Idaho State News Fragments From a Distant Past
Idaho state items report Renamings of streets in Welver and scattered notices from Garden Valley to Coeur dAlene. Died Mrs HL Crate aged 73 in Belee On the Isl. Mine notes include Hive Mucket at Pearl closed for winter water issues and a large turkey shipment from Emmett to Butte. Also Governor Morriwwn returns from Washington, a Chinese wedding in Maho City, and a White Knot Copper explosion at Markay injuring two.
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HL Crate
Garden Valley
Wteve
Mraharies Naber
Caldwell
Emmett
Butte
Morriwwn
Washington
Maho City
Amom di Bang
Mine Linge Young Loke Kon
Lung Hing
White Knot Copper Company
Ming
Markay
John Ralph Haw
Even
Hraxon
Pocatello Advance
Charles Poppleton
Milner, Ida
Kimara
Kidd Bron
Oakley
Idaho Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Horse
Lnmite Policion
Fivorge
John Nesbitt
Consul Insulted Sparks Turkish Crisis at Alexandretta
United States Consulate at Alexandretta in Asiatic Turkey was raided after consul Davie was insulted and assaulted while escorting an Armenian to a departing steamer. He lowered the flag and broke off relations, leaving the vice consul in charge as a mob protested Christian and American presence.
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United States
Davis
Alexandretta
The French Grace Darling Heroine of Humbie Station
A French woman, Iloso Here, an Ashant federwoman, earned hero status by stopping the launch of a rescue boat to save six imperiled seamen. She swam out with a rope around her waist and helped bring all to safety. A national subscription is underway to reward her bravery.
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Humbie
France
Roosevelt declines to intervene in Telluride strike
President Roosevelt on Monday refused to interfere in the Telluride Colorado miners dispute. Senators Teller and Patterson presented an appeal from the Western Federation of Miners urging federal action to resolve the clash between miners and Colorado authorities. The president stated he has no power or right to act under current conditions.
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Roosevelt
Telluride
Colorado
Western Federation of Miners
Teller
Patterson
OUR REGULAR ARMY STRENGTH AND EXPENDITURES, 1902–1906
Secretary of War Root reports the U S regular army on December 1 1902 totaled 3 586 officers and 66 003 enlisted men plus 3 599 hospital corps and 4 978 Philippine scouts. By October 15 1903 strength was 3 684 officers with 55 500 enlisted, including 14 607 in the Philippines. Year ending June 30 1903 expenditures were 108 577 762. appropriations for year ending June 30 1904 were 121 917 345. estates for 1906 stood at 125 929 393.
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Root
Onyx
Army of the
Philippino Scouts
Porto Rico
Regular Army
Philippines
Lands in the Philippines lands for lease sale and title rules
The president submitted to Congress rules and regulations for the lease sale or disposition of public lands in the Philippines. The act covers homesteading selling and leasing of public domain premises with terms to perfect titles and patents to natives, town site establishment and land registration procedures for Spanish concessions.
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Congress
Philippine Islands
Government
Islands
Philippine Court of Land
Lions tear woman apart in Dessau menagerie crowd
A woman identified as Frau Fischer was killed by four lions in a Dessau cage while attempting a trick. The attack caused a panic among spectators and several people were injured as the animals fought over the remains. High violence details are described with restrained language.
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Frau Fischer
Dessau
Germany
Telegraph Operator in Thacker Tower Fends Off Intruder
Miss Kate Royburgh a 20 year old telegraph operator at Thacker Washington in a Norfolk and Western tower shot and mortally wounded William Howardson an alleged outlaw who entered the tower and tried to embrace her She fired four shots one hit Howardson in the chest He groaned and she walked to a magistrate surrendering on her own recognizance
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Thacker
Norfolk & Western
Kate Royburgh
William Howardson
Howardson
Miss Royburgh
Starved Millionaire of Huntington Dies at Home
Eugene Crofutt, 62, a Huntington Connecticut resident, died of starvation after years of failing health. He refused hospital aid despite town efforts. his wealth of $50,000 was all in cash and possessions. The sequence began about a month ago when a fainting spell worsened his condition.
