Idaho News Briefs From Boise to Moscow
Idaho state news covers deaths in Bear Lake and a Paris resident, Taft’s nomination for Lewiston receiver, an increase in insane asylum patients, wheat prices and farmer caution, interior water power land withdrawals near Crana Creek, a fatal Owyhee station accident, parole figures at the Idaho Industrial School, a Milner hold up Guilty plea, coal project heating with electricity, timber fire salvage in Clear Water, penitentiary prisoner influx and proposed felony for escapes, water pumping for 4000 acres, tax levy for county resource displays, mining claim work exemptions after forest fires, a Moscow packing plant nearing completion, sugar beet payments up, death of S A Lowd, state office force appointments, irrigation project entry bills, a fatal wagon accident in Blackfoot, forest reserve revenue for Idaho, and a house fire near Van Wyck.
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Boise
Thomas Passey
Paris
Bear Lake County
Taft
Senate
Benjamin C. Barber
Lewiston
Idaho
Secretary of the Interior
Crana Creek
Boise Meridian
A. B. Ball
Board of
Owyhee Station
Timothy Donovan
Idaho Industrial Training School
Charles Bickler
Milner
Coal Trust
Halley
Burley
Rupert
Minidoka
North Idaho
Clearwater
State Penitentiary
Snook
Supreme Court
Mark Coffin
BH. B. Berg
High Line Pumping Company
High One
Twin Falls
Heyburn
Moscow
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Idaho Falls
Blackfoot
Sugar City
A. Lowd
Calawela XY
Texas
California
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern Railroad
W. L. Gifford
Byron Hyatt
C. L. Swarmstedt
Sophia Schmidt
Martha Knight
Irene Lovelace
Senator Borah
William Kain
Pingree
State of
Multiple Fatal and Near Fatal Incidents Reported Across Cities
A roundup of violent events across the U S lists shootings in Bullake and Los Angeles, a Seattle fire kills two children and injures others, gas poisoning leaves several dead or sick, post office robbery suspects surrender after a fatal exchange, and other incidents including a leprosy case in New Jersey and a Maine cattleman’s death. Additional notes mention a Yosemite hotelier’s suicide and a charity gift to firemen’s families.
Wage dispute affects eighty-one railroads near Chicago
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and sixty-one railroads north and south of Chicago reached a 101-3 percent wage increase under a 1910 scale. In Seattle a driver died after a wreck on the seashore road near Santa Barbara while Mrs Johns and two others injured. A holly wreath caused a chandelier to fall in Chicago injuring Mrs Eda May Simons. Cappuano, a St Louis dealer, was killed in a neighborhood crime spree. Ralph Shannon, 10, died via convulsions after an alleged attempt to hang himself over a moving pictures showing dispute. Detective Jesse Gilman of Chicago was fatally shot by Gregori Graci during an arrest attempt. Governor Taft and family spent Christmas at home.
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San Francisco
J. B. Cook
California
Yosemite
Cal
Edward Morris
Chicago Packing Company
Citizen’s Relief Fund
Mark Lee
Passiac
N. J
Board of Health
Health Board
Louis Patterson
McKeesport
Washington, Pa
Zannizer Brothers & Stein
John A. Stein
Anna Lehmann
Appleton
Wis
Germany
Seymour Borrer
Coumbus
Paul Martin
Borrer
Thomas Benton Hord
Central City
Neb
Minneapolis
Minn
Indianapolis
H. Kellemeyer
Globe
Arizona
Walter Williams
Chiroahua Cattle Company
Williams
United States
Lafayette Young
Des Moines
Iowa
Dolliver
William Quinn
New York
New Orleans
Seattle
Seashore Road
Bara
M. Johns
H. S. Johns
Chicago
Eda May
Toronto
Canada
Simpead
Damat Cappuano
St. Louis
Taft
Bureau of Statistics
John Wynne
Honolulu
Hawaii
Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
Hawai Junction
England
China
Russia
House of Lords
Scotland
James Grieve
Cor-an-tee
Grieve
Prince Charlie
San Domingo
Haytien
Spanish Chamber of Deputies
Canalejas
Spain
Vatican
Huahi River
Adyces
Admiralty Izlar Armor Works
St. Petersburg
Ked
Huntington Wilson
Mr. Calhoun
Pekags
American National Red Cross Society
Martinique
Boundary Clash Near San Domingo and Hayti Threatens War
Hayti and San Domingo face a long running boundary dispute as troops mass on the border. Dominican forces, sent by the Cherokee, guard the frontier while Hayti withdraws troops, diplomacy seeks arbitration and aims to avoid bloodshed.
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Hayti
San Domingo
San_Domingo
Santo Domingo
Millions for irrigation funded by Congress approval
President Taft approved a congress authorized $20 million irrigation fund to be allocated over five years across western reclamation projects. Allocations include Salt River Arizona $495,000 Yuma California $1,200,000 Grand Valley Colorado $1,500,000 Payette Boise Idaho $2,000,000 Milk River Montana $1,000,000 North Platte Wyoming Nebraska $2,000,000 Truckee Carson Nevada $1,193,000 Rio Grande region $4,500,000 Umatilla Oregon $325,500 Klamath Oregon California $600,000 Strawberry Valley Utah $2,272,000 Sunnyside Treton Yakima Washington $1,250,000 and $665,000 respectively. Interest on the loan will be charged against the projects.
