Idaho State News Roundup Mixed Reports and Plans
State Auditor Bragaw cites 3 700 livestock brands. Moscow hosts summer school poultry course. A B Patterson dies in Boise from wood alcohol. Over 1 000 United Commercial Travelers expected at Boise convention. Caldwell sells 1 700 acres of state land at public auction. Union telephone girls strike in Bolse. Taxes rise for telegraph and telephone firms. Williams Cullion bound over for theft in Glenn’s Ferry. German Lutheran church trustees seek $10 000 church plans. Great Western Sugar Heel irrigation progress. Twin Falls townsite to host public buildings in Twin Falls County. Caldwell store to be replaced by stone and brick 50 by 100 feet. Sheep graziers urged for national domain by July. Balke Interurban to operate by June 1. Caldwell to Koohis line to finish five miles of track. Bitter Root forest to aid ranchers with 34 mile telephone line. Big Lost River project expects 26 000 acres opening if water arrives. Reports on murder plot against Murry Orchard circulate. Holve & Totervrlan electric plans extend from Star to Payette. Sunday heat penalties in horse racing and public amusements. Gus Oman suicide in Vancouver notes calling punishment. Senator Heyburn slowly recovering, digestive issues. Haywood trial likely halts street preaching.
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Moscow
A.B. Patterson
Boise
Knights of the Grip
United Commercial Travelers
Bolse
Caldwell Im
Union
Independent Telephone Company
Bolte
Twin Falls Twwnsite Company
Twin Park City
Doure
County of Twin Pulls
Caldwell
Bitter Ront National Forest
Fere
Koohis
Clear ‘Water
Figailan
Murry
Lewiston
Orchard
Supreme Court Limits Federal Irrigation Powers
The Kansas Colorado decision signals the federal government may be unconstitutional to spend over 20 million on irrigation projects. Justice Brewer states Congress can regulate only enumerated matters, and irrigation of arid lands is not among them. Potential conflicts loom with private interests along the Colorado and Snake rivers.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Kansas
Colorado
Genior Turner
Arizona
California
Ktte
Twin Falla Company
Idaho
Snake River
Brewer
Coperess
Wild Scenes on the Chicago Board of Trade
The Chicago Board of Trade opened with wheat surging past the dollar mark as heavy buying and unfed demand pushed prices higher. By closing, wheat remained strong with July and September up 0.41 cents and December up 0.41 or more, amid nervous shorts and widespread orders from cities nationwide and even Winnipeg.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
United States
wong @ telegraph wire
Winnipeg
Louisiana
Pacific
Atlantic
San Francisco Street Car Strike Rocks City
The United Railroads strike continues with 100 cars manned by 350 non union breakers operating from dawn to dusk under police, while about 40,000 are carried daily. President Calhoun demands surrender of union cards for non union work and fines or expulsion for riders. Women at Point refuge camp attack cars with missiles as police intervene amid blockades at Fourth and Market.
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San Francisco
Monay
United Railroads
Calhoun
Point Refuge Camp
Fourth
Market
Wreck Near Lima Ties Up Rock Island Freight Trains
Two Rock Island freight trains collided head on a few miles west of Lima Olds early Monday. Engineer Curray and a fireman helper were killed. a lineman fatally hurt. three tramps and a brakeman seriously injured. Engineer Wallen, who escaped injury, takes blame for the wreck after disobeying orders to ride at Lima.
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Okahama City
Rock Island
Lima
Olds
Curray
Wallen
Chapter of Accidents in San Jose Yard
A yard locomotive crew in San Jose San Jose California found Deputy Sheriff W. J. Hayfitch of Santa Clara unconscious on the track. They rushed him to the depot, but the locomotive collided with a moving freight train, injuring all aboard though none fatally.
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San Jose
Cal
Santa Clara
W. J. Hayfitch
Women as deputy sheriffs spark reform in New Hampshire
Nashua introduces two women as deputy sheriffs to curb cruelty to animals and children. Mrs Jennie P Powers of Keane uses a camera and revolver to make sixteen arrests in a year, secure evidence, and push prosecutions. Miss M Jennie Kendall, active in Nashua and nearby areas, reports numerous arrests for cruelty to both children and animals.
