Idaho News Roundup Highlights State Growth and Crime
Idaho opens the first district school for Indians near Kamiah next month, commerce expands with new banks and auctions, and crops and livestock fill valley pastures. A series of crimes, trials, and investigations include a murder case in Pocatello and a man killed in Kellogg.
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Kamiah
Idaho
Chicago
Lemhi County
Cambridge Valley
Moscow
Asteal Food
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Hollisiser
Little Smoky Creek
Halley
Nampa
Pocatello
Canyon County
Heyburn
Senate
Coeur d’Alene City
Idaho Falla Register
Round Valley
Salmon River Land & Irrigation Company
Mexico
Council Bluffs
Walter Greenup
Boise
Cassia
Lemhi
Salmonbty
Bark Horse Works
Farmers and Traders Bank
Gate City
Ww. J. McConnell
Bureau of Corporations
United States Department of Commerce and Labor
Denver
Wallace
Caldwell
John H. Billings
Coeur d’Alene
Emma Wuer
Kingman, Kas
State Teachers’ Association
North
Northwest
ReForestration & Conservation Society
Spokane
Oscar Gunderson
Coeur d'Alenes
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Kellogg
Caldwell_Commercial club
Council Mesa
Tim Sullivan
Lucy Miller
District Cour
Eleven Men Lost After Ship Fire Near Point Pelee
The steamer Clarion burned near Point Pelee in Lake Erie early Thursday. Two men died and thirteen others, including Captain B J Ball and twelve crew members, are missing. Six aboard were rescued by the steamer L C Hanna and Brother after attempting to abandon ship. Survivors report a crew member froze to death while another was recovered after falling overboard.
Plague Wiped Out Says Surgeon General Report
Washington reports plague conditions on the Pacific coast improve with no human cases in San Francisco in 1909 and only four rat cases. The public health service cites rat and ground squirrel extermination efforts, notes a serious infection in Contra Costa county, and mentions declines in India with 168,403 cases in fiscal 1909 versus prior years.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Pubic Health and Marine Hospital Service
San Francisco
Contra Costa County
Cal
India
Cook Lawyer Drops Client in Seclusion Controversy
Dr Frederick A Cook faces a widening dispute as his personal attorney Henry Wellington Wack reportedly ends relations. Wack would not confirm withdrawal but states he urged Cook to seek new legal advice, noting Cook’s whereabouts remain unknown amid rumors of Brooklyn or Maine locations or even overseas.
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Aev
Cook
Explorer
New York
Frederick A. Cook
Henry Wellington Wack
Wack
Hils
Wwiclke
United States Navy Fights For Second Place In World Power
The 1909 Navy Year Book shows the United States and Germany competing for second in world naval power. US ships total forty five battleships and armored cruisers built or planned, Germany forty six, with US tonnage 659 241 versus Germany 785 687. Germany leads in torpedo destroyers with ninety seven to US thirty six and in large guns 208 to 180.
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Germany
Washington
Navy
United States
Show Their Hands
Fifty members from Central American colonies in Mexico City met at a private residence and adopted resolutions denouncing President Taft and Secretary Knox along with U S policy toward Nicaragua. The group split among Zelaya supporters and rival candidates, forming a regular organization.
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Mexico City
Central American Republic
Taft
Knox
United States
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Bret Harte's Daughter Seeks Divorce in Yonkers Court
Jessamay Harte sues Henry L. Steele for divorce in Yonkers New York alleging desertion in Portland Maine. She recounts support from an unnamed actress after her eight year marriage began in Denver.
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Bret Harte
New York
Jesssamey
Henry L.iEteele
Colorado
Yonkers
N.Y
Portland
Jessamay Harte
Denver
Liberal pledge on Ireland self government at Albert Hall
At a monster meeting in Albert Hall Herbert Henry Asquith outlined Liberal policy. He said the party would limit the House of Lords and grant self government to Ireland if returned to power. The audience, all men, greeted the plan with great enthusiasm as suffragettes were barred.
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London
Albert Hall
Herbert Henry Asquith
House of Lords
Liberal Party
Ireland
Zelaya Defends Nicaragua Policy in AP Interview
President Zelaya tells an Associated Press staff correspondent that the United States unjustly condemns his government and that he proposed to Secretary Knox submitting the case to a church committee for inquiry. He denies personal initiative in the Grace and Cannon shooting and cites a military tribunal ruling on Thong.
