Utah State News Highlights From Fort Douglas to Provo
Utah news rounds report Fort Douglas to Porto Rico transfers and new projects. Salt Lake Presbyterians plan a grand church, Provo assay bill, Provo bond plans with Rollins & Sons, Penitentiary electric lights, new postmasters at Manti and Richfield, Park City burglaries, Salt Lake streetcar injuries, Gunnison sugar factory funding, Coyote death from gun accident, Payson and Panguitch telephony exchanges, Panguitch deaths from crop disease, Hatchtown reservoir work, and rabid hunting on Hinckley, with local estates, postal routes, Lehi rural delivery, Grass Valley chief’s death, Elsinore child scare, St George canal gift, Springville stock owners fair, and teacher shortages statewide.
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Hinckley
John Hendricks
Park City
Salt Lake Hospital
Kearns St. Ann's
W. Rose
Lehi
State of siege grips Barcelona as printers strike
In Barcelona a state of siege has been proclaimed as 40,000 workers halt printing and riot. The mob tried to sack market buildings, shut factories and shops, and block streets while women banners join disturbances. Troops fired on the crowd, killing one and wounding twenty four.
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Barcelona
Spain
Plans Grow For Cuban Reciprocity Action In House
After the war revenue reduction bill passes to the house informal planning starts on Cuban reciprocity. Chairman Payne notes no definite plan yet for either party or the committee to take up the question. Republicans expect a later week conference while Democrats in the Ways and Means Committee discuss next steps after the repeal act passage.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Payne
Hobson to be Retired from Naval Service
The president urges Senate action to retire Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hobson citing eye problems and the Gallinger introduction of retirement legislation. The message honors Hobson for his service, including his role in sinking the Merrimac at Santiago during the Spanish American War and requests enactment of the retirement measure.
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Senate
Richmond P. Hobson
Gallinger
Hobson
Merrimac
Santiago
Spain
Earthquake Strikes Shamaka Region In Russia
Reports say 2000 people, mainly women and children, died last week from a powerful quake in Shamaka Russia, with 4000 homes destroyed and 34 nearby villages hit. A volcanic eruption near Marasy adds to the disaster as a new crevasse spews lava and alters the Geonchniska river bed.
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Jetie
Baka
Shamaka
Russia
Marasy
Geonchniska
New York City Buried by Fierce Snowstorm of 1888
New York Snowhound reports the city was completely snowed under after a storm began just after midnight on Sunday. The gale created deep drifts suspending traffic, with plows and sweepers keeping main roads passable. The storm affected New York state and New Jersey, delaying trains and hindering transport.
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New York City
Alose
New York State
New Jersey
Used wire hairbrush scratch linked to man's death
Charles Otto of Tacoma died after a barber shop accident when a wire bristle pierced his scalp. Doctors traced blood poisoning to the scratch, leading to a large gathering of pus removed by operation. His health declined with appetite loss and melancholy before heart disease caused his death.
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Charles Otto
Tacoma
Otto
Largest Building in the World Planned in Chicago
A permit issued in Chicago on Monday authorizes construction of what would be the world’s largest building. Planned by officers of the First National Bank, the structure will house about 0,000 people upon completion, stand at Dearborn and Monroe streets, and cost 7 million dollars. Construction to start in the spring.
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Chicago
First National Bank
Dearborn
Monroe Streets
Notorious Hammond дет Fire Tragedy In Family Home
Thirteen-year-old Willie Nowak of Hammond Indiana is accused of deliberately setting fire to his baby sister s clothing causing her to burn to death. The mother had reprimanded him and left the infant with him to go to the store. While alone the boy lit matches and the clothing caught fire. The mother returned to a kitchen filled with the sickening odor and found the fifteen months old burning and in agony as a younger sibling watched.
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Willie Nowak
John Nowak
Hammond
Ind
Gigantic Oil Lands Sale Reported in West
A San Francisco based special to the Salt Lake Tribune reports a massive deal between the Chansler Canfield company and A B Butler on one side and the American Consolidated Oil company on the other. The transaction transfers 106000 acres of oil land across California Utah Colorado and Wyoming for 5875000 dollars. About 25000 acres lie mostly in Wyoming. Large quantities of machinery have moved from California to the new oil fields with five drilling rigs active in Uint a county Wyoming and strong developments underway. The companies hold adjacent lands though those are less significant.
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San Francisco
Salt Lake Tribune
Chansler Canfield Company
A. B. Butler
American Consolidated Oil Company
American Consolidated
California
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Uinta County
Right to suicide ruled by Philadelphia judge
Judge Arnold dismissed the case against Herbert Wright who faced a charge of attempting death by own action. He stated there may be no offense in the country for such an act, asserting a man’s life belongs to himself and his creator, and that Wright might have the right to end his life if desired.
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Herbert Wright
Philadelphia
Arnold
Wright
Emen Rys
Hines Bes
Three Men Die In Snow Slide On Thunder Mountain Route
A Lewiston arrival from Warrens brings news that three Weiser men Bert Tyles J. S. Campbell and S. M. Skyles were killed in a snow slide near the Smith quieh head on the Thunder Mountain route. Companions Arid Williams of Weston and Myers of Boise escaped. Snow was a foot deep when the avalanche buried them.
