Idaho State News Highlights From Early Idaho Papers
Idaho news notes progress on the interurban Boise railway begun this week, Caldwell mill construction, Mountain Home electricity, a coal find near Council, and a Cottonwood bank charter. Falls Store irrigation, Canyon canal work, osteopathic meeting in Boise, legal cases in Nampa and Caldwall, wool contracts near Idaho Falls, and Holme lantwrek bond votes. Also Idaho Woodgrowers finalizing plant purchase, a fatality at Wallace, a well drill at Mountain Home, and land sales under the Mint foks Irrigation project. Government timber fraud trials and anticipated land sales funds also mentioned amid general state developments.
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First National Bank of Cotton ‘Wood
Jane
Webner
Payette River
Fall
Canyon County
Emmett
Canyon Canal
Idaho State Osteopathic Association
Boise
Ontec
Jack Valentine
Nampa
Caldwall
Overthrow German Rule in Southwest Africa Arrest Report
Andrew Dewet, nephew of Boer hero Christian Dewet, and four other Boers were arrested at a Windhoek residence on charges of plotting to overthrow German rule in Southwest Africa and form a Boer republic. The men allegedly coordinated with rebel natives and Boers, with arms seized at Dewet’s home. The August 23 arrest was not cable reported due to censorship.
Movement in Norway Seeks Republic by Plebiscite
An independent gathering of commercial and shipping interests in Christiana concluded to present an address to the storting advocating a republican form of government. The proposal to submit constitutional change to a plebiscite is supported as safeguarding the country’s economic interests while public support for agitation remains minimal.
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Christiana
Storting
Murdered by Father in Law in Salt Lake City
Albert Keetherta In the city jail charged with the murder of Frank Duvall husband of his stepdaughter. Families lived under one roof. Monday night quarrel between Keether and his wife ended with Duvall defending his wife. In the struggle Keether shot Duvall twice, one bullet passing through his head, causing death within moments.
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Salt Lake City
Albert Keether
Frank Duvall
Keether
Duvall
Keather
Moravia Turmoil Escalates With German Demands
Quarrels between the Creche and German factions in Moravia worsen as Premier Haron Gautech Von Frankwobhurn and Toraday report telegrams from German deputies demanding immediate military protection. A state of siege may be declared in Bruce after renewed disorders Thursday night.
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Vienna
Moravia
Th Creche
Haron Gautech von
Train Held Up as Express Car Dynamited Near Ballard
The Great Northern Overland train leaving Seattle at 8:20 PM was halted by a three-man gang near Mile Post 10, five miles from Ballard. They blew the baggage and express car with dynamite, seized valuables, and released two youths who joined later.
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Seattle, Wash
Great Northern Overland
Seattle
Mile Pout 10
Ballard
Baskage
Mob Drags Judge In Brighton To Back Off Gambling Order
Denver area news reports say Adams county judge A H Guthiel was mobbed in Brighton after demanding enforcement of gambling and Sunday liquor laws. He summoned the mayor marshal and town council, ordered slot machines seized, then was dragged from a train by the mob before resuming his journey.
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Denver
Brighton
Colo
Adams County
A.H. Guthiel
Guthiel
Young Clerk Confesses Bank Robbery Motive
Henry A. Leonard, 24, a clerk for Halle Stieglitz at 30 Broad Street, confessed to the National City bank robbery of 359000 in securities last Wednesday. He said he staged the crime to prove how easily bank safeguards could be bypassed, aiming to show the method rather than gain. His employers regard him as industrious and reliable, and the story is partly corroborated by case facts.
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New York
Henry A. Leonard
Halle & Stieglitz
Broad Street
National City Bank
Laborers From Martinique Clubbed Over Vaccination Refusal
Six hundred fifty laborers aboard the French steamer Ver sailles refused to disembark in Colon and submit to vaccination required by American sanitary rules. Fifty were persuaded to land. one hundred fifty remained aboard and were forcibly ejected after clashes with Panama Canal Zone police, with many wounded.
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Colon
Martinique
Versailles
Panama
Canal Zone Po Ucemen
Struck a Floating Mine Off Shanghai Sinks Steamer Haleaho
The coasting steamer Haleaho traveling from Shanghai to Tien Tsin struck a mine ninety miles south of Shantung promontory on Sunday morning and was totally destroyed. Fifteen people died including engineers Manchan and Muir. Two passengers and part of the crew were rescued by two passing steamers. Seventy one survivors have arrived here. All others were saved.
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Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Shantung
Poisoning at Davenport orphan home shocks community
Davenport Iowa reports a poisoning at the local orphan home. George Foulk and Mamie were ill after eating candy allegedly sent by their father Jonathan Poulk of Martin Louisiana. About six other children shared the candy but no deaths have occurred so far. The board of control conducts an investigation.
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Davenport
George Foulk
Mamie
Jonathan Poulk
Martin
Board of Control
Chinese in Mexico Before Aztecs
Explorations at an Toltec pyramid on the Magu eyuoe hacienda in Puebla reveal a clay brick structure older than the Aztec monarchy. Carved figures show men in Chinese dress with distinct Chinese features, prompting antiquarians to ponder possible Chinese settlement in ancient Mexico.
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Mexico City
Magueyuoe Hacienda
Puebla
Mexico
Murdered seven babes then killed herself
Rock Island marriage tragedy reports Mrs. Clarence Markham of Cambridge claimed temporary insanity. She killed her seven children with an axe, burned them in a bed saturated with coal oil, then took her life in the burning bed. Neighbors saved her briefly. she died from burns after confessing. The eldest was nine, the youngest an infant. Later her husband Clarence E. Markham shot himself after attempting to strangle himself with a rope.
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Rock Island
Clarence Markham
Cambridge
Sear Hhere
Clarence E. Markham
Murdered by highwaymen near Hillsboro Oregon
Portland's Oregonian report says Civil War veteran William H. Booth was murdered Saturday night during a robbery attempt. He was found with severe head injuries and neck wounds after a struggle. A loafing local youth is suspected as a suspect and a posse is seeking him.
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Portland
Ore
Aspeci
Oregonian
Hillsboro
William H. Booth
Booth
Bad Train Wreck in St Paul Triggers Severe Injuries
A Chicago Great Western Stock train struck a Soo line passenger train in the St Paul yards at 9 30 Sunday morning flipping two Pullman sleepers into a 20 foot gully. One sleeper wrecked, one overturned. One woman died at St Josephs hospital and nine others were seriously injured while many more suffered lesser injuries. Also reported are strong gains in government revenue with customs receipts rising to 27 244 146 in September and notable quarterly increases compared with last year.
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Washington, D. C
Many Lives Lost in Philippine Storm
Manila reports indicate heavy loss of life and property along Luzon and southern islands after a typhoon. Coast guard cutter Leyte wrecked with eleven Americans and twenty four natives drowned. Fifteen natives drowned at Sorsogon. Hemp plantations losses set at one million dollars. Army transport Juan Rodrigues ashore at Legaspi. Civil and military authorities rush aid to survivors.
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Manila
Luzon
Samar
Coast Guard
Leyte
Sorsogon
Juan Rodrigues
Legaspi
Mall Islands
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Abe Hudson
Gréen
Africa
New York Life
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Perkins
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George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
Mayer
William Hepburn Russell
Russell
National Republican Committee
Andrew Hamilton
Albany
Monarchy
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Bruenn
London
W. A. Moore
Balkan Committee
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