Idaho State News Update From Payette To Pocatello
Work has started on a new Baptist church in Payette. The Payette Valley Independent notes local plans and a to be determined project. A clers employee Charles Bahlich, shot in Portello, is expected to recover. Four year old Vivian Whiten fell from a Caldwell horse, stepped on, and injured her. Hundred dollars were raised in Balter for Heppner relief. Voters in Horse, about 100, seek recognition in city work matters. Mahup A J Glerieux named to locate an industrial reform school site in Freemant county. A large grid issue at Beaver Ere ct, with ore from $100 to $150 per ton. Coal vein unearthed 13 feet at Pollard. Analysis shows product superior to many western coals. Dr J A Gregory and Dr Leonel Truitt appointed to state board of medical examiners for six years. Treasury order revocation battles fail. Poetaabelo restaurant remains closed. J A Epperson of Pocatello killed by train. money on him at last sight but not on body. Short Line yards in Pocatello destroyed $16,000 in goods, timber, and equipment. fire risk high but contained. A 6 year old Hole boy nearly drowns in irrigation ditch. timely help saves him. George Stephens at Montpelier injured by a fallen wool sack, neck dislocated but repairable. Lewiston normal students drown in Moka River. ages 9 and 7. Frank R. Comm delivered Warrens Fourth of July oration forty years ago. one listener remains. An unknown man gambling earlier dropped under a train in Pocatello and killed. Moscotiewos have free delivery since June with insufficient service.
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New Baptist
Payette
Payette Valley
Uelophons Company
Poldn
Charles Bahlich
Clrews
Poratello
Vivian Whiten
Caldwell
Methodist Sunday School
Balter
Heppner
Ore
Tt In
Ming
Fiaimon City
J. & Gregory
Boles
Leonel Truitt
Cottonwood
Morrison
State Board of Medical Examiners
Treasury Department
Mun Nan
China
J. A. Epperson
Pocatello
Pocatillo
Jonge
Frank R. Comm
Balen
Warrens
Colin
Warrene
Mallen
Moscocitiewos
San Pedro to complete Salt Lake to Los Angeles line
The San Pedro company gains control of lines south of Salt Lake City from Oregon Short Line for about 10 to 11 million dollars. The deal transfers operation rights and equipment and leaves 200 miles to be built for a through route from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. Funds arranged to finish and equip the system without issuing bonds. A mortgage with Equitable Trust of New York seeks 50 million dollars in 4 percent fifty year bonds.
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New York
San Pedro Company
Oregon Short Line Company
Salt Lake City
Sault Lake City
Los Angeles
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company
Equitable Trust Company of
FAILED TO OBEY ORDERS KILLS TWENTY-FOUR IN ROCKFAB VA
Twenty four people died and thirteen injured when a Virginia Midland passenger train from Washington to Atlanta struck a local freight at Rockfab Virginia. The wreck tore engines and cars. Conductor Brubeck and Engineer Hale led the freight crew. Hale reportedly failed to clear the line, leaving the passenger train to pass. Most dead were second class passengers in a cooped coach.
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Hemdon Col Talon
Virginia Midland Division
Southern Railway
Rockfab
Washington
Atlanta
Brubeck
Hale
Riot aftermath in Evansville reports casualties and martial law stance
After the riot in Evansville the mayor orders calm and streets empty. Reports claim nine dead and twenty injured, though some versions note one dying and twenty-one hurt. The negro fire company left the city under mayoral oversight and militiamen enforce order while white firefighters replace them. Martial law is not declared and many Black volunteers are relieved from duty at their request.
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Evansville
Thd
Nol
Leas
Artaes
Negro Fire Company
Lost his temper in Lebanon killing Ida Becker and officer
Pavit Saud shot and killed Mire Ida Becker and Policeman Cyrus Bhader after an anger flare over Becker’s court testimony. Saud was confronted by police on the street and killed the officer as well.
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Pavit Saud
Mire Ida Becker
Cyrus Bhader
Lebanon
Shaud
Mra
Ida Becker
RIOTERS ROUTED IN Evansville Jailing Bloodshed
Seven dead and four teens wounded after four days of Whites vs Negroes rioting in Evansville Indiana. National Guard and deputies faced stones and calls for mercy as a riot ended in a volley of musketry and shotgun fire. Soldiers fled into the mob and returned fire, leaving multiple casualties near the jail and courthouse.
