Idaho News Roundup Lays Out Varied County Events
Idaho state notes report heavy sheep shipments from Wood River, rising crops in the southeast, and a fire in Wardner causing $20,000 loss. Other items include cattle health concerns in Lamhi and tuberculosis fears, a proposed national park near Stanley basin, a death by canal accident near Nam pa, new coal veins near Emmett, a severe injury to a child near Lane, a Boise streetcar tragedy, and a robust fruit crop around Beumett with strong market demand.
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Lem
Custer
Oneida
Wardner
Bellevue
Parma
EB. H. Brumbach
Horwell
Idaho
Copeland
Kootenal
Charles
Cole
Mra
Mary ¥. Dewson
Summit
Newherens
Harry J. Stewart
Eile EH
McCollam
James Hoeven
Sand Point
Privat Lake
Indian Creek
Emmett
Lane
Alice Lantey
Phil Lantey
Chester Dodge
Boise
Dodge
Russian rear admiral killed at Port Arthur battle
Rear Admiral Withoeft, commander of the Port Arthur forces, died aboard the Czarevitch after a Japanese attack 20 miles from Port Arthur. The Czarevitch sustained severe damage, its rudder destroyed by a torpedo, with about 210 killed or wounded. Captain Matouzevitch reported the death in a Taing Ubou telegram.
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Withoeft
Port Arthur
Taing Ubou
Matouzevitch
Staf
Czarevitch
Wamoft
Cxarevitch
Samoft
Crarevitch
Rabel
Czarevitch Fights Off Superior Fleet Near Round Island
At Chefoo on August 10 the Russian battleship Czarevitch engaged six battleships from each side as Round Island battles raged. Cruisers and torpedo boats exchanged fire. Czarevitch was ringed by four battleships and two cruisers, enduring hours of brutal combat. Admiral Withoert was killed by a shell rebound. Captain Mattounovitch, reported dead, is alive.
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Chefoo
Czarevitch
Batte
Round Island
de Stroyere
Withoert
Tsingchou
Mattounovitch
Packers Won't Confer End of Strike Delayed
Chicago stockyards strike remains unsettled as retailers and packers promote a conference that yields no progress. Retailers report polite reception but no benefit from further talks. Packers confirm stance, leaving union leaders to urge legal action to force a settlement.
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Chicago
Legal Department
United States
Saved Babe From Coyote Near Algodones New Mexico
Farmer Phip Rolando reports a terrifying night as a coyote entered their bedroom in Algodones New Mexico. The animal dragged toward the infant but the mother woke and frightened the coyote away, saving the four month old child.
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Phip Rolando
Algodones
N. M
Bane
Vessels Now in German Hands at Tsing Tau Harbor
A Russian battleship Czarevitch and three torpedo boat destroyers are under German repairs at Tsing Tau. The Russians must haul down their flags and cannot leave harbor while repairs continue, with six hour departure intervals for the destroyers. Japanese forces near Port Arthur gain ground, bombards inner defenses, and report heavy losses on both sides.
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Tsing Tau
Czareviteh
Truppel
Protectorate
Kim Chou
Czarevitch
Berlin
Lokal Anselger
Port Arthur
Lang Mountain
Chefoo
Liao Yang
Reign of Grime Claimed in Sparks Robberies
Bert Richardson and B F Lewis were attacked by five highwaymen in Sparks Nevada Monday night. Richardson lay unconscious for hours after the beating. Lewis identified two assailants nicknamed Tex and Oscar Bridges as leaders. Public anger rose as residents planned lynching before suspects were moved to Reno county jail for safety.
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Bert Richardson
B. F. Lewis
Sparks
Nevada
Richardson
Lewis
Tex
Oscar Bridges
Reno
Fire on Great Northern freight line near Leavenworth
A freight engine crown sheet blew on a steep grade near Leavenworth Washington within a long snowshed above Madison. Six hundred feet of shed and track burned. Fireman O F Strand fatally scalded on first trip. Engineer J C Davis gravely burned but expected to recover. Conductor Charles Craycroft burned on face and hands. Machinist J C Stern badly scorched. Bear and cubs perished in shed. mother bear lingered. Passengers frightened by smoke and flames.
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Leavenworth
Wash
Great Northern
Madison
O. F. Strand
J. C. Davis
Charles Craycroft
J. C. Stern
Lightning Leaves Tree Image on Man's Chest in Butte
Harry Sweet, a Western Union Telegraph employee in Butte, lay senseless after a lightning stroke at a picnic in Anaconda. When he regained consciousness doctors found a vivid red tree outline burned on his chest with exact branches and leaves matching the struck tree.
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Harry Sweet
Western Union Telegraph Company
Butte
Mr. Sweet
Anaconda
Aged War Veteran Meets in Baltimore
Surviving Union army veterans gather in Boston for the 38th annual encampment. Commander in Chief John Black of the Grand Army takes active command of the large event. City attendance estimates reach about 100000, with more expected later.
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Baltimore
Boston
John ©. Black
Grand Army
Situation in Manchuria: rains and exodus continue
No new developments in Manchuria beyond a general staff report noting ongoing rains and continued exodus of Chinese people. Reports describe weather conditions and population movement with no strategic shifts or incidents reported.
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Manchuria
Refugees Move North as Japanese Withdraw Rumors Spread
A general exodus of Chinese residents fleeing northward from Liao Yang ahead of expected military actions is noted. The Bourse Gazette cites a dispatch claiming Japanese retreats from Hai Cheng, Tash chao, and New Chwang, but the report is treated with skepticism by authorities.
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Liao Yang
Bourse Gazette
Hai Cheng
Tashchao
New Chwang
Russian Cruiser Pallada Sunk by Japanese Torpedo Boats
Official advices received in Washington state that the Japanese commander in chief reports the Russian cruiser Pallada was sunk. The Japanese torpedo boats destroyed the warship in a naval engagement, marking a sharp setback for Russia in the war.
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Washington
Pallada
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