Decoration day plans and Idaho news items
Idaho state news reports Decoration day events in Boise with a note that W D Lovejoy reportedly disappeared but was simply in Boise. Special Agent Capel at Blackfoot to classify land near Pocatello for entry. Payette irrigation group seeks direct federal reclamation services. Fire damage at Payette logging plant prompts a doubled capacity plant of about 6000 tons. Duncan McKensie jailed at Mountain Home for robbing James McDonald. McDonald says he was robbed. Northern Pacific freight rate boosts Lewiston wholesale growth. Weber to build a cement block factory, adding industry. Convicts Miller and Smith escape from state penitentiary. Miller recaptured, Smith possibly drowned. Attorney General Hagley extends Jaden Steenson’s district judge offer to 1907. Warm April marks first warm spell since reestablished weather bureau. Idaho building praised at St Louis exposition. apple growers prune for better varieties. Lewiston official notes Idaho building busy on opening day. cart inscription joke. Charles Woelflen injured by power line accident in Lewiston. Idaho irrigation canals total 2422 miles cost 1,446,180 dollars. canal area 1,388,272 acres with 749,553 cultivated and 618,921 uncultivated. Fred Vandergraft near Gooding commits suicide after illness and fever. Dewey mine at Thunder Mountain reports March cleanup savings of 820100 in bricks. William Ole, Idaho type 8083 immigrant, dies in Olney after sudden heart failure.
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Payotte
Duncan McKensie T
Mountain Home
James McDonald
McDonald
McKennie
Northern Pacific Company
Lewinson
Weber
Harry Miller
Charles Smith
Miller
Smith
Hagley Han
Jaden Steveon
Bieth
Adiapateh
Lewiston
Idaho
St. Louia
Charles Woelflen
Electric Light Company
Severnor
Les
Fred Vandergraft
Gooding
Hin Alnen
Russian fleet shuffled to sea to skirt Japanese lines
London Navy Telegraph and Tokyo dispatches report a portion of the Russian Vladivostok fleet may have slipped out to the Boa of Japan to evade Japanese forces. Chinese bandits are said to have sabotaged lines toward Taski Chia and Hai Cheng Taek, with railroads damaged and new routes being built. The Dalny capture could let Japan sever Port Arthur's electrical supply.
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London Navy Telegraph
Seoul
Maya
Vladivostok
Boa
Japan
Tokio
Taski Chia
Hai Cheng Taek
Chia
Newchwang
Port Arthur Mukden
Hai Cheng
Bam Dite
Dalny
Port Arthur
War will be long, says St Petersburg dispatch
A St. Petersburg dispatch argues the war will be bitter and long as events unfold. It notes Russian positions along Manchuria retreating while General Kuropatkin may press a counteroffensive, with supply and administration issues shaping potential advances toward Mukden Harbin and Vladivostok.
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St. Petersburg
Line Tune
Yalu River
Kuropatkin
Harbin
Manchuria
Next Big Battle Foreseen at Liao Yang by Hayashi
Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister in London, predicts the next clash will occur at Liao Yang. He suggests General Kureki is organized for that move and General Ku might oversee operations there.
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Baron Hayashi
Liao Yang
London
Ido Yang
Kureki
Resolutions Die In Los Angeles Methodist Conference
Sensational debate over the Roman Catholic church and public schooling in the United States divided delegates at the Methodist general conference in Los Angeles. While some urged extreme resolutions, an overwhelming majority opposed such action and the matter was referred to a committee, unlikely to be reported.
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United States
Los Angeles
Kuropatkin Ordered Retreat Amidst Troop Shortfall
The Echo de Paris correspondent from St. Petersburg reports General Kuropatkin has ordered a general retreat to avoid battle until he gains enough forces. He reportedly commands not more than 150,000 troops, excluding Port Arthur garrison and New Chwang. Port Arthur garrison is about 200, and New Chwang garrison about 15,000.
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St. Petersburg
Echo de Paris
Kuropatkin
Port Arthur
New Chuang
Manaos
Chixdies
New York Herald
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Moderiros
Acre
Fente
Telluride Martial Law Halts May Term Court Session
Judge Theron Stevens adjourned the May term in San Miguel county as martial law prevails in Telluride. He noted officers barred deported miners’ return and warned court orders not approved by military authorities or local factions could not be enforced, calling civil-law enforcement a forceful attempt under present conditions.
