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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
1
Police probe a baffling New York murder after a young woman is found dead in a padlocked East Eleventh Street apartment. Only bloody fingerprints of the killer exist as clues. the victim’s body shows signs of brutal assault and two months of rental history without occupants.
An extra freight engine on the Southern Pacific siding at Beaumont California exploded killing engineer David McDonald fireman Roy Reynolds and conductor Guy Brockman instantly. A fourth man was seriously injured. The boiler shattered and rose about 250 feet. Cause of the blast is not known.
Governor elect James H. Brady arrived in Boise from Pocatello to address county auditors but fell ill with la grippe. He canceled his afternoon session and limited visitors at his Idanha apartment as his condition worsened. Secretary Dietrich said he would be about again today.
From the Y M C A in Hawaii the Ciceronian Debating club heard Mr. Mitchell speak about a year and a half in Honolulu. He shared social and political observations from the islands and answered audience questions at the end.
Senator J H Orley of Rocky Ford Colorado arrived in Los Angeles to aid police in finding his 18 year old son John H Crowley who ran away from home in September. He was last heard from Needles about three weeks ago writing he was bound for orange groves.
A drunken stranger calling himself Joe Doe attempted blackmail by claiming to know Joe Battles whereabouts in the Gate City. He was arrested, released after no formal charge, and now Battles’ friends seek him for information as a missing man case remains unresolved with a $200 payoff offered.
The secretary of the interior acting on presidential orders withdraws all known phosphate bearing lands in Utah Idaho and Wyoming from entry. Geological surveys indicate extensive tracts to be held by the government pending congressional action. Idaho lands in Bannock and Bear Lake counties are included. A Montpelier company operates profitably and the total known US phosphate could last about fifty years. The phosphate question figures in the conservation convention early in session.
Nathan W. Kennedy assistant manager for J B Lippincott Co Philadelphia writes to the Tribune about a tall mannish blonde posing as Miss Mabel Hawkins and other aliases. He says she advertised as Reliable in the American Press New York for a westward job and fled Ardmore eight miles from Philadelphia on October 3 toward Idaho after taking money under false pretenses.
Idaho woolgrowers slow to sign clips for the national wool storage plan as eastern commission buyers push 14 to 18 cent offers to tie up western wool. National association headquarters report 15 million of 25 million pounds signed, with the Pocatello convention set for January 14 to 16, 1909.
James Sharp and three followers including his wife were arraigned in Kansas City on first degree murder charges for the revolver killing of Policeman A. O. Dalgow last Tuesday. Mrs Pratt and William Eagle entered denials while Sharp claimed inability to understand the charge and a not guilty plea was entered for all.
Pocatello shops overflow with Christmas goods as stocks pile up for late deliveries. Store windows display festive wares and Toyland appears in all major departments with new inventions to entertain and educate children. Merchants report brisk trade and expect the usual rush closer to Christmas.
A $6000 reward, split between Spokane and the U S government, is posted for the arrest and conviction of three bandits who held up the Great Northern passenger train near Hillyard. Police traced the suspects to Spokane and rumors say $16,000 in registered mail was taken, possibly by the same gang linked to a Northern Pacific heist near Trent on August 14.
San Francisco officials report Abraham Ruef’s bribery case sentence postponed by Superior Judge Lawler to next Saturday December 14. The delay affects anticipated court outcomes and sentencing timelines relative to the original schedule.
In New York twenty three tug crews of the New York Central refused overtime pay and were discharged. Two hundred workers joined the strike, halting 23 tugs on the North and East rivers and harbor. They demand semi monthly pay days.
In Washington the Comptroller of the Currency reports the United States has a record money supply with $250 million more cash than any prior year. The stock equals enough for $35.72 per person if divided equally, up $2.50 per capita from last year, while U S banking power totals $17.64 billion, near the global total of other nations.
Advertisers claim revoliations for a January 15 show by The Schubert Symphony Club and Lady Quartette Chicago. The popular company has 20 years of success and a varied program said to be their best yet, with expected strong attendance.
Chicago December 12 John L Sullivan former heavyweight champion was granted a divorce from his wife on grounds of desertion. The couple married in 1883.
President Castro of Venezuela arrived in Paris from Bordeaux and has not pursued official talks. He remains secluded in his hotel as French officials say conditions for talks include a formal apology, while newspapers mock the Venezuelan dictator. He and his entourage may depart for Germany soon.
Warranty deeds recorded include H A Peterson and wife of Logan Utah to Neil S Bell for 40 acres in section 2 township 9 range 40 for 600 dated Sept 1 1908. Willis Reeves to Henry O Leary for lot 7 block 304 on Short Line pipeline for 1. Robert H Green to Henry O Leary for lot 7 block 435 in Pocatello for 0. George W Oliver and wife to Elva M Stowell for lot 8 block 489 corner Whitman and Arthur for 800 dated Oct 14 1908. Chestina Coffin and husband to Fred Penrose of Downey for 119 acres in section 15 township 11 range 37 for 4000 dated Jan 10 1907.
The death of Myrtle Barnes daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew L Barnes of 1039 North Grant Avenue, from diphtheria after a brief illness. Funeral services begin tomorrow at 10 am from the family home with Undertaker Lindquist in charge of the remains.
County surveyor Oscar Sonnenkalb of Bannock county drives surveying crews on the Bruneau tract for Carey act segregation. He expects to miss the original deadline, receives an extension to January 15, and continues field work despite harsh weather. He hauls water 18 miles for his team.
Adrian Lebuef longtime cashier at Hale Brothers dry goods store in Oakland California is under arrest for embezzling about 20000 during the last four months He confessed to using firm funds for gambling mainly on Seattle races in Oakland pool rooms He is 25 years old and has a wife and child.
Seventeen hundred eighty-seven acres of state lands in Bannock county’s south central area were offered at the county court house this morning. Much of the land sold at 10 to 11 dollars per acre, with some bids as high as 22 dollars. Purchasers included George T. Hyde Meyers Cohn T. M. Edwards Andrew Thacker and Egan of Robin along with several Pocatello real estate men.
Ruth Neely writes in the Cincinnati Post about Emma Rainey of Pocatello a full blood Shoshone and Pocahontas at Columbia. Rainey 19 says educated Indians may not degenerate on return home or in marriage and she would never marry outside her race expressing pride in her heritage.
The Women’s Study League will meet Thursday December 17 in the public library assembly room at 2 30 P M. The topic is Historians of the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century with questions about Mame Gibbon Robertson and their works and reception.
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