Idaho Senate Confirms J D Chapman P u w t m a s t er
Idaho state news reports confirmation of J D Chapman for Lewiston postmaster. The piece also notes various Idaho events including floods, a fatal accident near Nyasa Oregon, a train wreck at Chin's Ferry, a suicide attempt by James A Wilson, and legislative reapportionment and salary hikes for state officers. It mentions wage and policy shifts and a rich gin strike rumor in the Teton mountains.
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Washington County
Jobo Rouldon
Nyasa
Grifith
Rouldon
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Crowling
Teton Mountains
Train Tank Car Explosion Kills Many in Oteay
A massive explosion aboard an off tear oil freight train near Oteay, N Y, Monday wrecked two tank cars and ignited a fierce fire. At least twenty two people were killed and forty five injured as flames swept outward. A large crowd rushing to the scene was struck by further blasts as crews tried to battle the blaze.
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Oteay
Etty
Officers Drunk as Vessel Struck Reef and sank
The American bark Alexander McNell struck a reef near Hongkong on December 24 after officers became intoxicated. Nine crew died or were lost. the crew survived three weeks on the reef before launching a makeshift boat to Hongkong where an American consul aided them.
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Alexander McNell
Prater
Hongkong
San Francisco
Mongkang
Tecom
Atip
Appropriations Totals Highlight Congressional Session
Figures presented to the Senate show total appropriations for the recently concluded session reaching about 1.84 billion, versus 1.44 billion for the sixth Congress. The document, chaired by Mr. Allison, also lists expenditures by department and agency, with notes on the disparity of an earnings figure over the prior session. A disturbance report follows, recounting a shooting incident involving Thomas Solomon and Ren nick, with the suspect under arrest and motives linked to a spree. The narrative then shifts to Columbus housing displacements caused by flooding on the Lewis River and related transport disruptions on the Union Pacific line, as well as drownings in the Antor region.
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Allison
Committee On
Columbia
Slain By Strikers In Waterbury Collision At Forest Park
Police officer Paul Mendelsohn was killed Sunday night during an assault on a Connecticut Railroad & Lighting street car at Forest Park. Motorman John W. Chambers was wounded and conductor Georges Waternedorfer was knocked unconscious by eight masked attackers who fired into the car as it neared the end of the North Main line.
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Connecticut Railroad & Lighting Company
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John W. Chambers
Georges Waternedorfer
Forest Park
Gine
They’re After Dick Laughing Dick Carey in Wyoming chase
A tale of the Hole in the Wall gang’s last outlaw, nicknamed Laughing Dick or Gaping Tick. Carey, linked to the Casidy and Curry gangs, has rewards totaling 3000 dollars and a long history of escapes from pursuit in Wyoming Colorado and Utah as officers close in on him. He eludes capture after passing through Saratoga Wyoming and fleeing northward with a jaded horse.
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George Curry
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Johnson County
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Madden
Routt County
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Thompson's
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Benson Captured After Murder Suspect Held in Washington Jail
Christ Benson, charged with killing Jailor Morrell, was tracked to a deserted mill and captured by the sheriff in Olympia, Washington. He surrendered without resistance, described as a nervous wreck after weeks in the brush, claiming a jail break was planned and that he did not intend to kill the jailer.
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Olympia
Wash
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Boat Capsizing Tragedy Near Glens Falls Claims Nineteen
A work crew boat capsized on the Hudson River near Spier Falls ten miles west of Glens Falls New York after two men used a small ferry to cross. An Italian boy who fell overboard was rescued but the vessel sank in swollen waters. Nineteen men died as a result. many could not swim and most perished in the swift current.
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Glens Falla
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Hudson River
Tragic Family Murder at Freshwater Cal Headlines
A woman Lucy Johnson in night clothes abducted her infant from Ed Albee's Freshwater home. Mother and baby found later in woods with throats cut. reason unknown. A rasor and bloodied clues tell the story as the child and mother survive initial hours. Separately five burned to death at Aurora road house on Hunter creek. victims include Charles Beratse, his wife, two children, and Thomas Daird. Survivors or conditions not specified.