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Telluride
Colo
Theron Stevens
San Miguel County
Ouray
Citizens’ Alliance
Hhis
Stevens
Wallace accepts chief engineer post for Panama Canal
Admiral Walker, head of the Panama Canal Commission, received a telegram from John Findley Wallace of Chicago accepting the job as chief engineer in charge of canal construction. Wallace will be paid 25000 dollars annually. Walker said directing the project requires burning ships behind the man and 25000 is not too high for such a trust.
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Admiral Walker
Panama Canal Commission
John Findley Wallace
Chicago
Ilinois Central Railroad
Wallace
Panama Canal
Rumor of Major Battle Near Mao Tien Ling Pass
The Paris Matin dispatch from St. Petersburg claims a large clash occurred near Mao Tien Ling pass between Russian forces and General Ku roki’s army. It reports heavy Russian losses with Lieutenant General Zassalltch said dead.
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Paris
Japs Occupy Feng Wang Cheng and Huang Liang Si
Lieutenant General Sakharoff reports in a May telegram that Japanese forces have occupied Feng Wang Cheng and are reconnoitering the main road to Liao Yang. He notes Huang Liang Si, fifty miles northeast, was occupied on May 6 as the Siberian army corps tracks actions along the flank corridors.
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Sakharoff
Frst
Siberian
General Staff
Feng Wang Cheng
Liao Yang
Huang Liang Sis
Butcher British Servants and South American Battles
The London Times cites a Gyantse dispatch reporting eight British mission servants butchered by Tibetans amid rising arms and planned usurpation. A Manaos dispatch notes a major Brazilian defeat of Peruvians near the Chix dies river, while others predict no war despite Acre tensions.
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London Times
Gyantse
Tibet
Lhasa
Russians Preparing to Evacuate New Chuang
Advices dated April 7 report Russia plans to leave New Chuang. Forts dismantled and artillery loaded onto trains. Troops leaving, local transport seized, gunboat Sivoutch to be destroyed. Reports of Japanese transports in Foochow Bay unconfirmed. brigands near Yingkow pose risk if evacuation proceeds. Passengers from Chefoo say evacuation underway with some guns removed and quiet overall.
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New Chuang
Foochau Bay
Lalo Tung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Yingkow
Sivoutch
Chefoo
Petrarch
Disparate Dispatches Report Daly Captured and Russian Movements
The Morning Post Shanghai correspondent reports Daly captured on Friday while the Tokio Daily Telegraph correspondent cites Invested yesterday. The Daily Mail at New Chuang writes that Russian troops withdrew to Aashihchao and guns moved to Lalo Yang, with civil and military authorities preparing to depart at a moment’s notice.
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Morning Post
Shanghai
Daly
Tokio
Daily Telegraph
Danny
Daily Mail
New Chuang
Aashihchao
Lalo Yang
Russians Fall Back Before Japanese in Far East
Reports from St. Petersburg confirm a Russian retreat from Fang Wang Cheng as Japanese forces press the line with light losses. Japanese troops destroyed Port Adams rail bridges. Telegrams from Seoul say the second Japanese army corps has landed at Takushan on the Manchurian coast near the mouth of the Yalu.
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Feng Wang Cheng
Fang Wang Cheng
St. Petersburg
Port Adams
Seoul
Antung
Takushan
Manchurian
Alu
Methodist Conference at Los Angeles Formation of committees and tenure debate
The thirty first general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in Los Angeles closes its first week with committees organized and sub committees assigned. A key issue is whether to restore a three or five year ministerial time limit or keep the prior unlimited tenure policy adopted four years ago.
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General Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
Los Angeles
Labor War Strikes San Francisco Carriage Trade
Bay area carriage firms backed by the Citizens' alliance act against union drivers after a dispute over control. Meanwhile in Peru, General staff orders two infantry battalions and one battery with machine guns to Alto Jamu by Amueya to deter Bragillan forces, another battalion and two tacameguns to Chandless on the Purus to uphold sovereignty, with Iquitos defensively fortified and harbor mined in readiness.
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Bay Francisco
Stable and Carriage Owners’ Association
Citizens’ Alliance
Lima
Peru
Alto Jarim
Amueya
Chandless
Purus
Iquitos
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Weather Bureau
Boloo
Todegree
St. Louis
Caldwell
Atate
Eawin Ro Headly
Moscow
End A. J Gipson
Tar Con Erensrean
Great Dewey
Thunder Mountain
Wiliam Ole
Olx
Sea OF Japan
Idao Yang
Korea
Ropatkin
Kuroki
Ching
Togo
Commissariat
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Viadivostok
Ania By
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Wiju
Telluride, Colo
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Citizens Alliance and Labor Unions of
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