Utah State News Bits From Payson To Castle Gate
A montage of Utah items reports Payson post office raised to presidential class with 1 800 workers on Leamington cut off near Salt Lake. Mt Pleasant sickness alarm. grasshopper trouble feared near Chester and Moroni. injuries from horse kick to a Richfield child. Gold Mountain population 700 expected to double after snowmelt. Mortensen murder case slow with six jurors. Kearns mansion bid. costs rival 350 000. Henry Bills dies by morphine crisis. measles outbreak in 11lmore. Ruth Bennett burned to death. Dr Allen Towler dies in Salt Lake. W Callister injured. Wal ter Clawson holdup wound. civil service exam June 17 6 19 for revenue cutter cadetships. tomato canning firms plan price maintenance. Salt Lake police shakeup with Silton resignation and Paul return. bid to lure Jeffres and Pittsmons to 20 round bout. George Schafer shot aiding ejector at Bingham Junction. 7 year old Andreason child run over. Beaver to install electric lighting 600 lights. Richfield boy concussion from cow kick. Norman Pee Scofield death Kumputa crushed in rock fall. James Locke killed near Castle Gate on crushing machine.
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Gold Mountain
Mortensen
Salt Lake
Kearns
Henry Bills
South Jordan
Apple
Catastrophe at St Fierre Cathedral Leaves City Devastated
A Castries dispatch reports relief teams searching the ruined town of St Fierre after a disaster at the cathedral. Thousands dead or asphyxiated, stores looted, fires burning, and military rule imposed to curb vandals as burial parties work through the devastation.
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St Lucia
Eruption Devastates St Vincent With Mass Casualties
Reports from St Vincent in the Danish West Indies describe a volcanic outbreak causing massive death and destruction. By Sunday afternoon the death toll exceeded 200 with thousands affected and estates destroyed. ash and dust filled the air as the eruption faded from Kingston sight.
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St Vincent
Danish West Indies
Kingston
St Vinocent
Cuban flag hoisted over Morro Castle to greet Julia arrival
At 30 o clock Sunday morning four large Cuban flags were raised over Morro Castle Ilavana signaling the steamer Julia with President elect Alma and his party aboard. Cheers rose from thousands awaiting the Julia since daybreak as the flag marked a historic moment and high Cuban excitement despite the Stars and Stripes also flying.
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Ilavana
Julia
Alma
Julias
Peace in South Africa Seen Near After Vereening Conference
A dispatch from Delagoa Bay Portuese Last Africa reports that peace in South Africa is certain after the Doer leaders conference to be held at Vereening Ravsvaal on May 18. It says peace will be proclaimed May 20 and preparations are under way for general rejoicings.
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Delagoa Lay
Cockney George Shot by Williams After Sunday Quarrel
About 8 o clock Sunday evening in a port area longshoreman section an altercation over supper led James Williams to fetch a rifle and fatally shoot Cockney George through the heart. Williams fled but is widely known and likely to be arrested soon.
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James Willams
Williams
Quarrel Ends in Fatal Theater Tragedy
Ten days earlier at a Leadville boarding house a guest was taken to the theater by A Walker of Leadville Cole. The following day Jay Taylor teased the guest prompting a quarrel. Saturday Taylor knocked Walker down and fled. Walker drew a revolver and fired twice striking Taylor in the heart, killing him instantly.
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Leadville
Cole
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Taylor
Devastation of St Pierre as Mount Jeleen erupts
A Caribbean disaster reports Mount Jeleen’s May eruption destroying St Pierre on Martinique. About 40 000 dead including natives and whites. governor and wife perished. famine threats to southern districts. lava flow lasted May 3 to May 7.
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St Pierre
Loss of Grappler ties Martinique eruption to ferry
A Washington dispatch from San Juan Puerto Rico reports Dominica cables noting a schooner from Martinique says over forty thousand people are believed dead in the Mount Pelee eruption at St Pierre. The Grappler cable repair ship of the West India and Panama Telegraph Company of London was lost with all hands during the same eruption.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Dominica
Martinique
Grapple
West India and Panama ‘Telegraph Company of London
Albanda
Mount Pelee
St Pierre
Grappler
Fire and loss in Caribbean port hits Pierre area
Cablegram from Point A-Pitre reports a March affray where a storm of steam mud and fire wrecked Pierre and nearby areas. Eighteen vessels burned or sunk including four American ships and a Quebec steamer Roraime. The U S consul and family reportedly among the victims. A war vessel arrives at Guadaloupe for provisions and may depart at 4 tomorrow as relief requests surge from commercial houses calling for ships to Martinique.
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Quebec
Roraime
United States
Guadaloupe
State Department
New York
Martinique
Consul Thomas T Prentiss and Martinique Population Tragedy
Thomas T Prentiss, born in Michigan, appointed consul at Seychelle Islands in 1871 and later served in Fort Louis Mauritus Noueu France Batavia, named consul at Martinique in 1900. Vice consul Ameslesart, born and appointed from Louisiana in 1898. Martinique total population 185000 with 25000 in St Pierre, nearly all perished per Mr Ayme.
