Murder follows horse theft feud in Idaho sparsely settled region
Sam Thomas known as Scarfaced Thomas was shot and killed near the Livermore ranch in Hamer district Idaho. Billy Williams and Mose Johnson opposed Thomas and Joe Williams in a long running horse theft dispute. Joe Williams and Thomas pursued horses. a quarrel erupted and shots were fired leaving Thomas dead and Joe Williams escaped. Johnson, Billy Williams and Johnson surrendered to Constable James Eby. The area has a history of violent deaths tied to rancher horse feuds.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Sam Thomas
Thomas
Billy” Williams
Livermore Ranch
Billy
Willliams
Johnson
Mud Lake
Market ‘Lake
Roberts
Joe Williams
Williams Brothers
Billy’ Williams
Billy Wiliams
James Eby
Fremont
Daniels denies Panama Canal will double navy power
Secretary Daniels told delegates that the canal opening would not double U S naval efficiency. He conceded it would improve mobility and overall fleet effectiveness but disputed claims of vastly increased sea power for the United States.
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Mobile
Ala
Panama Canal
Daniels
Southern Commercial Congress
United States
Colorado Governor orders militia to Colorado coal fields
At 1 20 Monday morning Gov. Ammons terminated conferences with operators and strike leaders and ordered the state militia to proceed to southern Colorado coal fields to disarm mine guards and strikers.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Veteran editor William Nelson dies suddenly at 74
Salt Lake Col. William Nelson, editor of the Salt Lake Tribune, died Sunday morning without warning just after his seventy fourth birthday. He spent thirty two years with the Tribune in various roles starting as a reporter.
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Salt Lake
William Nelson
The
Salt Lake Tribune
Nelson
Engineer Wahl Burned When Illinois Central Limited Ditchs
In Cedar Falls Iowa a Chicago to Omaha limited train on the Illinois Central was wrecked by a defective switch. Engineer Wahl sustained severe scalds, his fireman sprained an ankle, a mail clerk crushed a hand and several passengers were bruised and scratched.
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Cedar Falls
Wahl
Calumet to Mount Machine Gun Car on Mine Train
Reported Saturday that after the Duluth to Calumet line attack officials plan to mount a machine gun on a flat car attached to trains carrying imported miners to the Calumet and Hecla mines. The move aims to bolster security for workers arriving by rail.
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Calumet, Mich
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
Calumet & Hecla
Pacific Coast Manager of Curtis Suicide in San Francisco
William H. Daniels longtime Curtis Publishing Company manager for the Pacific coast shot and killed himself Monday in his San Francisco home. He had served twenty three years in the position and died of a self inflicted gunshot.
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San Francisco
Wiliam H. Daniels
Pacific Coast
Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
U S Similarities to Cuban War Prelude Noted
The Chronicle comments on the Mexican election result and sees strong parallels between current U S affairs and the mood before the Cuban war highlighting unrest and foreign policy tensions.
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London
The
Chronicle
United States
Troop Train Dynamited Near San Salvador Mexico
Dispatch reports a troop train on the National railroad was dynamited near San Salvador in Zacatecas, with fifteen people fed according to a dispatch from Satie.
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Mexico City
National Railroad
San Salvador
Zacatecas
Satie
Martial Law Begins in Colorado Strife Hits Three Camps
Three battles mark the first day of martial law in Berwind and nearby camps. One mine guard killed, four union men wounded, two children of non union men shot, a county marshal wounded, and a guard missing. Militia from Trinidad company arrives and closes all saloons in the three camps.
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Berwind
Colo
Colorado
Tabasco
Hastings
Trinidad Company
Diaz Seeks Protection After Refusing Huerta Orders
General Felix Diaz and two Mexican companions with an American journalist were granted asylum on the U S ship Wheeling after warning Washington their lives were at risk. Admiral Fletcher requested instructions, with the State Department directing transfer off the African ship within a reasonable time. They may choose to sail on a commercial liner to Havana or New York.
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Washington
Felix Diaz
Haveing
Huerta
Fletcher
Diaz
Wheeling
State Department
Department
Havana
New York
Will Push Moffat Road to Salt Lake City Link
Promoters move to start constructing the missing half of the Moffat line from Craig to Salt Lake City. The 150 mile link is expected to cost about 5 million dollars with financier partners from Boston and New York providing capital after a recent inspection tour. North Platte reports the final large tract of Nebraska government land was drawn for 538 homes near the city and the military reservation, with Marvin Tritch of Kirksville drawing the top number.
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Denver
Craig
Cole
Salt Lake
F. H. Prince
F. H. Prince & Co
Boston
W. R. Patton
Charles J. Singer
New York
North Platte
Neb
Nebraska
Uncle Sam
Nebraska National Forest Reserve
Nebraska Military Reservation
Marvin *Tritch
Kirksville
Buckner Becomes First Black Minister in Liberia Mission
George W Buckner is appointed as the new American minister and consul general to Liberia and is the only Black in the diplomatic service holding ministerial rank. Buckner, a physician by training, succeeds the Haitian post now led by a white diplomat.
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George W. Buckner
Liberia
Haiti
Buckner
Extradition Petition Filed For Harry K Thaw
Bernard Jacobs the New Hampshire lawyer for New York filed another extradition petition with the secretary of state on Tuesday seeking Thaw.
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Concord
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
Bernard Jacobs
New Hampshire
New York
United States Tires Proclaimed Mighty On The Road
Their toughness and durability are proven daily under every conceivable condition. The grinding wear and tear they withstand establish United States Tires as "Mightier Than the Road" worldwide.
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United States
West
Death of Harry Hungate in roadside accident
Coroner's jury finds Harry Hungate died from a concussion after stepping from a speeding car to recover a hat. The October 23 incident occurred near a road house while a party of youths traveled to Butte. Hungate jumped from the vehicle during gusts of wind as Miss Ollie Shienese tried to retrieve her hat.
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Harry Hungate
Bain
Henigee
Agineferring
Butte
Hungate
Joe Boulette
Ollie Shienese
Allie Maloney
Boulette
Miss Maloney
Miss Shienese
Shienese
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