Idaho News Tidbits From the State Ledger
Idaho reporters note a Bolshevik fire ruin in We San Francisco claims, a New One car system being installed, and the Silver City avalanche plant destroyed with about 2000 dollars uninsured. Tramps near Orchard fight hospitalised Miller. A dentist named Indy moves to Idaho with plans to join Boles. Old Buck Culver hunts seven bears near Payette. Blaine county fixes 2 percent interest on deposits. Montpelier’s William Hull dies after long illness. Ontario to Emmetts railway proposed. New Perce eight miles graded under President Thompson. Spake river bridge planned at Minho Parl Broadway grade with sidewalks. Coeur d’Alene mines report profits over 4.1 million for 1905. Blaine irrigation projects to irrigate 220k acres with ten yearly payments. Caldwell housing scarce. workers camp in tents. Woyotia Valley railroad grading underway. Masons lay Caldwell courthouse cornerstone. Two new banks authorized in Fremont county. Dan Ranahan found dead on Boise river near Twin Springs. Drainage plan eyed for Payette valley marshes. 12,000 acres to be added to Emmett’s district. Idaho campaign targets gambling. law enforcement tightens against games of chance.
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Bolsn
San Francisco
Workhaw
Bolan
Bolse & Interurban Company
Silver City
Orchard
Milan Miller
Therest
Miller
Ontario
Emmetts
Burre
Thompson
Lewiston & Southwestern Electric Railroad
New Perce
Spake River
Minho Parl
Broadway
Coeur d'Alene
Caldwell
W. P. Carter
Woyotia Valley Railroad
Tolubo
You County
Love Joud
State Bank of
Buh
Ashton State Bank
Fremont County
Idaho
Miners and Operators End Eastern Pa Strike
After three months of talks, the anthracite miners and eastern Pennsylvania operators agree to extend the strike commission award for three years to March 31, 1909. Workers who have not assaulted persons or property will be rehired with no discrimination for strike participation. The accord ends a potential long conflict, praised by coal road operators as their first counterproposal, while miners call it a step toward regular contracts.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Warship Sent to Guadaloupe to Protect American Interests
A dispatch from American consul J Jarvis Bowens reports mob rule in Guadaloupe French West Indies with authorities unable to restrain rioting tied to election troubles. Despite few Americans there, large quantities of American goods are stored. Admiral Sutherland orders a warship from San Domingo to safeguard interests.
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Washington
Guadaloupe
West Innes
State Department
J. Jarvis Bowens
William HH. Sutherland
San Dowingo
PUPILS HOLD FIELD DAY AT ROWL AND HALL
Salt Lake City pupils at Rowl and Hall held a field day on May 4 on the broad school lawn attended by many friends and patrons. Miss Anna Izabel Brooks directed the activities with marching drills using Indian clubs drums rings and wands followed by relays and games of tennis basketball and tether ball.
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Salt Lake City
Rowland Hall
Anna Izabel Brooks
Holy Roller Leader Creffield Killed by Brother of Aims
Seattle Chronicle reports Holy Rollers leader Creffield was shot in the forehead and killed Monday on Frat avenue near Cherry street. George Mitchell, claiming to avenge his family by stopping his sisters’ seduction, confessed to the crime.
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Seattle
Frank EB. Creffeld
Notoriou
The
Holy Rollers
Fhrat Avenue
Hear Cherry Street
Creffield
George Mitchell
Insane Mother Kills Daughter Then Takes Own Life
Mrs. Mary Waters of New York entered her Weat Seventh-sixth Street home and shot Agatha, her eldest daughter and favorite, then killed herself. Ruth, age 17, survived the attempt. John R. Waters, a prosperous insurance broker, is named as the family head. The cause cited is temporary insanity tied to worry over a daughter’s health.
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New York
Mary Waters
Weat Seventy-sixth Strte
Agatha Sand Ruth
Agatha
Ruth
Drive to curb relief ends as San Francisco tightens lines
In San Francisco the push to cut relief rolls gains pace as regulations tighten and able bodied men face food denial if they refuse work offers. Women must prove need, while limited food tickets expire, prompting more scrutiny. Officials expect reduced relief by June 1 as savings bank payments may shrink line demand. Liquor sales across counties spurs trouble, with idle men visiting distant saloons. Police Chief Dinan orders return of drinkers from outside points and assigns fifty officers to enforce it.
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San Francisco
Aly
San Mateo
Oakland
Bay
Dinan
Northern Trust Appointed Receiver For Traders Insurance
Byron L. Smith, president of Northern Trust, named receiver by Judge Mack for Traders Insurance, a major western fire insurer crushed by San Francisco losses estimated at 3.748 million. Assets worth 3.2 million would not cover unpaid fire losses and other claims totaling 111,962, prompting court-ordered restraint from Illinois business.</s>
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Chicago
Byron L. Smith
Northern Trust Company
Traders’ Insurance Company
Julian Mack
Eircuit
Cook County
San Francisco
John A. King
Clarence Buckingham
Charles L. Hutchinson
Abram Poole
William C. Seipp
George Sturges
Mr. Smith
Illinois
British ultimatum to Turkey over Egyptian territory
London reports the British ambassador in Constantinople delivered a note demanding full Turkish troop withdrawal from Egyptian soil. The note, seen as an ultimatum, is backed by France and Hungary. If ignored, the Mediterranean fleet may launch a naval demonstration to pressure evacuation of the Sinai and Tabah areas as British claim Egyptian territory.
