Utah News Bits From 1902 Records
A roundup of Utah state items covers Juab county metal production totals, a new Odd Fellows lodge in Springville, the Salt Lake tobacco shortage, a fatal coke-oven accident at Castle Gate, a near-miss burglary at Eureka, smallpox quarantines, sheep and wool production figures, and Utah’s growing metal output for 1902. It notes Salt Lake City protests, a Fourth of July parade tidbit, and assorted local crimes.
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Oregon Short Line
Eureka
Salt Lake
Department of Agriculture
Utah
United States
International League of Pies Clubs
Atlanta City
Salt Lake City
Finance lesson ends in tragedy and turmoil at camp
During a hearing a child found cartridges and exploded them tearing fingers, a woman keeper found six thousand dollars Condon had hid. Lightning struck a mine superintendent en route, riots near Vatashin led to gunfire and arrests. a battalion aided troops as prisons overflowed Yenje Roumella saw sixty Bulgarians killed in a combined attack by troops and local villagers.
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Mary Coll
Condon
Vatashin
Yenje Roumella
Mussulman
Adrianople
Bridger rancher Teasdale shot by unknown tramp
Teasdale a Bridger rancher was killed Monday morning at John Ahes ranch near Bridger when an unnamed tramp he had hired for work shot him in the heart after a quarrel over a blow. The tramp is in custody and refuses to give his name.
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Teasdale
Bridger
John Ahes
Jorh
Stricken Family after Lightning Kills Husband
A Leadville man Martin Condon was killed by a lightning strike Monday night. His wife, already frail, was sent to a private sanitarium after the shock. At a trial she told the judge that Martin was at the mine and would soon come to protect her.
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Martin Condon
Leadville
Cole
Martin
Eloped Couple Linked to Guthrie Minister Marries in Holdenville
Reverend Rey O Posey aged 76 of Guthrie Oklahoma eloped with Josie Sheldon aged 18 from a prominent family. They were traced to Holdenville where the marriage occurred and it is believed they then went to Canada. Posey is the father of twelve children.
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Rey O ' Posey
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Josie Sheldon
Holdenville
Canada
Tev Posey
Stamping Out Disease in Wyoming Sheep
Dr George Wickox of East Laka leads vigorous measures to stamp out sheep scab in Wyoming. Seventeen government inspectors will oversee controls from Rawlings, amid reports that 75 percent of Wyoming sheep are affected, a unprecedented share for the state.
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George & Wickox
East Laka
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Missouri River
Wyoming
Wickox
Rawling
Bureau of Animal Indultry
Wickoxn
On Eve of Revolution in Russia Spreads Revolt
Epirk of revolt grows across Russia with illegal agitation reaching regions previously calm. May leaflets circulated in 34 cities. serious street disturbances reported in Dakhou War san Jerdochey Tifils Batoum Balakhkhna and Tomsk. Anti Semitic activity at Eastertide extends through Jewish settlements. monarchist group at Pinsh circulated violent leaflets calling to kill Jews.
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Russia
Empire
Dakhou
Warsan Jerdochey Tifils
Batoum
Balahkhna
Tomsk
Train wreck near Nejorida river kills hundreds
Madrid dispatch reports Bilbao train overturned at Nejorida river. Official figures show about 30 killed and 60 seriously injured with 49 to 50 bodies recovered and many more to die. The two engines and sixteen coaches toppled from a bridge as couplings failed and the second engine left the track. River water was low at the time.
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Madrid
Bilbao
NejoriDa
Peasants Attack Troops Reported in Croatia
Fragmentary reading notes a peasant assault involving a large crowd in Croatia amid unclear timeline and names. Details remain obscured by OCR issues and stray phrases.
Tennessee Adopts Adams Law Abolishing Saloons in Small Towns
The Tennessee Supreme Court upholds the Adams temperance law as constitutional. The measure bans saloons in all towns with populations of 5 000 or less unless voters approve an exception. Only eight towns in the state remain exempt from its reach.
