Utah Dispatches Plague Rail Push and Tragedies Across State
Utah state news recounts efforts to advance the Salt Lake and Coos Bay railroad from Salt Lake City. It details a Black Hawk veterans reunion at Lehi with 148 in line, a buggy accident injuring Miss Boyle then narrowly escaping death, a fatality after Thomas Spiking dies from injuries, and plans to equip streetcars with fenders. Also noted are accidents, drownings, a fatal morphine suicide by Calvin B Totter, a rescinding of a major rail line, and various local misfortunes involving children, a hermit’s death, a revolver accident, injuries at bicycle races, and crimes affecting Utah communities.
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Daide Boyle
Lehs
Thomas Spiking
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Cilvin B Totter
Michigan
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Tls
Tairview
Scofield
Byron Reid
Saltake
William Morgan
Peter Anderson
Park City
Tie
Sidney Chalker
Chalker
King of
Asbury Park
N d
Murder Mystery at Downey Idaho Ends in Fire Evidence
The body of a man identified as Bruce, once a Pocatello printer, was found burned near Downey station. Coroner Kean reports three head wounds and believes the victim was murdered and his body set among burning ties to erase evidence. Coroner Dean and Deputy Sheriff Griffiths dispatched to the scene.
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Charles Botha
Dutch Charlie
Wrilliam ‘Libbitts
Labal Ranch
Colorado
Utah
Leah
Monticello
Damon Teterson
Santaquin
Spring Lake
Downey Station
Idaho
Dean
Griffiths
Pocatello
Bruce
Kean
Train Robbery in Idaho Stuns Northern Pacific Crew
Seven men held up a westbound Northern Pacific train at Band Point Ida sixty five miles east of Spokane. They forced the engineer to stop the train forced the baggage car, attempted to use dynamite to derail it, and fired on passengers while two guards watched. After a fifteen minute effort the robbers fled, and the train continued to Spokane.
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Northern Pacific
Band Point
Ida
Spokane
Wash
Ko’elock
Commerce with Cuba during military occupation
The war department reports Cuba’s imports totaled 225,435,135 while exports lagged by 45 million. The United States supplied 43 percent of imports and took 75 percent of exports. most sugar went to the U.S. The balance of trade favored Cuba but lagged past Latin American levels.
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Insular Division
War Department
Island of
Cuba
United States
Furmer
Mayor Pendleton Faces Bigamy and Fraud Confession
James Pendleton mayor of Gentry Missouri confessed to bigamy and faked death to avoid charges. He used aliases and traveled to Orlando Oklahoma to stage a burial, then was confronted by his second wife Grace Obley Morris. He is held for trial in October.
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Martin Neilson
Provo
Martin
Rough
United States Cavalry
Horse Guards
Africa
Lucky Joe
Overland
Ibapah
Kapahb
Kansas City Star
Smpoa
Kan
James Lendleton
Gentry
John Cos
Miss Obtey
Linporia
Mortis
Orlando
Oklo
Cox II
Mowis
Qhlan Do Lmparia
Morris
Pendleton
Creatry
Sthat
Striker Jeers Trigger Man Fire Into Crowd
George Wheatley foreman at the Lranksida colliery, Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron, Pottsville Pa, is held on 1000 bail for firing into a crowd after being taunted by strikers. He shot George Seaver, 19, wounding him. Wheatley says he was followed and jeered by protesters. He was formerly a wine boss.
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George Wheatley
Lranksida
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
Pottsville
George Seaver
Wheatley
Searer
Weheatley
Italian mob attacks motorman after trolley collision
A group of about fifteen Italians attacked motorman John O'Neil after a pedestrian incident at Jerome Avenue and Totter Place in New York. O'Neil pulled away the car, was beaten, and authorities restored order as a crowd of around 2000 dispersed after nearly an hour.
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Jerome Avenue
Totter Place
New York
John O'Neil
Neil
US Mint Director Reports Gold and Silver Output For 1901
George I Roberts, director of the mint, releases final estimates of US metal production for 1901. Gold yield totals 3 805100 ounces valued at 78 606 700 dollars a small decline from 1900 with California and Nevada showing notable gains. Silver output reaches 5 244 000 ounces worth 33 123 400 dollars, down from 1900, Utah leads in gains while Alaska and Colorado show declines amid ore grade drops and placer delays.
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George I. Roberts
Mint
United States
Roberts
California
Nevada
Tonopah
Nye County
South Dakota
Idaho
Oregon
Alaska
Utah
Park City
New Mexico
Washington
Colorado
Montana
Idahos
Gophers Spread Disease in Bitter Root Valley Report
The Marine Hospital Service reports a study by Surgeon J Cobb attributing a fever outbreak to gophers in Bitter Root Valley Montana. Ticks on local gophers may carry the fever germ, with intracorpuscular organisms found in some blood samples, possibly explaining the confined locality.
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The
Marine Hospital Service
Montina
Cobb
Walter
Lie Gopler
Lynchers Execute Tom Jones Near Seven Springs
A Black man named Tom Jones accused of assaulting Mrs William Stotth near Seven Springs North Carolina was captured and lynched by ten men. After identification as the attacker he was placed in a barn awaiting the sheriff and then dragged into the woods and shot after being bound to a tree.
