Woman killed by lamp explosion at Idaho home
In Weiser, Idaho, Mrs. Utley died from severe burns after a lamp exploded while she removed it from a wall bracket at night. Her daughter and son, awoken by her scream, helped try to smother the flames as the house burned. Mrs. Utley and her family suffered extensive injuries before rescue arrived.
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Weiser
Idaho
Chile
Erastus Utley
Winser
Utley
Mr. Utley
Abe
Angeiing
Uthey
Heighborn
Prohibition Suits Seek Ousting Kansas Mayors and City Officers
The Kansas Attorney General filed suits in the state supreme court to oust Pittsburg Mayor A B Kirkwood and to bar Pittsburg and Junction City from collecting licenses from saloons. Similar actions target Kansas City Kansas Mayor Rove. Alleged violations are widespread with Ichita, Leavenworth, Fort Scott, and Topeka cited as flagrant. In Topeka the city reportedly does not derive revenue from joints.
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Topeka
Kan
Kirkwood
Pittsburg
Junction City
Kansas Supreme Court
C Coleman
Rove
Kansas City
Ichita
Leavenworth
Fort Scott
Roosevelt Tours Porto Rico by Auto to San Juan
President Roosevelt rode an automobile along the Porto Rican railroad from Ponce to San Juan. An ovation greeted him as he spoke of affection for the people and pledged ongoing effort to secure citizenship and steady support toward self government.
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Roosevelt
Porto Rico
San Juan
P. R
Ponce
T Hem
Mate Blamed For Horror On Wrecked Dix
Seattle report says Dennison Rever, mate of the wrecked Dix, caused the disaster by attempting to cross in front of the Jeanie after a warning from Captain Lermond. The collision led to the loss of more than fifty lives as the vessel sank Sunday night.
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Seattle
Dennion
Dix
United States Marine
Lermond
Jounie
Dennison Rever
Jeanie
Engineer Takes Blame for Woolville Train Wreck
Valparaiso Indiana engineer Frank Detnaur testified before the Indiana railroad commission he bore all responsibility for the Woolville wreck that killed three. He said no whistle response from a freight train warned him, yet he proceeded assuming safety.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Frank Detnaur
Baltimore & Ohio
Woolville
Indiana Railroad Commission
Powers to Send Warships to Tangier Amid Tangled Crisis
Authorities announce a joint emergency plan with France and Spain ready to deploy warships to Tangier and land up to 3000 troops to protect foreigners and restore pasha authority. The operation aims to safeguard life and property without occupation while keeping Moroccan sovereignty.
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France
Spai
Morocco
Tangier
Moroes
Alwectias
Suffren
St. Louis
Chartemiere
Towehard
Galtier
Jeanne d'Arc
Forbin
Algeciras
Marnace
Ata
Tangler
Agalnet Rajeyit
Chief of all sinners rebating crime denounced
Kansas City Arthur E. Stillwell president of the Kansas City Mexico Orient railroad told the railroad club Saturday night rebating is the worst crime. He compared a rebator to a hired assassin and urged twenty years to life in penitentiary for violators.
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Kansas City
Arthur EB. Stillwell
Kansans City, Mexico & Orient Railroad
Railroad Club
No Favors Shown to Russian Jews Sparks Political Fray
A Russian dispatch reports threats from reactionary parties over Jewish rights, with a central delegation claiming to represent many in the Rieslan realm. Protest letters to the emperor warn of forced actions, while authorities fret the reform program may provoke clashes between reformists and monarchists and provoke Stolypin’s stance.
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St. Petermburk
League of the
Rieslan People
New York Crank Claims Mission Linked to Arson Spree
Walter Finney aged 2d years, described as a crank from New York, says he was sent by the Lord to cleanse and chastise. He was arrested in connection with a series of fires causing alarm and damage near Teenteihiind Street and Einhehave. He confessed to setting one blaze and claimed presence at other arsons, including a tenement house fire in Beventoonth Street near Belin Avenue.
