Utah News Roundup From the Pacific to Salt Lake City
The Oregon Short Line expects heavier summer travel. Fifty two acres were planted in the Pleasant Grove district versus 108 last year. President Roosevelt’s Salt Lake City visit sparks expectations. McClellan to compose a comic opera. M Ilowe, folk pioneer, dies at 83. Clerks to get weekly half-holiday in several towns. Straw & Storrs win Rio Grande Western grading contract. Infant found murdered in Salt Lake City with no parental clues. Clyde Milson acquittal in Undertaker Watson case. Ellison linked to the murder accusation. Betting incident leaves Sevatt with broken ribs. Miss Matilda Lund injured in buggy accident. Captain Burt returns from Manila. Utahns doing well. Wilford Miller, 12, dragged to death by a hearse. Mrs Clyde Gillon files for divorce after Watson trial. Sam Newton tries to kill wife. jailed. Prince Nanzeta Montezuma visits Zion. Red Price’s life sentence in Colorado after Utah pardon. Rio Jordan pumps begin delivering irrigation water to Salt Lake valley. Sevier wool losses match earlier forecasts. output near 9 million pounds, 6 million shipped. A mystery arrest kept secret until Roosevelt’s Los Angeles departure.
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Acdiew J Burt
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Salt Lake
Wilford Miller
Parowap
Fighting Filipinos in Taraca Forts Disposed by Pershing
Captain Pershing's column defeated Moros in the Taraca country near Lake Lanao Mindanao. Ten forts on the Taraco river were captured with 115 Moros killed 13 wounded and 60 prisoners. Two Americans died and seven were wounded. The sultan was captured after shelling the ninth fort and assaulting the tenth fort as Lieutenants Shaw and Gracie led five companies and cavalry. The forts have been dismantled.
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Lake
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Brother of Czolgosz Held in Los Angeles Jail
Los Angeles report says police arrested a man believed to be one of four brothers of Czolgosz the assassin of President McKinley. He is detained behind bars until the president leaves the city under orders from the secret service bureau in Washington.
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Los Angeles
Czolgosz
Secret Service Bureau
Washington
McKinley
John Czolgosz
Roosevelt in California Floral Pageant Welcome
President Roosevelt toured California with a large welcome as crowds filled streets in Los Angeles and Redlands. A floral parade during the Rieste de Las Flores drew 159000 attendees and was reviewed by the president amid security measures including a police cordon at Westminster hotel.
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Ng& C
Eferta
Fiesta Committee
Southern California
Redlands
Pardee
Anderson
Roosavelt
Twelve Men Killed in Pacific Railway Accident
Meager reports from St Paul Minnesota describe a serious accident at Dexter, a small Canadian Pacific station 50 miles west of Port Arthur. A work train with twelve Hyves and a large crew of laborers was involved, with fatalities reported.
Colonel Dewey Dead Aged 33 At Nampa Hotel
Colonel WH Dewey dies of dropsy Friday morning at the Dewey Palace in Nampa. A New York native, he was 33 and rose to prominence via Silver City mines and the Dewey mine at Thunder Mountain. He built railways from Nampa to Murphy and Nampa to Ammet, and opened a $250,000 Nampa hotel three months ago. His estate is valued between $1 million and $1.25 million.
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Nampa
Tie
New York
Silver City
Thunder Mountain
Murphy
Nammpaé
Ammett
Train crashes into caboose badly burning twelve killed
A passenger train derailed and struck the caboose where workers were eating at the end of the train. The impact overturned the car and started a fire from the engine. Twelve men were instantly killed or burned to death.
Open Book in China and Russian Open Door Assurance
A diplomatic exchange includes Ambassador Tower’s note to Russia’s foreign office about China nearing a signed agreement with the Russo-Chinese Bank granting exclusive privileges. Count Lamsdorff replies that Russia will restore Manchuria to China, withdraw troops, and keep the open door policy intact.
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China
Russe Cuinése Bank
Count Lamsdorff
Russia
Manchuria
Strikes Turn Violent in Jackson Tennessee Railroad
At Jackson Tennessee the strike on the Mobile Ohio railroad grows serious. One man killed two trains blocked and business disrupted. A brakeman named Will Yarboro was shot aboard a moving train. Police responded to a depot wreck blamed on strikers and the railway company plans to seek federal troops to restore order.
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Becomen
Railway Company
Mublie & Ohio Railroad
Jackson
Tenn
Jackson Tearle
Gaston
Union Depot
Will Yarboro
Yarboro
Pringle
Bethel
Pershing Returns After Taraca Fighting Clears Lake Lanao Region
Captain Pershing and his column return to Camp Vicars from the Taraca campaign east of Lake Lanao. No opposition after Taraca fight. Taraca prisoners swore allegiance to the United States and were released. Nine dattos and one gultan among the killed in Taraca forts. Population estimates place Taraca at 30,000 and the Lake Lanao district at 100,000, with the overall district population likely underestimated.
