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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1902
Page
9
Washington reports the British and German proposal for Roosevelt to arbitrate the Venezuela dispute arrived for consideration. The President has not yet decided, awaiting a careful review. Berlin notes German blockades of Porto Cabezas began December 22 and Aracibo blockade started today.
Denver December 24 The State Canvassing Board certifies C A per as representative in the disputed San Juan district. The house will have thirty four Republicans and sixty one Democrats while the Senate votes are Republican and Democrat split. Republicans plan to unseat county delegates over alleged frauds and block re election of Teller which could trigger a deadlock with the Senate.
Vienna reports the crown princess of Saxony fled to Munich and Geneva with a French tutor amid a secret correspondence scandal. Arch Duke Leopold Ferdinand resigns royal rank to become a civilian as rumors swirl over the princess and tutor’s past relations and its fallout.
Notices in the Danielleville coke region announce a voluntary eight percent wage increase for 20 000 Frick Coke employees. The rise takes effect January 1 and will lift next year pay by about 1 400 000 in total, sustaining the company’s status as a top wage payer in its labor sector. The Frick Coke company operates as an outside subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation.
Washington commentary and Boise notices discuss Idaho senatorial prospects amid tariff disputes. Candidates named include W. E. Borah and W. B. Heyburn with focus on protection, party alignment, and past affiliations. Former Senator George L. Shoup is highlighted as a strong favorite among leaders.
In Bradford Pennsylvania on December 24 Mrs Edward Burdick shot John Ryan dead in defense of her honor at Olive Dale. Ryan had entered the house during her husband’s absence and attacked her after she armed herself with a pistol concealed under her apron. The coroner jury ruled the killing justifiable. Ryan, a laborer, had been drinking heavily for days.
Chicago December 24 The Daily News reports a colossal gas trust forming with nearly a billion dollars in capital. It would group major European city gas firms and include a Chicago originator. John D Rockefeller is named as a potential stockholder to about 3000000000.
Three children of B E Van Houten aged twelve seven and five died in a house fire on Phil Shenon's ranch ten miles from Salmon Ida Van Houtens foreman at the ranch. The father and wife survived with six other children after narrowly escaping the blaze Monday night.
A violent snow storm has raged for forty eight hours in Constantinople. Land communication is interrupted and telegraph wires are down. The weather remains intensely cold with heavy snowfall across all European provinces of Turkey.
A severe blizzard is prevailing in La Crosse Wisconsin and surrounding regions. More than three inches of snow has fallen and temperatures are dropping. The storm is reported general across the Dakotas Iowa Minnesota and the Lake regions.
Rome December 24 reports say no illness affects the Pope. The Pontiff is in good health and excellent spirits, and did not retire until 10 PM last night.
New York December 24 Thomas J Sharkey the private detective convicted of manslaughter in the second degree for the killing of banker Nicholas Bish on September 27 was sentenced today to ten years in the State prison.
Laura Biggar was acquitted while Dr. Charles Hendricks and Samuel Stanton were found guilty by a Freehold jury of conspiring to gain possession of the estate of Henry H. Bennett, a Pittsburg capitalist. Biggar claimed Bennett’s fortune as his wife and heir to a posthumous child.
The District Municipal Court has summoned J. Pierpont Morgan to answer a $250 damages suit. A tenant claims he caught a severe cold due to the house not being heated because coal was unavailable.
President Schurman of Cornell told a large People's Institute audience at Cooper Union that the United States must eventually grant the Philippines independence. The audience vote supported his view almost unanimously. He recalled advising President McKinley that emancipation was considered for the Filipinos, alongside the Cubans, and noted Theodore Roosevelt’s strong assertion of the Monroe doctrine regarding the Philippines.
A Cockney slang tale explains nicknackstorian as a dealer in bric a brac who ran an old curiosity shop. A plaintiff bought items like mummy and King Arthur relics. a woman executor mortgaged an orang utan, but the verdict favored the dealer in this British sheriff court anecdote.
The Libyan Desert holds wells 450 to 600 feet deep tapping sandstone aquifers. Water emergence irrigates wide cultivated tracts with palm groves, notably Dakhbia oasis in good cultivation. The piece compares this to western U S efforts to access underground water for irrigation in arid plains.
Poem excerpt by Robert Loveman in Ainslee's stresses equality beyond caste and creed. It champions humanity, the soul and heart, and the unity of one God and one humanity across classes and colors.
Bret Harte's tale depicts Thompson, famed as the hero of Angel's, a heavy drinker with a light gun. In a barroom murder scene his revolver ends his legend, as the Baldheaded Snipe of the Valley and the Crested Jay Hawk of the mountains battle for dominance, leaving the hamlet haunted by tragedy.
An ode praising common sense as divine guidance for society. The speaker loves the ideal of plain, unsentimental virtue guiding humanity through life’s maze. The verse recalls a spiritual dawn when order arose from chaos and asserts common sense directs the heavens and the earth.
The excerpt reflects on immortality through sacrifice and memory as Swinburne contemplates eternal life in merit and suffering. It juxtaposes heroic death with enduring memory and the enduring nature of love beyond the grave, contrasting mortal fades with lasting imprint.
Senator Dubois writes from Washington that Bill No. 6502 to open Ficva Miles Land limits will become law this session. He notes committee actions, endorsements by Indian Affairs, and House referral via Congressman Glenn, with Secretary Hyslop of the Pocatello Chamber of Commerce receiving the letter December 18, 1902.
Dr W C Whitwell of Salmon City resigns from the Academy of Idaho board effective November 30 1962. Gov Hant accepts and appoints Hon Thomas E Bassett of Rexburg to fill the vacancy. Whitwell cites election to the legislature as his reason.
William F. Hart, attorney for Hooper Young, said another delay in the murder case of Mrs. Pulitzer will be needed after January 1. Hart reported Young shows total irresponsibility mentally during daily actions at the Tombs and remains in constant contact with Young's father, John W. Yoeng.
Seattle, Dec 24 Park Wilccn of Los Angeles has been selected to manage a Seattle baseball team joining the Pacific Coast League.
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