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Eugene Crofutt
Huntington
Conn
Fifty-eighth Congress Opens Regular Session With Few Actions
The Fifty-eighth Congress began its first regular session at noon on Monday, with the Senate meeting a half hour earlier to conclude the prior called session. The prior extra session reduced key first-day business, and little was accomplished aside from listening to the president's message.
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Senate
Congress
Conference Between Peabody and Mitchell Over Colorado Strike
Colorado Governor Peabody and United Mine Workers President John Mitchell held a 45 minute talk on the strike, both pushing for peace but pledging no violence and troops if provoked. A Victor censorship ordered by Major Naylor limited Victor Daily Record content, barring editorials and the miners’ executive statement from publication.
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Colorado
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Peabody
Mitchell
Victor
Colo
Major Naylor
Victor Daily Record
Record
Hoster Kyner
Kyner
Miners’ Executive Committee
Race War in Virginia Sparks Fear of Armed Clash
In Berkley Virginia Democrats drive County Treasurer Lyons from office amid charges he registered Black voters. Negro residents are confined to a town section as armed men with shotguns gather, with a request for militia from Norfolk or Portsmouth expected to quell what officials fear could erupt into serious trouble.
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Berkley
Lyons
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Prisoners Convicted in Baltimore Leather Pouch Case
Prison for Postal Thieves, Columbus Ellsworth Upton and Thomas W. McGregor, on trial in the United States district court in Baltimore for conspiracy to rob the government in connection with a contract for leather pouches, were adjudged guilty. Sentence was suspended pending a motion for a new trial, Charles Smith, who received the order for 20,000 pouches through the poems of Upton and McGregor, the principal witness against the.
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Columbus Ellsworth Upton
Thomas W. McGregor
United States District Court
Baltimore
Charles Smith
Upton
McGregor
Wives of Italian Strikers Attack Town Officers in Hastings
Eleven women, wives of coal miners on strike, attacked Marshal Milt Hightower and George Waybright as they tore down phanties on Victor Fuel property in Hastings Colorado. Mario Vanelli struck Hightower with a butcher knife, nearly severing an ear. Waybright was severely beaten. The women were arrested and sent to Trinidad.
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Marshal Milt Hightower
George Waybright
Victor Fuel Company
Hastings
Colo
Mario Vanelli
Hightower
Waybright
Aree
Trinidad
Cabinet Talks About Sugar Production in Michigan
After a cabinet meeting on Tuesday a statement noted only matters of departure. Secretary Wilson spoke on beet sugar culture in Michigan and predicted a time when the United States would produce all its own sugar. A brief talk with the president followed but details were not discussed.
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Wilson
Michigan
Hook
Loomis
Treasury proposal omits Salt Lake building funding
The secretary of the treasury submits to Congress no appropriation for continuing Salt Lake public building work in the next fiscal year, citing on hand funds as sufficient. He asks 50,000 for Ogden, 25,000 for Laramie and Branston, and 250,000 for Yellowstone park improvements.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Salt Lake
Laramie
Branston
Wio
Yellowstone Park
Miner Fends Off Tramp Dog After Nose Attack
John Culp a Shamo kin miner opened his stable to feed his horse when a stray dog leaped at him and tore off his nose while biting his neck. He fought back and escaped, with his condition described as serious. It is unclear if the dog was mad.
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John Culp
Shamokin
Culp
Missouri Man Fatally Shoots Sweetheart at Dance
Frank Dawson of Parle, Missouri, shot and wounded his rival Obe Hughes and fatally wounded Miss Annie Hart at a private Madison dance after being refused marriage. He entered the room and fired without warning, prompting police to arrest him.
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Annie Hartman
Frank Dawson
Parle
Obe Hughes
Madison
Dawson
San Francisco Restaurants Hit By Widespread Strike
Widespread disruption hits San Francisco as cooks and waiters strike closing nearly all dining rooms. Other items note rail heat strikes in Charlotte, a bank safe robbery in Halli Missouri, and various international and domestic incidents across the era.
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San Francisco
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