Idaho State News Highlights From Early April Reports
April developments across Idaho include hotel enlargement in Mackfoot and street improvements in Lewiston. New opera house rising at Blackfoot. Welser Methodists begin church. Increased Blackfoot land office business prompts another clerk. Prospectors flock to Garden Valley en route to Thunder Mountain. Rail burial at Idaho Valley forms coal shed jail hazard. Grangerine approves 400 for Salmon River ferry after wagon bridge collapse. Long distance telephony to Salt Lake City may start between June 30 and July. Hell Telephone welders at Pincerville lay poles for line through Arden Valley. JT Williams, Bilver Bow victim, was longtime Glenn’s Ferry resident. Post office staff calls for help amid mail pileup. Roosevelt unrest noted. Haling boy injured by horse while horse attacked him. Alex Boyd escapes Welser jail break aided by conspirator with jail keys. Poontello census: 1,482 pupils 70 percent boys. gain of 97. Poorman mine rumors of soon opening near Silver City. 8000 to 10000 Cripple Creek miners head to Thunder Mountains. Idaho wool sales exceed 9 million pounds in a day. Welser 100,000 Payette 900,000 Caldwell 400,000. Fire department at Molec forming. chief salary set at 75 per month. Boise burglary yields 50 pounds of meat and a stolen safe. Edward Ervine’s body found in Payette River island. Several women head for Thunder Mountain. few reach district. Salt Lake dispatch: Juan Miventor patents flying machine. plans a 100,000 prize steamship. first trip Salt Lake to Dover. Korup of Weiser injured by meat hook accident at market.
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Ealt Lake City
Hell Telephone Company
Pincerville
Arden Valley
JT Williams
Bilver Bow
Bath
Glenn
Kerry
Poontello
Poorman Aioe
Silver City
Poorman Ulji
Colorado
Crippler Creek Distriet
Thunder Mountains
Idaho
Beiog
Welser
Payette
Caldwell
Kolse
Mouwatalae
Boise
Edward Ervine
Middle Turk
Payetta
Thunder Mountain
Tisle
Salt Lake
Juan Miventor
Ida
Lomb
Dover
Boers Split Over Peace Terms As Negotiations Continue
A divided South African delegation debates peace prospects as a minority favors resuming hostilities. Optimism from the Veeringinge conference contrasts with government disagreements. Foreseeable refusal to quit talks depends on persistent dissent among factions.
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South Africa
Veerinig Lnge
Sidewalk Collapse Kills One, Injures Two Thousand at Parade
A crowd of about two thousand watched a militia parade when a temporary Fifth Avenue sidewalk collapsed at Eighteenth Street New York City. One man, Elvio J. Coltidge, circulation manager of the New York Commercial, was killed. Over a hundred others were injured as the hubris and crowding overwhelmed police efforts. Survivors were able to go home after treatment. officials suspect the deck support failed under the dense gathering.
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Elvio J. Coltidge
New York
Fifth Avenue
Eighteenth Street
New York City
Thone
Rochambeau
Drought Devastates Australia With Stock Losses
A Sydney dispatch reports seven years of drought driving 15 million dollars in livestock losses since 1899. Unemployed drift to cities, sheep die by the million, rabbits starve, and horses are treated by drastic methods. Meteorologists fear no immediate weather relief. Separately, a Shanghai report notes a southern rebellion in Sichuan with 1500 dead or wounded, rebel leader Ching Ting killed, rebels vast in number, boxers gathering in Shan Tung.
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Adispateh
Sydney
Shanghai
Shu Lah Sien
Ching Ting
Shan Tung
Flood Visits Pueblo and Vermont Freshmen Tragedy
Flood waters along the Fountain river tear through the Colorado and Southern railway flood the Pueblo hospital cellar and wash away bridges. Tent dwellers escape Neldon Pan? Nelson Pease Bonn 19 of Burlington dies after sophomores allegedly kidnap attempt leads to a fatal drowning at Plattsburg New York.
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Pueblo
Colo
Fountain River
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Pueblo Hospital
Itewa
Buttes Station
Rio Grande Road
Turkish Battalion Annihilated by Rebels Near Mocha
A report to the London Daily Express states a whole battalion of Turkish troops was annihilated by rebels near the seaport of Mocha in Yemen. The Mocha governor was captured as a hostage, and deserters are flocking to join the rebels.
