Utah State News Highlights From Salt Lake City Encampment to Local Incidents
The twenty fifth annual encampment of the Utah GAR was held in Salt Lake City and Park City was chosen for next year. City workers gain higher wages and a Salt Lake ordinance requires guest registers. Efforts to build a YMCA home fund and school bond issues in American Fork and Ephraim are noted, along with mining accidents, a two story collapse, smallpox cases, and a $14 000 Richfield bond transaction for waterworks.
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Cloud burst floods Enid Oklahoma. hundreds homeless
A massive midnight storm drenched Enid and surrounding areas causing about 3000 in damage in the Enid bottoms. About 100 homes were submerged as rescuers aided residents through the night amid harrowing scenes and widespread distress. More losses feared west of Exit.
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Enid
Oklahoma
Idaho Land Reclaimed With New Canal System
Seventy five thousand acres in Idaho will be opened for settlement after the American Falls Canals and Power Company completed a Salt Lake City deal. Lyman Skeen of Ogden won the contract to build the canal from the Snake River above Blackfoot to Blaine County, with an 85 foot top width and 60 foot bottom width, carrying six feet of water to irrigate 75000 acres, 57000 acres already allocated for water rights.
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American Falls Canals & Power Company
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Blackfoot
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Shooting at Nampa Sparks Citywide Uproar
In Nampa Idaho a Sunday ball game ended in a shooting after a Boise colored bootblack, James T Quarles, fired injuring Policeman Grogan. A Boise bartender Henry Williams was arrested. A mob tried to lynch the prisoners until police swore in extra officers and blocked the jail.
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Boise
James T Quarles
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Arsenal Blown Up in Santiago Capítulo
Santo Domingo dispatch reports the Santiago arsenal exploded on Saturday amid anti government forces. General Fries was killed and twenty one people wounded. General Jose Alvarez is believed to be the author. The gunboat Colon carrying General Deschampes to Sanchen disappeared off Cape Espada. Deschampes and four others survived in a boat, others perished.
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Tornado Hits Watonga Area Destroys Homes In Oklahoma
A tornado near Watonga Oklahoma wrecked the homes of J P Atterbury and Robert Payne. Mrs Atterbury was carried fifty feet but not seriously hurt while her son and daughter were badly injured. Orchards and crops damaged. the Arkansas river surged inundating Kaw City and low-lying areas near Ponta City and Newkirk forcing residents to flee.
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J P Atterbury
Robert Payne
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Arkansas River
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Ponta City
Newkirk
Cyclone Rips Through Kansas Killing Two Injured Dozens
A cyclone struck Assyria Kansas within 24 hours killing William Olsen age 13 and Peter Olson while injuring others. The Olsen home collapsed with Olsen’s body found far from the site. Nels Olsenburg's farmhouse was carried five rods with Christine Olsenburg escaping moments before. Hail and heavy damage hit Bridgeport Ashland and Wright as farms and wheatfields suffered extensive losses.
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Wright
Permanent US Cuba Treaty Incorporates Platt Amendment
The United States and Cuba signed a permanent treaty in Ita vana in the secretary of state’s office at 4 30 pm. Secretary of State Zalda and U S Minister Squiers acted as plenipotentiaries with aides present. The pact contains no abrogation and adds no external conditions, retaining US intervention only by Cuban president’s initiative. negotiations focused on avoiding US interference in Cuban affairs.
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Squiers
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Butchered in the Streets Letter From Couple Injured
A letter from the couple describes injuries suffered during the sacking of a Russian city. The document recounts the chaos, personal peril, and seeks aid or recognition from authorities. Strong details anchor the account to the specific incident and the people involved.
Troubles of Their Own in St Petersburg Bicentennial
News from St Petersburg warns of unrest during the city bicentennial as workshops face holiday bans. Revolutionary pamphlets insult the czar and family, prompting police protection for employers. A factory fire killing about 300,000 rubles in damage is linked to workers, while reports from Kishineff describe violent mobs attacking Jewish residents and looting shops.
