Salt Lake City encampment notes and local Utah issues
A Salt Lake City encampment review covers wages raised to seven fifty a day for city workers, a bond vote in American Fork for schoolhouse construction, and a Salt Lake G A R encampment report. Other items include preparations for St Louis honey exhibit, a ten-year penitentiary sentence for a man in Brigham Young era, waterworks bond details for Ephraim area, and broader Utah notes on smallpox, a two story building collapse in Salt Lake City, and local accidents.
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Utah G. AR
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
American Fork
Salt City
Park City
Salt Lake Est
Colmell
Heoeepers' Association
St Louie Exposition
Ih Jury
Fifteen Lives Lost in Southern Nebraska Tornado Outbreak
A series of storms tore through Clay, Franklin and Koarny counties Sunday evening. Fifteen people lost their lives, with about twenty injured and extensive property damage estimated at sixty thousand dollars. Nearby at Norman, Daniel McCurdy’s home saw relatives evacuated with injuries and fatalities among residents. Four in a village near Upland Corman Luthur perished, including a local minister, as storm winds damaged farms and colleges brought safety. Several families near Fairgid were watched for safety as homes were leveled and cattle perished. The disaster prompted searches and relief efforts across the affected areas. In other news, a London Times report states Deltchit, Macedonian revolutionary leader, was killed near Seren by Turks, ending rumors of his survival.
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Nebraska
Clay
Franklin
Koarney Eoun
Taat
Fittein
Gona
Norman
Daniel McCurdy
Mistaken for robber triggers fatal shooting near Pueblo
James Richardson, shot through the groin near a Missouri Pacific water station sixteen miles east of Pueblo, remains untreated twelve hours while his wife and four year old son waited. F L Stevenson, now jailed in Pueblo on an assault with intent charge, says he mistook Richardson for a robber. Richardson’s condition is not expected to improve. both men are farmers.
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James Richartson
Missouri Pacific
Pueblo
Coto
F. L. Stevenson
Jell
Stevenson
Rich
Glanders Death Reported in Newark Stableman
Simon Wilson, a colored stableman from Newark New Jersey, died of glanders a disease spread from horses. This marks the second human case in the community with Alfred Meyers remaining in the care of doctors. The report notes glanders as the source and Ongoing public health concern.
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Glanders
Simon Wilson
Newark
Ni J
Alfred Meyers
St Gaudens Statue of Gen Sherman to Be Placed in New York
The Chamber of Commerce plans presenting Saint Gaudens’s statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman to New York City on Memorial Day. The bronze sculpture shows Sherman in full Union uniform on his charger, saluting, with Victory and peace symbols nearby, praised as a landmark of sculpture.
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Gen. Sherman
Chamber of Commerce
City of
New York
St. Gainiené
Saeco
Debtors in Bondage Reported Near Montgomery
A government inquiry describes a system where whites bribe magistrates to force enslaved Black workers into labor contracts to repay debts. One man, Robert Franklin, is already indicted for keeping a enslaved worker, showing a pattern of coerced servitude amid local officials and laborers. The plan allegedly uses a magistrate to convict a poor Black person and a white benefactor funds the debt, leading to lengthy servitude.
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A. Fuahbe
United States
Neerel Wapy
Han
Montgomery
Ala
Robert No Pranktin
Wilh Hie
Ervel
Series of fierce storms sweep Eastern Nebraska area
A sequence of storms hit Eastern Nebraska Monday and Tuesday, spawning small tornadoes. Hastings, Glew, and Herman were damaged. homes demolished and several people injured. Bridges washed out, rail lines damaged, and property losses estimated in the hundreds of thousands. One town Taney near Lincoln reported thirteen injuries, none fatally, with several broken limbs among victims.
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Hastings
Herman
Novi
Omaha
Dor
Patich
Porlahs
Witt
Child
Winsite Tower
Oriealae
Taney
Lincoln
Waa Ns
Floods Wreak Havoc in Salina Kansas City
Salina Kansas endures its worst flood on record as four inches of rain fall in 24 hours. Hundreds of thousands in damages, ten families displaced, and the northwestern city area submerged. Residents flee homes while the nearby river threatens more overflow.
