Tragic 12 Year Old Killed by Cousin in Porterneuf River Area
Wells Allen aged 12 was accidentally shot by his 13 year old cousin Clyde Allen with a .22 rifle as they crossed the back yard near the Portneuf river. Wells died within ten minutes from a chest wound. The shooter and his family lament the tragedy as authorities decide burial plans.
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Wells Allen
Clyde Allen
Allen
Portneuf
Pump House
Joseph Allen
Carter Street
Garfield Avenue
David Allen
Nevada
Joseph
Pocatello
Lindquist
Ogden
Allens
Illinois Governor on the Hog Train
Governor Dineen faced a slow trip on a hog train from Quincy to Pekin during a speech tour. The locomotive paused near Havasa while the engineer chatted with his wife about household matters including money for shopping and kitchen renovations. The passengers complained until the engineer returned to drive the train onward.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Pekin
Ills
Dineen
Quincy
Havasa
Attempt to Blow Up State's Witness in California
Oakland investigators with the San Francisco police probe the bombing of former Supervisor James L. Gallagher's home. Gallagher is a key witness in bribery and graft prosecutions. The blast shattered windows, endangered his family, and left wire fuse and caps at the scene.
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Oakland
Calif
San Francisco
James L. Gallagher
Gallagher
Wealth to Wed Beauty in Washington Society
The Washington Post reports the engagement of Joseph Leiter of Washington and Chicago to Miss Juliette Williams daughter of Colonel J R Williams. The wedding is expected in Washington within weeks. Leiter gained fame for a major Chicago Board of Trade deal in 1898.
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Washington
Post Today
Joseph Leiter
Chicago
Juliette Williams
J. R. Williams
Chicago Board of Trade
Leiter
Williams
Trouble on the border near Peshawar
In Simla on April 23 a mixed force of British and Indian troops mobilizes for a punitive expedition against fanatical tribes raiding villages on the Peshawar border. About ten thousand raiders gather at Kamali, twenty miles from Peshawar, as Afghans flock to the Mul.
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Simla
India
Peshawaur
Kamali
Murderer Hanged At Skidoo California
Los Angeles April 23 Joe Simpson shot and killed James Arnold last Sunday and was lynched by a mob at Skidoo fifty five miles south of Rhyolite Nevada last night. A small band overpowered the sheriff's guard and hanged Simpson to a telegraph pole after he killed Arnold who had previously helped prosecute him.
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Los Angeles
Joe Simpson
James Arnold
Skidoo
Calif
Rhyolite
Nev
Simpson
Arnold
Dodds
Southern California Bank
Declamatory Contest Promises Big Idaho Scholastic League Night
The Idaho Scholastic League declamatory championship is set for tomorrow night at the Auditorium with wide attention. Ricks Academy, Rexburg, Blackfoot, and others plan large delegations. tickets at Toggery. Performances include: Mildred Bartholomew Our Mother's Sermon. Clarence Hill Our Whippings. Katherine Burggrat Cherokee Roses. Floyd Quinby The Murderer. Gladys Loveridge The New Lochinvar. Hugh McVicar The Traitor's Deathbed.
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Ricks Academy
Academy
Rexburg
Blackfoot
Toggery
Pocatello High School
Academy of Idaho
Girls’ Glee Club
Bannock
Boise High School
Mildred Bartholomew
College of Idaho
Caldwell
Clarence Hill
Hailey High School
Rosa Board “ Boots
State Normal School
Albion
Katherine Burggrat
Cherokee Roses
Errr
Icyivers
Grace Adamson
Quo Vadis
Payette High School
Floyd Quinby
Supreme Court upholds local option law as constitutional
Springfield Illinois April 23 The supreme court today declared the new local option law passed last year to be constitutional.
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Springfield
Ills
Supreme Court
Formal opening of Y M C A in Pocatello next month
The new Y M C A building in Pocatello will have a formal opening next month with a $43,000 facility. Secretary Pargellis outlines membership privileges for regular, limited, and boys department members, noting 38 new members this month and plans for an elaborate opening program.
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Pocatello
Pargellis
the Tribune
Illinois Democrats Solid for Bryan
Springfield Ill April 23 The Democratic state convention opened at noon with ten Chicago delegates led by Maxwell Edgar advocating the Johnson boom but failing to sway the bulk of delegates who remain solid for Bryan Sentiment against adopting a platform has grown overnight Three gubernatorial candidates are active Douglass Patterson of Fremont James Hamilton Lewis and John P McGoorty of Chicago have headquarters and are promoting their campaigns
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Springfield
Ill
Chicago
Maxwell Edgar
Johnson
Bryan
Douglass Patterson
Fremont
James Hamilton Lewis
John P. McGoorty
Barn Dance Tonight at Eagles Barn on South Main
The local Eagles chapter hosts a barn dance at the Eagle barn on South Main Street tonight. Rules urge ox teams under the shed, dairy maids and hay hands assist with chores, hay lofts cleared for dancers, cattle tethered in the field, farming implements behind the barn, and city folks urged to wear old clothes as the Rube band provides music.
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Aenue of Eagles
Eagle Barn
South Main Street
Y. M. C. A. Mortgage Filed in Pocatello
Mortgage on Pocatello property secures a $15,000 advance from the International committee of the Y M C A New York. W A Jones serves as president and J R Reed as secretary.
