Idaho News Roundup From Orifina to Lewiston
Idaho state items report seven acres of tobacco grown and curing sheds, a Boise resident in danger from poisoned cat scratches, a half-time Potlatch saw mill turning 400000 feet daily, and 25 homestead filings in October. Rail and reclamation funds grow, frost threats hit Lewiston vineyards, and farm land loans may be issued. Albion Normal beats Pocatello academy 6 to 0.
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Halve
Pacific & Idaho Northern
Idaho
Reclamation Service
Reclamation Fund
Lewiston
Orifice
Agatha
Gooding
Alate Land Board
Pocatello
Albion Normab
Frm
Pocatello Academy
Albion
Death in Roaring Flames Hits Immigrant Train Wreck
A passenger train loaded with Russian Jews Servians and Poles bound for Chicago or the northwest collided with a freight near Woodville Indiana. One hundred sixty five aboard. forty seven killed or burned. thirty eight injured. Blame placed on a railroad employee. cars and locomotives hurled down a ten foot embankment.
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Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio
Woodville
Ind
Hes
Thi
Chiedeo
Baltimore
Treasury rejects silver offers at high prices
Washington treasury department on Monday received offers for silver at 60 and a half cents per fine ounce. Secretary Shaw said no sale would be made at present prices, noting the government has enough silver to operate the mints for some time and prices are too high to warrant further purchases.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Shaw
Government moves to dissolve Standard Oil soon
Reports from Washington claim the government plans to sue Standard Oil, seeking a court order to dissolve the company as currently formed. The action would break up the 72 to 80 constituent firms and restore stock to each, while barring agreements to fix oil prices.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company
Sherman and
Front At
Conpaany
Openine session at AFL convention in Minneapolis
Report from Minneapolis on the twenty sixth annual AFL convention focusing on progress of the movement nationwide. Emphasizes new roles for labor in policing arenas and calls for adherence to established quarkes. urges employment by AttenH labor on the Pankma coal project.
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Minneapolis
American Federation of Labor
Would Have Negroes Dig the Panama Canal
In Nashville the Southern Immigration and Industrial association, amid debates on immigration and race, leans toward welcoming white immigrants while some delegates favor strict vagrancy law enforcement to curb idle Black labor, arguing it sustains the race problem for political gain.
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Nashville
Tell
Southern Quarantine and Immigration Convention
Southern Immigration and Industrial Association
Thompson
Chattanooga
Panama Canal
South
Two Asheville Officers Slain in Booth Main Street Shootout
In Asheville two patrolmen, Charles Blackstock and William Bailey, were killed along with a black assailant on Booth Main Street. The shooter, Will Harris of Charlotte, N Y, also killed Ben Allison and mortally wounded Tom Nellies as officers intervened. Harris fled as bloodhounds joined the chase with a large reward urged for capture.
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Asheville
Charles Blackstock
William Bailey
Booth Main Street
Will Harris
Charlotte
N. Y
Ben Allison
Harris
Tom Nellies
Kansas City Brokers Indicted In Interstate Commerce Conspiracy
Kansas City broker David H. Kreskl and W A McGowen of Nickel Plate were indicted for conspiring to violate the Interstate Commerce Act. Henry S Hartley, a grain dealer, was indicted for accepting rebates on freight shipments. All three were arrested Tuesday afternoon and arraigned before Judge Tand. They were released on $5,000 bonds each.
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Kansas City
David H. Kreskl
W. A. McGowen
Henry S. Hartley
Tand
United States District Court
Acquitted After Two Years Imprisonment
In Shreveport Louisiana after over two years in jail for the murder of Jesse Brown at Girard the White defendants W B D Womack and Ryan Henderson were acquitted at Monroe Tuesday A mob lynched Robert Rogers who had been arrested with them and Dr Frank a Monroe physician and brother of the slain man faced indictment for aiding the mob
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Shreveport
Jesse Brown
Girard
Womack
Ryan Henderson
Monroe
Robert Rogers
Henderson
Frank
Independence League to Continue In the Interest of Hearst
New York reporters note the Independence League executive committee adopted resolutions praising W. R. Hearst for recent election results in New York state and pledging ongoing support for the league’s reorganization to advance Hearst’s principles. The motion calls for immediate steps to restructure the Independence League nationwide.
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Independence League
Hearst
New York
W. R. Hearst
New York State
Silver Coining Rush Across Mints Drives Record Year
Salt Lake City reports United States mints nearly all producing silver half dollars quarters and dimes as gold remains quiet for at least three months. George E. Roberts notes unprecedented demand and projects yearly coinage possibly surpassing 200 million dollars while silver prices rise toward 80. He cites western circulation advantages and express charges as key to silver dominance.
