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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1902
Page
2
Utah state notes report thawed ice for a fifteen thousand dollar addition to Provo woolen mills. Various items follow including camp plans near Lagoon, diphtheria recovery in Richfield, hoboes crackdown in Trove, unpaid fines for tourists, a boy’s fall in Lehi, and a murder trial delay for Peter Mortensen.
President Roosevelt narrowly escaped death when his presidential drag collided with an electric car near Pittsfield on Wednesday morning. He suffered severe bruising and facial injuries while Secret Service Agent Craig and the electric car’s motorman were killed. The president’s coachman was thrown from the drag and fatally injured, with skull fracture. More injured were taken to Pittsfield for treatment.
A quarterly dispatch from Martinique cites official estimates: about 1,000 dead and 1,500 injured from Mont Pelee's latest eruption. Towns including Ajoupa Bouillon were destroyed, vast areas burned, and evacuation orders issued for northern parishes as temperatures rise.
Strikers set fire to the Pocahontas Coal Company mine near the West Virginia Virginia border at Ramwell. Fire rages as guards and miners exchange volleys. Uncertain if anyone is killed. Virginia governor urged to send troops. situation described as extremely critical. Injuries reported among miners on both sides.
President Shaffer opened the mining gathering for its last business in Hutte with broad state turnout. California Colorado Illinois Kansas Minnesota Michigan Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Mexico New York Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin Wyoming South Dakota joined, plus the Republic of Mexico.
Three engines were derailed after a high speed collision between a passenger train drawn by two engines and a through freight east of Pern lidliont. One engine turned over, the other two locked. All six engineers and passengers escaped injury with no fatalities.
Amelie Gabriele, 28, was fatally wounded in a Philadelphia boarding house by Robert Anseling after eloping from New York with him. Anselino suffered self-inflicted injuries and lies near death in a hospital. Amelie was the wife of Antonio Gabriele, an actor from Mulberry Street, New York. Jealousy is believed to have spurred the crime. the woman had repeated elopements and wished to return to her husband.
Major SW Hagzlett of the Indian agency for the Navajoes at Mort Defance declares that circulating famine reports are false. He accuses trading companies of spreading the stories to secure government appropriations and boost regional money flow, asserting the Indians are in fact prosperous.
Florence endures a major labor stoppage with about 4000 workers idle across 40 callings. Six thousand troops plus police occupy streets, bans on gatherings, and arrests of hundreds as authorities struggle to maintain order. Fear spreads the strike to Milan and Genoa.
A westbound Chicago and North Western train was hurled down an embankment by a tornado near Meridian Minnesota. Two killed, three fatally injured and many others hurt as cars plunged eighteen feet, oil spilled, and wreckage ignited. An hour and a half passed before a wrecking train arrived, while the engineer reportedly saw the funnel shaped storm in pursuit.
Reports from Coneweawre describe severe fighting Friday between government troops and revolutionaries led by Generals Zelio and Vidal. The revolutionists tried to seize Guaya but after five hours of combat they were defeated. About two hundred revolutionaries were killed or wounded. President Castro remains alive, twenty five miles from Curacus.
The sultan of Rinidayan, a hostile labeled figure by American forces at Camp Wekers on Min danan island, escaped Iris guards this day after being arrested for recent American soldier murders in Min danao. He was shot but not killed, as authorities pursue surrender of those responsible.
Miss Levadonce of Great Falls Montana reports a broken needle point implanted in her right shoulder, traced from a wound in her hand three years ago. She says the needle traveled through her arm and into her shoulder, causing continued inconvenience.
William Trautman, a rancher near Park City, assaulted his wife and two daughters with a monkey wrench during a Labor Day incident. He failed to kill them, then shot himself. The oldest daughter is critically injured, wife and younger daughter injured, while Trautman reportedly suffered from severe mental distress. Relays suggest a familial pattern of violence linked to insanity, with a similar six year history involving Trautman’s brother Pat.
Eighteen vessels mostly sailing craft were driven ashore in a gale at Port Elizabeth South Africa. Five were dashed to pieces and all crewmen are lost. Two tugs foundered and many lighters ashore. Premier Sir John Gordon Spriggs warned of enormous loss of life as rockets signaled distress and daylight showed wrecks strewn along Alyoa Gay.
Mike McCormick a notorious inmate was killed by John Gray a convict serving eighteen years in the Totaly atin penitentiary. In a Sunday afternoon clash in the laundry Gray stabbed McCormick five times wounding vital organs after words were exchanged and a blow was struck. Gray, said to have worked there under McCormick who allegedly bullied others, used a sharpened knife found on a tub to carry out the attack.
Over 140 troops moved from Colon to Panama on Monday triggering official excitement. More reinforcements are expected daily from Cartagena via a Liverpool steamer. Rumors say General Berti near Agua Dulce attacked General Herrera, forcing the revolutionary commander to abandon trenches.
Two masked men boarded the express car as the A8 train pulled out of Franklin Tennessee on the Louisville and Nashville line. With a revolver at Messenger Battle head, they forced him to open the outside safe and rifled it. They rode with him into south Nashville and disappeared. Amount of loot unknown.
Reports from Washington claim Colombia will formally demand Nicaragua explain alleged arms and ammunition support to Isthmus revolutionaries. The move follows claims of continued Nicaraguan material aid and strained cordial relations as tensions rise.
Brigadier General Gobin orders troops to shoot attackers and use bayonets to deter rioters as coal region unrest persists. Panthers Creek valley and Wilkes-Barre area see clashes while other districts report lighter disruption amid a shrinking, strained transport of coal to fuel supplies. Police and troops clash with strikers at Lanesford with casualties reported.
Reports from Mindanao detail a strong earthquake that began Thursday August 1, striking coastlines and inland areas. Casualties appear limited but structural damage is extensive with houses toppled and fires breaking out. some regions fear a serious volcanic eruption.
Reports from Kingston Jamaica say the isthmus remains critical. Colombian authorities shift troops from Panama and Colon to defend vital ports against rebels led by General Herrera. Both sides reportedly escalate resource use and mobilization amid rising tensions.
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