Utah State News Byte From Early Salt Lake Ledger
Utah reports include Salt Lake library lending ten thousand volumes to youths, IBEW convention slated for Salt Lake, county taxes total 1 980 100 with about 40 000 taxpayers, Lehi beet payments of 175 000 due the 15th, and sugar factory output surpassing 10 000 000 pounds while 42 000 tons of beets remain. Other items note a Salt Lake Tabernacle choir tour, railway grade route agreement, bicycle race edits, a new 260 000 electric plant on the Jordan river, canal extension talks, and oil land prospects near Woodside.
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Salt Lake
Lehi
Galt Lake
W. E Samanthon
Provo
Madison Square Garden
New York
Consolidated Railway and Power Company of
Jordan River
Ste
McClellan
Salt Lake Tabernacle
Tabernacle
State Lunn Board
Grand River
Colorado
Uten
Ban Frapeleon
Woodside
Green River
Dintelet
Asan
Board of Health and Physicians
Veddo Delverchio
Bertha Weatland
Cannon Farm
Percy Bloch
State Land Board
Utah
Congress
Payson
Uist Press Association
Boies
Seattle
San Francisco
Sos Angeles
P Td Ogden
White Star Oil Company
Arizona and Indian reservations sale plan by governor
Arizona Governor Astyciatee urges sale and settlement of large Indian reserves within the territory with possible exception of Navajo. Proposes water storage reservoirs and canals to aid irrigation and Indian farming while maintaining tribal agencies. Concerns persist over civilization and independence of Indians under current arrangements. Luiban's insurgent leadership in Samar refuses surrender until Americans leave Gaodura valley. General Smith orders armed Americans on Samar and Leyte, vows no further surprises and continues nonstop scouting while destroying rice and hemp. Lukban capture deemed imminent.
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Murphy
Arizona
Todint Indor
Indiana
Catbalo
Gan
Samar
Luiban
Smith
Gaodura
Leyte
Lukban
Hamilton plans vigorous campaign to end war before coronation
London Daily News reports Major General Ian Hamilton sails for South Africa as Lord Kitchener's chief of staff. A bold plan from London aims to end the war early next year, with promotions to brigadier general positions based on merit, not influence. Senator Cullom backs promotions for Hallance and McClernand, while Cocoa makers Walter Baker & Co. promote their chocolate girl branding and Dorchester, Mass manufacture.
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London Daily News
Ian Hamilton
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
London
Hamilton
The
Daily News
Kitchever
Cullom
Illinois
Hallance
Peoria
McClernand
Shafter
Santiago
Walter Baker & Co
Dorchester
Mass
Grand Junction Sugar Factory Begins Operation in Colorado
Grand Junction Colorado reports the sugar plant started Thursday morning employing 100 men and boys. The day’s work yielded 350 tons of beets sliced and the plant began producing granulated sugar. A six year old boy from Devil's Lake North Dakota fired a revolver at passersby. two men were wounded, one fatally. Also details from a Miss Stone letter describe harsh conditions of American missionaries held by Turkish brigands and increased Bulgarian pressures impacting relief efforts.
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Colo
William Barber
Devil's Lake
North Dakota
Miles Miller
Burt Crary
Barber
Miss Stone
Moe
Tilka
Mins Stoupe
Evan
Manchu and Chinese Treaty Turmoil Tensions Rise
Li Hung Chang's illness follows a heated exchange with Paul Lessar over the Manchurian treaty as Japan pressures for the text amid Chinese resistance. Empress Dowager orders cautious communications to foreign ministers, while Li returns home in a violent bout linked to the stress. Separately, a gold ore ledge is found under Helena federal building foundations, promising government pay finds. Callahan acquitted in Cudahy kidnapping perjury case after a long jury deliberation.
