Utah drought news and incidents across counties
Haying progresses in Sanpete with promising wheat outlook. Oliver Smith 24 drowns in Bear River near Collinstown. Cache County hay crop heavier than years. Parowan merchant Carl Rasmussen dies of heart failure. Sunyside coke ovens nearing operation. Salt Lake City's colored Baptists dedicate new church. Old folks outing in Salt Lake City reports 154 attendees over 80. Provo assay office bill delayed. Grasshoppers controlled at Mt. Pleasant. Estimated fire losses in Merciff reach 250000 with 100000 insured. Six months track laid: 14.5 miles. 100 more expected in six months. Elk’s Convention decor using thousands of miles of bunting in Salt Lake City. Harvesting in Washington County begins. alfalfa first cut stored well. Utah Lake two feet below normal. water takers warn of scarcity. Mrs. Mary Streeper of Springville attempted suicide. alive with potential recovery. National Elocutionists convention ends in New York with officers elected. Miriam Nelson of Provo joins executive committee. Morris Weidman commits suicide in Salt Lake City. despondent. P J Ryan from Anaconda dies by self-inflicted gunshot in Salt Lake City. no cause given. Provo dignitaries injured in buggy collision. Edward Hemsley shoots wife then himself. wife to gain goods. Robertson of Wells Fargo bank under arrest for shortfall up to 830,000. Bingha Junction smelter worker claims Tracey and Merrill identified. escaped Oregon penitentiary. Brakeman James Nell decapitated near Terraced. train accident.
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Mary Streeper
Springville
Miriam Nelscn
Provo
Congressional Adjourns Amid Patriotic Song After Long Session
The senate and house closed their sessions with extended debates and a strong show of goodwill. Speakers, veterans, and members joined in singing patriotic tunes as adjournment came after a seven and a half hour day. Seventy bills passed. naval and Philippine issues dominated final hours.
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Hous of Representatives
House of Representatives
Dixie
General Hooker
Mississippi
Mr. Candler
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Senate
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Iowna
Richardson
Captain Christmas
Congress
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Tennessee
Spooner
Wisconsin
Culberson
Texas
McComas
Maryland
Lodge
Massachusetts
Mir. Caramack
Mhilippine Commission
Philippines
Coumimithec
Spoonte
Agerivai
Warmack
Cockrell
Democrat
Missouri
Report finds no bribery in Danish West India islands sale
Chairman Cinzel’s committee reports no evidence any congressman was offered a bribe or paid for voting the treaty of sale. The findings state there was no corruption by U S officials in the negotiations or purchase, and that the bribery claims stem from Christmas’s imagination. He had to borrow to pay his passage home.
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House
Wihiloh
Hee Eluigges
Danish West India Islands
Christmas
Congress
United States
Mooner
Figures Show Senate Appropriations Totals By Bills
Senator Allison, chair of the appropriations committee, presented a statement just before adjournment detailing the total appropriations for the session by bills. The figures outline the funding levels across departments and projects under consideration.
Flower Bill Advances to December Session in Congress
The Flower bill, likely the key financial measure before Congress, passed through extensive debate and conferences and has been carried over for consideration until December. The Hill GM retirement plan for the current standard silver collar cleared the House but awaits Senate action.
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Congress
Osage Man Shot Dead After Attempted Attack
In Pawhuska Oklahoma George Dickie Osage graduate of Carlisle fired at Judge Petit during a dance at the Felly home. Dickie was shot four times by Petit who then killed Dickie after being shot in the groin. Petit and his two sons restrained Dickie before the fatal exchange.
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Pawhuska
Oklahoma
George Dickie
Carlisle
Petit
Dickie
Felly
Pett
Petit Weestie
General amnesty terms for the Philippines approved
The amnesty proclamation terms have been agreed by authorities and approved by acting Governor Luke R Wright. The public proclamation will be issued simultaneously in the Philippines and the United States. It grants amnesty for offenses under the insurrectionary authorities.
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Philippines
Luke R. Wright
Philips
Street fighting ceases as peace partially restored at Cape
Reports describe end of clashes between partisans of former minister Pirmin Haitio and minister of war Alexis Noni in Cape MHigtien. As provisional government candidates for the presidency, both sides have halted major hostilities. Wirmin's residence and relatives' homes were looted.
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Cape Mhigtien
Mr. Pirmin
Haitio
Paris
Cieveral Alexis Noni
Andi
M. Wirmin
Ships Named in Navy Appropriation Bill By Moody Ings
Secretary Moody urges the cabinet to adopt six new ships named for the Navy appropriation. The vessels include Leagiind si Connecticut Tennessee Washington and Washington, with others to be determined and identities once settled. The text confirms ship names and the process of designation, reflecting cabinet discussion on naval expansion.
