Utah News Briefs Span Dividends and Disasters
Utah Kings paid $439000 in January dividends. James Pact slightly wounded in a Lea rabbit hunt. Salt Lake bids for federal building to be invited within sixty days. Frederick Warde to lecture for Press club. Hotel and restaurant keepers refuse arbitration with cooks and waiters. Chief Hilton buys boxing gloves for police training. George Wilkinson crushed ankles at Ontario mine Park City. Paul Tarpey elected captain of Stanford junior baseball team. Utah millers succeed in raising Oregon wheat rate and restore flour price drop. Michaeluds horsemen aim to start racing club. Monroe likely venue. Ice supply doubts. ice crop expected. Gold camps Gold Mountain Stateline show progress. dividends possible. A. E. Henry embezzlement case. Krupp to sue bankruptcy. Richfield hosts six-day fair with kangaroo court auxiliary. Sandy plans bonus to extend Murray car line south. Wayne county snow brings good prospects. roads dusty since August. Attorney General Breeden says counties must supply information blanks free. opposition. Cronk heir claim to $50,000,000 Dutch estate noted. Harkins missing near Gold Mountain. storm suspected cause. Three men with frozen feet from Blackhorn Springs to Parowan. Cache Valley farmers form association in Logan to boost agriculture.
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Utah Kings
Lea
James Pact
Salt Lake Federal
Frederick Warde
Salt Lake City
Press Club
Salt Lake
Chief Hilton
George Wilkinson
Ontario
Park City
Paul Tarpey
Stanford University
Utah
Oregon
MichAeluds Horsemen
Monroe
Gold Mountain
Stateline
A. E. Henry
Ora KE
Krupp
San Francisco
Richfield
Ward
Sandy
Consolidated Railway & Power Company
Murray
Wayne County
Breeden
William B. Cronk
Utah Light & Power Company
Salt Smike City
Holland
Chauncy M. Depew
William Harkins
Tie
Kimberly
Logan
Cache Valley Farmers’ Association
Worthwhile session of Northwest wool growers in Helena
The annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Wool-Growers association opened in Helena Montana with delegates from Oregon Washington Idaho Utah and Wyoming. Gov Toole and Mayor Edwards welcomed the group. President Powers urged closer organization to stabilize markets and support pure wool and stamped shoddy legislation.
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Powers
Dib
Helena
Mont
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Wyomley
Joseph K. Toole
Frank J. Edwards
D. W. Bailey
Ile
Grosvenor
P. B. Moss
Montana
Joseph Gans
Wyoming
Jt. C. Judson
Ro A. Selwing
H. A. Nelson
William Lindsay
J. J. Holliday
London Paper Condemns Foreigners at Pekin Reception
The London Globe denounces diplomats for letting their wives and children bow to the dowager empress in Pekin and receive honors from her blood stained hands. It says the incident humiliates all Europeans and Americans and will be used to influence Chinese against foreigners. Trouble is predicted from the event.
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Pekin
London Globe
Uwatit
Kinese
Great Osaka 1903 Industrial Exhibition Draws Keen Interest
The Imperial government plans a national industrial exhibition in Osaka in 1903. Despite a June 30, 1902 space deadline, US and European applications exceed allotment and private builders offer to erect machinery displays. The event aims to spread modern methods to Japan amid keen US Britain competition.
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Imperial Government of
Japan
Osaka
United States
Europe
Great Britain
Britain Refuses Dutch Mediation in South Africa
The British government told Dutch premier Kuyper that if the Boers in the field wish to seek peace talks, negotiations may only take place in South Africa. Britain sticks to its plan against foreign mediation, a stance that disappoints Holland and Boer sympathizers in Europe.
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Holland
South Africa
Maila
Dr. Kuyper
Congress to investigate presidential treaty powers over revenue duties
Mr Tawney of Minnesota introduces a resolution directing Ways and Means to probe whether the president with Senate consent can negotiate treaties that modify or repeal duties levied under congressional revenue acts, independent of house action, and report findings.
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Cullom
Senate
Congress
Tawney
Minnesota
House
Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Government Moves to Collect Union Pacific Debt
Attorney General Knox informs the Senate on the government’s subsidy account with Union Pacific Kansas division. The 1898 subsidy claimed 4,751,228 with 6.5 million in interest unpaid. Payments of 821,897 in 1899 and 153,942 in 1900 reduced balance, while a suit against American Loan & Trust for 545,000 tied to securities proceeds is pending in Massachusetts federal court.
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United States
Kansas
Union Pacific Railroad
Knox
Senate
United States Circuit Court of Massauchusetts
American Loan & Trust Company
Petition Against Kootenai Forest Reserve
Western Flathead County residents sign a petition opposing the new Kootenai forest reserve proposed by Commissioner Hermann. They claim withdrawal land should be fully segregated and withdrawn from settlement, arguing the reserve would affect many settlers on unsurveyed land as it would cover over a million and a quarter acres of timber in Montana and Idaho.
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Flathead County
Montana
Kootenai
Hermann
Acti
Ootepal
Idaho
Butte Man Seeks Divorce From Wife Described as Having Husbands
Edward ONeill of Butte Montana sues for divorce from Emma J Desmond Estes whom he says he married in Weber County Utah on April 25 1893 He alleges she has several husbands living in different western states and that her maiden name was Emma L Ohl He claims she is romantically inclined and may currently be in Nevada with another husband.
