Idaho News Snapshot From Across The State Fort Boise To Parma
Idaho headlines cover Fort Boise work funding for 1909, Oregon Short Line employee suspensions, suffrage resolution by Representative French, Mabel Saxton’s burns, Heyburn Mill mineral entry validation, Parma bee Keepers meeting, Aberdesh telephone link to American Falls, Boise club support for forest reserve policy, a Franklin child bitten by a dog, dope cure in Boise jail, Ada County Farmers Institute event, Idaho & Washington Northern railroad bridge, blue Sundays at Wallace, Minidoka land withdrawals restorable, Idaho Wool Growers delegates to Washington, duck hunting arrest in McCammon, Payette river body near Placerville, Mulalley health in Alaska, Neal bond posting in Boise, Governor Gooding vs Sheridan decision, Orchard case near Caldwell, Homesteaders in Middleton reclamation work, Caprim townsite filing, Marysvale Canal company formation.
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Congress
Fort Boise -Tor
Oregon
Zarmisheed
French
Mabel’ Saxton
Hampa
Senate
Heyburn
Idaho
Bee Keepers’ Association
Parma
Aberdesh
American Falls
American Falls Canal
Boise
Ira White
Franklin
Ada County Farmers’ Institute
Dairy and Horticultural Association
Meridian
House of 3
Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad
Pend Oreille River
Wallace
Minidoka
Idaho Wool Growers’ Association
Peter G. Johnson
L. L. Ormsby
Capital State Bank of Boise
District Court
Neal
Supreme Court
Wood
Nbel
Gooding
R. 9. Sheridan
The
Capital News
van Duyn
Canyon County
Harry Orchard
St Caldwell
Orchard
Homesteaters” Association
Bolsa, Hyer
Danish Financial Panic Forces Bank Suspension
A Danish financial panic hits Copenhagen as a tight money market and speculation prompt runs on several banks. Two small banks suspend payments while the government and the central bank guarantee all risks and provide funds to satisfy both Danish and foreign creditors.
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Copenhagen
Roosevelt Defends Patronage on Sunday Letter
President Roosevelt labeled charges of using federal patronage to aid Secretary Taft as false and malicious. He sent a letter to William Dudley Foulke of Richmond Indiana outlining appointments sent to the Senate and asserting no presidential contest influenced any action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
William Dudley Foulke
Richmond
Ind
Foulke
Senate
RIFLED BANKS VAULTS IN SALT LAKE CITY
Salt Lake City reports a January theft at Utah National Bank with an estimated loss between 40000 and 50000 dollars. A bank employee with access to unsealed envelopes is suspected to have obtained the reserve money chest combination and carried out what is described as the largest bank theft in local circles. Directors have covered the loss and detectives are investigating.
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Salt Lake City
Utah National Bank
Gruesome find in Oakland links to local murder case
Workmen digging a sewer trench at Gibson and Kimball in Elmhurst unearthed a female body in a sack buried three feet deep with lime. The victim, unrecognizable, is connected to A Wilkins jailed in Alameda County for the presumed murder of Verna Carmen of Kansas City. Wilkins admits burial but claims the death was by her own actions.
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Oakland
Cal
Colyer
Gibson and
Kimball Avenues
Elmhurst
A Wilkins
Alameda& County
Verna Carmen
Kansas City
Wilking
Endurance Horse Race From Ogden To Denver Planned
F G Bonfils of the Denver Post announces a long distance race from Ogden Utah to Denver Colorado. Six prizes totaling 1000 dollars are offered with 500 dollars to the first prize winner. Cavalry horses from the U S army may compete and Utah Colorado and four Wyoming judges will oversee the event.
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Denver
Ogden
Utah
F. G. Bonfils
The
Denver Post
Post
United States Army
Colorado
Wyoming
Land Fraud Sleuth Meyendorff Dies In Portland
Frank Michael Meyendorff, special agent for the Department of the Interior, died in Portland at 58 from Bright's disease. A renowned investigator, he earned a stellar reputation for uncovering coal land frauds in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado in 1906, guiding the Interstate Commerce Commission to convict the offenders.
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Portland
Ore
Frank Michael Meyendorff
Department of the Interior
Bright
Meyendorf
Fia
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
Interstate Commerce Commission
Meyendorff
Minidoka Project Crop Reports Show North Bank Yields
Washington crop reports detail the Minidoka irrigation project in southern Idaho. North bank totals cover 14 333 acres with 5 507 food crops and 6 798 fair yields across 648 farms, about a third with good crops and the rest fair. South bank acreage totals 629 with 89 percent fair yields, indicating mixed outcomes for the first year.
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Washington
Minidoka
Daho
Minority Currency Bill Advances in House Toward Gold Reserve Reform
The bill, introduced by Representative John Sharp Williams, repeals reserve loan rules for national banks and shifts to gold reserves in central cities. It sets bank liability limits, restricts leverage, and allows a portion of reserves in U S bonds. It also establishes a tax and depositor fund tied to bank failure handling.