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Lucy Johnson
Ed Albee
Freshwater
Dawson
Aurora Road
Hunter Creek
Charles Beratse
Thomas Daird
Government Road
Semsle
Portland
Baird
Ontaro
Jack the Slugger Dies After Protesting Innocence
George L. O. Perry, once known as Jack the Slugger, died in Cambridge Massachusetts after an illness. Indicted for multiple murders, Perry maintained his innocence to the end, with local authorities delaying details of his imprisonment and trial.
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George L. O. Perry
Agnes Mehue
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Weverley
Camibridge
Masagall Santay
Sherim Palchars
Prienner
Polygamy Declines In Utah Says Senator Smoot
Washington dispatch quotes Senator Smoot denying polygamy claims and asserting he is married once with six children in Utah. He cites a census showing 766 polygamous families and notes a decline since a decade ago when five times that number existed. He stresses the church’s internal machinery provides correct information.
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Washington
Utah
Mormon Territory
Forced husband and wife charged in Hastings Center burglary
Mona Clark and Elizabeth Austin, both 19, wed six weeks, jailed in Oswego N Y on burglary and larceny charges. Mrs Clark claims her husband violently coerced her to assist in entry by night, disguising as a man, signaling, and helping select valuables while he breached a rear window and took goods.
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Mona Clark
Elizabeth Austin
Oswego
N. Y
Sheepherder Norman Found Dead on Wyoming Range
The dead body of Orv Norman was found on the range near Wamsutter Wyoming. Norman, last seen February 2 after leaving the Daly sheep outfit, was likely demented and wandered the range, possibly caught in the storm. Coroner’s office in Sweetwater County leads the inquiry.
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Smoot Takes Oath as Senate Member in Utah
Apostle Reed Smoot of Provo is sworn in as a full member of the United States Senate. He was escorted to the president’s desk by Senator Kearns amid applause. Senator Hoar moved that protests about the election be referred to the Privileges and Elections Committee, a decision approved without comment. Burrows is absent in Michigan, delaying the panel’s plan.
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Provo
United States Senate
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Burrows
Privileges and Elections Committee
Committee On
Privileges and Elections
Committee On Elections
Michigan
Fifty Eighth Congress Opens in Special Session
The senate met in extraordinary session at noon Thursday per the president's proclamation. An immense crowd witnessed the ceremony with no business conducted beyond swearing in new members. Twenty seven of the thirty senators sworn in for six years. seventeen were re-elected.
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Senate of the Fifty Eighth Congress
Carnival of Murder Imminent in Chinese Reports
Pekin advised that an outbreak is deemed imminent as empress dowager and grand chancellor Yung Lu allegedly aid Tung Fu Hsiang in Kansu. Shanghai and North China Daily News cite edicts for reforms while secretly blocking foreign methods, with plans to escort Fu Chun and possibly depose Kwong-Hsu upon arrival.
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Wein
Fu Chun
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Race convention urged in Wisconsin senate initiatory steps
Wisconsin senate favors a joint resolution calling on governor to ask other states to appoint delegates for a race question convention in Atlanta starting July 4. The resolution says the agitation offers opportunity for better understanding and a path to a just solution. Also notes no plan to remove US troops from Cuba. troops to remain to safeguard naval and garrison stations.
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Wisconsin Senate
Atlanta
Wyoming Range War Resumes With Crook County Clash
Francis Barber of Lusk reports a renewed sheepmen and cattlemen clash in southern Crook county near the Montana line. A gang of armed cattlemen attacked Barber’s camp, ordered the herder to leave, burned camp wagons, and slaughtered many sheep after the dispute over grazing beyond the dead line.
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Lusk
Wyo
Crook County
Montana
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