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Supreme Court
Tennessee
Tragedy at Garratobian Mexico Coal Mines
An explosion in the Las Esperanzas coal mines owned by Mexican Coal and Coke company killed twenty four miners and seriously wounded about fifty others on a Thursday night. The blast was caused by gas ignition from a defective lamp as workers neared quitting time with around 100 men present. about fifty escaped with injuries.
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Las Esperanzas
Mexican Coal & Coke Company
Garratobian Mexico
Feud Fight Near Daisy Dell Ends in Fatal Shooting
In Breathitt County a feud incident near Daisy Dell left Jifram Barnett dead and John Hewry Wecker with serious wounds along with Joseph Slecher. The group including Samuel and Silas Barnett gathered at Miss Lilly Burns niece of Burns Witzpatrick to discuss juror Curtis Jett. An ensuing dispute led to a rapid exchange of shots.
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Daisy Dell Breathitt County
Jifram Barnett
John Hewry Wecker
Joseph Slecher
Samuel
Silas Barnett
Miss Lilly Burns
Burns Witzpatrick
Curtis Jett
Juro
Fitzpatrick John Ienry Hecker
Miss Burns
Unveiling at Arklow Marred by Nationalist Riot
At Arklow Ireland a monument to rebels who fell in the battle of Arklow in 17398 was unveiled. About 30 000 nationalists attended a ceremony where a street preacher narrowly escaped death as mob violence broke out. The preacher sheltered in a house that was wrecked. Hundreds of police charged the crowd as stones and batons caused injuries.
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Arklow
Ireland
Panama Canal Debate Opens in Colombia House
The state department reports a Colombian House of Representatives debate on the canal treaty has begun with calls for treaty documents. The government objects to presenting the treaty yet and plans to do so later. A vote of 88 supported the government’s position.
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State Department
Beaupreat
Bogota
Cuba Sees Renewed Uproar Over Reciprocity Treaty
Havana reports renewed opposition by protectionists in the United States to Cuba's reciprocity treaty. Cuban officials hoped the Cuban senate would ratify pending pacts with the United States before adjournment. The Platt amendment binds Cuba to pursue all remaining treaties, but some Cuban senators fear delays may push ratifications to the winter session.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
Washington
English Bluebeard Man Charged With Killing Two Mates
In Halifax Walif ax Nova Scotia special story Dougall a London meat house murders trial figure came to Halifax years ago as a quartermaster sergeant with wife and two children two more born there He fell ill died and was buried next day Three weeks later he left for England returned with another woman claiming marriage she was young and well to do in health but died within fourteen days then he left for good
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Walifax
Seave
Dougall
London
Meat House
Halifax
England
Negro Jack the Ripper terrorizes St Louis fears lynching
A man described as a colored fiend known as Negro Jack the Ripper assaulted two women about three and a half miles east of Last St Louis on a Tuesday afternoon. One victim was white, the other colored, and both were left for dead as authorities search for the suspect amid fears of a lynching if captured.
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St Louis
Girl Fights Cougar During Morning Ride Near Kalama Road
Miss Ida Grimes, living on the Washington side of the Columbia three miles north of Woods land Ore on the Kalama road, defeated a young cougar with her riding whip and escaped Wednesday morning. She was returning from a hill ranch where she helps milk, riding with her uncle when attacked and receiving several injuries.
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Ida Grimes
Washington
Columbia
Woods Land
Ore
Kalama
Miss Grimes
Fiend Attacks Farmers In American Bottoms Crime Sparks Outrage
Reports describe a brutal assault on Annie Green a 25 year old colored woman who was clubbed and left with a fractured skull and a broken arm. She identified a 25 year old Helot yellow man as her attacker before losing consciousness. The assailant then targeted John Jiruna a respected farmer between Last St Louis and Bellalo. Miss Grimes defended herself with a riding whip and chased the horse away. A stockmen meeting in Tighorn county is planned for Medeetse Wyoming on July 15 to address forest reserve questions and other matters.
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Mre
Annie Green
John Jiruna
Tighorn County
Medeetse
Wyo
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Santaquin
Porto Rico
Florence Roper
George H Littlefield
Theodore D Boal
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Tobbers
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Price
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