Idaho News Roundup: Fires, Escapes, and Local Charges
A scattered Idaho recap notes a $250 fundraising appeal in the state for San Francisco quake relief, a Woter home loss of $1,600 from a recent fire, and miners heading to Grouke Creek. Reports cover jail escape capture, contracts for grading Payette Valley road, and a wave of Chinese migration rumors. Also listed are fatalities in a road crash, earthquake aid from Caldwell, and ongoing Idaho political and civic tensions with various local incidents, property sales, and legal actions.
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Qwanell
San Francisco
L. Verdeck
Wotter
Oregon
Cownell
Grouke Creek
William Burgers
Weiser
Outlaw Died With Boots On In Woodland Ambush
Oregon reports convict Frank Smith who murdered three officers in failed escapes was killed by Harry Draper near New Era in Clakaman county. Smith, cornered after a 200-strong pursuit, attempted to shoot Draper as bloodhounds led to his hiding place. Draper fired and struck Smith in the temple. The chase involved dynamite blasts and heavy firing as officers encircled the killer.
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Oregon
City
Ore
Frank Smith
New Era
Clakaman County
Harry Draper
Spokana
Smith
bin Lair
Draper
State Constabulary Fires Into the Crowd at Mount Carmel
In Mount Carmel Pas. a clash between a mob of idle mine workers and a platoon of the new state constabulary left about twenty injured, three likely to die. Foreign attackers threw stones at police prompting the force to fire on the crowd as thousands gathered in southern coal field villages.
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Mount Carmel
Pas
Wreck at Reid Station Kills Eleven on Freight Train
A Montana freight train bound for Missoula derailed on a steep grade near Reid station killing at least eleven. The blazing lumber train, 41 cars plus caboose, fell 40 feet and burned. Engineer Sterne and Fireman Juliette perished, Brakeman Murphy gravely injured, and twelve tramps aboard were missing or found.
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Missoula
Mont
Reid Station
Here
O'Keefe
L. D. Sterne
Ed Juliette
G. A. Murphy
Garber
Tornado Hurts Many in Furnas County Nebraska
A Monday evening tornado from the southwest hit Furnas county near Oxford Nebraska causing extensive damage. Homes including John Reynolds Fred Hartman Fred Drew and others were wrecked with multiple injuries reported though no fatalities. farm buildings and schools in Buffalo and Morning View districts damaged as the storm moved northeast.
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Oxford
Furnas
John Reynolds
Fred Hartman
Fred Drew
Loast
Fred Too
T. J. Cook
Buffalo
Morning View
Food Shortage Presses San Francisco Relief Efforts
San Francisco faces a dire food situation as relief supplies dwindle. Mayor Schmitz told the general committee that about 700 carloads had been distributed since April 18 and railroads report only 108 cars en route, signaling prolonged hardship and uncertainty about relief completion.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
General Committee
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Lake traffic gridlock as strike halts lake vessels
Chicago and Great Lakes ports face widespread disruption from a longshore strike centered in South Chicago. Ships from Detroit to Duluth show protest placards while passenger boats from Chicago remain mostly unaffected. In Cleveland, 4000 workers are impacted, including 1000 engine crews, with mill affiliations driving the action.
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Chicago
Lake
Riverbed Drops Twelve Feet After Earthquake At Mokelumne
Reports from Woodbridge indicate the Mokelumne river bed near there has dropped about twelve feet due to the recent quake. The channel now carries more water and silts build up, pleasing local farmers who expect greater flood capacity. Tracy Lake in northwest San Joaquin County also continues to dry, with water levels falling toward the river.
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Sinekton
Cal
Woodbridge
Mokelumne
Tracy Lake
San Joaquin County
Train wreck injures twenty near Forks Creek
Twenty passengers were injured when two coaches detached from the rear of the Silver Plume Central City train westbound on the Colorado & Southern line near Forks Creek, twenty eight miles west of Denver. The train ran backward down grade about a mile then left the track and rolled into a ditch. None of the injured are fatally hurt.
