Salt Lake City Faces Growing Utah News T: Salt Lake City Faces Growing Utah News
Utah headline items report Salt Lake area events including a new edifice for the colored Baptist church, a prolonged Mortensen trial, Park City smallpox cases, wage rises for street railway workers, and outbreaks in Kimberly. Other notes cover town telephones in Eden, a fatal quarry accident near Salt Lake, Provo driveway plans, and upcoming conventions and local honors.
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Colored Baptist Church of
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Park City
Boers Debate Peace Terms as Negotiations Drift
South African delegates diverge on terms as optimism for Veerniging talks masks deeper cracks. A minority favors continuing hostilities while many seek peace, complicating prospects of a swift settlement and leaving the outcome uncertain.
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South Africa
Veerniging
Pueblo Flood Destroys Rail Lines And Docks
Flood waters from the Fountain river overwhelmed Pueblo Colorado and ripped out the Colorado and Southern railroad. The surge swamped the Pueblo hospital cellar and destroyed the Buttes station section house. Tent dwellers barely escaped and two women clung to a tree as waves roared by. Three steel bridges were washed away and floodwaters prevented access to much of the city. In Vermont, Nelson Bond, 19, freshman treasurer, was drowned after being pursued by sophomores at Plattsburg near Burlington. He reportedly jumped into a lake to flee and sank before rescue efforts could reach him.
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Basin
Grand County
la Sals
Chicago
Sevier County
Foutz
Provo
Hawkie Lynch
Salt Lake
Philadelphia Medical
Ralph Thamsen
Springville
Rawlins
Wyoming
Hhinsen
Salt Lake City
Utah
Alexander Wilkins
Wilkins
Pueblo
Colo
Fountain River
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Pueblo Hospital
Buttes Station
Rio Grande Road
University of Vermont
Plattsburg
Mons
Nelson Pease Bond
Burlington
Cumberland House
Bond
Hurlington
Tie
Wilcox’s
Parade Crowd Suffers as Fifth Avenue Sidewalk Collapses
In New York City a temporary sidewalk on Fifth Avenue at Eighteenth Street broke under a militia parade crowd. About 100 injured and Elvio L. Collidge killed. 2000 spectators fell twenty feet into a building excavation. Some may die as hospital and ambulance crews treat the wounded. Police had warned against using the forbidden walkway.
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Elvio L. Collidge
New York
Fifth Avenue
Whighteenth Street
New York City
Rochambean Commission
Orly
Drought in Australia Devastates Stock and Livelihoods
Sydney dispatch reports seven years of drought ravaging Australia with stock losses surpassing £15,000,000 since 1800. Unemployed men flood cities, relief programs extend aid, and sheep and rabbits perish in large numbers while animals starve. Bark stripped from trees and tragic horse rescues by dangerous methods are noted as conditions worsen. Sundowners and swag men die on roads as meteorologists doubt any weather improvement.
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Sydney
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Australia
Pauncefote Dies in Washington Embassy
Lord Pauncefote, Britons ambassador to the United States and dean of the diplomatic corps, died at the London Dawn States embassy in Washington on Saturday morning. Born in Munich seventy four years ago, he served in Hong Kong as attorney general in 1505 and later as minister then ambassador in Washington. His work included Bering Sea negotiations and the Hay Pauncefote treaty, with three extensions to his term due to valued service.
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Lord Luncefols
Washington
Lord Paunfote
United States
Munich
Bavaria
Hong Kong
Bering Sea
Foreign Office
Hay
Lord Pauncefo
Hay—Pauncefote
Lord Pauncefote
Mob Hangs White Man In Paris Missouri
Abe Witherop, convicted killer of William Grow, was seized from Paris jail by a mob of over ten men. He was brought to the bridge at the town’s edge and hanged after confessing guilt. Grow’s father and brother helped escort and officiate the execution, which followed a quarrel over a piece of land. The killing occurred about four weeks prior during farming disputes.
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Abe Whiterop
William Grow
Paris
Witherop
Boxers Oacelog More Trouble in Shanghai Rebels
A Shanghai special reports the southern rebellion in full swing with a major battle at Shu Lui Sien where government forces defeated the rebels. About 1500 were killed or wounded, troops chased them to entrenched villages, rebels’ sorties forced retreats, and the leader Ching Ting Pin was killed. Rebels grow stronger as boxers gather in Shean Tong province, including boys and women among insurgents.
