Utah State News Roundup From Mt Pleasant To Salt Lake
Mt Pleasant laid a mile of water pipe while Ward Murray set a Uintah county wheat record with 2,086 bushels in a day. Rewards dispute over Nick Maworth. mining finds east of Indianola. Utah Con smelter expansion to 750 tons daily. St George raises saloon license to 1200 and imposes 100 on wine. James Lynch to lose no arm. provisions found near penitentiary. Ogden SP layoffs planned. horticulture circular urges spraying precautions. Manti city election to feature two tickets. Salt Lake City widow J M Stout dies by carbolic acid. Salt Lake bartenders union forming. sign painters and shoemakers organize. Patrick O'Brien found dead at Salvation Army mission. Walter Hendricks killed by a Short Line train. companion escaped. Journal notes mining dividends. Daly-West and Silver King lead Utah payouts. Prisoner Joseph Sullivan nearly escapes via improvised key. Warren Hughes robbed after slingshot attack. Salt Lake & Los Angeles rail stockholders to meet on Deep Creek extension costing about 3 million.
Bank Liquidates Amid Depositor Distress in Mexico City
The International Bank & Trust of America led by President W H Hunt closes doors in voluntary liquidation with branches in New York and San Francisco, and in Mexico. It reports paid up gold capital of 1 850 and deposits around 1 500 000 silver. Depositors include railway contractors and English-speaking workers. management hopes losses will not occur.
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International Bank &Trust Company of America
W. H. Hunt
New York
San Francisco
Mexico
Mexico City
Hunt
Alaskan Boundary Line Settled. Canada Wins Portland Canal
The Alaskan boundary commission sustains most American claims while Canada gains Portland canal. Signatures on the decision will finalize the map showing the line and avoid loss of land for Americans. Canada expresses great disappointment, with leaders like Thomas Hodgins noting the ruling.
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Alaskan Boundary Commission
Portland Canal
Canada
United States
Lord Alverstone
Thomas Hodgins
K. C
Forests in Flames Near Nordhoff California
A mountain fire on Topatopa ridge north of Nordhoff spreads northwest along ridges. It may reach Sespe canyon with heavy damage risk. Pine mountain burning as government rangers backfire. Robinson packing house and many olive groves reported destroyed. heat and smoke visible across Ojai valley.
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Topatopa Ridge
Nordhoff
Cal
Sespe Canyon
Pine Mountain
Robinson Packing
Ojai
Chicago letter-carrier jailed after thefts, gambling cushion
Albert Joerndt a Chicago letter-carrier is jailed awaiting arraignment on stealing letters and checks and the money they contained. He admitted betting on races and stealing for more than a year to cover losses, with total taken possibly in the thousands. He had served as an officer and twice as a delegate in the National Association of Letter-Carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Joerndt
Chicago
Isis
Joerndt
National Association of Letter-Carriers
Dr August Greth’s airship sails over San Francisco
Dr August Greth, after a year of quiet work, piloted his clear shaped balloon over San Francisco for two hours, showing control and suggesting solutions to aerial navigation. The craft holds about 50 000 cubic feet of gas and 1 800 to 2 000 pounds payload. the beneath car mirrors Santos-Dumont style and weighs about 500 pounds.
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August Greth
San Francisco
Groth
Santos-Dumont
Dayton man strangles wife then reports crime to police
Charles F. Welffenbach, a Dayton foreman, choked his wife after a quarrel, then returned home to eat breakfast. He later went to the tobacco warehouse, issued work orders, and surrendered at police headquarters, calmly recounting the event.
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Charles F. Welffenbach
Dayton
Murder Suicide Follows Jealous Suitor Killing in San Francisco
Josephine Meade of Los Angeles, a Berkeley student, was shot by Paul Schmidt near 1819 Laguna Street as she neared her lodging. After the killing Schmidt shot himself, ending a long pursuit marked by threats and prior engagement. Meade was connected to Southern California clergy circles and had left Los Angeles for safety.
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Josephine Meade
Los Angeles
Berkeley
San Francisco
Paul Schmidt
Laguna Street
Schmidt
Miss Meade
Sehmidt
Boston
Hartnett
Southern California
Powers Ready for War at Port Arthur
Reports from Port Arthur say Russia prepares against an attack on 93 ships in port with a log boom at the entrance. Troop totals cited vary, with 75,000 to 80,000 men in the harbor area, and journals note troops landed at Ping Yan and 100,000 gathered at Hakodate.
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Port Arthur
Alexieff
London
Chefoo
Morning Post
Wei-Hai-Wei
Japan
Ping Yan
Korea Bay
Hakodate
London Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Destructive Aberdeen Fire Claims Four Lives
A historic Aberdeen Washington blaze killed four men and destroyed ten blocks of homes and businesses, estimated losses around one million dollars. Victims named include Charles Ralfo Daniel Webster Calvin McKenzie and an unknown man. Injuries and insurance issues cited as firesmen fought the blaze from the Mack building on Hume street, a noted firetrap.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Charles Ralfo
Daniel Webster
Calvin McKenzie
John Steen
J. D. Hansen
A. Bretberg
H. W. Lacey
John Mills
Hoquiam
William Oglesby
Mack
Hume Street
Oscar I. Crain
Desperate Yellow Fever Toll Strips Linares Population
Yellow fever devastates Linares Mexico reducing residents from 15000 to 4000 in two months. Deaths peak at twelve to thirty daily as panic drives residents to flee. Immune survivors linger, leaving a near deserted plaza once filled with music and promenades.
