Idaho State News Highlights From Meridian to Moscow
The farmers institute in Meridian drew strong attendance with daily programs. Washington county leads Idaho in horses, second in sheep, and third in cattle. Pioneer John Malley of Hotten? Placerville died after long Idaho Basin residence. Labor Association set Jan 17 18 session. county weddings total 235 since Jan 1 1904, with 442 in 1903. Crimes include vandalism at Star church and Leung death avoiding arrest. Gem town arson thwarted. War Bagie mining and Silver district activity noted. Halley electric franchise planned. Idaho prison cases on Luther Snyder and Lancaster appeal. University of Idaho seeks state funding. Boise near-miss electric shock incident. Spokane interurban plan advances. capital at 3.5 million.
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John Malley
Placerville
Basin
Idaho
Californ
Itaboritorial Association
Holer
Fone
Mi ‘Trey
Inaac Regeru
Btar
Supreme Court
Luther Snyder
Boise
Steele
District Court of
Idaho County
Mward A. Lancaster
Ap Pellant
Lancaster
Grand Jury
Canyon County
Dew County
Board of Regents
University of Idaho
Mm Moscow
Ray Carson
Graves
Spokane T
Moran Prairie
Palouse Country
Moscow
Snake River
Emperors Reform Manifesto Sparks Mixed Russian Reaction
A cautious yet optimistic view emerges on Nicholas II's reform program as liberal factions praise steps toward peasant equality and legal protections while warning that remaining state controls and wartime measures may hinder broader changes. Critics lament unmet demands and the persistence of autocratic limits.
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Nicholas
Xemetyos
Russia
Zemeiven
Prems Lkne
Couran
Indians Become Desperate Describing Starving Northern Cheyennes
Reports from Rosebud Montana indicate northern Cheyennes at Tongue River agency are destitute after cattle raids on nearby ranches. Commissioner Jones, advised by agent J C Clifford, ordered food restricted to the young elderly and infirm, arguing lack of work and insufficient white labor to sustain them. Indian inspector F Nisser visited the reservation then departed for Washington to present the findings to the Interior Secretary.
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Rosebud
Mont
United States Indian Department
Tongue River
Lame Deer
Indian
Jones
United States Indians
J. C. Clifford
F. Nisser
United States Indian
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Jealous rage ends in double tragedy in Leadville
Patrick Brennan and Mrs. Kate Lowney are dying at a hospital after Brennan, angered by jealousy, attacked at Mrs. Lowney's boarding house in Leadville Colorado. The incident, attributed to liquor, left both victims severely injured and near death.
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Leadville
Patrick Brennan
Kate Lowney
Colo
Brennan kills Mrs Lowney then shoots self in Bloomtown incident
In Bloomtown, three miles from the city, Brennan, about to marry the woman, had a quarrel during a spree. He smashed dishes and furniture, shot Mrs Lowney twice before turning the revolver on himself. Mrs Lowney and her children fled to a neighbor’s where a party was in progress. Brennan is mortally wounded.
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Bloomtown
Brennan
Shoot at Alabama church leaves two dead during Christmas service
During a Christmas gathering at a Stout's Mountain Alabama church, a volley from outside struck worshippers. Preacher Clay and a Black congregant died, another was wounded, causing panic. Henry Jett, a white miner linked to the shooting, was later found dead near the church. John Jett and Ted Blackwell, white miners, were arrested.
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Stout's Mountain
Ala
Fred
Preacher Clay
Henry Jett
John Jett
Ted Blackwell
Joy Turns to Tragedy as Chicago Boy Dies at Christmas
A Chicago family mourns when six year old Leo Simonds dies after a Christmas celebration. The child showed joy at gifts and candy but suddenly fell ill, and was found near the tree by his mother. He died an hour later at home.
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Christma
Leo Simonds
Chicago
Santa Claus
Iite Bey
Pulajanas Rise in Samar Prompt Reinforcements
Secretary Taft receives Cable from Governor Wright reporting Pulajanas Dolores Samar uprisings. Corbin confirms attacks on detachments at Orax and Dolores. East coast stations reinforced after delays due to wrecks and coast guard losses. General Allen to lead constabulary efforts with possible troop support.
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Boys In Blue
Taft
Wright
Manila
Dolores
Samar
Corbin
Conte
Orax
Palajanas
Coast Guard
Ores
Allen
Constabulary
Jeans Corbin
Duel in Street in the Bronx Ends in Fatal Shootout
A deadly street duel between two Italian men in West Farms Bronx drew about 200 onlookers. They stepped off a trolley car after a quarrel, fired amid the crowd, and one man fell fatally. Police chased and captured the other, who showed no wounds. The motive remains unknown.