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Paul Lessar
Kuselan
China
Li Hong Chang
Russia
Hasing
Mancheria
Tokio
Gi Hung Chang
Li Huy Chung
M. Lessur
Li Hung Chang
Helena
United States Federal
Montana
Helena City
Volonel Thomas Urine
Besi Rence
Norean
James Callahan
Omaha
Eddie Cudahy
Chet Uiere
Pat Crowe
Callahan
Crowe
Shields
Panama Hebels Must Not Interfere With United States
The state department Friday reversed a mélange from President Serimsen of the cable company at Colon denying seizure of Panama and saying reports show a policy change. About 1,000 insurgents lie within fifteen miles of Panama. officials warn there will be no interference with traffic across the/Iethimun, as insurgent movements near Panama continue.
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State Department
Serimsen
Colon
Panama
Reclamation of Arid Lands Tied to National Policy
President Wheeler announced to the University of California Berkeley student body that President Roosevelt intends to make arid land reclamation in California part of national policy. Roosevelt, returning from the East, favors the project and will visit next year. St. Petersburg papers discuss Li Hung Chang's death, noting Russia did not view him as a true friend.
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Unirersity of California
Berkeley
Wesday
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
State University
Roosevelt
California
St. Petersburg
Li Hung Chang
Russia
Counterfeiting Bust Ties Salt Lake Banks to El Paso Photographer
M. J. Lemon, a prominent El Paso photographer, was arrested by U S secret service on a major counterfeiting case. In his El Paso operating room were found five and ten dollar notes from several banks and U S silver certificates. Authorities say Lemon may have coordinated with Defountaine in producing bogus currency. The report also notes sensational heliogram claims about historical siege communications.
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M. J. Lemon
el Paso
Texas
Secret Service
United States
Nevada
Natonal Bank of
Deseret Nae Mona Bank of
Salt Lake
Republic of Meaxloa
Tell
Lemon
Ibis Aleo
Defountaine
Prison Mutiny and Escape at Leavenworth
Renegade inmates in the United States prison two miles southeast of Leavenworth Kansas killed a guard and wounded three others in a Thursday afternoon revolt. Four hundred prisoners, guarded by thirty armed officers, were at work as two walls remained unfinished and a high wooden stockade surrounded the rear site.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Federal
Western cattle warning prompts fresh price concerns
The National Live Stock Association headquarters in Chicago says prices rise as cattle numbers decline sharply. Prominent western ranchers privately warn Congress may act soon to curb further losses, fearing impacts on meat supplies and regional economies.
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National Livestock Assorlation
Chivagro
Congress
Plans Proposed to Curb Stamp Theft in Chicago Post Office
The Weekly Panorama outlines measures to prevent stamp thefts including requiring stamp certificates for mail orders and limiting private stamp sales to under ten dollars. Proposals aim to narrow stamp use as currency and trap large-scale theft by treating private dealer sales above ten dollars as potential admissions of improper methods.
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Chicago
Hubbard
William D Washburn Wealthy Manufacturer and Politician
William Drew Washburn of Minnesota, a prominent mill owner with four mills in Minneapolis, presided over a recent Universalist convention in Buffalo. A long time political figure, he served as United States surveyor general of Minnesota, a congressman for three terms, and a U.S. senator from 1889 to 1895. Born in the East, he settled in Minnesota in 1857 and helped develop regional rail lines, later leading the Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie railway union before retiring. He is 90 years old.
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William D. Washburn
Buffalo
America
Minneapolis
Washburn
United States
Minnesota
Formor Pillahury
Mr. Washburn
Northwest
Helen Kelly to wed Frank Gould son of Jay Gould
New York announces the engagement of Miss Helen Margaret Kelly to Frank Jay Gould youngest son of the late Jay Gould. Gould to inherit a fortune reportedly around ten million dollars. Helen Kelly resides at Livingstone and is daughter of Edward Kelly of New York and granddaughter of Eugene Kelly.
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A Gould
New York
Helen Kelly
Frank Jay Gould
Jay Gould
Mr. Gould
Helen Margaret Kelly
Bla Nhare
Helen
Livingston
Mika Kelyto
Edward Kelly
Eugene
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