Idaho State News Highlights From Caldwell and Nearby Areas
Idaho state news reports work starting on the Caldwell Interurban railroad and a Payette reservoir project within days. Linemen and laborers are being sent to Marysville for Oregon Short Line work, with new central offices established and grading planned for rail lines near Lewiston. A county attorney was retained in Canyon County, and a relic warrant from 1868 surfaced in Owyhee. Sen Heyburn nominates alternates for naval posts, a Caldwell Sunday closing ordinance takes effect April 1, 1908, and local strikes threaten courthouse foundation work. A new combine harvester from Moscow is touted, portraits from Portland Exposition move to the state capitol, and preliminary Payette New Plymouth railway work proceeds with a go‑ahead. Frank Price is under arrest in a timber claim case, and a grant of surplus lands on the Coeur d’Alene reservation is proposed after allotments.
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Clearine
Caldwell
New Court House
Moscow
Gramla
Moscow Star
Hacajawa
Lewis and Clark
Rockies
Bitter Root
Frank R. Gooding
Portland Exposition
Lita Bo Capitol
Payette New Plymouth
Eruption of Volcano in the Samoan Islands
Honolulu reports the Lavai lava eruption on the Samoan island of Lavall continues with vast destruction. Three villages including Mala Cola vanish, a major inland plantation area is ruined. Lava streams a quarter mile wide, twenty five feet deep, advancing toward the sea as burning surf booms across the lava. The Maori was chartered to evacuate women and children from danger.
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Honolulu
Sierra
Byviowy
Bamon
Lavall
Malacola
A. King
Barkley
Assault in Madrid Debates Over Cuban War Tone
Royal cortege watched as Primo Rivera’s nephew attacked Deputy Soglano amid accusations against top Spanish generals. Se vino toppled, two others hurt as Rivera and Weyler pledge defense. Rivera vows resignation if needed to defend officers.
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Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
Primo Rivera
Philippine Islands
Soglano
Cuba
Philippines
Senor Sevino
Sont
Rivera
Weyler
Inanco
Palavieja
Lazares
Tragedy Behind the Stage at Columbia Theater
William Thomas of Saginaw Michigan, a member of The Wonderland company, died by ingesting carbolic acid during a Tuesday night performance at the Columbia theaters. He was an admirer of Idra Gordon, a Shyearald girl in the company, and his death stemmed from unrequited affection.
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Washington
William Thomas
Saginaw, Mich
Commay
Columbia
Thomas
Idra Gorton
Miners Must Stand Trial In Canyon County Jail Move
In Boise Idaho the Idaho Supreme Court sustains the prosecution motion striking references to the Denver arrest and extradition of Moyer Haywood Pettibone from the Western Federation of Miners. The defendants must stand trial for the Steunenberg murder. they will be remanded to Canyon County Jail Caldwell.
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Moyer
Haywood
Pettibone
Canyon County
Boise
Steunenberg
Western Federation of Miners
Messia
Denver
Idaho
McDonald
Gooding
Supreme Court
Dueady
Caldwell
Colorado
Susan B. Anthony dies in Rochester after pneumonia
Susan B. Anthony, aged eighty six, died at 12:40 AM in Rochester after a period of unconsciousness following a double pneumonia attack. Her death came after short illness linked to neuralgia and heart failure. She had been en route from Baltimore after attending the national suffrage convention and a New York stop for a birthday banquet.
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Rochester
N. YeeThe
Susan B. Anthony
Miss Anthony
M. 5
Ricker
Baltimore
New York
Socialists Urge Readiness to Shoulder Guns in Protest
John Chase former political mayor of Haverhill Mass spoke at a Central Federated Union meeting urging cooperation in demonstrations against the pinishment of President Moyer Haywood and other Western Federation of Miners officers arrested in connection with the Idaho governor’s assassination He argued that if those men are hanged any who refuse to shoulder a gun for their class are cowards.
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New York
John Chase
Haverhill
Mass
Central Federated Union
Moyer
Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Stounenberg
Idaho
Panic of Passengers Stopped by Threats
New York reports a terror aboard the French steamer Hudson as a fierce Atlantic storm drove 346 steerage passengers into a panic. The captain and first officer restrained the mob with threats of revolver and knife to restore order during the crisis. Captain Jajhom described the storm as the worst in his thirty years at sea.
