Idaho News Roundup From Wood River to Boise
A Boise merchant David Falk dies after a long Boise career dating to 1864. Wood River rises with cold snap and high waters expected. Occurrences include a fatal shooting near Mackay, a fire-destruction train wreck near Hope, and a drowned man on Snake River. Fortunes, church formations, and civic developments in Caldwell, Montpelier, and Nampa highlight state activity.
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Beive
Belee
David Falk
Hoise
Mr. Falk
Boise
Northern Pacific
Hope
N. B Jenkins
Harry Groves
Mackay
Jenkins
Groves
Willow Mandy
Stuart
Owylive
Silver City
Towls Grows
Potat Lookout
Bullion
Weicck
Groom
Natya Times
Andrew Sweetsor
County
France
Killed by Strikers at Jackson as Rail Strike Grows
Turmoil in Jackson Tennessee over a Mobile and Ohio strike escalates. One man killed and trains blocked as police rush to a wreck attributed to strikers. A brakeman named Yarboro shot on his engine. railroad officials prepare to request federal troops to restore order.
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Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Jackson
Tenn
Gaston
Union Depot
Will Yarboro
Yarboro
Pringle
Bethel
Pershing Returns From Taraca Campaign After Victory
Captain Pershing's column reentered Camp Vicars Minda nao after fighting east of Lake Lanao with no opposition. Prisoners at Taraca pledged allegiance to the United States and were released. Nine Moros and one sultan died in the Taraca forts, and Pershing estimates Taraca's population at 30,000 with the district at 100,000, suggesting prior underestimation. The episode is viewed as reducing hostility in the Lake Lanao region.
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Captain Pershing
Vicars
Mindanao
Lake Lanao
Taraca
United States
Dation
Cheyenne seeks injunction over Fort Russell stables plan
The city of Cheyenne files for an injunction to stop the government from constructing two large stables on Crow Creek banks at Fort Russell. The creek, Cheyenne’s water source, would be polluted and rendered unsuitable for domestic use, despite a filter barrier between town and fort.
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City of
Cheyenne
Crow Creek
Fort Russell
Ottawa Fire Devours Hundreds of Homes and Lumber
A blaze of probable incendiary origin laid waste hundreds of houses and millions of feet of lumber in Ottawa Ontario. John White, released from penitentiary after arson, was caught near the scene and will face charges. Nearby Peru declares bubonic plague infection risk in Callao and Piura, ports closed to travelers as El Salvador troops cross frontier.
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Ottawa
Horrific abduction and crime report in Mohammedan quarter
A man describes being forced at gunpoint to wall up an opening with a woman claimed to be Mohamedan. He was blindfolded, driven to a lonely city area, and later fled after the carriage vanished. Police search the Mohammedan quarter for the location as the assailants remain at large. A separate incident notes Andrews injured by a ceiling collapse, a neck wound, and a near fatal accident requiring medical care.
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Mohamedan
Pollce
Mohammedan Quarter
Miners Win Eight Hour Day Pact in Idaho Mine
Idaho miners seal an eight hour day at the Trade Dollar company mine in Bilver City. The Miners' union says union committee and General Manager Cowan agreed, with the change to take effect as soon as schedules are arranged, likely within a week.
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Trade Dollar Company
Bilver City
Waho
Botae
Cowan
Nicaragua Considers Gradual Move to Gold Standard
Nicaragua debates shifting from the aliver to the gold standard, likely over several years. Mr. Corea, the Nicaraguan minister in Washington, has submitted an exhaustive report on the U S financial system to guide Nicaragua’s potential adoption.
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Nicaragua
Corea
Washington
Ruined by Volcano Worsens Guatemala Coffee Losses
News from Guatemala reports the Santa Maria eruption devastates coffee plantations for miles around. Ash and scoria blanket 1 000 square miles, up to fifteen feet deep, destroying a third of the crop and about 300 000 quintals of the best coffee, with land rendered sterile.
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Guatemala
Santa Maria
Manuel Huertado
Buried Alive In Old Town Court Yard Abduction
A stone mason was seized by two masked men in a carriage in central town. After half an hour he was led to an old courtyard where he found a frightened woman wedged in a hidden chamber behind a stone wall. Revolvers were pointed at him as he stood with the pair.
