Idaho News Roundup Drifts Through Far West and Local Briefs
Idaho headlines note record cold in Boise in April 1878 era reports. Governor Hawley pushes tax plan for full cash value assessments. Nampa district election passes by 401 to 66 under new law. Freight engineer Charles Welffie killed in Pocatello yards. White slavery indictments against Kwan Ha Ray and Ostrander. Burglars rob Murphy cigar and Kane grocery stores in Pocatello. Centerville Mining flume collapses, 800 feet long, 80 feet high, to be rebuilt. Enormous alfalfa and timothy crops on irrigated lands near Hailey. Bular ranch yields 80 bushels oats, 90 barley, 60 wheat per acre. Idaho day set for Omaha land show. Hawley likely to attend with staff. Canning factory proposed in Boise at 30000 dollars plus operating costs. Northern Idaho praised as top timber country by Wisconsin lumberman Goodliap. Ostrander gets six months in jail for white slavery and Interstate Commerce violations. Neusis shearing plant near Halley claims world’s largest sheep shear facility. Josie West convicted for voting while inmate at Wallace. Wool sales dates set for Mountain Home. large wool storage. Capture of Daniels and Moreland after 150 mile chase. B. L. Whitney dies in Berkeley. former penitentiary warden. Deer Flat reservoir water ample for cultivated lands per Frank W. Hanna. Pocatello Elks plan to urge grand lodge purchase of western cattle ranches to create elk refuge. Herbert Randall of Placerville hospitalized after broken leg. Mike Harmon near Nampa notes abnormal quince tree bloom. frost impact and later blooms anticipated.
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Charles D. Welffie
Pocatello
Kwan Ha Ray
C. C
Ostrander
Fred Murphy
James F. Kane
Centerville Mining & Milling Company
Centerville
Hailey
Idaho
Omaha
Hawley
Boise
United States
R. J. Goodliap
Madison
Wis
Carl Rash
C. C. Ostrander
Halley
Neusis Shearing Company
Josie West
Ll Fame
Wallace
Mountain Home
Oakley
Aberdeen
Robert Daniels
Minnie Moreland
C. P. Moreland
Daniels
B. L. Whitney
State Penitentiary
Berkeley
Cal
Deer Flat
Frank W. Hanna
United States Project
Caldwell
Pocatello Lodge of Elks
U. P. O. BE. Grand Lodge
Wyoming
Herbert Randall O
Placerville
Mike Harmon
Nampa
Hinrean
Multiple Obituaries and Incidents Reported Across the Nation
The report lists several deaths by suicide and accident, including tailors and a Seattle hotel case, along with other fatal incidents. It notes arrests for embezzlement by Joseph R. Kingham in Cheyenne, a Colorado Senate vacancy, and a train washout near Akin. Also covered are Alaska land tensions at Cordova, Bryan at Chicago, and Taft’s Philadelphia medical reception.
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William Schumacher
Chicago
San Francisco
Ohio River
John Tucker
Linton
Ind
Elizabethtown
Christopher Snyder
Montana
United States
Honolulu
Jim Plynch
Pueblo
Colo
al Kaufman
Kansas City
Wisher
Wyandotte
Detroit River
Stephen Clement
Cleveland
W. W. Auhl
Louis Sugden
Sugden
State of Ohio
Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company
Alaska
Cordova
Alaska Steamship Company
British Columbia
William J. Bryan
Taft
Philadelphia
Medical Club of Philadelphia
Miners killed in Michigan mine fire tragedy
In the Hartford mine of the Republic Tron and Steel company at Negaunee Michigan seven men died when timbering caught fire blocking escape. The incident adds to a broader national news sweep including indictments in Los Angeles and political shifts abroad and at home.
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Hartford
Republic
Tron and Steel Company
Negaunee
Mich
Los Angeles
James
John McNamara
Ortie McManigal
United States
Alfred Beard Kittredge
Sioux Falls
S. D
Nat Hot Springs
Ark
Pass Free List Bill Adopted by the House Vote 236 to 109
The Democratic majority pushed through the tariff bill on meats and agricultural implements with a 238 to 109 vote. Democrats united with 24 Republicans while the Republican minority failed to alter the measure amid numerous amendments. Minority Leader Mann urged changes but was blocked.
