Idaho State News Highlights From Parma to Malley
Parma incorporated as a village with a 200 population and a new open house building. Mountain Home reports daily Minnesota settlers. A Kaghew lodge will be moved to Malley, bringing Halley lodges to twelve. Blaine County commissioners allocate 200 for St Louis exposition ads. A Blaine County irrigation association forms at Halley. Payette ore seam discussed near Salmon. Boise barracks may become regimental HQ after Fort Walla Walla’s collapse. Caldwell ice houses fill from Washoe pond after a failed frost. Malley grants power franchise to Malley Water & Power Co and begins construction. Supreme Court rules meals for prisoners paid by the sheriff. Sawmill collapse at Meadows kills Frank Hill and injures Jasper Hill. Supreme Court upholds murder in the first degree for George Levy in Davis Levy murder trees October 3, 1901.
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Mountain Home
Minnesota
Malley
Halley
Blaine County
Im Payette
M. & Church
Fort Walle Walla
Boise Barracks
Caldwell
Caldwell Lee
Washoe
Malley Water & Power Company
Ones
Supreme Court
Meadows
Jasper
George Levy
Davis Levy
Bolue
Meet Death in Mine Nearly Two Hundred Die in Explosion
A terrible explosion at the Harwick mine of Allegheny Coal in Cheswick near Pittsburgh, Pa incapacitated almost all workers. Between 180 and 190 men lie dead, only Adolph Gunla survives in a semi conscious state. Rescue attempts fail due to foul air. no one inside the mine escaped alive.
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Harwick
Allegheny Coal Company
Cheswick
Pitteburg
Cage
Adolph Gunla
Pitlaburg
Aince
Litttle
Selwyn M Taylor
Taylor
Noted Kentucky Heiress in Unfortunate International Marriage
Miss Mary Gwendolin Caldwell of Kentucky, heiress to a sizable fortune, is identified as the Marquise de Moringilie. She has $200,000 pledged for a Catholic University in Washington and is critically ill at the Buckingham hotel in New York after arriving from Europe recently.
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Kentucky
Marquise de Moringilie
Mary Gwendolin Caldwell
Catholic University At Washington
Buckingham Hotel
New York
Marquise
Europe
Promoter Whitaker Wright Dies After London Trial verdict
Whitaker Wright, famed promoter on both sides of the Atlantic, died in hospital within an hour of his seven year penal servitude sentence for absconding with funds from the London and Globe Finance corporation. Postmortem will decide if poisoning caused death. authorities note possible poisoning after a dramatic court outcome and his final conversations with lawyers about family affairs and finances. The London press generally lauds the verdict and sentence, while The Standard hints at possible extenuating circumstances.
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Whitaker Wright
London
London & Globe Finance Corporation
Polson
Wright
Brixon
King’s College Hospital
Tornado Devastates Moundville Alabama Killing and Injuring Dozens
A severe tornado struck Moundville Alabama early Friday killing 37 people and injuring more than 100. The path and destruction spanned a quarter mile through town with every business building except one small store leveled. Surgeons arrived from Greensboro and Tuscaloosa to aid the injured as homes and warehouses were razed and debris scattered across a wooded area. Hull, four miles north, also suffered damage including the Planing department of Rete Lember company and a church reduction.
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Moundville
Ala
Greensboro
Tuscaloosa
Hull
Rete Lember Company
Planing Department
Youthful Beauty Hears Duke of Norfolk Betrothed
The Hon. Gwendolen Constable-Max wall is announced to marry the Duke of Norfolk, ending years of rumors about the first Earl of England’s matrimonial plans. London society journals had speculated on possible brides for Norfolk and Arundel Castle. The announcement confirms the engagement and sets society abuzz.
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First Earl of
England
Gwendolen Constable-Maxwall
Duke of Norfolk
Earl of
London Society
Norfolk House
Arundel Castle
Roosevelt Inspired Revolt and Panama Question Debate
Senator Stone accuses the president of abetting a Panama uprising. The Senate split on the canal issue during Tuesday’s session with one speech by Mr. Stone urging full disclosure of all facts. In the House, the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Bill cleared, tallying 11,206,380 with items for armament, Guantanamo, Alaskan surveys, and authorized spending on offices, mileage, rural delivery, and customs collection.
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Stone
Panama
Senate
Canal
Mr. Stone
Missouri
Senate Mittee
House
Guantanamo
Cuba
House of Soeeenenaee
Bryan speaks on moral issues in Madison Square Hall
William J. Bryan opened a speech at Madison Square Concert Hall New York City noting he is not a candidate and speaks as a private citizen. He emphasized independence from any organization and claimed strong prospects to remain non-political.
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Aiavory
Madison Square
Oncert Hall
New York City
William J. Bryan
Hoe
Pays the Penalty for Murder at Baker City
Pleasant Armstrong was executed in the Baker City jail yard on Friday morning for the Christmas morning 1902 murder of Minnie Ensminger near Haines Oregon. He died nine minutes after the drop at 6 58 o clock neck broken. Armstrong spoke briefly, expressing sorrow yet saying he would meet the girl in the afterlife. The crime followed Miss Ensminger breaking an engagement with him at the ranch of her brother in law Joseph Henner on Christmas night 1902.
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Pleasant Armstrong
Minnie Ensminger
Haines
Ore
Baker City
Armstrong
Joseph Henner
Miss Ensminger
Woman's Scheme to Rid the Coast of Bachelors
Ernestina Schmindt of San Francisco petitions the board of supervisors for an ordinance making it a misdemeanor for any male over 21 to refuse a marriage proposal from an unmarried woman over 18 of the same religion who is not legally barred from marrying.
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Ernestina Schmindt
San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Petiton
Ghost Haunts Hawaii District Panic Over Apparition
From Honolulu via the steamer Aorangi comes word that an entire Hawaii district is in a panic after the reported appearance of a ghost. The unrest stems from Shem Uneaka’s burial in ground rather than a native cave, with relatives claiming the spirit returns to haunt them.
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Hawaii
Aorangi
Honolulu
Shem Uneaka
H Cave
Shem
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