Utah News Highlights From Mt Pleasant And Surrounding Areas
Mt Pleasant council approves fire department headquarters building while Pleas ant Grove ends diphtheria quarantine. Springville plans a $10,000 lodge building. Latter-day Fraternal groups seek new hall. J. Lawson, famed cyclist “the Terrible Swede,” dies in Milwaukee of pneumonia. Madge Stell dies by suicide in Salt Lake City. Tabernacle choir tours California with 400 friends. return March 24. Springville stock fair reports strong exhibition and prizes. Obituaries note long-time Suppete county resident David Candland at 83. Provo’s State Bank incorporation filed with $25,100 capital. Utah’s agricultural and sports bodies discuss new leagues and wildlife protection efforts. West Jordan’s population grows. local jolt of fatal rock accident near Mercur. Market and water issues impact Heaver farmers and Newton-Clarkston disputes loom.
Rebels Capture Town in Fang Chuan Battle
A Hong Kong dispatch reports government troops defeated by rebels in Fang Chuan. Rebels under Moog Ming seized the town, killed or captured mandarins, looted stores, and set up headquarters. Government reinforcements are stalled by rebel passes as imperial units defect for pay and loot.
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Revolution in Colombia Divides Isthmus Transit
Secretary Liang luis relayed a telegraph from Commander Rodpers about Marietta and rebel gains west of the isthmus. The navy plans to avoid choosing sides, keeping transit open unless government and Liberal troops threaten the railway. Philadelphia cruiser to join Marietta near Panama within two days.
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Senate steering tackles calendar and Chinese exclusion bill
The Republican steering committees decide to move the tariff and Chinese exclusion bills up in order of business after pending items, with the Nicaragua canal bill not to be revisited. They note the Gleomargarine Chinese bills will take time, while the revenue and appropriation bills remain privileged and schedulable anytime.
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Evans portfolio rumor ties Evans to Interior post
Pension Commissioner HW Evans is linked to a possible Interior secretary appointment. Sources claim President Roosevelt may appoint Evans within thirty days as Secretary Mitchell is expected to resign, with Evans advancing from pension duties to the key cabinet role.
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Fairward Diverin Incident in Lonaville Kentucky
Fairward Diverin of Lonaville Kentucky paid a bet and lost on Tuesday afternoon by jumping into the Obie river where the thermometer hovered around ten. Cameron swam seventy five feet though the waters were glassy. When he surfaced he took a cold breath and his system was cold and stiff.
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Cuban reciprocity advocates claim decisive victory in house vote
Advocates of Cuban reciprocity hailed a decisive victory after the conference of Republican members. Chairman Payne of the Ways and Means Committee proposed a tariff reduction with the Sibley amendment limiting duration to December 1, 103, and the plan was adopted by vote, marking a significant political win.
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Anarchist Attack Targets Elizabeth Pastor in Night Assault
The Rev. Mr. Honst of the German Lutheran church in Elizabeth New Jersey was stabbed and knocked unconscious Monday night by an attacker believed to be Italian anarchists. Police suspect a malevolent plot linked to threatening letters and a missing son years earlier. The preacher, who spoke against anarchists after McKinley’s assassination, suffered a deep chest wound and a severe head injury but survived after his wife and a physician’s aid.
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Bloody Duel on Sacramento River Bridge in California
A bloody duel occurred Monday on the Sacramento river bridge between Sacramento city and Washington, Yolo county. Robert W. Woods, a railroad blacksmith, and Van C. Dodge, a woodcarver, exchanged ten and five shots respectively. Dodge was seriously wounded in the stomach and Woods in the head and hip, with both men facing possible fatal injuries. The quarrel centered on Dodge's daughter and alleged prior intimacy with Woods.
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Western Railways Resolution Filed In Senate
Senator Morgan introduced a resolution directing the Interior Secretary to present to the Senate a statement of legal relations and traffic between the U S government and Pacific coast railroads, and the War Secretary to provide similar information on Philippine lines, including charters and owners. resolution laid over on Hale’s objection.
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Seven Monomy crew drowned near Chat ham lifesaving station
Seven crew members including the captain died trying to reach a distressed barge amid a fierce sea at Chat ham Massachusetts. Five others from the barge Wardena perished when the lifeboat capsized after rescuing five people. Surfman Ellis survived and reported the events.
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Plot to destroy Austro-Hungarian warships alarms Vienna
A sensational Vienna report says a plot to destroy the Austro-Hungarian warships at Molo involved the vessels ibsburer and Arpad. A large amount of dynamite was stolen at Trieste, with an anonymous letter claiming Watbury and Arpad were imperiled. The vessels have since been guarded.