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Denver
Silver Plume
Central City
Clear Creek
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Forks Creek
Cornerstone stolen from North Pasadena Methodist Church
Thieves stole the church cornerstone weighing about 300 pounds from the North Pasadena Methodist Church in Pasadena California Monday night. The stone contained coins and small valuables worth about ten dollars and was pried from the building and taken from the premises. The method and vehicle used remain unknown.
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Pasadena
Cal
North Pasadena Methodist Church
San Francisco Plan Seeks 200 Million U S Guarantee Bond Mortgage
A San Francisco proposal to borrow 200 million dollars with a United States government guarantee on bonds. Former Mayor James D. Phelan led a Sunday meeting including Congressman Julius Kahn and Charles S. Wheeler. The plan aims to fund rebuilding after the 1906 fires at low interest, secured by new construction and city real estate.
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San Francisco
United States
James D. Phelan
Julius Kahn
California
Charles S. Wheeler
8. G. Murphy
Phelan
Congressman Kahn
Congress
Services Held in Burned City Reunite Scattered Congregations
In San Francisco after the fire hundreds of homeless families gathered in camps for Sunday worship. Open air and tent services marked the day as pastors from several institutions visited the evacuee sites while halls and school buildings were secured for others.
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San Francisco
Missionary Storms Auditors In Kansas City Speech
A missionary preacher at All Souls Episcopal church in Kansas City argues that most missionaries are unnecessary, claiming ninety percent are useless. He says locals already possess ample religion and prefer not to receive foreign religion or the Holy Book, calling for reducing missionary efforts.
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Kansay City
Pranman
Marayan Krishna
All Souls’ Church
Rypiscopal
Curtailing Expenses for San Francisco Reinforcements
Washington reports only two regiments about 1,260 men will be sent to San Francisco to reinforce troops there, instead of 2,500. The First cavalry from Fort Clark and Fort Sam Houston Texas and the infantry from Fort D A Russell Wyoming comprise the force. A telegram requesting the reduced number arrived at the war department on Saturday.
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Washington
San Francisco
Desperate Oregon Bandit Fells Officers in Woodburn
A gunman identified by Portland detectives as Frank Smith, possibly the Troutdale post office robber, shot two officers near Woodburn Oregon, wounding Sheriff J S Shaver and Captain C D Henderson, who died later. He fled into nearby woods, previously evading capture. Authorities compare him to famed inmates Tracy and Merrill for deadly fire.
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Woodburn
Ore
Hanlon
Oregon City
C. D. Henderson
J. S. Shaver
Clackamas County
Salem
Portland
Frank Smuth
Troutdale
Henderson
Shaver
Tracy and
Merrill
Washington
Columbia River
Smith
Tracy
Neapolitan Vesuvius Floods Ravage Somma and Santa Anastasia
Torrents of rain and a gale unleashed avalanches of mud sand ashes and cinders over Somma and Santa Anastasia destroying bridges blocking roads flooding homes and disrupting telegraph and railways. Troops and wagons rushed to aid victims as residents awoke to roaring earth and fled in fear though no deaths were reported.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Somma
Santa Anastatia
Habita
Philippine commission enacts modern corporation law in Philippines
Washington reports the Philippine commission has enacted a new corporation law modeled on United States practice. The old Spanish code of commerce governs capital formation no longer, deemed archaic for modern commerce. The reform allows investors to organize ventures under acts aligned with common law principles.
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Washington
Philippine Commission
United States
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Leopard Kills Tamer at Lyons Menagerie
Paris report says Martha Lahire, a young tamer recently married to Mr Lahire, was killed in a Lyons menagerie Sunday. The leopard, kept by Madame Lahire, attacked as she turned from the cage after a routine, claws wounding her in the chest.
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Paris
Martha Lahire
Lyons
Mr. Lahire
Mme. Lahire
Terrorists Begin Work In Odessa Massacre Plot
In Odessa a police chief and a policeman were assassinated by revolutionists during broad daylight. The plot aimed to kill Assistant Chief Poltavtchenko and several officers. A young girl, Jerebizova, threw a bomb as Poltavtchenko was en route to visit a wounded officer.
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Odessa
Poltavtchenko
Jerebizova
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