Eleventh National Irrigation Congress Attendees Hear Utah Progress
The Eleventh National Irrigation Congress held in Ogden drew large attendance with Secretary Wilson and other national leaders praising irrigation work. Utah delegates showcased water use to transform sage brush land, while resolutions urged statehood for New Mexico Arizona Oklahoma and expansive water storage and forest protections to aid arid regions.
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National Irrigation Congress
Ogden
Weden
Wilson
Utah
Congress
Idaho
W A Clark
Montana
L W Shurtiff
W C. Johnson
Colorado
John Hall
Texas
Maxson
Nevada
Clark
Max
Arizona
A. Fowler
Arkansas
A van Etten
California
Statehood
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Senate Committee On Public Lands
West
Great Plain
Coulees
Platte River
Nebraska
Wyoming
Secretary of the Interior
St Louis
Portland
Idaho triumphs in Clark Cup and fruit display
Idaho won the Clark Cup for best fruit collection at the Irrigation Congress with Utah close behind, while Manhattan Malting Co. of Montana took the barley cup. The American Sugar Refining trophy went to Ahodes of Garland, Utah, with Utah Sugar Co. second and Austin Brothers of Rexburg third. Exhibits included seventy apple varieties, seventeen peach varieties, and twenty four ounce apples in a striking "Before and After" display showing a sagebrush plant and oversized apples.
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Idaho
United States
W A Clark
Utah
Pabst Brewing Company
Manhattan Malting Company
Manhattan
Mont MecNeft Bros
North Yakima Wash
Anheuser Busch Brewing Company
Nayemeier
American Sugar Refining Company
Ahodes
Garland
Utah Sugar Company
Austin Brothers
Rexburg
Servian Military Conspiracy Report From Belgrade
The London Times correspondent says about 1500 officers are involved in a Servian conspiracy centered around Nish. The plotters control key civil and military offices and the arsenal and treasury while the king is surrounded. Minister Gentchitch is alleged to hold an incriminating letter. Regicides may begin moderating their stance as the situation evolves.
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London Times
Belgrade
Servila
Nish
Gentchitch
Peter
War Fears Mount as Turkish Bulgarian Front Nears
From Quli chevo, a dispatch to the London Daily Mail says frontier skirmishes fuel belief war is days away. Turkey massing about Palanka with 40 000 troops while Bulgaria fields 4 000 at Kostendil. reports of insurgent defeats near Melnik and massacres in nearby villages accompany the tension.
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Qulichevo
London Daily Mall
Turkey
Palanka
Kostendil
Kubnitza
Bulgaria
Zontcheft
Melnik
Despondent Kansas City Packers Owner Dies by Suicide
Henry Mockley 64 former Riverside packing house proprietor in Kansas City killed himself with a bullet in a desolate room of a tenement. He had lost about 3600 in the June flood after building a prosperous business that suffered ruin. he had lived in Kansas City twenty years, coming from Switzerland three weeks earlier. his plant ruin followed the flood.
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Henry Mockley
Riverside Packing House
Kansas City
Mockley
Switzerland
Illie
Danish Lutheran Pastor Returns to Denmark to Fight Mormonism
The Rev C Hansen, longtime president of the Danish Lutheran church in America, has arrived in Copenhagen to conduct missionary work against Mormonism. Mormon activity has drawn many Danes to Utah, with a temple dedicated in Copenhagen last year as part of the church’s campaign.
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Copenhagen
C Hansen
Danish Lutheran Church In America
Denmark
Utah
Mr Hansen
American consul general to negotiate Abyssinia treaty
M Robert F. Skinner the American consul general at Marseille will lead a marine detachment into Abyssinia to negotiate a commercial treaty with the Abyssinian king. The effort aims to secure advantages for American trade under state department instructions.
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State Department
Robert F. Skinner
Marsseilles
Abyssinia
Ife
Peace Promised After Turkish Atrocities In Monastir
The sultan told the Russian ambassador Minnovieff that orders had been issued to prevent a repetition of Turkish excesses in Monastir and Adria. He warned that guilty parties would be punished and indicated reform measures would resume as proclamations are issued. The German envoy Baron Marschwall von Dieberstein reported the sultan appeared optimistic as the suppression progresses.
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Minnovieff
Monastir
Adrianopla
Massa
Baron Marschwall von Dieberstein
Porte
Polo Fatal Accident At Onwentsia Field
Nathan Swift son of Louis P Swift died after a blow from a polo ball at Onwentsia field during a game. He was among players Trederick McLaughlin W W Rathbone Al Tharwell Sidney Love Walter Keith R R McCormick and Charles Garfield King. Swift first showed no danger but later suffered dizziness and delirium before death.