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Nashua
N. H
New Hampshire
Jennie P. Powers
Keane
M. Jennie Kendall
Nasiqua
Powers
Kendall
Mine Near Mansion Targets Guatemalan President
Washington reports another assassination attempt on President Cabrera of Guatemala. A mine, described in general terms as "advices and mine," was placed near Cabrera's mansion with the likely aim of a high destructive blast. The device was found before it could be used, making the plot futile.
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Washington
Cabrera
Guatemala
Toledo
Freight Conference Reduces Rates in Spokane Meeting
A freight conference at J. J. Hill offices in St Paul brought together key figures from the Hill and Harriman systems. After hours of deliberation, reductions were agreed upon, a long-argued goal of Spokane jobbing and mercantile interests.
Derailed West Virginia Express After Open Switch Crash
A wreck near Truro station twelve miles southeast of Columbus derailed the West Virginia express on the Toledo Ohio Central line after an open switch. One pedestrian along the track was killed, several trainmen were killed or injured, and most passengers escaped with minor bruises. Fireman Martin and Engineer Martin are reported to die, and an unknown woman is also dead.
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Columbus
Truro Station
West Virginia
Toledo Ohio Central Railroad
Hogineor Martin
Martin
Haywood Trial Opens in Boise with Quiet Start
Opening in Boise Idaho on May 9 marks the Haywood trial with calm courtrooms and no demonstrations. William D Haywood sits with family and lawyers as talesmen are examined focusing on circumstantial evidence, absence, and death penalty views while Judge Wood allows wide latitude in voir dire.
Imperial Conference Ends in Disappointment as Premiers Explain Failures
London reports a dejected mood as imperial premiers departed after a conference that promised rich trade schemes but delivered only a few minor projects. Social dinners marked the visit, while Laurier backed the government against the enticement of preferential trade and Deakin pressed the Japan issue amid Newfoundland Fisheries debates. Sir Robert Bond pressed Newfoundland claims, but Elgin indicated the government could not act, prompting a strong protest.
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London
Wilfrid Laurier
Alfred Deakin
Australia
Robert Bond
Newfoundland
United States
Earl of Elgin
Robert
Haywood Case Progresses With Jury Selection In Idaho Trial
Boise reporters note substantial progress toward forming a jury to try William D. Haywood for the alleged murder of Frank Steunenberg on the trial's third day. Talesmen selection paused over chair issues, then rapid once filled. Courtroom crowds remain large and lively with notable female attendance and Mrs Steene Adams aiding the Haywood camp. Haywood engages with counsel Darrow Richardson and Nugent, guiding examination and potential juror choices.
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Boise
Idaho
Willam D. Haywood
Thal
Frank Steunenberg
Haywood
Guy
Taft
Gooding
Heyburn
Talesmen
Colorado
Talesman
Cne
Wood
Thealesman
Fremont Wood
Western Federation of Miners
William D. Haywood
Steeve Adams
Messrs
Darrow
Richardson and
Nugent
European wheat crop supply and demand in Europe
London reports that European wheat prices hinge on supply and demand. Germany has bought Australian and Argentine cargoes for six weeks due to tight stocks from rye and wheat sales to Russia after last year’s Russian harvest damage. Damages to crops in Germany Romania Hungary and along the Danube worsened the outlook.
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London
Germany
Russia
Roumania
Hungary
Danube
Confessed to Double Murder in Nebraska
Omaha Burke, arrested at Hooper, charged with killing Mr and Mrs Walter Copple near Rosalie Thurston County. He confessed, saying his real name was Louis Ray Higgins and he was drunk when the crime occurred. He asked Sheriff Batman to notify his Denver mother.
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Omaha
Rnip Burke
Hooper
Walter Copple
Rosalie
Thurston County
Burke
Louis Ray Higgins
Sherif Batman
Denver
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