Idaho State News Roundup From Van Wyck to Lewiston
Idaho state items report Hayen selling for eight dollars a ton, a new cannery building at Lewiston nearly ready, and orders for ten thousand barrels of four for Japan. News covers a fatal freight-train accident near Mountain Home, a not guilty verdict for ex-county attorney Winner Lovejoy, a deadly clothing fire involving a child, artesian wells near Enterprise, a post office robbery, and a heavy rainstorm with record monthly precipitation. Also noted: reappointment talk for Alaska US Marshal, Heyburn’s Kootenai river funding, Fort Hall land sale bill signed, and preparations by the U S Geological Survey for summer hydrographic work.
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J. Lovejoy
Washington County
Wlimt
Chas
Packer
Ornwan
Bob Noble
Enterprise
Seaview
George B Rawson
Meridian
Wo Fogere
Kootwaal
Idaho
Montana
Geological Survey
Canw
Riot at Can Company Plant Ends in Fatality in Chicago
A clash at the American Can Company plant in Chicago involved 300 striking Greek workers and union pickets. John Nicholas was killed by a bullet from a train bearing some nonunion workers. Police separated the feuding groups as protesters armed with knives and revolvers clashed. The incident followed heavy fighting and injuries, with U.S. government officials discussing intervention and Panama Railroad protection if needed.
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Wirtke
American Can Company
Chicago
John Nichola
Fred
Ie Wold
Unon
Pollo
Ontaldo
Labor Troubles at Panama Trigger Marines as Breakers
U.S. Marines may be deployed to Panama to break a strike tied to the lathmus of Panta Railroad company labor treaties. The developing dispute risks disruption of transit and heightened tensions as authorities seek to restore order and safeguard operations.
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United States Marines
Lathmus of Panta Railroad Company
Captain Rondneff Praised for Desperate Defense at Chemulpo
Captain Rondneff commanded the Russian cruiser Variag in the battle with Japan at Chemulpo Harbor. The vessel and gunboat Horlets tried to flee as Japanese forces ordered their departure. The Variag fought stubbornly but was destroyed by superior numbers of shells.
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Rondneff
Varing
Battte
Japan
Horlets
Chemulpo
Variag
Pinches the Public Rail strike cuts 50c pay, Des Moines
A Des Moines Des Moines coal strike spreads across railways with at least fifty cent wage cuts and mass layoffs. Seventeen switching crews and nineteen full train crews in Des Moines and Valley Junction work today. Boone Belle Plain Ottumwa Albia also affected, risking about 1000 jobs. Des Moines churches close and schools reopen only one room remains. A joint conference reconvenes in Des Moines soon with settlement hoped.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Valley Junction
Boone
Belle Plain
Ookaloosa
Ottumwa
Albia
Yamamoto Receives Imperial Audience For Navy Hero
Captain Yamamoto of the Japanese navy is summoned to Tokyo for a rare audience with the emperor. He earned fame at the Chemulpo naval battle where the Russian ships Variag and Koreitz sank and carried the flags of those ships to Chiodu castle for the imperial presentation. He also represented the Japanese navy in the funeral procession for Queen Victoria.
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Yamamoto
Royal Palace
Tokio
Chemulpo
Variag
Koreitz
Choidu Castle
Queen Victoria
Theater Ravions In Corea Landed On Inland March
Advices from various sources indicate a Japanese landing in Korea continues with troops advancing inland from Chemulpo and Genean. The plan mirrors China war tactics aiming to seize Ping-Yang, push Chinese back to the Yalu, then advance toward Mukden to sever Port Arthur and Dabny from supplies and secure Machuria's capital.
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Korea
Chemulpo
Genean
Japan
China
Ping-Yang
Yalu
Manchuria
Ping-Vang
Acros Yalu River
Mukden
Port Arthur
Dabny
Macc Ohurta
Russians retreat and Japanese scouts enter Wiju
A Shanghai dispatch says Japanese scouts entered Wiju Korea at 11 this morning while Russians retreated beyond the Yalu. Cossacks under General Artmanoff occupy Unsan to forestall the Japanese advance from Chang Ju. Japan boasts 260000 troops in motion with 60000 in garrisons and 120000 reserves, as first army lands near Chinampho and three 100000-man armies are planned across the Yalu and New Chuang areas.
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London
Shanghai
Wiju
Korea
Yalu River
St. Petersburg
Artmanoff
Unsan
Chang Ju
Kobe
Japan
Saya
Arma
First Army
Chinampho
New Chuang
Itta
Yalu
Manchuria
Pipe Brings Divorce In New Jersey Silk Mill Wife
Mrs. Wilkinson of Paterson New Jersey seeks a divorce from her husband a Paterson silk mill owner on grounds he persists in smoking a pipe indoors the smoke making her ill due to a hereditary sensitivity and her will power failing to stop the reaction she notes her mother suffered similarly
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New Jersey
Wilkinson
Paterson
N. J
Socialist Headquarters Move From Omaha to Chicago
Referendum vote nearly complete will shift national socialist headquarters from Omaha to Chicago within about two weeks. National secretary has relocated to Chicago several months ago.
