Revival of mining and rail plans loom in Idaho
Idaho news notes a spring revival of mining in the mountains and expansion plans for railways. Meridian studies parks, a sugar factory grading continues, and the experimental farm to be set up by the University of Idaho in the south. Jock Kirk dies of heart disease. Meridian residents Joplin are the oldest couple at 99. Weiser and New Plymouth see real estate and bank activity. prune shipments from Emmett total 26 869 crafts. Ground broken by Wallace police chief Beck in a mining accident. Twin Falls grocery fire destroys stock. Rail track work suspended until spring. Cornells weather halts heavy trains.
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Meridian
Innae Joplin
Joplin
Nampa
Tr Ae
University of Idaho
Jock Kirk
Bomne
Nez Perce
Emmet
Thomas C. Beck
Wallace
Standand
Pine Twin Falls
Farmers’ State Bank of
New Plymouth
Toatwook
Mackay
Lewistoun
Boy Exacts Vicious Hatchet Murder in Chicago Heights
Rudolph Gumoff, 17, on trial for the murder of Jacob Lieb in a Chicago Heights shoe shop. An ordinary bloodied hatchet was shown in court. The state waives the death penalty, seeks life imprisonment. The crime occurred August 5 after screams from the shop. Gumoff was employed by Lieb as a helper and was last seen finishing his meal at the scene.
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Chicago
Rudolph Gumoff
Jacob Idele
Heigtta
Barbour
Jacob Leb
Chicago Heights
Lieb
Agonizing cries from Russia sweep Minneapolis Jews
A Minneapolis dispatch reports dire pleas from Russian Jews as letters recount massacres in Kotorn and Uman after the czar issued a manifesto. Mob violence led to murders and arson, with hundreds killed and many children forced into theaters while parents watched.
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Minneapolis
Kotorns Russia
Uman
Cxar
I Mirder
Koloras
Denver Rio Grande Wreck Near Durango Injures Many
A Denver and Rio Grande passenger train bound for Durango from Silverton derailed three miles from Durango. No fatalities were reported though many passengers were injured, twelve severely. The chair car plunged eight feet into an embankment, dragging coaches for about 400 feet before stopping.
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Durango
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande
Silverton
Grissly Kills Old Hunter in Big Horn Mountains
Omaha figure Grissly Kills Old Hunter Clark, a pioneer of Nebraska, dies in a battle with bears in the Big Horn country. An Adams ranch letter says Clark’s horse reached the ranch on December 21, and the hunter’s mangled body was found near a cave along with two dead bears.
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Omaha
Simon G. Clark
Nebraska
Big Horn Country
Adams
Clark
Moscow Battle Rages as Insurgents Hold City Quarters
Moscow witnesses escalating warfare with insurgents in control of several quarters. Police casualties include two killed and a wounded sergeant. Barricades rise across Sadovia and Tverskaya streets as dragoons charge civilians. bombs strike the police prefecture and many innocent lives are lost.
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Moscow
Watims
Sadovia
Prefecture of Police
Sober
Fidlers School
Tverskala
Riot in turpentine camp near Fargo and St George Georgia
A Christmas frolic among African American workers at a turpentine camp on the Georgia Southern and Florida railway sparked a riot with about fifty shots fired. Two men were killed, three mortally wounded, eight wounded, and a woman among the deceased or injured. victims were treated in Fargo and further injuries reported.
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Valdosta
Ewing
Fargo
St. George
Georgia Southern & Florida
Tite Is Turning on Vladimir Strife in Russia
Reports from Russian provinces describe hostile crowds attacking railroad workers and strike leaders, with troops halting violence. The strike is largely ineffective as most employees continue working. Peasants kill agitators in several villages, including a young woman, angered by attacks on the emperor.
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Vladimir
Russia
Powers Innocence Claim Ties Goebel Case To Testimony
Bakersfield California report says Charles Ehler in county hospital admits he has information about the Goebel murder that could clear Caleb Powers, former Kentucky secretary of state sentenced to death. Powers wrote from Kentucky asking for any evidence to prove his innocence and aid his case. Ehler indicated he would testify if Powers’ execution were imminent.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Charles
Ehbler
Franz Buckreus
William Goebel
Kentucky
Caleb Powers
Powers
Blue Grass
Ehler
Bakerafield
Goebel
Buckreus
Galveston man deported as stowaway on Colorado
Henry Kuiper of Galveston Texas says a flood wiped out his $30,000 fortune and that he naturalized in 1885 before running a hardware business. After failing in Antwerp he hid aboard the St Andrews to regain entry to the United States and was caught and deported on the Colorado as an undocumented stowaway.
