Utah state news summary from early 1900s issue
Don Smith who was shot at Colton will recover. Arbor day April 15 declared a legal holiday by Governor Wells. Two carloads of horses for the English government shipped from Sanpete county. Ten thousand dollars to furnish Salt Lake Commercial Club rooms. Milk dealers form Salt Lake association to avoid fixed price schedules. Small pox cases few in Salt Lake City. Payson chickenpox now. scarlet fever nineteen cases. Nelson approves $63,955.83 for school funds. Assay office at Provo likely to pass. Utah mining dividends for Q1 1902 total $1,164,500 vs $585,500 last year. Three-year-old son of John S. Chipman drowns in tub. Monte Pete seriously injured, in jail, with pneumonia. Rawlins bill to establish Utah fish hatchery favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanpete County
Commercial Club
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Nelson
Provo
Mines of
Utah
Denver-Salt Lake airline bids opened for first ten miles
The first step in building a Denver to Salt Lake air route was taken last week as bids opened at the Denver & Northwestern railroad offices for constructing the initial ten miles from Arvada to Coal Creek. Also noted are Utah sheep losses from recent storms, postoffice finances, state treasurer report, irrigation congress officers, Uintah forest reserve partition petition, Utah poultry and cattle growers news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Salt Lake
Cattle-Growers Association of
Utah
John H. White
Hugh Dougall
Wesley K. Walton
L. C. Leary
Moonshiners and Officers Clash In Fatal Shootout
A confrontation between moonshiners and revenue officers near Big Meeting Creek, Kentucky, left one man dead inside a still and Deputy Collector B R Hancock of Louisville sustaining a grazing head wound. The pursuing officers returned fire as three men at the still resisted surrender. Two fled and fired while escaping. one killed, likely another wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meeting Creek
Mooashiner
BR. A. Hancock
Louisville
Big Meeting Creek
Hancock
Asa Homble
Manchurian treaty signed and railways under discussion
The Manchurian convention was signed Tuesday with ratification set for three months later. Russia agrees to restore the Nieuw Chwang and Shan Hai Kean railroad to China after Britain relinquishes control. Sir Ernest Luton, the British minister, seeks a large British administrative presence in the railway after the handover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nieuw Chwang
Shan Hai Kean
Chi Li
Ernest Luton
Black man sentenced for razor attack in Spokane murder attempt
Red Stuart, a colored man, was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for assault with intent to murder Wred Sharp, also colored, in Spokane Washington. The motive was jealousy over Mrs Emma Reed. Sharp was attacked as services began at church. Stuart pleaded guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Stuart
Wred Sharp
Spokane
Wash
Stuart
Sharp
Emma Reed
Steuart
Alleged British War Supply Camp in Missouri Report
Governor Dovkery was told about a British war supply camp at Lathrop Missouri. He says he knows only that a market has operated there for ten years run by private individuals and claims it is the largest horse and mule market in the world supplying both the United States and Unitedist governments with horses and munitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dovkery
Lathrop
Missouri
Lathop
United States
Unitist
Boer Colony Sought in Colorsade Colorado Route
Consul general Pierce of New York seeks state land along a proposed route for a liner Boer colony. He argues that with proper inducements several thousand Boer refugees would settle on farms in Colorado, becoming productive citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eneral Pierce
New York
Colorado
Cholera in Philippine province reports rise in cases
West Surgeon Hagevecey from Hula cnn, capital of the province, reports eighty one cholera cases. At Manila up to Tuesday, 184 cases occurred with 140 deaths overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prom Bralwcat
Mod
Hagevecey
Hulacnn
Manila
Bulgarians Attack Near Adrianople Reported
A telegraphed report from the Vali of Adrianople says a group of Bulgarians killed and mutilated three Mussolinin peasants and a boy near Kirk Kilisseh, thirty-two miles northwest of Adrianople, then sought refuge in Hungary hoping to provoke retaliation and a frontier clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrianople
Turkey
Kirk Kilisseh
Hungaria
Venezuelans Face Defeat as Government Struggles for Funds
Rebels gain ground in eastern Venezuela with clashes near Carupano and Cariaco. General Escalante’s forces suffer heavy losses on April 3 and 4, leaving the government short of funds and unable to pay troops. Soldiers flee enlistment as Caracas appeals for reinforcements from Los Andes where Castro’s birth ties to the anindos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Escallante
Castro
Rorando
Penalosa
Ducharme
