Fires, trains, and trials dominate Idaho news
Ontario and Welser buy coal from Payette concerns with about 200 tons left. A boy brings two rattlesnakes to Powertown. Over 1,000 white men were caught near Hatley. A library in Payette is funded by a one dollar fee. A boy near Idaho City breaks his leg. A deer killed by a passenger train near Payette. The State Horticultural Society meets in Payette January 20 21 22. Fire destroys the Gow Adams home near Caldwell started by children. James Campbell killed in Rabbit Creek canyon. Ralph Potter dies from mine injuries at Mackay. Three Creek residents cheer boat on river Glenns Ferry to Bruno. Dolse man pleads guilty to pure food law violation. Bells Telco strings two more wires Idaho Falls to Pocatello. Mountain Home man insane jailed. A seven foot mountain animal killed near Salmon River. Wills Gann confesses to Stockon hotel fire. others implicated. Youths charged with burglaries across Star and Hole.
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Tale State Horticultural Society
Payette
Gow Adams
Caldwell
James A Campbell
Ralph Potter
White Knob
Mackay
Potter
Three Creek
Glenn's Ferry
Brunoay
Albert Mcleynolds
Dolse
McPherson
State Normal School
Fraser
Mountain Home
Calvin
Salmon River
Challe
Wills Gann
Fin
Stockton
Glenn
Perry
O'Neil
Postmaster Abducted During Midnight Robbery
Milan Washington thug gunmen abducted postmaster J. Congleton after burglarizing his store around 12:30 am. He resisted, was overpowered due to a limp, and forced along the railroad track to Chattaroy seven miles away. He dropped his pocketbook containing 150 dollars. robbers took about 35 dollars. The book was recovered by a friend next morning.
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Congleton
Milan
Wath
Hin Atore
Chattaroy
Man Narrowly Escapes Abduction In Box Car
Threats of murder forced a man to climb into a box car at Chattaroy where he was locked in. Mrs Congleton woke at midnight to alarm and the town searched. Tracks led to Chattaroy and he was found unharmed in the box car.
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Chattaroy
Congleton
Count von Ballestrem Heads German Reichstag Opposition
Count von Ballestrem, reelected president of the German Reichstag, is noted as a leading opponent of socialist propaganda. Born in Breslau in 1834, he joined the army in 1865 and distinguished himself in wars with Austria and France. He became a papal chamberlain in 1878 and has served in the Reichstag since 1872. He is famed for interrupting socialist speeches in the Reichstag.
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Count von Ballestrem
Count von Mallestrem
Breslau
France
Tortured Sorcerer and Tribal Persecution Report
From Kitkatiah on the northern British Columbia coast advices describe a救 rescue of an Indian named Daniel Watabee accused of sorcery by fellow tribesmen. He was subjected to torture and kept without food while authorities investigated the alleged sorcery linked to a hair bound bell charm.
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Kitkatiah
British Columbia
Daniel ‘Watabee
Armenian Mourning After Moscow Decree Tightens Church Property
A Moscow reform decree seizes church property triggering Armenian and Jewish mourning in Haku. The State Interior Minister De Pichro acknowledges a well organized Armenian revolutionary plot in the Caucasus as reported by the New York Times via Moscow. Citizens withdraw from theatres and amusements amid the upheaval.
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Caucasus
de Pichro
New York Times Diypatch
Moscow
Haku
Marines Land to Halt Colombians Near Panama Crisis
A company of United States Marines from the steamer Prairie landed at Colon under Captain Butler and moved toward Panama, aiming for the coast south of Panama. The reported Colombian landings near the isthmus could trigger a guerrilla phase, with Navy and Army officials in Washington watching developments as torpedo boats Perry and Paul Jones prepare to head to the Isthmus.
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United States
Colon
Prairie
Butler
Panama
Yavica
San Miguel Gulf
Tulra River
Washington
Navy
General Staff
J. Franklin Bell
General Staff College
Leavenworth
Perry
Paul Jones
Isthmus
San Francisco
New York
Bremerton
Buried with a Pig Sparks Jolo Crisis Siege
Manila Cable News cites a Moro burial with a pig ordered by Lt Col Rodgers of the Fifteenth Cavalry as provoking a Jolo uprising. A Suramentado was killed after disemboweling a Fifth Cavalry trooper, triggering 2,000 Moros to siege Jolo before General Wood’s expedition. Also: Judge Amidon convicts Sheriff Scofield in North Dakota for contempt over juror contact.
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Jolos
Manila
Jolo
Jole
Rodgers
Fifteen Cavalry
B Troop
Fifth Cavalry
Wood
Amidon
Grand Fork
N. D
Scofield
Minot
Fargo
Ben
Peculiar Case Rules Out Murder Charge in Indian Killing
Judge Bellinger in Portland Oregon ruled that a reflex and wholly involuntary act causing another’s death is not a crime. Frank Winnishutt a Warm Springs Indian was acquitted after two police attempted arrest him on the reservation. He rode drunk and recklessly. one officer dragged from saddle, the other behind the horse. Winnishutt fell back and struck the pursuing officer, killing him.
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United States
B. Bellinger
Portland
Ore
Frank Winnishutt
Warm Springs
Winnishutt
Bellinger
Plot Hatched in Jail in Gravelle Letter Case
Helena Montana witnesses describe Gravelle case with warden Jack Conley testifying Gravelle served two penitentiary terms A cell mate Harvey Whitton inmate serving eighty years is alleged author of three threatening letters to Northern Pacific identified by handwriting and unique watermarked stationery The dated letter to railroad board was July 16 1903 the day Gravelle was released and demand rose to 25000 About eighty witnesses present trial expected to last two weeks.
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Isaac Gravelle
Northern Pacific
Helena
Mont
Jack Conley
Gravelle
Harvey Whitton
San Domingo Revolt Tied to Government Rift and U S Claims
State department notes from San Domingo attribute the latest revolution to a rift between General Jimines who sought the presidency and the provisional government governing post Wes y Gil. Minister Powell's stance toward the provisional regime, demanding recognition of American claims, may have influenced the division.
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State Department
San Domingo
Jimines
Wes Y Gil
Powell
Troops Massed on Siamese Frontier Amid War Talks
Dispatches from Indo China report French troops massed on the Siamese border in anticipation of war. Officials say occupation of a large slice of Siam has been decided upon, though Paris authorities deny an imminent rupture and call the measures precautionary.
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Indo-China
Siam
Paris
Persians and Turcomans Clash on Russo Persian Frontier
Conflicts erupt over Persian customs houses on the Russo Persian frontier. Persian and Turcoman forces clash with heavy losses on both sides. Governor of Aatrabad leads troops to intervene and rejects indemnity offered by Turcoman Khatis.
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Aatrabad
Khatis
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