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Managua
Zelaya
Associated Press
United States
Knox
Isidore Sezera
United
Mutineers to Be Executed in Davao Plaza
Manila reports fourteen men of the Second Company native constabulary stationed at Davao Mindanao have been sentenced to death for murder tied to a June mutiny. The verdict follows trials at Davao with Judge Gate presiding.
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Manila
Native Constabulary
Davao
Mindanao
Une
Roy Libby
Davao Plaza
Supreme Court
Judge Gate
Plan Tariff Reform Aims General Duty On Most Goods
London reports Birmingham Daily Post outlining Unionist tariff reform proposes a general tariff with duties on most goods not raw material. Raw materials would be duty free while partly manufactured items face 5 percent, nearly completed 10 percent, and fully manufactured 16 percent. Revenue projected at 16 to 20 million pounds with delays to allow foreign trade deals.
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London
Birmingham Daily Post
Joseph Chamberlain
Germany
United States
Jeffries Johnson Bout to Be Held in Salt Lake City
The Jeffries versus Johnson fight is slated for Salt Lake City and will not be fixed. Tex Richards says officials and bankers back the plan and expect no interference. The Salt Palace can host about 30 000 spectators with some alterations. Moving pictures will be used in the murder trial in Victoria British Columbia showing Ito Kokovosotoff meeting and the assassination scene. The U S Supreme Court grants certiorari in the Buck Store and Range suit bringing the full record to review.
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Boston
Jeffries and Johnson
Salt Lake City
Tex” Richards
Salt Lake
Salt Palace
Victoria
B. C
Prince Ito
Harbin
Kaga Marn
Kokovostof
Wii
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Samuel—Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Buck Store and Range Company
Supreme Court
Flood of bills spawns push for action in Congress
Washington reports a flood of over 350 bills and resolutions filed in a single day as senators promise action this session. Many measures failed previously and 90 percent likely receive little consideration. pensions lacking under general law appear among the proposals. A notable move by Senator Rayner seeks presidential authorization to arrest President Zelaya as a criminal for the murder of two Americans involved in Nicaraguan revolutionary activity.
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Washington
Rayner
United States
Zelaya
Nicaragua
San Francisco Tuberculosis Ordinance Gives Broad Health Powers
The San Francisco board of supervisors passed an ordinance granting health officers power to separate consumptives from family members or remove individuals from the home to isolation if they do not comply. The measure targets tuberculosis control and is intended to guide affected households.
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San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Americans Executed in Nicaragua For Steamer Bomb Plot
A Managua dated November 19 issue reports Cannon and Grace, two American suspects, executed after a Fort El Castillo trial. It alleges they were caught attempting to blow up the steamer Diamante and confessed to placing the mine while in possession of dynamite fuses and explosive devices.
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New Orleans
Managua
Nicaragua
Cannon
Grace
Diamante
Fort E Castillo
Bryan Engine Sparks Water Lift at Mission Texas
William J. Bryan opened the throttle to start the pumping plant at Mission Texas. The unit will pressurize and move water for the lower Rio Grande irrigation canal, beginning Tuesday.
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Brownyville
Texas
William J. Bryan
Mission
Rio Grande
Dairies Linked to District Deaths Health Official Reports
Washington Health Officer Woodward states about fifteen percent of deaths in the District result from diseases linked to milk from nearby dairies. The declaration was made Wednesday.
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Washington
Woodward
Borah Proposes Ethics Bill Limiting Corporate Representation
Senator Borah of Idaho introduces a bill in Congress aimed at barring lawmakers from serving as attorneys for corporations or others under government regulatory control. The measure targets eastors representatives and delegates, steering clear of direct legal practice for entities under federal oversight.
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Washington
Congress
Railroads
Senator Borah
Idaho
Senate Judiciary Committee
Borah
King of Spain a Sick Man
Madrid reports King Alfonso XIII, heir to Alfonso XII, is afflicted with a tubercular ear disease. Doctors from Bordeaux have begun general procedures and a major operation now looms, heightening court anxiety over the king's weakened state and hereditary tuberculosis concerns.
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Spain
Madrid
Alfonso
Mon
Bordeaux
Alfonso XII
Alfonso XIII
Leper John Early Leaves Salance for New York Institute
John B. Early once confined as a leper in Salance Washington has departed for the Rockefeller Institute in New York for examination by Dr Simon Flexner whose finding will be accepted by the Washington health department. Early’s attorney says he will drop his civil damage suit for false imprisonment in exchange.
