May weather and Idaho notes from a frontier era
A collage of Idaho state items reports Payette ranch sale at 8000 dollars. Boise carpenters strike for recognition after long labor years. Fire damages the Kerns residence in Boise with 1500 dollar loss. Payette valley surveys for 16000 acre irrigation. weather brings ample rain and promising crops. Beet sugar and dairy plans emerge. a deaf blind school eyed for Boise. a fire in Idaho City treasury office causes minor damage. Reservoir and irrigation projects evolve. a beet sugar crop praised. Willian Ken Jordan dies in Pueblo. and a Butte railroad office opens in Caldwell.
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Carpenters
Boise
Mie Weber Wiademy Wines
Eheronim
K R. Kerns
Boine
Mark Work
Boiie Valley
Kk Crowk
Enat Fadt
Caman Valley
Paystte
Fumh
Pupple
Idaho
Bome
Idaho City
Jena
Cow Creek Company
Wild Horse Creek
Cyclone Strikes North Montana Causes Wide Damage
Havre and Fort Assiniboine suffered a Tuesday afternoon hurricane that toppled buildings and caused about $200,000 in losses. Several injured, no deaths reported. Glass shattered citywide, with panic among residents including frightened Negroes who believed the end of the world had come. Indians on the Again Hibdine reservation stayed calm, while others sheltered near the post trader’s store.
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Havre
Mont
Fort Assinaboine
Hibdine
Post Traders
Senate OKs Extension of Livestock Car Time to Thirty Hours
Washington authority passes a 54 to 6 vote to extend the time livestock may stay in cars without unloading from twenty eight to thirty hours. Senator Warren argues extensions require a written application by stock owners and avoids harm, while Senator Lodge accuses Chicago packers of greed and calls for inspection to aid market reach.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Warren
Warren
Lodge
Chicago
Rowland Hall Commencement Marks Best School Year
Rowland Hall graduates celebrate a successful year with a Baccalaureate sermon at St Mark's Cathedral and a piano department recital at First Congregational Church. Construction starts soon on a $40,000 building to seat 260 pupils for the next session.
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Lake City
Rowland Hall
Airts
St Mark's Cathedral
First Congregational Church
Nee
Crossed Wires Cause Damage in Oregon City Plant
A fire from crossed wires at the Portland General Electric plant in Oregon City caused immense damage. Three large dynamos were destroyed, two damaged by water, and a large switchboard burned out. Temporary arrangements supply street lights and railway power.
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Portland
Ore
Oregonian
Oregon City
Portland General Electric Company
Packers Found Guilty By Jury In Freight Concessions Case
In Kansas City the Armour & Co Swift & Co Codahy & Co and the Nelson Morris Packing Co were found guilty in U S district court of accepting concessions from the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad on expert shipments of home products. Judge Smith McPherson of Red Oak Iowa said sentence would await the Burlington trial, since the law allows only a fine not jail.
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Kansas City
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Codahy & Co
Nelson Morris Packing Company
United States District Court
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Smith McPherson
Red Oak
Iowa
Burlington Railway
Burlington
Scenic Limited Proves Grand Success Across Rockies
Salt Lake City on Monday June 4 1906 witnessed the first Denver to Salt Lake City limited train arrival. The Scenic Limited reached 8 am with Major S K Hooper and a Utah Colorado press delegation aboard. The train met schedule, arrived ahead of time at several stops, and a logbook was opened to record the historic journey. The trip promises a 24 hour run and broader Utah promotional benefits through Rio Grande Western advertising and a booklet showcasing Utah’s resources.
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Salt Lake City
Denver
Salt Lake
K. Hooper
Frank A. Wadleigh
Crand Metor
Glenwood
J. M. Smith
Pulman Company
T. A. Dempsey
Rio Grafhde
Palmer Lake
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Salida
Malta
Leadville
Jewel Road
The
Scenic Limited
Hooper
Rogers
Rockies
Jatt Lake City
J. A. Benton
Rio Grane
Press Club
Rio Grande
Utah
Rio Grande Western
Edward ¥. Colborn
Paseencer
Smoot Seat Fight Moves Toward Senate Action
The privileges and elections committee declares Reed Smoot not entitled to a senate seat. Senator Burrows reports the majority resolution and minority report and urges early action. Foraker endorses prompt printing and debate while Batley cautions only expulsion can remove a seated member. The vote date remains unclear this session.
