Utah News Roundup From Lehi To Park City Briefs
A bulletin of Utah items reports a new bank project and a school house cost between six and seven thousand dollars in Lehi and Springville. Diphtheria cases appear in Lehi. fifty one smallpox cases are under quarantine in Salt Lake City. a county health note urges Idaho quarantine if smallpox spreads.
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Springville
Lehi
Utah Silk Commission
Utah
Salt Lake City
Western Union Messenger Boys
Salooon
Beatty
Peculiar Lamp Accident Ends in Child's Death
In New York City a four year old girl Anna Lang found a small electric lamp battery and bulb at home. She placed the bulb in her mouth and it broke, choking her. An ambulance took the child to a hospital where a tracheotomy was performed but she died before the operation. Doctors later found the bulb lodged in her left nostril. The cause is recorded as strangulation from the swallowed fragment.
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Edward Lang
New York City
Anna
Laughing with Dead Man in Philadelphia Home
Thomas V Strayer found William D Ryan a boarder in his mother's kitchen unresponsive and asleep. After making lunch, Strayer tried to wake him, shook him, and Ryan collapsed dying from heart disease, leaving authorities to determine the cause.
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Thomas V Strayer
Philadelphia
William D Ryan
Strayer
Ryan Ryan
Ryan
Bank Robbery Suspects At Large After Union Heist
A3itl Anderson Rudolph and Trank Jewis, alleged Union bank robbers and the murder of Detective Charles J Schumacher, remain at large. A $1700 reward is offered as a posse pursues leads. Detectives report recovering $90009 in securities from Frank Rudolph's house, tied to the Union bank heist two days after Christmas, when about 1200000 in money and valuables were stolen.
Dowie Suit Seeks Divorce in Page County Court
Mrs D J North Dowie files suit in Page county district court for divorce from John Murray Dowie alleging cruelty and inhuman treatment and seeking alimony. The widow, once wealthy, held bank stock blocks and Iowa farms and married Dowie in 1900 after meeting the elder Dowie in Chicago while investigating Dowieism.
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D. J. North Dowie
District Court
Page County
Pennsylvania
John Murray Dowie
John Alexander Dowie
Ilinois
Dowie
Iowa
North-Dowie
Chicago
Miners Suffocated at Harris Lankford Mine West of Terre Haute
A Monday fire at the Harris Lankford mine near Terre Haute Indiana trapped workers. James Wesner died and four others were badly suffocated with doubtful recovery. Rescue was hindered by ruined hoisting machinery as twenty men were hoisted to safety by rope.
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Harris Lankford
Terre Haute
Ind
James Wesner
American Liner Ashore Off Welsh Coast
A United States liner is reported ashore near Aberffraw Point fifteen miles south of Holyhead Wales as a heavy gale rages in St George's Channel. Part of the crew reached the shore by lifeboats while remaining sailors are unable to reach land due to high seas.
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Aberfrawe Point
Holy Head
Wales
St George's Channel
Miss Ossie Herron Shoots Cousin in New York Home
Miss Ossie Herron twenty years old shot her cousin Lester Carroll fourteen during a family visit in New York City. She claimed the gun was loaded when police arrested her after the tragedy. The weapon went off while she showed the revolver to the boy, striking him in the chest. his recovery prospects were uncertain.
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Ossie Tierren
Lester Carroll
New York City
Miss Herron
Lester
Brazil Prepares Troop Concentration Over Acre Crisis
Brazil warns of military action against Bolivia over Acre dispute. Paris legation cites treaty issues with a Polish syndicate and foreign ownership of Acre rights. Brasília alleges Bolivia rejected proposals and will march on Brazilian subjects. troops to be concentrated in Mato Grosso and Amazonas.
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Paris
Acre
Pando
Bolivia
Pollgian
Peru
Brazi
Liolivia
Amazon
Paraguay
Uravil
Brazil
Matto Grasso
Amazonas
Democrats Force Teller Election in Colorado General Assembly
Fifty one Democrats gathered in a joint session to vote for United States senator Madden and then unanimously back Henry M Teller for reelection as Republicans abstained. Democratic claims say a majority was present and voting, while Republican leaders dispute the result.
