Utah State News Highlights From August
The August report covers Inmaton fee etale, a railroad project along White River, a Presbytery meeting in Mt Pleasant, a Park City Marsab soil fire, and Brigh ton cottage threats. Sugar prices surged in Salt Lake, drought and grasshopper damage threaten Lehi and northern Davis County. Majors gets medical reprieve. Utah political conventions set for Salt Lake City. smallpox cases in Salt Lake City decline with vaccinations. Water shortages persist in Salt Lake City. a deputy sheriff fined for drunken threats. Utah Central tracts moved to ease street danger. jail incident among inmates. a fatal lamp explosion in Salt Lake City. grasshopper damage in northern Davis County and harvest impacts.
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Uteh
Mt Pleasant
Park City
Brighton
Albert Bavelle
Utah County Infirmary
Rales
Lehi
Wal-Laya
Abe Majors
Tustion
Supreme Court
Majors
Nee Lease of Life
Sale Lake
King
Salt Lake Iy
Smit Lake City
Lars Agi Treea
Walter Barratt
Calder's Park
Salt Lake
Nquor
Utah Central
Highth South Street
Salt Tale City
J. M. Brothers
Caroline Farwood
Burny
Daria
Mob Rule in Akron Leaves Town in Riot and Fire
A mob seized Akron Ohio on a Wednesday night burning the county courthouse and destroying property. Four people died and many injured as firemen were driven off and militia mobilized. The riot followed an attempted rape confession by a Black man. the crowd stormed the jail, exchanged gunfire with officers, and set Showby Building ablaze. Names of wounded and dead include Glen Ware and Folin M Davidsin's child among others. chaos spread through streets as dynamite exploded and the city prison burned.
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Akran
Otlo
Belie
Dean Tonhoo
Alice
Mliolebe
Glen Ware
Folin M. Davidsin
Arthur Spingree
Republican Campaign Opens With War Talk and Warnings
Chairman Wayne Fetivare opened the Republican campaign at Ashuire Parte on Tuesday night. He warned that the nation faces a dangerous foe, urged citizens to duty, and contrasted the Republican platform with the “Cuskvo” party while stressing support for President McKinley’s policies.
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AL Ashuire Parte
N. 7
Hanan
Uit
Cuskvo’ Party
Hepul- Vican Party
McKinley Shade
Nytmal
Tale Enyiling
Mlos Sirick
Ketighter
Beyaciam
Fearless Talk on Foreigners and Chinese Authority
A garbled report cites General Ting Mu Sian and General Yong Go amid a debate over foreigners and Chinese power. It mentions Chinese forces, Boxer movements, and unresolved questions about negotiations, imperial authority, and wartime stance, reflecting a volatile political climate.
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Fina
Yaren
Yong Go
Northern Army
w'Geeeral Tung Fo Siso
Kon Su Lrocpe
Anyings
Ltn
Ani
Iie Forsiga Dewils
Lalean
Son Mum
Italy
Ting Mu Sian
Yung Lu
Anarchy in China Report From General Chattee
General Chattee reports serious conditions in China. Official circles hoped for rescue of ministers and peace with the Western world. Instead General Chalfer cites ongoing battle and the capture of capital, urging administration to prevent anarchy as American forces remain to aid through winter.
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Chattee
Chine
Gialee
Cheitee
China
National Park Proposed Along Grand Canyon Line
The plan calls for a new national park to be created on the Grand canyon of the Colorado, stretching from the Grand canyon forest reserve to the Utah boundary. J B Haowa, superintendent of forest reserves in New Mexico and Am sons, will conduct an examination of the region with the aim of establishing the park. The landscape is described as wild and rugged with few inhabitants.
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Canyon of the Colorado
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Utah
J. B Haowa
New Mexico
Amsons
California horticultural board letters modify imports
A garbled report indicates a state horticultural board inquiry approved by the secretary of agriculture concerns imports from the Pacific coast. The item references shipments from Hawaii and plans involving fruit or plants being sent to horticultural officials for review. Executive committees claim a large number of pests are carried with horticultural products from those islands.
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Teneant Agalunt
Pontmaster Wemeral
Secretary of Agricultuee Hin
California State Board of Horiion
Pacific Coast
Polute
Cotey Ahall
Hawaii
Facide
Galivery
Adid
Callefornia Boul
Thoes Isianda
Life sentences for Lunihers mob leaders in Henderson case
Former Justice Wille son of Paleatiog Texas and John Haddin J A Johns and Jem Hall pleaded guilty to murder in Bray degren and received life terms in prison. Four others had previously been convicted and given life sentences. Few lynchers are thought to have been brought to justice.