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National Socialist
Omaha
Chicago
Baby Burned In Cigarette Factory Fire In West Tampa
Fire swept West Tampa on Monday causing losses likely over 300000 dollars. A Cuban baby is reported killed in one of the cigar factories. Fifteen blocks of business houses and nearly 200 tenements were destroyed as West Tampa’s limited water supply failed.
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West Tampa
Fla
A Fighting Baiter Collison in Lawton Oklahoma
A shooting affray occurred Monday in Lawton Oklahoma between T Russell of the State Democrat and Col J W Hawkins. Russell used a .45 Colt in the clash injuring Hawkins in the right thigh left knee and abdomen. Both men were active in the Democratic county convention’s preliminaries and the streets were crowded with bystanders. Russell’s prognosis is uncertain while Hawkins may recover.
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Lawton
O. T
T. Russell
State Democrat
J. W. Hawkins
Russell
Hawkins
Indian Husband Jailed for Alleged Murder in California
Accused of killing his wife, Mrs. Frank Charles, by beating her over the head. The husband, a full-blooded Indian, was jailed in Redding, California, after the body was not examined. He wooed and married her at a reservation in Oregon and brought her to the McCloud River area eight miles above town.
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Frank Charles
Redding
Cal
Charles
Oregon
McCloud River
Japanese Advance Seizes Seng Chung in Korea Action
Advices from Tokio report the Japanese army’s advance guard occupying Seng Chung without opposition Saturday afternoon. Seng Cheng lies on the Pelin road, eighteen miles west of Cheng Ju and about forty miles south of Wiju. Russians retreat from Cheng Ju were rapid, with two columns moving toward Koak San and Pekin roads. anticipated resistance did not materialize south of the Yalu. Ice on the Yalu is breaking up, so crossing will require junks or pontoon bridges.
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Tokio
Korea
Seng Chung
Seng Cheng
Pelin Road
Cheng Ju
Wiju
Koak San
Pekin Road
Yalu
Ping Yang
Colombia vows fight over Panama clash in Paris interview
Judge Holguin, financial agent for Colombia, says in Paris he will appeal, then seek cassation, publish a manifesto if needed, and when American squadrons leave Colon and Panama, Colombia will invade and wage war against Panama's rebel government.
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Holguin
Colombia
Panama Canal Company
Paris
Court of Cassation
Colon
Panama
Republic of
Makaroff Responsible As Port Arthur Prepares Welcome
From Port Arthur word arrives that preparations are made to welcome Japanese forces if they attack the harbor again. Reports credit Vice Admiral Makaroff with influencing Russian naval tactics and seamen’s ambitions. Signalman Androusenko, at a station on Askold island, wired enemy movements to the forts during Vladivostok bombardment and receives the cross of St. George.
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Port Arthur
Togo
Makaroff
Androusenko
Vladivostok
Askold Island
Run Out of Ammunition Sparks Exile Move in Hispania
Dispatch from Cape Haytien via Monte Cristi Santo Domingo reports General Epifanio Rodriguez, lacking ammunition, abandoned the town and boarded the German steamer Hispania bound for St Thomas. Dominican consul confirms. Rumor says Generals Rodriguez and Navarro fled Morales and seek Vasquez return.
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Cape Hayden
Monte Cristi
Santo Domingo
Epifanio Rodriguez
Hispania
St. Thomas
Cape Hayten
Rodriguez
Navarro
Morales
Horatio Vasquez
Firebugs Threaten Seattle Homes in Third Blaze
Early Sunday in Seattle a third incendiary fire within two hours likely claimed J. W. Norris as he attempted to rescue his wife from smoke. Mrs. Norris was lowered from a second story window after daughter-in-law Mrs. Robert Norris saved a baby from a first floor window. Fire crews were returning from another lodging house fire nearby.
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Seattle
J. W. Norris
Another Assassination in Kentucky Claiming James Johnson
James Johnson nephew of J a Marcum, murdered last year, was shot and killed Saturday by Bummer Spicer at the mouth of George creek ten miles south of Jackson Kentucky. Spicer fired from a houseboat on the river while Johnson sat on a sand bar, the act seeming unprovoked. Spicer is a cousin of Sheriff Callahan, a faction leader linked to Marcum's death. he remains at large.
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James Johnson
J. A Marcum
Bummer Spicer
George Creek
Jackson
Spicer
John
Sheriffd Callahan
Marcum
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