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Washington
John B. Early
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
Simon Plexner
Flexner
Early
Washington Health Department
Hes
Euidut
Washington Health Officers
Labor federation backs rail switchmen strike in northwest
In Cincinnati Samuel Gompers announces AFL support for the Northwest railroad switchmen strike after talks with Frank Hawley. He warns trouble could spread if demands are not met, signaling possible wider labor action. In New York a French banker syndicate fully subscribed 100000 United States Steel shares once planned for Paris listing.
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Cincinnati
American Federation_of ‘Labor
Northwest
Samuel Gompers
Frank Hawley
American Switchmen’s Union
Faiode Skpeatentiouzr
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Battleships Georgia and Nebraska collide off Virginia Capes
During tactical exercises off the Virginia capes the battleships Georgia and Nebraska collided. The impact was not serious and both ships were able to return to Hampton Roads. The two vessels sustained minor strain in Rivera.
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Washington
Georgia
Nebraska
Virginia Capes
Hampton’ ‘Roads
Rivera
Earthquake in Guam causes severe damage to hospital
A cablegram revived at the navy department reports a severe Guam earthquake with extensive damage including the Women's and Children's Hospital wrecked and no casualties recorded.
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Washington
Navy Department
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Savannah Ax Murders Kill Two Women and Wound Fourth
In Savannah Georgia a violent crime left Mrs Eliza Gribble and her daughter Mrs Carrie Ohlander dead in their home on Friday. Mrs Megsie Hunter 32 is hospitalized in critical condition after being found at the front door. Police report indicate an assault prior to the killings and about 150 prisoners are detained for questioning.
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Savannah
Eliza Gribble
Carrie Ohlander
Megsie Hunter
Savannah Hospital
Christmas Jewelry Marketing Promises Attention to Needs
An advertisement-style note touts reliability and personal attention for Christmas jewelry shoppers. It urges readers to write or call with needs and promises full attention, contrasting with competitors.
Rainy street tale of a hat recalling a Mormon temple
A fashionably dressed woman shelters from sudden rain as a plainly dressed man thanks her for a hat that recreates the great Mormon tabernacle. He recalls Salt Lake City years ago and says the sight brings a life long longing to see the temple again before he dies. He departs into the downpour.
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Chicago Tribune
Salt Lake City
Mormon Tabernaclé
New England Doctor Recounts Clever Village Prank
A young physician recalls a precocious twelve year old in Dobbs Corners who asked for measles to be spread among all village children. The boy, hidden from his home, offered money to attend school and spread the illness, revealing sharp wit and secrecy in the rural setting.
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New
Lippincott’s
Girl recites song during school exhibition
A teacher advises Mary during singing practice to keep going if she forgets lyrics. On exhibition day Mary impresses the audience, wearing a rose wreath and maintaining rhythm with tummy-tum-tum syllables until the words return.
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Mary
You Can't Beat Her The Ideal Wife Believes All
A fragment reflects dated gender stereotypes claiming the ideal wife accepts and believes whatever her husband says, portraying subservience as virtue within a marriage.
Circumstantial Evidence at Fort Worth Railroad Case
A witness describes a fatal train incident in Fort Worth with a humorous mishap tale as he recalls how Ole disappeared after the whistle and a train passed. The retelling emphasizes the confusion and shock of the event during testimony in the railroad case.
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Fort Worth
Ole
Everybody's Magazine
Devil's Tall a Good Thing and a Cure for Dyspepsia
In Independence Kansas a reporter describes a boy tying a cart to a man for rides as a sign of simple pleasures. The piece begins with a humorous quip about a doughnut hole and dyspepsia, reflecting light local observations.
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Pasa
Independence
Kansas
Duke and fiancée dispute turns legal row
The Kansas City Journal reports a serious rift between a duke and his fiancée with lawyers involved. The couple has not spoken amid the dispute, described by contemporaries as more than a mere lovers quarrel.
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Kansas City Journal
Uncertain Proposal Prompted by Night Visit
Maud I dreads answering if she accepted Arthur as he may come tonight. If he arrives she will have said yes. if not she will have declined, leaving the outcome tied to his visit.
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Arthur
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