Idaho State News Highlights From Rural Free Delivery To Rail Plans
A range of Idaho items fill the page: rural free delivery sets to begin, a town vital to a new route at Malo Palm Ave, and a Boise to Caldwell electric railway project. The University of Idaho beat Montana 28 to 0 in Moscow, Native sheep numbers rise in the Seven Devils, and penitentiary inmates receive vaccination. A Middleton man accidentally shoots his hand, Jamon White, a state pioneer, dies at Archie Creek, and clerks in Holmes adopt union lapel buttons. A Coeur d Alene land stat ewide withdrawal halts settlement, a Ponce Valley shooting case advances, John Ridgway faces bigamy charges, and a Idaho Falls youth, Ernest Carson, dies by self-inflicted gunshot while hunting.
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Holme
T Tucker
Contiy
Ponce Valley
Bole
Tom Stoddard
Kim Saas Menelur Sgh
Welsor
Coakley
District Court
John Ridgway
Nolpeon
Chicago
Cme
Bolve
Stideway
Ernest Carson
Idaho Falls
Tone
Death of Peter Mortensen in Utah execution
Peter Mortensen, condemned for the murder of James R. Hay, was executed at Utah state prison. He faced death with calm and denied guilt in a public statement, insisting on his innocence to the end. Mortensen’s last hours were peaceful, and his burial plans faced official opposition from Ogden authorities.
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Peter Mortensen
James KR. Hay
Utah State Prison
Mortesen
Mortenwen
Mortensen
Earth
James R. Hay
Richfield
Utah
Provo
Mino Watkin
Mortensen Lved
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Mortenon
Hay
Pacific Lumber Company
Mortoi
Bas
Utah Penitentiary
Mortengen
Panama People Decline Overtures of Colombia
The Panama commission conferred at length on Friday with Colombian commissioners led by General Rayon who arrived in Colon from Garanilla on the French steam Canada. The Panamanians refused.
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Panama
General Rayon
Colon
Garanilla
Canada
Fatal explosion at Vindicator mine Cripple Creek Colo
Charles McCormick superintendent and Melvin A Beck miner were killed in a sixth level blast at the Vindicator mine. Officials say an infernal machine with dynamite and a triggered revolver caused the explosion as the cage reached the sixth level, though parts of the gun were found and the device remains partly missing.
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Charles McCormick
Vindicator
Melvin A. Beck
Cripple Creek
Colo
McCormick
Miner Beck
Vindicator Mining Company
Battle with Moros in Jolo leaves many dead or wounded
The five day fight in Jolo between American forces under General Lennard Wood and Moros left about three hundred Moros dead. Major H L Scott and five U S privates were wounded. Hasson, Moro leader Pangluma Hasson, betrayed the detachment during transport, leading to an ambush in which Scott was wounded, Hasson escaped and is believed killed the next day.
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Jolo
Lennard Wood
H. L. Scott
Fourteenth Cavalry
Wood
Stetlake
Scott
Pangluma Hassem
Hasson
Hassan
Central American Leaders Discuss Colombia Crisis
President Marroquin of Colombia seeks moral backing from President Zelaya of Nicaragua over the isthmus situation. Zelaya has telegrammed Central American presidents inviting a united response, which they have tentatively accepted though the form of action remains undecided. Zelaya once opposed Marroquin and aided liberal efforts during the last revolution.
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Marroquin
Republic of Colombia
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Zalaya
Fire Traps 27 Italian Laborers in Lilly Pa Shanty
In Lilly Pennsylvania a shanty housing more than 100 Italian railroad laborers burned after an overheated stove. At least twenty seven men died and many others were seriously injured as they crowded toward exits. The blaze swept through the tinder like building.
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Lilly
Ten Die in Ferguson Mine Explosion in Pennsylvania
An explosion at the Ferguson coal mine in Pennsylvania on Saturday killed ten workers and injured several others. Nineteen miners were near the blast, many foreigners among the dead, with several injured likely to die.
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Pennsylvania
Ferguson
Tom Horn Executed After Contested Murder Case
Tom Horn, the alleged crooked lawman, was hanged for the murder of 14 year old Willie Nickell at Laramie County Wyoming. The Long trial and appeals, escape attempts, and heavy costs to the county marked his final days. Horn maintained his innocence until death, writing I die I did not kill Willie Nickell. He was a self educated man fluent in several languages and connected to multiple suspected killings.
