Utah News Roundup Highlights Rising Sugar Prices and Local Events
Utah sugar prices rise to 5.25 per sack while beet output tops thirty six million pounds. Rio Grand Western workers gain ten percent wage hike. Pan guitch white with fourteen inches of snow as drought ends. Earthquake shocks felt in Tropic Garfield county on the 17th. Rural routes to Pleasant Grove Linden Utah county and Lehi get delivery service starting December 1.
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Rio Grand Western
Tropic
Garfield County
Pleasant Grove
Linden
Utah County
Deseret
Oasis
Hinckley
Bothe
San Juan
State Penitentiary
Indian uprising feared in Wyoming report
Salt Lake Tribune dispatch from Lander Wyoming warns that local Indians are excited and in an ugly mood after an incident at a school where armed Indian police challenged a teacher. Authorities lack state jurisdiction over the reservation and US commissioner action is required. Captain Nickerson seeks a new force as 15 to 20 Shoshone paint war signs and urge kin to resist whites.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Lander
Wyo
United States
Nickerson
Havana Strike Settled by General Gomez Leadership
General Gomez guided the settlement of a Havana strike by directing a committee to meet Havana Commercial company officials. He condemned the Central Labor Union for a supposed revolutionary action, pledging war veterans to defend order. The strike ended for the Central Labor Union, with efforts to return workers to their posts ongoing.
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General Gomez
Havana
Havana Commercial Company
Central Labor Union
Ile
Mointaln
Gomez
Worders
Madame La Bonta Arrested After Butte Murder Inquiry
Madame La Bonta, sought in Butte Montana for the murder of Dr. Cayley last October, was arrested in San Francisco. She had arrived from Seattle under a false name and stayed briefly at a hotel before moving to 415 Ellis Street. She denied her identity initially, then admitted it, and claimed Cayley died by accidental pistol discharge during a friendly settlement.
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Madame la Bonta
Butte
Mont
Dr. Cayley
San Francisco
Madame “ Hootm
Seattle
C. Moore
Chiccago
Ellis Street
St Geary Street
Market Street
Trapped Miner William Cumming Dies After Four Rescue Cavings
Rescuers working to free William Cumming from a cave in the Yankee Dooille mine near Louisville were struck by four successive rockfalls. Despite his pleas and reports of terrible torture, the tunnel collapsed each time. He finally died as the fourth collapse fractured his hips and stripped flesh from his limbs.
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William Cumming
Yankee Dooille
Louisville
Cumming
Fatal melee at Bucktown ends in deaths and arrests
About a dozen men at Bucktown two miles northwest of Leaiville Colo clash over Swedish and Finlander tensions. John Rabb is shot dead while Mike Rabb lies critically injured with a crushed skull. Mer man Anderson, the shooter who killed Habb, is jailed. his brother August Anderson is held for safe keeping.
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Bucktown
Leaiville
Colo
John Rabb
Mike Rabb
Merman Anderson
Habb
August Anderson
Confessed Arsonist at Fort Stevens Escapes Cellar Prison
Private Thompson of Fort Stevens Oregon who confessed to incendiarism at the post over four months and was confined in an underground prison pending court martial escaped recently in a mysterious manner. A sentry guarded one cellar entrance while Thompson fled through the other during the night after making a sweeping written confession.
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Thompson
Fort Stevens
Oregon
Tragic Cave-In Buries 7Yearold in Leadville Shaft
William Cumming seven is entombed 400 feet underground in the Yan kee Doodle shaft near Leadville after a cave-in at 10 45 am Tuesday. Five workers attempted to dig him out as dirt piled around him and cut off the upraise. He spoke to rescuers until the entrance closed and he resigned to his fate promising farewell messages to his wife.
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William Cumming
Leadville
Christus Cumming
Cumming
Rioting in Havana Amid Citywide Strike
In Havana clashes between police and strikers leave two dead and about thirty wounded. The general strike widens from cigar workers to all trades, with streetcars halted and riders forced to walk. Police and rural guards massed in the suburbs to prevent further disorder as riot officials report several injuries among officers and conductors.
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Havana
Miavana
Thetmen
Hlavana
Murder Trial in Hawaii Amid Family Quarrel Aired
Honolulu reports Captain Robert Andrews of Hilo died last week from strychnine poison after a violent quarrel with his wife. She confessed to giving the poison and faces murder charges as coroner's jury proofs show jealousy and a morning poisoning incident. Andrews was a known figure in Honolulu and Hilo. The wife awaits grand jury action. In a separate note, US Minister Bowen says Colombian forces invaded Venezuela on the 16th and were defeated on the 19th near Maracaibo as Castro dispatches vessels to meet them.
