Idaho state news in Hatley and statewide notes
Over 100 men employed at the Mainie Moore mine in Hatley. Wool clip in Washington county nears 2,000,000 pounds. Mining activity grows around Hatley and nearby areas. A crusade begins at Weiser against lot machines and gambling devices. Surveyors head from Boise to map eight government townships in northern Idaho. Weiser Commercial Club plans Fourth of July celebration. Parma farmers plan independent telephone system. Boise labor unions to support a municipal election ticket. Hunters must obtain licenses per state game warden rule. A brass band forms in Weiser. Second District Sunday School convention attended in Payette. Governor Morrison forms law partnership with Joseph T. Penon in Boise. A fire destroys the Empire Min co plant in Harrison. losses about 6,000. Rumors of a Huntington to Lewiston railroad persists with possible bond funding. A labor fatality near Halley. Exposition plans energize Governor Morrison. Hopper visitation expected in Soldier and Malad. A Payette ball game accident prompts medical help. Engineers from Dillon depart to Raed Rock for Thunder Mountain survey. Western buyers purchase over 100,000 sheep in Washington county. Elk and prairie chicken hunting restrictions noted under new law. Body of Charles Bornhart found near Powhatan mine in Big Creek.
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Welsar
Botee
Idaho
Commercial Club
Parma
Labor Union Organlications
Boise
Weiser
Morrison
Bt. Loule
Payette
Dillon
Most & Party of
St. Louis
Raed Rock
Thunder Mountain
Blizzard Ravages Montana Lamb Flocks In May Storm
Reports from northern and southern Montana describe a severe May blizzard killing thousands of lambs and many ewes. A Great Falls dispatch says herder H H Wilson is missing near Port Neuf, presumed frozen, as his fl ock is recovered with no sign of him. The storm, the worst in the region’s history, devastates sheep on the range.
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Montana
Great Falls
H. H. Wilson
Portnee
Partes
Wilson
Skull in Snake Den Unearths Gruesome Find by Hunters
A hunting party led by C. J. Matthews, while fighting a rattlesnake den, made a grisly discovery in the pit. The group, known as the 4sho Hunters, reported the perilous encounter and the fatal outcome amid the snake’s lair.
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C. J. Matthews
Dix
Duel on Thibor eaux ends in ex Lieutenant Governor Knoblock death
On Monday a shooting on Thibor eaux main street La killed ex Lieutenant Governor Henry Clay Knoblock. Barber James Garault fired after Knoblock drew a pistol that jammed. coroner notes five fatal wounds. Garault surrendered and may obtain bond. Knoblock served under Governor Samuel D. McEnery and practiced law in Thibeaux.
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Fray
Henry Clay Knoblock
Thiboreaux
James Garault
Garault
Knoblock
Bond
Samuel D. McEnery
United States
Thibeaux
Lynchings in Kansas Town After Drunken Row
A Kansas town faces potential lynching as authorities report a man of rough character shot two people during a drunken quarrel. Investigations proceed, with witnesses questioned and security tightened.
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Kansas Town
Yale Students Strike Sparks Labor Discord in New Haven
Yale undergraduates replace striking truckmen prompting union leaders to urge President Hadley to call them off. Yale officials refuse, citing constitutional rights, while threats of a broader campus labor walkout circulate. In Kansas Coolidge area, gun violence leaves Hugh Gallagher dead and Tom Rhodes wounded as a shooter, Bob Reynolds, is jailed. Separately China resists Manchurian trade openings citing Moscow opposition and limited treaty concessions.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Trades Union
Hadley
Provident
Mnum
New Halle
Reynolds
Riot at Connecticut Hallway & Lighting Co ends in injuries
A clash between non union workers and officials in Bridgeport leads to at least thirty two injuries and threatens state troops. Cars were torched and pelted, crowds swelled to four thousand, and firemen later dispersed the mob with hoses as police struggles continued. A Boise Idaho stage robbery follows with a masked highwayman looting a registered mail sack and pocketing valuables. Sheriff Agnew joins the chase with deputies, postmaster, inspectors, and guards aided by bloodhounds.
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Bridgeport
Mulyahill
Coffin
Fire Department
Bingham
Boise
Idaho
Idaho City
Muller Guich
Charles Sullivan
Agnew
Ada County
Sherff
Boise County
Fenton
Ball
Albanian Rebellion Encounters Lead to Hostages Held
Report confirms heavy casualties on both sides in engagements around Ipek as Albanian chiefs call the fighting a misunderstanding. The sultan promises pacification after Ipek occupation, while several Albanian leaders at Ipek resist and their families are kept as hostages.
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Ipek
Constantinople
Arbitration settles Spokane Falls Gaslight dispute
The conflict between Spokane Falls Gaslight Co and labor unions ended last week in arbitration under Washington state law. Findings require the Teamsters to withdraw the boycott, state the gasmakers never had a genuine union, mandate union plumbers, suggest hiring union teamsters after the current contract, and reinstate striking gasmakers as vacancies permit.
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Spokane Falls Gaslight Company
Washington
Teamsters
Omaha Strike Nears End as Teamsters Return to Work
The Omaha trades union strike appears to be winding down as 25 drivers from a major delivery firm return to work. A union meeting withdrew the objectionable demand features, while employers seek a lower wage scale. Restaurants reopen with colored staff and laundries resume with non union workers.
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Omaha
Teamsters
Teamsters' Union
Montana Miners Entombed Near Hel ena Montana
Four miners trapped in a cavern four miles from Helena by a flooded arain drift. A shaft is sunk to reach them as air may be cut off if the passage is blocked. The drift runs 2 200 feet. Deputy Constable Tom Vaughn died and Constable Dan Graham was injured in Douglas Arizona when outlaw Smith shot them while resisting arrest.
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Egnol
Helena
Mont
Tom Vaughn
Dan Graham
Douglas
Arizona
Smith
Miles Defends Philippine Campaign and Army Discipline
General Nelson A. Miles recounts his Philippines mission as an official commander’s duty. He warns against medieval cruelty, praises soldiers who refused orders to harm prisoners, and condemns officers responsible for abuses. He emphasizes that crimes by some officers do not reflect the American army.
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Army and Navy Journal
Nelson A. Miles
Philippines
Miles
Outlaw W. W. Montgomery Escapes Guthrie Jail
W. W. Montgomery, an escaped inmate described as a desperado and confessed bigamist, killed jailer Jerry Merson during a breakout at Guthrie Oklahoma. He was shot by Emmerson’s wife after seizing the jailer’s gun, and his exact injuries remain unclear. He claims three wives in Beatrice Nebraska Seward Ohio and To wa. A posse pursues.
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Guthrie
Okla
W. W. Montgomery
Bigamist
Jerry Merson
Emmerson
Beatrice
Neb
Seward
Ohio
Towa
Moonshine Whisky Killings Reported in Arkansas Mountains
Three men Joe Adair Wash Turner and Dave Preddy died while John Spivey lingered after drinking moonshine whisky allegedly mixed with concentrated lye from Hot Springs and Montgomery counties Arkansas Authorities probe the toxic liquor as rioting casualties mount in Valparaiso with uncertain total dead and wounded. El Heraldo condemns authorities for the chaos and censorship limits telegraphic lines while foreigners in Valparaiso remain safe.
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Wash Turner
Dave Preddy
John Spivey
Hot Springs
Montgomery Counties
Arkansas
Valparaiso
el Heraldo
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