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Lunihers
Wille Son
Paleatiog
Tex
Humphreys
Henderson County
Gee John
Haddin
J. A. Johns
Jem Hall
Tuowlay
Bray Degren
China Sues for Peace as American Mediation Sought
The Chinese government filed a formal appeal through Li Hongzhang for a cessation of hostilities and restoration of order in China. The move follows the capture of Pekin and signals China’s weariness, but no reply has been received and prospects for terms remain uncertain.
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Li Hong Chong Sa le
China
Pekin
Felin
Tien Tain
Proposed international commission to aid China settlement
The president may propose forming an international congress to sit in China and advise on a permanent solution to pending questions. A special commissioner would gather information and confer with Chinese officials, while direct negotiation between powers risks delays and complications.
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McKinley
China
Powers Convicted in Goebel Case Affects Life Sentence
The jury found ex secretary of state Caleb Powers guilty of murder in the Goebel case and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Power’s pale, shocked reaction marked the moment as he faced the verdict. A motion for a new trial was planned and an appeal anticipated.
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Caleb Powers
Goebel
Olliy
Tet
Hiatoce
Mingee Dangerfield
Anarchists Detained Over Plot Against President McKinley
New York authorities detained a group of alleged anarchists from Itaily and Naples after a failed plot to kill President McKinley. Eleven Italians and three Austrians were seized as secret service and police tracked their movements via letters and lodgings. Extraordinary precautions have been taken to guard the president.
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New Vere Charcot
Maresen
Miotti Welda
New York
Itaily
Thin
McKinley
God Ji
Teo Dase
Teo Dase Towed Status Secret Survive Agente
Breevi
Duanhert
Naples
Cagtiata
Tillaos
Americans and British Enter Pekin First
Advices from Molin report allied forces entering Pekin early Wednesday after artillery began the assault on the winter capital. The Chinese defenses fought back as Japanese and others moved north of the Tung Chor canal. American and British troops blew open the eastern gates and entered the city through Tung Pien gates, detachments moving toward the legations where ministers and families were found safe. Chinese losses are not fully tallied, with about four hundred reported killed.
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Molin
Pekin
Kasinne
Tung Chor Canal
Dr Harrington Kills Four In Missouri Tragedy
In Fairey Missouri a physician Dre Sturley Harrington shot and killed Jiwon Wallner and two others, as Harrington claimed imagined wrongs. Sheriff J. P. Dillingham planned to arrest him. Harrington’s twelve year old daughter witnessed parts of the bloody spree.
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Fairey
Womall
Leavenworth
Kana
Dre Sturley Harrington
Purley
Jiwon Wallner
Ais Twele
William Wallace
Marrington
J.P. Dillinghom
Platt County
Harry Dillingham
Harrington
rainfall and crop prospects in central provinces and Berar
The viceroy of India Lord Curzon states heavy rainfall persists across central provinces and Berar. Sowing continues actively, with crops showing poor prospects in some areas. Food relief kitchens are expected to wind down as conditions change. Prices remain unsettled as weather impacts agriculture and supply.
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India
Lord Currey
Keddleston
Legrapha
Berar
Prives
Empress Flight Report Sparks Speculation Abroad
Fragmentary OCR summary describes an empress’s flight and alleged foreign contact, mentioning a treasure courier and the emperor. The text references Pekin and Tien Tole with vague wagers, suggesting diplomatic or royal intrigue without clear dates or outcomes. The readability is limited, but the core image centers on imperial travel and foreign mediation.
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Bay
Couatry
Pekin
Tien Tole
Chaffee’s Silence Broken by War Department Signals
General Chaffee’s Sunday message to the War Department says his command was split with most outside the walls. About 500 troops joined allied forces to move toward legations where all were reported well. The dispatch suggests large forces outside to block reinforcements or prevent Boxer escape. Telegraphic transmission was interrupted.
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Chaffee
Still Fighting at Pekin With Reports of Bombardment
A fragmentary dispatch notes continued fighting at Pekin as Japanese authorities claim the inner city is bombarded by allied forces. The navy department received a new message Sunday citing Admiral Yungedo and a dowager imprisoned in the lower city.
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Acantegram Wan
Navy Department
Peltowan
YY Ceys
Imprens
Yungedo
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