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New York
Hudson
Atlantic
Ja Jhom
Chicago Wins Victory Over Street Car Control
The U S supreme court decision upholds Chicago city control of the local traction situation. It sustains state acts extending street railway charter life to ninety nine years and upholds city ordinances limiting street use by companies. Rights in streets expire as per ordinance terms.
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Chicago
United States Supreme Court
City of
Ambushed Deputies in Spar toaw hilly Kansas
Six United States deputy marshals were ambushed by a band of full blood Indian outlaws in Spar toaw hill region near Kansas. Three deputies named Gitetrap, Tuttle, and Carry were killed. Max Wot furl escaped and brought word to Tahlequah as authorities mobilize to pursue the killers.
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Vinita
United States
Parschale
Spartoaw Hilly
Kansas
L. T. Gitetrap
Otte Tuttle
Richard Carry
Tabiequah
Themax Wotfurl
Tahlequah
Money to Defend Officials in Denver Meeting
A mass meeting in Coliseum hall Denver raised funds to aid in the defense of Western Federation of Miners officials Moyer Haywood Pettibond. The event opposed arrests linked to the Steunenberg case and Eugene V. Debs was billed but did not appear.
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Denver
Colo
Coliseum Hall
Western Federation of Miners
Idaho
Steunenberg
Eugene V. Debs
Moyer, Haywood and Pettihond
Trouble in the Philippines at Mount Dajo
General Wood reports a major clash near Jolo from March 6 to 8 involving troops the naval department and constabulary with Moros at Mount Dajo. About 600 Moros were killed in the crater of a volcano while Americans suffered eighteen killed and fifty-two wounded. Commanded by Colonel Duncan, the two day battle used artillery hoisted up steep lava ridges. Wood commends the troops for their hard fighting and perilous operations.
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Manila
Wood
Jolo
Naval Department
Constabulary
Mount Dajo
Rivers
Fourth Cavalry
Agnews
Sixth Infantry
Gordon Johnson
Signal Corps
Ensign Cook
Pampanga
White
Duncan
Slith Infantry
Officials Arraigned in Steunenberg Murder Case
Caldwell Thaho Moyer Haywood and Pettibone faced Judge Smith Friday morning, pled not yet versus the December murder of ex Governor Slounenberg. Indicted with John L. Simpkins, they were guarded and remanded to the penitentiary after the arraignment as trial date set for next Friday at 10.
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Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Pettibone
Haywood
Steunenberg
Oklahoma statehood bill passes in Senate with 87 to 85 vote
The Oklahoma and Indian Territory within the new state of Oklahoma would form an 110 member constitutional convention. The bill, amended from the house joint statehood measure, preserves two U.S. senators and five House seats. Inclusion hinges on adoption of a constitution and eligibility of male citizens and male Indians 21 or older.
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Washington
Senate
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Burrows
United States
National
House of Representatives
Taft to be Appointed to the Supreme Bench
The Post reports President Roosevelt will appoint William H. Taft of Ohio secretary of war to the next Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Henry B. Brown’s voluntary retirement. If Chief Justice Fuller retires during Roosevelt's term Taft will be promoted to the chief seat.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Henry B. Brown
Harrison
Michigan
Fuller
Taft
Awful disaster in French mine shocks nation
A catastrophic explosion and ensuing fire at the Courrieres mine in northern France killed about 1,100 workers and left 6,000 to 8,000 people in mourning. Rescue efforts were hampered by smoke and gas as officials, engineers, and neighboring miners battled to recover bodies. Only about half of the recovered remains have been identified amid heartrending scenes at the mortuary.
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Paris
France
Courtieres
Courriers
II Ile
Pit No. 4
Dublef
Gauthier
Women in Battle at Mount Dajo Reported Mortality
Manila reports Brigadier General Bliss conducted a reconnaissance toward Mount Dajo before the assault on the Moro stronghold with no change in outlaw stance. Unofficial accounts say Moros hid families in the crater center and women and children mingled with fighters. all were killed in the battle. Wounded troopers are reported in fair condition. Six Mindanao units are returning or ordered home. Jolo remains quiet and the sultan expresses satisfaction at the outlaw’s destruction.
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Manila
Bliss
Mount Dajo
Mindanao
Jolo
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