Utah State News round up from Draper to Salt Lake
A disparate Utah State News page reports on a failed execution, a Draper Commercial club formation, the death of Richfield pioneer Niels Morton Peterson, and progress on the Leamington cut off. It notes rising Great Salt Lake levels, a pardoned Indian Tahap, and plans for a Mt Pleasant Ephraim rabbit hunt with a $200 purse. Verna Raymond, 20, is jailed for burglary in Salt Lake City. a West Weber rabbit hunt killed 685 rabbits. Additional items cover Leamington rail planning, Watch Anchor Fence company incorporation, Utah Poultry show at East Lake City, tragic deaths of Ballie Wolfley and injuries to Oscar Jonason, land patent statistics for 1902, a Pleas ant Grove assault sentence, asylum patient counts, and a Salt Lake lodging overdose death.
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Niels Morton Peterson
Richfield
Leamington
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Totraim
Great Balt Lake
Thapah
Tay
Verna Raymond
Salt Lake City
Itta
West Weber
Leamington Cut
Stockton
Terminia
Watch Anchor Fence Company
Utah Poultry Association
East Lake City
Balle Wolfley
Murray
Senators Chosen in State and National Elections
Clarke succeeds Jones in Arkansas and Platt is re elected while Alger will represent Michigan Apostle Reed Smoot chosen for U S Senate. Rawlings and Wells receive votes in various chambers with absences affecting totals Salt Lake City delegates show support for Wells Senate and House members back Wells with several votes recorded for Smoot and Rawlins.
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Clarke
Jones
Arkansas
Platt
Alger
Michigan
Clarke Succeeds Jones in Arkansas Legislature Victory
Clarke forces win in Arkansas legislature after joint ballot tally of 77 votes for Clarke against Jones. The result shows Clarke secured nine more votes than needed to elect. James P. Clarke emerges as winner over James K. Jones in a tight party contest.
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Arkansas
James P. Clarke
James K. Jones
Clarke
Oglarke
Platt Reelected Senator by New York Legislature
The New York legislature in separate sessions reelected Thomas Platt to serve another term as United States senator. Three Republican senators supported Elihu Root for secretary of war, affecting the party's apportioned leadership in the vote.
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New York
Thomas ©. Platt
United States
Elihu Root
Senators Elected in Various States to Fill Unexpired Terms
The Michigan senate and house chose Alger to fill the McMillan unexpired term. Missouri voters backed Former Governor William J. Stone for the successor to George West. Republicans favored Richard C. Kerens. Indiana re-elected Charles K. Fairbanks. North Dakota split along party lines, backing John A. Bowler and Kittredge respectively, while H. C. Hansbrough won re-election with unanimous Republican support. Illinois chose James Williams, and Connecticut re-elected Orville H. Platt. New Hampshire reelected Jacob B. Gallinger.
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Alger
Bilge
Michigan
Foverist
McMillan
United States Senate
State Senate
House of Representatives
William J. Stone
Missouri
George
6Th Dakota
Unitedtates
Marty
House
Senate
John A. Bowler
Kittredge
North Dakota
United States
H. C. Hansbrough
A. J. Hopkins
James Williams
General Assembly
Connecticut
Orville H. Platt
New Hampshire
Jacob B. Gallinger
Still Scrapping in Colorado Legislature Over Joint Ballot
The row in the Colorado legislature continues with a rump senate organized Monday night and now believed to be recognized by the Republican majority of the house when the joint ballot for senator is taken.
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Colorado
Senate
House
Woman murders lover then wounds self in Olympia incident
Lela Page, a proprietress accused of running a suspected house in Olympia, attacked her lover Charles Clark with Onyx and then cut her own throat. Clark is barely alive and remembers an old respected family. Page, also known as Maud Richards, arrived from Tacoma five years ago. In a separate Pittsburgh case Antonio Roach slashed Magele Linno's throat, fled, and was pursued by crowds. Roach leaped from a steep precipice but sustained no injury. the woman is expected to recover.
