Utah News Briefs Highlight Drought and Local Incidents
Utah reports drought with Mt. George controversies and no rain all year. Venice crews harvest 121 bushels of grasshoppers. Salt Lake, Kaysville, and Sandy residents face accidents, fires and crime. Rio Grande Forest earnings rise. grasshoppers devour lucerne near Santaquin. cattle die of thirst south of St George.
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Mt. George
Vivian Dord
Salt Lake
St George
Parashont
Disaster on the Primus Steamer on Elbe River
The Primus of Hamburg was cut in two and sunk by the tug Ifansa on the Elbe near Jankenz and Niestdte. Sixty lives were saved by the Dolphin and other boats, while many passengers perished amid panic as boilers exploded and debris rained down.
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Elbe
Primus
Lamburg
Ifansa
Buxtehude
Province of Hanover
Prussia
Jankenz
Nienstdte
Filbeck Mate Chora Society
Hansa
Dolpin
FARMS WORTH TWENTY BILLION IN UNITED STATES 1900
The 1900 census bulletin reports 5,379,657 farms valued at 16,674,091,217 with buildings 3,560,198,191 and lands and improvements 13,124,412,056. Farm implements and machinery total 761,261,550 and livestock 3,069,650,041, summing farm property to 2,514,001,834. Farm products for 1899 total 4,730,118,572, including 1,718,990,221 in animal products.
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Census Bureau
United States
National Party Proposed at Manhattan Beach Conference
A conference at Manhattan Beach gathered figures including Senator Dubois of Idaho ex Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota Professor Croppers of South Dakota and George Shibeley of Washington to discuss forming a new national party. The plan aims to unite the liberal Democracy already organized in New York Massachusetts New Jersey Ohio and Iowa.
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Manhattan Beach
United States
Ot. Dubois
Idaho
RT Pettigrew
South Dakota
Garrett Croppers
Imperial University
Tokio
George Shibeley
Wash- Inpion
Liberal Democracy
New York
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Ohio
Iowa
Floods in Kelff Russia Drown Fifteen Residents
A violent rainstorm with wind and hail struck Kelff Russia on Monday afternoon flooding streets and basements. Fifteen occupants drowned before escaping as trees were uprooted and embankments washed away blocking traffic. Losses are described as very heavy.
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Kelff
Russia
Baltimore Tornado Leaves Deaths and Destruction
A fierce windstorm struck Baltimore at 1230 pm Sunday, killing eleven people and unroofing hundreds of houses. Nine drowned in the harbor, one died from a falling tree, and another from a live wire. The storm damaged the harbor area and residences, with a ton of stone precipitating from St Marys Star of the Sea church. Gas reservoir blast informed $15000 loss, while street and warehouse damage ran up to 300000 dollars. The storm was mainly a whirlwind with 64 mph winds and a 1.5 inch rainfall, lasting about twenty minutes.
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Hallimere
St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic
Baltimore
Treslau
Concord Street
Merchants and Minera Transportation Camp
the Weather Bureau
John W Mackay Dies in London After Prolonged Illness
John W Mackay of San Francisco died at Carlton House Terrace London at 6:30 PM due to heart failure. Born in Dublin November 28, 1831, he rose on the California mining frontier forming a famed quartet with Flood O Brien and Fair that developed the Comstock lode bringing immense wealth and real estate holdings in California and Nevada. Reports estimate his fortune in the tens of millions at his death.
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John W. Mackay
San Francisco
Carlton House Terrace
London
John William Mackay
Dublin
New York
Park Row
Ile
California
Pacific Coast
Mackay
Kentucky
Gold Hill
Flood
O Brien
Fair
Honanza
Hie
Nevada
Daings
Riot at Nebraska City baseball grounds over Sunday ball
A clash erupted when the Law and Order league tried to stop a Sunday game. Sheriff Brower arrested four players after an angry crowd surrounded him. Pastors and supporters faced threats. Rev C M Shepperd was struck and pursued. The dispute stems from a long struggle over Sunday baseball.
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Nebraska City
Nebraska
Law and Order League
Sheriff Brower
Brower
Justices
Justice
C M Shepperd
Methodist Church
Shepperd
Customs Revenue Of Isles For Four Months In 1902
The War Department bureau compares Philippine customs receipts for January through April 1902 with prior years. Four months ended April 30 1902 show 2 894 075 dollars versus 1 215 657 in 1899 and 2 777 301 in 1901.
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Bureau of Insular Affairs
The
War Department
Philippine Archipelago
Boy Carried Through Sewer in Jamestown Tragedy
A culvert bridge in Jamestown New York collapsed while six year old George Singular stood on it. He was swept into the sewer by the torrent for over 1000 feet, emerging injured but alive after about three minutes and crawling to safety.
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Jamestown
George Singular
Fugitives Tale of Beal and Beveren Connection
An irregular report asserts fugitive Harry Tracy, tied to Oregon crimes, is from Pittefield Wisconsin with ties to Grand Rapids Wisconsin. It claims a relative Beverens lineage and notes a pardon appeal to a grandfather who declined.