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Pocatello
Railroad
Young Men's Christian Association
International Committee of the
New York
W. A. Jones
J. R. Eed
Twilight Base Ball League Forming in Pocatello
Five teams including Pocatello first team Y M C A Academy of Idaho Shopmen s and High school join the slate for a twilight league to be organized at a Tribune office meeting. By laws constitutions and officer ballots will be adopted and a two game weekly pennant schedule planned.
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Pocatello
The
Tribune
Academy of Idaho
Shopmen
Lee Harper Walker
George H. North Clothing Company
A. J. Pierce
Hicks
Lee H. Walker
Fred Price
Dan Buckley
Leopold
Morris
Risser
Local deeds filed show transfers in Pocatello area
Warranty deeds recorded this week reveal transfers including Henry Cramp to School District No. 5 2 1/6 acres in section 4-10-36 for $1 and Crum to Hyrum Crump 34 acres in the same section for $175. Other transfers involve Bridget Rush to Phil em on Watlington Lot 14 Block 270 Pocatello for $1040, and church property moves including First Methodist Church of Pocatello lots in blocks 380 and 384 for $1. Additional deeds include Gustaf Wallin to H K Higson Lot 15 Block 456 Pocatello for $1250 and Martin Thomas to P E Thomas 24 1/2 acres in section 8-12-38 for $1000. Church White & Chilson to Ganser lot 10 500 square feet in Block 201 for $700. Jesse Gilliland to George Cash 27 acres in section 8-7-35 for $250. J T Davis to K H Sumner Lot 15 Block 477 Pocatello for $0.
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Court House
Henry Cramp
Hen Crum
Hyrum Crump
Bridget Rush
Philemon Watlington
Pocatello
Clarence KE
Herman
Boise
First Methodist Church of
Gustaf FB. Wallin
Ottawa
Kansas
H. K. Higson
Martin A. Thomas
Downey
P. E. Thomas
Church, White & Chilson
L. A. Ganser
Margaret Ganser
Jesse H. Gilliland
George Cash
J. T. Davis
K. H. Sumner
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Dean at S46 1 Main Street
A fine boy was born to Mr W H Dean and his wife at S46 1 Main Street. The father is a popular engineer on the Short Line.
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W. H. Dean
Main Street
Idaho Wool To Be Held By Utah Sheepmen Advise
Reports from Idaho sheep camps indicate the wool clip is fine and markets may be strong. Eastern buyers are pressuring for lower prices, but Idaho and Utah producers plan to hold their wool until favorable terms are offered, aiming to bid against eastern prices.
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Utah
Gem State
Oregon
Boise Capital News
Bruneau
Boise
Northwest
Idaho
Northwest Territory
Sudden Death of Young Rancher in Clifton
W F Fisher of Oxford reports the death of Eddie Sant aged 19 at Clifton near Oxford. He was found dead beside his team after a harrowing day and heart disease is the probable cause. Funeral services were held Sunday at Clifton with a cortege of over 70 teams.
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W. F. Fisher
Oxford
Pocatello
Clifton
Eddie Sant
Talented Pocatello Girl Signs Three Year Concert Pact
Florence Merle Buckingham of Pocatello now living in Rawlins Wyoming has signed a three year contract with the John Eberly Concert company. She will go to New York October 1 to begin the season with an itinerary including a southern tour. Buckingham, daughter of F J Buckingham and sister of Mrs Robert Tsehudy, is a Columbia School of Music graduate and among the west’s most gifted musicians. Her mother is visiting with her younger daughter Mrs Twehudy in Pocatello.
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Florence Merle Buckingham
Pocatello
Rawlins
Wyo
John Eberly
New York
Buckingham
F. J. Buckingham
Robert Tsehudy
Columbia School of Music
Chicago
West
Twehudy
Supply Cars Introduced on Oregon Short Line for Monthly Deliveries
The Oregon Short Line adopts monthly supply cars to distribute materials oil and tools from Pocatello to agents and foremen across Montana Idaho and Utah divisions starting May 1 1908. Roadmasters will supervise allotments ensuring only needed items are issued, with obsolete material returned to stores. If successful on the Harri man system it will extend to the Southern Pacific east of Sparks within about three months.
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Oregon Short Line
Pocatello
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Harriman
Davis
Secretaries in Walled City Arrested in Vagrancy Raid
In a raid on the Walled City early this morning, three men named H. B. Parson Louis Boyd and Samuel Zipp were arrested for vagrancy after being seen with women of ill repute. They each paid a $25 fine to Police Judge Kane. At the Maine lodging house on East Clark Street a man and woman were detained and jailed. The woman was bailed for $25 to appear at five this evening. The man, who gave the name W Moore, was fined $25 for fornication and paid.
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H. B. Parson
Louis Boyd
Samuel Zipp
Kane
Maine
East Clark Street
Dad
W. Moore
Neighborhood Row Court Case Ends With Fine
In a police court before Judge Kane a white resident and a colored woman from North Third avenue clashed over vile language. The colored defendant, Mrs Farma Smith, was found guilty and fined 10 plus costs. She later filed a counter complaint against the white woman. warrants and further hearing are expected tomorrow. Smith spoke boldly in her defense, but cried when sentence was announced.
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Kane
North Third Avenue
Farma Smith
Robert M. Terrell
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Illinois
Skiddoo
Rubes
Eagle Hall
Twilight Baseball League
Eddie Saht
Merle Buckingham
Big Concert Company
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Neighborhood Row
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