Utah State News Highlights From Richfield To Schofield
Reports from Richfield discuss waterworks prep while Dintah county reacts to a Moffat road warning. Roosevelt may visit Utah en route to Yellowstone. A Salt Lake Brick & Tile plant fire caused 10000 in losses. Sugar prices rose 60 cents per hundred pounds in two weeks. Rabbit hunt near Goshen yielded 511 killed. Earthquake shocks continue in Pine Valley since Nov 17. Various accidents and local notes include scaffold injuries at Lehi, a suicide case in Schofield, and rural routes inaugurated at Lehi. Potatoes are short. some shipments from Idaho. Wool Growers designate delegates for a Kansas City convention. Financials show Dec balance 161,997.69 with November receipts 167,124.84 and expenditures 121,164.24. Smallpox largely gone from East Lake City with four cases. Oregon Short Line plans employee pension after 20 years. Sheep losses in snowstorm near Paneuitych. A New York Tribune note mentions a possible Salt Lake City to San Francisco railway shortcut. Local accidents include a marshal’s gun misfire injuring two men, and a near-fatal mine timber collapse incident. Trout and bass trends noted in San Pete County fisheries report. Minsdale suicide noted. Salt Lake officials linked to his past charges.
Peculiar Accident Kills One Man and Injures Another
In Livermore California a strange electrical accident killed Michael Toohey and seriously injured J M McKamish, two Standard Electric employees. They stood in a telephone booth on a wet ground when Toohey touched McKamish and the power from wires on the same pole completed a circuit through Toohey.
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J. M. McKamish
Standard Electric Company
McKamish
Toohey
Venezuelan Protest Over Seizure of Vessel at La Guayra
A Venezuelan government communique denounces Great Britain and Germany for seizing a Venezuelan vessel at La Guayra, reports increased civil mobilization, arrest of nationals from both powers, seizure of their rails and undertakings, and President Castro urging arms and promising amnesty and restitution of continental property.
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Germany
la Guayra
Venazuela
Castro
German and British sailors seize Venezuelan fleet
Ten German and four British cat tern captured the Venezuelan flot and ordered the ships to surrender without a shot. Vessels were seized in the names of the German emperor and the King of England. Two damaged ships were broken up as the Panther entered the harbor with decks cleared. The Crespo, Tigtme, and Margarita remained outside the harbor at Salock on Wednesday.
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Panther
Athon
Salock
Crespo
Tigtme
Maragarita
Bribery Claim Ties Mine Foreman to Union Leaders
Testimony at the coal strike commission alleges a former mine foreman offered two local union presidents $2500 each and food foreman posts to sway ten men per locals to end the strike. Bribery plan also proposed payments of 100 to 200 each to ten workers. No company named in connection with the scheme.
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Coal Strike Commission
Union of Miners
Peaceful Blockade Discussed in Venezuelan Settlement
The state department notes a peaceful blockade at Guayra port near Caracas as a possible settlement method to avoid bloodshed. The crisis is described as critical, with ambiguity about whether the area is at war and opportunities for a peaceful resolution are sought.
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State Department
Guayra
Caracas
Venexueti
Winter Wheat Sown Area Estimated at 4.00 lakh Acres
The Statistician of the Department of Agriculture estimates the winter wheat sown area at about 4.00 lakh acres, up 4.7 percent from the fall sowing. December 1 conditions are given as 97. The December 1 condition score compares with 86.7 last year and a nine year average of 91.4.
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Department of Agriculture
British German Fleet Seizes Venezuelan Ships at La Guayra
A Caracas dispatch dated December 9 reports the British and German fleet capturing four Venezuelan warships at La Guayra harbor. An imminent ultimatum is said to follow, with arrests of British and German nationals in Caracas ordered by the Venezuelan government. US Minister Bowen asked to protect foreign interests as the action prompts German British involvement.
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Venezuela
la Guayra
Washington
Germany
England
United States
Bowen
Pirates Plunder Manila Trade Vessel Off Philippine Coast
The steamer Shawmut from Manila reports a coastal piracy led by an American aboard the Mat ticia bound for Manila. Six attackers overpowered crew, bound them, and looted about $17,000 from five Chinese merchants before fleeing toward Cavite despite threats to kill all aboard.
