Utah State News Roundup Highlights Local Developments
Utah notices include a plan for a new bank in Lehi and a second schoolhouse in Springville costing 96 000 to 7 000 dollars. Reports mention smallpox quarantines in Salt Lake City, a health advisory on Idaho, and several local incidents from Provo to St. George.
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Lehi
Springville
Leh
Utah Silk
Utah
Salt Lake City
Western Union Messenger Boys
Imf
Dahoney
Ling
Saloose
Beatty
Utah State Board of Health
Idaho
Utah County Teachers’ Association
Tragedy at Colney Hatch Asylum Fire Kills Fifty Women
A London report states about fifty women died in a fire at Colney Hatch asylum. The blaze gutted five wooden wards in the Jewish wing as nearly 600 inmates were present. Nurses struggled to move panicked patients while some perished in beds or were found charred in corridors.
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Colney Hatch Asylum
Sayk
London
Appalling railroad wreck near Westfield injures many
A severe wreck on the Central railroad of New Jersey at Graceland near Westfield Tuesday night collided the Royal Bills Mine express with a local train. The crash caused bodies to be trapped and burned in the blaze while the flyer passengers escaped with minor hurts. Estimated deaths range from twelve to thirty as rescue efforts continued.
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New York
Graceland
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Westfield
N. J
Royal Bills Mine Express
Pitts
Royal
The Goebel Conspiracy Briefing From Frankfort
James B. Howard of Clay county claims to have fired the shot that killed William Goebel in the Goebel conspiracy. In a confession he says he acted with Henry F Culgey and that the plot ended in the governor’s murder. He states the shot came from the front window of Secretary of State Cale Powers office and that only he and Jim Howard were inside.
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Frankfort
James B. Howard
Clay County
William Goebel
Henry F ‘Culgey
Cclaimant
Cale Powers
Jim Howard
No Hebrew Race Claim Provokes Debate in NYC Meeting
At a joint session in New York City, Dr. Maurice Frishberg of the American Ethnological Society and New York Academy of Sciences asserted there is no Hebrew race and that Hebrews are not descended from Abraham Isaac and Jacob, but are Armenians in origin.
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New York City
American Ethnologiecal Society
New York Academy of Sciences
Maurice Frishberg
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Mob Steals Coal Train At Webster Avenue Chicago
A mob of nearly a thousand men women and boys halted a Chicago and North Western coal train on the Wisconsin division at Webster Avenue Chicago. They uncoupled cars and carried away contents from five cars while police dispersed the crowd after a three hour suspension.
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Chicago & Northwestern
Webster Avenue
Chicago
Wisconsin
Por
Castro's Offer Aims at Settling Foreign Claims
Berlin officials view Castro's 30 percent share of La Guayra and Porto Cabello customs as proof of intent to settle foreign claims. The plan also includes other terms with blockading participants, but questions remain whether 30 percent suffices. A discussion is under way to determine adequacy.
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Castro
la Guayra
Porto Cabello
Berlin
Lamp accident ends in fatal choking of young child
Howard Lang’s four year old daughter Anna found a small electric lamp bulb in a New York City home. She pressed the button, swallowed the tiny bulb, which broke and lodged in her throat. Ambulance and hospital care followed but the child died before surgery. Doctors later located the bulb in her left nostril. The death is believed to be from strangulation after aspiration.
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Howard Lang
New York City
Anna
Lunched with Dead Man Found in Mother's Kitchen
Thomas V Strayer of Philadelphia entered his mother's home and found William B Ryan a boarder sitting at a table with food and coffee. After attempting conversation and waking him Strayer shook Ryan causing him to topple forward. Ryan was dead from heart disease.
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Thomas V. Strayer
Philadelphia
William B. Ryan
Strayer
Ryan
Mimack
Cae
Reward Offered for Union Bank Robbers Still at Large
Bill Anderson Rudolph and Frank Lewis, alleged Union Missouri Bank robbers and Detective Schumacher’s killers, remain at large. A $1700 reward is offered. Detectives report $90,000 in securities recovered from Frank Rudolph’s Stanton Missouri house, tied to the Union bank robbery two days after Christmas, when nearly $120,000 in money and securities were stolen.
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Bill Anderson
Rudolph
Frank Lewis
Union
Charles J. Schumacher
Stanton
Moo
Frank Rudolph
Mrs Dowie Seeks Divorce and Miner Fatalities Reported
Mrs. Dowie of Page county Pennsylvania seeks divorce from John Murray Dowie alleging cruelty and inhuman treatment. She is a wealthy widow who married Dowie in 1900 after meeting in Chicago. In Indiana a mine accident at Harris Lankford mine near Terre Haute left James Wesner dead and several others severely suffocated with rescue hampered by collapse and limited entry.
