Idaho State News Highlights From Shoshone Journal
W D Chucks of Pettieber Idaho reports salmon fishing on the Snake River at Welter and large hauls. State crop prospects show 1908 wheat at 420000 bushels. barley and hay expected strong. Idaho tax receipts reach 4,078,044 dollars. Rail and road work advances near Thunder Mountain. A severe timber fire devastates Centerville area as crews fight to contain it. A court case in Boise halts divorce proceedings. Agricultural show preparations begin in September and October with major exhibits planned.
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Judes Stewart
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Paby
Charles Roos
Cold Springs
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Janda
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Macedonian Leader Warns of War Threat and Hazardous Stockpiles
A Macedonian leader claims his committee controls vast hazardous materials and weapons stockpiles and could seek war to force intervention. He says the plan includes destroying cities and contaminating water supplies unless Europe acts, with Bulgaria facing a potential choice between war and instability.
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Vomgne Uarette
Pupusnes
Macedonian Committee
Bulgaria
Turkey
Bulgaria Keeps Neutral Stance in Macedonian Question
Reports from Varna say a council chaired by Prince Ferdinand at Buxinograd endorses strict neutrality on the Macedonian issue and imposes tight measures to maintain rala tone with Turkey. War ministers warn Bulgaria would resist any Turkish attack and mobilize quickly if war were declared.
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Ferdinand
Buxinograd
Bulgaria
Turkey
Leotime
Bulgeria
Peary Plans North Pole Dash With Reinforced Ship
Commander Robert B Peary U S N renowned Arctic explorer receives three year leave of absence with presidential approval from assistant Secretary of the Navy Darl fog. He outlines plans for a strengthened suit ship built in a top yard to be reinforced and fitted with American engines to push north as a display of American skill. He hopes to begin the expedition around the first of May.
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Robert B. Peary
Arctie
North Pole
Golals
Peary
Fwy
Assault on King Peter at Nish and other troubled events
Special dispatches report an attempted attack on King Peter at Nish on Saturday with stones striking the royal carriage and a pistol fired from a neighbor’s window. Rumors say the Sixth Servian Regiment is ordered to Nish amid turmoil. From Cody to Demaria Springs a mysterious poisoning death of Anna B. Brown is noted, and a Pelham street collision leaves four dead and many injured as trains run at high speed.
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Ife
Nish
Fred
Cody
Wye
Anna B. Brown
Riverview
Demaria Hot Springs
Farmers' Combined Producers to Protect Interests via Cooperation
A Chicago meeting outlines a $100 million capital cooperative plan to unite producers across nine states. Three societies will merge to form a monitor exchange enabling market control, elevators, packing houses, banks, schools, and highways. Key groups include Producers and Consumers' Union branches in Tennessee and New York, the American Society of Equity, and the Farmers' National Cooperative Exchange. Delegates from almost every state attended.
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Chicago
Producers and Consumers’ Union of Tennessee
New York
American Society of Equity of North America
Farmers’ National Cooperative Exchange Company
Will Execute Himself A Novel Plan For End Of Keefer
James Keefer, convicted for the murder of John Warren near Lander Wyoming, is to be hanged for his death sentence. Plans reportedly call for Keefer to hang himself in the jail yard with a scaffold trap and a counter weight releasing a water-filled bucket, creating a personal execution rather than a standard gallows. The Supreme Court denied a new trial, and Keefer reportedly expressed no fear of death as preparations proceed.
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James Keefer
John Warren
Lander
Keefer
AL Lander
American Mining Congress Opens Sixth Annual Session
Eight hundred delegates gathered for the opening of the American Mining Congress sixth annual session at Deadwood. Secretary Shaw addressed the gathering as part of the program with remarks on current industry interests and policy.
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American Mining Congress
Deadwood
M. D
Jury Shaw
Officers Arrested in Servia Over Palace Assassination Plot
Police report says Nish garrison and other units were rounded up after a proclamation demanding court martial for conspirators in the assassination of King Alexander Queen Draga and their minister. Four groups planned to execute the conspirators and threaten resignations. the plot spanned several garrisons with widespread participation. Forty seven Nish officers were arrested in the night.
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Servia
Alexander
Draga
War Inevitable in Balkan Crisis as Turkey and Bulgaria Tensions Escalate
The Balkan situation shows no sign of relief as war between Turkey and Bulgaria appears inevitable. The Turkish envoy in London claims hostilities would follow only an overt Bulgarian act, while Sofia favors strict neutrality under guidance from Russia and Austria. Turkey increases troop numbers in Macedonia despite a depleted treasury and aims to crush the revolution before outside powers intervene.
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Turkey
Bulgaria
London
Sofia
Russia
Austria
Macedonia
Attempted train robbery foiled near Great Falls
Great Falls dispatch reports an attempted holdup of express No. 167 on the Great Northern just east of the city. The engineer sped the train to safety as a shot narrowly missed his head and glass shattered in the cab. Detectives pursued leads with limited success. German national John Miller was later arrested in Strausburg for related threats against the president.
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Great Falls
Butte Inter Mountain
John Miller
Ater
Stracure
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Baying
Miller
Tran
Three Tramps Rob Montana Freight Crew Wounding Two Ranch Hands
In Drummond Montana three armed tramps stopped a Northern Pacific freight train and held up two unarmed ranch hands who were attempting to ride. One man was killed and the other seriously wounded before the trio fled as the train crew found the bodies. The injured man is unconscious with no identifying marks.
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Northern Pacific
Drummond
Mont
Shewell
Turky gains Kilisura Albania report claims 200 insurgents dead
Official reports say Turkish forces occupying Kilisura Albania killed about 200 insurgents. Other items note Astor's $100000 cancer fund gift and a series of disasters, trials, deaths, and legal actions from 1903 era.
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Kilisura
Albania
William Waldorf Astor
Cedar Rapids
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