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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
1
Mount Vesuvius erupts with five lava streams roaring explosions heard twenty miles away. Inhabitants flee as villagers carry religious images in processions through towns. Naples is showered with ash while the city readies for the expected arrival of King Edward and Queen Alexandra.
At the C. W. M. & Co. No. 5 wheat warehouse in Idaho Falls J D Davis died and Charles Beach was seriously injured when a pile of sacks toppled onto them as they loaded cars. Davis was 45 and proprietor of the Idaho Falls restaurant. Beach, newly out of smallpox quarantine, faces a uncertain recovery.
In New York on April 5 call money spiked above thirty percent just before three o'clock amid a new flurry in stock market rates. Chicago wheat prices for No. 2 Red ranged from 86 to 87, with May at 17 percent.
The $150,000 damages suit filed by Mae Wood against Senator Thomas C. Platt William Loeb and Wynne was dismissed by Judge Kennedy for lack of plaintiff appearance. Wood alleged she authored The Love Letters of a Boss and that Platt and associates obtained and refused to return the letters.
New York April 5 sub committees for anthracite operators and miners met again today but failed to reach a settlement. After adjournment they announced plans to reconvene next Monday and the miners reportedly proposed arbitration by the present board of conciliation to settle their dispute with the operators.
Berlin April 5 Chancellor Von Buelow fainted during a Reichstag debate on the Moroccan question and was carried from the chamber. Physicians say he suffers a severe fainting spell caused by influenza and there are no indications of paralysis.
Vienna reports Count Glouchow, the foreign minister, visited retired American ambassador Bellamy Storer at his residence for a private afternoon interview arranged by the foreign minister. The move signals a desire for confidential talks between the nations.
Terre Haute April 5 Twenty two Indiana coal operators representing five percent of the state's tonnage have signed the miners new scale. Timothy Bey at Kane's wheat stock and price context unclear in fragment.
Dr. John McBirney and two other federal veterinary officers head to Ogden to inspect bands of sheep awaiting entry into Idaho. They will assess disease status and range conditions, aiming to issue clean bills of health or deny passage, amid reports of scab infection in nearby Elko county herds.
At Tuskegee Alabama on April 5 Secretary of War Taft addressed the 25th anniversary celebration of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. He praised Booker T. Washington, summarized the amendments, and urged gradual political empowerment through education and economic independence for African Americans.
In Magold of the Black Forest on April 5 the Hotel Zum Airscher collapsed during luncheon. Rescue efforts recovered several bodies and many more remain beneath the ruins. At least fifty two dead and seventy injured are reported. Woodward's Ganymede Candies at the J. & C. Cigar Store of
Reston, April 3. K C Swift of Chicago, a member of Swift and Co., died yesterday at the Quincy House after a two week illness from pneumonia. He fell unconscious on March 27 and remained so until death. Swift, a native of Sandwich, Illinois, left a widow traveling in Europe who is hoped to be returning to America.
A new revolution breaks out in San Domingo centered at Samana. The gunboat Yankee under Commander Coutherland reports the outbreak with the Paducah at the scene and another American gunboat en route. He says American interests are not involved.
Report from St. Petersburg states the government has restored harsh press censorship features following the April elections, reviving controls once used by authorities to regulate publishing.
Missouri authorities show Republic Oil is owned by Standard Oil. The Republic Oil Company withdraws from Nebraska Indiana and Iowa, stating it disposed of all property and interests. Standard Oil to openly assume control of its business in these states.
The President sent to the Senate nominations of D. W. Price for Kellogg and W. W. Dunn for Twin Falls as Idaho postmasters.
After the destruction of the administration building, University of Idaho faculty respond with calm, plan immediate continuation of classes, and coordinate support from Governor Gooding, Dr. Rosch, and Moscow merchants. Classes resume Monday with demonstrations for large sections, while departments save records and adapt lab work. The English club enlists a Shakespeare production to aid the library. The mass rally showcases enduring college spirit.
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