Idaho State News Roundup From Meridian to Moscow
A compilation of Idaho items notes a new newspaper imminent in Meridian, a surveyor general post, a money order event in July, and several local updates. Reports cover a water well at Sunnyside, a 17½ foot depth strike, the death of James Hirke aged 70, a military camping notice at Sand Point, and the acquittal of Chief Barney Ford outside a dance hall.
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Oll
Sunnyside
James Hirke
Hole Basin
Sand Point
Mullan
Barney Ford
Gae Juhusen
Mayor Schmitz Found Guilty in Extortion Trial
San Francisco jury convicts Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz of extortion after a one hour and thirty five minute deliberation. Schmitz proclaims innocence and vows to appeal, alleging unfair treatment by Judge Donne. Crowds in the courtroom applaud the verdict.
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Donne
Orchard Sheds Tears At Orchard Trial In Idaho
In Boise Idaho six days of courtroom testimony feature the Western Federation of Miners attacking Harry Orchard’s motives. Orchard defends his confession amid citations from King David and Uriah. Berlin dispatches report a wave of violence against Jews in Odessa as authorities blame local officials for inciting unrest.
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Boise, Ida
Willam D. Haywood
Western Federation of Minors
Harry Orchard
Orchard
David
Uriah
McFarlane
Women War Against Butchers In Cleveland Meat Strike
In Cleveland O women Protest meat price hikes leading to shop closings and wares in streets. A crowd of several hundred women halted deliveries and threw meat into the street as numerous arrests were made.
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Cleveland, O
Left Hand Cut Off by Woman in Calamitous Act
In Los Angeles Helen Hurley a middle aged widow and former cook cut off her left hand with a carving knife then walked to a Catholic cathedral knelt at the sacred heart altar and poured out penance. Her severed hand was hidden in her room. She was found at her lodgings and taken to hospital. Her husband died about a year ago and she had become increasingly distressed over marriage.
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Los Angeles
Helen Hurley
the Sacred Heart
Lince
Ice Cream and a Night in the Park
A young man recalls a date with a girl named Helen ending in a tense park conversation. He misreads signals about ice cream and a beer saloon as the scene grows awkward. The girl presses for escort home, and a brisk social boundary is asserted as they part.
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Walter
New Orleans Picayune
Waller
Helen
Central American War Fates Summer 1907 Loom
Washington reports a sanguinary war and multiple revolutions likely to mark Central America this summer as Mexico and the United States fail to secure lasting peace. Nicaragua’s president cites attack of Acajutla, shifting blame to America and Mexico as a route to a union of Central American states by force is denied.
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Washington
State Department
Central America
Mexico
America
Republica
Nicaragua
Acajutla
Zelaya
United States
Shot and killed in Brownsville and other news brief items
Houston Colonel H Wreford, a prominent businessman, was shot and killed Friday in Brownsville over a circular he issued denouncing Captain William Kelley about Senate testimony on the Brownsville affair. Jesse Thorham, Kelley’s stepson, is charged with the killing. In Indiana, Emery Mosher, 83, failed to respond in court and allegedly committed suicide amid murder case turmoil involving his daughter and sister. In St. Louis a parliamentary crisis escalated as Premier Stolypin’s demand prompted an executive session and an imminent ultimatum from President Jolovine.
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Houston
Texas
H. Wreford
Brownsville
William Kelley
Kelley
Senate
Washington
Jesse Thorham
Hurlington
Emery Mosher
Mosher Wd
Nora
Col. Kotlaroff Murdered in St. Petersburg Admiralty
In St. Petersburg a deputy port commandant, Col Kotlaroff, was killed Friday morning by a workman in the admiralty section. He had just been sentenced to death by a revolutionary group for proposing cuts to the admiralty works workforce. The killer was caught, with suspected accomplices who fled.
Goethe House Visit Sparks Star Spangled Banner Moment
A young American touring Frankfurt recounts entering the Goethe house with English girls. In the room with a spinet said to have been played by Frau Ruth Goethe and the poet, the guide offers a guest to play. The narrator, after a debate over pieces, plays a few bars from The Star Spangled Banner amid puzzled responses.
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Goethe
Europe
Frankfurt-on- the-Main
Heidelberg
Homberg
Saratoga
Nauheim
England
Enide
Frau Ruth Goethe
Faust
Two Sides to It Insight on Wealth and Desire
A Philadelphia Press quotation contrasts the saying that more yields more with the counter view that wanting more can reduce what one gets. The excerpt presents a witty exchange highlighting paradoxes in human desire and material outcomes.
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Philadelphia Press
Deserters Trick Question Baffles Inspector at Aldershot School
A government inspector visiting a regional infant school at Aldershot asked pupils about John the Baptist’s residence. A small boy answered desert, then correctly labeled people who live there as deserters, creating a humorous exchange reported by the Dundee Advertiser.
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Aldershot
John the Bapsiat
Dundee Advertiser
Third Son of Grant Leads A Quiet Life In West
Jesse Grant, the third son of General Grant, lives a simple, unhurried life. Not in business, he spends time on western mining ventures and a few other affairs. He enjoys tarpon fishing and always attends baseball games when weather allows.
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Grant
Jesse Grant
Some Men Blame Women for Gossip Yet Listen to News Says Uncle Eben
In a Washington Star quotation Uncle Eben critiques gender gossip norms, noting men blame women for gossip while they themselves consume neighborhood news their wives spread through social circles.
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Eben
Washington Star
Trial of Assassin Orchard Postponed Indefinitely
Harry Orchard, confessed killer of former Governor Steunenberg and eighteen others, appeared before Judge Wood in Caldwell as the Haywood case at Boise was adjourned. Orchard’s trial is deferred until Haywood Moyer and Pettibone cases are settled, with Boise witnesses for the state as needed. He was escorted to Caldwell by state peniteniary warden Whitney and deputies, and later returned to Boise.
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Caldwell
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Judge Wood
Haywood
Boise
Orchard
Whitney
State Penitentary
Cox
Aim Was Bad at Sebastopol In Submarine Practice
Rear Admiral Wiren led the Black Sea fleet in a steam cutter when a torpedo boat fired a blank whitehead at the cutter. The hit penetrated the water tank but beaching saved the admiral. Lieutenant Ruzhek said the whitehead was accidental. he and three junior lieutenants were degraded and arrested for attempting to sink the cutter after later evidence.
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Leutenants
Chinks and Japs at Outs in Manchuria Conflict
In Mukden a Japanese was shot and wounded by a Chinese police member on the Yalu, intensifying China Japan tensions in Manchuria. War Minister Terauchi’s Manchurian visit prompts recall to Tokyo for high level discussions, while Hayashi’s mission to Pekin seeks a settlement. transfers of matters to Mukden affect Japan’s regional position.
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Mukden
Yalu
China
Japan
Manchuria
Terauchi
Tokyo
Harbin
Hayashi
Pekin
Muk‘den
Child Lost in Sagebrush Found Alive After Search
A 14 month old boy, baby of Lawrence Minish near Caldwell, Was, missing since Saturday night, found Monday in sagebrush. A posse of several hundred men aided the search through the wilderness, the child was alive and practicing to himself.
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Boise
Lawrence Minlrsh
Caldwell
Japan to appoint new Japanese ambassador to U S
Washington reports Viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambassador, has been recalled and Baron Kaneko is expected to succeed him. Kaneko is a former justice minister who served in Tokio’s cabinet and was sent to the United States during the Russo Japanese war on a confidential mission.
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Washington
Viscount Aoki
United States
Baron Kaneko
Tokio
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