Idaho State News Highlights From Council to Boise
A compressed Idaho state news digest notes a Council club organized by miner Charles Nelson killed by snowslide near Silver Oly. Thunderbolt Mountain mill starts. Pearl Fire destroys James Head’s house. State fair set for October 11 1905 in Boise. John Norris arrested Caldwell for perjury in civil case. Idaho Mortality Society meeting slated in Caldwell January 29 30. Owyhee mining output rises to 16 million in 1905. Boulder mill workers lifted mortality. Black Pearl Coal problems freeze milling, closure. Governors appoints delegates to Ree America First at Ball Lake. Silver City hitchman Luther Gardner rescued from storm. Roosevelt mail route snow slide loss. no man found. Boise postal gains exceed Seattle and others. Thunderbolt carrier Francis survive snow slide. Forest town disorder prompts peace officer demand. Heyburn introduces 26000 for Idaho Washington boundary survey. Farmers Institute Caldwell January 23 24. Paine Idaho Northern progress: grading and surveys advance. W M Wayman buys 6000 7000 head of sheep Canyon County. Boise Valley Electric Railway orders 2000 tons rails for 25 miles track. Contracts let for line work.
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Dames Mortarity
Boulder Mill
Idaho City
Black Pearl Company
Gooding
W. KE. Borat
Hales
EB. M Helghe
Welver
Thomas R. Hunter
Bt Anthony
Ball Lake
Luther Gardner
Silver City
AL Denneassy
Roosevelt
Boise
Beattle
Thunderbolt
Francis
Forest
Perce
Sinking of Aquidaban After Powder Magazine Explosion
The Brazilian turret ship Aquidaban sunk off Fort Jacarepagua near Rio de Janeiro after a powder magazine explosion. About 300 crew perished, with only one officer saved. Built in England in 1886, the 4060 ton vessel carried 6200 hp and five torpedo tubes. Four rear admirals died aboard, while Barroso carried the minister of marine and staff inspecting arsenal sites. The ship sank in three minutes.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Fort Jacarepagua
England
Aguidaban
Barroso
Minister of Marine
Wessel
Crime of a jilting lover shocks Boise
In Boise on Monday morning Henry Neuebaumer killed himself with a bullet and wounded four relatives and friends tied to a doomed romance. The injured include Ollie Powell 28 with seven buckshot wounds. Mrs. Robert Gray with buckshot to the abdomen. Lafayette Gray 21 with multiple wounds. Lillian Gray 18 with arm and side wounds. Neuebaumer valued estate at 150000 to 500000, once prospered in Klondyke. he funded Powell's education and pursued marriage there, later claiming her before the tragedy through a string of letters revealing careful planning.
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Boise
Ida
Henry Neuebaumer
Olie Powell
Robert Gray
Lafayette Gray
Atx
Klotdyke
Powell
John Powell
Caldwell
Alaska
Trochseau
Nevebaumer
Klondyke
Mystery of the Dover Murder Confession Revealed
In a tense confrontation at Dover a young man accuses his father’s killer, James Ferrers, of deceit as Ferrers admits responsibility for the murder while declaring he did not murder the man’s father. The scene centers on a hidden confession and a deadly secret.
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James Ferrers
Perkins
Ted
Mr. Ferrers
Bins
Dover
Edward Burritt
True Narrative of Mr James Forrers and the 25th April Tragedy
The excerpt presents James Forrers confessing past acts of gambling and financial misdeeds that led to social exile. After twenty years abroad he returns to England and meets his old friend Silas Burritt. The narrative details his attempted reintegration and the tentative plans to stay with Burritt and his family as they travel by the 4:30 express.
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Ted
James Forrers
England
Silas Burritt
America
Dover
Sallogub Plans Baltic Pacification With 20 000 Troops
Riga reports 20 000 soldiers under Governor General Sallogub directing operations across Baltic provinces to quell a 20 000 strong revolution. Military leaders estimate two years needed to crush guerrilla warfare with captured rebels punished by court martial and execution.
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Riga
Livonian
Sallogub
Ensign Wade Acquitted by Navy Court Martial
Ensign Charis Wade, charged with responsibility for the explosion on the gunboat Beoning ton in San Diego harbor, Cal, has been acquitted by a Navy court martial after reconsideration. Wade will return home and await orders as the Navy takes no further action.
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Washington
Charis T. Wade
Beonington
San Diego Harbor
Cal
Bavy
Wade
Accuser Questions Fateful Murder Allegations
In a tense exchange the accuser demands how the killer could be innocent of his father’s murder. The respondent reveals he fired at the father’s own request, claiming cooperation in the fatal act.
Mechanical Aids to Rapid Reading
At a French Academy of Sciences meeting M. Andre Broca and M. Sulzer presented a paper on rapid reading. They argued letters differ in recognition speed with E about one third slower than T. They favor a simple alphabet like T or L and white on black printing to speed reading and reduce brain fatigue.
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French Academy of Sciences
M. Andre Broca
M. Sulzer
Grief But Pointed Gossip In A Quip
A terse exchange frames a folk tale moment as a boy asks what a fool killer is and an elder answers with a cryptic metaphor about a gur he blows. The dialogue births a small moral vignette anchored in rural speech and seasonal mood.
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Johnny Bumpernickle
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Idaho State News
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Saver Oly
Trapperk Plat Mining Company
Thunderboldt Mountain
Pearl
James E. Head
John Norris
Sviminar
Idaho State Morticultural Society
Adiapateh
Wallace Saya
Ooeur d'Aleng
Heyburn
Tilaho Washington
Clearwater River
Farmers’ Normal Institute
University of Idaho Agricultural College and Experiment Station
Padie & Idaho Northern Railway
Idaho
W. M. Wayman
Canyon County
W. & Hrundage
Payviie
Boles Valley Electric Railway Company
de Menry
Aes
Harris
Castell Publizhing Companesha
Armen
Baltic
Ensign Wade
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