Idaho News Highlights From Halley to Caldwell
Idaho reports show twenty carloads of cattle shipped from Halley and large peach marketing from Lewiston. Cadet Charles A. Dunn from Wallace enters Annapolis. Boise’s police chief appointed with minor retention from old force. Plummer Day celebrations across Boise valley. Mines in Coeur d’Alene and Dewey districts profiting. new water pipeline planned for Halley. A drowning body found in Owyhee river. a Bolse merchant dies of paralysis. A murder buried body unearthed near Weiser. beet sugar factory planned at Caldwell with $1 million capital. 700 farmers interviewed. Slaughter of 233 diseased horses near Cottonwood. rewards offered for J J McDonough murder. A Spaniard killed in Sheep-Camp dispute. store safe in Payette robbed. Idaho militia to receive arms and supplies for strong Guard. Continuous local events reflect state-wide activity.
Mistaken For Bear Fatal Camp Incident In Logan Canyon
In Logan Canyon near Cowley, 16 or 17 year old Niele Jensen from Bear River City was killed by companion John Calvin who mistook him for a bear while they slept in a camp. Calvin fired with no warning after Jensen rose about 11 pm. Jensen died about half an hour later as Calvin tried to aid him.
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Niele Jensen
Bear River City
Box Eider County
John Calvin
Jennen
Calvin
Cowley Canyon
Logan Canyon
Keara
Jensen
Jay
John
Revolt of convicts at Folsom Prison ends in escape
Thirteen prisoners broke from the California state prison at Folsom during breakfast hour. They overpowered Warden Wilkinson and officers, seized weapons, and fled into Eldorado county with a four horse team. Guard William L. Colter was killed. four other guards injured. The convicts stripped guards and fled toward Bald Mountain, believed to seek refuge near Alabaster cave. They swapped prison garb for officer attire to dodge capture.
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California
Folsom
Wilkinson
Harry Wilkinson
B. J. Murphy
Dent
Eldorado County
Kniven
Razora
Wit
Bald Mountain
Convicts at Large From Folsom Prisonzie
Thirteen inmates escaped Folsom Cal Monday twelve remain at large. Joe Murphy led the breakout heavily armed and unlocated. A black convict named Heagla appears uninjured. Eleven fugitives head toward the Sierra Nevada pursued by Sacramento Eldorado and Placer sheriffs with guards and militia. A battle is anticipated if surrounded.
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Drunken Dago Fight Leaves Two Dead in Wyoming
In a drunken quarrel six miles west of Gillett, Wyoming, two men die and another is gravely wounded. Joe Datri strikes Exxie. Beste fatally wounds Datri. Bellagala kills Nick Eggin as Dominix Eggie and Hellagalia exchange fire leaving Dominix wounded. In Kansas City a preacher Rev H D Hilson kills his wife in a confectionery store after her divorce suit and alimony actions.
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Gillett
Wyo
Joe Datri
Dominix Begie
Datri
Exxie
Beste
Frank Bellagalla
Nick Regie
Dominix
Bellagala
Nick Eggin
Dominix Eggie
Hellagalia
H. D. Hilson
Kanan City
Kan
Hilson
Dia
Panic in Panama governors house raided amid grave situation
Consul Gudger reports that at 10 o'clock soldiers and the commander in chief searched the governor's house. The governor escaped and sought safety at an American's home after being intercepted while attempting to reach the consulate. The secretary of state and departmental employees were arrested as streets filled with soldiers. The governorship’s fate is unsettled, and Acting Secretary Loomis will await advice. Navy options include Bancroft or Panther if needed to Panama via Colon.
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Pacific
Pacific Squadron
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Bancroft
Panther
Colon
Fighting Parson: Kentucky Preacher Kills Man Then Blesses
Robert Lee, a minister from Linnie in Casey county, shot and killed Ellis Woods and fatally wounded Woods's son after a quarrel. He then offered grace at the Liberty jail table, as authorities took him into custody.
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Linnie
Casey County
Kentucky
Grace
Liberty
Lee
Ellis Woods
Woods
Acre Territory Letter Warns Brazilian Army in Fever Plague
A letter from Acre reports the Brazilian army wasting under fever attacks with six hundred officers ill. Some detachments are without medicine and supplies, signaling severe hardship for troops in the field.
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Acre
Eleven Year Old Witness Recants State Claims in Chicago Murder Case
Julius Wittrack, age eleven and star witness for the state in the murder case against his parents for Paul Paszkowski, now denies the earlier damaging statements. He testifies he was terrified into accusing his parents by police at the time of his testimony.
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Paul Paszkowski
Chicago
Woman says she killed William X Ryan in self defense
Mrs Aurora Hodge, 19, of Denison Iowa, told Grand Rapids police she shot peddlar William X Ryan near Salt Lake City on July 11 in self defense after he assaulted her. She left California for Ogden, then Chicago, planning to surrender. police doubt her story but expect further developments. Ryan’s body was found July 14 near Murray with head wound, bindings, and signs of a fatal crime.
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Denison
Iowa
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wiliam X. Ryan
Salt Lake City
Hodge
California
Ogden
Ryan
Chicago
Spring Lake
William X. Ryan
Murray
Seventy five Boys Poisoned At Whittier School
Seventy five boys in the Whittier California state reform school are ill with an undetermined cause. Six are seriously ill and delirious, Dr. F H Hadley investigating possible food or other poisoning as the source of the outbreak.
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State Reform School
Whittier
Cal
F. H. Hadley
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