Five Indictments by Grand Jury Returned Today
Four indictments were returned this morning by the federal grand jury. William Binkley and Charles Purdy face charges for unlawfully shipping elk parts from Wyoming through Idaho to Los Angeles. George Walters is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and Alfred L. Gustofferson with breaking into the Preston post office. Bearskin enters plea. Luther Bearskin, Bannock Indian, pleads not guilty. trial set for next Monday. Other prisoners arraigned. Sunbeam mining case continuance sought. Heinze case referenced. two prisoners dismissed. Late this afternoon the grand jury returned an indictment against Shep.
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Federal
William Binkley
Charles Purdy
George Walters
Alfred L. Gustofferson
United States Post Office
Preston
Bearskin
Luther Bearskin
Dietrich
Joe Rainey
Purdy
Binkler
Walters
Gustofferson
Wyoming
Idaho
Los Angeles
D. W. Standrod
Thomas F. Terrell
Lavatta
East Side
H. W. Lockhart
Nevada
Sweden
Idaho Senator Borah Sees Teddy on Idaho Timber Cases
Senator Borah of Idaho met with President Roosevelt to discuss assisting in the prosecution of Moyer Haywood and Pettibone. District Attorney Buick of Idaho also met Roosevelt, refusing to detail the topics but linked to timber fraud indictments and related matters in Idaho.
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Washington
Senator Borah
Idaho
Roosevelt
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Buick
Girl Drinks Carbolic Acid in Suicide Attempt at 17
In Preston Idaho on April 24 a 17 year old schoolgirl drank carbolic acid while walking home. Dr Cutler rushed aid but she remains in precarious condition. Authorities say threats of corporal punishment from her father prompted the act.
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Preston
Idaho
Peterson
Cutler
Press Club Meeting Set for May in St Anthony
Secretary Jones of the Eastern Idaho Press club says the next meeting will be in St Anthony on May 20 with a banquet on May 19. Brethren from Idaho Falls and Pocatello will ride first trains to connect and ladies are invited as the club enters its second year with noted accomplishments.
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Jones
Eastern Idaho Press Club
St. Anthony
Burg
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Gould dominates in international court tennis final
Jay Gould of New York defeated R. K. Ross of England in the international court tennis championship match. The contest in London lasted 53 minutes.
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Jay Gould
London
New York
R. K. Ross
England
Lost on the Lakes Harbor Beach boat Searchlight sinks
The fishing boat Searchlight from Harbor Beach Michigan is missing after last night’s voyage on Lake Huron. It is believed to have sunk with a crew of six men aboard.
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Harbor Beach
Mich
Bng
Lake Huron
Indictment Returns in Liquor Case as Grand Jury Closes
D Worth Clark named by the court to defend the man charged with selling liquor to Indians. His plea will be entered tomorrow morning. Two other indictments in whiskey selling cases were returned but defendants not yet arrested. names withheld. Grand jury discharged this afternoon.
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Johnson
Joseph Forrest
Michael Casey
Beatty
Dietrich
Taft Will Comment After Ohio Trip
Secretary of War Taft delayed any political announcement until after his upcoming Ohio trip which starts Friday. He declined to say whether he would have remarks after the tour.
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Secretary of War
Taft
Ohio
Washington
New York Banker Denied Bail In Bond Theft Case
Oliver M. Dennett, banker and broker, is held for trial on receiving stolen property charges. He was arrested after bonds worth 50 000 stolen from the Trust Company of America were linked to W. C. Douglass, loan clerk, who is also in custody. Dennett faces bonds totaling 140 000 and remains jailed.
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Oliver M. Dennett
Trust Company of America
Douglass
New York
Rock Island County
W. C. Douglass
Trust Company
Dennett
Butler arrested in Horace Marvin murder case
Dover records show Frank Butler, a deckhand on the steamer Joby P. Wilson, arrested on murder charges connected to the disappearance of Horace Marvin, son of Dr. Marvin, in March. Detectives allege Butler holds information about the death, believed to be murder or accidental. Butler claims ignorance.
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Dover
Del
Frank Butler
Joby P. Wilson
Little Horace Marvin
Marvin
Butler
Commercial Club Meeting Tonight at City Hall
A special Po catello Commercial club meeting is set for this evening at 8 o clock in City Hall. Members are urged to attend due to extraordinary and important business for the Gate City.
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Pocatello Commercial Club
Gate City
Deed Filed for Lots in Block 503 Pocatello
A deed recorded this morning shows Martha Priest selling lot 9 and the southeast 20 feet of lot 8 in block 503 Pocatello to William J. West for 2500. The property sits near Dr. Aulguire’s office on North Garfield Avenue close to West Center. West, a wealthy sheepman, already owns the St Marie races on West Center.
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County Recorder
Pocatello
Martha Priest
William J. West
Aulguire
Garfield Avenue
West Center
Mr. West
St. Marie Terraces
Notorious brigand Stanislaus Lis captured near Lublin
Warsaw reports Stanislaus Lis, a notorious brigand with many crimes, captured at Lublin ninety five miles away after his refuge house was blown up by artillery. He killed several policemen before his capture.
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Warsaw
Stanislaus Lis
Lublin
Plague yarn denied by government in Cartagenas report
Madrid reports the government denied the plague existed at Cartagenas despite yesterday’s claim of several hundred cases.