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Lela Page
Olympia
Wanh
Charles Clark
Clark
Tacoma
Maud Richards
Lelh McMillan
Antonio Roach
Magele Linno
Pittsburg
Tillman's Victim Gonzales Dies After Four Day Suffering
Narciso Gener Gonzales editor of the Columbian State died shortly after noon Monday after four days of suffering from injuries sustained Thursday when brought before Lieutenant Governor James H. Tillman. Family editors and surgeons were present at his deathbed in Columbia. News of the death reached Captain Sileh, the county jailer, who notified Colonel Tillman. He reportedly received the information with calm restraint.
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Narciso Gener Gonzales
Columbian State
James H. Tillman
Gonzales
Star of
Columbia
Gonzalez
Sileh
Tillman
Mob Foiled As Sheriff Smuggles Suspect Out of Jail
A Perry Indiana report says 200 men gathered at the jail Monday night to lynch Stephen Crandall, a suspect in the bank cashier shooting. Ropes were readied to hang him. Mayor calls out militia. Sheriff Holmes ferries Crandall to Adel, placing him in county jail for safety.
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Perry
Jall
Stephen Crandall
Harry Patte
Crandall
Misitia Company
Sherif Holmes
Adel Ittle
Hotel proprietor charged for breaking down servant’s room door
F Langdon of Wilkes Barre Pa faced arraignment before Magistrate Donohue on charges of breaking down the door of a room occupied by his servant Ricklehe. Langdon claimed morning duties and cold weather caused delays in waking servants. The magistrate fined Langdon for perjury and ordered him to purchase a patent invention that supposedly ousts servant girls from their beds.
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F. Langdon
Wilkestarre
Donohue
Ricklehe
Langdon
Tragedy in Spokane: Ella Mont Shot Dead by Ed Spencer
In Spokane Washington a domestic worker Ella Mont was shot and killed by Ed Spencer who then fatally shot himself. The crime occurred at Sidney Schulein's home where Mont worked. Letters indicate Spencer killed Mont after she refused his marriage proposal. He remains hospitalized in critical condition.
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Ella Mont
Spokane
Wash
Ed Spencer
Sidney Schulein
Spencer
Quay to Press Statehood Bill in Senate Fight
Senator Quay declared he would push the statehood bill amid an executive session where a Cuban reciprocity treaty was read. He noted the treaty did not clash with statehood and served notice he would demand daily 2 pm consideration, threatening a vote to end executive session if treaty supporters resist.
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Quay
Cullom
Senate
Love and Liquor Cause Death of U S Legation Official
A. W. Barrett former secretary of the United States legation at Caracas Venezuela and brother of Congressman W. Barrett of Massachusetts died by his own hand in Washington Monday. In a written note he blamed his misfortunes on liquor and an infatuation for a married woman older than him. His wife left him last August and he had deteriorated rapidly since.
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A. W. Barrett
United States
Legation
Caracas
Venezuela
W. &. Barrett
Masgachusetts
Washington
Platt Renominated In Albany Republican Caucus
The Joint Republican caucus in Albany New York nominated Thomas C Platt for United States senator by a vote of 108 to 1 with Ellin Root receiving one vote from Assemblyman William A Dennison of Jefferson Every member present except Dennison voted for Platt without comment Democratic senators and assemblymen held Cane and John B Sthnohield as candidates for United States senator in a related session
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas C. Platt
United States
Ellin Root
William A. Dennison
Jefferson
Mr. Dennison
Me Piott
Assemiae
John B. Sthnohield
Boe Ie
United
Boy Causes Wreck On Baltimore & Ohio Near Cumberland
An accident east of Cumberland Maryland killed four Baltimore & Ohio railroad employees and injured three after a messenger boy allegedly pulled a lever giving a clear signal. Train No 1 approached a blocked track where a caboose and two engines stood. The boy Turner was in the block tower and his misled signal led to the collision, with the operator unaware until impact.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Cumberland
Turner
Nothing in It Cuban Army Won't Wait for Back Pay
A Havana issued manifesto asserts the Cuban army will not wait beyond March for soldiers’ pay. It threatens to reunite and occupy towns from Point Mays to Cape San Antonio if more time is requested. Generals Gomez and others are satisfied with the government’s payment stance. Gomez is reviewing those entitled to pay.