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Washington
Taft
Special Board of Army Engineers
Congress
Salt River
Arizona
Yuma
California
Grand Valley
Colorado
Payette-Boise Idaho
Milk River
Montana
North Platte
Wyoming
Nebraska
Truckee-Carson
Nevada
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Umatilla
Oregon
Klamath
Strawberry Valley
Utah
Sunnyside
Treton
Yakima
Langhorne Charged With Forgery In Helena
Samuel W Langhorne Jr chief clerk at the state board of stock commissioners was arrested Monday on forgery charges. He allegedly forged the name of Sutton on a $75 check and cashed it then failed to post bail of 5000. Investigators review Langhorne accounts as neighbors describe a young Helena native with a wife and child.
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Helena
Mont
Samuel W. Langhorne, Jr
State Board of Stock Commissioners
Langhorne
Helena Ile
Miner Stabs Wife Then Slain by Patrolman Shot
In Wellston Ohio miner Frank Buckley fatally stabbed his wife at a sick neighbor’s home He allegedly forced Mrs Louis Boggs from her sickbed and drove her husband away Buckley threatened others with a knife and revolver before police arrived Patrolman Shirrey shot Buckley through the heart ending the attack
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Wellston
Ohio
Frank Buckley
Louis Boggs
Buckley
Phe
Shirrey
Stanford President Sees Enduring Peace Myth
David Starr Jordan president of Leland Stanford University argued there will be no wars for years because pawnbrokers will block actions that would jeopardize existing loans. He spoke Monday night at Abraham Lincoln Center on The Old Peace With Velvet Sandaled Feet.
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Chicago
Europe
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Abraham Lincoln Center
Arrangements Form Dam and Levee Plan on Colorado River
The state department and the Mexican embassy have concluded plans for a dam and levee on the lower Colorado river in Imperial valley to control water flow.
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Washington
State Department
Colorado River
Imperial Valley
Government Reinforcements Move to Surround Insurgents
In Chihuahua Mexico government forces about 2,000 strong march with 2,800 additional reinforcements aiming to encircle insurgents. The operation follows a planned layout to trap the insurgent group.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Balloonist Killed in Buffalo Balloon Ascension Attempt
Frederick Brown circus performer from Buffalo died after attempting a balloon ascent in Havana. He struck a building and fell roughly 100 feet to the ground, sustaining fatal injuries.
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Havana
Frederick Brown
Buffalo
Watch once owned by Dr. Benjamin Rush to be passed through medical heirs
Dr. Robert Abbe plans to bequeath the timepiece to Dr. S West Mitchell of Philadelphia who will dispose of it by will. The watch tied to Revolutionary surgeon Dr. Rush, personal physician to George Washington and friend of Franklin, is meant to honor distinguished physicians as it passes through a chain of notable custodians. Richard Rush, son of the founder, served as attorney general and later minister to France.
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New York
Benjamin Rush
Robert Abbe
West Mitchell
Philadelphia
Rush
Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Iie
Bush Medical College
Mitchell
Abbe
Franklin
Humboldt
Busb
Richard
United States
France
Is It Coronado's Halberd Found Near Wellington
The Kansas City Historical Society discussed a Spanish halberd once lost by Coronado. Capt. Joseph A. Wilson of Lexington, Missouri, owns the steel and silver halberd found on the McClelland farm near Wellington in the early 1870s. The item is used to support theories about Coronado camping near Independence in 1641 and the Missouri River alignment with early exploration routes.
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Kansas City
Joseph A. Wilson
Lexington
Coronado
DeSoto
McClelland Farm
Wellington
Captain Wilson
Quivera
Cibola
Missouri
Mississippi
Kansas City Historical Society
Prague Fire Safety Rules Shape Built Environment
Consul Joseph L Brittain notes Prague has had no fire fatalities in 15 years and annual fire losses under 20 300 dollars. Buildings stay under five stories, with cement brick exteriors, terra cotta interiors, and concrete stairways. Attics discouraged for sleeping. central heating and tile stoves common in new hotels.
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Fire Department of
Prague
Joseph L Brittain
Europe
Municipal Abattoirs Gain Support For Cities
The essay argues municipal slaughter facilities improve sanitation, citing Paris Texas as a model where private slaughterhouses often fail. It urges cities to build sanitary slaughter houses with reduction plants and to require all animals be killed there, keeping costs low yet not burdensome.
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America
Paris
Tex
School Gardens Report Seen As Strong Summer Program
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes no official report yet but says the school gardening season was the citys most successful. Over 4300 pupil homes plus eight large plots and twelve kindergartens participated with high quality truck raised produce and strong support from pupils and teachers.
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Yonkers Opens Third Public Bath House
Yonkers New York opens its third public bath house in a Spanish renaissance building praised as one of the finest in the country. The facility features a 64 by 37 foot pool with four to seven feet depth, tiled floors and walls, capacity for about 125 shower/tank users, and a total cost of 41 thousand dollars to date.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Skinner Announces Selling Everything Below Cost
A quoted exchange from the Catholic Standard and Times questions Skinner's claim of selling below cost. The debate centers on whether prices are set lower than true value for customers, implying a critique of his retail pricing strategy.
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Skinner
Catholic Standard and Times
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Paris Post
Paris, Idaho
Idaho State News
Intermountain
Harry Bubb
Robert Wibeler
Bullake
Daniel O'Connor
Bert
Donald
O'Connor
Los Angeles
W. H. Harries
Dagmar Carroll
Ephriam
Colburn
Lafayette
Colo
United Mine Workers of American Fave
Colorado Goal District
Montrose
San Migue
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Sen
North
Porate
Ons
Montana Board of Stock Commissioners
Money Rules Lords of War
Benjamin
Richard Rush
Doctor Rush
Independence, Mo
Independence
Wise Building
Bohemia
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