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Washington
House
Mann
Committee On Ways and Means
Grand Council Abolished in Pekin Cabinet Formed
Pekin edict abolishes the grand council and sets up a constitutional cabinet of ten members. The cabinet includes Liang Tun Yen as second foreign minister, Prince Ching as premier and foreign affairs minister, and Na Tung and Hsu Ehih Chang as vice premiers. Current presidents of boards become ministers of their departments.
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Pekin
Grand Council
Liang Tun Yen
Foreign Board
United States
Prince Ching
Na- Tung
Hsu Ehih-Chang
Liang Tuan Yen
Jealous Miner Kills Girl and Self in Stockton
In Stockton California Paul Miller a 43 year old miner killed Margaret Martinez a 19 year old Spanish girl after firing two shots into her back as she played piano. He then placed dynamite in his mouth and blew his head apart in the adjoining room with the fuse attached.
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Stockton
Cal
Margaret Martinez
Paul Miller
Miller
Two Boys Drowned in Kalispell Mill Pond Find
In Kalispell Montana the bodies of two Creston boys ages 11 and 14 were recovered from Jessups mill pond after being dragged from the water since Friday evening. Authorities have few details but believe they fell from logs while fishing near the mill.
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Kalispell, Mont
Jessup’s Mill
Peter Eimen
Douglas Smith
Creston
Taft Nomination Prompts Navy Rear Admiral Knight
President Taft sent to the senate on Monday the nomination of Captain Austin M. Knight to be a rear admiral. Knight was acquitted by a court martial of responsibility for the sinking of the monitor Puritan in Hampton Roads, over the protest of Secretary Meyer.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Austin M. Knight
Meyer
Knight
Hampton Roads
Revolution brewing against Hayti president in Kingston
Reports say a new revolution directed at President Simon of Hayti is forming in Kingston. Haytian exiles long settled in the city have allied with expatriates from Porto Rico and St. Thomas to oppose the administration.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Simon of Hayti
Porto Rico
St. Thomas
House panel urges probe into sugar refining firms
The rules committee recommended a Washington investigation of the American Sugar Refining Co and all other sugar manufacturers to determine possible violations of the anti trust law. The move targets sugar refining operations and related concerns to assess compliance.
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Washington
American Sugar Refining Company
House Committee On Rules
Bank Robbery Attempt Foiled by Bank Staff in Portland
A bold bank robbery at the East Side Bank 3 on Monday afternoon failed after employees defended the vault. The robber fired at Cashier Fred Alt and was met with return fire from President Newhall. He fled but was captured.
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Portland
East Side Bank
Fred Alt
Newhall
Five of Sanford Day Eight Children Die in Albemarle Fire
A devastating blaze swept the Davis home near Free Union in Albemarle County on Monday leaving five of Sanford Day Eight’s six children dead. The farmer and family residents were among those affected as investigators work to determine the cause.
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Charlottesville
Free Union
Albemarle County
Davis
Keeping Tab on Commission in Treasury Spending
Washington reports the house committee calls for a detailed statement of all money spent by the monetary commission since its organization. The request aims to track expenditures and ensure fiscal transparency in the commission’s operations.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Treasury
The
Monetary Commission
Population figures for Idaho towns from 1910 census
The census bureau lists 1910 and 1900 populations for Idaho cities and towns. The table includes Boise 17358, Pocatello 9110, Lewiston 6043, Moscow 3670, Twin Falls 5258, Nampa 4205, Rexburg 1893, Coeur d Alene 7291, Idaho Falls 4827, and many smaller communities led by Albion 392 and Bellevue 702 with numerous other settlements across the state.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Idaho
Albion
Cassia
American Falls
Oneida
Arco
Blaine
Ashton
Fremont
Basalt
Bingham
Bellevue
Boise
Ada
Bonners Ferry
Bonner
Caldwell
Canyon
Cambridge
Challis
Custer
Coeur d'Alene
Kootenai
Council
Culdesac
Nez Perce
