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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1902
Page
6
Officials in Springville launch a vigorous campaign against liquor sellers while other Utah topics surface. Obituaries note the death of Louis M. Grant in Woods Cross, and diverse items cover storms, outbreaks, court actions, corporate filings, and local disasters across the state.
Miss Florence MacVarlan, 21, music teacher and daughter of a railroad man, was stabbed to death at her Rochester home after a woman rang the doorbell and attacked her in the kitchen. An hour later Lola Young, wife of former city purchasing agent Frank Young, was arrested as the alleged murderer. The killer reportedly said she had been thwarted in love and was glad the rival was dead. Mrs Young offered no statement after arrest.
Advices from Canton say Kwang Si rebels captured Suenfu and several district cities with officials executed or killed. Rebels gained provisions and rifles, reviving rebel activities. Two Hunan battalions towed toward Wu Chou to fight rebels. General Ting defeats Boxers in Szechuan. Boxer forts at Yang Tao Chi fell with many killed or captured. Boxers massing in Yunnan and Kueichou provinces.
Henry Arnel and four prospectors found skeletal remains near Timber Mountain after a desert water source caused poisoning. A San Bernardino report says the spring water drank by the party contained high arsenic levels, leading to deaths and cramps. Arnel carried samples to town for analysis.
John Sparks, governor-elect of Nevada, visited Boise to support clemency for Diamondfield Jack Davis once employed by him. Davis, death condemned for the 1860s Cassia county murder of sheepmen John C Wilson and Jeannie Cummings, had sentence changed to life, with renewed calls for commutation or direct pardon based on new self-defense testimony.
Colombian government gun boats Chucuito and Bogota moved toward Agua Dulce to seize the Poas, a former Costa Rican vessel. The Bogota reportedly left disabled after the fight with five officers and fifteen crew killed. The fate of the gunboat L'adilla remains unknown. Costa Rica barred arming the Poas. General Uribe-Uribe’s death sentence was not carried out, as General Herrera holds fourteen government generals as prisoners.
Miss Helen Gould received a dispatch from John Harnett former minister to Siam stating no dances labeled Asiatic are to be exploited in the Midway at the St Laws exposition. The Orient is pleased by the policy. The dispatch was read at a board meeting of the exposition’s lady managers in New York City.
Comptroller-General Derham reports Confederate pensions paid this year totaling $200,227 to 7,750 pensioners. Eighty-seven veterans received $1,999 as substitutes for artificial limbs, with pensions increasing yearly and the appropriation likely to fall short of future needs.
Hermann Kaufmann, son of a tobacco dealer, died after a fly bite last Wednesday. A swelling grew from the bite to cover the cheek and then the upper body, with medical staff unable to treat the condition. Doctors say the insect carried erysipelas germs.
Students at Tuebingen and Bonn petition the war minister to ban pistol duels between officers and students except in grave cases. Berlin officials convened a meeting to discuss action as reform momentum grows.
A tugboat arrived at La Giayre from Carpano with news that on Saturday Venezuelan troops under General Viletini attacked and reoccupied the sea port of Cumana, which had been held by the maurgents. General Matos was warned to observe a strictly neutral attitude or face expulsion from Curacao.
General J. Breckenridge, inspector general of the army, notes in his annual Philippine inspection that soldiers labor faithfully to solve ongoing problems. He praises their patience amid hardships and hostile conditions, says critics misjudge, and asserts the army has performed duties well without complaint while caring for the innocent and feeding the poor.
Reverend Pablo Martino reports to Tepic authorities that a party of Americans led by an archaeologic expert named Meverick arrived at Yesca. They explored a mountain cavern near Yesca with Mexican guides and took ornaments and utensils, shipping them to San Francisco via San Glas on twelve burros.
The city newspapers report a rise in crime following the coronation rejoicings. Murders and other tragedies fill columns, with several cases proceeding this week. A notable stabbing involves a young woman who killed a stock exchange worker in the busy street.
A Sydney dispatch reports an extraordinary dust storm sweeping Victoria and New South Wales. Darkness engulfed Melbourne at noon on Saturday as balls of fire fell and set buildings alight. Panic rose as residents feared the world’s end amid a red dust pall over Sydney and inland towns Friday.
A lake of several acres at the Cliff mine in Joplin Missouri was swallowed by a recent cave-in on the Grand by land. The mine remains but is abandoned as it has settled about a foot and could sink further. Cracks appear around the mine area signaling ongoing instability.
Cable report from Guatemala City dated November 6 describes Santa Maria erupting with numerous deaths and vast property losses. Ash covers estates and coffee plantations, mainly affecting American and German owners, as new craters form and pumice travels inland.
Three shots fired at King Leopold II while he headed to a Te Deum for Queen Marie Henriette. A hit to the carriage window and a graze on the grand marshal's face. The suspected assassin Rubino, a bookkeeper, claimed he targeted the king over perceived abuses toward Princess Stephanie and to prove action to anarchists in London. He was arrested after a public struggle with rescuers.
The London Daily Mail correspondent at Wellington reports two survivors from the wrecked steamer Blangamite rescued by the Penguin. The seven by twelve foot raft carried seven men and two apples split into sixteen portions each. They drifted sixty miles from Sunday to Thursday, with three men dying after drinking salt water and others dying or exhausted before rescue. Only one survivor could stand when the Penguin arrived.
A collision between a Western avenue electric train and a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy freight train on the Eighteenth street crossing in Chicago left one man dead and several injured. The crowded motor and trailer carried many passengers and officials blamed a flagman’s mistake for the accident.
The Central Federation of Labor of New York unanimously decides to present the kidnaping of fourteen union cigarmakers and the abduction of Tampa’s mayor to President Roosevelt. They seek a report from the commission he previously appointed to investigate the first kidnapping and to inform on the latest case.
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