Utah News Highlights Growth and Local Developments
Utah reports a record honey year and a series of public works. Tax changes, school projects, and irrigation plans unfold across counties from Salt Lake to San Juan. Falls in crime and smallpox cases are noted alongside public offices and business openings.
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Utah Battery
Philippines
Albert W. Hartvikaen
Fourth Cavalry
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aUteh
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Joseph M. Stowtt
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Federal Grand Jury
Rebels Will Take Manila and Lead March to City
A prisoner reports Aguinaldo intends to personally command reserves at Malolos and march on Manila within twenty days if Americans do not withdraw. Rebels concentrate near Malabon, troops entrenched, no recent attacks, ammo stockpile aimed at decisive move. Also notes quiet Cebu and the transport Sherman arrival with casualties.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Malolos
Malabon
Cebu
United States
Trasport
Sherman
New York
Mediterranean
Woman Declines Parole Says Exoneration Needed
Augusta Schmidt, serving ten years in Indiana's prison for the alleged 1804 murder of Cass county farmer Oscar Walton, refused Governor Mount's parole offer. She demands a judge and jury acknowledge her innocence, stating she will not leave until exoneration is granted. State officers note this is a rare case of parole refused.
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Tadianapolia
Ind
Augusta Schmidt
Indiana Woman's Prison
Explosion at Dupont powder works kills three in New Jersey
Three workers died and several were injured when over 3000 pounds of smokeless powder exploded at the E L Dupont powder works in Kaptydndt Penns Grove New Jersey. The blast shattered the drying house storehouse and damaged surrounding buildings as glass broke in nearby homes. The cause remains under investigation.
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Kaptydndt
Penn's Grove
N. J
E. L Dupont Powder Works
Terrorizing Spaniards in Negros Island Threatened by Native Tribe
A dispatch from Iloilo reports over sixty Spanish refugee planters arriving there from Negros. They say a native tribe of about twenty thousand along the Montesbos river, twenty miles south of Bacolado, threatens haciendas and crops. They have few firearms, mostly spears and bows, and Spain asks General Miller for arms to defend property.
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New York
Iloilo
Negroa
Montesvos
Bacolada
Miller
Murder Confession Ties Father to Five Slayings
John A. Moore confessed in Wichita to killing his five children after fearing their custody by his wife’s family. He said quarrels about separation led him to crush skulls with a hatchet and burn the home. In Douglas, West Virginia, Charles Howman’s husband confessed after killing his wife and her partner.
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McPherson
Kana
John A. Moore
Wichita
Cumberland
Mid
John Jackson
Lonsoning
Charles Howman
Douglas
W. Va
Towman
Jackson
Government prosecutes Weyler organ and papers over abdication rumor
Madrid reports the government orders the prosecution of General Weyler s organ BE Nacionale and several Republican and Carlist newspapers for publishing offensive comments and a report that the queen regent planned to abdicate and wed an Austrian archduke. The papers were seized as part of a campaign against the Silvera government ahead of parliamentary elections.
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Madrid
Weyler
Be! Nacionale
Silvera
Parlia
Quebec battlefield to become suburb plans approved
The battle site of Abraham appears under threat as nine streets are laid out and a suburb is planned for Quebec within two years. Canada has paid a nominal rent to preserve the field, while historical associations protest the desecration of the battlefield.
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Quebec
Abraham
Canada
Canada Bow
Torture of Captured Photographer Reported in Philippines
Captain McQuesten, surgeon of the Eighteenth Ruryalars, writes from Manila about the torture of A. R. Peters, a photographer seized while filming outside lines. Peters was held in a filthy jail, beaten, and threatened with death by a naked war party of headhunters before American officials secured his release.
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San Vrancieco
McQuesten
Marnila
A. R. Peters
Peters
Malolos
McQuenten
Race War in Arkansas Report of Lynchings in Little Hiver County
Texarkana Ark reports a racial clash with at least seven known lynchings. Mob violence hangs victims from trees across the county as white men scour for alleged conspirators amid a plan to spark wider race war.
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Texarkana
Ark
Little Hiver
Bist Ptinues
Ita
Smeker Combine Plans Ten Percent Silver Price Hike
John T. Graham of Denver says a new smelter trust with 45 billion capital will raise silver prices ten percent soon after its formation. He notes operators agreed not to raise ore treatment costs for ten years and expects the price move to occur once the combine is perfected.
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Topeka
Kan
John T. Graham
Denver
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Graham
New York
Mr. Kraham
Baracoa joins American Navy after Santiago tow
Navy officials report the gunboat Baracoa, sunk near Guantanamo by Spanish forces, has been towed to Santiago and added to the U S Navy for patrol duty. separate items note Professor Kach to lead a malaria study expedition, and the Roumania flags 564 soldiers killed or died in Cuba returning to New York.
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Navy Department
Santiago
Guantanamo
Baracoa
Guantagamo
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Remniow
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Porte Rco
New York
Arlington Oational
Walute
Jsland
Fatal Omaha Hire Tragedy Causes Women to Leap to Street
A deadly fire at a Omaha building on Seventeenth Street causes two women to die and twenty others to suffer injuries. Lady members of a lodge trapped on the third floor leaped from windows as flames blocked escape, while a janitor aided others and a gas-fed blaze spread rapidly.