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Madrid
Cartagenas
Health in Panama Canal Zone Improves Says Gorgas
Chief Sanitary Officer Gorgas reports health conditions in the Panama canal zone are near peak. In a state department memo he notes sick rates fell to 19.40 per thousand in March from 32.72 in August, with only two deaths among 4500 white American employees that month.
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eSick
Gorgas
Washington
Panama Canal Zone
State Department
GRAFT IN QUAKER STATE CAPITOL
Harrisburg Pa April 24 A committee investigation into the expenditure of 8 000 000 for furnishings of the new state capitol may bring criminal proceedings against several people connected with the construction The state is said to have been overcharged and subjected to extravagance with inferior materials possibly substituted Former Governor Penuy Packe r is named among those to be examined
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Harrisburg
State Capitol
Ponuyy Packer
Gotham Disarms Italian Bandits
New York divided over peace methods as Detective Petrosino leads a citywide disarmament. More than 250 concealed weapons were seized from Italian dives and neighborhoods, including many Sicilians tied to past outrages, with the collection growing at police headquarters.
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New York
Laird
Skibo
Legion of Honor
Petrosino
Police Department
Police
Isle
Central Office Bureau
Battery
Bronx
Mulberry Bend
Mott Street
Thompson Street
Sullivan Street
Frog Hollow
Hell’s Kitchen
Little Italy
John Mitchell III Stricken With Illness in Chicago
John Mitchell III president of the United Mine Workers is ill at a friend’s home in Cheago. He has a severe cold and kidney trouble but his condition is not yet critical.
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John Mitchell III
Cheago
John Mitchell
The
United Mine Workers
Herder Evans Flack claims self defense in fatal Hessells shooting
Evans Flack, held in Bancroft jail, confessed to shooting John Hessells with a 44 calibre Winchester at Beckstead sheep camp seven miles north of Bancroft. He says Hessells threatened him with a knife. coroner's jury, with no other witnesses, indicts three shots to Hessells' face and neck. Hessells, from South Carolina, had worked for Beekstead. Flack had worked with sheep at Deep Creek, Utah.
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John Hessells
Beckstead
Bancroft
Evans Flack
Dave Quigley
Flack
Hessells
Chester
Quigley
No. 1
Ira Call
A. P. Dolbeer
W. C. Deaton
S. A. Judd
George Moore
S. A. Hargraves
Hessels
Utah
Idaho
Alex. Beekstead
Deep Creek
Beekstead
South Carolina
Gate City Men Take Over Columbia Hotel at Shoshone
Al O. Cottle and William O. Palmer of Gate City lease the Columbia hotel at Shoshone and will assume charge May 1. Cottle to travel to arrange transfer. Palmer to follow. Ernest Frye named to succeed Palmer as day clerk. hotel praised as a popular, well equipped hostelry at a key junction.
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al Cottle
Billy Palmer
Columbia Hotel
Shoshone
al. O. Cottle
William O. Palmer
Mr. Cottle
Mr. Palmer
Cottle
Elks’ Club
Bannock Hotel
Palmer
Ernest Frye
A. H. Frye
Columbia
Hurley
Gate City
Messrs
Bruce indicted in murder by poison for life insurance
St Joseph Missouri reports Bert B Bruce a young druggist was indicted for murder by poison in the deaths of James S Self his brother in law and Ernest Geisler his wife's step father. Authorities believe the motive was to obtain life insurance proceeds.
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St Joseph
Bert B. Bruce
James
Self
Ernest Geisler
Opening May game pits Pocatello vs Twin Falls in 1907 season
May 5 marks the opening baseball game in Pocatello with Twin Falls bringing a highly recruited roster. Expected lineup includes Greyson as pitcher and Brazee, Hannigan, Riley, Adams, Bair, and Embree or Thompson among others as key infield and outfield players. Also notes a scholastic clash between the Academy of Idaho and Albion Normal and a strong YMC A team set to play Logan.
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Pocatello
Twin Falls
M. M. Stern
Indians
Twin
Greyson
Brazee
Hannigan
Riley
Bair
Adams
Siddons
Embree
Thompson
Stevens
Macauley
Jake Fuller
Georgie Fredell
Jack Adams
Hank Bair
Albions
Academy
Daniels
Pocatello Y. M. C. A
Intermountain
Castle
Mosley
Roy Nielson
Thompson Short
Neil Nielson
Price
Butler
Logan
Idaho expects record wool crop this spring
C J Tuttle assistant general freight agent for the Oregon Short Line reports Idaho’s wool crop will be heavier and finer than last year. Shearing starts in a few corrals and by month’s end will be general. Buyers are in the state though they may hold for slight price dips, and Idaho’s crop is expected to move quickly.
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Idaho
C. J. Tuttle
Oregon Short Line
Mr. Tuttle
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Miles Johnson
H. E. Kerns
Wallace
Sunbeam Mining
Lyttleton Price
Boise
Kerns
Bried’s
Vince
Heinze
Pittsburg Lead Mining Company
Shep
Borah
Teddy
Buick Bonaparte
Girl
Marvin Boy
Commercial Club
Garfield
Angle San
Panama’ Canal Zone
Quaker State Capitol
Gotham
International Peace Congress
John Hessell
Albion
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