Idaho News Roundup From The Shoshone Journal
Idaho Walls and Wallace drownings cited. Meridian seeks sugar factory. Judge upholds a road tax horse stake. Wallace appoints register at Coeur d Alene. Minidoka project funded for 120000 acres. Emmett reports park plans and cantaloupe damage by ground squirrels. Safe at Dewey blown. Minidoka irrigation fund 2 600 000 allocated. Bayne near Ammott found dead. George Albert murder or suicide suspected. Union soldiers in Keepville Tennessee. Lemons grown in town hot house show large sizes. Copeland sentenced to fifteen years for Niarbhe house burglary. Bay crops hurt by cool nights. wild bayles promise yield.
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Dewey
Idaho
National Reclamation Fund
Minidoka
Snake River
George Albert
Milee
Albert
Emmett
John Morgan
Keepvilln
Tenn
Morgan
FM. Pyke
Duboteto
Charles Copeland
Hatley
Copeland
Wood River
Four Men Drowned In Payette River Rapids Tragedy
Four log drivers were drowned near Garden Valley Idaho while attempting to shoot rapids on the Payette river. The victims were John Bedon John Bowen John Conley and McDonald. Their overturned boat swept them into the swift current as they faced a dangerous river crossing during a log drive.
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Payette
Idaho
Garron Valley
John Bedon
John Bowen
John Conley
McDonald
Garden Valley
Japanese land attack report on Port Arthur claimed
A cabled report from the Russian consul at Chefoo said the Russian foreign office received word that Japan had conducted a land assault on Port Arthur. The credibility of the telegram was not confirmed.
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War Office
Russian Foreign Office
Chefoo
Port Arthur
Japs Lose Supplies and Transport Columns Captured
London Morning Post correspondent at Mukden reports May 24 that General Rennenkampf's forces may have captured two Japanese transport columns, leaving the Japanese army short of supplies in a difficult region. Four Japanese cruisers and torpedo boats reportedly passed between Port Arthur and the Mino Tro islands at 4 am Wednesday, with no sounds of firing heard yet.
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London Morning Post
Mukden
Rennenkampf
Port Arthur
Mino Tro Islands
Mother Jumped Into Well To Save Son Dies
Mrs Michael Byrnes wife of a Standard Oil engineer at Kneppers Pennsylvania rushed to a Mont Alto home after her five year old son Andrew uncovered a 40 foot deep well and fell in She leaped in after him into eight feet of water both were rescued but the boy did not survive.
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Michael Byrnes
Kneppers
Professor Punk
Mont Alto
Andrew
Port Arthur Assault Nears As Mines Rise Danger
A Tokyo dispatch says Port Arthur will be stormed once preparations finish with siege guns in place and land forces ready. Storming is warned to cost many lives as sea lanes grow perilous from mines, while Kuropatkin aims to halt Japanese advances at Li So Yang amid stubborn Japanese sorties and growing reinforcements from Pitsewo and Polandien.
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Port Arthur
Son of Tho
Russia
Baltic
London Daily Telegraph
Chwang
Kuropatkin
Liso Yang
Stoesser
Fock
Pitsewo
Polandien
Milk Fire Rescue and Misadventure On Indiana Trip
Prince Pu Lun and party were rushed from Indianapolis to Lafayette by milk used to douse a fire on a leading automobile. A milk wagon provided the extinguishing aid as the advance vehicle crashed before the road marking run. In Michigan, John Brown armed with a rifle forced a train crew to shelter in the woods after fencing a Pere Marquette train during a dispute over right of way. he is under bonds to keep peace pending court action.
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Prince Pu Lun
Lafayette
Ind
Indianapolis
Pere Marquette
Kaikanka
Mich
John Brown
Brown
Prisoners Well Treated Amid Morocco Kidnapping
A brief caviegram from Consul Gummere in Tangier reports Lon Perdicarin and Cromwell Varney are being well treated by Moorish brigands who seized them. Authorities are in contact with the bandits and ransom terms are expected to be negotiated.
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State Department
Washington
Gummere
Tangier
Morocco
Lon Perdicarin
Cromwell Varney
Russians claim Port Arthur sortie defeats Japanese force
Report from St Petersburg confirms a Russian operation led by General Stoessel at Port Arthur. The Russians allegedly routed Japanese forces with over 1,000 killed or wounded on their side, while Russian losses were 116. A train with munitions aided the attack, and wireless communications connected the two groups.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Inning for the Japs claims Japanese capture Kai Chou
Reported claims say Japanese forces captured Kai Chou and drove Russians back toward Tashi Chi. The bombardment near Kal Chou is said to prep a landing in Lai Tung peninsula to seize Newchwang and aid a broader march toward Liao Yaung.
