Idaho News Highlights From Across Our State
Fire damages part of the Pioneer block at Bolen and will be rebuilt. Governor appoints State Beaster John L. McMurrin to lead an Idaho commission to the Paris exposition. Wool shipments and railroad plans stir economic activity in Lewiston, Weiser, and surrounding towns. Ex-senator Dubois and bride return to Blackfoot. Textbook commission named with four members plus Miss French. Burglary convictions and escapes, snowstorms, and a fatal girl’s clothes fire near Soda Springs are noted. Extrajunction extradition request for De Saussure, Boise Valley terror reports, and a shooting near Weiser with no arrests are reported. Two men die and four escape a ford near American Falls in a near-tragedy during crossing attempts.
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Roeton
Dubois
Bride
Blackfoot
Horse, Nampa & Owyhee
Colorado
Sod Iron Company
Oregon Pacific
Tt Lanald
Juline A. Andrews
Lewh
Phillip White
Robert Stevens
Lewiston
Weiser
Text Book Commission
Miss French
W.J. Noone
Caldwell
D.C. van Buren
Pocatelliz
William Perkins
Moscow
Tougley House
Tve
James B. Miller
Raneheoma
Soda Springs
Kootenai County
G A. de Saussure
Coeur d'Alene
de Saussure
Brivet
Russland
Boise Valley
A. H. Hoomer
San Francisco
Idaho
Idaho Volunteers
Abe
Honan Ford
American Falls
Bloodshed at Wardner follows giant powder attack
Rioters from Canyon Creek attack Wardner destroying the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill with giant powder. One picket, Jack Smith, is killed. a injuries are reported among union miners. Property losses are estimated at 250000 to 800000 as the mob burns and detonates charges, then boards a train back toward Canyon Creek.
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Wardner
Canyon Creek
Burkey
Bunker Hill
Sullivan Mills
Milla
Jack Smith
British Columbia
Nd Simith
Sargent
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Company
Jim Chague
Kunker Hill & Sullivan
Desperate Shootout Kills Ogden Officer in Willard Foothills
In Ogden Utah two bandits killed Police Captain William Brown and injure Deputy Sheriff Layne after a dawn pursuit near Willard. George Morgan captured, James Morgan wounded and jailed. Brown leaves a wife and five children. Describes bold chase and fatal shot through Brown’s vest.
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Ogden
Utah
Willard
Willian Hrawn
George Morgan
James Morgan
Urighan
Brown
Hot Springs
Captain Brown
Layne
Bailey
Belnap
Negotiations for Prisoner Exchange in Manila
General MacArthur sent officers to General Antonio Luna with money and provisions for American prisoners and to seek an exchange. Reports say insurgents hold two officers and sixteen others, likely including Lieutenant J. C. Gilmore and eleven Yorktown crew members captured near Baler on Luzon's east coast.
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Manila
MacArthur
Antonio Luna
J. C. Gilmore
United States
Yorktown
Baler
Luzon
Casualties of War Memorandum Compared Spanish and Civil Wars
A War Department memorandum compares losses in the Spanish-American War to the first Civil War year. It cites about 275 000 troops in Spain’s war from May 1898 to April 1899 with deaths from all causes at 61 percent, and Civil War year one with 270 37 mean strength and 10 150 deaths, or 6.3 percent.
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Wrshington
War Department
Spain
Captured by Filipinos Report on Captain Rockfellow
Washington May 3 The following dispatch from Manila reports Captain Rockfellow Ninth Infantry missing since April 8. He was on a line battalion commander near Caloocan visiting outposts at 12 20 am and has not been seen since. A night search two miles ahead yielded no trace and private papers found suggest he was captured after losing his course.
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Rockfellow
Palin
Washington
Manila
Roevkfellow
Ninth Infantry
Ultima Tle
Caloocan
Weaver
Quiet in Samoa Amid Limited Skirmishes
Samoan advices dated May 3 report rebels have withdrawn from Walima forts they demolished and from other coastal forts. No major fighting since, though minor clashes occur between rebels and friendly natives near Apia.
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Auckland
Walima
Apia
May legalize polygamy in Santiago report
May 3 report from Santiago Cuba notes Major General Wood's declaration that all religious marriage ceremonies are legal could temporarily legalize polygamy. It cites about 3,000 irregular marriages in the province during the war and the absence of civil marriage laws beyond Roman Catholic rites, potentially legitimizing offspring from such unions.
