Provo River Low Amidst Utah News Flow
Utah dispatches report very low Provo river levels compared to other years and months. The roundup notes accidents including a Salt Lake City telegraph pole fall fatality, a Lehi area rural delivery plan, and a Greek laborer killed near Wasatch. It records state finances, crime convictions, weather extremes, hail damage, and robust agricultural yields across multiple counties.
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Provo
Georges A Holmes
Salt Lake
Denver
Chicago doctor denounces starved infant death arrest follows
Chicago police arrest Mrs Neel Campbell on a charge of allowing an infant to die of starvation after Dr Wellfeld refuses to issue a death certificate. Viola Campbell, fourteen, claims eight other infants died at the Campbell house from Wells Street. Campbell admits three deaths in recent months and denies eight deaths.
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Chicago
Neel Campbell
Wellfeld
Campbell
Eloce
Viola Campbell
Mra Campbell
Wells Street
Mrs Campbell
Battle at Agua Dulce Between Revolt and Government Troops
Dispatch from Gen Salazar reports heavy fighting as about 7 000 government troops clash with Revolucionists near Agua Dulce, Panama, where 4 000 rebels are said to be based in a hard to reach area seventy miles from Panama City. Communication is difficult, with eight days needed for overland travel and limited water routes.
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Legation
Salazar
Department of Tanams
Agua Dulce
Department of Panama
Panama
Charge Against Buller During Boer War At Manchester Meeting
Surgeon General Hamilton told the British Medical Association in Manchester that General Sir Redvers Buller used army medical wagons bearing the Red Cross to transport ammunition to the front and armed bearer companies as escorts. He cited orders from the principal medical officer and said the Boers’ actions twenty years earlier were not complainable.
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Hamilton
British Medical Association
Manchester
Redvera Buller
Red Cross
Buller
Gypsies Arrested in Child Stealing Case near Marion
A band of gypsies is jailed in Marion Indiana on child stealing charges. The three year old daughter of Henry Kerman was taken from her grandparents home while her parents were out. The gypsies drove south with the child and halted at a saloon in South Marion where she was identified by a friend of the family and recovered by the captor.
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Marion
Ind
Ilenry Kerman
South Marion
Aclaloon
Lyncher Arrested in Virginia Lynch Plot
Harry Nipple was arrested in connection with the Craven lynching at Lesburg Virginia. He appeared before Justice Wood and was remanded to jail without a hearing. removal to Virginia was postponed at Virginia authorities request until next week. Nipple has hired counsel to resist extradition and is charged with using a sledge hammer to smash Craven’s cell door.
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Harry Nipple
Craven
Lesburg
Nipple
Justice Wood
Virginia
Virginia Nipple
Cravens Cetl
Four States Plan Sep Tenth Strike by Miners
President George S Richardson of the Miners organization in the Kansas district states that miners in Kansas Missouri Arkansas and Indian Territory will strike on September 1. An inter state conference had postponed the strike to next year but recent developments necessitate action to secure union recognition from certain companies.
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George S Richardson
Miners’ Organization
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Forty Waifs in Jail Raid Clears Street Beggars
Chicago police under probation officers rounded up dozens of child beggars, ages four to seven, during a downtown raid. Captured youths were placed in wagons and held at Harrison Street police station for investigations by the Visitation and Aid Society.
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Chicago
Harrison Street
Lnne
Visitation and Aid Society
Lhe
Hose turns on mourners at Jewish funeral in New York
During the funeral procession for Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph, mourners passing the printing press factory of R Moe & Co. on Grand Street were drenched by hoses and struck with missiles. The crowd clashed with employees and police, causing arrests and injuries as ambulances ferried the wounded and order was restored after more than half an hour.
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Jacob Joseph
United States
New York
R Moe & Co
Grand Street
Brooklyn
Tia
Hoe Company
Atieet
Herbert
Hoe
Earthquake Destroys California Valley Village
A seismic disturbance in Los Alamos valley of Santa Barbara County, California, left a fifteen by four mile area a ruin with fissures and knolls. Property losses in the village exceed $30,000, with further damage in the surrounding county as residents flee.
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Los Alamos
Santa Barbara County
California
Belog More
Western Union Oil Company
Carriga Ranch
Oelock
King Edward's progress praised and world news roundup
The report notes King Edward's universally satisfactory progress, July coinage of 4 756 860 dollars, and plans for Ecudor's participation in the St Louis exposition. It covers fires and disasters from Brazil to India, volcano activity in Costa Rica, mine cave-ins in Lead, South Dakota, and Wollongong. It also mentions European diplomacy, US wheat receipts, and other global events with names and places.
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Edward
United States
Westbound tour meets rough assault near Grand Junction
Charles Anderson of Hagerstown Md son of wealthy parents was beaten by three hoboes in a Grand Junction Colo railroad yard during a study trip on idle and tramp tourism. He was robbed of a large sum of money a gold watch a fountain pen and other jewelry and plans to proceed to Los Angeles after securing funds.
