Utah State News Highlights From The West
Reported Utah items include a cell bounty law for coyotes taking effect last week, a new electric plant in Spring City to be online by June 1, and continued dry policy at Sultan Beach resorts. Other notes cover injuries from horse kicks near Brooklyn, grain wine claims, and a Salt Lake School paper earning $900 for salaries. Grasshoppers threaten Sevier farms, a Salt Lake plane tuner’s illness, Mt. Pleasant waterworks survey, and the death of Francis Tiernan in New York. A Utah Railroad founder died, a gold discovery in Wyoming chicken crop, and a Utah Christian Endeavor convention held in Springville with delegates attending. A Fort Duck Indian clash and a fatal shooting nearby also noted.
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Mirrison
Salt Lake
Doreman
Mt. Pleasant
Francis Tiernan
Utah
Utah, Nevada
Fahermen
Uta
Fred Gox
Mant
Utah Christian Endeavor Union
Springville
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Fort Duckoano
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Stage Robbery Near Bolas Idaho Halts Mail Coach
A masked highwayman halted a Bolas Idaho to Idaho City stage beyond a half way house, rifling the registered mail sack and forcing passengers to surrender valuables. Only $1 in cash and a life were taken. Sheriff Agnew and Boise county deputies pursue, aided by Ada county officials, a Boise postmaster, an inspector, two guards, and penitentiary bloodhounds.
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Bolas
Idaho
Idaho City
Muller Guich
Charles Sullivan
Sherif Agnew
Ada County
Sherhf
Boise County
Fenton
Boise
Inspector Ball
Army General Miles Defends Philippine Conduct
In a letter printed by the Army and Navy Journal General Nelson A. Miles contends troops followed higher orders in the Philippines. He denounces medieval cruelty accusations, praises soldiers for restraint, and notes officers using brutal weapons did not represent the American army. A separate Guthrie escape tale follows a jailed outlaw who killed Jerry Emmerson before being shot by Emmerson’s wife.
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Army and Navy Journal
Nelson A. Miles
Philippines
Gener
Miles
Moonshine Whisky Killing Claims Three Defendants Die
Three men Joe Adair Wash Turner and Dive Preddy are dead after drinking moonshine in Mot Goringe and Montgomery counties Arkansas Investigators say some whisky samples contained lye or a similar caustic substance and officers probe the incident John Spivey is reportedly involved as the case unfolds with local officials examining the alcohol taint and motive
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Joe Adair
Wash Turner
Dive Preddy
John Spivey
Mot Goringe
Montgomery
Arkanman
Rioting in Valparaiso Leaves City in Chaos
Reports claim up to two hundred dead or wounded as rioting rages through Valparaiso. Gunfire is heard in multiple districts while a censor blocks telegraphic news. The Heraldio condemns authorities for the outrages, and foreign residents face expulsion or danger.
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Valparaiso
Blizzard Ravages Montana Sheep Flocks In Historic Storm
Reports from northern and southern Montana describe extreme snow losses to jambu flocks including tens of thousands of young lambs. Hi AL Wilson, a range herder near Portage, is believed frozen to death. his horse wandered in deep drifts. The storm, the worst in the region’s history, devastates sheep numbers and dam ages lamb futures.
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Montana
Jambu
Dillon
Hi AL Wilson
Portage
Wilson
Skull in Snake Den Shocks Idaho Hunters
Idaho party led by C. J. Matthews faced a rattlesnake den when they uncovered a skull amid the perilous dig. The grisly find came during a tense encounter with the venomous reptiles as workers pressed on with their quarry. The report notes the danger of the encounter and identifies Matthews as the leading participant.
Duel on Thibor Eaux Streets Ends in Death of Ex Lieutenant Governor
In Thibor eaux Lo on Monday ex Lieutenant Governor Henry Cly Knoblock was shot and killed after a dispute with James Garault a barber. Knoblock's revolver failed to fire prompting Garault to shoot. autopsy found five fatal wounds. Garault surrendered and may receive bond. Knoblock had served under Governor Sauel D. McEnery and practiced law in Thibeaux.