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Moody
Calinet
Connecticut
Tennessee
Waahoneton
Willich
Senator Bailey Attacks Beveridge After Senate Row
Texas Senator Bailey assaulted Indiana Senator Beveridge after adjournment in executive session amid a heated quarrel over comments about Solicitor Venfield. Beveridge denied insulting Bailey. others intervened to restrain the pair as Beveridge’s neckwear was torn and the dispute ended without further injury.
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Texas
Beveridge
Indiana
Senate
Iie
Venfield
State Department
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Miniley
Veridge
Senator Hansborough
North Dakota
Senator Bailey
Spooner
Hailey
Bacon
Georgia
Barney Layton
Senator Hailey
Senator Heveridge
Win
Dynamite in Leon Post Office Safe Injures Official
Burglars attempted to blow the safe at the Leon Kansas post office on Sunday but fled. A dynamite charge exploded Monday when the postmaster opened the safe, seriously injuring him. Two others are said to be injured, though details are scarce.
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Leon
Kansas
Murder Fire Kills Miner in Oregon Bonanza Case
A 45 year old miner H T Bruner was found burned to death in his tent at Bonanza Oregon on a Sunday morning. The blaze suggested murder and robbery as Bruner reportedly carried money on his person. Rescuers reached the tent too late as flames spread and consumed the shelter.
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H.T. Bruner
Bonanza
The
Bruner
Oklahoma officers slain in gun battle with horse thieves
Sheriff A. J. Ballard and Under Sheriff Cogburn of Mills County were killed during an assault on a horse-thief band as they tried to arrest members. The fight lasted about twenty minutes in the county's northeast, with outlaws surrounding and fatally wounding the two officers before escaping.
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A. J. Ballard
Cogburn
Weer Mills County
Oklahoma
Cheng the Sternfs
Jessie Morrison Guilty in Second Trial
Jessie Morrison is found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing Clara Wiley Castle with a razor in Eldorado Kansas in Pune 1900. The case, her third trial after prior trials produced manslaughter verdicts and a five year sentence, ended with a second degree murder conviction after a new trial was granted last February.
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Jessie Morrison
Olin Castle
Eldorado
Kan
Pune
Clara Wiley Castle
Castle
Miss Morrison
M. Morrison
Irrigation Bill Endorsed as Automatic National Plan
Representative Newlands of Nevada outlines the irrigation bill as an automatic plan that operates without further congressional appropriations. It would make at least 150 million dollars from public land sales available for irrigation over thirty years, with 3 million dollars annually from past and ongoing receipts, guarded by a requirement that contracts only proceed when funds exist.
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Newlands
Nevada
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Remains of Jesse James Reburied in Family Plot
Remains of outlaw Jesse James exhumed from the door yard near Excelsior Springs Missouri after twenty years and reburied in the Kearney cemetery beside his father and wife. Funeral service held with pallbearers from Quan trell's band. Jesse James Jr. reportedly identified his father’s bullet hole. Only a small crowd attended the exercises.
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Jesse James
Old James
Excelsior Springs
Kearney
Zerelda Semuels
Frank James
Mary
Quantrell
Bob Ford
Esildes
James
Crash on Colorado Midland Excursion Train Kills Musician
Sunday morning a Colorado Midland excursion train descending from Cripple Creek struck a broken rail. Seven cars toppled into a heap, killing Francis M. English of Colorado Springs and injuring about thirty others, with three or four likely fatally. Passengers in the derailed cars escaped largely by luck.
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Colorado Midland Railroad
Tte Pass
Cripple Creek
Francis M. English
Colorado Springs
Haytien fleet disembarks troops amid rising tensions in Paris
Maytian commander Admiral Killick led Haytien troops to support General Firman, ex minister and presidential candidate, and threatened bombardment of Cape Haytien after refusing to recognize constituted authorities. Consular representatives protested. A bishop and foreign consuls tried to mediate but failed.
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Mayti
Killick
Haytien
Firman
Cholera in Manila and Provinces Reported Deaths Rise
Official reports show 1,588 cholera deaths in Manila and 1,740 cases. Provincial figures total 7,038 deaths from 9,444 cases. Insular health commissioner Lieut Col Louis M Made notes likely around 2,000 provincial deaths and cites reporting gaps.
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Manila
Louis M. Made
Insular Health
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