Filer
Twin Falls
Franklin
Georgetown
Bear Lake
Gifford
Ounes Glenns Ferry
Elmore
Gooding
Lincoln
Hailey
Scaly
Seis Harrison
Idaho City
Idaho Falls
Iona
Cess Jerome
Kamiah
Kellogg
Shoshone
Kippen
Kooskia
Lewisville
McCammon
Bannock
Malad
Maryavale
Meridian
Moscow
Latah
Mountain Home
Nampa
New Plymouth
Oakley
Cane Orofino
Parker
Parma, Canyon
Pearl
Peck, Nez Perce
Pocatello
Rathdrum
Richfield
Rigby
Rupert
St. Anthony
Salmon
Lemhi
Samaria
Shelley
Soldier
South Boise
Ammon
Athol, Kootenal
Blackfoot
Buhl
Centerville
Cottonwood
Emmett, Canyon
Genesee, Latah
Grangeville
Tlo
Juliaetta
Kendrick
Lewiston
Mackay
Menan
Montpelier
Mullan
Shoshong
Paris
Payette
Placerville
Preston
Rexburg
Roberts
Kootenal
Sandpoint
Soda Springs
Spirit Lake
Sone Stites
Seeee
Sugir
Troy
Sarah
van Wyck
Agnes Vollmer
Wallace
Wardner
Weiser
Wendell
Weston
McNamaras Indicted in Dynamite Conspiracy Case
Los Angeles grand jury indicts James and John McNamara and Ortie McManigal on twenty one counts. Nineteen target the McNamaras for murder in the Times plant blast that killed twenty one, while two allege McManigal as principal with the brothers as accomplices in the Llewellyn Iron Works explosion with no fatalities.
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Los Angeles
James
John McNamara
Ortie McManigal
McNamarag
Times
McManigal
McNamara Brothers
Llewellyn Iron Works
Motorman Dies in Bicycle Collision Before Surprise Party
Clark W. Green twenty three a motorman on an interurban line died after colliding with an automobile while hurrying home to a surprise party. He suffered a fractured skull and died a few minutes later at a police ambulance gathering in Denver.
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Denver
Clark W. Green
Green
Court Mourning for King Edward Ends in Windsor
On the first anniversary of King Edward's death a memorial service was held at Windsor attended by the queen mother Alexandria the king and royal family and the late king's household. Accession of King George marked by naval and military salutes and warship dress.
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Porfiro Diaz
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero
Australia
Commonwealth
Black Sea
Oaxaca
Sheklung
Hast River
Hong Kong
Canton
Wilfrid Laurier
England
Canada
Madero
Mexico City
Diaz
Windsor
Queen Mother
Alexandria
King George
Queen Mary
Meissner
Vienna
Mademoiselle Thirlion
Cologne
Germany
Algun
Manchuria
Amur
London
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
China
Hongkong
Edward
Stodgers Attends Wedding Reception and Muses on Guests
Stodgers finds himself crowded at a wedding reception and complains of the crowd. He quips about the bride and bridegroom, then learns the stout lady is the groom’s mother. He awkwardly clarifies he must have mixed him up with the younger brother and leaves for home.
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Stodgers
Cleveland Plain Dealer
They Didn't See Story Tellers Mix Tall Tales
A trio of professional story-tellers occupy a club corner as Brown recounts an unbelievable tale. The others doubtfully remind him that they themselves do not see, highlighting the nature of belief and narration.
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Brown
Lippincott’s
Wisdom of Woman. Savings Bank Depositor Joke
A depositor asks a bank to cancel his old passbook and issue a new one. The cashier asks what is wrong. The man replies his wife won’t let him have the old book, implying the change is effectively the same. The judge ends the setup with a punchline.
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Savings Bank Depositor
An Easy Way to Learn About a Man’s Shortcomings
A guidance piece suggests listening to relatives to understand a man’s faults. The idea hinges on informal observations and family conversations rather than formal assessments. The column implies gossip-like insight can reveal character traits.
Johnny Wishes for a Little Sister Cartoon
A light Catholic News comic strip shows Johnny telling his mother he wants a sister to stop teasing the cat. The mama asks why and Johnny simply explains his motive.
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Johnny
Boy’s airgun purchase raises safety concerns
Quote captures parental worry as a mother asks about her son’s behavior after buying an airgun. Father reassures that school relations are fine but the comment hints at potential emotional distress and safety worries.
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