed away crops and bridges, flooded streets in Alamogordo, damaged many adobe houses, and overwhelmed culverts. Strong effects across this region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
N. M
Sacramento Mountains
Otero County
Alamogordo
Rioting in Tuxtla Chiapas Leaves Nine Dead
Reports from the president's office say Regestas and Maderists clashed Sunday in Tuxtla Chico Chiapas near the southern border, killing nine and wounding more than twice that number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Regestas
Tuxtla Chico
Chiapas
Mexico
Dream Haunt Stuns Napa Man Strikes Him Silent
Appias of Naeio Junction Napa Cal reported in writing Sunday that a dream on Saturday night left him stricken dumb. He described a terrifying spectre standing by his bed and upon waking he remained mute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napa
Cal
Appias
Naeio Junction
Car Jumped the Track in Milwaukee Freeway Crash
A Greenfield Avenue streetcar jumped the track and overturned injuring a number of passengers Sunday night. No fatalities were reported. Officials described the incident as a streetcar accident with several riders hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Agar Greenfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aps
Utai Ie
Utah State
Moe
Atha
Farmera
Peril
LA Follette
Madero
Mob
Annual Conference OF Governors
Sorina Lake
N. J
Beattie
Father
Attie
Bryan
William J Bryan
Theodora Roosevelt
Pinchot
Citizens Army
Aegede
Kruytscanitt
Wil
Capital
Burris
Seattle
Wash
John YT Main
Henrietta Somerville
State Supreme Court
New Mexico
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!