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Salt Lake City
United States
Philadelphia
George E. Roberts
United States Mints
Mr. Roberts
Roberts
Pittsburg Burglary Ends in Young Man's Death
Henry Firth Smith, 26, son of Joseph Smith, was shot twice and killed in his father’s east end home by a burglar he surprised in the dining room early Sunday. The city, already shaken by the McMillan murder and a spate of highway robberies, faces calls for 150 additional policemen to curb the crime wave.
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Pittsburg
Henry Firth Smith
Joseph Smith
East End
James A. McMillan
Committees Suppressed in Odessa Elections Move
Electoral committees in Odessa and surrounding provinces have been suppressed. Functions transferred to town councils. Official posters removed by police. Measures aim to prevent mass participation in the campaign for the lower house election. Local impression is one of pain and concern.
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Odessa
Canadian Protest Over Hindu Immigration to British Columbia
The Canadian government protests the arrival of Hindoos in British Columbia. An estimated 800 more are en route, joining existing arrivals. Officials in British Columbia and Ottawa view these immigrants as labor competitors and potential public charges, alongside concerns about Chinese migrants.
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Vancouver
D. C
Brittsh Columbia
British Columbia
Ottawa
Will Give Away Eighty Millions From a Widow’s Gift
Mrs Sage plans to distribute most of Edwin Hequeather’s 50,000,000 legacy to the needy but not churches. The widow, viewed as worthy by her late husband, says many are too proud to seek help and must rely on aid.
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York
Russel
Moody urges strict eight hour law enforcement across public works
Washington Attorney General Moody directs U S attorneys to prosecute eight hour law violations. In ten weeks up to 180 alleged violations reported. C J Garlton of Haverhill Mass appointed Moody's special agent for violations.
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Washington
Moody
United States
C. J. Garlton
Haverhill
Mass
Two More Victims Found in Hotel Bixby Collapse
Long Beach California reports two more deaths from the Hotel Bixby disaster. The unidentified man recovered Saturday night is Fred Colling, a tile layer living on American Avenue. William F. W. Felker, a 40 year old carpenter of Long Beach, was recovered Sunday morning, killed by the mass of iron and mortar.
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Long Beach
Cal
Bixby
Fred Colling
American Avenue
Willam F. W. Felker
Farmer’s Sox Solves Dream Of Inventors
New York and South Dakota cities gain electric power from air as John H Stranhan near Miller South Dakota demonstrates harvesting energy from the air using a copper wire and a kite setup to run lights, a feed grinder, threshing machine and irrigation pump.
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New York
South Dakota
Missouri
James Rivers
John H. Stranhan
Miller
Sully Buttes
Stranhan
No Ice Trust Declared In Kansas City
In Independence circuit court W S Flournoy, special commissioner, ruled no ice trust exists after an investigation begun last July into eight local firms charged with forming a pact to control supply and price in violation of anti trust laws. Prosecutor J K Imbrell said the opinion remains unchanged and exceptions will be filed.
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Kansas City
Independence
W. S. Flournoy
J. K. Imbrell
Murder Causes By Drink In Salem Shooting
Salem night watchman Ben Gholson was shot and killed Saturday morning by Victor BE DAnna, an engineer for an electric company. DAnna fled the city, eluded officers, and after hiding on a state asylum farm six miles away, he telephoned friends then killed himself with the same revolver.
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Salem
Ore
Ben Gholson
Victor BE
D’anna
D'Anna
State Asylum For the
Gholson
Boer Raiders Threaten Farmers in Coiled Front near Upington
Advices from Upington on the Orange river report the Boer raider Ferreira and followers continuing to intimidate farmers. They have captured several traders and a few others. The raiders stood about eighty miles north of Upington on Saturday with eleven men and many armed natives in attendance.
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Capetown
Upington
Orange River
Ferreira
Officials banished as political tension rises in Odessa
Reports from Yekaterinoslav and Kishinev state 104 men are sent into exile for minor political offenses. Local governors dismiss officials who refuse to quit the Constitutional Democratic party and offer promotion if they switch, or banishment if they stay aligned with the party.
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Odessa
Yekaterinoslav
Kishinev
Constitutional Democratic Party
Castro Able to Be Out in Venezuela Crisis
Washington report from Caracas dated October 1 states President Castro of Venezuela appeared in public and was driven about to dispel impressions of incapacity. Minister Russell notes the president looked emaciated but still able to administer his office.
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Washington
Russell
Caracas
Pesident Castro
Venezuela
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