Utah State News roundup from Moroni to Salt Lake City
The Moroni man The Nelson fell and fractured his jaw while walking. Sam T Briley former Salt Lake City saloon owner committed suicide by morphine. Drought grips Toqnerville area affecting farmers and stockmen. ZCMI to donate 100 tons of coal to Salt Lake City's poor this month. A Ced ar City company forms to establish a Tron Chu bank with 915000 capital, mostly taken. Bishop Abiel Leonard died in Salt Lake City. James Slater of Huntsville injured in a factory accident. H J Griffin killed and Engineer Bogart injured in a Montello collision. Ogden voters favor Emmett over Driver for Fifth Ward council. Holy Cross hospital Salt Lake will soon have a premier operating room. Moss Kifford found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Aurora Hodge died after appendicitis surgery while awaiting trial for murder. Leland to host auxiliary cutting station to feed Lehi sugar factory beets. Orson Pratt dies in Ogden aged, noted musician and educator. Two Scofield soldiers punished for tying a pug mascot to a tail. Fred Holmberg killed by live wire at Salt Lake cement works. Rasmus Strate narrowly escaped a runaway in Spring City. Green River district query: no public dances allowed. Winh Light & Power line to Ogden near completion. Interior approves grazing 725,000 sheep and 15,000 cattle in Uintah forest reserve next season. Sheep grazes July 1–Sept 20. cattle May 15–Oct 1.
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H. J. Griffin
Bogart
Montello
New
Ogden
William Driver
W. Rollo Emmett
Emmett
Holy Cross Hospital
Salt Lake City
Chicago
San Francisco
Moss Kifford
William Harvey
Aurora
Hodge
William X. Ryan
Leland
Lehi
Spanish Fork
Payson
Benjamin
Salem
Orson Pratt
Utah
Company G
Scofield
Martial law declared in Cripple Creek era unrest
Governor Peabody proclaims limited martial law in Cripple Creek citing insurrection and mine violence. He indicates writ of habeas corpus suspended and use of military to arrest alleged offenders, following Idaho precedent. Also notes expansion of the bullpen for hundreds of detainees and a rise in strikers arrests. Enid Shaw, daughter of the treasury secretary, is to be presented to Washington society at a major reception.
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Peabody
Colorado
Cripple Creek
State House
Idaho Supreme Court
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Washington Society
Enid Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Roosevelt White House Reception at Arlington Hotel
December 16 will see a grand reception at the Arlington hotel Washington with a thousand invitations. All cabinet women will assist in receiving guests while the president and Mrs Roosevelt attend alongside diplomatic and higher officials. Miss Shaw has literary tastes and has written several short poems of merit.
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Arlington Hotel
Washington
Short Cotton Crop Will Force Mill Closures Across Nation
Boston mill men warn a sharp cotton shortage will force production curtailment in the coming months due to high raw material costs. The New England mills employ about 175,000 workers, with 65,000 already receiving a 10 percent wage cut this fall and 75,000 more slated for cuts in the next two weeks as finished material prices lag behind cotton.
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United States
Boston
North
Newngland
William Springer Dies at Washington Home
Former Representative William M. Springer of Tlinitis a Democratic leader in the House during the fourth to fifty third congresses died at his Washington D C home Friday aged 04 years Death caused by pneumonia contracted in Chicago Thankselying day
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William M. Springer
House of Representatives
Wars and Means Committee
House
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Regular Army Strength and Expenditures Report
Secretary of War reports December 1, 1902 regular army strength at 3,586 officers and 66,003 enlisted plus hospital corps and scout units. October 15, 1903 strength shows 3,681 officers and 55,500 enlisted with many in the Philippines. Expenditures reach $108,577,762 for year ended June 30, and appropriations rise to $121,917,345 for 1904 with estimates $125,929,393 for 1905.
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Reot
Army of the
United States
Philippine Scouts
Porto Rico
Regular Army
Philippines
Telegraph operator in West Virginia shoots intruder
Miss Kate Royburgh, a 21 year old telegraph operator at Thacker on the Norfolk & Western line, fired four shots at an alleged outlaw who entered the tower and tried to embrace her. One bullet struck William Howardson in the chest. Royburgh surrendered to the magistrate after describing the incident.
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Thacker
W Va
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Kate Royburgh
William Howardson
Howardson
Miss Royburgh
Peabody Mitchell Conference Fails to End Strike
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers and Governor Peabody met for about 45 minutes but failed to resolve the strike. Mitchell vowed the strike would continue, while Peabody warned against violence and threatened to deploy troops at the first provocation. A press censorship was imposed in Victor Colorado, preventing publication of editorials and official statements.
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a&Hn Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Peabody
Mitchell
Victor
Colo
Major Naylor
Victor Daily Record
Record
Kyner
Miller Mauled by Stranger Dog in Shamokin Area
John Culp of Shamo kin Pennsylvania opened his stable to feed his horse when a stray dog leaped at his shoulders and tore off his nose. He fought the animal, which fled, and Culp remains in serious condition. officials are unsure if the dog was mad.