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Honolulu
Robert Andrews
Hilo
Andrews
United States
Bowen
Caracas
State Department
Colombia
Venezuela
Mr. Bowen
Gonjira Peninsula
Maracaibo
Castro
Heavy Floods Hit Indian Territory Along Washita and Bine Valleys
In the Chickasaw nation, four days of continuous rain have submerged areas for miles. Rivers overflowed and many families fled to higher ground as bridges were washed out and railroad traffic slowed. No trains have run on the Choctaw line to Ardmore since Friday.
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Washita
Bine
Famous Gunmaker Krupp Dies Suddenly at Villa Haegel
Herr Krupp the great gunmaker and the wealthiest man in Germany died suddenly from apoplexy Saturday afternoon at his villa in Haegel. He had been ill for days and the Krupp works were closed as news spread. His fortune was estimated around 125 million dollars with a recent annual income near 10 million. He built housing for workers and earned by supplying armor plate for the navy. He also had iron works shipyards and stakes in financial ventures and coal properties with North German Lloyd.
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Herr Krupp
Germany
Haegel
Essen
Krupp
Lloyd Steamship Company
Battle Between Students at University Riot in Iowa City
A massive campus brawl erupted after a freshmen dance at the Imperial hotel dining room in Iowa City. A sophomore launched a skunk through a window as eggs and shattered plates sparked a violent clash. Police were routed as medical students and officers clashed, leaving injuries and about 700 dollars in property damage.
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State University
Iowa City
Iowa
Imperial Hotel
J. H. King
W.M. Kaller
Nervy Thief Robs Chicago Postoffice For $10000
The Chicago postoffice was robbed of about $10,000 on a Saturday in a bold act. A registered mail shipment from two downtown sub stations was left unattended in a wagon in front of the Masonic temple. The thief seized the chance, took the rig, and vanished. The rifled bags and horse were later found abandoned. No witnesses could identify the culprit.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
Well Known Western Pioneer Dies in Butte
John Taylor, one of the oldest pioneers in Butte, dies at 70. He reportedly killed two men in self defense, including Patrick Carney on September 12 when Carney shot at him at the Corn mine. Taylor was a widely known watchman and figure across the western states.
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John Taylor
Butte
Patrick Carney
Taylor
Carney
West
Flooded Texas Traffic Improves With Rain Stoppage
Texas faces disrupted passenger travel and widespread railway delays as floods ease. Railroads including the Texas Pacific and Cotton Belt anticipate normal schedules to resume after tonight if no further rain occurs.
Insurance Swindlers Buried Man Alive in Mexico Case
In Chihuahua Mexico Mitchell died mysteriously after being insured by two men jailed in El Paso Texas charged with defrauding New York Life Insurance Company. Exhumed body showed signs of struggle with the coffin lid ajar mouth open and arms raised indicating burial alive.
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Mitchell
Chihuahua
Mexico
el Paso
Texas
New York Life Insurance Company
Arma
Woman Train Robber Suspect Tied Lantern Signal
Mrs. Hudson of Trinidad Colorado wife of a dead bandit is suspected in the Colorado Southern hold up south of Trinidad Tuesday night. She told officers she tied a red lantern around a lantern for her husband and another man signaling the stop. Coroner’s request postponed awaiting developments.
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A. E. Hudson
Colorado Southern
Trinidad
Colo
Express
Schreiber
Cilfoil
Mrs Nation on Warpath at New York Horse Show
Carrie Nation caused a stir at a New York City horse show, denouncing overdress and liquor. She targeted the Vanderbilt box, insulted attendees, and seized a champagne bottle before police and security removed her from the venue.
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Carrie Nation
New York City
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Reginald Vanderbilt
Miss Nicholson
Mrs. Nation
Vanderbilt
Philippine Trade Shows Continued 1902 Improvement in Commerce
Import value for the Philippines ending June 30 1902 reached 22 141 2 2 million with gold and silver excluded, up nearly 2 million from 1901. Exports for the year rose to 25 917 679, the UK and US taking about 16 million in nearly equal shares.
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Philippine Archipelago
United States
United Kingdom
Diplomatic efforts on Orinoco blockade divide US stance
European diplomats press the American minister Mr Owen to back a declaration that the blockade of the Orinoco is ineffective, opposing Germany England and Italy. Mr Bowen discreetly refuses to complicate American interests, while Russell reports the Marietta’s Orinoco voyage backing Ciudad Bolivar blockade effectiveness.
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Owen
Orinoco River
Germany
England
Italy
Bowen
Washington
Legation
Russell
Marietta
Orinoco
Ciudad Bolivar
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