Utah state news highlights and local events
A roundup of Utah topics includes smallpox cases in the state infirmary and among Salt Lake youths, a planned electric plant at Morrison mines, and the new Charleston school opening. Also noted are political nominations, bond discussions for Hobble Creek canyon, a weather-year summary, and community projects in Draper and Mt Pleasant.
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Sterling Coal & Coke Company
Morrison
Springville
Hobble Creek Canyon
Attempted assassination of King Alfonso in Madrid
Felto, a 34 year old man from Postadas, fired at a royal carriage in Madrid as King Alfonso, Dowager Queen Christina, and the court returned from church. The bullet missed, Felto was captured and found with letters to Roosevelt, the German emperor, and a Madrid mayor, plus receipts and a visiting card. He claimed not to be an anarchist and said his wife confined him in a lunatic asylum. Authorities deem him possibly insane.
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Myron Tanner
Utah
Mormon Battalion
Ts Wead
Salt Lake
Anpoer
Provo
James Larson
LDS University
Salt Lake City
Larson
Liberty Park
Sat Lake
Alfonso
Christina
Felto
Roosevelt King Radward
Germany
High Court of Justica
Mexico
Elters
Madrid
Postadas
Volcano Vent Found Near Moab Anew
Prospectors twenty miles north of Moab report a partly active volcano vent on a high mesa. A three by six foot oblong shaft emits warm air and vapors with a black sooty rim, suggesting an old vent awakening after years of dormancy.
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Moab
Adnan Chaffee Says He Would Have Seized Treasure in China
In a Brooklyn Hamilton Club address, General Adnan Chaffee claimed he would have taken $89 million in treasure from the Forbidden City while commanding American troops in China if President McKinley had not vetoed the plan. He said he would demand any indemnity settled and return the rest to the Chinese government.
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McHinley
Adnan Chaffee
Hamilton Club
Brooklyn
Alexander Hamilton
China
Forbidden City
Fatal Train Collision Near Harpers Station Wyoming
A blinding snowstorm caused a head on collision between two Union Pacific freight trains one quarter mile west of Harpers station early Sunday. Fireman Scalill of Cheyenne died and Drakeman IT and Weick of Laramie were fatally injured along with engineer J D Rinder of Cheyenne. Several cars were damaged and traffic delayed eight hours. The westbound engineer failed to see the signal. a fuse lit on the track led the conductor to brake and avert a worse wreck.
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Union Pacific
Harpers Station
Scalill
Cheyenne
Drakeman
Weick
Laramie
J D Rinder
Harpers
Dead Hand at Throttle on Knoxville and Ohio Train
On a Sunday afternoon passengers rode a Knoxville and Ohio train with the hand of a corpse at the throttle. The engine, manned by Engineer A C Young, ran eight miles after being found dead near Careyville by Wireman Mattlock. A wound in the head is blamed on a stone dislodged from a high mountain cut.
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Knoxville & Ohio Railroad
Duckeye
Careyville
A. C Young
Young
Roosevelt Opposes Smoot Candidacy for Utah Senate
Dispatches from Washington report President Roosevelt asks that no apostle be elected to Utah’s United States Senate. He argues the appointment could trigger bitter contention and harm Utah’s prosperity and Republican interests. Senator Kearns did not address Roosevelt’s position directly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Utah
Kearns
Republican Party
United States Senate
Anapostis
Work of coal barons blamed for city health crisis
Chicago suffers two thousand people stricken by cold and exposure from a coal famine the weekly health department bulletin reports. The department calls the coal owners constructive homicide and notes a sharp rise in deaths including 192 percent higher for children under six and 367 percent higher for those over sixty compared with last year.
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Chicago
Weekly Bulletin
The
Health Department
Woman Charged in San Francisco Firekill Fatal Burns
Mary Kline and her infant were fatally burned after a lamp was said to be thrown by Mrs Mary Davis. Davis is in custody at the police station as an investigation continues. A nine year old boy corroborates the mother’s claim that Davis caused the blaze.
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Mary Kine
San Francisco
Mara Mary Davis
Airs Kuneas
Mra Kline
Laba
Kline
Davis
Mra Davis
Mra Kilnes Intarlea
Tses
Opinion of Mr Smoot on Washington telegram
Apostle Reed Smoot was shown a copy of the Washington telegram. "This is unprecedented," he said after learning the situation. He added that in another state the president’s actions would be regarded, and he would prefer to wait to see Mr Loose, who is on his way from Washington.
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Apostles Reed Smoot
Washington Telegram
Smoot
Union
Mr Loose
Washington
Apostle Reed Smoot
Kearns
Roosevelt
Trains Robbery Gang Captured After Fatal Internal Killing
Six men from an armed train robbery gang are jailed in La Crosse Wisconsin after detectives traced the culprits to a sunken boat found near the river. A dead robber was killed by his own comrades when signals failed. the posse later captured the others in Louisiana on another charge.
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Ta Crosse
Wis
Charles White
la Crosse
Dupugue
Dubuque
Louisiana
Waterslogged Belgium suffers heavy damage from rains
Widespread flood damage reported in central Belgium as storms disrupt towns and infrastructure. Other notes include pending U S arrival from Venezuela, a passed army general staff bill, and various international incidents.
