Industries Grow as Meridian Welcomes New Plants
New machine shop and foundry and a flouring mill planned for Remmete Binew, electric service expanding in Meridian, Emanuel Methodist Church planning a new building, 9000 cords of wood swept away by Clearwater flood, timber link loss estimated at 10000 dollars, Meridian shop rebuilding, and a new bank underway. Also reports of a Kimberly quarrel leading to voluntary manslaughter charges, coal shortage tensions along the Short Line, and diverse weather and flood impacts across Idaho.
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Remmete Binew
Meridian
Emanuel Methodiat Church
Olne
Haan
W. F. Taylor
Kimberly
Taylor
Tenny
American Sugar Refining Guilty Of Rebates
In New York a jury in the U S district court found the American Sugar Refining company guilty of accepting rebates totaling 26000 dollars from the New York Central railroad. The railroad had recently been found guilty of giving rebates and fined 108000 dollars. Joseph H Choate argued there was no precedent for such a large penalty in American law. The defense offered no testimony.
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American Sugar Refining Company
New York
American Sugar Herring Company
United States Atrcnit
New York. Central Railroad
New York Central
Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
Aguinas
Defansa
Mystery of Scotty's Mine May Be Solved
Reports from Death Valley suggest Scotty may have mined killer rock showing pure gold. Deputies pursuing cowboy Croesia near Willow Creek say Scotty traded stolen ore and hid it at Death Valley retreat. Scotty Joe's controversial career appears headed for an abrupt end amid Cal sheriff pursuit.
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Lac Vesa
Nevo
Res
Beatty
Death Valley
Goldfield
Esting Springs
Willow Creek
Sheriff's Office
Faye County
Cal
Croesia
Hut
Scotty
Joe
Dix Steamer Sinks Off Duwamish Head With 42 Dead
The steamer Dix, sailing Seattle to Port Blakely, was struck by the Alaska Coast line Jeanie and sank off Duwamish Head. Forty two persons drowned. thirty seven of seventy nine passengers were rescued by Jeanie lifeboats and brought to Seattle. Marine Inspectors Whitney and Turner ordered a rigorous investigation to begin soon. The Dix lies in nearly 100 fathoms, ownership turned to underwriters, and recovery efforts are uncertain.
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Seattle
Dix
Port Blakely
Alaska Coast Company
Jeanie
Duwamish Head
Whitney
Turner
Fort Ward
Jealousy and Fear Endanger Rossin Count
In Petersburg a political battle unfolds as a campaign to oust Rossin Count Witte intensifies. Officials, critics, and reactionary papers portray him as a liar and traitor while defense of his former premiership prompts attacks. Witte is labeled a clever mover feared to rise again.
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Petersburg
Cotwen
Witty
Artielex
M. Kovalensky
Repport
Ile
Witte
Quarrel Among Farmers Ends in Shootings and Deaths
Ida August Stenger dies from a gunshot wound after a wood road dispute escalates into a violent confrontation. Louis Young, wounded, remains hospitalized. Both men were shot by a man named Simmons who fled the scene after opening fire as the neighbors argued over access to a closed road while driving to collect wood.
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Rose
Ida
August Stenger
Highland Valley
Indaw
Louis Yournng
Simmons
Stenger
Yournig
Rev Dr Alegernon S Crapsey Suspended For Heresy
In Buffalo the ecclesiastical court of review announced the suspension of Rev Dr Alegernon S Crapsey of St Anthony's Episcopal Rochester for heretical teachings. The判 lower court had found he questioned the virgin birth of Jesus and challenged other Protestant Episcopal beliefs.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Alegernon S. Crapsey
St. Anthony's Episcopal Church
Rochester
Ecclesiastical Court of Review
Court of Renew
Crapsey
Chipsey
Jesus
Protestant Episcopal Church
Great Times in Rhyolite Rhyolite Nevada Railroad Celebration
Rhyolite Nevada plans a railroad celebration when the San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake line reaches the camp by December 1 or shortly after. Local officials and railroad executives have agreed to hold a public celebration on December 15 with special trains run from Salt Lake and Los Angeles for the occasion.
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Nevada
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Lon Angeles
Secretary Root Addresses KC Peace via Trade Links
Secretary of State Erin Root gave a keynote in Kansas City praising world peace achieved through closer commercial and friendly relations between nations. Latin American diplomats followed, stressing trade extension to deepen North and South American ties for lasting cooperation.
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Kansas City
Erin Root
Root
North
South America
Chicago postal raid halts large mail fraud schemes
Federal postal inspectors raided Chicago offices Tuesday exposing seven men accused of running extensive mail swindling operations. Authorities say the schemes claimed vast sums, with losses running into millions of dollars as investigators moved to arrest those behind the fraudulent enterprises.
