Utah News Roundup From St George To Richfield
A broad Utah update notes 167 and 174 inmates at the state hospital, dozens more smallpox cases in Salt Lake City, and serious diphtheria in Richfield. Richfield and Lehi report heavy snow, while ore output and a Santaquin rabbit hunt are also described. Several accidents and civic efforts appear, including a temple drive tree plan, the Oregon Short Line wage accord, and Koosharem grazing company formation. A Salt Lake bullion theft, a Price train wreck, and a fatal Santaquin fall are reported.
Favorable to Miner Union Report on Anthracite Strike Issued
A May 1903 report by a presidential commission outlines 10 percent wage increases for contract miners and engineers plus a 10 percent raise for firemen from November 1, 1902, and a future-differences board. It notes hazardous mining conditions and cites estimated losses totaling 4.3461 billion to owners, 25 million to workers, and 28 million to transport firms.
Editor Comments on Strike Commissions Report
United Mine Workers Journal editor TM Sexton remarks on the strike commissions report. He notes the 10 percent provision may please miners while warning some elements are still troublesome. He praises withdrawal of coal and iron police and reduced hours for engineers and firemen.
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M Sexton
United Mine Workers Journal
Coal and Iron Police
President Mitchell signals awaiting full report on miners
President Mitchell stated he cannot discuss the issue until he reads and digests the complete report. His demeanor while reading the summary suggested the commission’s findings may be less favorable to the miners than hoped.
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Mitchell
Castro resigns as president of Venezuela
President Castro has tendered his resignation and placed it in the hands of the congress president after reading the presidential message. His term would have ended February 20, 1908, and he was elected in February 1902 for six years beginning February 26.
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Castro
Republic of Venezuela
Congress
Venezuela
Famine in Sweden Discussion in Reichstag
In north Sweden distress was raised in the Reichstag on Saturday. The agriculture minister said relief efforts were initially deemed adequate but later found a further about 253000 dollars was needed. American contributions totaled 280600 dollars. The minister praised Swedes in America for remembering their homeland.
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Sweden
America
Old Country
Congress Refuses Castro Resignation Urges Reconsideration
Venezuelan Congress votes unanimously to reject President Castro's resignation and asks him to reconsider his decision. The crowded congressional hall heard Castro recount country terrors and defend his administration while pledging to serve if needed to defend Venezuela.
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Venezuelan Congress
General
Castrog
Congress
Castro
Citven
Venezuela
Robbery on Los Angeles Pacific line ends in deaths
Three masked robbers boarded a car near Los Angeles and opened fire after a pistol duel with passenger C W Henderson. One passenger died and four others were injured as shots ripped through the crowded car before the robbers fled.
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Los Angeles Pacific Electric
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
C W. Henderson
Henderson
Ellis Pearson
FE A Griswold
Mansonia
J C Cunningham Cis Pearson
H Bowers
Hestia Battles Icebergs Off Newfoundland Banks
The Donaldson line steamer Hestia, arriving Baltimore from Glasgow, fought ice floes off the Newfoundland banks on March 15. Captain Henderson reports the ship halted by ice on the 14th, found completely surrounded by 109 foot high icebergs at daybreak, and after five hours broke free with a successful breach.
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Donaldson Line
Hestia
Baltimore
Glasgow
Newfoundland
Henderson
Ilestia
Mystery Man Confesses Murder of Nora Fuller in San Francisco
John Bennett, claiming to be the killer of Nora Fuller, surrendered to Sheriff Bauman in Fremont Nebraska. He admits choking the girl at 1121 Walnut Street in San Francisco and says the dead girl’s face haunts him, prompting his confession and arrest.
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Fremont
Ned
John Bennett
Nora Fuller
San Francisco
Bauman
Bennett
Walnut Street
Cuban Treaty Ratified After Havana Negotiations 1902
The Cuban treaty ratified by the Senate follows June Havana negotiations in 1902 between United States and Cuban representatives. It preserves duty free entry for existing merchandise but lowers other imports by 20 percent, with tobacco excluded from concessions in Cuba. The pact keeps preferential rates for comparable imports and restricts Cuban sugar under the 20 percent limit while in force.
