Congress Debates Oklahoma Additions and Cuban Reciprocity
The House adopted a bill adding two associate Oklahoma justices with a residency proviso and passed a land reserve bill for a public park in Oregon. Senate referred the Cuban reciprocity bill to committee, agreed to conference on Chinese exclusion, and approved a statue for Benjamin F. Stephenson in Washington D C.
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Oklahoma
Ter
Washington
Senate
Committee On
Cuba
House
Frye
Platt
Connecticut
Dillingham
Vermont
Clay
Washington, D. C
Benjamin F. Stephenson
Grand Army of the Republic
Abilene Woman Identifies Dead Train Robber
Mrs A L Cox of Abilene Tears identifies the dead man as her son Orland Camillo Hanks an alleged train robber. On the body are bank bills from the National Bank of Montana seized from the Great Northern Express train at Wagner Montana on July 3 1901.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mra
A. L. Cox
Abilene
Tears
Pink Taylor
Orland Camillo Hanks
National Bank of Montana
Great Northern
Wagner
Mont
Earthquake Shakes Mexico City at 7:50 P.M.
A severe tremor struck Mexico City at 7:50 last evening lasting about a minute and a half. Residents reported it as the strongest quake in years and widespread damage was feared.
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City of
Mexico
Meixco
Murderer Identified in Nora Fuller Case
Chief Whitman announced Nora Fuller was murdered by C. B. Hadley a clerk in San Francisco. Fuller vanished after answering a nurse girl ad on January 10 and her body was found in a vacant house a month later. A handwriting expert says the ad writer used the alias Chas. B. Hawkins.
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San Francisco
Nora Fuller
Whitman
C. B. Hadley
Baidness
The
Examiner
Hadley
Chas. B.W. Hawkins
May Die in Committee
Washington reports high tension in the House as members react to last nights override of the Ways and Means Committee on the Cuban reciprocity bill. Chairman Payne notes the amendment removes the nondifferential on refined sugar and the Dingley duty on bounty countries. Morris, author of the amendment, doubts the claim but says it can be corrected by another amendment. The Senate has not decided its course and a few senators fear it will die in committee.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Payne
Morris
Senate
Masked Highwaymen Kill Two on Greensburg Road
Two masked Negro highwaymen held up a group of young people returning from a dance near Greensburg Pennsylvania. When the victims resisted the robbers fired killing Alexander McNaught and Frank McQuillis. The assailants escaped and are being hunted.
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Greensburg
Alexander McNaught
Frank McQuillis
GE Plant Strike Brief Ties Up Schenectady Shops
About 1200 more General Electric workers quit at Schenectady on April 19 bringing total out to around 4800. Pickets blocked nonunion men from working as officials said they would fill strikers’ positions. The strike ended at 2 15 p m with many nonunion employees also leaving earlier, estimated at about 6000 out.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
General Electric Works
Pocatello Lot Sale Draws Outsider Interest
Outsiders eager to see Pocatello’s growth snap up 200 and 8226 lots offered by Onuren and Ware in a featured sale.
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Pocatello
Onuren & Ware
Ambitious House Battle Over Sugar Tariff Revision
In Washington on April 19, Democrats and Republican insurgents overruled the chair on a Cuban reciprocity bill amendment removing sugar differentials. The amendment passed committees 164 111 and the House 247 52, with 124 Republicans and 128 Democrats in favor. The vote reflected a long, bitter struggle tied to the Dingley tariff and beet sugar protection. Separate item notes Perrault in Boise sent Fort Hall Indian land plats for filing to ready the ceded reserve surveys by May 1.
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Washington
House
Noble
Sherman
New York
Payen
Roberts
Massachusetts
Cuba
United States
Queen Wilhelmina Passes Quiet Night at Castle Loo
The Hague reports Queen Wilhelmina had a fairly quiet night and is following a normal course after typhoid, with no complications observed.
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Wilhelmina
the Hague
Paris Demonstration Attempt Disrupted by Counter Rally
President Loubet visiting the Jardin des Tuilleries when an individual tried to spark a demonstration. The crowd reacted with a counter demonstration, the disturber was arrested and later released from custody.
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Paris
Loubet
Jardin Des Tuilleries
Rebels besiege Nan Ning in Kwangsi fall reported
Canton April 19 rebels besiege the important Nan Ning city in Kwangsi province and reports say the place has fallen as telegraph lines are cut and communications disrupted.
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Canton
Nan Ning
Kwang Si
Earthquake Shocks San Francisco Early Morning
A sharp earthquake shock was felt in San Francisco shortly after 8 o'clock this morning. The tremor disrupted routines and prompted residents to note the event. No damage reports were immediately available.
