Utah rumors menaced growth in Ogden hotel plans
Governor Sparks of Nevada may build a mammoth hotel in Ogden. Huntsville sets saloon license at 600 dollars yearly. Ogden musicians form a local AF of Musicians. Reward offered for Roy Mills murder killer. Porterville man suffers blood poisoning from barbed wire cut. Bert Trunkhill convicted for stolen keg, sentenced to one year. Moab brass band revival encouraged by former members. Lehi creamery fire causes 4500 dollar loss by incendiary act. Methodists allocate 2400 dollars to Utah mission. Governor Wells proclaims November 26 as day of thanks and prayer. Coal mines in Utah and Wyoming raise price 50 cents per ton. Pleasant Grove beet crop strong, some growers yield eighteen tons per acre. Ray Booth hospitalized with paralyzed legs from football injuries. Payson widow Mary Ann Dixon Wightman dies aged 79. Huntsville tom Coffin stabbed, likely to recover. Chris Peterson badly beaten also recovering. Mt Nebo mine blast injures M C Hanks, loses hands and eyesight. C S Tingey authorized to pay off 100000 dollar state loan. Utah schools face teacher shortages, vacancies at 40 to 50 dollars salaries. Ogden Harry Craig nearly loses life in factory accident, broken wrist. J C Littlefield named naval cadet by Senator Kearns. Utah beet sugar output up to 50 million pounds, up 60 percent. leaf acreage up 30-40 percent. Salt Lake endures worst windstorm in local memory, trees uprooted, wires damaged. Flora L Clement donates 5000-piece European rock collection to University of Utah. Ada Hollendrake, 13, American Fork, injures shoulder in playground accident.
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Omaha
Utah Mission
Wells
Utah
Wyoming
Pleasant Grove
Ray Booth
Salt Lake
Mary Ann Dixon Wightman
Payson
M. C. Hanks
Charleston
Mt. Nebo
C. S. Tingey
Board of Loan Commissioners
Harry Craig
Ogden
Craig Canning
Senator Kearns
J. C. Littlefield
Littlefield
Brooklyn
Annapolis
Capital City
Flora L. Clement
Victor M. Clement
University of Utah
Colombia vows to crush Isthmian independence movement
From Bogota a dispatch dated November 10 quotes Acting President Jorge Holguin insisting Colombia will not recognize Panama’s independence. He pledges to exhaust every resource to suppress the rebellion while Bogota remains under siege and the U S legation stays protected. The Isthmian movement is said to lack universal support.
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Panama
Bogota
Cape
Colombia
Jorge Holguin
Colomia
United States
Legation
Isthmus Laughs At Colombian Invasion Threat
Panama President Marroquin reports in a cablegram to General Plaza that Generals Reyes Caballeros Ospina and Holguin march on the Isthmus to suppress traitors. Isthmus residents, protected by land barriers and long coastlines, believe the United States will prevent a sea landing and feel secure.
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Panama
Marroquin
General Plaza
Ecuador
Reyes
Caballeros
Ospina
Holguin
Colombia
United States
Bulgarian Servian Plot to Provoke War with Turkey
Reports confirm rumors of a conspiracy by Bulgarian and Servian officers to trigger war with Turkey. A search of officers quarters in Philippopolis and Tirnovo found compromising letters against Prince Ferdinand, while claims of Macedonian officers aiming to force a frontier clash are denied. 140 officers have been removed by the war minister.
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Turkey
Philippopolis
Tirnovo
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Mothers Held for Kidnaping in Cheyenne Court
In Cheyenne district court Mrs. William Biggs and Mrs. J M Trout were bound over for trial to the next term in 500. The case involves a separations dispute that led to the infant being taken to Denver and abandoned at Union Depot. The found child bore a placard with its name and age, prompting police to arrest both women for kidnaping.
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Cheyenne
William Biggs
J. M. Trout
Trout
No Rupture Rumors Fail to Confirm Siam France Pact
Paris dispatch reports no confirmation of a diplomatic rupture between France and Siam despite Bangkok rumors of a secret treaty demanding Chantabun and large territorial concessions. Mingoon prince reportedly bases in a neutral zone as Panama’s new government gains German recognition and consular ties.
