Idaho brief items mix of politics and crime in 1906
Early Idaho notes record state politics with a possible post office bill for Weiser, a ten‑round draw in Glenns Ferry, and a Republican convention in Lewiston. Other items mention poultry illness warnings, a corn yield state record, and a Teheran plot against American officials with a Breck attaché shooting.
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Kansas
Kangas Club
Weiser
Saneee
Iesser
Idaho
O'Brien
HH. Crook
Lewiston
Social Service
the Columbian Club
Boise
Edward Ruskell
Picabo
Salt Lake
Hawley
John Yr. Nicholson
Moscow
Snyder
Twin Falls
Preparations for Churchill Redmond Meeting Spark Belfast Tension
London dispatches report workers plan to march on February 8 to block entry to the Churchill Redmond meeting. Orange and Unionist groups train for clashes while Belfast authorities fear attacks on the Roman Catholic quarter near Ulster Hall.
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Churchill Redmond
London
Orangemen
Churchill-Redmond
Quéeeng-leland-ant
Harlan & Wulfft
Ulater
Belfast
London Daily Mail
Ulster Hall
Five Killed In Wyoming Mine Explosion
Five miners died and eighteen were injured in a dust explosion Saturday at Kemmerer Coal Company mine No 4 in Kemmerer Wyoming. Nine of the injured were listed in serious condition on arrival at Rock Springs hospital. About 120 men were working, mostly Americans, when the blast occurred and rescue teams spent hours clearing air pockets before thorough exploration could begin.
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Kemmerer, Wyo
Kemmerer Coal Company
Rock Springs
Cummins Enters Republican Presidential Race
Senator Albert B Cummins of Iowa announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on Saturday. He said if Iowa Republicans believe him to be the right man to urge the party toward the Chicago vision his entrance into the race will significantly complicate the Republican position.
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Washington
Albert #B
Cummins
Iowa
Chicago
Wiley 18 Given A Glean Bill
Washington reports Dr. Harvey W. Wiley chief of the chemistry bureau is cleared by a House committee investigating charges in the pure food law administration controversy. The panel supports Wiley throughout its report and rejects the opposing accusations.
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Chemistry Bureau
Committee of House
Washington
Harvey W Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Pure Food Law Administration
House
Wiley
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Stephenson Exonerated in Wisconsin Senator Bribery Inquiry
The Heyburn subcommittee reported no proven bribery against Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin. It cites $107,000 in expenses as due to Wisconsin primary election practices and regular election funding needs, with bipartisan agreement on the conclusions.
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Wisconsin
Washington
Heyburn
Isaac Stephenson
Stephenson
Pernic
Ious
Gtte
Taft Denounces Judicial Recall in New York Address
A New York bar association event featured President Taft denouncing judicial recall as a dangerous principle. The speech followed a busy evening of multiple public appearances and remarks on reform.
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New York
Bar Association of
State of
Taft
Unclear historical notes on protests and executions
The readable fragments describe protests, political figures, possible abdication, and violent events including hangings and shootings. Names and places are garbled, but references to empress, trials, and military actions imply a turbulent era with figures facing coercion and punishment.
Wife wins release for Morse as Taft commutes sentence
President Taft commuted the fifteen year sentence of New York banker Charles W Morse to expire at once, citing a surgeon’s doom and the Attorney General and Surgeon General’s recommendation. Morse’s wife carried the commutation papers to Atlanta, ending months of effort by family and friends.
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Washington
Taft
Charles W Morse
New York
Tce King
Atlanta
Morse
Wickersham
Torney
U 53
Wiverty
Ag & Byeclat Messenger
Attorney General’s Office
Chinese Abduction Threatens Provisional Government Pact
The note warns of possible foreign intervention as Chinese rebels push Yuan Shi Kai to abdicate and form a provisional government. It argues powers must prevent crisis and that republican demands include throne abdication and stripping Manchu and Shi Kai of roles until recognition.
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China
Yuan Shi
Tie Nanking
Pekin
Shi ‘Kai
Anarchy in Persia Ties British Russian Actions to Nation’s Decline
W S Morgan Shuster, the American ex-treasury chief of Persia, denounces British and Russian moves as driving Persia into chaos. He says the Mohammedan population resents Christian powers and that Russia and Britain govern through Persian puppets, eroding progress toward a constitutional government and provoking bloodshed.
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Vienna
Persia
Morgan Shuster
American Who Was Dismissed As Treasury-Genial
Shuster
Titan
Russia
Perm
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