Railway prospects brighten Boise Basin link
Shoshone Journal Idaho notes Boise gas plant due to operate by June 1 and a railway to the Basin improving daily. Other items include a Belee Rapid Transit extension to South Belle, a 25,000 dollar Coeur d Alene survey bill, local political moves, and several local accidents and developments.
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Word River
Tibutary
Halley
Boise
Pocatello
Clarence Roush
Walter Rickman
Belee Rapid Transit Company
South Belne
Russians Defeated At Cheng Ju In Major Engagement
Advices from St Petersburg report a significant battle near Cheng Ju where Russian forces retreated in order after heavy casualties. Japanese troops suffered great losses yet held the field with cavalry and infantry engaged on both sides. The clash, centered between Pingyang and Wiju, signals a broader Russian advance through Korea and a major Japanese defense near the Pak-Chen and Anju region.
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Othernburg
Kuropatkin
Mishchenko
Cheng Ju
Chung Ju
Pingyang
Wiju
Mogyank
London Chronicle
Shanghai
Korea
Sonmliting
Pak-Chen
Anju
St. Petersburg
Ruselon
Useuri
East Coast
Puk-Chang
Tuten River
Panama canal inspection by commission on Alliance
The Panama canal commission will inspect Colon on the steamship Alliance and review canal company documents as preparation for transfer of property to the United States government. The group, led by Rear Admiral John C. Walker, includes Gen George W. Davin, William Barclay Parsons, William H. Burr, Benjamin M. Harrow, Ewald Gronaky, and Col Frank J. Hocker, and will stay about two months.
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Panama Canal Commission
Colon
Steamship Alliance
Canal Company
United States
John C. Walker
George W. Davin
District of Columbia
William Barclay Parsons
William H. Burr
New York
Benjamin M. Harrow
Louisiana
Ewald Gronaky
California
Frank J. Hocker
Detroit
Mitchell to Lead Colorado Coal Strike in Denver
John Mitchell head of the United Mine Workers of America will be in Denver by April 18 and is expected to personally direct the state strike. The report was released by W. R. Fairley, executive board member, and Chris Evans, Mitchells financial representative in the strike district.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Denver
W. R. Fairley
National Organization
Chris Evans
Mitchell
Flood Devastates Michigan with Enormous Losses
Five loes lost and property damage likely exceeding 5 000 000 dollars. Floods sweep across Michigan for five days with severe conditions in Grand Rapids and along the Saginaw river as relief seems near.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Saginaw River
Boer Veterans Exhibit to Arrive for St Louis Exposition
About 450 Boer veterans led by General Viljoen depart Cape Town aboard the Moune Castro and steam toward Newport News for April arrival en route to the World’s Fair in St. Louis. The group, who fought with Cronje at Splen Kop, is to be welcomed by General Croje at St. Louis.
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Moune Castro
Cape Town
Newport News
St. Louis
Cronje
Splen Kop
Viljoen
Croje
Dalny City Plan Shows Russian Port Stronghold
A historic map of Dalny Talien Wan in Manchuria depicts the port city planned as a military and commercial base for Russia with landmarks A to Y marking churches, banks, offices, hotels, museums, theatres, and public buildings. Far eastern dispatches report Dalny suffering severe bombardment from Japanese ships in recent years.
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Dalny
Talien-Wan
Leschong Peninsula
Manchuria
Russia
Orient
Prin Pal
Boys’ Museum
Girls’ Museum
Far East
SINK FOUR WARSHIPS AT PORT ARTHUR ATTEMPT BLOCKS HARBOR
Advices from Chefoo state the Japanese attacked Port Arthur to block the entrance. Four stone laden steamers escorted by eight torpedo boats approached at dawn, were spotted by Russian scouts, and opened fire from forts and ships as they anchored. The Japanese fleet of sixteen ships stayed off until daylight, then withdrew as the Russian fleet weighed anchor. The fate of the crews remains unknown. Since Vice Admiral Makar joined Port Arthur, Russian naval activity has increased.
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Chetoo
Port Arthur
Makar
Tornado Rips Missouri Region Killing Six and Destroying Homes
A tornado 20 miles north of Caruthersville Missouri Sunday night left six dead and caused extensive property damage. Four Shoemaker family members perished near Portageville and Wesley Miller and his wife were killed two miles north of Mount Pleasant. The storm destroyed homes, scattered bodies, wrecked stock, and created fears of greater loss as a 300 yard wide track swept through the area.