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Paris
France
Siam
Daily Mail
Rangoon
Bangkok
Chantabun
Indians Are Set Free After Trial at Douglas
Nine Sioux arrested for the fight that killed Converse county officers Sheriff Miller and Deputy Falkenburg were given a preliminary hearing at Douglas Wyoming and discharged. Testimony showed Eagle Peather and Black Kettle fired the shots that killed the officers. One witness claimed Jessie Little War Bonnet fired, but others could not prove the prisoners’ participation.
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Miller
Falkenburg
Converse County
Douglas
Wyo
Eagle Peather
Black Kettle
Jessie Little War Bonnet
Colombia protests U S recognition of Panama
Colombia protests to the U S Senate over recognizing Panama’s independence. President Marroquin signs the note, urging U S action to defend Colombia’s territorial integrity and quell the insurrection. Roosevelt formally receives M Philippe Bunau-Varilla, marking Panama’s entry into the family of nations and setting stage for bilateral talks.
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Roosevelt
M. Philippe Buneau- Varilla
Panama
United States
Republic of
Murder of Miss Denninger in Bishop Causes Shock
Miss May Denninger, a prominent Bishop resident, was found murdered in a pasture near her home after an alleged elopement with Fred Strubble. Her body showed signs of a violent struggle and was half buried. Strubble remains missing as authorities search for clues in the community.
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May Denninger
Bishop
Isis
Miss Henninger
Fred Strubble
Strubble
His Own Executioner and Nevada Train Murder Trial
Isaac Wagner hanged himself in a New York City police station after admitting to knocking down and robbing an elderly woman named Mary Goldi. In Nevada, Al Landerman and four accomplices were sentenced to death for the murder of laborer Jack Welch on a freight train near Witheraucca last August, after Welch was attacked, robbed, and shot while begging for life.
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Isaac Wagner
New York City
Wagner
Mary Goldi
Jack Welch
Witherucca
Nev
al Landerman
Frank Wiliams
Fred Reidt
Fred Roberts
T. I. Goodman
John K
Levener
Welch
Robert
Hoe
Threat to blow up Plaza Hotel in Chicago found
An anonymous letter threats to blow up the Plaza Hotel facing Lincoln Park in Chicago and demands $500. The letter, similar to others targeting Lake Shore Drive residents, was given to police after a raid failed to locate the writer.
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Plaza Hotel
Lincoln Park
Chicago
William Ta
Lake Shore Drive
Cabinet Rails at Panama Situation as Isthmus Tension Grows
Friday's cabinet meeting focused almost entirely on the Panama situation. Aiming for harmony between Congress and the administration, officials report progress toward reconciling differences and securing action on the isthmian canal. Navy department notes Nashville's return of Panama troops signals U.S. resolve to keep the peace in the isthmus.
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Panama
Congress
House
Senate
Isthmian Canal
Nashville
Colon
Port Cabello
Navy Department
United States
Colombia
Panama and Colon Ports and Rail Link Details
The document outlines New Republic of Panama facts including population around 200 000 with Panama City at 25 000 Colon at about and Panama Railroad forty seven miles linking Panama on the Pacific to Colon on the Atlantic. It notes commerce worth about 3 000 000 annually, 1 000 vessels visiting, and daily trains between Panama and Colon with a three hour trip. It mentions multiple steamship lines, cable connections to the U S and Europe, and silver currency with exchange near 150 percent.
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Panama
Indiana
Pacific
Colon
Atlantic
Aspinwall
United States
Isthmus
San Francisco
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Val
Europe
Panama Is Thought To Be Pressured To Return
A Panama dispatch notes many Bogota liberals and conservatives urge the isthmus to reverse its cession stance. The article claims promises of far greater benefits to induce a return to the paternal country, including extravagant assurances such as eternal heavenly happiness from a Bogota authority.
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Bogota
Panama
Crowd police protected streetcars in Chicago
A long list of international and domestic incidents follows, noting streetcars under police guard in Chicago, a fire destroying Jenkins City Missouri, a massive coal shipment to the World’s Fair, a fatally injured student in Pontiac Illinois, and other upheavals, accidents, and political shifts around the world with brief mentions of casualties and official actions.
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Chicago
Jenkins City
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