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New York
Walter 6
Finney
Fie
Briday
Teenteihiind Street
Einhehave ii E Erly Peiday
Lanes
Belin Ave
Torpedo schoolship Almwwiras destroyed at Toulon harbor
In Toulon France the torpedo schoolship Almwwiras was totally destroyed by fire late Sunday evening. About five hundred men were aboard when the blaze began but authorities later said all were saved except three who disappeared after not answering roll calls.
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Toulon
France
Canada Abrogates Postal Convention With United States
Canada informs the United States that the postal convention will be abrogated on May 7 due to friction over publishers privileges. Officials say the action covers a second case and may be extended by future legislation or departmental rules guiding the U S Post Office.
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Washington
United Strves Post Office Department
Canada
Austria-Hungary Budget Debate Opens in Budapest
In Budapest the Auastro Hungarian delegates convened as Franz Joseph received the gombeers in the royal palace. He outlined prober lines of conduct favoring allied state ties and Balkans talks with Russia while maintaining friendly ties with all powers. The 1907 joint budget proposes a net credit of 73,615,456 dollars, up 4,191,582 from 1900, mainly due to army costs.
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Budapest
Frances Joseph
Royal
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Balkans
Norway Wins Pact to Shield Nation From Aggression
An international compact would guarantee Norway's inviolability against territorial aggression and grant a SwitzerlandBelgium like status. Norway seeks neutral protections due to its Atlantic harbors and shared frontier fortification limits with Sweden, aiming to develop peacefully without a large army.
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St. . Petersburg
Norway
Switzerland
Belgium
Atlantic
Sweden
Fortifica Hon
Caruso Found Guilty In Central Park Incident
New York tenor Enrico Caruso was found guilty of annoying women in the Central Park geological garden. Magistrate Maker imposed a ten dollar fine after a three day hearing at the Yorkville police court. Judge Dittenhoefer questioned the verdict as unjust and said Caruso would likely not appeal.
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New York
Enrico Carawao
Central Park
Yorkville
Dittenhoefer
Caruso
Peary Returns From North Pole Quest After 16 Months
The Roosevelt steamer arrives in Sydney after a sixteen month voyage. Commander Peary and his wife Mrs Peary are ashore. the expedition reached 57 degrees 6 minutes north, about 200 miles from the pole, amid fog and rough seas while weathering the United States’ closest approach to the pole.
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Sydney
C. H
United States
Roosevelt
Pole
Commander Peary
Fifty Thousand Dollars Offered to Fight Jeffries
Salt Lake City reports Tex Rickard offers fifty thousand dollars to the purse to back a Jim Jeffries comeback bout in Nevada. Rickard seeks a worthy heavyweight challenger to spark a major fall exhibition and revive big boxing interest.
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Salt Lake City
Jim Jeffries
Nevada
Tex Rickard
Jon Gane
Battling Nelson
Servian Dynasty Pressure Reported in Berlin Dispatch
A Prague Evening Gazette dispatch from Berlin reports a strong movement among Servian politicians and military leaders to depose the Karageorgevitch dynasty led by King Peter in favor of a European prince.
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Evening Gazette
Prague
Berlin
Belgrade
Karageorgevitch
Peter
Double Tragedy in Bellevue Rooming House
Mr and Mrs James E Scott Mitchell of Salem Massachusetts were found dead in a Bellevue rooming house east of Toledo Sunday morning. A formaldehyde odor marked entry to the room and Coroner Vermilya ruled double suicide, while later details suggest Mitchell drugged his wife and killed himself after causing her death.