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Salina
Kan
Bonte
Red Headed Politician Delivers Great Primary Race
A Red Headed candidate, Victor Man dock, leads Republicans for Congress in a sweep of Kansas Seventh district. He reportedly carried all thirty six counties and most precincts, defeating his Democratic opponent by large margins. The race drew wide support from opponents labeled as “bad-tops” and highlighted a strong showing for Mr. Murdock nicknamed the red headed candidate.
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Ty Kansas
Victor Mandock
Murdock
Viecos
Battle in El Paso Ends in Fatal Shot
A clash near a residence in El Paso resulted in Salvador de Castilla shooting Marciano Refigal, a celebrated figure, after Castillo confronted him about a sweetheart. Castillo was killed instantly by the volley, and the event disrupted the scene as authorities responded to the fatal incident.
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Marciano Refigal
Salvador de Castilla
Mexicanotatomhone
el Paso
Texas
Rengal
Castilo
Rae Castillo
Castillo
Bengal
Cloudburst at Midnight Destroys Enid Bottoms Homes
A midnight cloudburst roared through Enid Oklahoma Saturday, flooding the bottoms and washing away or sinking about 109 houses. Water three feet high and 200 feet wide swept across, catching residents asleep. Rescue and relief efforts spurred by city workers and volunteers faced limited means as damage spread, with widespread distress and anticipated heavier losses following the heaviest ten days in Oklahoma history.
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Enid
Oklahomna
Resenera
Citicons
Oklahoma
Idaho Canal Will Reclaim 75000 Acres For Settlement
A canal project in Idaho, approved in Salt Lake City, will reclaim 75000 acres. Lyman Skeen of Oeden awarded the contract to build the system, which taps the Snake River above Blackfoot and discharges near American Falls Blaine County. The 85 foot top width canal can carry six feet of water, irrigating up to 7000 acres of 57000 acres already set aside for water rights purchases.
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Idaho
Salt Lake City
American Mafta Canal & Power Company
Ita Canat
Lyman Skeen
Oeden
Snake River
Blackfoot
Bingham County
Lane
American Falls
Blaine County
Iiwell
United States
Tiaho
Shooting in Idaho at Nampa ball game causes riot
A Sunday afternoon game in Nampa ended in a shooting affray when a Boise man fired at a ball player after an incident involving a Holse lad. Policeman Grogan was shot in the shoulder. James T. Duarteo is named as shooter. A colored bartender Bers Williams and others were arrested. A mob attempted to lynch prisoners but was repelled by police acting with extra officers.
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Nampa
Maho
Grogan
Boothlack
Boise
Holse
James T. Duartes
Bers Williams
Jatley
Vebief
Arsenal Blown Up in Santo Domingo Conflict
A Santo Domingo dispatch reports the arsenal at Santiago exploded on Saturday amid anti government forces. General Fries was killed and twenty one people were wounded. Troops pursue General Jose Alvarez, alleged author. The gunboat Colon, carrying General Deschampes to Sanch en, was lost off Cape Espana. Deschampes and four others survived in a boat, the rest missing.
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Santo Domingo
Santiago
Fries
Jose Alvarez
Colon
General Deschampes
Sanchen
Cape Espana
Deschampes
Lst
Storm and Flood Ravage Oklahoma Towns in Severe Weather
Severe storm flooding grips Oklahoma as tornado reports emerge near Walonga. Dwellings of Atterbury and Payne are demolished. a man and his wife suffer injuries while others escape unscathed. Orchard crops damaged. Arkaneae River on a rampage. Kaw City nearly submerged. Ponca City and Newkirk evacuated as waters rise.
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Okinaha
P. Atterbury
Robert Payne
Ter Con
Se Arkaneae
Kaw
Battome
Ponca City
Newkirk
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