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Washington
Burrows
Senate
Privileges and Elections Committee
Reed Smoot
Foraker
Smoot
Batley
Privileges and Election Committee
Allison
Attempted murder at Willard shocks Brigham City
Edward Sorenson aged 18 is under arrest in Brigham City charged with trying to kill the Woodland family at Willard. He fired a double barreled shotgun into a bed injuring Mrs Woodland, then fled. He confessed and implicated Henry Woodland, son of the family, saying the motive arose from a land dispute. Sheriff Joseph Josephson of Box Elder county made the arrest.
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Brigham Ciity
Edward Sorenson
Brigham City
Daniel B. Woodland
Willard
Sorenson
Henry Woodland
Tenement House Fire Claims Several Lives in New York
A five story tenement at 209 East Ninety-seventh Street burned leaving four dead and many missing. Two firefighters were injured, one mortally. Rescues were dramatic as a woman and a two year old died on the fire escape when smoke overpowered them. The other bodies were found on the upper floors.
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New York
East Ninety-seventh Street
Westernland Aground Off Cape May With 1000 Aboard
The American Merc steamship Westernland carrying more than 1,000 passengers from Liverpool and Queenstown to Philadelphia ran aground on the south shoals near Delaware Bay’s entrance. The vessel sits in an easy position four miles off Cape May light and hopes rise for a tug-assisted flot.
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Cape May
N. J
Merc
Westernland
Liverpool
Queenstown
Philadelphia
Delaware Bay
Twenty People Hurt In Street Railway Accident
Portland report states more than twenty persons were injured in a collision between two loaded Woodlawn cars of the Portland Railway at Union and Holladay avenues. An incline on Union caused the inbound car to derail and crash into the outbound car, wrecking both. Police and ambulances were summoned. eight passengers required hospital care.
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Portland
Woodlawn
Portland Railway Company
Union and
Holladay Avenues
Union Avenue
Holladay
Awiteh St Holladay
New Cabinet Wanted Amid Russian Political Turmoil
St Petersburg reports reiterate belief the Goremykin ministry will fall despite official denial. The Reich notes hopes for a cabinet aligned with the lower house, driven by internal dissent over Minister Suichinsky agrarian policy amid rumors of a coming collapse. Cabinet members deny serious discord.
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St. Petersburg
Goremykin
Reich
Constitutional Democratic
Suichinsky
Emperor Francis Joseph Receives Delegations in Vienna
In a formal audience at the Hofburg on Sunday Emperor Francis Joseph thanked the Austrian and Hungarian delegations for their loyal devotion. He stated the foreign relations of Austria and Hungary remain friendly and affirmed the German alliance as a defense for peace after condemning the attempted assassination of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Hofburg
Austria
Hungary
Alfonso
Victoria
Germany
Eight Hour Law Enforced in Philippines For U S Funds
So Nestor Charleton reports to Secretary Taft that the eight hour law is enforced in the Philippines and applies to all works funded by US public moneys. The Chinese are excluded from the Philippines but not restricted from employment in the war department as mechanics or laborers.
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Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Nestor Charleton
Taft
Philippines
United States
War Department
Police Chief Derkatchef Shot Dead in Bielostok
In Bielostok Russia Chief of Police Derkatchef was shot and killed Sunday by unknown assailants while driving. His bodyguard was severely wounded. Simultaneously secret police were attacked elsewhere in the town with one officer wounded.
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Bielostok
Russia
Derkatchef
Statue of Washington to be unveiled at Brooklyn bridge terminal
A heroic equestrian statue of George Washington will be unveiled next Saturday at the Brooklyn terminal of the Williamsburg Bridge and presented to Brooklyn by James F. Howe. City officials military and government representatives from Washington will attend. Washington appears in continental dress as at Valley Forge.
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New York
George Washington
Brooklyn Terminal
New Williamsburg Bridge
City of
Brooklyn
James F. Howe
Washington
Valley Forge
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Willian
Ken Jordan
Thalia
Oregon
Witable Life Assurance Society
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Willant H. Saxby
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Wyoming
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Statue of Washington
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