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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1902
Page
2
Utah reports a 15 million pound sheep clip and widespread measles quarantine affecting thirty five families in Spanish Fork. Wool and milling activity pick up with Provo mill running at full capacity and four year old boy in Richfield recovering after carbolic acid exposure.
The War Department released telegraphic exchanges between Aguinaldo and insurgent leaders on January 13, 1899. Morie and Cailles asked Aguinaldo for results and rewards for those who would first reach Manila. Aguinaldo’s reply promised riches and honors for successful attackers and hinted the ultimatum would be sent within days.
Thirteen freight cars and the caboose of Colorado Midland freight train No. 43, westbound, ran away near Arkansas Junction, Colorado, after leaving at 8:10 p.m. The cars, uncoupled during repairs, rolled 22 miles at high speed before derailing and being ditched eight miles west of Buena Vista. The entire train was consumed by fire, likely started by a stove in the caboose.
Five Austrian men were killed and two fatally injured when a torrent of molten metal flooded an open hearth pit at Pennsylvania Steelworks in Steelton near Harrisburg. The pit behind the chokers overflowed, turning the area into a pool of fire as workers attempted to escape. The pit boss cried out and three men fled, but the others remained and were consumed by the deadly flood.
Rear-Admiral William T. Sampson retired, a veteran of all branches of the U S Navy, died at his Washington home. Born February 9, 1840, he commanded the North Atlantic squadron during the Spanish American War and helped develop superimposed turrets. He served as superintendent of the Naval Academy and received LL D from Harvard.
The American author Bret Harte died suddenly on Tuesday night at the Red House in Camberley near Aldershot after a hemorrhage caused by throat affection. Born in Albany New York August 25 1839 he moved to California as a youth. he worked as teacher compositor miner and express messenger before joining Golden Era San Francisco in 1897 and rising to fame as a prolific writer.
Governor Jefferson Davis of Arkansas pardons Andrew Thompson on condition he move to Massachusetts within thirty days to pursue citizenship. Thompson was convicted of arson and sentenced to five years in prison. The governor cited lack of sympathy in the South and Massachusetts’ willingness to reform a portion of the oppressed negro population.
Lord Kitcheners weekly Pretoria report May 5 notes the peace movement did not permit interference with ancillary operations except where restrained meetings between readers and their commanders occurred. Boer casualties were ten men killed and 22 captured. Another dispute concerns Tank Pretoria sage CMA protecting situation in developing mood encouraging pipe ty.
Henry Mott of American Sugar testifies before the Senate on Cuba relations and sugar purchases. Details reference 4,100 tons in October and lack of clear ownership records at the plant in Garba. He notes storage costs and spoilage limit stocks to about 45,000 tons weekly demand.
Reports from Santa Fe New Mexico indicate widespread sheep losses as drought devastates pastures. Forecasts predict heavy impact this year with substantial declines in livestock numbers and grazing areas across the territory.
Messengers report the capitulation of the Dominican capital on Friday and that President Jimenez sought refuge in the French consulate. Negotiations for Porto Plata’s surrender failed as the governor refused without an order. Vice President Vasquez, leading the revolutionaries, is prepared to assume government duties. He has Dominican birth and decades in the country, with friends calling him progressive and honorable.
A Manila dispatch reports eighty four Moros under guard attempted to escape. Troops in a dinner line between the guard and a company fired, killing thirty five and capturing nine. the others fled. Captain Moore of the Twenty seventh Infantry is wounded and may need skull trepanation to save his life. efforts continue to save other wounded officers.
Advices from Victoria report tragedy near Petersburg on Douglas Island. Thomas Johnson, living with Hansen Sa Indians, paid their daughter $100 for her. After drinking with the Indians, a fight ensued, their camp burned, and Johnson and the three Hansen men died as canoes overturned.
Corliss Wisconsin faced a night of terror as a mob of about fifty Italians drank and roamed the streets. Two women were wounded by revolvers and two men cut by knives while residents fled. A posse led by Sheriff Bauman and Deputy Raeme pursued the invaders, arresting two and scattering the rest after a brief confrontation.
A cloudburst ten miles west of Viclnhioum City LT kills nine people and leaves many homeless. One mile of Chote rilley beach is washed out near the town felled properties estimated at 200000 dollars. Officials debate traffic and transit impacts while authorities detain Chinese residents amid unrest and a count of forty Chinese detained in Sen laneisen over recent weeks.
In House proceedings the Directo of Columbia appropriation dominated the day with discussion on labor conditions and a plan to curb mail with insufficient postage. Senate talks Aguinaldo as a witness and criticisms of the Philippine committee continue amid debates on the Rosebud reservation bill and sundry civil appropriations.
The judiciary committee reported the anti conspiracy bill without debate. A rider to enforce personal tax in DC from 1878 was added to the District appropriation bill and passed. A bill to provide diplomatic and consular officers for Cuba was approved. A bankruptcy amendment failed. The Senate again considered the Rosebud Indian Reservation bill and related measures but did not receive action.
May 3 congressional report notes Payne offering resolutions on the death of Representative Amos, with the House adjourned to honor the memory. Senate debate on the Philippine question grows heated as Spooner, Lodge, and Foraker defend army administration and Governor Taft amid sharp exchanges.
The house adopted an urgency resolution to appropriate 100 dollars for expenses tied to the dedication of Marshal De Rochambeau statue. Mr. Jones of Virginia announced the death of Mr. Otey and moved resolutions of regret before the House adjourned. In the Senate, sundry civil appropriation bills were passed for the Rosebud Indian Reservation purchase. Senator Lodge spoke on the Philippines policy.
The House adjourned after honoring Representative I Salman of New Jersey. Debates focused on the Philippine measure, Oklahoma New Mexico and Arizona statehood, civil appropriations, Rosebud Sioux Reservation settlement, and coin protection bills. Senator Turner proposals would expand federal judicial circuits from 1 to 15 to handle docket load.
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