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Colorado General Assembly
Madden
United States
Ffty
Henry M. Teller
Walcott Withdraws From Colorado Senate Race
Former Republican stalwart E O Walcott admitted defeat in Colorado politics Sunday and urged voters to back Henry M Teller for another term. In a signed statement he accused anti Wolcott leaders of treachery while calling some opponents dupes of the conspirators.
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Colorado
E O. Walcott
Ienry M. Teller
Strombeli Volcano Erupts with Dazzling Night Flames
After a quiet period the Strombeli volcano in wary resumes eruption. Great quantities of lava and stones are hurled high, reaching far from the crater. The display lights the sky at night with flames illuminating the surroundings.
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Strombeli
Wary
Java
Trade With Mexico Buys Over Forty Million in Four Months
In the first four months of the current fiscal year Mexico exported to the United States 40,302,373 dollars of goods, up from 38,516,262 in the same period last year. American imports rose to balance the trade, with a net gold value near three million dollars.
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Mexico
United States
Staked Mackay Bash Aided Comstock Lode Venture
Lawrence Bash of Boone County Missouri sent John W Mackay ten thousand dollars which enabled the development of the Comstock lode. Bash, a prosperous liveryman of Virginia Nevada, was a warm friend of Mackay. Their friendship endured until Mackay’s death. Bash later returned to Missouri leaving a large estate.
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Lawrence Bash
Boone County
John W Mackay
Comstock Lode
Bash
Virginia
Nev
Mackey
Mackays
Hash
Missouri
Plot to Raid Town Revealed in Bridger Bank Plot
A Carbon county Montana authorities disclose a planned multi bank raid by a Desperado gang led toward Bridger Red Lodge Deer Lodge with loot from three banks. The plan, interrupted when robbers were tracked to Rosebud county and four men arrested, echoes earlier threats by the Salo in the Wall gang with Deer Lodge aims.
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Oteers
Carbon County
Montana
Bridger
Red Lodge
Rainey
Deer
Lynch Must Die Convicted in British Treason Trial
Colonel Arthur Lynch, MP for Galway, was found guilty of high treason in a British court and sentenced to death on four counts. He declined to speak in court as the sentence was read, and was taken into custody. London papers expect a commutation or deterrent punishment rather than martyrdom.
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Frederick C Sims
State Penitentiary
Robert Lemmon
Salt Lake
Ray Clifford
Arthur Lynch
Galway
Lynch
Cannibal Murders Reported in New Guinea
The steamer Miowera brings news from Victoria BC of cannibalism by New Guinea natives amid drought and food shortage. Reports claim several white deaths, two European prospectors killed and eaten, a Dutch constable kidnapped and eaten, and many natives dying or subsisting on roots.
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Miowera
Victoria
New Guinea
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Savannah Georgia
Two tremors were reported in Savannah at 8 15 tonight with enough force to rattle houses along the coast. Tybee island noted the greatest violence and fear spread among seasonal residents. Mrs Evans at the lighthouse said five shocks shook the dwelling, waking sleeping children forty feet above ground, as other houses on the island also felt the tremors.
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Savannah
Tybee Island
Evans
Horribly Burned Men Burned Loading Coke Oven
Charles Westphal and Michael Schultz workers at Buffalo Union Turnace in Buffalo New York suffered severe burns Friday night as a coke oven door opened. A sheet of flame engulfed them. Westphal collapsed and is expected to die while Schultz escaped the furnace scene.
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Charles Westphal
Michael Schultz
Buffalo Union Turnace Company
Buffalo
Westphal
Schultz
Germans Shell Fort San Carlos as Fishermen Die
A Maracaibo dispatch describes the bombardment of Fort San Carlos by German cruisers Vineta Panther and Valke. Twenty five fishermen and at least two children in the village of San Carlos are reported slain or wounded as shells hit the area and fort defenses.
