Drought, Dams and Death Mark Idaho News in May
Idaho community notes reveal measles outbreak tiding sick children and several deaths. Rich ore finds at Pearl mine boost prospects as Twin Palis irrigation expands water works to serve 240000 acres. Caldwell prepares for July Fourth with centennial celebrations. Stone conflicts pause as Joseph T Scott and Charlton H Clayton avert a duel through friendly mediation.
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United States
Armitar Systems
Nile
Joseph T Scott
Walene Press
Coeur d'Alene
Charton H. Clayton
Pri
Peace Reigns Again In West Mine War Briefing
Governor Peabaty of Colorado says the war is nearly over in a Monday interview. General Bell reports the sub ple Creek mines are open and running with reduced tension as union and nonunion workers return. Major Hill remains to close the detachment as the Portland mine awaits reopening amid ongoing labor strife. In Ohio, four condemned inmates attempt to escape the state pen, overpowering guards before being recaptured and locked in their cells.
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Peabaty
Colorado
Bell
Iain Burkeley Welle
Telluride
Hillvorton
Ouray
Las Animas
Him Remalan
Comayvetyen
Independence
Portland
Hms
Sherman M. Hell
Vta
Western Federation of Miners
Portland Company
Miners’ Federation
Ohio State Penitentiary
Richards
Willams County
Annex
Mines Again Working in Cripple Creek District
Report notes renewed activity in Cripple Creek mines as non union labor is employed across large properties. The piece highlights widespread reopening and the shift in workforce, signaling a recovery in ore production after previous slowdowns.
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Cripple Creek
Japan's Foremost Soldier Gen Itel Kuroki in Manchuria
Gen Itel Kuroki commander in chief of the Japanese army in Manchuria is a veteran of four wars. At 61 he is famed as an effective administrator and war council member in Tokyo. His deep knowledge of Korea and northern China gives him strategic edge against Russia. He fought for the Meiji restoration in 1886 and later helped quell the rebellion.
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Itel Kuroki
Manchuria
Fret
War Council
Tokyo
Korea
China
Japan
Fights At Outposts Reported Daily Deaths
General Kuroki's field headquarters state only frontline clashes at outposts, averaging a death or two daily. Some Russian prisoners arrived at Japanese HQ, while no Japanese are captured. Telegraph disruption attributed to Chinese saboteurs, likely Rus backing. Supply work praised as excellent and beyond criticism with high soldier morale.
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Kuroki
Russians Mystified by Japanese Feints Near Feng Wang
Russians puzzled by Japanese columns north and south of Feng Wang. The trend favors feints, though some believe General Kuroki has begun a serious two flank advance toward Zhao Yang. Renewed skirmishing reported near Lin Yen.
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Feng Wang
Cheng
Kuroki
Zhao Yang
Lin Yen
Fighting lines map shows Japanese and Russian peninsular forces
A wartime map depicts present lines of the Japanese and Russian peninsular armies. The Japanese left wing pivots southeast toward Danny on Talien Wan Bay. Russian forts lie between the Mikado’s army and Port Arthur as outer defenses tighten for a decisive clash.
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Danny
Talien Wan Bay
Port Arthur
Shouting Bee Duel Claims Three Lives in Bryantsville
A street duel in Bryantsville Indiana leaves three dead and two wounded as a feud between the Hout and Tow families erupts during a free gravel road election. The victims include James Rout, 32, and Mib ton Tow, 34, with James Tow mortally wounded and Frank Tow, 26, severely injured. The confrontation occurs near an election booth as about twenty six shots are fired. bystanders escape unharmed amid intense public excitement.
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Bryantsville
Indiana
James Rout
Charles Hout
Mibton Tow
James Tow
Frank Tow
Hout
Tow
Bedford
Bryantaville
Brantsville
Battle report from St Petersburg describes clash near Wafanhoon
Dispatch dated June 14 from St Petersburg relays Lt Gen Baron Stakelberg's telegram: battle began at noon four and a half miles south of Wafanhoon station with repeated enemy assaults on our left flank. The attack was repelled and our position held. The first regiment, on the left, suffered severe losses. its commander Col Khayastounoff and Adjutant Sub Lieutenant Dragosias Nodochinsky were killed. Gen Gernross wounded but stayed on field.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Baron Stakelberg
Wafanhoon
Khayastounoff
Dragosias Nodochinsky
Gernross
Russian naval conference in St Petersburg confirms decade program
The emperor Grand Duke Alexis and Russian naval leaders, including Vice Admiral Avelin, met in St Peters burg on Saturday to approve the prewar naval plan for a ten year span. Ships will serve the Black Sea and Baltic fleets, with no Pacific allocation and construction to begin at once in Russia, possibly with French contracts. The battleship and cruiser mix mirrors the Washington general board’s US naval proposal.
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Avelin
Admiralty
Black Sea
Baltic
Pacific
Russia
France
General Board
Washington
United States Navy
Brave doctors praise Ensign Mario woo at Saimat ta battle
Ensign Mario woo reports the June 7 fight at Saimat ta where about 200 Japanese were killed. He commends Red Cross doctors Poosen and Bentesh for tending the wounded under fire. The retiring order led them to stay until all wounded were evacuated. A later found Russian patient had his tongue cut out and fingers severed, with it likely caused by Chinese bandits rather than Japanese.
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Mario Woo
Liao Yang
Saimatta
Red Cross
Poosen
Bentesh
Miners Issue Statement on Cripple Creek Conflict
The Western Federation of Miners blames mine operators and the Citizens' Alliance backed by state power for lawlessness in Cripple Creek. It discusses the Independence depot explosion killing sixteen non union miners and accuses Mine Owners' association detectives and a released train wrecking suspect of complicity and treason.
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Western Federation of Miners
Cripple Creek
Sherman M. Bell
C. C. Hamlin
Bina Owners’ Association
Citizens’ Alliance
Independence
McKinney
Mine Owners’ Association
Association
Pottsesnyon
Bend
Nnion
General Bell
Triple Crime in Pueblo Livery Stable Street Killing
Gilbert P. Dage, a livery keeper, shot and killed his wife and Mrs Maud McKinney on Pueblo Colorado's main street. He dismounted, fired at both women in a carriage by a fish market, then failed to shoot himself before police restrained him. McKinney’s husband Charles faced earlier charges in Cripple Creek linked to a train wreck. Dage claimed infidelity prompted the killings and accused the other woman of leading his wife astray.
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Gilbert P. Dage
Maud McKinney
Pueblo
Colo
Dodge
McKinney
Charles McKinney
Cripple Creek
Dorge
Port Arthur Doom Foretold by Chinese Reports
Reports from Chinese sources say Japanese forces near Port Arthur have been heavily reinforced and may assault the fortress once land investment is feasible. There are persistent notes of a Port Arthur squadron sortie, but no official confirmation is available.
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Port Arthur
President Roosevelt urged to intervene in Cripple Creek district
Officers of the Western Federation of Miners press the president to investigate affairs in Cripple Creek Colorado. They note requests to interfere have twice been made in six months but dismissed as beyond the president’s legal power. Close associates say unlikely he will intervene with Colorado authorities.
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Roosevelt
Western Federation of Miners
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Abner McKinley Found Dead at Somerset Home
Abner McKinley brother of the late President was found dead in a chair at his Somerset Pennsylvania home Saturday morning. A colored servant slept in his room and rose with him at 2 o’clock. McKinley did not wake the servant later, and Mrs. McKinley discovered him in the chair at 8 o’clock, death having occurred about two hours earlier.
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Abner McKinley
Somerset
Mr. McKinley
Mrs. McKinley
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