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Omaha
Streem
Levator
Macon
Hinds
Port Worth
Battle Near Iloilo Report Details Heavy Fighting
Dispatch from Iloilo describes a fierce engagement as a battalion attacked the outpost at Jaro under General Miller. The assault yielded heavy casualties with estimates of around 200 killed and many wounded, and a large quantity of ammunition and weapons captured from a depot at Mayence. German printed ammunition found suggests sources in German and Japanese holdings and French colonies.
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Iloilo
Island
Miller
Oms
Ile
Jaro
Ame Ps
Mayence
Prengh
Corean Emperor Appears In American Style Uniform
Advices from the Orient report the Corea emperor wearing a full uniform in American fashion with attendants likewise styled. The emperor reportedly has removed his topknot, a long-standing symbol, as part of the change. Washington reports also note shifts in currency circulation and Cuban military strength in accompanying items.
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Tacoma
Wash
Corea
Hla
Martha Place First Woman Executed In New York Electric Chair
Martha Place was executed at Sing Sing prison for murdering her stepdaughter in Brooklyn. The 1700 volt electric chair delivered two shocks after a prior attempt, with a second shock ordered by the prison physician. Governor Roosevelt refused clemency.
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Mra
Martha Place
Sing Sing
Hur
Twan
Place
Frst
Roosevelt
Filipinos Who Talk Peace Decapitated by Aguinaldo
Manila reports that Aguinaldo ordered the execution by decapitation of twelve Manila residents who urged surrender and called on loyal Filipinos to perform national service. General La Garza reportedly visited Las Gardes to urge cessation but was ordered executed after dispute.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
le Garcia
Las Gardes
General la Gorda
Kansas Father Arrested After Five Children Murdered
Hutchinson Kansas March 20 coroner and jury report a father John Moore killed his five children and set the house on fire The bodies were found after firefighters partly quenched the flames Autopsy showed deep skull fractures and multiple neck stab wounds with a severed spine on the 4 year old boy The coroner recommends murder charges against Moore
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Hutchinson
Kan
John Moore
Oae
Moore
No Trouble In Porto Rico Dispatch Highlights Rumors
A War Department release from March reports San Joana de Porto Rico conditions as quiet with no solid signs of uprisings. Divided opinion and idle talk are noted among locals, but authorities state law and order prevail despite agitation. In California, legislators fail to elect a U S senator prompting talk of an extra session. Gold Creek Mining reports a rich strike with a ledge eighty feet deep and twenty feet wide yielding free gold. essay values range from 300 to 952 dollars.
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War Department
San Joana de Porto Rico
Henry
San Francisco
California
United States
Stephen M. White
Gage
Republic, Wash
Crouse
Gold Creek Mining Company
Republice
Violent clash at Havana mulatto ball wounds many
In Havana a Saturday night melee at a San Jose street public ball left thirty to forty wounded, including Police Captain Estampes. Police units faced a determined crowd that fired revolvers from rooftops, injuring several civilians and officers amid heavy gunfire and clubbing.
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Tlavana
Estampes
San Jose
Anic
Gashed text insurgent actions near Laguna de Bay and Pasig
Major General Otis reports improvised gunboats under Grant and Utah artillery on Laguna de Bay shore with inhabitants at risk. Wheaton’s brigade drives insurgents along the Pasig river line toward Morong province, while fighting near Inang yields two dead and twenty wounded in the Twenty second Infantry. enemy leaves 200 dead on the field.
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War Department
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Grant
Utah
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I'naig
Beating Deaths in Bowls and Balloon Fatalities
Mary A Clark aged 53 and her sister Annie Clark aged 45 were killed in Bowls Ma4 near Upper Marlboro by 16 year old Jobo Berry who confessed. Annie Clark offered $100 to spare her life. Berry was moved to Baltimore for safety. Thomas Carroll Boone telegraph operator died after injuries from a war balloon crash near Santiago. He died at Massachusetts General Hospital after operation. He had been aiding two government officers during the Mission when the airship was shot and crashed.
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Thoman Carroll Boone
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Anthony Bteigler
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Texas
Laredo
Chicago College of Dental Surgery
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Fera
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Mount Vernon
Seattle
Fred White
Oana
Beer Paulson
Christopher Nelson
Madrid government plans Cuban debt settlement
The Madrid correspondent reports Spain aims to honor the Cuban debt through a settlement covering 5 million pounds of 6 percent bonds issued in 188, and 15 million pounds of 6 percent bonds from 190, excluding war debts contracted since.
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Skeleton of Spanish Admiral Found Near Morro
Major-General Leonard Wood reports a skeleton found near the shore four miles west of Morro belongs to the Spanish Admiral Villamil. Villamil commanded the torpedo boat destroyers Furor and Pintón in the battle that destroyed Cervera's squadron.
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Leonard Wood
Amarinehall
Bh Morro
Villamil
Furor
Pinston
Corveru
Squadegun
Many World Items Reported In Quick News Digest
The five short items note a New York hotel fire toll of sixteen. Oregon arrives at Manila. Alger may head Cuba tour soon. New York imports and exports valued in the millions. Cuban and Spanish press reaction to events in Havana and the assembly.
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Kageland
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