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Catanauan Payabas
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Maricia
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NEW TREATY WITH SPAIN Senate panel to review pact
The senate foreign relations committee will meet to consider a newly negotiated treaty of amity between the United States and Spain. No treaty has existed since 1898, and the current accord mirrors the old one with no changes on Spanish frontiers. Minister Storer negotiated the document in Spain.
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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Spain
Senate
Amora
Storer
Derby boy dies after scalding accident in home tub
A Derby Connecticut mother scalded her younger son during a quarrel with James McSheehey aged 3 in Derby. He splashed into boiling water after a fit of rage and died a few hours later from the injuries.
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James McSheehey
Derby
Conn
Willie
James
Anarchists Ambush Plot Foiled in Assassination Attempt
Thirteen anarchists were rounded up in Spedn Italy after a frantic confrontation. Police halted their act to assault King Victor Meanie, detaining one ring leader as others fled.
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Polinania
Victor Meanie
Ape
Wonder
Samoan Volcanoes Active Threaten Island Settlements
Report from Trivila Naval station notes earthquakes on November 1 at Savali Island triggering fires from four peaks. Residents fled as volcanic activity disturbed the western Samoa coast. Previously, a similar eruption near Tauani Oloesera thirty five years ago caused rock and sand upheaval, vapor clouds, and mass fish loss, reshaping nearby fishing grounds.
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Trivila
Samoan Islands
Savali
Savail
Barin
Samoa
Savaui
Tau Ani Oloezera
Manua
Oloesega
Britain and Germany demand Venezuela settlement now
Britain and Germany issue ultimatums to Venezuela demanding immediate action on claims and warn of seizure of customs if no satisfactory settlement is reached within a short period. The British note mirrors prior London statements and authorizes the ambassador to board a warship or point to the nearby colony if necessary.
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Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
Castro
London
W. H. D. Haggard
Death of Thomas Reed former Speaker of the House
Former Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed died in Washington DC at 12 10 am after a brief illness uraemia listed as the cause. Surrounded by Mrs Reed Miss Katherine Reed and medical staff he died peacefully. Reed born October 18 1821 in Portland Maine studied at Bowdoin College served in Maine legislature and US Congress shaping war claims policy and House rules. He chaired debates, helped reform quorum rules and led as Speaker during the Fifty-ninth and Fifty-second Congresses.
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Thomas Wrackett Reed
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
United States
William and Mary College
Reed
Hayes
Hayes Tilden
Plis
House
Congress
Fire destroys Manthey store dwelling at Colgate Wis
A fire leveled Max Manthey’s general store and home in Colgate Wisconsin. Manthey, escaping from the porch, fell and broke his neck, dying within minutes. A child perished burned, another child fatally injured, three more seriously hurt, the mother and two other children escaped uninjured. Manthey, over 60, led a family of seven children and a servant in the building. Officials suspect a furnace overheated and started the blaze.
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Max Manthey
Colgate
Wis
Santa Fe Engineer Killed in Head-On Wreck near Peach Springs
Peter Peterson, a Santa Fe engineer, was instantly killed in a head on freight collision near Peach Springs. Two five men were seriously injured. Both locomotives and several freight cars were wrecked. AWG Wells, Santa Fe Western lines general manager, noted that the wreck was not serious aside from the engineer’s death.
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Peter Peterson
Santa Fe
Peach Springs
Aziz
Awg
Wells
Anager
Western Lines
Rim
Peterson
Interurban Trains Collide Near Tacoma injuring nine
Two interurban trains collided seven miles from Tacoma Monday afternoon injuring nine people. Gus tave Larson of Seattle sustained injuries and was taken to a hospital in Kent. The crash was blamed on the Tacoma train motorwan running past the switch, causing the collision with the Seattle train.
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Gustave Larson
Seattle
Taconim
Seat
Larson
Kent
Man Drowns With Silver Coin Weight at Canarsie
Edward Porter, awaiting his wedding, sank after a storm knocked him from his sloop near Canarsie Long Island. With $300 in silver in his pockets the weight hindered his buoyancy and his crew could not assist. Porter, though a good swimmer, went down quickly.
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Canarsie
Long Island
Edward Porter
Porter
House Passes Pension Bill With No Debate
The House on Saturday passed pension appropriation bills totaling 125 million dollars with no debate. In charge of the measure, Mr Barney explained that the appropriations total 199.847 million dollars for next year and were largely identical to current year amounts with no new legislation. The bill passed in ten minutes with no comment.
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Barney
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