City Council Agrees On Police Pay Raise Plan
The council discussed boosting salaries for city officers and approved drafting an ordinance to raise pay for the mayor, city attorney, chief of police and patrolmen, fire chief, street overseer and city clerk. Aimed at attracting capable staff, the plan proposes mayor and city attorney at 600 yearly, police at 100 per month, patrolmen at 90, fire chief 100 monthly, street overseer 85, and city clerk 500 yearly, totaling about 1940 annually.
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George Gittins
John Fusz
Terrell
Chilson
Tom Merriman
T. C. Reynolds
A. N. Brown
Hurst Bros
G. FE. Jones
John Vetros
Carl Wrenstead
CHLY
Eseecsers
Bushony & Co
Portland
Esecseeees
Pocatello Water Company
T. H. Kane
F. W. Halloway
Idaho Restaurant
D. F. Meyers
G. Y. Pugmire
J. C. Johnston
Rocky Mountain Bell Tele
Ianaeelees
Thomas Dixon
Sapueereens
D. T. Quigley
W. Workman
Idaho Coal and Iee Co
Coal Boy
Idaho Consolidated Power Company
North Hayes Avenue
Aderman Fusz
Gar City News
Locatello Electric Supply Company
Academy
Board of Trustees
The
Academy of Idaho
Fusz
Pocatello
Poca‘tello
Mr. Terrell
George Kimpton
Kimpton
Lim
Ment
Martin
Ierrell
Loux
Iseale
Mo Rt Thys
Fust
Des Moines
Wheat climbs to new season high on Chicago Board
Wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade rose to 1.21 per bushel for May options and 1.084 for July delivery, eclipsing yesterday’s high for the season as trading continued in April.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Teddy at Gibraltar on Hamburg voyage to Naples
Former President Theodore Roosevelt aboard the Hamburg reached Gibraltar in good health. He refused interviews and photos and did not go ashore at Naples, instead planning to transfer to the steamer Admiral with his party.
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Naples
Gibraltar
Hamburg
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Duchess of
Aosta
Secretaries appoint agents to probe western land frauds
Washington April 2 special agents in the general land office field service were today appointed by Secretary Ballinger to investigate alleged land frauds in the west. The move aims to tighten oversight and pursue suspected unlawful land transactions across western states.
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Washington
General Land Office
West
Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger
Panama Libel Case Opens With Grand Jury Action
Investigation of the Panama libel charge against the New York World resumed in Washington. Special counsel Stuart McNamara directed the probe aimed at indictments in Washington or New York so trials could be moved to New York.
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Washington
Panama
New York World
Federal Grand Jury
Stuart McNamara
the World
New York
Booth Indicted On Double Counts In Booth Company Case
Chicago April 2 grand jury returned two additional indictments against T Vernon Booth president of the defunct A Booth & Company and Frederick R Robbins assistant treasurer. Indictments charge obtaining money and credit on false representations by the corporation and officials.
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Chicago
T. Vernon Booth
A. Booth & Company
Frederick R. Robbins
Republican House Leaders Plan Tariff Bill Vote Next Wednesday
Washington April 2 Republican leaders say a careful canvass shows they can pass the tariff bill and intend to bring it to a vote next Wednesday.
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Washington
House
Canada Coal Strike Expands Across Western Mines
Winnipeg reports a general coal strike across western Canadian mines with nearly all camps affected as of April 2.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Election Officers Change in City Ward Positions
Election officers for the city were altered at the March 19 meeting. Irene Griffin becomes distributing clerk in the Third ward, Dora Coombes replaces Mrs Keefe. Robert Criswell becomes judge in the Fourth ward, replacing William Liddell. Current officers by ward include First ward judges Dan O’Meara J B Bistline Sam Allsworth, distributing clerk R H Soule, clerks D J Elrod Don Brandt. Second ward judges Mike Condon William Kelly Henry Reddish, distributing clerk Mrs A Dissault, clerks Pat Coleman W F Christie. Third ward judges M Meaughlin J T, distributing bank Irene Griffin, Dora Coombes Rose McGonigle. Fourth ward judge W F Brewster Robert Criswell Daniel Buckley, distributing clerk Annie Briggs, clerks Minnie Irwin W W Mitchell.
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Irene Griffin
Roy Houde
Dora Coombes
Keefe
Robert Criswell
William Liddell
Citizens
Dan O'Meara
J. B. Bistline
Sam Allsworth
R. H. Soule
D. J. Elrod
Don Brandt
Mike Condon
William Kelly
Henry Reddish
A. Dissault
Pat Coleman
W. F. Christie
A Coe M. Meaughlin
J. T
Death on the Gallows Three Convicts Executed in Montana
William A. Hayes was hanged at Deer Lodge for complicity in the murder of Deputy Warden John A. Robinson during the 1908 prison escape. The execution drew a large crowd as Hayes died from strangulation after the fall. In Helena, reports note explicit details of the convict group’s roles and outcomes, with Rock later sentenced to hang and Stevens to life. Sheriff J. K. Neville oversaw Hayes’s hanging.
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Butte
Mont
William A. Hayes
John Robinson
State Prison
Hayes
Kalispell Hangs Frederic Lebeau for Yoakum Murder
Frederic Lebeau was hanged at Kalispell after being convicted of the 1908 murder of William E Yoakum and Riley B Yoakum near Fortune Flathead county. A companion named Joe Hobbins received a life sentence. Lebeau pleaded not guilty, was found guilty, and the governor refused clemency after sanity was established.
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Helena
Kalispell
Montana
Frederic Lebeau
Yoakum
Lebeau
Frederick Lebeau
William E. Yoakum
Riley B. Yoakum
Fortune
Riley
Leban
Hobbins
Whitefish
Lebau
Canada
Morris
Philippine envoy opposes Payne tariff push in Congress
Pablo Ocampo de Leon, resident commissioner of the Philippines, addressed the House of Representatives in Washington on April 2 to warn that free trade under the Payne tariff bill would cut Philippine revenues and empower trusts to obstruct independence.
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Washington
Philippines
Pablo Ocampo de Leon
Islands
House of Representatives
DeLeon
Eliot declines ambassadorship to Great Britain
Washington officials confirm Dr. Charles W. Eliot, retiring Harvard president, has definitively declined the ambassadorship to Great Britain after an earlier announcement. The news ends speculation about his diplomatic appointment.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Crazy Snake At Large In Pierce On April Second
Crazy Snake remains at large in Pierce as of today April 2 with no new developments and overall quiet conditions reported in the area.
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Crazy Snake
Pierce
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Finance Committee
A. F. Schuitz
City Electrician
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W. H. Price
Ccoeese
Sam Cox
Main
Garfield Avenue
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Clark Streets
Gilmore
Mayer
Hork Ot
J. Bistline
Nice and Clean
T. B. Smith & Co
Gittins
Manly
Teddy
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Booth
Deer Lodge
Frederick Lebean
Eliot
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