Utah News Snapshot Including Tourism and Rail Talks
Salt Lake City reports around 40 000 tourists visited the area from June to October. Utah schools employ 294 in Salt Lake. Fort Douglas mobilizes the Twenty third Infantry to prepare for Colorado. Wheat prices rise 15 cents per hundred pounds amid rail and coal shortages threaten Utah Idaho and Montana. New baths and a circumscribing electric railway are planned for Salt Lake. Oregon Short Line eyes Salt Lake service with fast cheap routes. A large family marks President Joseph F Smith’s birth anniversary. Gabe May jailed for jailbreaking is sent to Kentucky for trial. Utah wholesale trade exceeds prior years due to favorable conditions. Mountain incident nearly fatal after mistaken toadstools eaten by Charles Haycock and James Hutchinson. Government survey teams prep to inspect Utah Arizona boundary trip by team. Stolen rail gang suspect linked to Longabaugh possibly Bob. Miss Gates Brigham Young descendants tours Germany. Texas mining property ruling allows removal of improvements under agreements. Eighteenth Infantry spread and Salt Lake physicians combat scarlet fever. Coal companies challenge water rights on Tale River. San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake and Oregon Short Line pact boosts coast rail work. Wdabo Lumber Dealers plan a Utah chapter. Payson pioneer George Hancock dies. he built the first forge and tannery and aided the public. Draper Crescent Sandy and nearby districts vote to form a southern Salt Lake County high school district.
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Train Wreck Near York Damages Express Car and Tracks
The Southwystern exprow of the Northern Central railway wrecked north of York, Pa on Saturday night after a dynamite explosion. The train sped at about forty five miles per hour when the blast occurred, derailing three coaches and blowing a 2 1/2 foot long hole in the track. The engine lost its headlight and windows were shattered. no serious injuries were reported. Meanwhile in Germany Berlin sees 95 000 unemployed, signaling winter hardship as factories discharge workers and relief funds are raised.
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Cave In Destroys Aurora Mining Plant at Oronoga
A cave in near Joplin Missouri swallows the Aurora Mining Company plant including a 100 ton mill, office building, engine house, six gravel cars, and a tailing pile. No lives were lost though workers reported timbers cracking before the collapse and the surface quickly gave way sinking the entire facility. Work is suspended and damage assessment is hindered by unstable ground.
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Filipino soldier sentenced by court martial for murder
The Filipina private was sentenced to death for killing countrymen favoring the Americans but General Chaffee commuted the sentence to twenty years imprisonment. Chaffee stressed the leniency is not a precedent and no official can shield crimes in the island.
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Destructive 12-Inch Naval Gun Demonstrated at Sandy Hook
Army ordnance experts tested a twelve inch rifle at Sandy Hook showing it could pierce ironclad hulls and explode accurately inside a ship. Colonel Randolph described the weapon as capable of paralyzing sailors or sinking a foe that could not withstand the blast. A note on Baker’s chocolate promotion is also included in the text.
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Butte Ore Strike Promises Rich Returns Near Batts
Ore from the Arlsons Copper property southwest of Batts yields samples showing as high as 100000 per ton in gold with a sample mill returning 450 per ton. The discovery expands the district and stirs strong interest among miners as ore is exposed in the Mets claim shaft.
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Severe Earthquake Devastates Southern UN Regions
A catastrophic earthquake strikes southern UN areas. Reports describe widespread damage to villages including Mount Baldy with many deaths and ruined communications. Rescue teams and aid organizations mobilize to assist survivors amid aftershocks and ongoing instability.
Utah and surrounding towns rocked by massive earthquake
A severe quake rattled southern Utah and nearby towns on the night and following day, causing extensive damage in Sevier Beaver Piute Millard and Richfield. Buildings collapsed or were damaged, roads blocked, and residents fled as aftershocks continued across multiple counties and states.
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Roosevelt Upholds Civil Service Policy in Islands
President Roosevelt declares civil appointments in insular possessions will follow civil service principles. He informs Clinton Rodgers Woodruff of Philadelphia, a national reform leader, that no appointment will be dictated by political collusion.
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Canal and Cable Legislation Held for Action
Lawmakers including Representative Hepbum of flown and Representative Shura of New York held a long conference with the president about proposed cable legislation. They announced that compromise legislation on both subjects would be pursued and pushed at the earliest possible moment.
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Helen Gould Receives Honor At YMCA Jubilee Dinner
Miss Helen Gould was accorded an ovation at the jubilee dinner of the International Committee of the YMC A held at the Waldorf Astoria Thursday night. Five hundred guests were present in the grand ballroom as the address praised her noble work and efforts.
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Robbery at Keolate & Weatero Rail Line Bank
In Decator county a theft at the First National Bank of Leroy on the Keolate and Weatero railway involved robbers blowing the safe with nitroglycerine. The Wolk building was wrecked and contents scattered. No clues or witnesses.
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Purported Pure Clover Honey Seized as Adulteration
State inspectors bar an entire carload labeled pure honey after analysis shows 40 to 60 percent glucose content. The adulterated product, worth about one fifth of real honey, is condemned. consignor may sell only as a glucose mixture or return shipment.
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Hundred Lives Lost in British Storm Strikes Coast
Widespread devastation from a week long gale off the British Channel leaves unknown totals of life and property. About fifty vessels wrecked with over 150 feared dead, and the Yarmouth disaster leaves many orphaned children. A California stage robbery ends with the bandit wounded after a confrontation with the driver.
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Malgarin Seeks Private Talks Over Stone Relocation
Bulgarine officials deny plans to intervene in Consul General Dickinsons private talks to relocate Mins Stone from brigands. They refuse to join brigand action or containment in Hilgeria while outlining limits on any resulting authority. The Malgarian government signals weakness but agrees to consider Dickinsons safe private channels under conditions.
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Dubaan Navy Officer Recalled From Repairs Post
A naval officer named Dubaan is recalled from duties at the bureau of renovation and repairs amid a leadership reshuffle. The move follows the promotion or assignment of the ex Wibitah Chirlenton to a front position in the Porerumedhoneal organization.
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