Idaho State News Highlights From Pocatello to Caldwell
Idaho state news summarizes progress on a new railroad slope at Pocatello and a dust-suppressing oil plan by the Salem line. It notes a runaway near Payette injuring five, a strike among Boise brick workers, weather shifts from Wood River, and city plans in Caldwell for water works with Seattle architect Cummings.
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Pocatello
Washington County
Newitate
Welner
Payette
Weliere
Boise
Oreston
Lidaho
Nampa
Kemet
Ciy
Holwe Haw
Nerlen
Caldwell
KW. Cummings
Seattle
Faery HL Carper
Howe Fe
Obie
Bolaw Fue Abe
Naletorium
Pomel
Ftle
Anid
Kidpath End
Spokane
Wood River
Croek Mar Keete
Glenn's Ferry
Mad rush for homesteads opens Fort Hall reservation
The Fort Hall reservation opened to settlement drawing a crowd of about 3,000 hopeful homeseekers near Pocatello. Women featured prominently as riders and walkers surged toward land offices, with claims filed from five miles south of Ross Fork to Blackfoot. Prices ranged from 1.95 to 2.50 per acre for agricultural and grazing tracts, in forty acre lots with a 160 acre cap.
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Mort Mall
Pocatello
Huattan
Elaine
Torvain
Hinestoot
Land Office
Blackfoot
Spedal
Wackfoot
H.W. Evans
Seven Sooners
Ross Fork
Uhe
Kleckfoot
Pocatello Station
Ure Ny Sooners
Annexation of Cuba Predicted By Returning Colonel
Colonel Harry Williams, back in Springfield, states Cuba may not govern herself and could be annexed to the United States within a few years. He toured the island as government post offices inspector, studying conditions and people across regions. He predicts a future where Cuba becomes part of the U.S.
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Utah Press Associaten
Helse
Homee
Pred Wits
Burke
William H. Dewey
United States Senate
TA Toy
Mah Moog
Cooterville
Wong ‘Wink
Cold Springs
Centerville
Aroust Teachers Institute
Avinimer School
Harry Wiliams
Springfield
Cuba
Hhe
Jome
Williams
Tts
Hanna
Cutter Smith
Florence
Alu
Smith
Bland Statue Unveiled in Lebanon Missouri
A bronze statue honoring Richard Park Bland, a long serving congressman from 1872 to 1909, was unveiled in Lebanon Missouri on Tuesday with large ceremonies. Attendees included William J Bryan and William J Stoe among others, delivering speeches to the crowd.
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Richard Park Bland
Congress
Lebanon
William J, Bryan
William J. Stooe
McDermott to Introduce Inquiry on Coal Strike
Representative Allan McDermott of Jersey City will introduce a House resolution calling for a national board of arbitration appointed by the president to settle all disputes between labor and capital arising from the coal strike. The board would have power to settle conflicts.
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Allan McDermott
Jersey City
House of Representatives
National Board of Arbitration
Admiral Dewey to Command Mighty Fleet for Winter Maneuvers
Reports say Admiral Dewey will command a vast U S fleet assembled near Culebra Island in the West Indies for December winter maneuvers. Secretary Moody approved the plan after consulting Dewey, with possible presidential attendance to view the ironclads in war movements.
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Hlert
Qulembra
West Indies
Devey
United States
Moody
Dewey
Culebra
Dewet Surrenders in South Africa Faces Welcoming Camp
Dispatches from London report Boer surrender waves with kindness from British, as General Dewet's arrival at Winburg camp triggers large crowds. He lauds women support, urges loyalty to the new government, and says the time has come to lay down arms. He adds God demands faithfulness to the new regime.
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London
South Africa
Dewet
Winburg
Weir Hero
Electric Storm Hits Chicago Churches and City
A violent Sunday electric storm struck Chicago causing a reported death and panic among about 700 schoolchildren. Three churches were hit including Memorial German church in flames, Cavalry Presbyterian on West Congress, and Lady of Sorrow on Jackson. One man, Joseph Killian, died at German Hut by Lake Calumet. numerous injuries reported.
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Chicago
Memorial German Charch
Cavalry Presbyterian Church
West Congress
Forty-second Streets
the Lady of Sorrow
Jackson Boulevard
Albany Avenue
Joseph Killian
Erman
Lake Calumet
Supposed Dead Man Alive Turns Up in Cheyenne Surprise
Charles Stout, believed killed in California after a locomotive accident near Los Angeles, reappears in Cheyenne Wyoming shocking friends who had received word of his death. He had left Cheyenne about a year earlier and cannot explain the mistaken report of his death.
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Charles Stout
California
Cheyenne
Wyo
Los Angeles
Stout
Escaped Convicts Reach Washington Vicinity
Notorious fugitives Harry Tracy and David Merrill who escaped Oregon penitentiary a week ago after killing three guards crossed the Columbia River into Washington. They are over sixty miles from the prison near the Terrill home in Clark County and threaten to head for the mountains if pursued.
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Harry Tracy
David Merrill
Oregon Penitentiary
Columbus
Washington
Terrill
Clark County
Wash
Cloudburst in Vermont Kills Five Rail Workers at Middlesex
A cloudburst caused a washout on the Central Vermont line near Middlesex Vermont. Five railroad men including conductor and engineer died when a locomotive and twelve cars derailed and wrecked after hitting the washed out ditch. The Winsocks river rose and caused additional damage to Bolton bridge, a sawmill, and nearby houses. about one hundred thousand feet of logs were carried away.
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Barre
Central Vermont
Middlesex
Winsocks
Bolton
Race War in Eldorado Illinois Evicts Colored Residents
Eldorado residents order all Negroes to leave after race violence since May 9. Mob attacks on the Normal and Industrial Institute, homes stoned, warnings issued, and shots fired into dwellings. Many fled with crops at risk. only five families remain. a pastor’s house was stoned. Local fears center on colored labor in new mines.
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Eldorado
Lls
Colored Normal and Industrial Institute
Tuskegee, Ala
Rev
Peteren
M. E. Church
Stonce
Neighbor Shootout Ends tragically over shared water rights
Montana Kavecher is killed in Stevensville when Reese Powell and Charles Linscott quarrel over a dam in a ditch carrying water between adjacent ranches. Powell shot Linscott through the neck after Linscott refused to clear the ditch. Powell was jailed after the incident.
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Montana
Kavecher
Reese Powell
Charles Linscott
Stevensville
Mont
Powell
Linscott
Fire at Mormon Meeting in Kentucky Sparks Gunfire
In Marshal county Kentucky opponents fired a fusillade into a Mormon meeting injuring Harry Lamb. The Mormon converts fired back raising fears of more bloodshed. The local church had been burned and two elders driven away within the past year. The Mormons have taken the matter to the grand jury.
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Davis Chapel
Marshal County
Kentucky
Harry Lamb
President Roosevelt Receives New Cuban Minister
Senor Gonzales de Quesada, the new Cuban minister, arrived in Washington and presented credentials to President Roosevelt at the White House. The ceremony was formal with no special remarks, contrasting with expectations of notable speeches.
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Senor Gonzales de Quesada
White House
Hay
Roosevelt
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