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London
Constantinople
Turkey
Great Britain
Sina Peninsula
Gapon in Switzerland Not Lynched Says Narodny
Narodny told a Socialist meeting that Father Gapon is alive and well in Switzerland rather than dead at the hands of Russian anarchists. The talk, held by the Industrial Workers of the World, protested the arrest of Haywood and Moyer over Governor Steunenberg’s assassination. Narodny cited a Washington cablegram from a mutual friend last Monday confirming Gapon’s status.
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Chicago
Father Gapon
Switzerlan
Ivan Ivanovitch Narodny
North Side
Narodny
United States
Maxim Gorky
Gorky
Industrial Workers of the World
Haywood and Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Frank Steunenberg
Idaho
Washington, D. C
Gapon
More Money for Frisco
The president sent Congress Secretary Taft’s letter urging a further 600000 for San Francisco relief. Of the 2500000 appropriation, about 2405233 has been spent or committed, allocated mainly to Quartermasters 1741664 subsistence 229435 medical 204689 signal corps 15000 mileage 14695.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
San Francisco
Quartermasters Department
Signal Corps
Waning Chinese Boycott Evident in Peking
Report from Peking states U S concerns over a growing boycott are unfounded as evidence shows the movement waning. Chinese imports reached 77 million taels versus 21 million in 1904, with importers making large early year speculative purchases anticipating war demands and a drop in later imports.
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Peking
United States
Throttled His Victim in Tripoli Murder Incident
Constantinople native Constantinople-Nedjim Eddin Bey, procurator general of Tripoli, North Africa, was killed by Ali Shamyl Pasha a Kurdish chieftain and former Scutari governor. During interrogation Shamyl attacked the official, biting his throat and throttling him to death in the improvised street assassination.
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Constantinople
Nedjim Eddin Bey
Tripoli
North Africa
Ali Shamyl Pasha
Scutari
Ali Shamyl
Redvan Pasha
Morgan's Bill Shelved By Senate Committee
Washington. Senator Morgan's bill for a sea level canal through the Isthmus with locks at Culebra was ordered laid on the table by the Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals. Morgan stated he would not accept the committee verdict and would urge the Senate to act. The committee decided not to consider the canal type bill.
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Washington
Morgan
Ithmus
Culebra
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Senate
Soldiers Buried in Ruins After Dynamite Wall Collapse
In San Francisco engineers blasted dynamite to bring down a ruined wall in the downtown district. Two or more charges failed to yield the desired result before the wall fell on three soldiers, burying them. Only one soldier suffered serious injury as twisted iron shielded them. In Moscow a bomb struck Vice Admiral Doubass’s carriage. he was wounded in the foot, his aide and a sentry were killed, and the attacker wearing an officer’s uniform was reportedly slain.
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San Francisco
Moscow
Doubassoff
Murderous Tennessee mob wounds man and kills another
A mob attacked the home of Thomas Stewart near Pleasant View on Sunday night. Marvin Winters was shot and killed while Thomas Stewart and his young daughter were seriously wounded. No motive is known for the assault.
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Nashville
Tewn
Marvin Winters
Thomas Stewart
Stewart
Pleasant View
Trains Collide Near Springfield Furnace Killing Several
A head on crash between the Altoona Chicago math train No 21 and the Chicago and St Louis express No 18 near Springfield furnace on the Petersburg cut off eighteen miles from Altoona Friday night killed eight to ten passengers. Officials say a misunderstanding of orders at Springfield junction caused the disaster as both locomotives and cars were demolished with one train running in reverse.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Headon
Springfield Furnace
Petersburg
Springfield Junction
Huntingdon
Williamsburg
Premier Goremykin Signals Stable Russia Parliament Support
St Petersburg dispatch quotes M Schwanebach conveying Goremykin and the emperor intend to uphold national representation and work with parliament. No dissolution anticipated, though unforeseen events may arise. The premier’s message stresses confidence in MPs’ patriotism and a cooperative government stance.
Unprecedented Disturbances Reported in Yellowstone Park
Reports from Yellowstone indicate unprecedented disturbances rivaling Vesuvius and San Francisco quakes. Geysers, especially Old Faithful, are in near continual action, with extinct vents reawakening and the park tremoring from internal Earth activity.
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St. Anthony
Ida
Yellowstone Park
San Francisco
San Francisco destitution feeds reach 191637 daily
General Greely telegraphs the War Department from San Francisco that 191,637 people were fed there on Friday and about 40,000 in Oakland and Berkeley. He calls the situation serious and says a solution without suffering seems impossible. He adds the full extent of the disaster cannot be appreciated without personal observation.
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Washington
General Greely
War Department
San Francisco
Oakland
Berkeley
Wood alcohol poisoning in British Columbia deaths and illness
In North Bend area near Vancouver B C two people have died and another is dying from drinking wood alcohol. Six or more residents are seriously ill. The deceased are Mia D Jackson and N Hurley. T R Hunters life is despaired of. Hurley ordered provisions from Vancouver including a gallon of wood alcohol. The liquor was consumed by several unaware of its danger.
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Vancouver
B. C
North Bend
Mia
D. Jackson
N. Hurley
T. R Hunter
Hurley
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Indy
Denver
Boles
Buck” Culver
Placerville
Payette
Board of County Commissioners
Blaine County
William Hull
Montpelier
Dan Ranahan
Boise River
Twin Springs
Payetiy
Mramett
New Plymouth
Emmett
Idahy
French West Indies
Holy Roller
Kille
Traders’ Insurance Company of Chicago
West
Switzerland
Frisco
Tennessee
Farmer
Parliament
Yellowstone
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