Milner notes and Idaho state briefs list of local events
Milner has no saloon, the haven factory lies five miles out. A Malley trial ended with acquittal for murder. A Japanese worker died after a train incident near American Park. Burglaries in Bolen yielded jewelry. Idaho beat Whitman 77 to 45 in track. Pacific and Idaho Northern railway plans surface near Meadows. Sunday business remains closed. Union activities, Indian school funding, burglaries, draft conventions, and weather impacts fill the week’s notices. Local arrests, fishing law tests, and crop forecasts follow.
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Haven
Sage Brush
Malley
Larry Hannon
Frank Brown
American Park
Bolen
Broad
Pacific & Idaho Northern Railway
Meadows
Holi
Fifteen Dead as Storms Raze Rural Nebraska Areas
A sequence of heavy storms swept Clay, Franklin, and Kearney counties last Sunday, killing fifteen and injuring numerous others. Homes and outbuildings were leveled, with total damages around sixty thousand dollars. In Norman a large gathering at Daniel McCurdy’s home faced tragedy, while near Upland a schoolhouse destroyed by the storm claimed four lives, including the minister. Fairfield also suffered heavy damage but residents secured shelter. In Macedonia news, Deitchiff, noted as revolution leader, was reportedly killed in Banitzi near Seres, a blow to the movement.
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Nebraska
Clay
Prenklin
Kearney
Norman
Daniel McCurdy
Upland
Fairfield
Cloudburst at Midnight Strips Enid of Homes
A midnight cloudburst west of Enid Oklahoma left hundreds homeless and caused about 200000 dollars in damage in Enid bottoms. A three foot high water surge swept through the area, submerging 100 houses as rescuers worked through the night. Rainfall in the past ten days was the heaviest in Oklahoma history. Additional damage was reported west of Enid with uncertain totals.
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Enid
Oklahoma
Colorado farmer fatally shot by neighbor near Pueblo
James Richardson was wounded by F L Stevens on a Missouri Pacific water station twelve hours after being shot in the groin. Stevens, jailed in Pueblo on assault with intent to kill, reportedly mistook Richardson for someone else while his blind wife and year old son were nearby.
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James Richardson
Missouri Pacific
Pueblo
Colo
F. L. Stevenson
Stevenson
Rich
Farmers Richardson and accomplice shot in robbery attempt
Two farmers were shot during a robbery attempt. Richardson was hurt badly and is not expected to recover. The other man involved is hospitalized. both are farmers and the incident remains under investigation.
Death from glanders in Newark stableman Simon Wilson
Glanders, a horse disease, has caused the death of Simon Wilson a colored stableman in Newark New Jersey. This marks the second recorded human case in the area with Alfred Moyers in the last stages of the illness.
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Glanders
Simon Wilson
Newark
N. J
Alfred Moyers
Statue of Gen Sherman to Stand at Central Park Entrance
The New York Chamber of Commerce plans a memorial statue by Augustus Saint Gaudens of Gen William Tecumseh Sherman. Bronze sculpture shows Sherman on his charger with Victory figure and palm branch of peace, hailed by the New York Press as the finest American sculpture in 400 years.
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Chamber of Commerce
New York
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Fiftyninth
St. Gaudens
Sigure
Peace
America
New York Press
Cyclone in Kansas Demolishes Homes and Kills Two
A third cyclone in Salina county Kansas struck Assyria Thursday night, demolishing homes and killing William Ol 13 and Peter Olson. The Olson home was lifted and the boy’s body found thirty rods away. Peter Olson was mortally injured. The storm damaged Bridgeport Ashland Wright and Blaine areas with hail rain and wind wreckage, though no other fatalities confirmed.
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Salina County
Kansas
Assyria
William A. Ol
Peter Olson
Olsons
Nels Olsenburg
Christine Olsenburg
Bridgeport
Ashland
Blaine
Kan
Wright
Tornado in Texas Kills Two People
A severe Panhandle storm hit Thursday night near Hereford and Amarillo. Mrs. Wilson and her child were killed when their home near Hereford was blown apart, and M. R. Wilson was fatally injured. Property damage occurred across the area.
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Texas
Amarillo
Rex
Panhandle
M. R. Wilson
Hereford
Troubles of Their Own at St Peters burg Festivities
Report from St Petersburg notes high anxiety in administration over potential outbreaks during the city festivities. Police asked factory owners to grant holidays, but workers may strike. Revolutionary pamphlets vow rights to peasants, insulting czar and government. Employers seek police protection during celebrations amid recent factory fire losses. A Cuban independence anniversary in San Juan, P R, drew officials and Americans. Spanish colony members largely did not attend. Union Pacific strike resolved in New York, with May 27 return to work, higher pay, no union discrimination, and abolition of piecework.
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St. Petersburg
Uncle Sam
San Juan
P. R
Hunt
United States
New York
Union Pacific
Shooting at Nampa Ball Game Ends in Wounding and Riot
At a Nampa Idaho ball game a shooting affray wounded Policeman Grogan. James T. Quarles, a Boise colored man, and Henry Williams were arrested as part of the clash sparked by Boise lad being struck. A mob tried to lynch them, but police quickly swore in extra officers to disperse the crowd. Also reported: explosion at Santiago arsenal kills General Fries and wounds twenty one. gunboat Colon lost with crew casualties. a tornado near Watonga Oklahoma damages homes. Arkansas River flooding Kaw City and nearby towns.
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Idaho
Grogan
Boise
James T. Quarles
Henry Williams
Santo Domingo
Santiago
Fries
Jose Alvarez
Colon
General Deschampes
Sanchen
Cape Espada
Deschampes
Watonga
Okla
Atterbury
Robert Payne
Aterbury
Arkansas River
Kaw City
Ponce City
Newkirk
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