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Charles Anderson
Hagerstown
Grand Junction
Colo
Anderson
Los Angeles
Cholera Toll Rising in Manila and Provinces
Reports show escalating cholera in Manila with 605 cases and 525 deaths in the provinces on August 2. Since the epidemic began, the archipelago records 21 408 cases and 16 105 deaths with an estimated total near 28 000. forty eight Americans and eighteen Europeans have died in Manila.
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Manila
Mosquito War Planned by Newark Health Board
President Tederla announces a systematic campaign against mosquitoes in the malaria district of Greater New York. Seventeen inspectors will map ponds and locate stagnant water while twenty five barrels of oil will be floated on Central Park waters.
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Tederla
Newark Health Board
Het
Malaria
Greater
New York
Central Park
Lightning Strikes Kill Man Near Harperville Oklahoma
Guthrie dispatch reports Charles Campbell a rural mall carrier between Billings and Bliss Oklahoma was instantly killed by a lightning strike while returning from a daily trip near Harperville. Neighbor A L Freeman a harvest salesman was also struck and left unconscious for several hours.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Charles Campbell
Billings
Bliss
Harperville
L [Reeman
Harvester
Tracy Escaped Killer Heads to Eastern Washington
Harry Tracy, the fugitive desperado, is reported heading to eastern Washington unharmed and armed with four guns and 200 rounds. He plans to hold up a bank or rob an express car, has promised $5,000 within a year to helpers, and aims to reach the Hole-in-the-Walls in Wyoming to live as a thief among thieves.
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Harry Tracy
Washington
Tracy
Oregon
Ilole-in the
Mysterious Stranger Seeks Treatment in Ravennd Neb
Dr Hale treats a wounded man who appeared Monday night asking for dressings. The stranger bore several bullet wounds in the chest and carried two revolvers. He was reticent about his identity, Drale suspects he may be Jane Tracy, alleged Washington murderer.
Engineer Dies in Elm Grove Collision
Dennis Connell, engineer of the passenger train, was killed in a crash with a freight train near Elm Grove Wisconsin. Tireman Chamberlain was badly injured and several passengers suffered bruises. The freight could not back into the siding due to the impact. Connell died at his post trying to save the train.
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Elm Grove
Wia
Dennis Connell
Tireman Chamberlain
Clin Grove
Hoyainsight
Mysterious Death of Iowa Legislator Attributed to Poisoning
In Des Moines the inquest into the death of A M Potter, a state legislator from Waverly, revealed he purchased laudanum and was found unconscious at a Des Moines hotel. Physicians say morphine or chloral poisoning caused his death. Frank E Scott of Muscatine, present Friday night, could not recall the activities. The inquest was adjourned pending chemical stomach analysis.
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A M Potter
Waverly
Iowa
Des Moines
Potter
Frank E Scott
Muscatine
Body of Mrs George Wolf Found Buried Nearby Chippewa Falls
The body of Mrs George Wolf missing since June 27 was found buried in sand four miles south of Chippewa Falls. Her husband, last seen driving with her the night she disappeared, has since vanished. Prodding the ground with a wire, Bollinger uncovered the remains. Marks on the body suggest death by a blunt instrument or stone.
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George Wolf
Chippewa Falls
Svin
Wolf
Bollinger
Smuggling Chinamen Busted Near Douglas Arizona
A prairie actioner lauded for smuggling Chinamen into the United States from Mexico by an American driver was captured near Douglas Arizona by customs guards. The wagon driver escaped. The Chinamen face charges under the exclusion act. Detective Riley from Bisbee notes smuggling has occurred for some time via moving wagons, evading border guards.
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Mexico
Douglas
Ariz
Riley
Bisbee
Chisamen
United States
Tragedy in Salt Lake City Ends in Double Suicide
In Salt Lake City on a Sunday night J W McCaslin shot and killed Miss Lottie Russell and wounded Max Jeters before turning the gun on himself injuring but not killing. McCaslin, an oil man, had recent domestic troubles and was returning with a party when he began firing.
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Salt Lake City
J. W. MecCassin
Lottie Russell
Max Jeters
McCaslin
Miss Russell
Mr. Peters
Explosion at Mount Kimbla Colliery Entombs Miners
A mine explosion at Mount Kimbla colliery near Wollongong, 40 miles from Sydney, left 27 bodies recovered and 100 miners still entombed. The mouth of the pit was wrecked and a section of the colliery is on fire while 149 miners were rescued.
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Merut
India
Mount Kimbla
Wollongong
Italy
Sydney
N. S
Tokyo dispatch on Marcon Island ownership dispute
A Tokio report notes Japanese press treats the Marcon Island ownership case as calm with public opinion trusting the United States to act justly. It states the guano deposits are illusory since heavy rains wash the guano away, leaving the island under both American and Japanese claims.
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Tokio
Marcon Island
United States
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