Varied Utah News Highlights From Early 1900s Dispatch
A fragmented Utah newspaper summary reports on a boy's severe ankle injuries from a wagon incident, a fatal fall from a window, crop shortages in cherries and apricots, saloon closures in Murray and Monroes, a new $40 000 waterworks in Bountiful, and wine taxes. It notes a merger rumor affecting Ogden rates, a fatal electric wire accident in Ogden, a suicide in Salt Lake City, and preparations for the Iowa State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mol harDrove
UT Boy Scoute of America
Saratoga
William “S Osren
Salt Lake
Stanley Postman
Ogden
Lilly Price
Ealt Lake Hospital
Weber County
Murray
Midvale
Bandy
Monroe
Annabella
Maulday
Independent
Hell
Lawrence Woge
Carbon County
Woman's League of Salt Lake and Labor Commissione
Thaines
Georges Conk
Bingham Hospital
Hinster & Garfield
Reiner 9
Tran
Salk Toh
Oden
Little
Cotdouwondein i Siats
Lanquor Ceaters
Scroggs
Sherif
Fyenaston
Wyo
Abe Murdock
Heber City
Murdock Brother
Gharles Peterson
Hichfield
Indictments Hit Major Wire and Steel Makers in Conspiracy
A federal grand jury charged nine leading manufacturers of primary steel and wire products with restraint of trade. Named are Frank Jay Gould and J P Morgan relative Herbert Satterlee, plus Edwin B. Jackson Jr the alleged professional promoter. Indicted groups include Bare Copper Wire Rubber Covered Wire Wire Rope Magnet Wire and Waterproof and Magnet Wire associations. Jackson fled to Europe.
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New York
United States
Frank Jay Gould
Herbert I. Satterlee
J P Morgan
Edwin B. Jackson, Jr
William Street
Ilo
Brooklyn
Europe
Bare Copper Wire Association
Rubber Covered Wire Association
Wire Rope Manufacturers’ Associalation
Rubber Lead Mwacased Cable Association
Fine Magnet Wire Association
Underground Power Cable Association
The
Horseshoe Manufacturers’ Association
Telephone Cable Association and
Waterproof and Magnet Wire Association
Henwood Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Denver jurors convict Frank Harold Henwood, a timberman from Victor, Colo, in the 1900s shooting case that left amateur balloonist Sylvester L Von Phul dead and injured George C Copeland. The May 24 bar room incident at the Brown Palace Hotel sparked the trial as Henwood claimed self defense and a fight over letters from Mrs John W Springer.
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Denver
Colo
Frank Harold Henwood
Sawyer
George DL Copeland
Victor
Henwood
Sylvester L von Phul
St Louis
Brown Palace
von Phul
George C Copeland
John Atkinson
Colorado Springs
Copeland
Atkinson
Gallee
Irenwood
Yon Phul
John W Springer
Canadian burned at stake by Mexican bandits
A Canadian, Thobert Swazey, was burned at the stake by Mexican bandits near Tort Sumner NM in June 45, after refusing to reveal a hiding place for money left in his care by a railroad company. The letter cites Vig Emma Binggan, mother of the dead man, as the source. Ship Subsidy Bill reintroduced aims to promote American merchant fleet with subsidies and fire ships.
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Thobert Swazey
Sumner
Vig
Emma Binggan
Mothermiin
Derxicant
Washington
Humphrey of
Seamen's Strike Sparks Riot and Injuries
Serious riots erupted Thursday night as shipowners and sailors failed to settle disputes. More than twenty people were injured, including several policemen, prompting police reinforcements and a series of charges to quell the disturbance.
Twelve Men Hold Up Train Near Erie Pennsylvania
A fast mail and passenger train on the Philadelphia and Erie railroad was held up five miles from Erie by twelve masked men. Mail clerk W F Block, conductor IF Rooney, and brakeman O I Bemis were injured. Block shot in the right side and dying, Rooney hit with a stone, Bemis shot in the arm. Albert Carey and his foreman, who investigated the obstruction, were seized and held at gunpoint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Philadelphia & Erie
Block
D Rooney
Bemis
Rooney
Albert Carey
Bandit Escapes Into Mountain Country After Chase
Fremont County sheriff and Idaho deputy say the desperado who shot a conductor and wounded three others has fled into rough Wyoming Idaho border terrain. They expect capture soon when he emerges from hiding.