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Toledo, O
Mia
James E. Scott Mitchell
Salem
Mass
Bellevue
Here
Vermilya
Mitchell
Nein
World seeks American wood and products rise in exports
The Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor says global demand for American wood and its products is nearly universal. Exports in the first nine months of the year rose one percent from last year, totaling 59 million dollars, with projections reaching 61 million including shipments to adjacent territories.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Posse Searched for Illinois Youth Who Fatally Shot Father
A Peoria posse and three bloodhounds scour the woods along the Illinois river for Edward Clifford 21 after he fatally shot his father Isaac Clifford during a dispute over money. The youth fled into thick undergrowth near Clifford after the tragedy.
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Peoria
Ilinois
Edward Clifford
Isaac Clifford
Young Clifford
Clifford
Rius Police Chief in Cienfuegos Leaves Town
Cable from Governor Magoon reports Rius, recently removed as chief of police at Cienfuegos, fled with a band of ten to fifteen. Rural guards pursued. Gorman and others offered forces to capture but Tender declined. No apparent significance attached to the incident.
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Washington
Taftoon
Magoon
Havana
Rius
Cienfuegos
Gorman
Chicago football season 1906 fatalities and injuries
The Chicago Tribune reports 11 players killed and 104 severely injured in 1906 football, compared with 18 killed and 150 injured in 1905. The paper suggests rules changes have reduced risk and casualties in the sport.
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Chicago
the Tribune
The
Tribune
Three Youths Sentenced in Ocean Beach Murder Case
Sanu Francisco West wood William H. Mears and Frederick A J Peterson pleaded guilty to murder and robbery in the Mullinix case at Ocean Beach. They admitted the crimes and were sentenced to life imprisonment, ending their pleas of not guilty.
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Sanu Francisco
Walter H. Westwood
William H. Mears
Frederick A. J. Peterson
Fred Mullinix
Ocean Beach
Coal Shortage Forces Nebraska Towns to Halt Freight
Nebraska towns face coal famine with rail car shortages. Burlington officials warn they cannot meet grain and coal freight demand simultaneously, prompting urgent calls for relief as congestion worsens.
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Omha
Snelington Fall Road
Nebraska
Burlington
Double tragedy as Chicago executive and wife die by self
James F. Delaney, vice president of the American Shipping Company, was shot by his wife who then killed herself. Delaney was found with a bullet wound in the back of the head, and Mrs Delaney lay nearby with a bullet in her brain. The revolver remained in Delaney's hand when the room was entered.
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Chicago
James F. Delaney
American Shipping Company
Delaney
National Grange Condemns Free Seed Distribution
The National Grange convention in Denver adopted agriculture resolutions condemning government seed distribution as unhelpful. It opposed a national fertilizer act and urged amending the oleomargarine law to secure convictions. The committee referred a proposal for a national nursery stock protection law to state granges for preventive legislation.
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Denver
Colo
National Grange Convention
Committee On Agriculture
Beneft
Sympathy for Soldiers Transfer Plan
Three New York troops discharged by Roosevelt will be taken to Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York under a citizen led plan. Former soldiers will receive clothing care and eventual employment through committees. Citizens may hear the soldiers’ side of the story. Soldiers are presently at Fort Reno Oklahoma.
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New York
United States Army
Roosevelt
Cillage
Philadelphia
Fort Reno
Okla
Victory for Bryan and Trans Mississippi Congress Adjournment
Kansas City reports the Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress adjourning after electing H Lovelnd as presiding officer and adopting two resolutions by Wood Trgan. Delegates endorsed secretary Elli Root's merchant marine support and better South American mail facilities. Next meeting slated for 107 in Muskee, T.
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Kansas City
H. Lovelnd
San Francisco
Wood
Trgan
Elli Root
South America
Trans-Missinsippi Commercial Congress
Muskokee
Reversal of Choctaw freedmen land grant plan
The interior department reversal of Commissioner Tams Bixby’s decision affects about three to four thousand people in the Choctaw nation who are freedmen under 21 as of March 4 1906. Each eligible individual will receive land equal to 40 acres valued at about $15 per acre.
