Caldwell steam laundry opens as Klondike church ready
Local Caldwell business and civic notes report a steam laundry in Caldwell now operating while the Quaker church at Klondike is expected to be ready for dedication in about two weeks. Ranchers near Caldwell hold cattle prices at four to five dollars per ton. William H. Flora is appointing four postmasters as A. M. Drummond resigns from Owyhee route. Halley’s new opera house opens with ball and banquet. Weiser plans a complete planning mill plant installation by Beholoske of the Bebelowke Manufacturing Co. Lazy Joe, famed Idaho Indian, has died, and a accident near Wallace sends several injured after a wagon topple.
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Caldwell
Klondike
Willian H. Flora Bas Bers
Fmily
Owyhee Ruut
A.M. Drummond
Halley
Beholoske
Bebelowke Manufacturing Company
Weiser
Emmett
Boley High School
Emmett High School
Walla Walla
Ed. Hoyee
Wallace
Idaho
Don Virginia
Halley St
Minnie Moor
Virginia
Blackfoot
Joe Jeane
Lazy Joe
Robert Porter
Rathdrum
John Whitknecht
Tebble
Long Railroad Casualty List Report Shows Appalling Figures
The Interstate Commerce Commission's annual report to Congress notes 1904 railway injuries totaled 43 266 with 3 167 deaths, plus 4 077 passenger injuries and 420 deaths, a 64 percent rise in passenger fatalities from 1902. Preliminary mileage covers 209 002 miles, with gross railway earnings at 1 966 004 821 and expenses at 1 026 048 ? per mile about six dollars.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Congress
Murdered Girl on Cutler Mountain Identified by Dental Work
Postmortem confirms the young woman found between North and South Cheyenne in June was murdered on Saturday near Colorado Springs. Bullet recovered after hair removal. dental work may identify the victim. Value of work estimated at least $150.
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Cutler Mountain
North
South
Cheyenne
Colorado Springs
Karl
Japanese Surprise Fort Attack Caps Kekwan Fort
Special correspondents report the Japanese army surprised the Russian garrison at Kekwan Fort. Two tons of dynamite detonated beneath the fort interior while siege guns shelled nearby troops. Sixty Japanese soldiers were buried by debris during a rushed assault, delaying the attack before the fort fell after a brutal hand to hand fight.
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Kekwan
Denver Frauds in Denver Contempt Guilty Verdicts
The Denver Supreme Court found Leonard Rogers Wil am G Adams Louis Hamburg and Thomas Kinsley guilty of contempt for poll misconduct in precinct 2 ward 7. Rogers received eight months jail and 100 dollar fine plus costs while Adams Hamburg drew three months jail and 100 dollar fine plus costs and Kinsley paid a 50 dollar fine plus costs. Evidence showed Rogers Adams Hamburg blocked a Republican clerk appointment and Kinsley ejected the court watcher from polls. Rogers is a deputy sheriff and a Democratic state Senate candidate.
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Denver
Supreme Court
Leonard Rogers
Wilam G. Adama
Louis Hamburg
Thomas Kinsley
Rogers
Adams
Hamburg
Coats
Kinsley
State Senate
Kentucky Kidnapped by Eight Men on Tug River
John Habers Wallace was abducted near the Astwerpse Lie river from Louisa by eight men allegedly including Morgan Curry and the Dillon brothers Lewis and Charlea, Stewart McNeally, and two others. He paid $290 to spare his life and later gave a cow to secure release. A merchant named John Y. York endorsed the captors with his own check after refusing Wallace’s check, and Wallace was surprised upon returning home by the same gang who had captured Dim.
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John Habers Wallace
Louisa
Morgan Curry
Lewis and
Charlea Dillon
Stewart McNeally
Wallace
Tug River
West Virginia
John Y. York
Dim
German embassy rejects mediation talks in Russo Japanese war
The German embassy in London declares there is no truth to renewed reports of an Anglo German movement toward mediation. It states Count Metternich’s Berlin visit was private and Germany will act only if invited by the belligerents, asserting no invitation has been received.
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London
Count Metternich
Herlin
Germany
Capitol Ball Vote Defeated In House Proceedings
The house rejected a resolution to hold the inaugural ball in the capitol building, returning it to the calendar. It could be reconsidered on District of Columbia Day, the second Monday in January, unless a special rule or arrangement advances it sooner.
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House
Capitol Building
District of Columbia
Nan Patterson Testifies In Her Own Defense
Nan Patterson the actress charged with shooting Caesar Young a New York horseman testified in her own defense She denied all circumstances the state had brought up saying she did not kill Young and that she was not dismayed by his planned departure to Europe Her demeanor suggested confidence she would be acquitted
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Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
New York
Miss Patterson
Young
Europe
Mixa Patterson
Million Gallons Oil Explode On Barge Off Long Branch
An explosion and fire on a Standard Oil barge at Long Branch New Jersey Sunday afternoon burned one million gallons of petroleum. Four men died and survivors were unable to give clear accounts. The barge carried 21 000 barrels of oil before the tragedy.
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Oll Company
Sea
Long Branch
N. J
Lalit
Torawe
Nebraska Wins Boundary Case Over Missouri Grant
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of Nebraska in the Missouri River boundary dispute with Missouri. The question was whether shifting the river altered land west of the river from Nebraska to Missouri, and the court held it did not change jurisdiction.
