Idaho News Roundup Finds Disjointed Local Reports
Idaho and Grangeville area items dominate this harvest of brief notices. Disbanded Halley baseball due to finances, a new postmaster appointed at Trinity Elmore county, and diverse mishaps from broken legs to fatal mining accidents. Weather frost damages crops. copper plant output at White Knob runs about 460000 pounds monthly.
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Carl Johnson
Trade Falls
Snake River
Idaho Falls
Johnson
Pearn
White Knob
Smetter
Mackay
Mob hangs convict after rescue from jail in Laramie
A mob of about 2000 in Laramie Wyoming dragged Joe Martin from his jail cell after he wounded six. He was hanged in front of District Judge Carpenter’s home as two bullets failed to kill him. The incident followed an attack on Della Crouse, a white chambermaid, by Martin who had sought to assault her.
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Laramie
Wyo
Joe Martin
Carpenter
Martin
Della Crouse
Mar
Juiler
Location of hills from which Japanese bombard Port Arthur
The map marks a belt of roaring guns around Port Arthur and lists commanding heights the invaders hold or approach. Sushiyen and Lang Mountain in the northwest and southwest Liaodi Hills and White Wolf Hill are noted, with Wolf Hill near the fortress said to house about 100 cannons. The area between Wolf Hill, the railway, and Port Arthur is level, believed the final assault path.
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Port Arthur
Sushiyen
Lang Mountain
Liaodi Hills
White Wolf Hill
Aku
Wolf Hill
Packers Refuse Conference With Chicago Strikers
Application by the allied trade council to J Ogden Armour and associates for a peace conference at Chicago was refused by Armour. He convened other heads of the packing plants and declined again, stating no good could come from a meeting.
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Stock Yards
Chicago
Allied Trade Council
J. Ogden Armour
Armour
Donnelly
Russian Losses at Anping in Angiyet Fight
Russian forces suffered about 3000 killed or wounded in the Angiyet 26 engagements west and south of Liao Yang. Most casualties occurred at Anping. Russians withdrew from Anshanshan and their eastern position for strategic reasons in a simultaneous retreat.
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Angiyet
Liao Yang
Anping
Anshanshan
Will of Weightman leaves vast chemical works to daughter
The will of W. W. Weightman head of Powers & Weightman, who died at 91, has been probated in Philadelphia. His estate valued over 50 million dollars goes to daughter Anna M. Walker, widow of late Congressman J. C. Walker of Wil Homeport, Pa. She becomes sole proprietor of the chemists firm, creating one of the world's wealthiest women.
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W. W. Weightman
Powers & Weightman
Philadelphia
Anna M. Walker
J. C. Walker
Wil Homeport
Heavy clash rages near Liao Yang in this war battle
Dispatches describe dawn Japanese artillery shelling the Russian center and right near Liao Yang as Kuropatkin fights a retreating rearguard. Skirmishes turn to hand to hand combat with bayonets as both sides press forward. The engagement, seen as potentially decisive, involves an estimated 400 000 to 500 000 troops.
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Liao Yang
Kuropatkin
Anping
Anshanshan
Kuroki
Nadau
Oku
Russians See It Telegrams On Front Near Liao Yang
Telegrams from St Petersburg report 1200 Japanese guns near Liao Yang. Lieutenant General Sakhatoff’s dispatches were received and sent to the emperor. Mukden dispatches say Japanese attempts to turn the Russian flank were repulsed in the ongoing battle near Liao Yang. Japanese losses exceed ten guns, details unavailable.
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St. Petersburg
Liao Yang
Sakhatoff
Mukden
Battle at Liao Yang Opens as Decisive Campaign Clash
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports the long awaited fight at Liao Yang has begun with Japanese forces attacking General Kuropatkin on his chosen ground. Locals and supporters here are confident he will defeat the invading army in this likely decisive engagement.
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St. Petersburg
Liao Yang
Kuropatkin
German Critics Warn Kuropatkin At Liao Yang
German military critics say passive resistance will fail against Japanese batteries at Liao Yang. They warn Kuropatkin must strike a strong blow to the Japanese line and prevent outflanking by Russian cavalry, or defense will be considered worthless.
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Kuropatkin
Liao Yang
Attempt to regain sheriff position filed in Cripple Creek court
Henry M. Robertson former sheriff petitions the district court to oust Edward Bell from the office of sheriff and seeks $5,000 damages for usurpation. The complaint cites events of June 6 when Robertson resigned under threat from an armed mob to save his life.
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Teller County
Cripple Creek
Colo
Henry M. Robertson
Edward Bell
Robertson
Judge warns wives after pocket search in theft case
In Cincinnati Judge Dumont freed Mrs. Julia White on a larceny charge after she searched her husband's pockets and recovered a watch belonging to another woman. He warned her to stop such searches in the future.
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Judge Dumont
Cincinnatti
Julia White
Multiple incidents span world and regional news now
A Havana wharf collision kills one and wounds three. A paymaster is robbed of 5000 near Patterson New Jersey by four masked men. The Czar permits Finns abroad to return within a year. A New York hotel opens for women entertainment triggering a strike. Canadian wheat yield projected at 62 million bushels with 3.5 million acres to be harvested. The pension cost for government sustains 144,741,787. Tokyo notes no Port Arthur assault in the near term. A St Louis streetcar crash injures twelve. An earthquake rocks San Martin Oaxaca with alarms but little damage. Fire destroys the Benjamin Schenck homestead on Long Island. Tornado near Lento Italy devastates. Tsinanfu placards urge massacre of foreigners. Christians flee. Mindanao forces engage US troops with guerrilla tactics. four crack companies form to counter. Reno beats Bay Citys in coast relay. Montana lawyers named for St Louis conference. Oregon public lands yield 1.44 million, leaders. Cedar-strom lynching victim George Sexton dies. Samsonoff sentenced to death for Von Plehre murder. Parrott mine founder Robert Parrott dies at 75 in Des Moines.
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Reno
Bay
San Francisco
Nevada
Pacific Coast
Montana
National Conference of Law Examiners
St. Louis
American Bar Association
Toole
Oregon
Treasury
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