Idaho News Briefs From Laporte to Payette in 1907
A mixed Idaho snapshot notes Bellevue welcoming a new bank, the Nampa Foundry to rebuild after a blaze, and Lewiston spending about 50 000 on bunkers. Payette sees a 20000 depot foundation and a 60000 opera house. a Payette apple butter plant is formed with 20000 capital. Star plans new buildings, including a bank, weather permitting. An Idaho county official swearing in January 14 marks a largely fresh slate of officers. The Lavering block at Caldwell suffers 1000 damage as it nears completion. Charlot Black, Spring Creek pioneer, suffers compound leg fracture from a kicking horse. Idaho stock brands near 3000 entries recorded. Nez Perce County lauds prosperity. A Salt Lake Tribune report cites Harriman plans on a Montpelier Bear River City electric fee. Senator Heyburn pushes Interstate Commerce Act amendments for haul pricing fairness. A Cortman man breaks leg after an on-ice horse incident. Governor Goode appoints Idaho delegates to a New York Board of Trade convention. J Rice Oakley seeks a wrestling match with a 16 pound weight limit and 500 prize. Idaho irrigation district directors adopt canal sale terms for 280000. Barker Lumber plans a fruit box mill. Leroy Smith, 10, admitted to deaf mutes school after a lone trip. Grace Davis of Nampa fatally shoots Thegias Dalley in motive tied tragedy.
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Lavering
Caldwell
Star
Bank
Charlie
Payette
Joe Taylor
Idaho Falls
Kemmerer
Wyo
Salt Lake Tribune i Authority
Montpelier
Bear River City
Boulder County
Harriman
Goong
Idaho
New York Board of Trade & Transportation
New Willard
Washington
J. H. Drady
Predicted Disturbances in Paris Did Not Occur
Paris reports show peaceful first Sunday under church and state separation with no mass interruptions. Some rowdies expelled, provinces note excitement with processions, and counter demonstrations in Perpignan and Amiens. Bishop De Bly faced shock after notice to leave Manx bishopric. later recovered.
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Paris
Parpignan
Amiens
de Bly
Manx
Riots in Rome Protesters Clash Over Vatican Ties
Thousands gathered in the piazza by the Farnese palace near the French embassy to praise France’s church policy. Rome’s garrison blocked access to the Vatican as troops reinforced bridges and streets. Radical socialists and deputies led a collation, shouting anti clerical and pro Franco slogans while police dispersed the crowd.
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Rome
France
Farnese Palace
Vatican
Apostolic Palace
Parnese
Chamber of Deputies
Prince Borghese
Franco
Memencrau
Costa
de Felice
Salt Lakers Fail To Crown Six Day Race Title
New York Salt Lakers failed to clinch the six day bicycle race crown as Hopper Downing team finished second by inches. Clark of Pye Clark charged in the mile sprint but could not beat Fogler Butt and Downing and wound up seventh. Samuelson tired finished eighth ahead of Walthour. Utah entered five riders in the closing sprint, the largest turnout of any section.
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New York
Salt Lakers
Hopper Downing
Clark
Pye-Clark
Fogler
Butt
Downing
Samuelson
Walthour
Utah
Polish Rebellion Crushed in Russian Poland Report
Reports from across Russian Poland indicate government firmness crushed the rebellion, but at a terrible cost to Polish people with thousands killed. Business stagnates, trades and industries bankrupt, and masses impoverished and discontented.
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Warsaw
Enormous Remittances Home From Galicia Emigrants
Vienna reports 1905 remittances from Galicians abroad. Money orders totaling 55,000 and values of 1.2 million dollars were sent from the United States, with additional sums in unregistered letters. The rise in Galician land prices is linked to farmers acquiring land aided by returns from abroad.
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Vienna
Galicia
Austrian
Poland
United States
Coal Lands the Only Exception in Land Entry Rules
Washington issued an Interior Department order to modify land entry rules, excluding coal lands from all forms of entry except coal filings. Vigilance will determine if lands are better for coal or other minerals, with concerns over prior unlawful acquisitions in Wyoming Utah and Colorado and sales at low agricultural prices masking coal value.
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Washington
Interior Department
Geological Survey
BE. Clark
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
West
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Equity of Local Rates in Mississippi Ruling
The Alabama & Mississippi Railroad Company v Mississippi Railroad Commission saw the U S Supreme Court uphold the state's claim. The commission set a flat rate of 3 cents per mile per hundred pounds on grain carloads from Vicksburg to Meridian, arguing higher rates to loyal customers of rival lines. The Mississippi Supreme Court supported the commissioners and the ruling stands.
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Shreveport & Pacific Road
al Ned
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prinzess Victoria Louise Runs Aground Off Port Royal
The German steamer Prinzessein Victoria Louise from New York went ashore near Port Royal Jamaica after missing a pilot. The captain, who blamed a wrong course, then shot himself in his cabin two hours later. Ship officers and the German consul failed to promptly announce the tragedy.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Hne
New York
Port Royal
Hfe
Mexican government plans control of railroads merger
The Mexican government seeks to secure control of the Mexican Central railway and contemplates merging it with the National lines into a single Mexican owned company. Headquarters to be in Mexico with government majority shares near 225 million gold. Main board in Mexico City and a New York local board. H. Clay Pierce named chairman of the New York board.