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Kai Chou
Tashi Chi
Newehwang
Newchwang
Kal Chou
Lai Tung
Liao Yaung
Akatsuki Torpedo Boat Destroyed Off Port Arthur
During a reconnaissance near Port Arthur Vice Admiral Togo’s fleet struck the Japanese torpedo boat destroyer Akatsuki killing one officer and twenty-four men. The loss occurred on the Friday of last week as the engagement continued.
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Port Arthur de
Togo
Akatsuki
Cowboy Reddy Crawls to Oreana After Calamity
John McDonald known as Reddy the Cowboy fell from a horse while driving cattle miles from Oreana Nevada. His leg fractured below the knee and, after crawling through rough terrain in agony, railroad workers organized a hand car to transport him to Lovelock where doctors dressed the injuries. He is expected to recover.
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John McDonald
Reddy
Oreana
Nevada
Lovelock
Orel Sinks At Cronstadt During Finishing Trials
A Russian battleship sank at its Cronstadt anchorage on May 20 while awaiting completion. Vice Admiral Rosestvensky arrived from St Petersburg to oversee pumping operations. The vessel was raised and found undamaged except for interior flooding caused by opened Kingston valves.
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Orel
Cronstadt
Rosestvensky
St. Petersburg
Flood Devastates Colorado Valley After Water Spout
A deadly Colorado flood in the Cache La Poudre valley peaked in Greeley between 9 and 11 am Saturday after a Friday afternoon water spout. Robert Strauss is reported dead near Tingmath, several others missing, with roads washed out and bridges undermined hindering search efforts.
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Cache la Poudre
Colorado
Greeley
Robert Strauss
Tingmath
Rumors Of Heavy Losses In Port Arthur Battle
Reports from Russian headquarter lines in Liso Yang cite Chinese sources claiming a Japanese land attack on Port Arthur was repulsed with heavy losses. Russian figures quoted include 16,000 Japanese killed or wounded and 3,000 Russian losses. St. Petersburg questions the truth, and rumors also mention a Vladivostok squadron capture of three Chilean ships.
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Liso Yang
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Lamsdorff
Chefoo
Paris Matin
Vladivostok
Japan
Chile
Outlaws Slaughter Filipinos in Mindanao Massacre
Report from Camp Overton Mindanao dated May 15 describes a massacre near Malabang on Mindanao's southern coast. Datto Ali's Moros from the Rio Grande valley surprised and killed forty three Filipino men, women, and children at midnight while they slept. the chief and followers escaped.
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Manila
Overton
Mindanao
Malabang
United States
Datto Ali
Rio Grande Valley
Russia Objects To Congress For War Talk
Russian papers express irritation at M Dubail French minister at Peking suggesting a powers congress to end the war. Novoe Vremya says the war is Russia's affair and she will negotiate with the Mikado alone, not with Europe.
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M. Dubail
Peking
Congress of
Novce Vremya
Russia
Europe
Perdicaris and Varney Seized by Brigands Near Tangier
U S Consul Gummere reports in Tangier that Marcus Perdicaris, a wealthy American resident, and his British stepson Ion Varney were abducted from their country house by native brigands led by Raisuly. The captors demand terms for release, and authorities push the court to comply.
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State Department
United States
Gummere
Tangier
Perdicaris
Song
Varney
Ratsuly
Harris
Explosion at Camden Fireworks Factory Kills Three
Fireworks factory owned by Jose Scalona near Camden New Jersey blew up killing a man and two boys and seriously injuring six men and two girls. Four small buildings were wrecked. Scalona was arrested and held for investigation into the cause, thought to have occurred in the mixing room.
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Jose Scalona
Camden
N. J
Scalona
Chinese Fear Russians May Burn Mukden and Liao Yang
Reports from Mukden indicate Chinese fear that Russians threaten to burn Mukden and Liao Yang before retreating to Harbin. The Tartar viceroy at Mukden has ordered a brigade of Chinese troops to occupy the city immediately after the Russians depart.
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Mukden
Liao Yang
London Standard
Shanghai
Harbin
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