San Agustin
Carupano
Bermudez
el Pilar
Cariaco
Carpuano
General Escalante
Anindos
Escalante
Los Andes
Former trooper recalls executions by Bushveldt carabineers
A former trooper now in Liverpool says convicted Australian officers of the Bushveldt carabineers murdered about 35 to 40 people. He cites a chilling incident where three Dutch children aged 2, 12, and their sister arrived to surrender. one boy carried his injured brother, both were killed by a second shot, and the sister died soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bushveldt Carabineers
Liverpool
Carabineers
Revolution in Haiti Rebels Capture Jacmel City
Rebels commanded by General Nicolas Baptiste attacked Jacmel on the south coast, captured the town for twenty four hours, released imprisoned residents, and withdrew to the hills with arms and ammunition. Two men were killed and several wounded during the fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicolas Baptiste
Jacmel
Haiti
Sensation Nett Arrested in Kalispell Murder Case
Nettie Russell known as Sensation Nett has been placed under arrest for the alleged murder of William Hawkes a prominent Kalispell farmer. Their argument at the dance hall led to Russell striking Hawkes over the head with a cuspidar fracturing his skull Hawkes body found in a livery stable near the hall Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Russell
Nett
William Hawkes
Kalispell
Monthe
Hawkes
Health report shows rising sickness in Philippine troops
The surgeon general released the February health report from Major Kennedy. In the month ending February 15, 4661 sickness cases affected the troops, a 6.10 percent rate, up slightly from the prior month due to measles on the transport Sheridan and a rise in malarial fever among soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Kennedy
Philippines
Sheridan
Mines reopen as engineers resume control at Parrot
Operations resumed in nine Butte mines after a walk-out by the stationary engineer. At Parrot, new engineers take charge of machinery with efficient results, full force at work, ore being extracted, shipments sent to Anaconda smelters, and the strike regarded as likely ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nine Butte
Parrot
Amalgamated
Anaconda
Desperate Arrest In Tuscumbia Ends in Multiple Deaths
Sheriff Casaway attempts to arrest Will Reynolds in Tuscumbia Alabama. Nine men are shot, three dead immediately Hugh Jones Bob Wallace and Will Reynolds fatally wounded, Sheriff Chas Cassaway and others wounded. Reynolds is killed by return fire with a .45 Winchester. Four others seriously wounded.
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Cassaway
Will Reynolds
Tuscumbia
Alabama
Hugh Jones
Bob Wallace
Sheriff Chas, Cassaway
Will Cassaway
P. A. Prout
Reynolds
Little Progress in Peace Negotiations Between British and Pers
Peace talks in South Africa show little progress as distance between Transvaal mission at Kroonstad and leaders Steyn and Delarey hinders talks. Schalk Burger and colleagues may shift to a new center to advance negotiations. A Johannesburg chamber of mines meeting blamed destruction on General Kotha and predicted mining would partly resume by July with full operation in coming months.
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Transvaal
Kroonstad
Steyn
Orange Free State
General Delarey
South Africa
Schalkburger
Johannesburg
Kotha
Avaidyil
Ienowy Sonilly
Cable plan outlines San Francisco to Philippines link
George G. Ward of New York, VP of Commercial Cable, says the coast Philippines cable will be built. The first link San Francisco Honolulu should finish by end of October, with the cable shipped from England next July. Landing site likely San Francisco or Monterey, probably San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Ward
New York
Commercial Cable Company
San Francisco
Philippines
Honolulu
England
Monterey
Destructive North Texas Storm Ravages Prattville Area
A Saturday night storm swept Prattville Texas from the north lasting about twenty minutes. No lives were reported lost though extensive property damage occurred. The storm tracked between Prattville and Prado eight miles apart, leaving a wreck like scene with crops and fruit destroyed along its path.
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Prattville
Texas
Rattville
Prado
Washoe Smelters Idle as Engineers Strike Halts Work
Anaconda smelters near Standstill with over three thousand idle workers after hoisting engineers of Amalgamated Mines walkout. Strikers at last meeting vow not to return at old scale, claim many new recruits and determination to fight to the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Tomean
Civil service exam figures show 408891 tests since 1583
The civil service commission sent to the senate a statement detailing examination activity since the bureau's organization in 1583. It records 408,891 examinations with 321,283 successful passes. Of those who passed, 88,77 or 27.6 percent were appointed to positions. The current eligible list contains 30,584.
