Utah State News Highlights Local Developments
Riverton fed over 6000 sheep this season while Ogden advances on a new smelter. Bountiful plans a bank and modern hotel this spring. Provo hosts Utah county horse show in April. An infant died in Richfield after ingesting lye. Kayville eyes 100 acres of cucumbers and possible waterworks. Sandy forms chamber of commerce as Independent Telephone opens Park City exchange. Ogden worker loses feet at SP freight house. Morgan forms an opera house and dancing venture. Daly-Judge Mining directors reelected in New York. Longtime resident Johnson Young dies in Tampanogos. Springville signs 100 acres of cucumbers for Mont Pickle branch. Fillmore bank to organize. Lehi marshal shifts. American Fork narrows HQ. Bear River forest reserve withdrawal affects Cache and Rich counties. Amalipox cases in Springville recover. Utah University names debating team for Denver. Uintah grants nonexclusive Rocky Mountain Bell franchise. Loses Lindsay, longtime Salt Lake theatre figure.
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Andrew Johnson
Salt Lake City
Independent Telephone Company
Springville
John Penfield
Southern Pacific
Ogden
William J. Lynch
State Board of Land Commissioners
Morgan Amusement Company
Morgan
First Gun Fired in Chinese Uprising at Peking
Alarming dispatch reports six Catholic missionaries killed and an English family of four murdered in a mission station as mobs attacked churches amid a lawsuit in the magistrate yamen. English missionary Marr is believed to have escaped. Local Catholics faced suspicion while broader anti Catholic sentiment grows in Kiangsi, Honan, and Hupeh provinces.
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Peking
Marr
Bunting
Fife
Yamen
Yaman
Kiangsi
Honan
Hupeh
Garfield Tells His Story in Packers Case
Chicago report says Commissioner Garfield spent the day on the stand in the Packers case and finished his cross examination. He testified that he handed to the justice department names of several hundred witnesses under the president's direct order, but that none of this information came from the Packers. He denied any interdepartmental agent exchange and said the data from the Packers was used only in drafting his report, not to aid prosecutions.
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Chicago
Garfield
Packers
Department of Justice
First Signs of Freedom in Russia Promulgates Laws
Reports from St. Petersburg indicate elections could be held in more than half the districts and the national assembly opened by May 10 with a working majority. The cabinet urged convocation and the Imperial ukase promising the assembly signals to calm the country, diminishing Interior Minister Durnovo's influence.
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St. Petersburg
National Assembly
Durnovo
Ukase Ia
Would Defeat Philippine Tariff Measure
Washington rumor says the Philippine tariff measure may be defeated as talks grow on a railroad rate bill. Republicans backing passage without a court review amendment are expected to ally with Democrats and sugar state Republicans to defeat the Philippine bill.
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Washington
Senate
Philippine Committee
Robbers Loot Post Office in San Diego
Robbers entered the main post office in San Diego Monday night and dynamited the vault to steal a large sum. All stamps were taken and the office wired for 600 dollars from Los Angeles. Discovery came in the morning with no clues to the perpetrators.
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San Diego
Cal
Los Angeles
Miner John Conley Hanged at Toosa After Suicide Attempt
John Conley a miner and prospector in Santa Fe killed James Redding and Charles Purdy at Guadaloupe placers on January 16, 1904. He was hanged at Toosa Monday hours after being found with his throat cut in his cell. The self-inflicted wound did not sever the artery and was bandaged. Conley was dragged to the gallows, slipped through the trap, and died from strangulation.
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Santa Fe, N. M
John Conley
James Redding
Charles Purdy
Guadaloupe Placers
Toosa
Conley
Roosevelt Steps In To Avert Miner Strike
President Roosevelt acts as peacemaker between coal miners and operators. A letter to John Mitchell leads to a national United Mine Workers convention on March 15 to seek a settlement with soft coal operators and avert a potential April 1 bituminous strike.