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Butte, Mont
Emma J
Desmond Estes
O'Neill
Weber County
Utah
West
Emma L. Ohl
O'Neil
Nevada
Bill to Limit Conspiracy Meaning and Labor Dispute Aid
A judiciary committee reported favorably a bill to limit the meaning of conspiracy and restraining orders in select cases. It states that a combination to act or not to act shall not be punished beyond the act itself and that employer employee combinations in interstate commerce shall not be treated as restraint of trade. The measure aims to aid labor disputes on railroads.
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Hoar
Committee On Judiciary
Beandal Arisea Over Prices Paid for British Cavalry Horses
A scandal over army horse purchases prompts scrutiny by Sir Jon Maples MP. Major General William Treeman, inspector general of the remount department, called for a court of inquiry. War Secretary Broderick agreed to a thorough investigation and ordered an immediate start.
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Beandal
Jon Maples
William Hf. T’remann
Remount Department
Broderick
Rich New York Woman Ends Life in California
A middle aged wealthy woman from New York city, widow of Colonel Hammond Moore, Confederate officer, died by self-inflicted means in Stockton California on Monday night. She had traveled from Guatemala to San Francisco last May as part of a three year world tour she began three years ago and had just completed. The cause remains unknown.
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Stockton
California
Hammond Moore
New York City
New York
San Francisco
Guatemala
Shaw Takes Oath as Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw took the oath of office before Justice Shiras in the treasury building. Present were Iowa Senator Dolliver and most of the state's congressional delegation, with about 200 treasury officials and clerks in attendance to bid farewell to Lyman J. Gage.
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Treasury Department
Dolliver
Iowa
Congress
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Justice Shiras
United States Supreme Court
Treasury
Shaw
Gage
Department
Dust Explosion Kills 106 Miners at Hondo Mines
A gas pocket sparked a dust explosion at the Hondo mines in Coaluila near Eagle Pass, Mexico, killing 106 miners, most of them Mexican and Chinese. Rescue workers rushed to recover bodies, with no survivors expected. The disaster occurred in mine No. 6 and details remain scarce.
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Hondo
Mexico
Coaluila
Eagle Pass
Taney Montana Fire Wipes Town Center After Night Gala
Clancy Montana area responds to Taney town fire that began in Peter Leary's hall during a Saturday night dance. About 14 000 dollars in losses with 8 000 dollars insured. Albany hotel and Leary's saloon and hall destroyed. Other losses include James Ryan store 2 000 dollars Martin Gordon lodging house 1 600 John Harb market 500 and firefighter Jerry Ellis overcome by heat with possible death.
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John Harb
Jerry Ellis
Western Montana Lumber Firms Refuse to Recognize Unions
Western Montana lumber companies controlling the region’s output formed an organization and adopted a resolution not to recognize labor unions. Meanwhile a winter union drive included several thousand mill workers and set a wage scale of 2.50 dollars for nine hours, up from the prior 2 dollars for ten hours.
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Montana
Recruits Sail for Mantle on Transport Thomas
The transport Thomas sailed Saturday for Manila with 1,500 recruits and many passengers. The Grant is to sail February 7 carrying additional recruits. Rosecrans left Manila January 24 with eight officers and 4,765 enlisted men and the Third battalion of the 22nd infantry. The 22nd infantry left Manila Saturday and the 20th sails February 14. The 2nd battalion of the 17th infantry will stay at Manila until the 22nd infantry arrives from San Francisco.
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Thomas
Manila
Grant
Rosecrans
Twenty-Second Infantry
Twentieth Infantry
Seventeenth Infantry
Twenty Second Infantry
San Franscisco
War Tax cuts to mark largest single reduction yet
The majority and minority reports on the bill cutting war revenue taxes near completion. Chairman Payne foreshadows the majority report with a statement after the bill’s agreement. The measure focuses on reductions and is hailed as the nation’s largest tax cut to date.
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Payne
Judge Advocate Lemly Replies to Schley Appeal
The Judge Advocate General and Solicitor General’s comment on Admiral Schley’s appeal, submitted to the president by Secretary Long, is shorter than the appeal and flags five grave charges. They claim Schley retrograded toward Key West, disobeyed orders, misread official reports, failed to destroy nearby Spanish ships, and misused Sampson’s night blockade plan to force daytime action.
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Lemly
Anow
Admiral Schley
Long
Schley
Key West
Santiago
Sampson
Sehley
Brooklyn
Cattlemen to Meet at Denver for Land Leasing Issue
The American Cattle-Growers Association will meet in Denver on March 4 to discuss the land leasing bill in Congress. Membership is by individual cattle grower or corporate officer with a $5 initiation fee, and the convention will feature set papers and five minute member debates.
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Ccattle-Growers’ Association
West
Denver
Sire Congress
Congress
Association
Biddle brothers escape from Pittsburg jail after murder hold up
Edward and John Biddle, awaiting execution for the murder of Grocer Thomas D. Klaney in Mount Washington, overpowered guards at 4 am Thursday in Pittsburg. Using saws to cut cell bars, they escaped with outside help, firing on a guard and locking two others in a dungeon after occupying adjoining second-range cells.
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Edward
John Biddle
Pittsburg
Thomas D. Klaney
Mount Washington
Hine
Shafer Freed After Death-Row Expires in Butte Case
Joseph Shafer, imprisoned in Butte for four years and seven months with forty months on death row for killing John Hawkins in 1897, faces dismissal of charges after County Attorney Green moves in Judge McClernan's court. All witnesses are dead or gone. Shafer is released.
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Butte
Joseph Shafer
John Hawkins
Green
McClernan
Shafer
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Montana Landermen
Schley Haa
Dupgeon
Eacape
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