Trails Open for Animals Sparks Debate in Boise
The Statesman has delayed announcing open trails while reports from Capt. Bledsoe and I D Waln show horses moving along Meadows routes. Balderston notes the Thunder Mountain road committee will weigh the best route for southern Idaho, seeking regional benefit regardless of competition. Debate links Boise influence to Portland road extension efforts and seeks motives behind assertions.
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Statesman
Bear Valley
Capt. Bledsoe
Boise
D. Waln
Balderston
Thunder Mountain Road Committee
Capital News
Portland
Warren
Conference of Citizens Opposed to Policy in the Philippines
A seven member committee was formed by Carl Schurz to seek full disclosure of the Philippines military actions and to appear before the Senate investigating committee. Members include Charles Franklin Adams Andrew Carnegie Wayne McVeagh Edwin Burritt Smith J G Schurman and others. The aim is publicity and action to vindicate the national character amid broad public dissent.
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New York
Philippines
Carl Schurz
Senate
Charles Fransin Adams
Boston
Andrew Carnsige
Wayne McVeagh
Philadelphia
Edwin Burritt Smith
Chicago
J. G. Schurman
Cornell University
Schurz
Lorry
Norris and Tay on Negros Filipino character critique
A New York Sun letter from Judge W. F. Norris labels today’s Pilipino deficient in humane attributes, citing cases of murder over insults and trivial wagers. He argues anti imperialist U.S. Senators seek home rule for a people deemed unfit, predicting subjugation or forced labor under combines. Legal blanks of all kinds sold at the Bigual office.
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Special
Island of Negros
New York Sun
United States Senate
W. F. Norris
Island
Negros
Norris
United States
Bigual
Pompeii and St Pierre Echoes of Destruction
A historian weighs St Pierre and Pompeii to show how a volcanic catastrophe reduces human pride to ash. The piece compares volcanic screens of fire and mud with the ancient horror, noting sixty four million souls swallowed by a past eruption and urging desertion of the St Pierre vicinity.
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St. Pierre
Pompeii
Land of
Mal
Hata
Herculaneum
Earth
Cambridge meeting names Weiser party representatives
The democratic central committee met at Cambridge Thursday and sent up party workers to represent Weiser including Lot L. Feltham Frank Harrin O M Harvey Jas Campbell J M York F Smith Geo B York who was the city also went up.
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Democratic Central Committee
Cambridge
Weiser
Lot L. Feltham
Frank Harrin
O. M. Harvey
Jas. Campbell
J. M. York
F. ®. Smith
Geo. B. York
City
Fierce Fighting in China Kills Thousands Rebels
May 14 Pekin report says clashes between rebels and Yang Kai Shi troops end with about 2000 rebels killed. Wounded were killed and no prisoners were taken, signaling a near-massacre. Also mentions scenic rail route attractions and Denver & Rio Grande rail services with stopovers and excursions.
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Pekin
Yang Kai Shi
Chil Li
New Horrors on British Law
Fiery eruption covers the island with two feet of ash in places and a still-active crater. Widespread deaths and destruction reported from Sulphur fumes, lava, and fires. Planations along the windward coast destroyed. 1620 fatalities so far. HMS Indefatigable crew buried 80 peasants on Owin estate. A new crater forms at the Richmond estate by the sea.
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H. M.S
Aftershock at St Pierre Struck by Ruin and Death
It reports that no earthquake, but stones rained down on St Pierre for hours. The American consul and family are believed dead. British consul James Japp unlocated. Much of the city is in ruins, famine looms, Red Cross aid is urged, and Fort de France sees crowds gathering as telegraph links fail.
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Lamplex
Ettranices
St. Pierre
Petre
ST. Prentis
James Japp
Medapp
Fort de France
Red Crogs ‘Society
Europe
Vesuvius Shows Signs Of Activity Near Naples
A Naples dispatch to the Journal reports volcanic activity at Vesuvius with lava flowing from the Pompeii crater and hot cinders repeatedly ejected. Authorities advise caution for residents in surrounding areas as the volcano remains unsettled.
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Paris
Naples
Vesuvius
Pompeii
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Grand River
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Rio Grande
the Rockies
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General’ Bane Passenger Dept
Salt Lake
ST. Pierres
C. S. Fosselman
Idaho
Thunder Mountain Cafe and Lodging House
Weiser, Idaho
J. D. Stallings
Thunder Mountain
G. W. Riggs
Kelly
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