Grasshopper War in Sanpete County Utah News
Farmers in Sanpete County prepare to wage war on grasshoppers while sugar beet stocks assure a sugar factory. A 9 year old boy near death after being kicked by a colt. a kangaroo court at Richfield. Salt Lake City death and crime notes. Salt Lake population figures. legal and civic updates including court terms and a $1.5 million sugar company dividend. transport and accident reports. a near race clash at Port Douglas. and local government rulings on school discipline.
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Lester Hrown
Konsherem
Kangares
Richfield
Tis
Salt Lake
Utah Sugar Company
Senate
Rawlins
Salt Lake City
Lynching of W H Wallace at La Junta Colorado
Newspaper recounts the lynching of W H Wallace a Black Pullman porter in La Junta Colorado after he allegedly assaulted Mel Tenriettu Hy Miller of Los Angeles The mob destroyed courthouse windows and hanged Wallace then shot his body with rifles while he hung This brutal crime left Miller critically injured and the local hotel patient notes say her recovery is uncertain
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W. H. Wallace
Denver
la Junta
Cola
Mel
Tenriettu Hy, Miller
Los Angeles
Cal
Wallace
Witlace
Miller
Helena policemen resign amid mayoral race scramble
A Helena police strike left the city without regular officers after the entire force quit following orders to take a leave for detective work aiding Mayor Frank Palwards, who seeks renomination. The mayor allegedly instructed arrests of Republican opponents and supporters of a colored ticket, prompting a full renewal of the force.
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Sault Force
Elena
Mott
Frank Palwards
Army chief General Otis retires succeeds by General MacArthur
Major-General Otis closes active army career by age, to retire in Chicago. He is succeeded in command of the Lakes Department by Major-General Arthur MacArthur, formerly in command of the Department of the Colorados at Denver. The War Department pays tribute to Otis’s distinguished service through the Civil War and his management.
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ES. Otis
Chicago
Arthur MacArthur
Denver
War Department
Otis
Boy Killed In Initiation At Parsons High School
Lee Watson, a 11 year old boy from Parsons Kiss, was killed during a school society initiation when he grabbed a live electric light wire. Insulation had worn thin and the wire had been used as a plaything by members for weeks.
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Lee Watson
Parsons
Kiss
Watson
Armistice Arranged Between Boers and British Report
A London Daily Chronicle report says an armistice is arranged pending Schalkburger’s mission return. Offensives against Dewet Delarey and Hotha halt. Envoys to discuss peace terms with Botha may confer with Lord Kitchener. a second conference not yet set. Boers favor stronger amnesty for Cape rebels and independence.
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London Daily Chronicle
Schalkburgers
Geo. Dewat
Dewet
Delarey
Hotha
Botha
Lord Kitchener
Amsterdam
Schalkburger
Europe
Transvaal
Kruger
Dr. Leyds
South Africa
Steyn
Middleburg
Topeka Mayor Whipped by Carrie Nation Follower
Miss Blanche Boise, protege of Mrs Nation, horse whipped Mayor Parker in his Topeka office after a scolding. She declared future plans to horse whip the governor and judge, asserting temperance laws require enforcement with organized action and "whips."
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Miss Blanche Horse
Mrs. Nation
Larker
Topeka
Kans
Miss Boise
Parker
Aiayor
Miss Doise
Mira
Nation
Mike
Stay of Execution in Woodard Case Over Sheriff Murder
Charles Woodard will not be hanged in Casper while Lisa Swyers pursues a writ of error. The court is urged to grant a stay, reset a date for the hanging if findings are against Woodard, whose lawyers argue the conviction law was not properly enacted by the legislature.
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Charles Woodard
Casper Lyidng
Ricker
Lisa Swyers
Woodwei
Irrigation Congress Postponed to October 6th
The National Irrigation Congress was postponed from August in Colorado Springs to October 6. The delay aligns with the Trans-M Mississippi Congress in St Paul in August and the Irrigation Congress would draw delegates from the same class. President Thomas F Walsh confirms the plan and notes a European trip is possible but returns for the October meeting.
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National Irrigation Congress
Colorado Springs
St. Paul
Thomas F. Walsh
Europe
A Move Toward Peace In Boer War Movements
Cablegram from Pretoria dated March 9 reports Acting President Waal welda dinged J W Reitz and other Boer leaders with their secretaries arriving by special train from Rust fifty miles east. They entered Balmoral under a flag of truce and met Lord Kitchener before proceeding to Wroonetad to depart under safe conduct. Schalkburger and colleagues had been pressed by British forces at Rhenosterkop, with dispatch riders notifying Balmoral of their approach. The report notes Boer positions had become nearly hopeless and suggests renewed peace efforts, a view reinforced by censor confirmation.