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Shanghai
Shu Lui Sien
Ching Ting Pin
Shean Tong
Turkish Troops Annihilated by Rebels Near Mocha
A Cairo dispatch reports that rebels near the Yemeni port of Mocha annihilated a Turkish battalion. The Mocha governor was seized as a hostage as rebels gain deserters from Turkish troops.
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London Daily Express
Cairo
Egypt
Mocha
Turkish Vilayet
Yemen
Arabia
Pelee Eruption Sparks Panic in Martinique Square
A Manila dispatch reports cholera raging in the Philippines with American casualties. Captain Charles Russell of the Eighth Infantry is dead from cholera, with 25 American and 20 European deaths and hundreds of cases. In Mindanao a Moro attacked Sergeant Warking, severing his arm as Lieutenant Humber attempted to warn the assailant.
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Wort de France
Philigpines
Manila
Charles Russell
Eighth Infantry
Robert C. Mimber
Tenth Infantry
Warking
Camp Vickers
Mindanao
Serpent Warking
Llomber
Bntils
Wealthy Lisbon Woman Leaves All to Rooster in Will
Silva of Lisbon died leaving her entire estate to a rooster after believing in transmigration of souls. She built a special fowhouse and ordered servants to serve the bird as if a master. Relatives were disgusted and a lawsuit loomed until an heir killed the rooster to become next of kin.
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Silva
Lisbon
Enire
Albe
Bulgarian rebels clash with Turkish troops near Malesh
A group of sixty Bulgarian revolutionists attacked Turkish detachments near Malesh Plitina Rocmelia on May 20. A sharp battle followed with six Bulgarians killed and seven wounded. Turkish casualties were reported as well.
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Malesh Plitina
Rocmelia
Tagled
Tornado Tragedy Hits Chat District Arkansas
Reports describe a deadly cyclone tearing through the Jonesville to Santue area in Chat district. Three black residents were among the dead as fifty houses and cabins were wrecked, with specials from Union noting the toll.
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Union
Monly
Jonesville
Santue Bulfereemont
Chat District
Fragments Describe Feud Ties and Noted Events
Fragmentary OCR describes a feud involving Tad Mipey and Jan OCeal Car with mentions of twenty two cataternfelt dhiain piers and related places. It references Cheyernie and Lae bees, caplet con shin, and a public scene near Cheyeone ashen ole cerns fare fiat thy pullee avere oe Lae pel Wak ave Die. The text names several locations and actions in a garbled account of a sequence across multiple regions.
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Thacelins Anil Fareainie
Chicago Politician's Double Tragedy Ends in Suicide
Neil Johnson, a Chicago politician, fatally wounds his sister-in-law J. Gullakson and then kills himself in a heated shooting. The couple's nineteen year marriage had ended after a sheriff sale last week. Johnson was intoxicated at the time.
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Neil Johnson
Chicago
J. Gullakson
Johnson
Chile and Argentina Near Armament Arbitration Pact
Chilean foreign minister Senor Volyera and Argentine minister Antonio Torry finalize details of a mutual arbitrations pact on armaments and broader disputes. The agreement aims to provide for general arbitration between the two nations amid tense securities markets and shifting sentiment.
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Senor Volyera
Chije
Des
Antonio Torry
Hnte
Week in Congress shows Philippine debate and pension focus
The House resumed work on a education test for immigrants and passed private pension bills while Sen Hoar urged U.S. withdrawal from the Philippines and criticized General Funston. A Senate speech warned against entangling with Asia, arguing it risks labor, agriculture, and domination by China and Japan.
May 26 Hooves House Sessions and Pension Bills
May 26 reports show the House devoted the day to business linked to the District of Columbia and attempts to complete a bill. The Senate Judiciary Committee discussed private pension bills, with member Mr Gullingen presenting a resolution on maritime questions and potential remedies.
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Dilx
Land
California
Sulloway
New Hampshire
Sulzer
New York
Myers
Indiana
Ender
Senate
Duboels
Minho
District of Columbia
Mer
Patri
Colirady
Parlippian Committee
Gullingen
Debate On Liquor Sales At Honge Site Proves Divisive
The Honge assembly debated banning liquor sales at a dominant site. An amendment by Mr Bowersock to prohibit sale failed as supporters argued for a broader restriction. Adjournment delayed a firm vote while committee reports delay further action.
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Dmmierong
Adler
Spa
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