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Weat Farma
Boroigh
Bronx
Blizzard Strikes the West Freezing Wires and Delays
A severe storm battered the region from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes since Tuesday, crippling telegraph lines and railroads. Wires iced over and poles toppled, leaving streetcar traffic stalled in western and northwestern cities as trains ran up to twenty four hours late.
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Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
Duzzard
Eh Pe
Porter to retire as ambassador to France
The Herald reports General Horace Porter of New York will retire as ambassador to France and submit his resignation to President Roosevelt before the inauguration. The announcement was read by Republican state leaders. Porter’s successor in Paris will be George von Meyer, the current ambassador to Italy.
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the Herald
Horace Porter
New York
France
Roosevelt
Porter
Paris
George Voo I'Meyar
Italy
Illinois youth dies in alleged William Tell stunt
Elmer Hunt of Chicago aged 19 balanced a bottle on his head as William Dougherty boasted of marksman skill He attempted a trickshot emulating William Tell and was shot in the forehead at the second attempt He died instantly Dougherty fled and is being sought by police.
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Elmer Hunt
Chicago
Willian Dougherty
Willian Tell
Dougherty
Starving Siberian bears invade Kamchatka coast towns
Captain Thwing reports a mass bear invasion along the Kamchatka east coast after hunger drove hundreds of starving bears from the mountains. In Usta Kamika near Petropavlovsk, 160 bears were shot in one day as they stalked villages seeking food, forcing residents into semi siege conditions.
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Captain Thwing
Harold Dollar
Siberia
Kamchatkan Peninsula
Usta-Kamika
Petropavlovsk
Santa Claus Alarm Or Fire Box Misread In Paterson
Margaret Seal faced a bleak Christmas as her unemployed father could not provide. She wrote to Santa and placed the letter in a fire alarm box on Carleton Hill. The box’s propelling key triggered alarms and a parade of engines, drawing crew and aroma into the scene. Residents then organized a Christmas basket for her family.
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Paterson
N. J
Santa Claus
Margaret Seal
Santa
Carleton Hill
Clearing Up Murder Mystery On Cutler Mountain
W J Bodne of Butte a wealthy Dutcher believes remains found near Colorado Springs are his wife who eloped six weeks earlier. A former employee who was dismissed also disappeared about the same time. Bodne is suing for divorce. The wife left with 2200 dollars from the bank and took two small children.
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W. J. Bodne
Butte
Cutler Mountain
Colorado Springs
Cole
Bodno
Bbe
Explosion at Arcadia Powder Works Shakes Waverley Area
A partial blast at the Arcadia Powder Company works near Waverley caused a countrywide concussion and shattered windows up to twenty miles away. No deaths or serious injuries occurred though ten workers, who had just left the plant, were knocked down and stunned. The plant lies a mile from Waverley and every town window was broken.
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Arcadia Powder Company
Waverley
Twen
Plan to Install Peabody in Colorado Governorship
Denver advices from the Fifteenth Colorado General Assembly set for January 4 outline Republican plans to seat Governor Peabody for two more years by discarding Democratic votes. They seek a nine to twelve member contest committee to review alleged Denver election frauds and push out about 100 Democratic precincts, counting Republican ones instead. Democratic leaders vow vigorous contest as bi partisan mass meetings form in Denver and Pueblo to protest the plan.
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Denver
Fifteenth
General Assembly of
Colorado
James H. Peabony
Alva Adams
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Peabody
N. Walter Dixon
Pueblo
John Grays
Trinidad
Adams
Bold Japanese Attack at Port Arthur Reports Heavy Losses
A Port Arthur dispatch describes a December 22 Japanese assault along the northern defenses with a 500 strong light column and many machine guns. They breached trench lines to the watercourse near Payutsean mountain, faced Russian artillery, fought a midnight bayonet clash, and retreated after heavy losses, leaving machine guns, rifles, and eighty prisoners behind.
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Port Arthur
Payutsean Mountain
Disagreement Over Wedding At Inquest In Broken Bow
In Broken Bow coroner's inquest into the death of Howard Penn a young Lincoln business man, who killed himself, heard testimony that he planned to wed Mrs Brevene of Lincoln the day of his death. They argued whether the ceremony should be at York or Lincoln. Penn, son of the commander at the Soldiers' Home in Wilford Nebraska.
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Howard Penn
Broken Bow
Brevene
Lincoln
Cermany
York
Penn
Wilford
Neb
Trains Collide in Southern Rail Crash Near Mount Carmel and Princeton
Two passenger trains on the Southern railway collided Saturday night between Mount Carmel Illinois and Princeton Indiana. All crew members were killed, two passengers and two employees injured. Officials blame a missing meeting-point order not delivered by the Mount Carmel operator.
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Southern Railway
Mount Carmel
Illa
Princeton
Ind
Ill
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