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New York
Roosevelt
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Orchard Confession Ties 26 Murders to Idaho Bomb Case
Governor Gooding released a statement saying Harry Orchard made a full confession about the Steunenberg assassination, naming planners and detailing a history from childhood to arrest. He implicated J L Simpkins and others in twenty six murders tied to conspiracies, praising James McParland’s role and noting rewards have been withdrawn except for a $1000 tip for Simpkins.
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Boise
Wwaho
Gooding
Steunenberg
Harry Orchard
Oexovernor Bronnenberg
Stennenberg
Orchard
James McParland
J. L. Simpkins
Idaho
Colorado
Western Federation of ‘Miners
Brennenberg
Caldwell
BLUEBEARD HOCH HANGED
Chicago Johann Hoch was executed for murdering his wife Maria Welcker Hoch in the county jail on Friday February 24 at 1 34 o clock. He had three stays of execution yet told the pastor to grant all delays allowed. He faced death bravely and said Father forgive them they know not what they do I must die an innocent man Good bye.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Maria Welcker-Hoch
Hoch
Lnst
Bluebeard Hoch Is Buried in Potter's Field
The body of Bluebeard Hoch was refused burial by Chicago cemeteries due to owners objecting to interment of murderers. After repeated efforts, two clergymen finally secured a resting place in the Potter's field beside the county poor farm at Dunning.
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Chicago
Hoch
Potter's Field
Dunning
In Time of Peace Prepare for War Says Hull
Washington Chairman Hull of the military affairs committee urged complete preparedness for army and navy for trouble in the Orient. He argued China must be defended or the Pacific flag is useless. He faulted a minister for indicating U S would return Boxer indemnity. Hull defended U S interests with Japan as aligned. The day covered tariff immigration and Payne bill. The army bill totals 69 678 927 dollars, below the department request by 1 621 158.
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Washington
Hull
House
Orient
China
Pacific
Rockhill
United States
Japan
Department
Weighing the Mails Across Western States
Four hundred special employees started weighing mails across California Idaho Washington Oregon Utah and the territories to fix compensation paid to railroads and steamship lines. Southern Pacific collects about 1.3 million dollars annually for the service. The weighing will take about 105 days.
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San Francisco
California
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Alaska
Hawaii
Southern Pacific Company
Fifty five Miles Built Las Vegas to Indian Springs
The Las Vegas and Tonopah railroad has laid forty five miles from Las Vegas to Indian Springs and will be in operation to that point by March 1. Indian Springs lies seventy miles from Bullfrog, with plans to reach Bullfrog by May 1. Goldfield, the northern terminus, is also seventy miles from Bullfrog, keeping the haul distance equal. In a recent day 9,800 feet of track was laid between Las Vegas and Indian Springs as progress accelerates.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Tonopah
Indian Springs
Bullfrog
Goldfield
Toonpah
Mandel bill aids mining schools in state colleges
House mines committee reports favorably a bill to endow mining departments in state colleges. Lands revenues fund the departments, with $10,000 for year one rising by $1,000 annually to $20,000. Beneficiaries include Arizona California Colorado Idaho Kansas Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota South Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming.
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House Committee On Mines and Mining
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Arizona
California
Colorado
Daho
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Dakota
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Governor Denies Hoch Commutation Petition
Springfield reports Governor Deneen, after state board of pardons review, refused Johann Hoch's request to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment.
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Springfield
Deneen
State Board of Pardons
Johann Hoch
Taft Discusses China at Yale Club Dinner
Secretary of War Taft spoke at a Yale clubs dinner in Chicago on Wednesday night. He hinted that the government worries over the far east situation and did not deny that 15,000 troops sent to the Philippines may be needed in China soon.
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Chicago
Taft
Yale
Far East
Philippines
China
Douglas defeats Grosvenor for Congress on first ballot
In Lancaster Ohio Alfred Douglas wins the congressional nomination over General Grosvenor on the first ballot by 72 to 20. Douglas is 54, a lawyer from Chillicothe, Kenyon College graduate 1872 and Harvard Law School 1874. Grosvenor has served twenty years in Congress.