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San Francisco
Navy reports Colón action and withdrawal plan
Commander McRae of the gunboat Machias cables Colón to announce Rocas del Toro surrender with no injuries to Americans. Arrangements to withdraw forces are made and the ship will sail for Aspinall on Sunday.
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Washington
Navy Department
McRae
Machias
Colon
Rocas del Toro
Colombia
Aspinall
The Taming of the Shrew at the Auditorium
The Taming of the Shrew plays tonight at the Auditorium. Performances feature a cast led by local actors and stagecraft in a period production with lively costuming and traditional cues yesterday listed.
Foul murder inquest on Horace Rich near Tyhee station
Coroner's jury probes death by gunshot near Tyhee, Idaho. Body found on railroad tracks, staged to look like an accident. Night crew recalls no clear signs, with a stray bundle observed near the rail. Rich was last seen intoxicated Wednesday night.
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Horace Rich
Tyhee
Himstreet
Etra
Rich
Morgan Plan to Unite Trans-Atlantic Steamship Lines
The Morgan banking house confirms reports from London that J P Morgan abroad has nearly completed a plan to combine all leading trans Atlantic steamship lines. An exchange of stock will be used, similar to the United States Steel corporation deal.
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United States Steel Corporation
New York
Morgan Banking House Today
London Dispatches
Associated Press
J. P. Morgan
Butler Installed as Columbia President in Roosevelt Presence
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler was today installed as president of Columbia University in New York with a large gathering of distinguished guests led by President Roosevelt.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Roosevelt
Salaries for Elmore County Officials 1908
The Elmore county board of commissioners fixed salaries for 1908 with Auditor and recorder earning 1500 dollars, Sheriff 100, Assessor and collector 1390, Treasurer 5, Probate Judge 6600, Superintendent of Schools 600, Surveyor 800, Coroner 100.
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Elmore County
Board of Commissioners
Salaries for Cassia County Officers 1903 4
Readable line items show Cassia county officer salaries for 1903 04 with figures for Auditor and Recorder 1200 Assessor 1800 Sheriff 1100 Probate Judge 600 Superintendent of Schools 600 Treasurer 600 Surveyor Coroner remain unclear due to damaged OCR but listed in sequence.
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Cassia County
Board of Commissioners
Notice for M W A Camp Meeting in Pocatello
All members of Pocatello Camp M W A and visiting neighbors are asked to attend a special meeting with W4 Barnley and delegates on Monday April 21 at 2:00 P M and 8:00 P M at St Josephs Hall BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE
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Pocatello Camp
Barnley
Millick Wins as Forgery Claim Against Currey Fails
In a United States court decision yesterday evening H W Currey of Missouri lost to J C Millick of Blackfoot over a $13 000 note on the Fisher and Bourne mine sale. The jury found the second endorsement forged and awarded judgment for Millick, despite Currey seeking recovery.
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H.W. Currey
Missouri
J.C. Millick
Fisher and Bourne
Cyster County
Millick
Currey
Mr. Millick
Levy Not Hanged Yet As Appeal Stays Execution
George Levy remains under sentence of death after the Ada county district court set the hanging date. Attorneys filed a notice of appeal to the supreme court which stayed the execution. A new trial request is before the district court. a bill of exceptions is expected within thirty days. If denied, the case moves to the supreme court in November with Levy in the state penitentiary.
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District Court
Ada County
George Levy
Davis Levy
Arney
Supreme Court
Alfred A. Fraser
Levy
Stewart
State Penitentiary
Water Right Filed in Cassia County for Snake River Use
George E. Smith of Pocatello filed a water right on the 12th at Albion Cassia county to divert 1500 cubic feet per second of Snake River. Diversion point is about one third mile above Stoys ferry on the river's south side. Uses claimed irrigation manufacturing and mining with place of use on the south side of the river in Cassia county. Canal trend is south and west spanning about 85 miles.
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George E. Smith
Pocatello
Albion
Cassia
Snake River
Stoy’s Ferry
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Fleming
Georgia
Flynn
O Oklahoma
Oregon
Grosvenor
Sugar Trust
Michigan
Ohio
Wagner, Mont
Blackfoot Land Office
Perrault
Boise
Idaho
General Land Office
Fort Hail Indian Reservation
Surveyor General
Antici
Oscar Sonnenkalb
Emery Oliver
William B. Kimmel
Nan Ning Falls
the Daily Tribune
Morgan
Earth
Elmore
United
States Court
Transac
J. C. Millick
Blackfoot
H. W. Currey
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