Idaho State News Highlights From Halley to Coeur d'Alene
Idaho reports mixed progress and turmoil. Archie Starling of Halley suffers injuries in a fall while crime and politics unfold as Mayor Breeley dismisses police and deputy officials. Mining booms in Coeur d'Alene and Dewey boost output, land values rise across Fremont and Idaho counties, while federal reclamation withdrawals threaten arid lands.
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Breeley
Pocatello
Ford
Ecomnel
Ata
Furman Hooper
Dewey Farm
Nampa
Pink Bradley
Fred
Tahoe
Conar d'Alene
United States
Massacre of Missionaries in Liberia Details Unearthed
An 1901 massacre in a jungle Libera mission killed missionary John G Tate and nineteen followers after the Doo tribe surrounded the house. Witness Mary L Allen reports that the Doos said they killed to prevent a forthcoming war, claiming no grievance with white men. Minister Lyon sought fuller details and possible punishment from Liberian authorities.
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Lyon
Mate Department
Monrovia
Liberia
John G. Tate
Mra
Mary L. Allen
Nounakroo
Tate
Doos
Leprosy in Russians Reported in Lincoln Nebraska
Special from Lincoln Nebraska says health officials have learned that about twenty five Russians living near Ninth and H streets may have leprosy. An informant said a doctor sought rooms for a sanitarium to cure the lepers. The Russians work in city families and speak little English. Authorities investigate the matter.
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Lincoln
Neb
Ninth
H Streets
Rhode
Lien Fang Seeks Russian Evacuation Plan in Peking
Lien Fang of the board of foreign affairs met Russian Minister Lessar in Peking on Monday to ask about Manchuria evacuation. Lessar replied evacuation is not feasible now due to severe cold and lack of barracks, and warned evacuation could jeopardize Russian interests amid ongoing talks with Japan.
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Lien Fang
Board of Foreign Affairs
Lessar
Peking
Manchuria
Russia
Japan
Dual provisional governments form in Santo Domingo amid marching factions
General Gelletier has established a provisional government at Azua de Compostella with Barbona inhabitants joining. Both factions reportedly march on Azua, creating two provisional governments in the republic. German warships left for Kingston, Jamaica, leaving only the US gunboat Newport to maintain order with a small crew. city remains quiet but calls for more ships.
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Gelletier
Azua de Compostella
Barbona
Republic of Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Kingston
Jamaica
United States
Newport
Ghouls Robbed the Dead at East Paris Wreck
Coroner Hilliker reports that ghouls robbed the bodies of the dead after a wreck near East Paris Michigan on Saturday night. Despite precautions by Pere Marquette railroad officials and officers, no valuables were found on the corpses.
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Pere Marquette Railroad
East
Paris
Mich
Hilliker
Grand Rapids
Portland Arrests Murder Suspect in Saloonkeeper Slaying
Police capture David Van Houten five miles from Portland barn after a confrontation that yielded no statement. He accuses wife Mrs. Van Houten of infidelity while she denies the charge and claims abuse and neglect. Rear Admiral Sterling orders gunboat Vicksburg from Shanghai to Chemulpo to protect American lives amid local rioting in Korea.
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Portland
David van Houten
al Young
van Houten
Young
Sterling
Asiatic
Navy Department
Vicksburg
Shanghai
Chemulpo
Korea
Allen
Seoul
Cabinet and Privy Council Meet Over Korea Expansions
A joint cabinet and privy council meeting was held Sunday to discuss ways to handle the grave situation and extraordinary expenditures including finishing the Seoul Fusan railway. Japan believes Russia may modify its reply. if not, Korea could be safeguarded immediately, though war with Russia is not necessarily implied.
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Cabinet
Privy Council
Seoul-Fusan
Russia
Japan
Korea
The Chinese Treaty Ratification Hopes at Peking
At the Chinese legation the confident hope is expressed that the throne at Peking will ratify the American Chinese commercial treaty recently ratified by the United States senate. Sir Liang, the Chinese minister, urged that ratifications at Peking be expedited after the U.S. Senate action.
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Peking
United States Senate
Sir Liang
Murdered Wife on Christmas by Salt Lake Barber
Frank Rose, a Salt Lake City barber, confessed to killing his wife on Christmas Day and leaving their baby in the bedroom for two nights. The body was found in bed in undergarments, the infant unharmed amid bloodied clothing, and Rose said the wife died after an hour and a half of kissing him and the child. He claimed the motive was infidelity and turned himself in after spending his money.
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Frank Rose
Salt Lake City
Rose
de Clares
ANOTHER RAILWAY HORROR NEAR GRAND RAPIDS
Seventeen killed and thirty-one injured in a head on collision near Grand Rapids Michigan between two passenger trains. Officials say high wind blew out a signal lamp at McCord's causing the westbound freight to pass and meet the eastbound train at Fox. Baggage and smoking cars were destroyed. few others injured seriously.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
General
Detroit
McCord's
Fox
Colombians May Return If Demands Are Not Met
The note discusses Colombia's threatened departure of General Reyes and Dr Herran from Washington if Secretary Hay does not grant satisfaction on Panama. It mentions a possible last resort to submit the issue to The Hague for arbitration if Hay refuses.
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United States
Hay
Reyes
Colombia
Panama
Dr. Herran
Washington
Hague Court of Arbitration
Bank Loot Slugfest Rocks Kiowa I T
A five man gang robbed the Kiowa bank on Sunday morning exchanging hundreds of shots with about fifty armed citizens. They dynamited the safe securing around 2800 dollars, some of which may have been damaged by the blast. the bank building was partially wrecked.
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Kiowa
I. T
Weiser Woman Seriously Burned in Home Explosion
Mrs. J D Dudley Smith of Weiser Idaho was badly burned and her home wrecked by an explosion. She had been cleaning window curtains with gasoline while wearing rubber gloves, and moved a tub of fuel toward a hot fire on the porch. The blast caused a kitchen blaze.
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Easoune
J. D. Dudley Smith
Weiser
Idaho
Fatal Fire Claims Mrs Messersmith and Daughter in Braidwood
A report from Dougian Wisconsin states Mrs. Joseph Messersmith and her thirteen year old daughter Florence died in a blaze that razed the home they were visiting in Braidwood Michigan. Neighbor Frank Smith perished while trying to rescue them. all three bodies were found burned beyond recognition.
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Dougian
Wio
Joseph Messersmith
Florence
Douglas
Braidwood
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