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John Culp
Shamokin
Culp
Jilted Missourian Fires at Sweetheart and Rival
Frank Dawson of Paris Mo enters a private Madison dance and fatally wounds his sweetheart Annie Hart, seriously injures rival Obe Hughes after failing to win a marriage license. Dawson's family is prominent in the area.
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Annie Hartman
Frank Dawson
Paris
Obe Hughes
Madison
Dawson
Wyoming cattleman killed in accidental shooting
Otto Franc, a well known cattleman of the Big Hole Basin near the Wyoming line, died instantly when a double barreled shotgun fired after it was pulled through a wire fence. He left his ranch for feeding pens and was found beside the fence with fatal injuries as the Wyoming coroner opened an investigation.
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Millings
Mont
Otto Franc
Big Hole Basin
Wyoming Line
Moniany
Frane
Wyoming
Franc
German Princess in Scandal Elopes with Coachman
Princess Alice, wife of Prince Frederick of Schonberg Waldenburg, allegedly eloped with her coachman two weeks ago. Police have not traced the couple. Alice is described as the youngest.
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Frederick of
Schonberg-Waldenburg
Alice
Prince Frederick of
Schonberg- Waldenburg
Princess Alice
Princess of Bourbon Relinquishes Spain Claim and Marries
The daughter of Don Carlos of Bourbon, claimant to the Spanish throne, has relinquished his rights to her son Don Jaime and married Prince Frederick in 1897. At 27, she has an 18 month old son and resides in Meissen, Prussia. Her sister Beatrice attempted suicide two years ago, and Princess Elvira caused a sensation by eloping with painter Felechi, provoking Don Carlos to declare she was not his daughter. Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid, claimed the title Charles VI, and his father was the brother of Don Carlos, Charles VI.
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Don Carlos of Bourbon
Spain
Don Jaime
Prince Frederick
Meissen
Prussia
Beatrice
Elvira
Felechi
Don Carlos
Duke
Madrid
Charles VI
Protecting Claims With Guns At Apache Canyon
Rincon New Mexico reports three men badly wounded and brought in for treatment after conflicts over mining claims at the new Apache canyon gold fields. Several others have been shot. An mining expert says the field is rich but small in extent and no development work has begun as claim owners guard their claims. About 2500 men are on site with more arriving daily.
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Rincon
N. M
Apache Canyon
Many People on Their Way Back to Old England
About 1500 steerage passengers sailed on the White Star liner Cedric from New York to Liverpool, the largest steerage voyage from a U S port. The French steamer La Touraine carried 100 steerage passengers. over 200 with tickets were left ashore due to oversold accommodations.
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Old England
Cedric
New York City
Liverpool
United States
U S May Intervene in San Domingo Turmoil
The state department has been informed that a new revolutionary movement has begun in San Domingo before a permanent government has formed after West Gil’s ouster. Washington weighs a response as uprisings persist, focusing on the ishimadi where American capital is invested and signaling possible U S action.
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State Department
San Domingo
West Gil
Powell
Warnines
Washington
Ishimadi
United States
Jones and the freight joke at wedding ad payment
A Clergyman asked a friend to insert a marriage notice. The friend learned the cost and asked the rector for instruction. The reply was Jones will pay the freight. A mix up led to billing Jones, later clarified as the bridegroom’s brother-in-law. The rector nearly had a stroke realizing the intended joke.
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Jones
Bridggroom
Philadelphia Ledger
Bishop Potter Tells a Humorous Self Story
In a humorous Harper's Weekly anecdote Potter recalls life in America and Europe where he dreaded being called lord. He recounts returning home from abroad to a vestryman greeting him casually as Bish, highlighting the contrast between grand titles and ordinary friendliness.
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Bishop Potter
America
Europe
Bish
Harper’s Weekly
True Sportsman Oliver Takes Everything Offered on Stock Floor
Billy Oliver of the Waldorf crowd stood on the Stock Exchange floor the day after the Heinze decisions and accepted a sweeping list of stocks. For half an hour he bought Atchison, Amalga, Union Pacific and more as market sellers exhausted their offers. The crowd watched him, and a sharp seller named Vickine finally pressed for more. Oliver remained cool while the selling cooled, jokingly offering a dollar for the boots of the chief seller.
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Billy
Oliver
Waldorf
Stock Exchange
Heinze
Atchison
Amalgamated
Union Pacific
Vickine
New York Times
Repairs Ahead for Papa Harold Said Mrs Goodchild
A New York Press snippet recounts a mother warning her son about a wicked habit of fleeting and quarreling. She recalls her husband stressing sin, bruises, and costly clothes, and threatening to involve the other boy’s parents if fighting continues. The son recalls the father's blunt reply about sending the old club around.
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Papa
Harold
New York Press
Just About the Same Thing, Johnnie’s Kitchen Gift Gaffe
Johnnie showed keen interest in Aunt Clara’s wedding preparations and proudly announced his wedding gift was a chafing dish. He later realized it sat with other gifts and declared to his mother in a disgusted tone that he had given Aunt Clara nothing but a kitchen skillet.
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Johnnie
Clara
Sale of Victoria Cross Gains Government Ban
Impoverished holders increasingly sell the Victoria Cross and the British government offers that sales will bar the seller from the $60 pension with the cross. The intrinsic value is small but sales can fetch high prices due to surrounding prestige.
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