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Linares
Mexico
Murderer Acquitted by Coin Toss Jury
In Lawrenceville Indiana a jury in Lawrence circuit court could not reach a verdict after 36 hours in the case of the state against George Ryan charged with assault to commit murder. A nickel toss decided the outcome with four heads and eight tails, resulting in acquittal. The state will seek a new trial.
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Lawrence
Lawrenceville
George Ryan
Missouri mine operator killed in Prosperity shootout
Gordon Allen, 32, a well known mining operator, was shot and killed by Benjamin Aylor at the Aylor mine near Prosperity, Missouri. No witnesses. a loaded revolver was found on Allen. Aylor, son of J W Aylor, was arrested but released by the coroner's jury verdict.
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Gordon Allen
Benjamin Aylor
Webb City
Aylor
Prosperity
J. W. Aylor
Allen
Ayler
Should Have Taken a Vacation Ends a Firm Official's Tale
Discrepancies totaling about 44000 are alleged in the accounts of Joseph Shahr former secretary and treasurer of P. P. Mast & Co Springfield C manufacturers of grain drills. Shahr died after typhoid fever and reportedly on his deathbed confessed. a checking of his seventeen year tenure without a vacation and a 2400 dollar annual salary is noted.
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Joseph Shahr
P. P. Mast & Co
Springfield
Shahr
Missouri Tragedy Ends Life of Sedalia Woman
Ella Brorden aged 24 of Sedalia Missouri divorced wife of John Brock Way who is in prison for murder of his second wife was shot and killed instantly by John F E Mayer a farmer aged 80 near Gravis Mills Mayer was arrested The motive remains unclear but Mayer is believed to object to Brorden returning to Sedalia.
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Ella Brorden
Sedalia
John Brockway
John FE
Mayer
Gravis Mills
Misa Broden
Wall Street Man Not Guilty Verdict in Assault Case
The jury cleared David Lamar Monk Eastman Bernard Smith and Joseph Brown of assault with intent to kill James McMahon. Lamar a Wall Street figure and Smith his brother in law were alleged to have hired Eastman and Brown to assault McMahon. McMahon had previously been Lamar’s coachman and had conflicts with his employers.
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David Lamar
Monk” Eastman
Bernard Smith
Joseph Brown
James McMahon
Lamar
Wall Street
Smith
Eastman
Brown
McMahon
Convict Lynch Captured After Prison Escape
James Lynch, the condemned convict who fled after a state prison battle last week, was captured at Woods Cross near Salt Lake. He was unarmed, exhausted, and hungry after more than 110 hours on the run, offering no resistance.
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James Lynch
State Prison
Woods Cross
Salt Lake
Salt Lake salt refiner killed by trolley car
Atkinson Whitworth, a 40 year Salt Lake resident who refined salt from the lake, was instantly killed when his horse bolted into a trolley car on a Wednesday evening. Conductor Morris and motorman Bywater reported the horse halted on the track and the car struck, throwing Whitworth from the wagon and crushing his forehead on the asphalt. death was instantaneous.
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Atkinson Whitworth
Salt Lake
Morris
Bywater
Whitworth
Rioters Clash in Bilbao Leaves Dozen Dead in Spain
A collision between Socialists and clergy during a Bilbao demonstration killed seven and wounded thirty three, including Pueblo newspaper manager and Superior Louis Dautre. Revolvers fired from Catholic club and St Nicolas church. the church vicar and several priests were arrested. An anti clerical faction threw a priest into the river.
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Bilboa
Spain
The
Pueblo
Louis Dautre
Christian Brothers’ School
Catholic Club
Church of St. Nicholas
England Faces Intensifying Rain and Flood Crisis
England endures worsening rainfall with London seeing partial relief as totals near the record high since 1866. Rivers overflow, rail traffic disrupts towns, and vast Yorkshire grain lands lie submerged as floods spread across northern England.
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England
New York
London
Meteorological Office
Yorkshire
Gas Escapes Kills Chicago Couple at Quincy Hotel
William Dobbin age 58 and his wife, registered from St. Louis, were found near asphyxiation in their room at the Quincy hotel by the clerk. Hotel authorities say the gas was not fully turned off and escaped gradually, leaving the pair unaware.
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William Dobbin
Chicago
Quincy Hotel
St. Louis
Train Crew Smuggle Chinamen
Conductor John Mullin in charge of a sleeping car on a Grand Trunk train. Porter N W Crawford, a colored man, and Charles T Thompson of Boston a Pullman agent, were arrested at Port Huron Michigan Tuesday by customs officers for smuggling merchandise and a Chinaman. A search found a quantity of goods and a Chinaman hidden in a berth.
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John Mullin
Grand Trunk
N. W. Crawford
Charles T. Thompson
Boston
Pullman Palace Car Company
Port Huron
Mich
Ten Million Tax Take On First NYC Day
New York City tax receipts for the first day of the annual collection reached 10 225 000 dollars. The treasure was transported by a rickety four wheeler to a Wall Street bank guarded by four policemen who sat among bundles of checks and currency. It was described as the largest first day payment ever recorded by Manhattan’s tax office.
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New York City
Wall Street
Tax Office
Manhattan
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Ward Murray
Uintah County
Nick’ Maworth
Neal M. Madsen
Indianola
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St. George
Ogden
Southern Pacific
State Board of Horticulture
Manti
J. M. Stout
Salt Lake City
Shos
Patrick O’brien
Salvation Army Mission
Omaha
Walter Hendricks
Richmond
Ransom
Hendricks
the Engineering and Mining Journal of
Daly-West
Silver King
Joseph Sullivan
Weber County
Yale & Towne Lock Company
Sullivan
Warren Hughes
Hughes
Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railroad
Deep Creek
BIG Bank
International Bank & Trust Company
Girl
Missouri
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