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EJ. North Dowie
District Court
Page County
Pennsylvania
Hfsband
John Murray Dowie
John Alexander Dowie
Ilinois
Harris-Lankford
Terre Haute
Tnd
James Wesner
American liner ashore near Holy Head in heavy gale
An American liner lies ashore off Aberfrawe Point fifteen miles north of Holy Head as a severe gale rages in St George's Channel. Part of the crew reached shore by boat. others yet to land due to rough seas. In New York, Mise Elsie Herron, 20, shot her cousin Lester Carroll, 14, with a revolver after taking him to view her father's firearm. The boy was wounded in the chest and his recovery is uncertain.
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Wil RB. Reilly
Salt Lake
Senator Rawlins
West Point
Cadet le Compte
Alfred H. McMillan
Gerald H. Child
Ogden
Hyde Park
Erastus Lamo
Aberfrawe Point
Holy Head
Wales
St. George's Channel
Hi In
Mise
Elsie Herron
Lester Carroll
New York City
Miss Herron
Lester
Tim
Brazil Refuses Acre Concession in Bolivian Clash
The Brazilian legation in Paris published an official statement condemning Bolivia’s Acre claims. It calls the Bolivian syndicate contract a legal monstrosity and void, arguing it cedes sovereignty to a foreign company and conflicts with current Peruvian disputes. Brazil warns of troop concentration near Mato Grosso and Amazonas as Pando presses march.
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Legation of
Paris
Acre
Pando
Bolivia
Peru
Brazil
Amazon
Paraguay
Matto Grasso
Amazonis
Democrats Select Teller In Colorado Senate Vote
Fifty one Democratic members gathered for a joint session after forcing M. J. Madden to attend. They voted for Henry Teller as U S senator while Republicans stayed away, preventing an election and leaving the outcome disputed.
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Colorado General Assembly
M. J. Madden
United States
Madsson
Guim
Henry M. Téller
Wolcott Withdraws From Colorado Senate Fight
Ex Senator EB G Wolcott conceded defeat in Colorado's senatorial contest and urged voters to back Henry M Teller for re election. He accused Republican leaders aligned with anti Wolcott forces of treachery while branding others as dupes of the conspirators.
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Colorado
EB. G. Wolcott
Henry M. Teller
Wolcott
Stromboli Erupts After Brief Quiet Phase
Stromboli volcano erupts with renewed vigor after a short inactivity. Lava and volcanic bombs are thrown far from the crater, creating a spectacular display as flames illuminate the night sky.
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Aleht
Trade Totals Show Large U.S. Exports to Mexico
Reported for the first four months of the fiscal year Mexico exported to the United States worth 40 803 372 dollars, while imports from the U S rose similarly. The American merchandise brought in shows a net gain of about 73 000 000 in gold value.
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Mexico
United States
Staked Mackay and Lawrence Sah Linked by a Trusting Bond
Lawrence Sah Staked John W. Mackay ten thousand dollars which helped him acquire and develop the Comstock lode. Prosperous liveryman Bash of Virginia was a longtime friend and ally until Sah's death. Bash returned to Missouri years later and left a large estate.
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Lawrence Sah
Boone County
John W. Mackay
Bush
Virginia
Mack
Sickay
Bash
Minsouri
Montana Robbery Plot Unmasked By County Officers
Authorities in Carbon county Montana announced a grand scheme by a gang to raid Red Lodge after robbing Bridger’s Stock Growers Bank. The plan involved twenty men and potential attacks on three banks, but the plot was halted when suspects were tracked to Rosebud county. Earlier warnings tied the Hole-in-the-Wall gang to Deer Lodge.
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Carbon County
Montana
Simons Bridger
Deer Lodge
Lynch Must Die Convicted of High Treason in Sriigh Court
Colonel Arthur Lynch, Galway MP, was found guilty of high treason in a Sriigh Court and sentenced to death on four counts. The jury returned a guilty verdict after half an hour. When asked why he should not be sentenced, Lynch said nothing. London papers expect commutation and call for deterrent punishment without martyrdom.
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Sriigh
Arthur Lynch
Galway
Colonel Lynch
London
Lynch
Cannibalism Reported From New Guinea Killings
Miowera arrives at Victorian B C with news of several white men murdered by New Guinea natives. A drought drives food shortages, leading to cannibalism. Reports include two European prospectors killed and eaten, a Dutch constable kidnapped and eaten, and multiple native killings. Some natives subsist on roots and herbs.
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Victorian
B. C
New Guinea
Earthquake shakes Georgia coast towns and islands
Two shocks of earthquake were felt in Savannah Friday night around 11. News from coastal settlements says the tremors were strong enough to rock cargos. Tybee Island reports the greatest violence and lighthouse keeper Mrs Evans says five shocks woke sleeping children forty feet above ground, causing alarm on the island.
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Savannaha
Tybow Island
Evans
Men badly burned at Buffalo coke oven incident
Charles Westphal a furnaceman and Michael Schultz a helper at Buffalo Union Furnace were severely burned Friday night when opening an oven door released a sheet of flame enveloping them. Westphal collapsed from the heat while Schultz escaped.
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Charles Westphal
Michael Schultz
Buffalo Union Furnace Company
Buffalo
N.Y
Westphal
Dia Schultz
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