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Chicago
United
Depositors Panic At Chillicothe Bank Run
A careless remark by an unidentified citizen caused a bank run at the Say ings bank in Chillicothe Ohio starting Monday afternoon and lasting into the evening. Bank officials report no real cause for the panic and say all demands were paid in full. Women children and men left work to go to the bank amid the scare.
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Chillicothe
Savings Bank Company
Ohio
Crazy Swiss governess throws child overboard on ship to New York
Rosa Naegle a Swiss governess aboard the steamer New Amsterdam from Amsterdam and Boulogne, in a moment of insanity snatched a baby from a deck crowd and threw it into the sea. Passengers, led by the mother Mrs Garowski, intervened and stopped potential violence. The infant’s body was not found and Naegle was confined in the ship’s hospital. She had boarded at Amsterdam and previously worked as a governess for New York families.
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New York
New Amsterdam
Tne
Amsterdam
Boulogne
Rosa Nuogle
Mies Naegle
Garowski
Russia
Fargo
N. D
Miss Naegle
Berne
Switzerland
Stove Blast Brings Panic on Pacific Express in Nevada
On a Pacific Express dining car 200 miles east of Reno a stove blew up as steam pipes froze. Passengers rushed to escape, women fell and were trampled, gas filled the car, and several men broke windows to exit. One passenger Mrs. D. B. Parker of St. Louis was injured jumping from a window and hospitalized in Reno. Ten to fifteen people received medical aid.
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Reno
Nev
Pacific Express
Southern Pacific
Nevada
D. B. Parker
California Avenue
St. Louis
Destructive Storm Leaves Five Dead Across Mississippi Valley
Telegraph reports from Mississippi Arkansas and Tennessee describe one of the era’s most destructive rain and wind storms. Five people are known dead with extensive property damage. At Winona Miss churches and the Hefty brick yard collapsed. major buildings including the post office and opera house were damaged. A man and others were killed in Mathison and Techula. A trestle collapse near Honconnah Creek killed two railroad workers. Communications cut to West Point Columbus and Mahin hindering full damage assessment.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Winona
Miss
Jackson Mercantile Company
E. J. Dunkston
E B. J. Dunkston
Illinois Central Railroad
Mathison
Techula
Honconnah Creek
C. V. Peterson
A. R. Ritchie
West Point
Columbus
Mahin
Fire destroys Hotel Goldfield killing two guests
A blaze at the Hotel Goldfield in Goldfield Nevada overnight claimed two deaths, guest A H Heber of Los Angeles and Judge J M Ellis of Denver. Several guests escaped in night clothes with numerous injuries as the wooden structure burned rapidly, leaving little salvage behind and many with broken limbs from jumps.
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Goldfield
Nevada
A. H. Heber
Los Angeles
J. M. Ellis
Denver
C. A. Cramm
C. A. Young
Great Northern and Burlington merge under Hill control
Omaha report claims in one week the Northern Pacific equity will pass to the Great Northern and within fifteen days the Burlington and the Great Northern will merge into one vast system under James J. Hill. The source is a Chicago-bound insider stating the move is being perfected with no reservation.
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Omaha
Neb
The
Bee
Northern Pacific
Burlington
Great Northern
James J. Hill
Hill Roads
Chicago
Suffering in the South as Storms Cause Widespread Flooding
Reports from Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee describe continuing rain after a Saturday windstorm. The floodwaters rise several feet in many areas as creeks spill their banks and residents seek safety in flooded districts across the region.
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Memphis
Tenn
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
District I
Woman Shoots Employer At Broadway Office
Gustav Simon, senior member of the Queen Watst company at 604 608 Broadway, was shot at his office on Monday and died from the wound. A former employee, now in custody, is charged with the shooting after calling to collect money owed to her. Simon was unconscious for a time. motive and sequence remain in doubt.
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New York
Gustav Simon
Queen Watst Company
Broadway
Simon
Frm
President Talks With Canal Laborers at Cristobal
President Roosevelt arrived Cristobal at 3 15 pm Saturday and inspected canal laborer quarters docks and camps. He spoke with workers noting food shortages and promised improvements such as baths kitchens street paving and other facilities. In China Yuan Shi Kai asked funds for public works to maintain sovereignty and the board of revenue urged funding from the affected province.
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Roosevelt
Cristobal
Pekin
Mukilen
Antung
Tatung Kao
Yuan Shi Kai
Chi Li
China
Board of Revenue
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