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Massachusetts
Seychelle Islands
Fort Louis
Mauritus
Noueu
France
Batavia
Ameslesart
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Ayme
French Cruiser Suchet Reports Destruction at Pierre
The Suchet telegraphs to Minister De Lanessan on May 8 describing the town of Pierre set ablaze by a massive firestorm. About 25,000 residents were affected with around 15 believed dead. only about thirty survivors are reported. All harbor ships were destroyed by a fresh eruption coating nearby shores.
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M de Lanes
San
Pierre
Soclock
Guatemalan cities rocked by deadly earthquakes and fires
Dispatch reports a major quake on April 18 near the western slope of Guatemala. Hundreds of homes and public buildings damaged in Quesaltenanga and nearby towns. at least 200 bodies recovered and about 60,000 left homeless as fires and floods worsen the disaster. Public and private subscriptions are mobilized to aid survivors.
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Guatemala
Bierras
Santa Clorosa
Quesallenanga
Republic
Nhot
Ammentitian
San Juan
San Marcos
Escaltla
Santa Lucia
Utalan
Novelist Paul Ford Shot by Brother in New York
Paul Leicester Ford, 87, famed author of Janice Meredith and The Honorable Peter Sterling, was shot and killed in his New York City home by his brother Malcolm Webster Ford, who then killed himself. The brothers had been estranged since their father’s death, and Malcolm faced financial difficulties. Ford’s recent marriage to Grace Kidder is noted. the estate left by Gordon Lester Ford reportedly passed to other siblings after Malion’s disinheritance.
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Janice Meredith
Peter Sterling
Ihe
Grace Kidder
Edward J. Kidder
Brooklyn
Gordon Lester Bord
Malianes
Trouble for beef traders under grand jury probe
St Louis grand jury investigates the beef trust after Jefferson City reports of diseased meat sold in St Louis. Circuit Attorney Folk will subpoena Jefferson City witnesses and other informed parties as the case heads to the criminal courts. He predicts thorough investigation similar to prior bribery scandals and vows action against those selling diseased meat.
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St Louis
Grand Jury
Jefferson City
Lolk
Hie
Folk
St Gouishaus
Explosion Injures Indianap olis Youth While Testing Lantern
Ind Spencer, a young man from Indianapolis, is severely burned on the head and face when acetylene gas in a magic lantern explodes. The hair is singed and colored vivid green. Friends mock him with mermaid sea-green tresses.
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Ind Spencer
Indianapolis
Ind
Spencer
West Indians Loot a Town as Revolutionists Begin Three Days of Terror
A British brigantine from the West Indies reports revolutionaries entered Barabona on the south west coast of San Domingo. They sacked a saloon, freed prisoners, and killed guards and inmates. Refugees were ferried to safety by Captain Innes and a sloop before government troops were forced to withdraw.
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New York
West Indies
Barabona
San Domingo
Ous
Missouri beef trust shown by testim ony in St Louis inquiry
Testimony in a Wednesday session of the beef trust inquiry reveals uniform fixed meat prices and secret rebates in St Louis. The Lig Tour legal move set for the next step to oust meat packing firms from Missouri. Attorney General Crow cites Tuesday’s St Joseph butchers evidence as proof the trust dominates Missouri.
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Uniform
Beef Trust
Lig
Missouri
Crow
St. Joseph
Supreme Court
Chaffee Sails for Mindanao to Confer with Sultan
General Chaffee sails for Mindanao aboard the transport to the Lanao district. General Davis reports a military governor’s presence may calm the Moros and Chaffee orders a conference with the surviving Sultan. Camp Vickers will host a post as troops remain, with medical supplies and two doctors aboard.
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Togalls
Lianao
Mindanao
Davis
Philippines
Ile
Davia
Sultan
Datton
Camp Vickers
No riot occurred in Warsaw according to report
The article states no demonstrations in favor of Poland's pre-establishment happened in Warsaw on Tuesday and denies claims that Cossacks charged crowds, trampled protesters, or used knouts. It also refutes assertions of six deaths 225 injuries and 800 arrests including children under ten.
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Kingdom of Poland
Warsaw
Hoisting Engineers End Strike At Butte Mines
Twenty eight hoisting engineers at Amalgamated Copper Mining mines in Butte walked out and have now declared their strike off. They failed to win support from the stationary engineers union of the Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly, which influenced the outcome. The stoppage idled the largest copper mines and left several thousand men unemployed.
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Butte
Siiver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly
Martinque
Paramaribo
Martieniques
Yia Madeira
Teneriffe
Norwham
Christiana
Dunderlandalea
Felda
Chicago
Big Express
Global turmoil and political shifts amid wartime notices
Scattered items note diverse events from around the world including changes in leadership and policy in Italy and France, labor actions in the United States, strikes in Pittsburgh and Chicago unions, and military movements in Japan and the Philippines. Other items report weather impacts in Germany and Italy, cholera statistics in the Philippines, and trade shifts affecting rails and nails.
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