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Senate
Havana
General Tasker
Bisl
United States
Carlos de Zaldo
Jose M Garcia Montes
Cuba
Went after wolves in Wyoming near Rawlins
A Wyoming man tracked wolves in eastern Carbon county and encountered a pack that included a dozen or more. He killed eight of the wolves after a tough escape and brought in thirteen coyote scalps for a total bounty of 27 dollars. After April 1 the bounty on wolves rises to five dollars and on coyotes to one dollar fifty, prompting sportsmen to reduce these animals.
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Rawlins Wye
Peter Patts
Carbon County
Rawlins
Highbinder War Claims Portland Chinatown Victim
A supposed highbinder war erupts in Portland Chinatown leaving Young John shot dead. police hunt for four rival society members led by Jee Wau suspected as the killer. Ife remains at large as officers search for clues. John was shot in the back outside a Pine street Chinese rooming house and died instantly.
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Portlands
Chinatown
John
Jee Wau
Ife
Tewny John
Pine Street
Pioneer Woods of Helena Dies at 76 in Montana
Wellington Woods, a Montana pioneer who arrived in Last Chance Gulch in 1864 and helped establish Helena, died in Helena on Thursday at age 76. He built the third cabin in Last Chance Gulch and hosted the early court that settled miners disputes. he never married and spent his life in mining and prospecting.
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Wellington Woods
Montana
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Mr Woods
Last Chances Gulch
Last Chante Gulch
Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Ratified by Senate
The Senate adjourned after a largely secret session focusing on the Cuban reciprocity treaty. A vote on the treaty passed 60 to 16, with amendments debated and the measure subjected to an executive session before final ratification.
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Senate
Cuba Rejects Spain Over Maine Wreck Removal
The Cuban republic refuses to grant Spain the contract to remove the wreck of the old Maine from Havana harbor President Palma relayed the decision to Madrid Spain had sought an appropriation to bid the project but Cubas government views any involvement as ill timed and improper amid lingering suspicions surrounding the destruction of the Maine.
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Cuban
Havana
Palma
Spain
Abcaruza
Madrid Cortes
Demand Protection Telegram From Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, asks the Tampa Chief of Police to safeguard organizers James Wood and James A. Roberts and others facing threats. He asserts workers have a right to organize and strike if needed to enforce their rights.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federationf Labor
Tampa
Fia
Organized Labor
James Wood
James A. Roberts
Corpse Wakes At Wrong Time In Atlanta Scare
In Atlanta Georgia a 12 year old boy, Kelly Steerman, enticed several West End women to a shabby home by pretending the father’s corpse was alive as they paid for a burial. The swindle unraveled when a woman returned for her gloves and found the supposed body moving. Police investigated the beggar ruse and intervened.
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Atlanta
Kelly Steerman
West End
Kaya
Elderly Bucharest woman coerced into deed by John Popovinci
An elderly Bucharest woman was forced by John Popovinci to sign over all her property in exchange for lifelong care. He imprisoned her in a cellar for thirteen days with bread and water, stripped her, and left her to endure freezing cold until she escaped and was found by a gendarme on the street.
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Bucharest
John Popovinci
Indiana Negro Flogged by Whitecaps at Nashville
Twelve Whitecaps seized Henry Ma from his cabin in Nashville Indiana tied him to a fence post and whipped him severely. They warned him to stay quiet or face another beating. His wife found him an hour later, cut the rope, and brought him home. He bore forty welts on his back.
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Ienry Mathis
Nashville
Ind
Walt
Mathis
Baby Survives After Half Hour in Deep Cistern
In Whitele, a suburb of Munie, Ind, eighteen month old Gladys Hahn fell into a deep cistern filled with water and clung to a wall ledge for about thirty minutes before being rescued. She survived despite the feared ill effects from immersion.
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Whitele
Muntie
Ind
Gladys
John Hahn
Miners, Bills, and Shifts Roil Western States
A collage of frontier headlines reports mine disasters in Butte and Elko, railroad optimism for Tonopah, and Oregon industry moves. Montana figures Isaac Stratton heir, polytechnic plans, and Post Office mail theft by Andrew Passenberger. Tacoma gambling ends. Roosevelt elk hunt invitation. various labor strife and accidents across Montana, Nevada, and Washington.
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Nevada
Gagnon
Butte
Yorkes Grant
Thomas McNamara
Missoula
Mont
Iia
Oregon
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