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First British Transvaal Parliament Opened in Pretoria
The first British Transvaal parliament opened in Pretoria with Sir Arthur Lany, lieutenant governor, delivering a welcome address. He noted no popular election, promised railway and public works expansion, Dutch language education, and leprosy concerns. Absent were the operas.
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Tornado in Texas Kills Two in Amarillo Area
A severe storm struck Panhandle country Thursday night near Hereford, Texas. The home of M R Wilson was destroyed, killing Mrs Wilson and a child and injuring Wilson. Substantial property damage occurred around Amarillo.
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Cuban Independence Anniversary Banquet Held in San Juan
The first anniversary celebration in San Juan Puerto Rico honored Cuba's independence with a banquet attended by Governor Hunt US officials and many Americans and Porto Ricans. Cuban line steamer owned by Spaniards wore all flags except the American flag.
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Union Pacific Strike Called Off After Settlement
A New York special reports the Union Pacific strike is settled and to be declared off on May 27. Officers of the railroad and striker representatives sign terms allowing return to work with higher pay, no union discrimination, and abolition of piecework in system shops.
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Union Pacific
Hawaii Language Debate Threatens Territorial Legislation
Superintendent Henry C Coopell challenges all laws since 1900, arguing the county government act is unconstitutional because Hawaiian was used in legislative deliberations. He cites Congress ban on the language in territorial government law and notes a bitter fight in the recent session over allowing Hawaiian to be spoken, resolved only after natives threatened to block legislation.
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Henry C Coopell
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Lin Ngan Fu Surrounded by Rebels After Prefect Killed
Reports from Yunnan province say the Chinese city of Lin Ngan Fu Surrounded by rebel forces after the prefect was killed. French consul confirms the crisis and telegraphic links to the frontier are interrupted.
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Town of Frank Faces Evacuation as Crevasse Opens
A crack four feet wide and 300 feet long has opened near Turtle Mountain on the western peak eroding toward Frank Canada. The lieutenant governor orders mounted police to alert residents and urge immediate evacuation. Authorities warn the town could be wiped from the map if the fissure worsens.
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Mulberry Mob Lynches Three Over Murder Case
In Mulberry Florida Amos Randall white and Dan Kelly and Blarry Gordon colored are lynched after a white man Barney Brown is ambushed and killed. A confessed motive ties Randall to hiring the Black men for the crime as a mob of about fifty unmasked citizens conducts the executions.
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Dan Kelly
Blarry Gordon
Mulberry
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Tornado Toll and Storms Across America Hit Numerous Towns
Reports of tornadoes and storms across the United States list casualties and damage. A Kansas cowboy killed near Dodge City, Mrs Tish Shane fatally injured, and Ridgeman county homes destroyed. Montana cold snap and New York heat deaths noted. Significant fires in St Hyacinthe leave most homeless. Lincoln elm fell in Springfield. Multiple76500
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Tish Shane
Cuba’s Independence Day Marked by Night Illuminations
The first anniversary of the Cuban republic was celebrated with midnight lights on club fronts rockets and steam whistles. Businesses were closed and streets filled with celebrants as dispatches from multiple cities confirmed a wide islandwide holiday observance.
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President Roosevelt completes California tour amid brief speeches
President Roosevelt finished his California visit and on Wednesday began the longer stretch of his western trip toward Washington. He rode through the mountainous region near Mount Shasta where few towns lie and crowds were large at stops, with Governor Frank Merriam bidding him farewell at Hornbrook.
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Baptist minister burned to death in Richmond home fire
Ney Henry Storey a Baptist minister died in a Richmond Michigan house fire after being ill and unable to escape. His wife was severely burned and feared not to survive. The blaze destroyed their home and Storey reportedly rose in the night to seek medicine and dropped a lamp. He had served congregations in Kentucky and Iowa.
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Waterspout Wrecks Nebraska Crops and Tracks
A waterspout burst in the Papple river valley twenty miles west of Omaha on Wednesday. The little stream became a raging torrent hundreds of acres of corn, wheat and oats washed from the ground. Valley damage is estimated at $10,000. Rail lines on the Union Pacific Burlington and Missouri Pacific were washed out. At Plattsmouth the flood caused about $75,000 in damage.
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