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New York
Henry Kuiper
Galveston
Tex
Colorado
Kuiper
Antwerp
Belgium
United States
St. Andrews
Nobie in an Insane Asylum Passes Through Ogden
Manuel Gomes, heir to a Spanish estate, traveled via Ogden to his ancestral halls after years of wandering in America. Born into a noble Azorean family, he fled four years earlier to Nevada, worked with sheep, and deteriorated into madness, ending up at Reno state asylum. His relatives, aided by two retainers, arranged his transfer home in care of attendants.
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Ogden
Utah
Azore Islands
Manuel Gomes
Gomes
Azore
America
Nevada
Reno
C. Gibson
Choate Likely To Head American Hague Delegation
President Roosevelt has virtually decided to appoint Joseph M. Choate as chairman of the American delegation to the second Hague peace conference. Choate recently left the court of St James's as United States Ambassador, succeeding Whitelaw Reid. The president has not finalized other delegation members, but is weighing several distinguished Americans.
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Washington
Joseph M. Choate
Court of St. James
United States
Whitelaw Reid
Roosevelt
Plot Discovered in Time in Bogota Conspiracy
Authorities found a plan to overthrow the government led by Felipe Angelo Moya Vasquez and Louis Marner. They and other conspirators were arrested and to be tried by court martial. Government officials say peace is assured and the public condemns the plot.
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Bogota
Columbia
Felipe Angelo
Moya Vasquez
Louis Marner
Reyes
Clash Between Troops and Excited Populace In St Petersburg
Reports from St Petersburg describe grave disorders as troops clash with a restless populace. Secret pamphlets incite armed rebellion while workers push clerics to drop prayers for the emperor. Moscow is cut off and insurrection spreads into Vitebsk with Kokunhusen executions and a 12 hour siege at Tukum. 10,000 revolutions remain under arms as forces mass near Kharkoft to retake the city.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Narshadney
Synonicchestra
Vitebsk
Livonia
Kokunhusen
Tukum
Courland
Kharkoft
Bids Rejected for Philippine Rail Concessions Opening Jan 2
Washington reports all bids for commissionary contracts to build railroads in the Philippine islands were rejected for terms departures. Secretary Taft, after talks with Governor Wright and Forbes, decides to readvertise with modified terms and sets January 2 at 10 a m for new bid openings.
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Washington
Philppine Islands
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Taft
Wright
Forbes
Philippine Commission
Edwards
Insular Bureau
No Hurry About It Washington Panama Bond Sale
Secretary Shaw said the Panama canal bill allows issuing bonds at any time but the treasury does not anticipate an immediate sale. Current conditions are not favorable and an issue now would divert funds from channels of trade where they are needed.
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Washington
Shaw
Treasury Department
Escaped Lieutenant Captured Near Mexico
First Lieutenant Arthur Freshwater of the Twenty ninth Infantry, headquartered at Fort Douglas Salt Lake, was located as a fugitive in Jimalco Mexico. He fled Fort Bliss Texas six weeks ago after debting $200 from post exchange and had been working as a brakeman under an assumed name.
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Salt Lake City
Arthur Freshwater
Twentyninth Infantry
Fort Douglas
Salt Lake
Justice
Jimalco
Mexico
Fort Bliss
Tex
Father Gapon Sees Discontent in Russian Troops
Paris File Father Gapon left Paris Thursday for an unknown destination. In an interview he said the present movement in Russia, because of its violence, would probably harm results already achieved. He labeled military disaffection as a mutinous outburst tied to troop mistreatment, not the revolution.
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Paris
Gapon
Russia
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Holad
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Idaho City
Stain Bank
Idaho
Arthur Davis
Elmore County
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Davi
William Holcomh
Bown
Neal
Rio Grande
Grissly
Old Hunter
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Conn
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Lfe
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Choate
Philippines
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