Idaho State News Flash From Early Idaho Events
A chaotic Idaho dispatch details a 7 magnitude earthquake felt in Montpelier and fires destroying property near Narwehoo Nend. It reports a Caldwell water works extension contract to Boise's Thomas Finnegan, grain droughts in Land valley, a death by hemorrhage in a hayloft, and several accidents including a train collision and a fatal train strike near Boise. The piece also notes political mentions, land grants, electric power forecasts from the Ox Dow project, and a Weiser power outlook with a beet industry optimism for Utah and Idaho.
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Land Valley
Nampa
John Gibson
Bolee
Bat Secretare
Taft
Idaho
Borke
Caldwell
Thomas Finnegan
Boise
Wetner
Weiser
Snake River
High Line
Cedar Draw
Twin Palle
Ny 8 Meadow
Deer Flat
Bie Bern
McAdoo
Wilbun Lamber
May
Cat Ue
Lowery
Rates Too High in Indiana Insurance Firms
The Tollenapolia special committee appointed by the governor reports gross excesses in life insurance costs. It notes extravagant management, theft risks, and profit divisions, yet finds overall solvency in Indiana and many other states. It urges reform to curb abuses while preserving company solvency.
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Tollenapolia
Han
Manly
Indiana
Twny
Roosevelts Declines Invitation to Nashville Conference
Washington and Chattanooga figures called at the White House to invite President Roosevelt to an immigration and quarantine conference in Nashville next month. The president declined, citing schedules. Thompson urged that New World labor migrants be used for Panama Canal work, asserting the better class of southern Negroes could aid white labor recruitment and that indecency among Negroes causes southern trouble.
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Washington,n
Thompson
Chattanooga
Tenn
White House
Roosevelt
Nashville
Panama
South
Women Suffragists Clash With London Police at Parliament
About 100 women protesters gained entry to the House of Commons lobby defying police orders. They mounted chairs and shouted for votes while officers eventually cleared the crowd, several officers needing to offload the women from the premises.
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Lonlon
Tieaday
Fenelain
House of Commons
Cabinet changes to be made in Roosevelt administration
Washington reports a White House statement outlining cabinet shifts after the retirement of Secretary Shaw and Attorney General Moody. Cortelyou would become Treasury head, Meyer Postmaster General, Bonaparte Attorney General, Metcalfe Navy Secretary, and Straues Commerce and Labor Secretary, with Moody to retire January 1 and Shaw March 4.
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Moody
Shaw
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
the Treasury
George R. Cortelyou
George von L. Meyer
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
Victor H. Metcalfe
Commerce and Labor
Oscar 8. Straues
Foul Murder in Missouri Claims Two Lives
In Cole Camp and Pettis County a widow Mrs Alice Winemiller and a neighbor Felix Crawford were fatally shot during a family scene and a 14 year old boy was wounded. J A Long is charged as the shooter and a sheriff led posse pursues him. simultaneous Navy yard notices and Roosevelt Panama trip plans mention a cruiser Washington and battleship Louisiana ready as escort.
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Pettis County
Long
Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
Washington
Hampton Roads
Roosevelt
Panama
Louisiana
Japanese Sentiment Mixed Over San Francisco Issue
Tokyo reports that while papers condemn alleged discrimination of Japanese children in San Francisco, overall public resentment is not broad. Citizens trust President Roosevelt to protect US Japan friendship, and foresee no anti American demonstrations unless persecutions worsen.
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Tokyo
San Francisco
Roosevelt
United States
Japan
Bandits Blow Open Safe In Parks Bank Heist
Guthrie and Okiia Koppers blew open the State Bank of Parks in Parks Oklahoma and escaped with 2600 dollars after a blast drew crowds. Citizens exchanged shots as a special train with officers and bloodhounds pursued toward the Creek country.
Former Senator Burton Begins His Jail Sentence
Former United States Senator Gurion Burton of Kansas arrived from St Louis Monday evening, dined with his wife and niece, and surrendered to the Ironton jail. He was assigned a cell as Mrs Burton accompanied him and will stay in a cottage until the federal sentence is served.
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Ironton
United States
Gurion
Kansas
St. Lowis
Burton
Banana Crop Lost After Caribbean Storm Hits Honduras
A report arriving Tuesday says a hurricane preceding the Cuban storm devastated the coast of Spanish Honduras. The banana schooner Anselma, normally carrying 16 000 bunches, had only 4 000 aboard due to the destruction, leaving traders with virtually no fruit from that coast.
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Nselma
Honduras
Anselma
Venezuelan Revolutionists Plead Guilty to Counterfeiting
Captain George Boynton pleaded guilty in the U S circuit court to participating in a plan to counterfeit Venezuelan coins to fund a revolution. He received six months in Kings County Penitentiary. Associates Leslie M. Thompson and Cash B. Wilcox were fined 250 and 116 dollars.