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Civil Service Commission
Senate
Hydraulic giant kills miner near Telluride
Colonel S B Lundlum superintendent of Keystone Slacer Mining near Telluride Colorado was killed almost instantly when a hydraulic giant became unmanageable. Peter Epswich was seriously injured as the stream of water struck Lundlum at close range and hurled him fifty feet down the slope. His body was later found in the forest of water about 100 feet from the nozzle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Lundlum
Keystone Slacer Mining Company
Telluride
Colo
Peter Epswich
Lusdium
New Political Party Formed in Louisville Kentucky
A new political body named the Allied People's Party of the United States emerged in Louisville on Thursday. It unites reform factions opposing both major parties and echoes platforms from Kansas City and national People's party conventions advocating initiative and referendum and public ownership of utilities. Delegates from several groups attended, but only the People's party and Public Ownership party authorized forming alliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alled People’s Party of the
United States
Louisville
Kansas City
People’s Party
St. Louis
Omaha
Cincinnati
People's Party
Socialists
Referendum League
Union Labor Party
Public Ownership Party of
Prohibition Party
United Christian Party
Public Ownership Party
Joplin Player Hero Saves Nine From Mine Fire
Dick Bayless of the Joplin Missouri baseball team became a hero Thursday at the Walcott mine, rescuing nine men trapped underground as a fire broke out in the holster house. He led nine men to safety through smoke before collapsing from exhaustion. rescuers then pulled the last two to safety as the building collapsed.
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Dick Bayless
Joplin
Walcott
Missouri Lead and Mine
Tomncer
Hayless
Fatal Fire at Wedding Claims 17-Year-Old Denver Bride
Miss Anna Woodward of Denver dies from burns suffered during her father Warren D. Woodward and Miss Lottie Henville’s wedding when a paper shade on a lamp ignited. The greeting crowd could not extinguish the blaze before her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Woodward
Denver
Warren D. Woodward
Lottie Henville
Miss Woodward
Fire Rears Inactive No 2 Mine At Curbon Wyoming
A smouldering fire in Union Pacifics old No 2 coal mine at Curbon Wyoming has flared anew. Workers wall up the mouth of the fan shaft to stop smoke and fumes. The mine previously burned for five years with intermittent breakouts after a prior attempt to seal it.
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No. 2
Union Pacific
Curbon
Wyo
Dotson Executed for Father’s Murder in Montana Prison
Clinton Dotson was hanged Friday morning at Deer Lodge state prison in Montana for conspiring to murder his father Captain Oliver Dotson two years ago. About 500 spectators watched as he walked to the scaffold with steady steps, refused to speak before execution, and slept shortly before the drop broke his neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Dotson
Deer Lodge
Mont
Dotson
Oliver Dotson
Judiciary Department of the State
Judiciary committee shifts to Ray bill on anarchy and attacks
The house committee on judiciary substituted Chairman Ray's bill dealing with anarchy and assassination attempts on the president for the senate measure on the same topic. The Ray proposal extends beyond the senate bill by excluding anarchists and suppressing incendiary propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Judiciary Committees
Ray Bill
Senate
House Committee On Judiciary
Ray
Lane Found Guilty of First Degree Murder in Philadelphia
William H. Lane a colored servant was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Ellen J. Jordan and her daughter Madeline after a short trial. He pleaded guilty and no jury was needed, with only three witnesses called to determine the degree of murder.
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William H. Lane
Philadelphia
Ellen J. Jordon
Madeline
Eloise
Lane
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Colton
Wells
Payson
John S. Chipman
American Fork
Monte Pete
Kimberley
Wayne County
Clove
Dixon
Irrigation Congress of
Abel John Evans
A. F. Doremus
George C. Lambert
Woodland
Marion
Kamas
Interior Department
Uintah Forest Reserve
Myti
Colorsade
Ance
Ladrones
Loson
Morden
Sarsegon
Souttheast Luzon
Matesero Museeniman
Nicolas Baptaste
Montana
Butte Miners Resome
Negro
Pers
New Political Party
Kentucky
Montans
Moarderer
Hait
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