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Harry Tracy
Oregon
Grand Rapids
Wie
Pittefield
Wis
Beverens
Oregos
Tragedy in Montana Ends in Gunfire at Anaconda Plant
John McGeary, former Anaconda Copper Mining employee at the Washoe smelting plant, shot and killed William J. Cvana, Amalgamated E properties general superintendent of machinery, then wounded by a bystander as he attempted escape. McGeary, claiming to seek a device called a rack to improve the concentrator, was himself wounded.
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John McGeary
Anaconda Cappee Mining Company
Washoe
Anaconda
Mont
William J. Cvana
Amalgamated E Properties
Lovans
Evanos Fhst
McGeary
Anaconda Company
Logans
Man Hunt Abandoned for Tracy Fugitive in Northwest
After forty days of pursuit by men and bloodhounds the effort to capture Tracy, the escaped Oregon convict, ends. He may be treated as any other fugitive with a price on his head. The chase cost Clarke to King counties ten thousand dollars. Tracy is linked to three officer deaths and one fatal wound in Washington, while Oregon declines to pay a reward for Merrill’s body.
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Tracy
Oregon
Clarke
Sowiitz
Lewis
Thurston
Pierce
Kitsap
Snohomish
King Counties
Washington
Pat
Merrill
Wagoner
Chehalis
Merrills
Range War in Wyoming Report From Lander on Sheep Camp Clash
A Wyoming dispute reports miners in Atlantic district forcing sheep off forbidden ground near Atlantic City. Beaver sheep man William Scarlett moved his flock onto restricted land and was ordered back. armed citizens moved on his camp, scoring a removal to the Indian trail. Rumors of a wider range war with cattlemen torching a sheep camp near Enat fork and border tensions along the dead line.
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Lander
Wyoming
Atlantic
William Scarlett
Atlantic City
Scarlett
Caribou
Twin Creek
New York
Jewel & Whipper
Rock Springs Enat Fork
Forbidden Territory
New Torre
Immigrant Arrival Totals by Country for 1902 Fiscal Year
Immigration bureau reports 730 708 total arrivals for 1902 including 648 743 immigrants and 82 055 others. Austria Hungary leads increases with 58 799. Italy 42 379. Russia and Ireland 22 000. Japan 900. Sweden 7 503. Decreases include Ireland 1 423 and China 10. Turkey in Europe 200. Leading source countries listed with counts.
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Austria-Hungary
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Russian Empire
Ieeland
Japan
Sweden
German Empire
Norway
Greece
Denmark
Ireland
China
Turkey
Europe
Sarainia
England
Drought Drives Cattle Loss and Horses Shot in Arizona
In southern Arizona drought leaves grass dry and water scarce. Cattlemen report hundreds of cattle dying. a prominent rancher counts 140 carcasses over four miles. Horses roaming large bands trample grass and water via rifle protection at troughs threatens huge losses without rain.
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Arizona
FTRAQY DISAPPEARS IN WASHINGTON AREA
Notorious Quttan Han vanished near Auburn Washington. Tracy has disappeared from the vicinity as Pierce County officials begin a chase through King County. The past week’s excitement fades as residents fear a long search and a possible pilgrimage by the desperado.
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Tracy
Auburn
Agate
King County
Covington
Treacy
Green River Valley
Pierce County
Daly-Weat mine disaster prompts outlaw underground magazines
Coroner's jury finds the Daly-Weat mine accident caused by a giant powder explosion at the 1 200-foot level in Park City Utah. The panel urges banning underground magazines and calls for a state law to prohibit them while noting three rescuers died in the effort.
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Park City
Summit County
Utah
Day of funerals for Daly-Wesat mine victims in Park City
Friday saw fourteen victims of the Daly-Wesat mine explosion laid to rest in Park City with Catholic services at the church and interments at Glenwood cemetery. The Ilvernians and miners union led the 800-strong procession with hearses formed from town carriages and merchant wagons. John McLaughlin’s funeral drew the largest floral display, while sixteen victims were sent to other burial sites.
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Park City
Daly-Wesat
Catholic Church
Tom Maloney
John Ne- Aultfle
Richard Dillon
John Gill
Larry Devlin
John Devlin
James Murato
Thomas Kelley
John Lively
Wade Gladost
Pat O'Neill
John Carney
Thomas Cullen
Charles McAlinden
Ilvernians and Miners Union
John McLaughlin
Glenwood
Park Lodge
Lika
McLaughlin
Park
Newell to Report on Western Irrigation Prospects
I H Newell chief of the US Geological Survey hydro graphic department arrives in Omaha en route to Colorado Wyoming Montana and California to study arid land reclamation. He will assess storage reservoirs sizing costs and value while assuring equal rights for homesteaders and existing private water claims. He proceeds to Sterling Colorado from Omaha.
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I. H. Newell
Hydrographical Department
United States Government Survey
Omaha
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
California
Newell
Ite
Sterling
Colo
Flood Devastates Iowa Crops Across 300 Square Miles
Widespread floods sweep central Iowa from Keokuk to Hannibal destroying corn and wheat. Farmers face losses estimated up to 4 million dollars, with grain men arguing the toll may be higher. The flood region covers about 300 square miles along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
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Reokuk
Hannibal
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