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Lewiston
Warrens
Thunder Mountain
Bert Tyles
J. 5. Campbell
5. M. Skyles
Weiser
Ida
Arid Williams
Weston and
Myers
Boise
Unanimous Senate Panel Hints at Uintah Settlement Bill
A forthcoming unanimous report by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, signed by all members save possibly Senator Quarles, favors Senator Kearns's measure to open Uintah Indian Reservation to settlement and end lease talks with the Florence Mining Company, signaling early favorable action.
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Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Quarles
Kearns
Uintah Indian Reservation
Florence Mining Company
Senate Committee
Three Hundred Kited by Earthquake in Sham
An earthquake at Sham devastates the town with about three hundred corpses recovered from ruins. The wreckage is vast and slow to search. Most victims are Mussulmans. The town is nearly destroyed with only about a dozen houses standing. Twenty five thousand residents lack food and shelter.
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Shamaka
How Sheriff Ricker Died in Wyoming Barn Murder
Wivnon Owens testifies in Casper Wyoming that Woodward, unaware of the sheriff nearby, went to a barn to pick a horse. He shot the officer as he approached, then beat him with a revolver butt, looted the body, and escaped on horseback after hiding in the barn and crawling through a manure hole.
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Wivnon Owens
Casper
Wyo
Woodward
Sherif Ricker
Train Struck by Boulder Kills Seven Men in Arkansas
Seven men were killed and at least fourteen seriously injured when a fifteen ton boulder toppled from a river bluff and slammed into a work train caboose twenty miles west of Little Stock, Arkansas. Engineer Nazor reversed the engine but the impact shattered the caboose. most victims were aboard.
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Chactaw Oklahoma & Gulf Railway
Little Stock
Arkansas
Little Maumelle
Nazor
Ine Caboose
Caboose
President Dole of uwali Asked to Resign
Honolulu political circles report rising interest as Senator George St Carter sails to Washington on February 11 to present Roosevelt’s request for a Hawaii political situation statement. A resignation by President Dole is reportedly being considered.
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Dole
Uwali
Lonolulu
George St. Carter
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Carter
Washington
Honolulu
Notorious Renegade Winfrey Slain by Panay Scouts
Panay scouts under Captain Waker killed a notorious renegade named Winfrey in an engagement on Sanur island. Seven rifles and numerous bolos were captured, and several Filipinos were killed. Deserter Long remains active with Filipino forces.
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Panay
Waker
Sanur
Winfrey
Forty-third Regiment
Long
Japanese Leave Wyoming After Unwelcome Climate
All Japanese residents in Rawlins Wyoming have departed citing hostile treatment. Chinese left years ago. Japs faced insults and personal attacks from white workers, with miners' recent Colorado expulsion actions likely a factor. Several assaults and beatings occurred over recent months.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Colorado
Man falls from balcony at Victoria theater in New York
In a dark Victoria theater scene, a man plunged about twenty feet from the first balcony onto a woman in the orchestra. She was not seriously hurt and the incident caused a near panic. Tollee took charge of the man.
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Victoria Theater
New York
T'ollee
Spanish cabinet approves treaty with United States
At a Spanish cabinet council the minister of foreign affairs the Duke of Almodovar is authorized to sign a treaty of friendship with the United States after deliberation by the council of state. American merchants in Manila complain of the consular purchasing agent buying mainly in Hongkong where materials are cheaper under Hongkong free port rules.
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Duke of Almodovar
United States
Council of State
Manila
Hongkong
Beluga
Filipinos Seek Annexation and Amnesty in Philippine Memorial
The memorial from the Philippine Islands asks for annexation and a specific form of government. It notes war in sixty provinces and calls for social and economic reforms including ending the influence of religious orders and granting amnesty to Filipinos. The document was transmitted to the Senate by the secretary of war with Governor Taft's transmittal letter.
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Federal Party of the
Philippine Islands
Senate
Secretary of War
Taft
Manilla
United States Congress
United States
Batangas
Samar
Islands
Pitched Battle Near Middlesboro Leaves Dozens Dead
Six men are dead and many more dying after a clash between Middlesboro Kentucky officers and locals at Lee Turners Quarter House saloon. The fight began when Turner and companions resisted arrest over seized goods. Deputy Wat Thompson led a posse of ten or fifteen men to arrest Turner. gunfire erupted, killing five Turnerites and one officer, with several others fatally wounded. Reinforcements were summoned and further trouble was anticipated.
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Middlesboro
Lee Turners
Wat Thompson
Turner
Turnerites
Admission of Philippines Resolution Condemns Statehood Move
Senator Carmack introduces a resolution denouncing any early or ultimate move to admit the Philippines as a U.S. state and any U.S. office holder actions supporting such a movement. It argues granting Philippine residents citizenship would degrade U.S. government integrity and offend constitutional sovereignty.
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Carmack
United States
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Tomain
Fight Over Lake Shore Property Ends in Death
A dispute among claimants along Chicago’s Lake Shore drive led to Frank Kirk, a watchman for a claimant, being shot in the head and killed. Captain Geo. W. Streeter asserts squatter rights to the ground and was arrested with his followers after police intervention.
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Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
Frank Kirk
Geo. W. Streeter
Streeter
Tragedy Follows Hoy's Frights on Roommate at Peddie
Clare Hannum son of W G Hannum a United States navy paymaster living in Brooklyn was found dead hanging in his room at Peddie Institute High Tor NY. He fastened his door blocked it with a bureau then hanged himself with a cord from a screw hook over a closet door. The school believes a supposed staged death to frighten a roommate led to tragedy.
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Clare Hannum
W. G. Hannum
United States Navy
Brooklyn
Peddie Institute
High Taton
N.Y
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Richfield
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