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Evansville
Indiana
Sherif
Blum
National Guard
Durbin
Division Street
Cloudburst Destroys Merrymakers at Oxford Park Dam
A cloudburst near Jeanette and Greensburg Pennsylvania floods Brush Creek. Reports vary on deaths from 26 to 100 as Oxford Park dam breaks sending a twenty foot wall of water down a ravine engulfing a trolley car and restaurant. Dozens are electrocuted by trolley wires. several bodies recovered. The park hosted hundreds seeking relief from heat when the disaster struck.
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Jeanette
Pittsburg
Oxford Park
Greensburg
Brush Creek
Jeannette
Flood Disaster at Jeannette Pa Claims Dozens Missing
Cloudburst in Jeannette Pennsylvania causes property damage estimated at least 700 900 dollars with 50 to 150 feared dead or missing. Authorities and anxious families patrol streets in search of lost children as rumors of more bodies surface and rescue efforts continue.
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Jeannette
Murder at Tonopah Casts Shadow On Fourth Of July
A blacksmith named Frank Smith stabbed Walter Dunn on Main Street in Tonopah during the town celebration. Dunn survived but was seriously wounded. Smith was arrested and later escorted from town at night to avoid vigilante anger. Crowd remains excited by the incident.
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Tonopah
Frank Smith
Walter Dunn
Main Street
Smith
Dunn
Premature Explosion at Utah Camp Kills Two
A blast at Harvard Brothers trading camp near Croyden Utah on Monday afternoon killed the foreman named Bean and another worker while ten more were injured and four fatally hurt. Men were blasting rock to straighten a curve of the Union Pacific track when a premature explosion occurred after drilling holes and tamping.
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Harvard Brothers
Croyden
Utah
Bean
Union Pacific
Strangled Woman Found Dead in Denver Aged 40
Mabel Brown 40 was found dead in her house at 198 Market Street Denver on Monday morning. Her hands were bound and there was evidence of strangulation. No clue to the murderer. The case bears resemblance to earlier strangulation murders in the neighbourhood.
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Mabel Brown
Market Street
Denver
Officer Shoots Desperado in Douglass Saloon
Special from Douglass Arizona reports Officer Lon Graham shot and fatally wounded a man named Smith believed to be the killer of Officer Thomas Vaughn and who wounded Graham. In a Douglass saloon Smith drew a gun. Graham ordered surrender and fired hitting him in the neck. Thousands watched as Smith was rushed to hospital guarded by Rangers.
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Douglass
Arizona
Lon Graham
Smith
Thomas Vaughn
Graham
diMeulty Smith
Rynning
Rangers
Pacific Cable Completed Across Ocean From San Francisco
The rack cable completed at 10 50 p m eastern time by welding the eastern and western Maks at Honolulu aboard the cable ship Anglia finishing the telegraph line from San Francisco to the Philippine islands over 8000 miles. A message from President Roosevelt to President Mackay was sent around the world in twelve minutes and Mackay's reply in nine and a half minutes. The prior world wrap record was fifty minutes set by Chauncey M Depew in 1890.
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Honolulu
Anglia
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Roosevelt
Mackay
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
jWorld
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Grand Central Palace
Washington
Snake Charm Ends With FiveFoot Snake in Piano
A black snake about five feet long appeared in a square piano at Miss Mollie Varr’s home near Charleston Indiana. Musician Lyon Morrison from Indianapolis charmed the reptile from the instrument with a melody. The snake hovered by the keys and coiled back after its head was seen. The lid was removed and the snake killed.
Tragic Pittsb Railroad Wreck Leaves Four Dead
A traction car on the Center and Lincoln avenue lines of the Pittsburgh Railway jumped the tracks at the Lincoln avenue bridge and fell about 160 feet. Four aboard, including the contractor and motorman, were on board. Three were killed instantly and the remaining two were fatally injured. The car was wrecked.
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Pmmer
Pittsburg Railway Company
Lincoln Avenue
Floods Hit Cumberland Maryland and Nearby Areas
Rain caused six feet of floodwater in Cumberland Maryland damaging plants and homes. Debris closed streetcar lines and landslides blocked West Virginia Central rail. Hyndham Pennsylvania flooded with widespread damage. total area damage around fifty thousand dollars. Harvest labor shortages persist as Kansas demand outpaces supply amid national canal treaty discussion in Bogota with Congress forming a study committee.
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Cumberland
West Virginia Central Railroad
Hyndham
The Manchurian Plot and U S Position
Washington has heard nothing from China or England on an ultimatum reported by Odessa dispatched sources. The United States has not been asked to take a stance or offer moral support to Japan and England in Manchuria, leaving no indication of U S involvement.
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Washington
China
Japan
England
Odessa
United States
Manchuria
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