Weiser Signal Highlights Across Ocean and Rail News
The Weiser Signal notes Hawaii linked to California by cable and recalls Capt. Cook. It reports a fatal Pennsylvania rail crash near Middlesex, a Delhi coronation by proxy for Edward VII, and a warning on tariff politics with Idaho candidates like Geo L Shoup and W B Heyburn. It also notes Col. John J. Dickey of Western Union dies in Omaha and discusses recording fees and real estate transfers.
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Hawaii
California
Cook
District Court
Washington, C
Geo. L. Shoup
Washington
Idaho
Kansas City
Senate
John J. Dickey
Western Union Telegraph Company
Omaha
Dickey
Clowry and Eckert
Delhi
India
Edward VII
Edwards London
Pardon Granted to Bank Wrecker Gideon W. March
President Roosevelt pardons Gideon W. March, the Key stone Bank of Philadelphia wrecking fugitive. He served about four years of an 18 year sentence after the 1898 conviction for the 1891 bank robbery. The editorial views the crime as monstrous and questions the pardon's impact on Idaho papers.
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Gideon W. March
Roosevelt
March
Keystone Bank
Philadelphia
Villian
Idaho
Rampage of Rail Disasters Racking Nation
A harrowing review lists multiple rail incidents from December including a Southern Pacific wreck killing 36 instantly and others on the Colorado & Southern near Trinidad, a Louisville street car collision injuring several, the Pennsylvania Limited rear ending a train near Pittsburgh, and fatal crashes on Grand Trunk lines at Battle Creek and Waterford Ontario.
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Southern Pacific
Trinidad
Colorado
Colorado & Southern
Louisville
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Limited
Leetsdale
Limited
Quaker Valley
Edgeworth
Battle Creek
Mich
Grand Trunk
James Kirwin
Theodore Schlabin
Brown
Burkhardt
Grand ‘Trunk Railway
Waterford
Ontario
New Year Wishes and Hope for Agriculture and Growth
The Signal greets readers with wishes for a prosperous year. It notes good crops, rising livestock, strong school attendance, new houses of worship, and beautified homes. It highlights hoped gains from home markets, Pacific and Idaho Northern extension, timber, mining, and abundant snowpack supporting water supply and farming.
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Pacific
Idaho
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R. H. Lockwood
Thomas Cleage
St Louis Stock Board
Tom
Peavie
Wanstead
Borah
Boise
W. B. Heyburn
Spokane
D. W.standrod
Pocatello
Geo
Shoup
House
Pennsylvania Railroad
Middlesex Village
Newell Daugherty
Erie
Pacific Express
A. Bliz
Jey
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