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Belgium
Disastrous Wrecks After Pennsylvania Rail Collision
A passenger train and a freight train collided at Cochrane station Pennsylvania. Seven men died one fatally wounded and five injured. Officials blame Patrick Quinn rear brakeman for not clearing the track. Quinn was missing at press time. Three victims died instantly two burned beyond recognition.
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Cochrane Station
Pennsylvania
Patrick Quinn
Quinn
Charred Body Found After Fatal New York Fire
Mrs Florine Henry wife of wealthy coffee merchant Philip Henry died in a blaze that nearly leveled their New York residence. Alberta Erickson, a domestic, leaped from a fourth floor window and later died from injuries. Henry, slightly burned, was rescued by a policeman before firefighters arrived. Mrs Henry was found charred in her second floor bedroom after the fire was put out.
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Florine Henry
Philip Henry
New York City
Alberta Erickson
Mr Henry
Hawaiian coinage reform passes after brief debate
The session lasted just over two hours and the senate approved a bill for redeeming and recoinage of Hawaiian silver coinage. It allows redemption in either Hawaii or the United States and permits standard U S silver coins to be exchanged for Hawaiian coins at face value.
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Senate
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Hawaii
Smoot Deflects Roosevelt Talk as He Remains a Candidate
Apostle Reed Smoot rejects pressure from President Roosevelt over the Kearns interview. He says no retirement is planned and asserts he remains a candidate despite the unprecedented action cited.
United States seeks coaling station in Cuba at Guan tanamo
The United States intends to establish one coaling station in Cuba at Guan tanamo while desiring two more at Clenfuezos and Bahie ionda. Bahie ionda appears chosen over Nipa as the best northern coast port near Havana. The Cuban government has been informed and the matter will be discussed soon.
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United States
Cuba
Guantanamo
Navy Department
Clenfuezos
Bahie Ionda
Nipa
Havana
Senate approves aid for Philippines draught animals fund
The senate committee on the Philippines favors an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill to provide 2.5 million dollars for buying draught animals for the Filipinos. Governor Taft suggested the measure to replace stock lost to disease.
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Senate Committee On the Philippines
Lodge
Taft
Provision Supply Worries Caracas Residents Ten Days More
A Caracas dispatch to the Paris Mafín says United States Minister Bowen’s departure does not alarm foreigners for their safety. Their only anxiety stems from scarce provisions and flour, enough to sustain Caracas for ten days longer. The government reportedly has only $20,000 on hand. The revolution movement is said to be making no progress.
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Caracas
Paris
United States
Bowen
Revolution
Goebel murder case grand jury hears Youtsey testimony
Henry E Youtsey, serving life in a Kentucky prison for complicity, told Franklin county grand jurors he will testify in the Goebel murders. He said he would reveal what he knows about the alleged conspiracy, marking his first grand jury appearance and potential use as a state witness.
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Henry E Youtsey
Kentucky
Goebel
Franklin County
Youtsey Recentl
Loutsey
Safety Coupling Act Faces Supreme Court Review
The secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission reports a recent Eighth Circuit decision affecting the Safety Coupling Act. He argues that if upheld by the Supreme Court it would nullify the statute’s goal of uniform automated coupling devices, enabling all cars in a train to couple and uncouple without workers between cars.
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The
Intersate Commerce Commission
House
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth District
Supreme Court
Swift & Co Enter Coal Trade to Aid the Poor
Swift and Company announce a coal venture not only in Chicago but in other cities where they operate plants. The firm aims to sell coal at cost to employees and the public, with allocation to the needy and a policy of one bushel minimum. Prices specified include one bushel 20 cents and half peck at various rates.
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Swift & Co
Chicago
Woman Schemes to Marry for Money Exposed
Mrs Laura Stackhouse alias Laura Miller alias Marlon Monselle of Marietta Ohio was arrested for using the mails to advertise seeking a husband and extorting money from applicants. Government officials say her fraud was nationwide with thousands of dollars collected.
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Laura Stackhouse
Laura Miller
Marlon Monselle
Marietta
United States
Recall of Ambassador Von Holleben Sparks Berlin View
Ambassador Von Holleben's leave of absence from Washington is seen in Berlin as virtually a recall due to dissatisfaction with his handling of the Venezuelan affair. Berlin claims the government was misled or not fully informed by the Washington embassy about President Roosevelt's stance on arbitration.
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Dr. Lyons
Baltimore
United States
Liberia
Chicago
Mbassador von Holleben
Washington
Berlin
Roosevelt
Floods in Austria From Ice Breakup Quell Riverine Tragedy
A string of flood disasters in Austria follows the breakup of ice caps on a river. Dozens are reported dead or missing as capsized ice floes derail a passenger train and sweep away several vessels. Rescue units search for survivors amid rising waters and damaged infrastructure.
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Austria
Bachelors Seek Wives In Dakota Migration Bid
Three months after J R Walters of Kohomo Indiana sent a letter from Stugby North Dakota revealing 600 bachelors in the area seeking wives, about 100 girls replied. Correspondence followed and forty Howard county girls prepare to journey to Rugby to wed Dalota farmers.
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J R Walters
Kohomo
Ind
Stugby
Kolomo
Walters
Jonley
Howard County
Dalota
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