Taft outlines Panama canal plan and costs before Senate
Secretary Taft told a Senate committee that the Panama project could finish within six years from next July at an ultimate cost around 300 million dollars including purchase price. He cited issues from steamship shortages to labor problems and warned against wage cuts, noting contracts are impractical and large profits would deter firms from funding the work. He suggested possible government steamship involvement to protect the Isthmian route.
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Washington
Taft
Senate Committee On
Panama
Pacific
Telauntepec
United States
Tropics
Panama Canal
Gate City May Land Convention
The National Woolgrowers' association meets in Helena this afternoon to choose the next convention site. Pocatello delegates push Gate City as a contender alongside Denver Salt Lake Albuquerque and others. Officers and the next convention city will be decided before adjournment tonight.
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Pocatello
National
Woolgrowers’ Association
Helena
Montana
Gate City
Denver
Salt Lake
Albuquerque
Sentence Commuted for Idaho Murder Convict
The board of pardons commuted Harry Gordon's sentence from life to thirty years. Gordon was convicted in Latah county of second degree murder in the killing of Emmett Fox and began serving the maximum sentence March 16, 1906, at age 24.
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Boise
Idaho
Board of Pardons
Harry Gordon
Latah
Emmett Fox
Fire Panic at St Catharines Hippodrome Injures Many
A moving picture machine exploded at the Hippodrome in St Catharines Ont on January 16 causing a fire panic. An audience of about fifty fled into the street amid a stampede that trampled several people including a girl who was fatally injured.
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St. Catherines
Ont
Coldest winter night in St. Paul sets record low
St. Paul reports the first subzero spell of the season with temperatures dipping to six below early this morning after a frigid night.
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St. Paul, Jan
President nominates Paul G. Souis for Denver postmaster
The President named Paul G. Souis to serve as postmaster at Denver. The nomination was announced from Washington on January 16.
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Washington, Jan
Paul G. Souis
Denver
McCammon Incorporation Board Names Trustees
State Senator E. E. Jacobs appears set for mayoral chair in McCammon Idaho as trustees are chosen after county approval of the village incorporation. The nine member process saw three appointees recommended by both factions with two negotiated compromises. The board will elect a chairman and appoint clerk treasurer and marshal subject to ratification.
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McCamron
Esterday
Faanock County
Jacobs
Bannock County
Evidence Shows Thaw Insanity Traced in Trial
New York January 16 evidence of alleged irrational conduct in the Thaw case grows with Abraham Beck former attorney general James Becks uncle as key witness Beck described young Harry Thaw as volatile and ungovernable and a letter from Mrs William Thaw said his mind seemed unbalanced The defense will present further testimony including the sending of eighty four pounds of beef to Evelyn Nesbit when she was ill as part of the ongoing examination by the court likely to call Mrs Thaw for further testimony today or tomorrow.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Abraham R. Beck
James M. Beck
Beck
Pennsylvania
Young Thaw
Harry
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
William Thaw
Opening of the Swedish Parliament Under King Gustave
Stockholm reported the first parliament under King Gustave opened with simple ceremonies. In a throne speech the king said the suffrage bill would be resubmitted to the current Rigsdag for final approval, but there would be no women’s franchise at present.
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Stockholm
Jan
Gustave
Rigsdag
Western Bank and Trust Fails in Dallas
The Western Bank and Trust company passed into the hands of an assignee last night after heavy withdrawals. Liabilities exceed one million dollars. Assets are not listed, but the bank expects to pay out in time.
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Dallas
Tex
Western Bank and Trust Company
Amalgamated Copper Declares Quarterly Dividend
New York reports Amalgamated Copper company declares a quarterly dividend of five tenths of a percent, down from one percent in the previous quarter. The announcement was made today.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper Company
Chicago Wheat Closes Higher on May Contracts
Chicago wheat for May delivery closed at a gain of 1.03 percent on January 16, with intraday moves showing buyers returning to the market as speculative interest rose.
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Chicago
Taft favored by Roosevelt supporters says Idaho official
James H Brady of Pocatello and Idaho Consolidated Power Company returns from the east and says Roosevelt is out of the race, Taft leads, Knox gains, Hughes weak, and Foraker seeks Taft’s scalp in Ohio. Brady also notes the panic is over and banking conditions improve with money returning to the Atlantic seaboard.
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Philander
Knox
Hughes
New York
Fairbanks
East
Roosevelt
Brady
Taft
Pennsylvania
Friends of the Administration
Foraker
Ohio
la Follette
Wisconsin
Catlon
Ilinois
Atlantic Seaboard
Idaho
Stricken City Begins Burial After Opera House Disaster
Boyertown Pennsylvania faced a grim task as January 16 reports say a fifteenth of the town’s population perished in a Monday opera house tragedy. Death wagons circulated townwide delivering corpses and many deaths will be buried without services as clergy are unavailable. Identification of over fifty victims is uncertain.