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Muskogee
Interior Department
Tams Bixby
Innocent Man Released from San Quentin Prison
James Dowdall, who had been sentenced to fifty years for a San Francisco robbery later confessed by Slemsen and Dabner, was released Thursday under Governor Pardee’s pardon. Dowdall offered no defense at his trial, and the case ties to other murder charges.
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San Quentin
Cal
James Dowdall
T. B. W. Leland
San Francisco
Slemsen
Dabner
Pardee
Dowal
Roosevelt in closer contact with Emperor says English paper
The Westminster Gazette urges Britain to appoint a top diplomat to Washington. It asserts Britain’s influence at Washington has faded since the German embassy rose, and states Roosevelt is in closer, more confidential contact with Emperor William than with any other European leader.
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London
Westminster Guzette
Washington
Great Britain
Roosevelt
William
Europe
Explosion at Bouffard Comb plant Kills Owner’s Wife
An explosion of celluloid at the Bouffard Comb company plant blasted through a window, killing Charles Bouffard's wife instantly. Bouffard himself was dying and a boy employed there was seriously injured. The blast wrecked the third floor and fire injured several workers from nearby plants.
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New York
Bouffard Comb Company
Bullens
Charles Bouffard
Bouffard
Storm claims three lives in Pecos valley area
El Pano Texas reports three men dead in the Thursday storm in Pecos valley. Mail carrier Jack Kemp was found buried in snow, while Edward Lamar and Antonio Santiago died of exposure in the Guadaloupe mountains. A. M. Fireman of Cartobud is listed among missing.
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el Pano
Texas
Pecos Valley
Jack Kemp
Edward Lamar
Antonio Santiago
Guadaloupe
A. M. Fireman
Cartobud
Federal Court
Opposition 10 Reform Plans Are Formed In Parliament
Constitutional Democrats ally with the Jewish groups in the western provinces aiming to win seats. The coalition includes the League of Jewish Equality and the Jewish bund. Stolypin warns reforms will push patriots to criminal acts even as the ministry keeps Jewish questions for parliament.
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Peterbourg
Stolypin
Party of Legal Order
M. Stolypin
Kiev
Constitutional Democrats
League of Jewish Equality
Jewish Bund
Godalier
Regeneration Party
Constitution Democrats
Vote in Idaho in detail
Boise Idaho Statesman compiles county canvass results from the recent election. It lists Governor Gooding ahead 28 286 to Brochkringer 29 480 with Gooding losing by 8 800, Stewart over Denning for Supreme Judge by 19 681, French leading Durton II and Hattibaugh by 18 594, Lansdon over Galloway by 11 164, Burrell over Chapin by 11 164, Guheen over Paine by 16 617, Hastings over Morris by 16 360, Bragaw over Bennett by 17 191, Chamberlain over Franch by 17 076, and all amendments defeated.
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Boise, Ida
the Statesman
Frank R. Gooding
Brochkringer
Gooding
George J. Stewart
Denning
Stewart
Durton II
M. R R. Hattibaugh
French
Robert Lansdon
A. F P. Galloway
Lansdon
J. A. Burrell
George Chapin
Burrell
Belle Chamberlain
Pearmeal Franch
Miss Camberlain
Steamer Haverford Reaches Philadelphia After Passenger Riot
The Haverford from Liverpool arrived at its Philadelphia wharf on Thursday after being fog bound on Tuesday. A free-for-all brawl broke out among steerage passengers, stewards were assaulted, and a panic ensued until ringleaders were arrested and turned over to U.S. authorities.
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Philadelphia
Haverford
Liverpool
Delaware
United States
Wall Crashes Down on Two Workmen at Brewery
In San Francisco a brewery side wall toppled in a heavy windstorm on Thursday burying two laborers, Banko Matow and Jenue Peyes, under tons of masonry. They are badly injured and may not recover as others pull debris and clear the site.
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San Francisco
Banko Matow
Jenue Peyes
Matow and Reyes
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