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Baku
New York Herald
Warring Chinese Plot Aims at 300 Celestials Revealed
San Francisco police report four high binder society leaders arrested over alleged See Yup conspiracy to murder 300 Educational Society members. Confessions describe a plan with bounties of 500 dollars per informer and 200 dollars per other victim, with gold payments to gunmen and defense expenses covered. If convicted, 1500 dollars would be sent to families in China.
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Piot
San Francisco
Tom Vick
Chinese Educational Socitty
See Yup Society
China
Panama Canal Region Faces Fever Health Warning
General Haines of the Isthmian canal commission reports fever prevalent in the canal zone. He warns it is dangerous to white men and likely yellow fever or a severe malaria type. Sanitary improvement is possible only with government measures, expected to take about a year to achieve proper conditions.
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Haines
Isthmian Canal
Parrot Rescues Man Amid Loud Cries in Washington NJ
Neighbors to the home of George B. Andrews in Washington New Jersey rushed to the residence after hearing cries of murder and help. Police and local residents investigated the scene as the parrot reportedly alerted them to the danger and potentially saved a life.
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George B. Andrews
Washington, N. J
Allies Reach Pact on Arbitration Protocol at Washington
The Malian, British, and German embassies in Washington agreed with Venezuela’s plenipotentiary Mr Bowen to submit the question of preferential treatment to The Hague tribunal for arbitration. Allies will sign once they agree if The Hague convention is signed separately or jointly. Bowen remains neutral.
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Washington
Bowen
Venezuela
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
British Monroe doctrine in Persian Gulf threat
Foreign Secretary Lansdowne asserts Britain will treat any outside naval base or fortified post in the Persian Gulf as a grave menace and would resist with all means. House of Lords debates the stance as other powers’ responses are awaited with anxiety.
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Lansdowne
Persian Gulf
Great Britain
House of Lords
Lord Lansdowne
Gulf
Martial Law Declared After Balkan Clashes At Vanitza
Reports describe a village battle near Vanitza with Turkish troops fighting a Bulgarian band. About sixty Bulgarians including their leader Deltzeff died, Turks suffered four dead and three wounded. Thirty houses burned. A separate Bulgarian unit led by Petroff was defeated at Krapestaza with seven killed. Dynamite bombs seized at Salonica as martial law was proclaimed there. Italian naval ships Sardegna Francesco Morosini Carlo Alberto and Calatafima reached Saloutea.
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Vanitza
Deltzeff
Petroff
Krapestaza
Salonica
Sardegna
Francesco Morosini
Carlo Alberto
Calatafima
Saloutea
New York Governor Signs Broad Guard Labor Discrimination Bill
Governor Odell signed a drastic measure to curb labor unions and employers from discriminating against National Guard members. The bill makes it a misdemeanor to interfere with employment due to Guard membership or to deter enlistment by threat. It bans trade organizations from resolutions or by laws discriminating against Guard members.
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Odell
New York
National Guard
Negroes Recognized at Alabama Republican Conference
For the first time in Alabama Republican history, negroes were given recognition at a Montgomery conference. Whites and blacks sat on opposite sides as referees W. F. Aldrich Charles H. Scott and Jo Thompson organized the gathering to correct mistakes from the Birmingham convention.
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Republican Party
Alabama
Montgomery
W. F. Aldrich
Charles H. Scott
Jo Thompson
Aldrich
Birmingham
Tragedy at a ball in Big Creek hotel dance
A free fight at a hotel dance in Big Creek Tuscola county ends in deaths and injuries. Dave Trombley, 35, of West Bay City, shot dead. Harry Schindehette, 20, of Bay City, fatally slashed. Frank Defoe, 28, seriously cut.
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Bay City
Mich
Aispaten
Big Creek
Tuscola County
Dave Trombley
West Bay City
Harry Schindehette
Frank Defoe
San Francisco Strike Troubles Ad justed
All differences between the Laborers' Protective union and the Contractors' association at San Francisco were amicably adjusted Tuesday and the strike called off. Workers returned to the new wage scale Wednesday with eight hours for street contracts and nine hours for other work, effective March 1.
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Laborers’ Protective Union
Contractors’ Association
San Francisco
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