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Santiago, de Cuba
Wood
New Order
Washington War Dept Advices from Manila April 30
Advices from Manila report Otis ordering Lawton to Angat and delaying aggressive action while talks with Filipino emissaries proceed. MacArthur strengthens lines, bridges, and four mile front. Soldiers hopeful for peace, Manila optimistic about return to normal life, though some fear a truce may let insurgents rest until the rainy season.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Antonio Luna
Otis
Lawton
Angat
Norzagaray
MacArthur
Indians on Warpath Threaten Trail Crew Near Klukwan
From Skagway Alaska advices dated April 4 report Chilkat Indians marching from villages to Rocky Point eight miles from Haine s mission and driving eight white men from a rock blasting crew building a Klukwan trail. U S marshal commissioner and Captain Yeaton alerted. sixteen soldiers sent. Dominion Telegraph progresses toward Lake Bennett to Dawson with poles to White Horse rapids.
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Seattle
Wash
Skagway
Alaska
Chilkat River
Rocky Point
Haine
Klukwan
United States
Yeaton
Cala
Hayne
Dominion Telegraph Company
Lake Bennett
Dawson
White Horse Rapids
Montana Leads World in Mineral Wealth for 1898
Butte Mont May 4 The annual report of Eugene B Braden US assay office shows Montana mineral product 1898 Gold 353867 fine ounces value 5467014 01 Silver 14818661 fine ounces value 10158482 Copper 216079354 fine pounds value 26102116 29 Lead 21403592 fine pounds value 809005 70 Total value 851219000 16 The state leads world in total mineral output and ranks third in gold behind Colorado and California Silver is a Montana by product
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Butte
Mont
Eugene B. Braden
United States Assay Office
Montana
Colorado
California
San Francisco Shaken Up by Two Earthquakes
San Francisco reports two distinct earthquake shocks on Sunday afternoon. The first was mild, the second stronger, occurring around 2:45 pm. Observers note the temblors happened during rain and unusually cold weather, causing many residents to flee upper floors though no major damage or injuries are described.
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San Francisco
Vnty
China
Death Ends Monday Rochester Bay Railroad Wreck
Three persons were killed and over sixty injured when two cars on an excursion train derailed at Rosenbauers Corners on the Rochester and Lake Ontario Bay railroad. The accident occurred Sunday afternoon as the train passed a curve at speed. the fireman and engineer escaped.
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Rochester
Rochester & Lake Ontario Railroad
The
Bay Railroad
Rosenbauers Corners
End of Filipino insurrection in sight as envoy seeks terms
Washington reports that General Otis received Aguinaldo’s request to suspend hostilities, signaling possible surrender talks. Secretary Alger calls prospects bright, Congress may see renewed negotiations. volunteers receive high praise for conduct under General Wheaton. The aim is to avoid bad faith use of a ceasefire before negotiations, with care to protect terms amid the approaching rainy season.
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Otis
Washington
Navy
Aguinaldo
Alger
Santiago
Funston
Wheaton
Corbin
Philippines
McKinley Congratulates Otis on Philippine Campaign
President McKinley sent a dispatch of congratulations to General Otis and the soldiers in the Philippines after news from Manila. The message praises MacArthur's division achievements and the insurgents’ suspension proposal, extending heartfelt gratitude for gallantry and triumph.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Otis
McKinley
Philippines
Philadelpha
Manila
MacArthur
View Taken by German Officers on Samoa Affair
Kiel dispatch reports German naval officers mock Captain Coghlan’s Union League banquet remarks in New York. They say Admiral von Diedrichs answered Dewey’s threat by ordering a clear for action and steering directly through American lines into the harbor.
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Samoa
Berlin
Kiel
Vossische Zietung
Joseph B. Cogtlan
Union League Olr
New York
Admiral von Diedricks
Admiral Dewey
Anna B George Acquitted Of Murder Charge In Canton Trial
Anna B George is acquitted of murdering George D Saxton after a 22 day trial and 23 3 4 hours of jury deliberation. She is freed after seven months in jail as friends applaud in Canton. In Chillicothe Mo tornado devastation hits Newtown with 50 families homeless, about 15 dead and over 30 injured. Cleanup and casualty tallies continue.
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Canton
Anna B. George
George D. Saxton
Chillicothe
Newtown
St. Paul
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