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Righy
Ida
Fremont County
Oleg
Idaho
Kid
Wyoming Idaho Line
Alaskan Camp Destroyed by Fire in Seattle District
A cable dispatch from Iditarod City via Kaltag reports a second major blaze in its brief history. An explosion of a gasoline lamp started a fire that consumed a city block between Willow and Trent streets on the river, destroying ten stores and many dwellings with an estimated loss of 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Seattle Times
Iditarod City
Kaltag
Willow Street
Trent Street
King George Thanks Subjects for Loyalty During Crisis
England's King George issues a message of thanks to subjects across the empire for loyalty shown during the wartime period. He expresses renewed hope that, despite difficulties, he and his people will unite to face challenges for the common good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George
Empire
Washington authorizes border troop withdrawal plan
President Tafhan orders withdrawal from the maneuver division of four infantry regiments, the Ninth cavalry and the Fourth field artillery to the Mexican border. Infantry regiments to be withdrawn have not yet been selected.
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Border
Washington
Tafthan
Ninth Cavalry
Fourth Field Artillery
American Battleships Depart Kiel Satisfy German Press
American ships left Kiel with Derlin Emperor William sailing to Travemunde while visiting battleships drew favorable impressions. German papers praised the sailors conduct and the ships’ appearance and found the visit interesting.
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Kiel
Derlin
Emperor William
Travemunde
Kiel Harbor
Train Robbery Strikes Oregon Douglas County
In Douglas county Oregon a Southern Pacific train was halted near West Park as northbound passenger train No 16 began pulling out. Three robbers halted the train rifled the mail and express cars and attempted to blow the express safe before fleeing. The amount seized cannot be determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cugene
Oregon
Southern Pacific
Douglas County
West Park
Morris Guilty of Murder in East Lake City
J J Morris found guilty of murder for the May 9 death of J W Ax following a bank robbery and hold up with partner John Murray at the Uncle Sam Joan office. Morris plans to choose hanging, believing it will cost the state more than shooting and provide work on a scaffold.
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East Lake City
J J Morris
J W Axtell
John Murray
Sam Joan
Morris
Senator Warren Marries in Quiet Wedding Amid Mourning
New York Senator Stanch T Warren of Wyoming wed Misa Chirt Le Daron Morgin daughter of Vre in a low key ceremony held as a family bereavement while Warren travels to support relatives.
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New York
Stanch T Warren
Wyoming
Misa Chirt le Daron Morgin
Vre
Sands Morgan Wedding at Hotel Goshen in New London
Sands Morgan of New London Conn wed on Wednesday afternoon at the Hotel Goshen. The ceremony limited guest numbers due to a recent death in the bride’s family.
Big Fire in Nevada Reno
Fire in Nevada involves a blaze starting in the rear of a saloon near Hawthorne Mineral County seat. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars. Hawthorne, county seat of Mineral, has about 300 residents.
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Reno
Nev
Hawthorne Mineral Counts
Hawthorne
Mineral
Balloon crashes into North Sea near Julst island
One of four balloons that rose at Price Saturday and entered the North Sea near Julst in the East Tristan group fell Monday during a violent storm. The air craft drifted rapidly out to sea and carried two persons aboard.
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Breemen
Germany
North Sea
Julst
East Tristan
San Francisco Earthquake Shakes City After 1996 Reminder
A double tremor rattled California and western Nevada with two shocks near five seconds apart, felt from Sacramento Valley to Fresno and Carson City. Panic swept San Francisco and other cities as buildings suffered minor damage, phones failed, and residents fled downtown before rapid repopulation. One man, Herbert Hadles, died of fright in a lodging house.
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San Francisco
Sacramento Valley
Fresno
Carson and
Teno
Nev
San Tranciseco
Mechanics’ Bank
Herbert Hadles
Clearing up Bank Robbery Mystery in Tooele Utah
The Tooele bank robbery case clears with arrests in Salt Lake City as George Ciltegs and GC R Walton face charges of participating in the June 7 robbery. The cashier S I Shafer had alleged a confession outlining a nine thousand nine hundred ninety eight dollar theft and a proposed split among three men. A separate report notes a brother of a Malad station agent loses a 1% year old son to accidental death in a grain elevator. The child was trapped under grain at the Oregon Short Line station, and rescue efforts followed before the body was recovered.
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Salt Lake City
Commercial
Tooele
Utah
George Ciltegs
GC R Walton
Salt Lika
S I Shafer
Johan
Welton
Paul Post
Poust
Oregon Short Line
Malad
Bandits Loot Greeley Post Office Safe
Bandits used an automet to break into the Greeley Colorado post office on Saturday night and stole 10000 in stamps 106 in cash and several registered letters. They closed the box and fled in a car. the theft was discovered Sunday morning and it took six hours before experts could open the safe. The report notes a police ban on common drinking cups effective July and cites paper cups as a likely substitute.
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Greeley, Colo
Chicago
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WCTS
Manufac
Frank J Gould
J. B. Morgan
England
Senator Warren
Francis E. Warren
Nevada
Baloon
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