Salt Lake City to get new jail and smelter jobs eyed
Utah state news reports a Salt Lake City jail ready in about two weeks and a planned American Smelting & Refining Company smelter with projected costs between 560000 and 750000 dollars. It also notes school enrollment of 12751 in early October, a veto of sanitary inspector cuts, and multiple local incidents including murders, escapes, a prison outbreak, a fatal mine tunnel cave in at Sunnyside, and a protest over patent medicines.
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Salt Lake City
American Smelting & Refining Company
Bank Robbery at Sheridan Oregon Ends in $7000 Stolen
About 3 am Monday thieves entered Scroggins Wertman Bank in Sheridan Oregon and blew the safe with giant powder securing seven thousand dollars in coin before escaping. The brick bank sits in central town with farmers as principal depositors and no watchman due to a presumed lack of risk. The bank had moved much business on Saturday and officials believed a large cash balance was on hand.
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Scroggins & Wertman
Sheridan
Orégon
Cain
Elections in Eleven States and Court Proceedings
Elections will be held Tuesday November 3 in eleven states with full tickets in several and select offices in others. Prohibitionists and Socialists field slates in most states while Populists compete in Iowa and California. Fusion occurred in Nebraska. Court-martial of Brigadier General John F E Chase adjourned to allow attend funeral with potential exoneration. Governor Peabody may seek Adjutant General Sherman Bell’s resignation and appoint Zeph T Hill if Bell leaves.
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maryland
Ohio
Kentucky
Iowa
Mississippi
New York
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Colorado
San Francisco
Salt Lake
Towa
Carerato
Socialist- Labor Party
Part of Appeals
John FE. Chase
Choloradio W National Guard
Fahnestock
Chase
Sherman Bell
Peabody
Bell
Zeph T. Hill
Nick Haworth Sentenced to Be Shot in Utah Murder
Nick Haworth, convicted of murdering Night Watchman Sandall at Layton on March 28, appeared before Judge Rolapp in Farmington Utah for final sentencing. The court fixed Friday December 11 as the day Haworth will be executed by shooting. He showed no emotion as the sentence was read.
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Nick” Haworth
Sandall
Layton
Rolapp
Farmington
Utah
Haworth
Steamer Centennial Grounded Near Seattle
The Seattle San Francisco steam ship Centennial lies ashore two miles south of Al Ki Point and seven miles from Seattle. En route from Tacoma to this port it ran aground on a soft sandy beach after Captain EB H Gillespie lost bearings. A dense fog settled over the sound as the bow struck.
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Seattle
San Francisco
Centennial
al Ki Point
Tacoma
EB. H. Gillespie
Colorado Teamster Beaten Into Insensibility
Ed Mason a non union teamster for Colorado Transfer at Victor Colorado was beaten into insensibility Monday afternoon by five strikers. Mason had a fight recently with a man named James who, with his brothers and two others, McCabe and Wilson, allegedly assaulted him, leaving him unconscious. The five men were arrested by the military and will be turned over to the elgist authorities.
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Ed Mason
Colorado Transfer Company
Victor, Colo
Mason
James
McCabe
Wilson
Elgist
Naval Officer Resigns to Become Private Ship Company President
Rear Admiral Francis Bowles, chief of the bureau of construction and repair, has tendered his resignation as a U S navy officer to the president with November 3rd as the effective date. Instructor L W Capps at the New York navy yard is chosen to fill the vacancy. Admiral Bowles will leave to head a private ship landing company in Massachusetts.
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Francis Bowles
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy Department
United States Navy
L. W. Capps
Duy
New York Navy Yard
Admiral Bowles
Naval Service
Magssaechen
Hettf
Monterey Mother Kills Four Children in Religious Mania
Louis Iverson of Monterey California, temporarily deranged, strangled and killed three of her four children and later the infant, saying a supreme power dictated her acts. She first murdered Louisa 22, then sought to kill eldest son Vi, who escaped by train to Salinas, then killed Harold 6 and finally the 7 month old Maria. She confessed to Sheriff Nesbitt and claimed to have walked about the house at night and believed she was right. Iverson’s husband discovered the bodies at the back door of their cottage in Pacific Grove. The wife had been ill for months with religiously-based mental derangement.
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Myre
Louis Iverson
Monterey
Cal
Salinas
Maria
Electric Railroads Planned by New York Central
The New York Central Railroad plans to establish electric suburban branches in central and western New York to cut rival trolley traffic, lower fares, and run more trains. A Rome Water Town Ogdensburg line section leased to the Central will be electrified, enabling Central cars along the southern shore of Lake Ontario and possibly absorbing the Rochester and Suburban lines.
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New York “Central Railroad
New York State
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
New York Central
Lake Ontario
Rochester & Suburban Electric
Schwab's Star Sinking in Shipbuilding Fight
Ex Senator Joseph Smith Jr, receiver for United States Shipbuilding, filed in Trenton court a report urging nullification of the $10,900,000 bond issue held by Charles M Schwab. The document seeks a court ruling declaring the bond void and recommends appointing a receiver for Bethlehem Steel, the firm Schwab and J P Morgan sold to US Shipbuilding.
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Schwab
Joseph Smith, Jr
United States Shipbuilding Company
Kilpatrick
United States Circuit Court
Trenton
N. J
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Reno Public Building Site Report Favorable to Government
The attorney general has issued a favorable report to the secretary of the treasury on title deeds to property at Reno Nevada for a new public building. Located at the southeast corner of Front and Virginia streets the site cost $9,000. A treasury warrant will be sent to the owners Occidental Land and Improvement Company next week.