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Irish Situation Is Serious and Vatican Instructs Clergy
Rome correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle reports a serious Irish situation with Veninus active propaganda aimed at a general rising. The Vatican is believed to instruct the Irish clergy to remain aloof from revolutionary agitation.
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Boston Evacuation Anniversary Marked in Dorchester Heights
The 176th anniversary of the British evacuation of Boston was celebrated in South Boston by the unveiling of a monument on the breastworks of the colonial army on Dorchester Heights.
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Tragic Death Of 17 Month Old In Palouse Post Hole
The 17 month old daughter of J C Sinclajr of Palouse Washington fell head first into a post hole containing a small amount of water and suffocated before she was discovered in this accident.
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General Miles Denied Philippines Dispatch by War Dept
The Washington Post reports Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles urged to be sent to the Philippines with a plan to end the war with minimal casualties. Secretary Root rejected the plan, and the papers were sent to the White House. Roosevelt and Root concluded the war was effectively over and Miles’s policy change was deemed unfair to officials who achieved pacification.
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Boers Break Through Heilbron Line At Gotten berg
Dispatch from Heilbron Orange River Colony reports Commandant Mentz on March 10th crossing the Heilbron Wolveloel line at Gotten berg. A Boer advanced, fired, two sentries returned fire killing him and his horse. The Boers cut a wire fence and drove in a mob of loose horses to crash a 200 yard breach, allowing Mentz to dash through with over 1000 Hoers as pickets failed to stop the rush.
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Insurgent Threats Prompt Townwide Military Detachments
All approaches to Colon are quitted by detachments. Government guards embankments and centers of town with 200 to 300 troops along the railroad line. Precautions aim to avert insurgent surprise and attacks like last November.
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Hidalgo citizen shoots man after alleged threats in drug store
David Williams, a Hidalgo resident, killed Edward Ortman in Williams drug store after years of alleged threats. Ortman entered the store, touched his hip pocket, and Williams fired eleven shots, eight of which struck Ortman. The case centers on an old grudge and self defense claims.
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British Troops Complain Then Pride Grows Over Methuen Capture
Resentment rises among British soldiers who wore British uniforms during the engagement in which General Methuen was captured, yet latest accounts express satisfaction that the troops behaved better than earlier reports suggested.
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Siberian Railway Burdened by War Movements
St Petersburg Times correspondent reports Siberian rail line laden with troop and war material convoys to Vladivostok. Merchants’ consignments falling as resources are devoted to military needs. Rumors tie this strain to Russia Japan clash, with Times correspondent able to verify.
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Edict of the Dowager Issued After Street Incident
The Dowager Empress issues a stern edict condemning Chinese insults to foreigners after a Chinaman threw a stone at Baroness Avezzana wife of the Italian secretary in Pekin while she passed in the street. The decree aims to curb affronts to foreign residents.
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Son Kills Father in Astoria Porch Shooting
Gabriel Jarvi aged 40 was shot and killed by his son Matson Jarvi in Astoria Oregon. Matson surrendered to authorities and is jailed. The elder Jarvi was described as a confirmed drunkard who returned home intoxicated and attempted to lock the door before the fatal confrontation.
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Beet Sugar Combine Forming to Fight Sugar Trust
Western beet sugar men with about 100 million dollars in capital organize to challenge the American Sugar Refining Company. Idaho Beet Sugar Company president J Hamilton Lewis is slated as president of the new Sugar Beet trust. No merger but a fight is planned with representatives from Michigan Idaho Colorado and other states meeting in Chicago to finalize consolidation. The capital is set at 10 million dollars and aims to unite major beet sugar firms under a single company name, likely American Beet Sugar Company.
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Peace Treaty Ratified By World Powers In Hague Accord
The senate held an hour long executive session Friday as the Hague peace conference treaty, involving Germany Austria Belgium Denmark Spain the United States Mexico France Great Britain Greece Italy and others, was finally ratified without opposition. The pact binds contracting powers in war between them and ends when a non contracting power joins. It bans armored bullets and various methods of harming enemies including treachery, poisoning, and wanton destruction of property or symbols of authority.
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Outrage Targets Spokane Mayor Amid Explosion Threats
News reports a blast near Mayor POS. iyrne of Spokane last Tuesday, with two sticks of dynamite believed used to intimidate him. Detectives work the case as they await suspects, amid threats to pressure his political stance.
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Territorial bill to admit Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma
The house committee on territories reports a communus bill admitting Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma to statehood with identical provisions for admissions except New Mexico. The bill allows the state name to be chosen by the legislature or a constitutional convention and notes Lincoln as a possible name if New Mexico desires. It provides two remaining territories to be admitted as states Arizona and Oklahoma respectively.
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