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Washington
John Sharp J Willams
Mississippi
House
House Committee On Banking
National Bank Shadi
United States
Neorest
United States Emergency Treasury
Joan
Burlington Plans Transcontinental Route to Kearney
Burlington directors approved a new transcontinental route from Montana to Kearney Nebraska. General Manager Holdridge disclosed the plan during a Wyoming state engineer hearing addressing a protest against a Big Horn river power dam project by Asmus Boysen.
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Burlington
Cheyenne
Wyo
Burlington Railroad
Tta
Eo Tacific
Montana
Kearney
Neb
Holdridge
Burlington i N
State Engineer of
Wyoming
The
Big Horn River
Asmus Boysen
Night riders burn tobacco barns in Adams Tennessee
Night riders attacked the farms of Hugh C. Lawrence and Wash T. Vicker in Adams Tennessee on Friday night looting 20 000 pounds of tobacco and burning barns. Lawrence was wounded in the cheek and hand while his son was struck in the leg. The two men reportedly never joined the union.
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Adams, Tenn
Hugh C. Lawrence
Wash T. Vicker
Lawrence
Lawrences
Vicker
Union
City Is Heid Responsible in Train Collision Verdict
A coroner's jury found Los Angeles city liable for a collision between a Salt Lake train and a Brooklyn avenue streetcar. The conductor of the streetcar was killed when the crushed car toppled onto him after the signal to proceed was given. The verdict charges the municipal government with failing to provide a watchman at the crossing.
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Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Brooklyn Avenue
Raleull Secures Release of Mighty Nation Hostage
Tangler Catch Mr Harry MacLean, held for seven months by the bandit Raleull, is handed over to the British chargé d affaires under an agreement with Rafsull. Rafsull receives 100000 dollars and a ransom plus a guarantee of protection for himself and family. Mack is healthy but appears weaker than before his capture.
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Harry MacLean
Raleull
Rafsull
Rafsulls
Mack
Governor in Craft Scandal At Capitol Project
Harrisburg reports reveal contractor Sanderson and three former state officers facing conspiracy charges over the furnishing of the new capitol. Stanford B. Lewis says Huston drafted a reply to Attorney General Carson at the urging of ex Governor Pennypacker and Snyder, a claim casting the letter as a misleading whitewash tied to other state contracts. The 1906 letters were part of the Capitol scandal inquiries.
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Harrisburg
Sanderson
Stanford B. Lewis
Huston
Carson
Penny
Packer
Snywer
Lewis
Pennypacker and
Snyder
Attorner
Capitol
Acting Public Printer Change at Government Printing Office
Washington reports William S. Rossiter sought bond approval as acting public printer but the treasury refused. Captain H T Brian, as associate public printer, succeeds to the vacancy and administers the printing office as acting public printer. Rossiter remains as the president’s representative conducting the investigation.
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Washington
Williams
Rossiter
Sallings
Treasury Department
Department
H T Brian
Brian
Government
Portugal Republicans Predict Imminent Monarchy Fall
Republican leaders in Portugal forecast a peaceful revolution within months asserting the monarchy will collapse as in Brazil. They claim widespread organization with support from doctors singers and village priests while warning foreign observers that the people are awake and the regime will surrender. Financial crisis deepens as Portugal bears foreign debt and gold fluctuations strain commerce.
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Secrcy
Manuel
Carlos
Franco
Dom Pedro
Brazil
England
Comerce
Assassinated King and Crown Prince Laid to Rest
In Lisbon the bodies of the murdered king and crown prince were borne in a funeral pageant in black velvet chariots drawn by hooded horses to the Bra ganza dynasty pantheon. Seven hours passed from the gathering at the palace to the firing salvos and musketry while British warships answered the tolling bells.
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Lisbon
Son of Priest a Murderer in Lisbon Gang
Rio Janeiro reports Manuel Res Silva Bulssa leader of the band that killed King Carros and Crown Prince Luiz in Lisbon. Born in Braganza Portugal he was Abbe of Winhnes’s son with nine siblings. Aunts violence and Bulssa’s liberal politics frame this murder profile as his family fortune remains in Vinhaes.
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Rio Janeiro
Carros
Luiz
Lisbon
Manuel Res Silva Bulssa
Braganza
Portugal
Winhnes
Belmira
Manuel
Africa
Bulssa
Manuel Bulissa
Bulkin
Vinhaes
Attorney Hall Found Guilty In Wheeler County Case
Portland Oregon reports U S District Attorney John H Hall convicted of conspiring with Butte Creek Land Livestock and Lumber to maintain a fence enclosing 2000 acres of puli land in Wheeler county. Offense carries fine up to 10000 or up to two years of imprisonment. Sentence suspended. Judge Wester grants 60 days to file notice of appeal and until May 1 to prepare bill of exceptions.