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Lancaster, O
Alfred Douglas
Congress
General Grosvenor
Chillicothe
Kenyon College
Harvard Law School
Grosvenor
New York Insurance Probe Recommends Reforms And Mutualization
A New York legislative committee report calls for remedial insurance laws, tighter department oversight, and protections for policyholders. It discusses mutualization options, a $150 million annual new business cap, and banning corporate political contributions. The report analyzes abuses at Mutual Life and Equitable, cites Union Pacific pool ties, and urges transparency in policy values and company finances.
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New York
Ita
State Insurance Department
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York Life
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Insurance Department
Andrew Hamilton
Parks
Hamilton
Equitable
James H. Hyde
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Union Pacific
H. Harriman
Jacob H. Schiff
James Stillman
Strange mania of woman cited in wreck case
Mrs. Cora Carpenter of Tifflin n O and from a prominent family was arrested here after allegedly wrecking a Pennsylvania freight train a week ago Wednesday night and attempting to wreck a fast passenger train that same night and on the following night. She is said to have a mania for causing and witnessing wrecks.
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Tifflnn, O
Cora Carpenter
Pennsylvania
Hope for agreement at Moroccan conference in Algeciras
Delegates to the Moroccan conference in Algeciras show fluctuating opinions on a solution. The Franco German deadlock remains unbroken but optimism grows for an eventual adjustment. German attitude supports eventual settlement, while American delegates stay confident despite French and British skepticism.
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Algeciras
Spain
Ex Speaker Henderson Dies After Paralysis Siege
Former Speaker David B. Henderson of the National House died at Mercy hospital in Dubuque Iowa at 2 pm Sunday after a nine month struggle with paresis. He had rallied briefly on Saturday morning but declined steadily. Henderson served as speaker twice and guided House business after Reed, leaving a 20 year tenure marked by partisan respect and wide friendship across parties.
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Dubuque, Ja
David B. Henderson
National
House of Representatives
Mercy Hospital
Henderson
Congress
Reed
House
No Longer Hope of Agreement at Algeciras
Paris reports French officials reiterate Premier Rouvier's line that France seeks peace only while safeguarding its rights and dignity. Officials expect the Algeciras conference to drag on, avoiding war, and foresee decisive action only to maintain the status quo in Morocco.
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Algeciras
Paris
Foreign Office
Rouvier
Chamber of Deputies
France
Morocco
Catholics In China Prepared for Attack by Boxers
In Henan province unrest eased as provisional troops moved in after a disturbance. Officials said government action was swift in line with past outbreaks, while Boxer networks persisted around Catholic missions. Villagers fortified homes and trained to resist possible assaults.
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China
Peking
Henan
Sioux Squaw Dies After Prolonged Drinking Spree
Laisk Wyoming news reports Mrs War Bonnett a Sioux squaw died Saturday at Bonesteel from acute alcoholism after a long spree. She was widow of War Bonnett a Sioux subchief killed in a clash with Sheriff Miller of Weston County and a posse on Little Lightning Creek north of here last November.
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Laisk
Wyo
War Bonnett
Miller
Weston County
Little Lightning Creek
Here
Fifty Children Injured in School Fire Panic Alton IN
Fifty children were injured Sunday afternoon at St Marys school in Alton Indiana when a roll of celluloid film ignited from a spark from the calcium light. Smoke filled the hall and about 400 pupils from the cathedral orphanage, the Uraline convent, and St Marys slaterhoods rushed for exits.
Castro Warns He Will Humble France and Expel Foreigners
Advices from Venezuela report President Castro vowing to humble France and break the Monroe Doctrine, then drive out foreigners from Venezuela. He attacks Americans and English as worse than Chinese and says he will clear the country of foreigners. He is said to be bitter toward Americans whom he accuses of encroachment.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Venezuela
Castro
France
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