Utah State News Highlights July Events And Trials
July planned events include a Salt Lake Wis club house dedication and Lehi Fourth of July celebration. Trials include James W. McGrath acquittal in Nephi murder case and John H. Hickman convicted of horse theft in Nephi. Wheat and lucerne crops show drought impact. Great Salt Lake recedes about one inch monthly.
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Wis of
Salt Lake
Parowan
James W. McGrath
Nephi
Weather Bureau
Great Salt Lake
Lehi
Lucerne
Maccabees
Grand Opera House
Peter Mortensen
James R. Hay
Allen G. Campbell
West
Riverside
Cal
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias of the Domain of Utah
King Edward Stricken Near Coronation Postponement
London dispatch reports King Edward III gravely ill on the eve of his coronation with a severe appendicitis or perityphillitis. An operation Tuesday afternoon was performed. officials say he is rallying though fears remain. Coronation ceremonies are indefinitely postponed as royal health remains uncertain and foreign dignitaries depart.
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London
Edward
Alexandra
Montana Farm Census Reveals Growth in 1900
The 1900 census lists 13,370 Montana farms counted on June 1 with a total farm property value of 117,855,823 dollars. Farm implements and machinery totaled 3,671,900 dollars while livestock stood at 52,161,833 dollars. The 1899 farm product value reached 25,810,057 dollars, with animal products making up 65 percent and crops 37 percent.
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Montana
Girl Scalp Injured In Loom Accident At Glenville
Mary Affeldt a 19 year old weaver at American Felt in Glenville Conn was severely scalped when her loom seized her hair as she leaned to oil the machine. Doctors hope skin grafts from fellow workers will save her life. about 200 employees volunteered to donate skin.
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Louis Russell Harrington
Utah
American Fork
American Felt Company
Glenville
Conn
Mary Affeldt
Jeanie Morrison Trial Highlights Defense Witness
Dr Brownfield a traveling physician testified for the defense in Jessie Morrisons third trial for the murder of Mrs Olin Castle. he said he saw Mrs Castle and heard her call the defendant into the house on the morning of the fatal fight. The state pressed to undermine the evidence and the county attorney ordered Brownfields arrest on a charge of perjury.
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Brownfield
Jessie Morrison
Olin Castle
Castle
Murderer Bennett Reported in Sedro-Woolley Case
Chief Wittman of San Francisco received a dispatch from the Sedro-Woolley city marshal requesting an immediate telegram of the murderer description for Bennett in the Nora Fuller case. Wittman suspects the man in jail at Sedro-Woolley is an impostor seeking notoriety and a free trip to San Francisco.
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Wittman
San Francisco
Sedro-Woolley
Bennett
Nora Fuller
Chicago Council Forces Streetcar Ride Guarantee Ordinance
Chicago city council passes ordinance requiring street railway companies to issue coupons for a free ride when a breakdown delays passengers ten minutes or more. The guarantee applies to all directions and any return fare, and covers accidents attributed to the company or its misfortune to encounter.
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Chicago City Council
City Council of
Chicago
No Treaty With Cuba Ends Hope For Reciprocity
President decides no reciprocity with Cuba for now as Cuban minister lacks full powers to drive a treaty to Washington. Drafts must go to Havana and return before Senate approval, unlikely before July 4 adjournment. Administration hopes to show effort for Cuba, but two-thirds ratification seems unattainable.
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Senate
Senor Quesads
Washington
Ibis 5
Havana
Congress
Cuba
Murdered for His Money at Stampede Station
A Seattle dispatch reports a suspected murder at Stampede on the Northern Pacific line near the Cascade foothills. John Yeschick of Renville Minnesota was found in a creek, his legs bruised, with knife wounds and a deep wound under the arm, after missing a train. He carried money and a watch. his shoes were missing. His mother and he were bound for Portland, with a Minnesota widow and five children left behind.
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Seattle
Sheriff's Office
Northern Pacific Railway
Cascade Mountains
John Yeschick
Renville
Minn
Yeschick
Portland
Ore
Minnesota
Ile
Cuba Seeks Funds to Rescue Sugar and Cattle Sectors
President Palma and cabinet outline a plan to borrow 3.5 million dollars through an internal bond loan with a 50 cent per arroba sugar loan and a five dollar premium for up to 100,000 imported cattle, plus higher duties. The aim is to aid sugar growers and cattle breeders while boosting exports and employment as Cuba faces idle workers and economic hardship.
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V’alma
Havana
Congress
Opon
Palma
Senate
Cuba
Wealthy Butte Citizen Dies After Self-Inflicted Shot
Frank Hines a wealthy Butte resident and brother of Silver Bow National Bank vice president Thomas K. Hines is dead from a gunshot to the head. Authorities doubt if it was suicide or accident, but wounds suggest self-inflicted death. He was prominently connected in the community.
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Frank Hines
Butte
Thomas K. Hines
Silver Bow National Bank
Hines
Jefferson Iowa Shootout Ends in Marshal’s Death
Horace Shipman and lawmen clash after a peace warrant service near Jefferson Iowa. Marshal John Swearingen is shot and killed. Dr C H Grimmel and Deputy Fred Kendall retreat. A three hour firefight erupts with hundreds of bullets, Shipman shot dead in his home as officers and townspeople contend.