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Reno
Reno, Ney
Front
Virginia Streets
Treasury
Occidental Land and Improvement Company
Denver Woman Kills Her Husband
Jennia Davis shot and killed Beverly W. Davis at their Denver home after a quarrel during which he struck her several times. She wrested a revolver and fired in the ensuing struggle, killing him almost instantly. Both were listed as colored. the incident occurred at 2832 Market Street, Denver, Colorado.
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Denver
Jennia Davis
Beverly W. Davis
Market Street
Colo
Davis
Russia threats China over Manchurian dispute
London dispatch reports Russian minister M Lessar has warned Prince Ching that Japan's actions in Manchuria could force Russia to take final measures and punish China if it sides with Japan. St Petersburg papers list a 54 ship Pacific squadron with six battleships and 13,200 men, plus two more battleships and 104 officers en route. Moscow dispatch notes prep of infantry reserves for expeditions.
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London
Tokio
Pekin
M. Lessar
Prince Ching
Japan
Russia
China
St. Petersburg
Far East
Moscow
Locomotive Theft Causes Runaway Chase in Wisconsin
Six desperadoes stole a Chinese and North Western locomotive near Beloit on Thursday night. The engine sped south for twenty miles, halted traffic, and prompted dispatchers to stop trains between Janesville and Caledonia. Chicago officials and officers pursued the runaways.
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Chineso & Northwestern
Milwaukee
Janesville
Beloit
Caledonia
Tis
Chicago
Prisoner Shot by Guards at Folsom Prison
A second term prisoner FE Manuel was shot and killed by guards during an escape attempt at Folsom state prison. He had opium in his possession and was moved to reveal hidden opium. After fleeing toward the hill near the Son tag break, he was fired on at seventy five yards and died on the spot. Manuel had been sentenced from Madera county for nine years for perjury and recently had two years' credits withdrawn for possessing opium.
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Bee
Sacramento
Cal
Folsom State Prison
Manuel
Madera County
Robbed the Order Convicted Leather Workers Leader
Charles T. Conine national secretary treasurer of the National Brotherhood of Leather Workers and Trainels and Horse Goods Makers, Kansas City, Mo., was convicted of embezzling 5676 from the order and sentenced to two and a half years in the penitentiary. He fled to Minneapolis when detection seemed likely and was arrested last February. Conine was insured by a surety company for 15 dollars.
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Charles T. Conine
National Brotherhood of Leather Workers and Trainels and Horse Goods Makers
Kansas City
Conine
Minneapolis
Mayor on Trial to Define His Authority
The trial of Pittsburg mayor William B. Hays on misdemeanor charges arising from dismissing Civil War veteran Samuel Moore from city employment tests whether the mayor may remove veterans for political reasons. Judge Shafer presides as a crowded courtroom weighs the issue and its implications.
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William B. Hays
Pittsburg
Samuel Moore
Shafer
Pies Price Increase Triggers Lunch Counter War
New York quick lunch counters protest a 1 cent rise in pie price as four dominant pie manufacturers push from 3 to 4 cents per pie. Retailers plan resistance and a possible shortage of New England pie products, amid hints of cooperative factories and widespread boycott of toast pies.
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New York
New England
Co-Operative
General Lycott
Attempt on Diaz during Guanajuato visit shocks crowd
At Guanajuato Mexico Tuesday President Diaz and guests rode a streetcar when Elias Toscano, a man with a criminal record, fired five shots. Police arrested Toscano and the incident will be investigated. Some claim intoxication others a planned assassination as Diaz remained calm amid cheers.
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Guanajuato
Mexico
Diaz
Cantador Garden
Elias Toscano
Pablo Escanadon
Iis
Toscano
Granditas
Toscana
Togeane
Citizene
Bigamist's Wife Attacks Frank McBride in Portland
A Portland attack left Frank McBride gravely wounded after a woman, claiming to be his lawful wife, cut his throat with a penknife. The man, son of Salt Lake judge John R. McBride, allegedly led a dual life with two women both claiming marriage to him and two households in Portland. Each wife has children she says McBride fathered.
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Frank McBride
Salt Lake
Portland
Ore
McBride
John R. McBride
Wife No. 1
Tenth
Market Streets
Second Street
Pennsylvania Girl Foully Murdered in Allentown
Mabel H. Bechtel aged 21 was killed Tuesday in Allentown Pennsylvania and her body hidden in an underground alley beside her home. Her skull was crushed with no other injuries noted. She had been seen riding with David Weisenberg the day she disappeared. Her mother woke to barking dogs about 1 am and later saw two men move an object from a carriage to the alley. Shoes hat and coat were found in the dining room, and the body was later located in the alley.
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Mabel H. Bechtel
Allentown
Miss Bechtel
David Weisenberg
Colorado Farmers Arrested for Robbing Freight Trains
Jackson and Ma Solomon, farmers four miles south of Ta Junta Colorado, were arrested by detectives on charges of robbing Santa Fe freight trains by breaking into cars and taking goods as trains ran. About $2000 worth of diverse goods were recovered at their farmhouses, with the company noting railroad robbery between La Junta and Trinidad for eighteen months.
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Jackson
Ma Soloman
Ta Junta
Colo
la Junta
Trinidad
President Roosevelt Celebrates Birthday Anniversary
President Roosevelt marked the forty fifth anniversary of his birth on Tuesday. The White House received hundreds of telegrams and letters from across the country. The cabinet members gathered for the semi weekly meeting and joined in congratulating the president.
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Roosevelt
White Horse
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