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London Daily Express
Cairo
Egypt
Mocha
Turkish Vilayet
Yemen
Arabia
Tornado Devastates Section of State Killing Eight
Reports of the Monday tornado were confirmed as eight people were killed. The hardest hit area lies between Jonesville and Sastac where cabins and beaver camps were wrecked and property damaged. Authorities note casualties include several residents in the affected communities.
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Asios, & C
Jonesville
Sastac
Mystery Coal Robbery Suspects Nabbed at Grand Tatanst
Fragmentary OCR reports seven men arrested in relation to a coal shipment heist near Cheyenne. Two suspects were tracked by police to Nebraska. Authorities say the stolen coal was hidden on a vessel bound for Cheyenne and seized before it could be moved. Local officials deny early rumors about named conspirators.
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Cheyenne
Grand Tatanst
Neb
Clayenne
Crooks Fund
Ernn Rentins
Larawle
Coark
Port de Prance Prefers Safety As Mont Pelee Erupts
Mont Pelee continues active eruption with ash and smoke clouds over Fort de France. Observers report dark towers and brilliant lightning within the ash plumes as inhabitants flee toward the town square amid rising concern.
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Mont Pelee
Fort de France
Manila cholera toll rises as American force reels
Dispatches from Manila report Captain Charles Russell of the Eighth Infantry killed by cholera, with twenty five American cases and twenty deaths, plus European casualties. In Mindanao, Sergeant Msi is wounded when a Moro attacker slashes at him as he and Lieutenant Robert C. patrol near Camp Vickers, the assailant escaping into tall grass.
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Philippines
Manila
Charles Russell
Eighth Infantry
Robert C. A
Tenth Infantry
Warking
Camp Vickers
Mindanao
Msi
Pauncefote Dead Longtime British Ambassador to U S
Lord Pauncefote died at the British embassy in Washington after a period of illness. Born in Munich, he served since 1865 in Hong Kong and later Washington, shaping key diplomacy including Bering Sea talks and the Pauncefote treaty. His career extended beyond 70 years with honors from the British government.
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Lord Vauncefote
United States
Washleg
Lord Paunfote
Washington
Munich
Bavaria
Hong Kong
Bering Sea
Foreign Office
Hay
Lord Paynesfote
Lord Pauncefote
Mob lynches White man in Missouri town
Abe Witherop, the white man who murdered William Grow, was seized from Paris jail by a mob of over 100. They rode into town at midnight and hanged him from a bridge on the north edge. Grow's father and brother helped escort, with Witherop confessing guilt before death. The killing stemmed from a land dispute in their shared farm work.
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Abe Whiterop
William Grow
Paris
Witherop
Wealthy Lisbon heiress wills all to rooster amid odd beliefs
A Lisbon woman deceased left her entire estate to a rooster after declaring belief in transmigration of souls. She had a fowl house built and ordered servants to heed the rooster as her deceased husband. Relatives planned legal action until one heir killed the bird to claim kinship.
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Silva
Lisbon
Bulgarians Clash With Turks Near Malesh Planina
A band of sixty Bulgarian revolutionists raided the Rocmelia neighborhood of Malesh Planina and clashed with Turkish troops on May 29. Six Bulgarians were killed and seven wounded, while Turkish casualties were reported as well.
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Malesh Planina
Rocmelia
Double Tragedy In Chicago Involving Johnson and Gullakson
Chicago politician Nels Johnson shot and fatally wounded his sister-in-law Mrs Gullakson then killed himself in a pistol tragedy. Johnson claimed she caused his separation from his wife. Police report says Johnson was intoxicated at the time.
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Nels Johnson
Chicago
Chile and Argentina armament limit talks advance
Chilean foreign minister Senor Volgera and Argentine minister Jos Antonio Terry near finalizing a pact that caps armaments and sets general arbitration for bilateral disputes. Market activity reflects a favorable mood as securities remain firm and gold prices ease.
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Senor Volgera
Chile
Jos
Antonio Terry
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D. D. S. Crown
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LAW
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South Rail Street
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