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Pretoria
SaWalleldinged
J. W. Reitz
Transvaal
Lucas Meyerand Kreigh
Carte
Runt
Here
Falmoral
Sealkburger
Lord Kitchener
Wroonetad
Schalkburger
Rhenosterkop
Balmoral
Fireman Kills Mountain Lion With Coupling Pin
Ri Jones, a Rio Grande firefighter, killed a huge mountain lion in Royal Gorge near Salida Colorado. He signaled engineer Edward Greenman to stop the train, used a coupling pin as a weapon, and struck the stunned animal after it slipped on an ice coated rock, killing it within seconds.
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Jones
Rio Grande
Royal Gorge
Salida
Colo
Arkansas River
Edward Greenman
Strikers at Russian Petroleum Works Clash With Guards
A riot at the Rothschilds petroleum works in Batonim on the Mack sea led to a police demand by 400 strikers. After ringleaders were arrested, they returned to the jail, attacked guards, and shots were fired. Thirty rioters were killed and one soldier wounded.
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Cancasis Trazette
Rothschilds Petroleum Works
Batonim
Mack Sea
Wnt
Boys Pinay Bandit Fatal Shooting in Sedalia Mo
A boy named Will Martin was fatally shot in Sedalia Missouri by Edgar Allen, a playmate, during a Jesse James themed event. Allen, acting as Jesse Jones, fired a .22 caliber revolver at Martin as upper-tier actors performed, the bullet entering Martin’s head near the right ear and exiting the other side.
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Will Martin
Must Sedalia Mo
Edgar Allen
Jesse James Company
Sedalia
Allen
Jesse Jones
Martin
Minkerton
Bandit
Athens Dispatch On Fatal Riot Between Gens Darmes And Turks
A dispatch from Athens reports a recent fatal riot at Philates where clashes between gens darmes and Turks occurred as Turks attempted to rescue a noted prisoner. The disturbances lasted four days, eight gens d armes were killed, and troops arrested fifty Albanians.
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Athens
Iomo
Philates
Pleius
Dapmes
D’armes
Fatal Duel Over Business Flares in Corydon Kentucky
In Corydon Kentucky a fatal street shooting left G. W. Pritchett dead and John Below fatally wounded after a feud over business matters. Both men exchanged shots. Pritchett reportedly fired through his heart, then Below shot him. Pritchett died on the scene. Below survived. The coroner’s verdict exonerated Below.
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Corydon
G. W. Pritchett
John Below
Pritchett
Medical Students Battle in Omaha College Feud Fight
About 100 students from Omaha Medical and Dental College fought for three hours in a lecture room, breaking desks, wounding several and leaving the infirmary staff unable to intervene. The long standing feud between dental and medical students erupted as freshmen sparked the melee and spread through the building. Frank Miller, a medical student, required stitches after being struck by a desk top.
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Omaha Medical and Dental College
Frank Miller
Theulry
House committee adopts resolution terminating Selley controversy
The house committee on oral affairs approved a resolution concurring with President Roosevelt's view to terminate the Selley controversy and indefinitely postpone related bills and resolutions. The vote was party line except Mr Maddo of Maryland who sided with Democrats. Maddo then moved a favorable report praising Admiral Selley and his forces at Santiago by four to seven.
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House Committee On
Roosevelt
Selley
Kr. Maddo
Maryland
Madd
Congress
Admiral Selley
Santiago
Arkansais Cat Acorns for Food
A drought disaster in northern Arkansas leaves families starving with no income or resources. Since last April there has been no rain, cattle and livestock sold, and many households subsist on acorns, as the drought extends north across the Missouri line.
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Arkansas
Missouri Line
American Trade War Split Over London Tobacconists
London tobacconists rejected Imperial Tobacco Company terms to ban American brands. Dealers felt the British trust had out-Americaned the Americans and feared independent firms in Great Britain would soon fall to the American trust, which plans to devote four years of profits as premiums to buyers and dealers.
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London
Imperial Tobacco Company
British Trust
Great Britain
Wich
Ireland Views Delarey Victory in Boer War Praise
An Irish resolution, forwarded to Mr Kruger via King’s County guardians, lauds the South Africa republics for resisting Britain and congratulates General Delarey on a recent victory. It claims the triumph shames England and pleases civilized nations, while boosting the British empire’s opponents.
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Ireland
Kruger
King’s County
South Africa
Delarey
England
Protective mining bill favorable in senate committee
The senate committee on mining reported favorably on the house bill for miners in the territories. It amends the measure to remove the shot-fliers lighting fires and adds a clause that the first ten mines be settled by water or removed from the mines.
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Senate Committee On Mining
Territories
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