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Portland, Ore
United States
John H Hall
Butte Creek Land, Livestock & Lumber Company
Wheeler County
Lionel R. Wester
Railroads Ready for California Fruit Shipment Surge
California fruit crop of the year prompts Southern Pacific Union Pacific and San Pedro lines to ready fast freight engines and refrigerating cars. Local yards prepare for a rush of perishable freight to eastern markets as shipments begin in a few weeks.
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California
Ogden
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
San Pedro
Needs of a larger navy discussed for Pacific defenses
General Bell of the army and Representative Hobson met with the house naval affairs committee for three hours to discuss a bigger navy. They considered Subig Bay at Manila Bay fortifications and Pearl Harbor defense. A bill for 200000 dollars to start the latter project was introduced.
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Washington
General Bell
Ataf
Army
Hobson
Alabama
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Pacific Coast
Subig Bay
Manila
Aary -Quek
Pearl Harbor
Hofiore
Thaw Seeks Softer Asylum Move Under Observation
Harry K X Thaw desires a transfer to a more congenial asylum. He is confined at Mattawan under strict observation. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Daniel O’Reilly plan a visit to inspect the asylum at Poughkeepsie. A call to his mother was also noted.
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Fishkill’ Landing
Harry KX
Thaw Thaw Matteawan
Mia
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Daniel O/Reilly
Thaw
San
Poughkeepsie
Sisiteg Ae Eridsy
Poughkeepale
Lands Withdrawn From Public Entry for Carson Reservoir
Approximately 22 500 acres in Nevada’s townships 17 18 and 19 range 26 26 east Mount Diablo meridian are withdrawn under forest withdrawal for the Truckee Carson Irrigation project. The lands are segregated from any public land law dispositional processes and set aside for Carson reservoir purposes.
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Washington
Nevada
Mount Diablo
Meridian
Carson Reservoir
Franco Seeks Isolation After Arrival in Bordeaux
Franco former Portuguese premier Joao Franco arrived with his family from Madrid and spent the day in his hotel room near the railway station. He provided no information on future moves, asked to be left alone with his sorrow, and did not leave the hotel or receive visitors except the Portuguese vice consul.
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Franco
Bordeaux
Joao Franco
Portugal
Madrid
Homeless Build Fires in Bowery Streets Amid Cold Snap
In New York, a bitter cold wave drives the unhoused to build fires on the Bowery to avoid freezing. One unidentified man dies in Brooklyn as harbor drift ice hampers ships and Saranac Lake and northern New York record extreme lows.
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New York
Brooklyn
Saranac Lake
Two Women Die of Cold in New York Home
Police say caretakers Margaret Meek Bertle 70 and Margaret Kelly 40 were found dead in a kitchen by a stove in a New York City house. A coal bin and 17 cents were found nearby as investigators believe they fell asleep warming themselves and froze to death.
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New York
Margaret Meek Bertle
Margaret Kelly
Millions for Navy Seek Big Ship Plans in 1920s
Secretary Metcalf urged Congress to appropriate 73.77 million dollars for construction and conversion of war vessels. He proposed four battleships at 38 million, four scout cruisers at 10 million, ten destroyers at 8.6 million, four marines ships, one ammunition ship, one repair ship, two mine laying ships, and four fleet colliers totaling the request amid expected reductions.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Metcalf
Four buried in Crested Butte snowslide near coal mine
A snowslide Wednesday near the Crested Butte coal mine on the mountain a mile south of town carried four men down 1000 feet. Two were buried and killed. the other two rode the slide and reached the bottom uninjured. Miners on top witnessed and rushed to aid, but recovery found them dead in the snow.
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Crested Butte
Colo
Telluride Snowslides Kill and Injure Miners
Telluride Colorado endures five snowslides near the Liberty Bell property. Michael O Rourke a millman is dying and nine men are injured amid heavy snowfalls. Rail traffic is paralyzed as snow piles up to four feet in Telluride Durango Silverton and Ouray.
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Telluride
Colo
Michael O'Rourke
Liberty Bell
Colorado
Durance
Silverton
Ouray
Won Wager But Lost His Life Beattie
John Johnson of Kent wagered he could stop a Tacoma-Seattle interurban train by waving his hat on the tracks. The motorman blew the whistle but Johnson did not move. He won the bet but was killed when the train struck and mangled him.
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Beattie
John Johnson
Kent
Tacoma
Baboon Attacks Students at Ocean Park School
A large African baboon escaped from a cage at George B. McClelland’s home and entered Ocean Park school, biting pupil Mark Howlett on the face neck and legs. The creature caused panic as it roamed the area with another baboon chasing children who sought shelter in the school.
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Ocean Park
Cal
Mark Howlett
George B. McClelland
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