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New York
George Boynton
United States
Cireuit
Venezuela
King’s County
Leslie M. Thompson
Cash B. Wilcox
Boynton
Outrages Continue in Tangier as Troops Await
In Tangier Mohammed Ke Toree, the sultan's representative, has not dispatched troops to Arabia, where Bendares tribesmen still hold the town and terrorize residents. Shops are pillaged and Jews beaten as Spanish legation protests. Several Spanish subjects have suffered maltreatment.
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Tangier
Morocco
Mohammed KE ‘Toree
Arabia
Bendares
Windstorm Ravages Utah. Casualties Reported in Ogden and Murray
A devastating windstorm struck Utah from Saturday night to Monday, killing J. H. Sorenson in Murray and William Gibbs in Ogden while they tried to save barns. Dozens injured, extensive damage to Salt Lake City, Ogden, Lagoon, and surrounding areas. Telegraph lines and rail traffic disrupted as winds reached up to sixty miles per hour.
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William Gibbs
Ogden
J. H. Sorenson
Murray
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Park City
Bingham
Provo
Rio Grande
Weather Bureau
Kaysville
Bamberge Road
Lagoon
Davis County
Horrific Storm Devastation Reported Across San Salvador
Telegraphic reports from San Salvador indicate widespread disaster from a great storm. Over 100 drowned at Coatepeque, Chulce volcano eruptions inundated Panchianco, towns like Pimiento wiped out, and the schooner Azelene with passengers lost near Corinto. Railroads in Honduras reportedly damaged.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Coatepeque
Chulce
Panchianco
Pimiento
Azelene
Corintoh
Nicaragua
Amalapa
Honduras
Damage to Salt City Wire Network From Storm
A severe storm damaged overhead telegraph telephone and power lines in Salt City leaving the city cut off from north and west communication for a time. Public service companies struggled to restore service while Park City Bingham and Provo maintained contact throughout the event.
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Salt Luxe
Elleral
Park City
Bingham
Provo
Cabinet Changes Foreseen as Parliaments Session Opens
Morning Post reports likely cabinet reshuffle with Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman to be elevated to the peerage and lead the liberals in the Lords. The aging Marquis of Ripon may retire as liberal leader in the Lords, while H. H. Asquith would become liberal leader in the Commons.
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London
Morning Post
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
House of Lords
Enab
Marquis of Ripon
Lords
H. H. Asquith
House of Commons
Wreck on railroad caused by windstorm near East Lake City
A freight train on the Oregon Short Line was blown from the tracks between Wood's Crows and Layton during a Saturday night storm. The wind toppled thirty cars from the line, leaving only the engine and tender on the rails.
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East Lake City
Oregon Short Line Railway
Wood
Layton
Injured During Storm in Salt Lake City
A Saturday night windstorm in Salt Lake City caused extensive damage and left three men seriously hurt. Captain Williane G Cahoon and Driver Fred Gulbranson of the fire department were crushed by a fallen line while racing to a fire alarm and transported to Salt Lake Hospital. Homer Jay, an electrician for Salt Lake Electrical Co, suffered a severe shock while repairing a sign.
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Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Williane G. Cahoon
Fred Gulbranson
Salt Lake Hospital
Homer Jay
Salt Lake Electrical Company
Packing Plant Destroyed In Salt Lake City Fire
A new Utah Packing company plant near the stockyards burned to ruins at midnight Saturday. The $100000 building, nearly ready for occupancy, was testing when the fire started in the south end and spread to the lard house and machinery section. The origin is unknown.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Packing Company
Missing miner found after desert wanderings in California
E H Lee long believed dead after disappearing in Nevada last spring is located in Bakersfield, California. He had fallen ill with typhoid fever, wandered for days and was hospitalized in Los Angeles after buying burros and supplies en route to Las Vegas. An old prospecting friend found him in the desert country.
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Salt Lake City
E. H. Lee
National Development Company
Nevada
Bakersfield
Cal
Lee
Salt Lake
Caliente
Nev
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Johnnie and
Indian Wells
Tragedy Near Guthrie Man Kills Family Then Self
O B Heyworth, a prosperous farmer seventeen miles north of Guthrie Oklahoma, shot and killed his wife and three children ages 22, 18 and 20 then fatally wounded himself in a Sunday morning murder suicide. Family troubles were cited as the cause.
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Guthrie
Okla
Gage
O. B. Heyworth
Conference at the Executive Mansion in Washington
A significant White House conference gathered on Saturday with President, Secretaries Root and Taft, and Supreme Court Justices Day White and Harlan. The meeting’s purpose remains unclear, but it is hinted to relate to selecting a successor to Justice Brown who had retired.
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Washington
White House
Root
Taft
Day
White
Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Justice Brown
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