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Caruthersville
Portageville
Shoemaker
Mount Pleasant
Wesley Miller
Trains Break Snow Blockade Through Midwest Route
The first transcontinental train arrived in St Paul via the Great Northern on Sunday after breaking a snow blockade in North Dakota. Officials say traffic is resumed though delays persist as crews faced one of the fiercest snow drifts in memory. Rotary plows and three heavy engines fought the drift, with blasting sometimes required to clear the line.
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North Dakota
St. Paul
Great Northern
Soldiers seize Il Trovatore Italiano office in Trinidad
Soldiers under Major Randolph seized the newspaper office on Saturday and padlocked the door, confiscating the week's issue. The paper is accused of inciting miners to violence, with the miners' commissary department and strike leaders' HQ located in the same building as the Il Trovatore Italiano office.
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Trovatore Italiano
Trinidad
Colo
Randolph
Miners’ Commissary Department
Il Trovatore Italiano
Fatal auto crash in Central Park injures four
Four people in a car owned and driven by Jerome Yeager were thrown out on a sharp curve in Central Park New York City. Florence Maas of the Hotel Endicott died after being taken home and Solomon Strook was seriously injured. The remaining two occupants escaped unhurt.
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Jerome Yeager
Central Park
New York City
Florence Maas
Endicott
Solomon Strook
San Domingan Revolution Gains Port Control
Information from Admiral Wise at Guantanamo reports that the Morales government has momentum in the San Domingo revolutionary contest. It now holds all island ports except Monte Christi. News came aboard the Hartford and Yankes which returned from San Domingan waters.
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Navy Department
Wise
Guantanamo
Morales
San Domingo
Monte Christi
Hartford
Yankes
San Domingan
Panic at St Michael's Italian Church injures nearly twenty
A panic broke out at St Michael's Italian Church in New Haven Connecticut when someone shouted Fire during prayer. About twenty people were injured as worshipers rushed the rear exit, trampling and dragging women and children in the crowded church. Four victims were seriously hurt including two women and two children.
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St. Michael's Italian Church
New Haven
Conn
Senator Burton Convicted Faces Possible Senate Loss
Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kansas was found guilty by a St. Louis federal jury on charges of accepting compensation to aid Hinltro Grains & Securities. Each count carries potential two-year terms or a $10,000 fine. A new trial motion was filed. vacancy implications prompt immediate succession discussions with Bristow and Cyrus Leland favored as likely contenders.
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Burton
Congress
Topeka
Kans
Bailey
Senator Burton
Bristow
Salina
Kansas
Cyrus Leland
Chicago Lawyer Opposes Panama Canal Construction
Warren B. Wilson of Chicago files in district supreme court at Washington a bill in equity seeking an injunction against Secretary Shaw, the republic of Panama, the New Panama Canal Company of France, and others to stop canal construction. He argues there is no legal appropriation for costs and that the June 28 1902 gold act violates the U.S. constitution, and he deems the treaty unconstitutional both in the United States and in Panama.
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Chicago
Warren B. Wilson
Chisago
District Supreme ‘Court
Washington
Shaw
Republic of Panama
New
Panama Canal Company
France
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
United States
Panama
Michigan Flood Distress Follows Grand River Valley
Reports from Lansing Battle Creek Flint Kalamazoo and other towns in Michigan show flood damages in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Distress centers in the Saginaw valley and Grand River area with 14 000 people in distress near Grand Rapids. On the Shiawassee near Chesaning twenty five families rescued from a sugar beet farm before homes submerged. Foreman Gilbert Bertram died while trying to save property.
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Lansing
Battle Creek
Flint
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Saginaw Valley
Grand Rapids
Grand River
Chesaning
Gilbert Bertram
Sugar Company
Tornado death toll in Arkansas strikes Newton and Gainesville
Storms across northwest Arkansas caused ten deaths including farmer J. B. Curtis in Newton county and six people in and near Gainesville. Names listed include T. L. Williams, Mrs. M. Dalton, Frank Elliness, Lena Illness, Lena Byrens, and two children of Whit Crouch and Mitchell Wyatt.
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Arkansas
J. B. Curtis
Newton County
Gainesville
T. L. Willams
M. Dalton
Frank Elliness
Lena Illness
Lena Byerns
Whit Crouch
Mitchell Wyatt
Jeff Davis a Winner in Democratic State Convention
Unofficial reports show Governor Jefferson Davis of Arkansas winning enough counties to secure 222 delegates, the nomination threshold. Judge Carroll D. Wood carries counties totaling 162 delegates, with 62 delegates still unresolved at the convention.
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Jefferson Davis
Arkansas
Carroll D. Wood
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