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Jefferson
Iowa
Horace Shipman
Shipman
John Swearingen
C. H. Grimmel
Swearingen
Fred Kendall
James May
Thirty Years Per Thirty Dollars in Montana Robbery Case
Judge McClarpen sentences William Perry and A. C. Young to thirty years each for the April 24 robbery of Tom Donovan. The heavy sentence unsettles county prisoners as the first Botte judge to impose such severity, pledging to rid Montana of objectionable characters.
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McClarpen
William Perry
A. C. Young
Tom Donovan
MecClareen
Botte
Montana
Two Boys Drown in Virginia City Reservoir
Thomas Cort of Virginia City Montana mourns as his two young sons perish after being pulled into a mud bank at an old reservoir. The seven year old slipped in and stuck, and the elder brother was dragged under while trying to save him. A younger child witnessed the tragedy.
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Thomas Cort
Virginia City
Mont
Weechild
Dallas St James Hotel Collapses Trapping Twenty
A Dallas hotel collapsed early Sunday, burying about twenty occupants beneath the ruins. One person died and three were rescued with several others unaccounted for as fire department police and citizens work to recover the dead and injured amid great excitement and uncertainty.
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St. James
Dallas
Texas
Murdered Electrician Odin Bunch Found in Forsaken Enslay Boarding House
The mutilated remains of Odin Bunch an 18 year old electrician from Pulaski Tennessee employed in steel mills at Ensley Alabama were found after a boarding house fire authorities suspect murder and concealment. His head was severed and limbs found in different parts of the house with his face badly burned.
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Odin Bunch
Ensley
Ala
Bunch
Pulaski
Teun
Spooner plan for canal via Nicaragua or Panama bill
Week in Congress reports the Spooner bill for a Panama canal project passing the Senate with amended terms. The president would decide if a clear title to Pensacola’s property could be obtained. if so, purchase terms at 100 million dollars. If not, construct an Isthmian canal by Nicaragua. A seven member committee would supervise. The House debated Philippine civil government. Kahn’s speech recounted summer Philippines experiences. The Senate adjourned after executive session.
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Istimian
Nicaragua
Feven
House
Alghe
Jones
Virginia
Insular Affairs Committee
Messrs. Hamilton
Michigan
Kahn
California
Patterson
Tennessee
Philippines
Senate
Debate on Philippine government bill in the house
June 21 discussion in the house featured seven speakers including Reeves of Illinois and Bramwell of Ohio for the bill and Maddox of Georgia Dinsmore of Arkansas and Thayer of Massachusetts against McClellan of New York son of Gen George B McClellan offered a brief defense of the army Earlier conference reports on the military academy and sundry civil appropriation bills were adopted
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Messrs
Reeves
Uilnois
Bramwell
Ohio
Maddox
Georgia
Dinsmore
Arkansas
Thayer
Massachusetts
MoClellan
New York
George B. McClellan
Military Academy
Bill Glances at Government Actions in Senate and House
Routine business progresses before Philippine civil government debate resumes. Bills set Great Falls Montana as port of entry for Montana and Idaho, extend free transport of dutiable merchandise to Tacoma and Seattle, authorize medals for Garvis Hirthof Cull. War payments inquiry into Wood to Thurber and others. Senate moves to discharge territories committee on omnibus territorial bill as Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona statehood pledges persist. House passes Naco Arizona sub port entry bill. Philippine bill debated, key speakers named. Senate also approves southern Appalachian forest reserve and Indian territory treaties with Choctaw and Chickasaw. Other measures include train robbery suppression, locomotive brake upgrades, and wartime arm loan authorization for boys brigades.
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Great Falls
Mont
Montana
Idaho
Tacoma
Seattle
Wash
Secretary of the Treasury
David S. Garvis
BE. B. Herthof
J. Cull
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Quay
House
Naco
Ariz
Messrs. Lacey
Iowa
Schimim
Maryland
Douglass
New York
Finley
South Carolina
McDermott
New Jersey
Senate
Appalndian Mountains
United States
Indian Territory
Secretary of War
Five Cowboys Die In Arizona Fight Over Water
A report from Albuquerque N M recounts a cattlemen clash near Tucumcari in which five cowpunchers were killed. Dad Lee of Dona Ana county and an Indian fighter confronted by eight waiting cowboys fought after Lee allegedly polluted a spring used by others. Lee and his partner survived and surrendered to Sheriff Romero. In Bangor Maine the Democratic state convention nominated W S Gould for governor.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Tucumcari
Dad” Lee
Dona Ana County
Lee
Romero
Guadaloupe County
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John H. Hickman
Springville
Provo
Charles Savage
Denver
William Kelley
Mounds
A. L. Johhnson
Gring
Jarces Thornton
Breeden
H. A. Culmer
Quincy
Park City
Culmer
D. H. Moffat
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway
Salt Lake City
England
Edward VII
Bing
Jeanie Morrison
Mao
Oregon
Harlem
Little
Italy
Florenzo Paras
Paras
New Republic
Jone
Bangor
Maine
W. 8. Gould
Skowhegan
Govenor
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