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Eutreme Court of the
United States
Miscouri
Nebraska
Ques Fon
Jurisdictim
Missouri
Germany and Japan Unite in Tokios Catholic Cathedral Marriage
Hannah Aoki daughter of Viscount Aoki and Count Alexander von Hatzfeldt Trachenberg wed in Tokyo on Monday. A large audience of prominent Japanese figures and diplomatic corps attended the ceremony. The civil marriage conducted by Count vou Arco-Valley preceded the religious rites at the cathedral.
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Germany
Japan
Hannah
Viscount Aoki
Alexander von Hatzfeldt Trachenberg
Tokio
Count Vou Arco Valley
Train collision injures four near Campbell
A Santa Cruz to San Jose train collided with a gravel train not fully cleared of the track near Campbell. The rear coach side was torn out. Occupants included the Thirteenth Infantry band from Angel Island. Four were injured. two head cuts, one cut by seats, another man also cut. No fatalities.
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Santa Cruz
San Jose
Cal
Campbell
Thirteenth Infantry Band
Angel Island
Bridge Collapse Kills Six Children and Six Teams
A suspension bridge over the Elk River at Charleston West Virginia collapsed killing three people and injuring five others. Six teams and six children en route to school were on the bridge when it fell into ten to twenty feet of icy water, with many rescued from the ends and others swept under ice downstream. The bridge’s Civil War era cable had been cut by General Wise during evacuation and later repaired.
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Elk River
Charleston
W. Va
Wise
Rees
Indian Kills His Sweetheart in Nevada Mountain Flight
A Reno report says Jerry Harry, an Indian from Lander county, abducted Nellie Munery, a 14 year old girl, after her mother refused marriage. He rode off on a horse, was pursued by Indians and county officers, fired a shot, and Nellie fell from the horse as he escaped into the mountains. Authorities search the region for him.
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Reno
Nevada
Jerry Harry
Lander County
Nellie Munery
Lover
Little Nell
Mass battleship Massachusetts boiler tragedy at League Island
A Philadelphia special reports three men died and four were badly burned when a gasket failure in a Massachusetts fireroom boiler released scalding steam. Lieutenant William C. Cole among the injured, the blast trapped crew with only a safety ladder as escape. Bramlet escaped unscathed.
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Philadelphia
William C. Cole
Massachusetts
League Island Navy Yard
Bramlet
Parker Fell Behind Ticket In New York Returns
Official state canvassers certify Roosevelt led New York by 176,552 votes in the last election. Higgins governor tally stands at 0,560. Parker trails Herrick the Democratic candidate for governor by about 4,000. The figures use the top elector on each presidential ticket as the standard for electors.
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Roosevelt
New York
Board of State
Higgins
Parker
Herrick
Millionaire Cannot Dodge Alimony Payment
George F Harding a Chicago millionaire lost his contest over $300 monthly alimony to wife Adelaide M Harding. Judge Gibbons held him liable for future payments and in contempt for arrears of $33 401, to be paid within ten days or face county jail.
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George F. Harding
Chicago
Adelaide M. Harding
Gibbons
Harding
Died on voyage home from the Philippines
The transport Sheridan carried seventy deceased soldiers and ex-employees from the Philippines. Two died en route from Manila. Miss Nellie O'Hare, a Cedar Rapids teacher, died November 19 on beriberi aboard the Sheridan after a year in the Philippines. James Matthews, a former soldier and quartermaster employee, also died.
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Sheridan
Philippines
Manila
Nellie O'Hare
Cedar Rapids
Beriberi
Maule
Bloody fight on High Hill in Port Arthur siege
Russian reports recount ferocious hand to hand combat on High Hill during the Port Arthur siege. Japanese troops pressed up slopes under a murderous volley while a Russian corporal seized the enemy flag before being fatally shot as he tore it free.
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High Hill
Port Arthur
Mizzeneof
High
Liaot Mountain
Mystery Mount Cnud er murder found in Colorado Springs
Body of a white woman, about 18, tall and refined, found nude on Mount Cnud er by two Colorado Springs residents. She shows signs of burning and poisoning with evidence suggesting an out-of-town visitor lured by a man, possibly killed by a poisoned lunch. Hairpins and an empty gasoline bottle found nearby.
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Mount Cnuder
Colorado Springs
Tensions Rise in Macedonia Amid Balkan Conflicts
Sofia correspondent of the London Times notes growing concern among powers over Macedonia. Bulgarian and Greek bands clash frequently while the Porte takes no action on repatriation of refugees in the Adrianople vilayet.
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Sofia
London Times
Macedonia
Porte
Adrianople Villayet
Ha bert Returns to Paris Heads Exile Campaign
Marcel Habert, nationalist leader banned for five years for involvement in a plot to overthrow the French government, ended his banishment at midnight Saturday and was met by thousands at Orleans station Paris. A St Paul’s riding school meeting elected Habert to lead the League of Patriots and urged support for Paul de Roulede and other exiles.
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Marcel Habert
Orleans
Paria
St. Paul's
Russians Thwart Japanese Raid Along Shahke River
December night troops hide in tombs along the Shahke river as Japanese forces shell Russians seeking water. At daylight Russians kill six attackers and seize five rifles before retreating, while attempting to surround them fails under Russian fire from positions.
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Shahke
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Thomas Russell
Herbert Young
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Frank R Gooding
Eliet
F. J. Hogenbarth
M. M. Getehell
Silver City
Postaties
Riden- Dough
Nampa Meridian
Charles Powell
Payette
Fred Gooding
Shoshone
Idaho Wool Growers’ Association
J. B. Clinton
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Long Railroad
Gaptora
Movement For Mediation
Capitol
Mambera of
Bridge Falls
Indian
Ticket
Bulgaria
Paris
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