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Pershing
Camp Vicars
Mindanao
Lake Lanao
Taraca
United States
Cheyenne Seeks Court Block On Government Stables
The city of Cheyenne plans to obtain an injunction to stop the Army from building two large stables along Crow Creek at Tort Bussell. The creek supplies Cheyenne’s water, and the stables could pollute the water and render it unfit for domestic use despite nearby filter beds.
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Crow Creek
Bussell
Fort Russell
Ottawa Fire Ravages City. Ex-Convict Caught Nearby
A blaze believed arson destroyed hundreds of houses and millions of feet of lumber in Ottawa Ontario. John White, recently released from prison after an arson sentence, was captured near the fire’s origin and jailed to face charges.
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Ottawa
Plague Declared in Callang and Pisco Peru
Health officials announce bubonic plague infection in Callang and Pisco Peru prompting quarantine actions. Guayaquil banks and businesses donate funds to clean the city while Cosmos steamers from southern ports face admission refusals. Torcuadorean troops are stationed to halt cross border communication and Pajta port officials close that port to vessels from Cal Jaa.
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Pisco
Peru
Guayaquil
Cosmos Line
Miners Win Eight Hour Day at Idaho Trade Dollar Mine
Miners at the Trade Dollar mine in Silver City Idaho secure an eight hour day after Boise Miners Union ratifies an agreement with General Manager Cowan. Change to take effect soon, likely within a week or ten days once schedules are arranged.
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Trade Dollar Company
Bilver City
Idaho
Miners’ Union
Boise
Cowan
British Monroe Doctrine Proclaimed in the Persian Gulf
Foreign Secretary Tansdowne declares a British Monroe doctrine for the Persian Gulf warning that any rival naval base or fortified post there would be treated as a grave menace to British interests. He stated the stance to the House of Lords and noted other powers’ reactions are awaited with anxiety.
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Persian Gulf
Great Britain
Foreign Secretary
House of Lords
Lord Tansdowne
Gulf
Bulgarian Band Routed and Turkish Losses Reported
Martial law proclaimed in Salonica as combat with Turkish troops and Bulgarian bands leaves sixty Bulgarians dead at Vanitza led by Deltzeff. Turkish forces suffer four dead and three wounded. Petroff’s band routed at Krapestaza with seven Bulgarians killed. Dynamite bombs seized at Salonica amid the Italian fleet’s arrival.
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Deltzeff
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Petroff
Krapestaza
Salonica
Sardegna
Trancesco Morosini
Carlo Alberto
Calatafima
Odell Signs Law Against Discrimination Toward National Guard
Governor Odell of New York signs a drastic bill targeting labor unions and employers. It makes it a misdemeanor to interfere with the employment of National Guard members or to discourage enlistment by threats. It also forbids unions from passing discriminatory resolutions against National Guard members.
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Odell
New York
National Guard
Negroes Recognized At Alabama Republican Conference
At a Montgomery meeting of Alabama Republicans on Wednesday, for the first time negros were given recognition with whites seated on one side and negros on the other. Referees W Ir Aldrich Charles H Scott and Jo Thompson organized the conference to correct mistakes and right the wrongs of the recent Birmingham convention.
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Ir Aldrich
Charles H. Scott
Jo Thompson
Aldrich
Tragedy at a Ball in Wisconsin and Across Borders
Dispatches report a fatal shooting and knife attack during a hotel dance at Big Creek near Tuscola County. Dava Trorml ey of Westlay City is dead, Harry Schindehette of this city fatally slashed, and Frank Defoe severely cut. Vienna and Salonica sources note rising Bulgarian arrests amid ongoing Balkan street clashes and planned bomb outrages in Macedonia with bombs found in Uskub houses.
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Bay City
Big Creek
Tuscola County
Dava Trorml’ey
Westlay City
Harry Schindehette
Frank Defoe
Vienna
Salonica
Macedonia
Uskub
European Turkey
San Francisco Strike Ends After Amicable Deal
Laborers Protective Union and Contractors' Association in San Francisco resolved their dispute amicably on Tuesday. The May 1 strike ended and workers returned Wednesday at a new wage scale with eight hours for street contracts and nine hours for other work, effective on all contracts since March 1.
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Laborers’ Protective Union
Contractors’ Association
San Francisco
The Passion Play of Oberammelzau to be staged in Ai
A wide range of scattered items are reported including a planned Passion Play in Oberammelzau to be performed in Ai, Louis, General Baldwin in Detroit comments on Filipino labor, a 1,000,000 dollar peanut industry capital, and various international rumors, accidents, and political notes.
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Wreths
Louis
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