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Mexica
Mexican Central Railway
Mexican Central
National Lines of
Mexico
Mexico City
New York City
H. Clay Pierce
Ex Senator Brown Dead After Hotel Raleigh Shooting
Ex Senator Arthur Brown of Salt Lake City died at midnight in the emergency hospital after being shot in his room at the Hotel Raleigh on December 8. His son Max and daughter Alice were with him, and Dr. W. L. Sheet attended. He remained conscious but unable to speak in the hours before death. He gave no statement about the shooting or its causes and did not name the shooter.
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Washington
Arthur Brown
Salt Lake City
Raleigh
Anna Bradley
Senator Brown
Max
Alice
W. L. Sheet
House opposes spelling reform with dictionary standard wording
Washington The House adopted a substitute to the appropriations bill declaring no funds may be used to print documents unless they conform to the orthography recognized by English dictionaries. The vote was 142 to 25 in opposition to the president’s reform proposal.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
Executive
Congress
Milwaukee couple to be reunited after quake separated
Milwaukee Wisconsin a husband and wife separated since the San Francisco earthquake believed each other dead until recently. Mrs Politz brought a charred body from California to Oshkosh buried it in Riverside cemetery thinking it was her husband. She has learned he is alive on a California ranch and they will reunite once a train carrying her westward reaches Stockton.
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Milwaukee
Wis
San Francisco
Mra
Hattie Politz
Stockton
Politz
California
Oshkosh
Riverside
Polite
Imprisonment Clause Debated by Elections Committee
Washington report says the House committee on elections of president and vice president voted unanimously to report the measure favorably. It includes an imprisonment clause and a fine for offenders aimed at prohibiting national banks and other corporations from contributing to election funds.
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Washington
Tillman
Congress
House Committee On
Kaiser Shows Mailed Fist in Reichstag Crisis
Berlin reports Emperor William has authorized Chancellor von Buelow to dissolve the reichstag and call new elections if the requested supplementary appropriations are not granted. The government frames the issue as whether the colony in German Southwest Africa will be kept or abandoned based on funds to sustain the army in the field.
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Berlin
William
von Buelow
Reichstag
Africa
Horrible Fate Shocks Hazleton Police
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a young woman’s charred remains were found Monday on the mountain between here and Ebbervale. Nearby were a clipper, combs and the frame of a woman’s bat, with wire hoops beneath the body. Police theorize she was murdered and placed in a barrel then burned, aided by kerosene odor.
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Hazleton
Here
Ebbervale
Ecuador Rebels Whipped By Government Troops
In Guayaquil Ecuador reports confirm the defeat of rebels led by Colonel Vegas. General Paez with 400 government troops attacked December 10 between Azoguez and Cuenca. After three hours Vegas and followers were captured. Casualties among rebels unknown. Vegas and prisoners sent to Quito penitentiary.
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Guyaquil
Ecuador
Vegas
Paez
Azoguez
Cuenca
Quito
Possibility of War with Japs in German Thought
Berlin reports that German military and naval officers freely discuss a possible US Japan war. They foresee Japan seizing the Philippine Islands and forcing the United States into prolonged Pacific campaigns. Some British naval members had speculated on a US Japan conflict within years. European officers are inquiring into Japan temper and government.
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Berlin
United States
Japan
Philippine Islands
Pacific
Habit of Extravagance Speech by Justice Brewer
Justice David J. Brewer warned at a New Rochelle forum that the greatest trust is the future debt burden. He warned against unwarranted expansion and discounting the future, urging focus on building a universal, honest, patriotic citizenry as the key to America’s future.
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New York
David J. Brewer
Supreme Court of the United States
People’s Forum of
New Rochelle
Republic
Coal Trust
Standard Oil Company
Will Place Blame
Governor Mead forms a committee of special investigators to study the coal shortage. The panel includes H. A. Fairchild, J. S. Lawrence, J. S. McMillan, John D. Atkinson, David Botting, C. F. Hubbard, John Arrasmith, Oriel Hamilton, Herbert Huntley, F. A. Clark and other state officials to assess causes and potential relief actions.
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Seattle
Albert E. Mead
H. A. Faircchild
Railway Commission
J. 5. Lawrence
J. S. McMillan
John D. Atkinson
David Botting
C. F. Hubbard
John Arrasmith
Oriel Hamilton
Washington — National Guard
Herbert Huntley
F. A. Clark
ICC Asked to Send Expert to Porto Rico
Governor Winthrop of Porto Rico met with Interstate Commerce Commission members on Saturday to discuss railway affairs. Rates and features of the system are said to be unsatisfactory with discriminations reported. The government seeks ICC expert analysis on the island.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Porto Rico
Washington
Winthrop
Interstate Commerce
Lumbermen Cleared After Immunity Claim At Phoenix
H W Ryda and H P Demand faced indictments in a Phoenix anti trust probe. They pleaded immunity from testimony given to the grand jury. Chief Justice Kent sustained the immunity claim Saturday and discharged the defendants. Corporate cases are set for January 4.
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Phoenix, Ariz
H. W. Ryda
H. P. Demand
Kent
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Hloc. Keltentach
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Rudolph Butikeufer
Cortman
Barker Lumber Company
Ovee
Leroy Smith
Viela
Dabw
Grace Davis
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Nampa
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Canada
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Kaiser
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