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Tom Horn
Critle
Willie Nickell
Kels P. Nickell
Iron Mountain
Laramié County
Wyoming
Horn
Cheyenne
Wyo
Johm
Cobl
Esq
Lafors
Ohnhaus
Snow
Hes
Irwin
Laramie
Tor Horn
Jim McCloud
Ben Minnick
Big Horn County
Proctor
Laramie County
William Powell
William Lewis
Matt Rash
Isham Dart
Brown's Park
Colo
House Passes Cuban Reciprocity Treaty in Rising Vote
The House on Thursday approved the bill to implement the Cuban Reciprocity Treaty by a 235 to 21 vote. The dissenters split roughly between Republicans and Democrats, with no recorded vote as the minority failed to muster enough support for yeas and nays. Democrats led by Mr Williams pressed to amend the measure but were defeated.
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House
Mr. Williams
Would Annex Cuba Joint Resolution Proposed by Newlands
Senator Newlands introduces a measure to annex Cuba as a U S state on equal terms, making Porto Rico a Cuban province, transferring Cuban bonds and treasury funds, retaining Cuban officers until terms end, folding Cuba’s rural guard into the U S Army, and resetting bond interest to 3 percent with 2 percent to a sinking fund.
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Newlands
Hawaii
Cuba
United States
Union
Porto Rico
Cubs
Army of
Russian Press Satirizes Panama Canal Neutrality Claims
Russian officials say Moscow will recognize Panama in time and praise a neutral canal. Novos Vremya mocks US moves, calls it imperialistic and recalls that who controls the Pacific controls the world. Papers scoff at US sovereignty over a canal built by Washington in wartime.
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Foreign Office
Russia
Panama
United States
Novos Vremya
United State
Lord Pahmeraton
Pacific
Panama Canal
Tote Canal
Five Hurt as Grease Vat Collapses in NYC Plant
Five workmen were injured when a large lard rendering vat in a New York City establishment collapsed. Three likely to die as the bottom gave way sending scalding grease into the basement. The vat caught fire and cries drew immediate police and fire response. three men were near drowning in hot grease before rescue. The others suffered serious injuries but are expected to recover.
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New York City
Duel in Denver Church Ends in Fatal Wounds
Rev Felix M Lepore pastor of Mount Carmel Catholic Denver and Italian Joe Sorici fatally wounded in a church apartment duel said to stem from a card game. Lepore shot twice in abdomen and once in face Sorici shot once in abdomen. no witnesses. Both taken to St Josephs hospital where recovery is deemed unlikely.
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Felix M. Lepore
Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Denver
Joe Sorici
Father Lepore
Sorici
St. Joseph’s Hospital
New Canal Treaty Signed by Hay and Varilla
Secretary of State Hay and Panama’s Philippe Bunan Varilla sign a streamlined istmian canal treaty at the secretary’s residence. The accord mirrors Hay Herran in general aims, granting the United States absolute sovereignty over the canal strip and convention while conforming to the Spooner act.
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Hay
Philippe Bunan-Varilla
Panama
United States
Canal Strip
Murder in Reno Found in Ditch with Tied Limbs
Italian laborers discovered a decomposed man in an irrigating ditch below Reno. His feet and hands were bound with a heavy rope and his skull reportedly crushed. The body was unrecognizable and likely killed about a month earlier.
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Reno
Nevada
Reno merchant’s son dies by self inflicted shooting
W Hilderbrant son of a prominent Reno merchant killed himself Wednesday night at his father’s home. Police found him in a room at the Overland hotel with a glass of corrosive sublimate nearby. A note or letters and money were found, addressed from Sonora California to his wife and child.
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Laramie
Wyo
Gil Olson
Rolling Mill
Olson
Ngane
W. Hilderbrant
Reno
Nev
H. C. Donalds
Overland Hotel
Sonora
Cal
Free Trade With Philippines Bill Advances Despite Opposition
The proposed tariff measure would admit free of duty goods from the Philippines except sugar and tobacco. Sugar and tobacco would pay half the current duty. The bill faces mixed support, particularly from sugar producing states and tobacco interests, who fear a broader free trade shift.
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Philippines
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