Utah State News Summary of Utah events and incidents
The Oregon Short Line expects heavier summer travel in its history. Beet planting finished in Mt. Pleasant district with fifty two more this year. Parades in Salt Lake City may involve at least 500 cowboys for President Roosevelt’s visit. Prof. J. J. McClellan to compose A Romance of Japan. M. Howe, pioneer of American Folk, dead at 89. Local merchants grant clerks a half-holiday weekly in summer. Straw & Storrs win Rio Grande Western grading contract. Infant found dead in Jordan River ruled murder by coroner’s jury. Clyde Ellison found not guilty of murder against Undertaker Watson. Scott from Kimberley injured in betting incident. Miss Matilda Land injured in buggy accident. Captain A J Burt reports Utahns doing well in the Philippines. Wilford Miller, 12, dragged to death by a barge at Parowan. Mrs Ellison plans divorce suit. Sam Newton of American Fork jailed after attempted murder. Prince Nanzeta Montezuma visits Zion Imat. Rad Price pardoned but later sentenced to life for Denver murder. Jordan River pumps begin delivering water to Salt Lake Valley. four pumps to draw 100 cubic ft per second. Sevier county shearing mostly finished. rose yields up to expectations. logs average 10 to 20 percent errors.
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Jordan River
Salt Lake City
Clyde Ellison
Undertaker A. 3
Watson
Ellison
Matilda Land
Ephraim
Clyde Eliison
Undertaker Watson
Salt Lake
Killed by Strikers at Jackson Tennessee
The Mobile and Ohio railroad strike in Jackson Tennessee grows grave with one man killed and trains blocked. Police rushed to Union depot after a wreck blamed on strikers. A brakeman named Will Yarboro was shot and killed aboard a train as tension rises. The railway company plans to seek federal troops to restore order.
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Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Jackson
Tenn
Guston
Union Depot
Will Yarboro
Yarboro
Pringle
Si Bether
Pershing Returns from Taraca Campaign in Lake Lanao
Captain Pershing and his column return to Camp Vicars Minda nao after an uneventful eastward expedition from Taraca. Prisoners taken at Taraca pledged allegiance to the United States and were released. Nine dattoa and one sultan were killed in Taraca forts, and Pershing estimates Taraca’s population at 50,000 with the district around 100,000, noting prior underestimation.
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Captain Pershing
Vicars
Mindanao
Lake Lanao
Taraca
United States
Dattoa
Sultan
Cheyenne seeks injunction over Fort Russell stables plan
The city of Cheyenne seeks an injunction to block the U S government from building two large stables on Crow Creek at Fort Russell. The creek supplies Cheyenne’s water and the erection could pollute the water supply though filter beds lie between town and fort.
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Cheyenne
Crow Creak
Fort Russell
Fort Bussell
Fire Devastates Ottawa Lumber Town Compute
Fire suspected to be incendiary wipes out hundreds of houses and millions of feet of lumber in Ottawa Ontario. John White recently released from prison for arson was found near the origin and taken to police. He faces charges for starting the conflagration.
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Ottawa
John White
Bubonic Plague Declared in Peruvian Ports
The Peruvian ports of Callao and Pisco are officially infected with bubonic plague. Cuayaquil banks and businesses raise funds to clean the city. Ecuadorian troops guard the frontier to curb communication. Payta health board warns ships and crews of potential exposure. The rest of the text mentions mining labour changes and mine union agreements unrelated to the plague report.
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Callao
Pisco
Peru
Cuayaquil
Cosmos Line
Board of Health
Payta
Cal
Ruined by Volcano Hits Guatemala Coffee Industry
Report from Guatemala describes widespread destruction from the San ta Maria eruption. Ashes and scoria blanket vast areas, wiping out a third of the coffee crop and leaving thousands of quintals of coffee lost to ash. Local observers recount ash depths up to fifteen feet and farmland rendered sterile.
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Guatemala
Santa’ Maria
Manuel Huertado
Funtemilh
Buried Alive in Town Carriage Abduction
A stone mason working on an old wall is seized by two masked men who bag him and drive away. After half an hour they force him into a courtyard where a frightened woman is wedged inside a stone wall opening. Revolvers are leveled at the mason as he is forced to witness her plight.
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Weyl
Haku
New York
Heralia
Mohamedan
Mohammedan
Warring Chinese Societies in San Francisco Linked to Slaying
Two of the four See Yup high binder presidents in San Francisco confessed to a conspiracy with the Chinese Educational Society to murder 400 members, with a $600 reward per informer, $300 for others, $200 gold to assailants, defense expenses paid if arrested, and $1,500 to families of convicted men in China.