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Boyertown
Gamble with Sugar Dice Causes Depot Disturbance
Two colored men gamble with sugar dice at the Short Line depot yester morning sparking a disturbance. One was arrested by Depot Policemen Edgley and Foley and jailed. the other fled but his capture was expected. The captured man pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and paid a ten dollar fine.
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Short Line
Serviee
Edgley and Foley
Officials Inspect Montana Division Train Visit
The special train carrying Vice President and General Manager W. H. Bancroft passed through Pocatello Tuesday evening en route to Huntington and returned last night. Also aboard were Chief Engineer William Ashton Acting General Superintendent Davis and several sub-officials with Idaho division Superintendent Olmstead, Montana division Superintendent Jones, and Davis making his first trip as general superintendent after Buckingham’s resignation.
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W. H. Bancroft
Pocatello
Huntington
Bancroft
William Ashton
Davis
Olmstead
Idaho
Jones
Montana
Everett Buckingham
Immunity Bath in Oregon Rumor on Butterreck Case
In Judge Hunt's courtroom Francois J. Heney announced that among the five indicted in the Butterreck land fraud case, only two, John Hays Hall and Erwin Hays, will be tried now.Rumors persist that three defendants W. W. Steiner H. W. Hendricks and Charles B. Sachoty will testify against Hall and Mays. Juror selection proceeded with five jurors accepted before noon.
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Portland
Francois J. Heney
Hall
Mays
Heney
Council Set to Meet Tonight in Gate City
City council gathers for regular meeting at city hall this evening. An incomplete sidewalk district extension ordinance may be reported by the ordinance committee, signaling potential changes in the council stance toward the Oregon Short Line. Other items may or may not be presented.
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Gate City
Oregon
Hariman Ordered to Answer IPC Questions
New York January 16 Judge Hough of the United States circuit court directed E T Harri man to answer all questions put by the interstate commerce commission except those about the purchase of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific stock tied to the August dividend. Otto H Kuhn of Kuhn Loeb & Co was also ordered to answer all commission questions.
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New York
E. TH. Harriman
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Otto H. Kuhn
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Commission
Kansas Lawmakers Open Fifth Special Session
Topeka Kansas January 16 the fifth special session of the Kansas legislature convened this afternoon. Bills expected include a deposit guarantee bill primary elections changes to the assessment and taxation law a two cent fare and amendments to the prohibitory law.
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Topeka
Kansas
Plans for Great Salmon River Dam Progress in Boise
Plans and specifications for the Salmon river project dam will be finished within 90 days to let a construction contract likely in Pittsburg. Chief engineer H H Rosencrans and partners from Chicago and Twin Falls traveled from Boise to Twin Falls and back to Chicago to advance the dam plans. The 212 foot high structure will rank with Shoshone and Roosevelt dams, with construction hoped to begin by the end of April. Chicago capitalists invested about 50 000 in the tract as work accelerates.
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Salmon River
Boise Exchange
Pittsburg
W. HH. Rosencrans
Twin Falls
Boise
HH. L. Hollister
Chicago
J. B. Perrine
Blue Lakes
George I. Sprague
Hollister
Twin Balls
Great North West
Merchants' Extravaganza at Auditorium Theatre
The Ladies' Guild of Trinity church presents a two hour carnival of Venice style entertainment at the Auditorium next Monday and Tuesday evenings. Rehearsals are going well with farcical stunts electrical effects and beautiful costumes promised to be worth the admission for a grand social event of the season.
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Addison
Auditorium Theatre
Ladies’ Guild
Ladies’ Guild of
iTrinity Church
Hart Arrest Rocks Oneida Irrigation District
Preston reports Arthur W. Hart former secretary of the Oneida Irrigation District has been arrested on charges of embezzling 90000. Hart faces a Thursday court appearance in Fairview amid probes led by Orson Rumel and Geo Gray. Directors Henderson Parkinson and others were ousted as new officers take charge. County Attorney Joseph Davis vows prosecution with many locals expected at the preliminary hearing.
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Arthur W. Hart
Preston
George C. Parkinson
Arthir W. Hart
Oneida
Fairview
Hart
Orson P. Rumel
Salt Lake
Idaho State and Savings Bank
A. Henderson
Parkinson
Hart and Henderson
Joshua Adams
Henderson
Stephen Callan
Peter Maughan
Rumel
Geo. FE. Gray
Pocatello
Joseph Davis
Malad
Ramel
Gray
Tlart
Davis
Logan
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Denver Postmastership
M Cammon IS Incorporated
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Rd. EB. Jacobs
Thomas R. Jenkins
Hh, O. Harkness
Frank Bailey
William Mullen
Parliament
Texas Bank
Chicago Wheat
Sec'y
J. H. Brady
Short Line Depot
Montana Division
Cinch Two
Harriman
Great Salmon River
Oneida Irrigation District
Salt Lake, Jan. Wi
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