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Tom Jones
William Stotth
Seven Springs
N C
Mra Smith
Mra
Fred Ter Colless
Rebels Capture Gunboat Boyaca Amid Panama Isthmus Action
Insurgents seized the Colombian gunboat Boyaca near Panama harbor after a brief, unequal fight August 1. The vessel carried cannons ammunition and a large sum of money, and was commanded by Generals Terero and Bapno with about 300 troops aboard. The capture raises questions about garrison outcomes at Agua Dulce and the feasibility of defending Colon.
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Boyaca
Outalda
Panama
Vadilla
Sheabad
Terero
Bapno
Morales Berti
Agua Dulce
Hoyaca
Moratea Berti
Herrera
Colon
Atlantic
United States
Pacific
Race Riot Flares At Indiana Ball Game
A Sunday clash at Ilangeille Indiana between about 200 black workers and white employees of National Malleable Casting led to multiple deaths and injuries. A neighborhood ball game escalated into a riot with stones bricks and bullets as white forces drove blacks from the field amid arrests and chaotic fighting.
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Ilangeille
Indiana
National Malleable Casting Company
Fred
Whittea
Jng
Senator Ilanna Abandons Efforts to End Coal Strike in Buffalo
In Buffalo on Sunday Senator Ilanna announced he has exhausted all efforts to end the coal strike. He urged arbitration only if both sides agree, insisting there is no chance of mediation while one side refuses to arbitrate. He warned the miners will not concede while they can resist.
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Ilapna
Buffalo
Ilanna
Minera
Ilsanna
Ile
Tas
Hague
James Kernohan
Anaconda
Mont
Lough Coal & Navigation Company
Pennsylvania
Ain del Kelil
Algeria
Bloodless victory as Caracas government reoccupies port
Carapane Checuy reported by Venezuelan government forces occupy Cumana seaport town Cumana sixty miles northeast of Cumana without opposition. Blockade lifted as government troops reoccupy the port after evacuation.
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Forres
United States
Bowen
Caracas
Venezuela
State Department
Cumana Carpsano
Cumana
Cholera Toll Rises in Philippines as Reports Grow
Official Philippine statistics show 21,266 cases and 10,010 deaths to date, though true totals are higher. Manila reported eight cases last Saturday while Ilocos Norte logged 414 cases and 317 deaths in the same period.
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Philippines
Manila
Luzon
Ilocos Norte
Tragic House Fire Claims Young Life in Monarch
A fast spreading blaze at the John Gonsoir store and restaurant in Monarch caused $45,000 in damage and the death of four year old Valentine Gonsoir who was upstairs when the fire began. Firefighters and villagers fought to reach him but the building was too old and burned too quickly.
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Monarch
Mont Flra
John Gonsoir
Valentine
Refractory Plant Fire Displaces 1000 Miners
A massive blaze destroyed the Skutte Reduction works owned by Senator W A Clark on Friday afternoon. Originating in furnace No 1 the fire spread to the roof causing $30 000 in losses with $15 000 insured. The shutdown idles the swelter and three mining operations forcing about 1000 workers to unemployment for two months.
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Skutte Reducction Works
W. A Clark
Iurnace No
Fires, floods and unrest ripple across towns and nations
A string of incidents from Tendleton Oregon Walden Colorado and Sylvana Washington cases of large fires destroy business districts and homes. Storms and famine fears spread through New South Wales Queensland and Behar while labor parades and political shifts mark global events.
Train wreck kills engineer and fatally injures fireman near Sierra ianeo
Heavy rains washed out track on the Q and SA line near Sierra ianeo Texas. Engineer William G Schwartz died after being scalded in the wreck. Fireman Jesse Stammer was fatally injured. Both men were trapped in the wreckage as the locomotive and cars left the track in darkness.
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William G Schtwartz
Jesse Stammer
Sierra Ianeo
Paso County
Texas
Q&sa
Schwartz
Hved
LI Paso
Killed on Colorado Range In Cattle Roundup
Wealthy Grand Junction cattleman Charles Sieber was shot and killed by Joseph Harris at a Little Dolores river round-up. Harris fired three shots after a dispute over unbranded cattle, killing Sieber. Harris did not flee as the posse pursued him.
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Charles Sieber
Grand Junction
Colo
Joseph Harris
Westwater
Little
Dolores
Harris
Sicber
Arieat
Sir Thomas Lipton in Mobile Crash Near London
Sir Thomas Lipton was in a automobile accident while traveling from his country house to London. His twelve‑horse power car skidded on streetcar rails at Wood Green, hit an iron railing, wrecking the car and bending the railing for a considerable distance, but Lipton escaped with a shock and a few bruises.
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Thomas Lipton
London
Country House Ii
Woodgren
Lorderley
Sir Thoman
Tragedy at Tiley Beach Drowns Children as Tide Rises
At Tiley near Scarborough England a group of children playing on the sands were cut off by the incoming tide and drowned before their mothers on the beach could notice. Mothers and onlookers made heroic rescue attempts but were unsuccessful.
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Tiley
Scarborough
England
Runaway Cable Car Crashes Into Train in Kansas City
A cable car on the Ninth street incline at Union Station in Kansas City escaped the grip and raced downhill into a stalled train. The gripman was killed instantly and twenty passengers were injured, six seriously, as cars and coaches shattered into splinters.
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Ninth Street
Union Station
Kansas City
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Lehi
Womena Christian Temperance Union of
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Prelfle
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Harry Wiynds
Cheyenne
Idato
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OUR Metal Production
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Bitter Root
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Hanna
Alcot
Renalte
Butte
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Sylvana, Wash
Milliam J. Bryan
Nebraska
Russell Alger
Flemingford
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Tamaqua
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Stone
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South Africa
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