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Henry Cliy Knoblock
Thiboreaux
James Garantt
M ‘Barber
Gay
Dorault
Knoblock
Garault
Bond
Sauel D. McEnery
United States
Thibeaux
Kansas Town Drunk Row Ends in Two Shot Murders
In a Kansas town a violent confrontation erupted from a drunken quarrel leaving two people shot. Police report a suspect with a troubled, volatile temper, raising concerns of potential lynching as crowds gather and tensions rise in the aftermath.
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Kansas Town
Mysterious Skeleton Found Near Boise After Sheep Work
March of Americanism reports a curious find on Black Creek near Boise where workers unearthed a yellowed human skull with two apparent bullet holes while chasing rattlesnakes. In Coolidge Kansas Hugh Gallagher is dead and Tom Rhodes wounded after a street shooting by Bob Reynolds. Reynolds later captured.
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Black Creek
Boise
Coollige
Kans
Hugh Gallagher
Tom Rhodes
Bob Reynolds
Reynolds
Rhodes
Gallagher
Yale Students and Union Labor Clash Over Truck Work
Yale University President Hadley declined to order students off the trucks citing constitutional rights to sell labor. Striking New Haven truckmen and union committeemen warn of a sympathetic strike among Yale workers, while Yale undergraduates who recently replaced the workers say the issue centers on labor rights and college interests.
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Yale
Aix
New Haven
Conn
Hadley
China faces pressure on Manchuria port openings
NO OPEN DOOR reiterates US and Japanese ministers demand China include Manchurian town openings in commercial treaties. China is urged to open Mukden Harbin and a small port at the mouth of the Yalu river amid Russia's opposition. The exchange stresses responsibility for granting trade access.
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China
United States
Russia
Mukden
Harbin
Yalu ‘River
Rioting Breaks Out As Connecticut Railway Men Clash With Mob
A Sunday clash in Bridgeport between Conecticut Railway and Lighting and mobs injured at least thirty two. Sheriff warns of state troops, county police take control, six trolley cars tried to run but were forced back. Crowds of about four thousand gathered, throwing bricks and stones. Fire department enforces with water to quell the riot.
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Bridgeport
Cola
Ict Oppesita
Mulvehill
Coffin
Sutter
Bingham Ido
Albanian Rebellions Aimed at Ipek Occupation
Reports confirm heavy casualties on both sides in Albanian resistance to imperial troops at Ipek. Albanian chiefs call the clashes a result of misunderstanding. In Istanbul an audience with the German ambassador yielded the sultan’s claim that Ipek occupation would bring general pacification, while several Albanian chiefs resist submission and their families are held as hostages.
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Ipek
Constantinople
Ipel
Arbitration settles Spokane Falls Gaslight dispute
The conflict between Spokane Falls Gaslight and Inbhor walons concluded last week in arbitration under Washington state law. Findings direct the Teamsters' union to withdraw its boycott, declare the sasmakern never had real.wolon in the true Intent and meaning of the term, require the company to employ only union plumbers and recommend that union teamsters be employed after the current teaming contract expires, and that the striking gapmakers be taken back as vacancies occur.
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Spokane Falls Gaslight Company
Inbhor Walons
Washington
Teamsters
Omaha Teamsters Strike Near End as Work Returns
The Omaha strike by Teamsters seems close to a settlement as twenty five drivers return to work. A Sunday meeting decided to drop objectionable employer demands though unions seek wage concessions. Restaurants reopen with colored help and laundries resume operations.
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Omaha
Traies
Buainese
Teamsters
Fve
Teamsters’ Union
Montana Miners Entombed Near Hel ena
Four miners were entombed in a cavern at the drain drift of the Eynol placer four miles from Helena Montana. A shaft is being sunk beyond the cave in hopes of rescuing them. The drift was driving to drain water. the only hope lies if the passage is not completely choked.
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Eynol
Helena
Mont
Outlaw Shoots Two Arizona Officers. Deputy Killed
In Douglas Arizona an outlaw named Smits shot and killed Deputy Constable Tom Vaughn and gravely wounded Constable Dan Graham. The assailant fled as a posse closed, after TheoMcore had reportedly placed Smith under arrest for being a suspicious character. Gunfire erupted as officers prepared to search his belongings, leaving both officers nonresponsive on the sidewalk.
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Dan Graham
Douglas
Arizona
Smits
TheoMcore
Smith
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