Trainmen Demand Nine Hour Day in Rail Labor Talks
In Chicago on April 2 negotiations between western railroad managers and workers continued with Knapp and Neill present. Workers accepted a wage rise but maintained a nine hour day, resuming talks for a shorter day while managers were expected to concede on some issues.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Labor
Neill
Neil
Dietrich to Postpone Pocatello Term and Take Oath
Judge F B Dietrich, recently appointed federal judge for Idaho, returns from Salt Lake City and plans to take the federal bench after the present Boise term. He will not preside until the Boise grand jury finishes, with the April Pocatello term opening on April 8 possibly delayed. The Bearskin murder case tops the April docket. some cases will wait for an outside judge.
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F. 8. Dietrich
Idaho
Salt Lake
P. L. Williams
Oregon Short Line
Dietrich
Wyoming
Williams
D. Worth Clark
Clark
Boise
Beatty
Pocatello
Luther Bearskin
Captain William Swift Found Guilty In Connecticut Grounding
Captain William Swift, who commanded the battleship Connecticut when it grounded near Culebra on January 13, was found guilty of inattention and neglect. The Navy Department reviewed the court martial finding and suspended Swift from duty for nine months and reduced him three numbers in rank.
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Washington
William Swift
Connecticut
Culebra
Navy Department
Swift
Thaw Lunacy Hearing Witnesses Testify on Paranoia Claim
New York April 2. District Attorney Jerome presents a large witness list as Thaw lunacy commission opens. Dr Frank McGuire and prison guards corroborate Thaw’s stable behavior in Toombs. Dr Allen Hamilton testifies Thaw suffers a progressive paranoia and cannot grasp charges.
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New York
Jerome
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
C. F. Binghaman
Thaw
Pittsburgh
F. W. Longfellow
Hamilton
Flint
Frank McGuire
Toombs
M. J. Delahanty
McGuire
Franklin Sheridan
Emily Walker
John Wade
Allen McLane Hamilton
Rexburg Ricks Academy Holds Annual Exhibition
Rexburg April 2 The annual exhibition of the Ricks Academy showcased patient progress across all departments. Enrollment reached 380 with standout music art domestic science commerce and mechanics programs. President Mark Austin Dr John Miller and ward bishops attended as the choir led 50 voices and a 20 piece brass band performed.
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Rexburg
Ricks Academy
Engar
Mark Austin
John Miller
Academy
Austin
Milley
LIE PASSES BETWEEN HARRIMAN AND ROOSEVELT
Washington reports the President denounces Harriman’s claim as a deliberate untruth about raising funds for the Republican campaign. Chicago prints a December 1905 letter alleging Roosevelt asked Harriman aide to raise money, cites Depew, Paris ambassadorship, and a $150,000 donation.
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Washington
ER. H. Harriman
Harriman
Chicago
Sydney Webster
New York
H. Harriman
Roosevelt
National Committee
Upstate
Depew
Paris
Cortelyou
New York Commission
Hi Fact
Senate
Sidney Webster
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
Ballot Battle Shapes Gate City Election Night
Voters faced drizzle and clouded skies as polling places opened and crowds used carriages funded by central committees. Early results favored Loux for Citizens party but late returns pointed to Republican victory with counts expected after polls close in most wards.
D Worth Clark Appointed Short Line Attorney
D Worth Clark of this city succeeds Judge B S Dietrich as assistant attorney for the Oregon Short Line with jurisdiction over Idaho and Wyoming. Judge Dietrich resigns to become United States judge for the district of Idaho. Clark, born February 14 1874 in Danville Indiana, is 33 and long active in Idaho law.
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D. Worth Clark
B.S. Dietrich
Atorney
Oregon
Clark
Mr. Clark
Danville
Indiana
Richmond
Ind
Republican Victory in Montana Municipal Elections
Montana reports a Republican landslide in yesterday's municipal elections. Great Falls and Lewiston elected straight Democratic tickets, while Billings Bozeman Livingston Anaconda and Butte voted Republican. Helena elected six Republican aldermen of seven. Red Lodge and Missoula Citizens tickets defeated socialists. In Chicago, Dunne and Busse lead as voters seek improved streetcar service.
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Helena
Montana
Great Falls
Lewiston
Billings
Bozeman
Livingston
Anaconda
Butte
Red Lodge
Missoula
Citizens
Chicago
Dunne
Busse
Dunne Party
Fritz Wins World Typing Championship In Chicago
In Chicago on March 23, Miss Fritz won the world championship for fast and correct writing. She typed 1280 words in ten minutes on an Underwood and 2445 words in a half hour on the same machine, besting Paul Munter on Remington and A Trefzger on Remington.
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Chicago
Miss Fritz
Underwood
Paul Munter
Remington
A. Trefzger
H. O. Blaisdell
Building Big Warehouse On South Main Street
Excavation is underway for an 80 by 50 foot two story brick warehouse with basement behind a plumbing shop on South Main street. Greene & Higson rush the project which costs about $3000. The firm will stock a full line of plumbers supplies and engage in wholesale work and jobbing in the territory.
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South Main Street
Greene & Higson
Young Lawyer Clark Named Attorney for Major Rail Line
Mr. Clark, a consistent Democrat and little active in factional politics, is a 30 year old lawyer chosen as attorney for a large railroad system spanning two states. His success stems from studiousness, meticulous detail, honesty, and clear purpose. The Idaho bar and the southeastern section commend him and the Short Line for the appointment and for securing a man of high standing.
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Earlham College
Southeastern Idaho Bar
Dietrich
Clark
Bingham County
Pocatello
Bar of
Idaho
Southeastern
Inmate Van Loom Dies After Suicide Attempts
Van Loom, a city jail inmate from Inkom, died after a second suicide attempt in a solitary cell. He had previously cut his wrist with a spoon and later gnawed the wound, bleeding to death after authorities and Dr. Bean could not save him. He had a longstanding pattern of drunkenness and mental decline while in custody.
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van Loom
Williams
Howard
Citizens Rally Draws Packed House at Rink
McNichols and Wrights hall was packed for a Citizens party rally. Dr O B Steely chaired with speakers T F Terrell William F Walsh and Dr C E M Loux. They attacked national politics in municipal affairs and pledged to continue Republican policy in city administration as the Eagle band played.
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McNichols & Wright’s Hall
O. B. Steely
T. F. Terrell
William F. Walsh
C.E. M. Lonx
Gin
Republican Party
Terrell
Walsh
Tribune
Loux
Eagle Band
Center Street
Ruef Trial Jury Selection Resumes in San Francisco
In Judge Dunne's court the Ruef trial process continued with selection of jurors for the Delmonico restaurant extortion case. The proprietor testified he paid Ruef 82175 under duress. a recess was called due to a missing talesman, and a bench warrant was issued.
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San Francisco
Abe Ruef
Dunne
Delmonieue
Ruef
Talesman
Peasant Clash in Sergachevsk District Kills and Wounds
In Nishni Russia on April 2 an armed clash between peasants and troops in Sergachevsk district left fifty peasants wounded and some rural guards killed.
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Nishni
Russia
Sergachevsk
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Harry W
Sanity Commission
Harriman and
Gate City
Rink
SHORT
Copper State
Steely
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