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Nathan Swift
Louis P. Swift
Onwentsia
Mr Swift
Trederick McLaughlin
W. W Rathbone
al Tharwell
Sidney Love
Walter Keith
R R McCormick
Charles Garfield
King
Mr Love
Swift
Denver to seek Trussell Bolles for 1901 murder in North Denver
As soon as papers arrive from Washington officers will travel to Vancouver to arrest Trussell Bolles on a murder charge in the New Year’s Eve 1901 killing of 14 year old Friborn and his sister at a North Denver pond. Bolles, a musician, was located after a lengthy search by James W. Willis, former Sullivan Indiana town marshal.
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Washington
Vancouver
Trussell Bolles
Denver
Iarold Friborn
Friborn
Bolles
James W. Willis
Sullivan
Ind
Mexico Cheers Silver Money Move After Commission Visit
Great satisfaction prevails in Mexico over the successful European visit of the Mexican monetary commissioners. It is believed that upon Limantour’s return from France, a measure will be submitted to congress to establish silver money. The government’s financial position is described as excellent.
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Congress of the
United States
Salt Lake City
Columbia
Sacramento
Colorado
Rio Grande
Arkansas
Missouri
Secretary of the Interior
Reclamation Fund
Treasury of
The
Congress
Mexico
Woman regains voice after three years of silence
Dispatch from Utica reports Miss Emma Lewis, 60, paralysed to speech for three years, had vocal chords restored by local physician using electrical treatments of varying power. She has not fully regained speech.
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Emma Lewis
Utica
Greer County Farmer Shoots Neighbor and Son
W P Price, a Greer County Oklahoma farmer, shot and killed a neighbor’s boy named Parks and mortally wounded Parks’s brother. Price wounded his own son in the incident claiming self defense after Parks allegedly burned his barn.
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W P Price
Greer County
Oklahoma
Parks
Price
Bungle Wire Enables Telegraph and Telephone Use
An innovation on the New York Central line between Utica and Albany allows a single wire to carry telegraph and telephone messages simultaneously. While an operator sends a Morse code telegram, another person can speak a message without interference.
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New York Central
Utica
Albany
Desperado Chief Curry Trailing Through Montana Mountains
The posse hunts Kid Curry and his gang across the Bear Paw range near Dears Taw mountains Montana after their two Great Northern express train robbery on July 2 1901. Curry escaped from Knox County jail while awaiting transfer to Ohio penitentiary and has many local friends aiding his escape. The pursuit faces long delays and rough terrain with telegraph links scarce and potential encounters days away.
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Dears Taw Mountains
Montana
Kid Curry
Great Northern
Knoxgille
Ohio Penitentiary
Curry
Bear Paw
Sultan of Sulu Departs for Singapore With Wives and Retinue
The United States government disclaims subjects of the sultan of Sulu who leaves his palace for Singapore. The ruler, ailing and childless, is said to have a short time before losing pension and pearl income. His move stems from a weakened throne after American intrusion and lack of male heir.
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Sultan of Sulu
Singapores
United States
Dattas
Singapore
Straits Settlements
Bones of Antedeluvian Animals Found in Wyoming
Professor Frederick B Loomis of Amherst College returns to Boston from a Wyoming expedition with fossil finds including rhinoceros horse camel beaver rabbit and about 500 specimens. A nearly complete titano as large as an elephant was set up and a sheep like oréo don was found with only toes missing. A sea creature the ruogasaurus rivaled a whale in size.
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Frederick B Loomis
Biological Department
Amherst College
Boston
Wyoming
Fowslis
Train strike kills woman on road to church in Colorado
A Rock Island passenger train speeding to make up time struck a handcar carrying five people toward Fountain to attend church. Mrs James I Roberts aged 60 died and her daughter Susie 22 was seriously injured. The men jumped free. Mrs Roberts and her daughter suffered severe injuries and Mr Roberts was killed.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Saya
Rock Island
James I. Roberts
Susie
Roberts
Kone
Fountain
Mr. Roberts
Drowned Victims Found At Lewes Lifesaving Stations
Three men drowned were recovered at lifesaving stations near Lewes Delaware on Sunday morning. One body lay near Lewes station one near Henlopen station and one near Rehoboth station. The Rehoboth victim was Henry Joyce of Cape Breton New York identified by his son Marty Joyce, a crew member of a fishing steamer at the breakwater.
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Lewes
Dela
Henlopen
Rehobeth
Rehoboth
Ienry Joyce
Cape Breton
Marty
Gay Preacher Sentenced Under Kidnapping Law
Free Methodist preacher Rev R A Gould eloped with Eva Flint a 16 year old girl from Central City Ned last March. He was convicted in Omaha as the first case under the state kidnapping statute enacted after the Cudahy incident and sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. He was captured in North Dakota and brought to Nebraska under requisition. He had a wife and five children.
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R A Gould
Eva Flint
Central City
Ned
Cudahy
Omaha
North Dakota
Nebraska
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