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San Francisco
Tom Vick
Chinese Educational Sociity
See Yup Society
China
General Haines Warns of Fever on Isthmian Canal Zone
General Haines, Isthmian canal commissioner, just back from the Isthmus, says fever is prevalent and dangerous to white men. He cites yellow fever or a malignant malaria as equally severe and argues for government sanitary control. He estimates about a year to achieve proper sanitation in the canal region.
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Haines
Isthmian Canal
Parrot Saves Man Life After Cry for Help
Neighbors of George B. Andrews in Washington New Jersey rushed to his home after hearing cries of murder and help. A parrot allegedly attracted attention, guiding responders to the scene where a man’s life was in danger.
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George B. Andrews
Washington, N. J
Tran
Horrific Carriage Abduction and Injuries Reported
A man was forced to wall up a doorway by a threatening assailant in a Mohammedan quarter. A parrot’s screams betrayed the crime, while Andrews lay unconscious on the floor with a deep neck wound from a fall while repairing a ceiling. A physician said recovery was narrowly possible.
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Andrews
Nicaragua Considers Gradual Move to Gold Standard
Nicaragua weighs shifting from a waver to a gold standard with a gradual plan over several years. In Washington, Minister Cored has submitted a comprehensive report on the monetary system to his government, aiming to adapt it for Nicaragua.
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Nicaragua
Cored
Washington
Alliea Will Sign Protocol With Allied Embassies
Final permission has reached the Italian, British and German embassies in Washington for allies representatives to sign with Mr Bowen Venezuela's Plenipotentiary. The protocol submits the question of preferential treatment to The Hague tribunal for arbitration. Mr Bowen declares himself neutral as allies decide if The Hague convention will be signed separately or jointly.
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Washington
Bowen
Venezuela
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Bower
Lansdowne warns gulf powers against naval bases
Foreign Secretary Lansdowne declares a British Monroe doctrine in the Persian gulf. Any attempt by other powers to establish a naval base or fortified post there would be met with war and resisted with all available means. Lords approve the stance, while responses from interested powers are awaited.
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Lansdowne
Persian Gulf
Great Britain
House of Lords
Lord Lansdowne
Gulf
Martial law declared as Balkan fighting spreads
In Vanitun Turkish troops clashed with a Bulgarian band, around sixty Bulgarians including their leader Deitzeff were killed and Turks suffered four dead and three wounded. Thirty houses in Vanitza burned. A Bulgarian band led by Petroff was routed at Krapestaz with seven Bulgarians killed. Dynamite bombs captured at Salonica and martial law proclaimed there. Italian Navy ships Sardegna Francesco Morosini Carlo Alberto and Calatafima arrived at Salonica.
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Vanitun
Deitzeff
Vanitza
Petroff
Krapestaz
Salonica
Sardegne
Francesco Morosini
Carlo Alberto
Calatafima
Odell Signs Drastic Bill To Protect National Guard Members
Governor Odell of New York signed a drastic measure making it a misdemeanor to discriminate against National Guard members by unions or employers. The law bars interference with employment due to guard membership and prohibits threats to deter enlistment. It also forbids trade groups from enacting by laws discriminating against guardsmen.
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Odell
New York
National Guard
Negroes Recognized at Alabama Republican Conference
For the first time in Alabama Republican history negros were recognized at a Montgomery conference. Whites and blacks sat separately, referees W F Aldrich Charles H H Scott and Jo Thompson organized the gathering to correct Birmingham convention mistakes and wrongs.
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Republican Party
Alabama
Montgomery
W. F. Aldrich
Charles HH. Scott
Jo Thompson
Aldrich
Birmingham
Tragedy at Bay City Ball Ends in Slaying and Slashing
At a hotel dance in Big Creek near the Bay County line, 35 year old Dave Trombley of West Bay City was shot dead during a free fight. Harry Schindchette, 0, was fatally slashed and Frank Defoe, 88, was seriously cut in the same incident.
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Bay City
Mich
Dispatch
Big Creek
Tuacola County
Dave Trombley
West Bay City
Harry Schindchette
Frank Defoe
Bombs Linked to Bulgarians Prompt Balkan Turmoil
Reports from Vienna cited by Salonica indicate heavy Bulgarian arrests and ongoing street clashes. Women and girls play prominent roles in disturbances. Claims of planned bomb outrages across Macedonian towns, with bombs found in houses at Uskub in European Turkey.
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Vienna
Salonica
Maceronis
Uskub
Turkey
San Francisco Strike Ends After Labor Pact
Laborers' Protective union and Contractors' association in San Francisco settled differences amicably on Tuesday. The May 1 strike was called off and workers returned Wednesday at a new wage scale with eight hours for street and private work and nine hours for other jobs starting March 1.
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Ers’ Protective Union
Contractors’ Association
San Francisco
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