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Maracaibo Gaya
Fort San Carlos
Vineta
Panther
Valke
Hoclock
Fongrange
San Carlos
Vilage
Ushaa
Germans Bombard Fort San Carlos Sparks British Uncertainty
British officials remain in the dark over why German naval authorities bombarded Fort San Carlos at Lake Maracaibo and delay any decision on suspending the blockade. Foreign Office fears the move's consequences as Mister Bowen's arrival in Washington is delayed.
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Fort San Carlos
Lake Maracaibo
Foreign Office
Bowen
Washington
Reticence Grow in State Department Over Venezuelan Situation
Officials show growing reticence on Venezuela and German bombardment, with difficulty answering Congress about unseasonable explanations. The prospect of interference with Minister Bowen's mission worries the United States though not officially involved.
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State Department
Department
Bowens
United States
Agawam Man Seeks Reimbursement For Lost Gambling Sum
Daniel Leonard of Agawam introduces a petition to the Massachusetts House asking Hampden County reimburse him four thousand dollars he says he lost in a dangerous four hundred game to Frank L. Smith. Leonard says Smith obtained the money on April 17, 1900, was arrested and bailed, then fled with the funds into the Hampden County treasury. Leonard asks that a portion be returned to him for aiding the arrest and accountability.
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Massachusetts
Daniel Leonard
Agawam
Islampden
Frank Ll. Smith
Leonard
Smith
Cie
Hampden County
Southern California orange shipments predicted to set record
Railroad officials forecast 22 000 to 23 000 carloads of oranges will be shipped from southern California this year. They claim the fruit is the best ever grown and promise a banner year with the highest prices paid in the east. If no disaster occurs at least 900 will be circulated in southern California.
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California
UTai s Legislators Review and Bills Filed in Senate
The legislature discussed a range of measures including pocketknives for senators, a bill to codify state laws, and a move to abolish the district attorney’s office. Other proposals covered rail drawbridges, a metric system, funding for an experiment farm, and protections against desecration of a national day. No significant House business was transacted.
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Senater
House
Senate
Barnes
Ty Td
Southern Paweffla Railroad Company
Lupin
Love
Atute
Aonouti
C P Larsen
Lima
Waltmore
Lewis
Washington County
Souster Sharman
United States
Senate Bills Introduced Include Education and Judicial Raises
The senate introduced measures to use funds for disabled services, fund Sanpete County experiments, adjust election messenger pay for long trips, raise the supreme court stenographer and district judges salaries, and transfer railroad articles to state offices. House bills 4 and 3 passed third reading on explosives storage and witness fees. new bills 17 to 29 cover irrigation, school funding, eight hour work, textbooks contracts, judges salaries, sheep inspection bureau, and juriediction on federal sites.
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Sanpete
Supreme Court
Whitmore
Senate
State Land Board
Bureau of Sheep
Kcab
State Senate Bills Move On Several Fronts
Senators introduced measures ranging from wage practices and sheriff inspections to public printing and railroad incident law. A hotel regulation bill failed to pass, while other acts on mining, insurance, and hotel provisions were presented for consideration.
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Skvater
Barnes
Johnson
Danberger
Murdoch
Gardner
Williams
FEM
Senate Petition and Legislative Moves Report
Senators received a petition from Monster Tarnes to relocate powder magazines away from the highway north of Hot Springs. The body passed a Whitmore anti milea,e DSM with an amendment and referred several items to committees including militia judiciary agriculture and horticulture and railways. An appropriation of 4100 for the St Louis exposition was proposed and an amendment to the constitution to exempt mortgages from taxation was noted.
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Senate
Monster Tarnes
Hot Springs
Whitmore
State Board of Horticulture
Storm Claims Many Lives At Sea Off Norway Coast
A Norse storm sinks the sleamer Addche of Bergen with thirteen crew aboard, and a fishing smack perishes at Randosund. A Yardee ferry boat rescue reports five dead. Separately the American Tobacco Co plans to secure nearly Turkish tobacco, while Secretary Tey and Sir Michael Herbert sign a treaty on the Alaska boundary dispute.
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Norway
Bergen
North Sea
Randosund
Yardee
Tey
Michael Herbert
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