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Havana
Cuba
Point Mays
Cape San Antonio
Gomez
Gomer
Critics of Cuban Treaty at Liverpool Chamber Meeting
At a special Liverpool chamber of commerce meeting the proposed United States Cuba treaty was criticized as shutting out other nations from trading with Cuba. Foreign Secretary Lansdowne would receive important deputations from UK chambers on January 22 to discuss the matter.
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Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
United States
Cubs
Lansdowne
Chambers of Commerce
United Kingdom
Cuba
Women oppose Kipling calendar for charity in Oakland
Rudyard Kipling refused to permit the Ladies Relief Society of Oakland California to publish a calendar with excerpts from his works. The calendar would have benefited the Old Ladies home at Alden. County women and University of California professors who chose quotes are annoyed by the refusal.
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Rudyard Kipling
Ladies' Relief Society of
Oakland
Cal
Alden
Grounty
University of California
Mr. Ripling
Cabts
German cruiser Panther shells Fort San Carlos at Maracaibo
German cruiser Panther shelled Fort San Carlos at the entrance to Lake Maracaibo Venezuela for about an hour on Saturday. The fort fired four guns in return, wounded three men, and the Panther retreated toward Curacao. Public demonstrations followed the attack.
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Panther
Fort San Carlos
Lake Maracaibo
Venezuela
Curacao
Maracaibo
Bello
Deaths on Railways Report Shows Rising Casualties
An interstate commerce commission statement for the three months ended September 30, 1902, reports 24 percent killed and 2619 injured in train accidents. Total casualties reach 12,007 with 84 percent killed and 11,162 injured across all accidents including worker and passenger incidents. collisions and derailments totaled 2,448, with 1444 collisions and 1,914 derailments. Passenger-train impacts numbered 51 collisions and 92 derailments, and damages to cars engines and roadways amounted to 2,198,000 dollars.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Plague Toll Rises In Mazatlan Amid Disappearances
Reports from Mazatlan show 107 plague deaths since January 1 and rising. A wave of fear spreads as 248 wooden hospitals burn and two plague hospitals are to be destroyed. A young worker's mother dies at home while inspectors seize the corpse and isolate the youth. His wife and sister vanish, with one later found dead and the other missing, as the survivor descends into insanity.
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Department of Observation
Hotel Blaze in Morrissey Kills Four Men
A fire at the Pianeer hotel in Morrissey British Columbia on Saturday night burned four men to death and left four others missing. The hotel, leased by AL Johnson, caught fire when a lamp toppled in the barroom. The proprietor awakened guests, many in night clothes. most were coal miners or prospectors. No fire protection existed at Morris Bey.
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Morrissey
B. C
Pianeer Hotel
AL Johnson
Morris
Bey
Guthrie Man Claimed He Was Lincoln's Assassin
D E George an aged Guthrie Oklahoma wealthy citizen asserted on his deathbed that he was John Wilkes Booth the Lincoln assassin He attempted suicide at El Reno and later died in an Enid hotel by taking poison He claimed he had evaded officers after killing Lincoln and remained unknown to the world since then
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D. E. George
Guthrie
Oklahoma
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
George
el Reno
Enid
Chinese War in San Francisco Ends in Shootings
In San Francisco Chinatown a Sunday gambling den incident sparked three successive shooting affrays. Five Chinese were shot, two fatally, with a retaliatory sequence. Four men are jailed as police pursue strong evidence against two suspects.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
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Draper Commercial Club
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Ephraim
Oscar Jonason
Pleasant Grove
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Board of Land Commissioners
Rich
Carbon
Sanpete
Granu
Morgan
June
Plute
Salt Lake
Enos Driggs
Oscar Johnson
Board of Commis Sonera
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Streight
Reed Smoot
Utah
Apoatte Reel Smoot
Rawling
Apostle Reed Smoot
Joseph L. Rawlins
Heber M. Wells
Tower House
Smoot
Rawlins
Wells
Wills E. Robison
George N. Lawrence
Hoyt Sherman
J. J. Stewart
William E. White
B. CG. Lee
P. Evane
Summit County
Tom Platt
Assanain
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Edwin B. Glenn
Fifth Infantry
Samar
Gieneral Lukeham
Gandara
Catubig
Gueverra
Boy
Kipling
Mazatlan
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