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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
1
President calls for immediate re enactment of the employers liability law limiting its scope to constitutionally applicable cases while strengthening protections. He warns against stock manipulation and urges government rail coordination, clearer securities rules, and firm honesty in business and politics.
New York January 31. Justice Dowling instructs the jury that the defense bears no burden to prove insanity unless the defendant shows a defect of reason. Hatred and revenge do not equal insanity. If reasonable doubt exists about Thaw’s sanity, the defendant qualifies for the benefit of the doubt. Exhibits were set for jury review, delaying deliberations.
David Mathias of this city died yesterday at L. D. 8 hospital in Salt Lake City from dropsy and heart disease. He worked as a pumpman for the Short Line at Nampa and other places, had made his home in Pocatello for years, and suffered from his illness for some time. He was a Mason but not of this lodge and leaves a wife. Funeral arrangements are not yet known.
James Reger, a well known Clover Creek farmer and cattleman, was killed yesterday at 11 a.m. when Short Line train No. 5 struck him as he gathered coal from the right of way between the rails. Engineer Jack Hiler applied emergency brakes but Reger was fatally injured and died instantly. The body was taken to Glenn's Ferry. Reger, about 50, unmarried, had recently sold 300 to 600 head of cattle.
A First ward committee again met Mayor Loux to demand enforcement of city ordinances on social evil issues. The mayor cited orders given to police chief Ellis and patrolmen to enforce the law, while County Attorney Gray urged the mayor to assume responsibility before proceeding. The outcome remains undecided after further talks and adjourned meetings.
Local erie of Eagles approves reception and entertainment for Grand President Theodore A. Bell and Grand Treasurer Frank Herring. Banquet at the hall will seat 600, open to members with guests, featuring a white drill team, Eagle band, Sammes orchestra, and a large turnout expected with about 500 Eagles anticipated in Pocatello.
A minor blast and fire in the refiring room of the shrapnel department at the Frankfort arsenal in Philadelphia injures several workers. Many girls were present making cartridges and a panic spread through the area.
Traveling auditor W H Lovesy of the Pacific Express company will depart with his family soon to assume the chief clerkship at Salt Lake. He has been Bannock county's representative in the state legislature, and his farewell from Pocatello drew many friends. An informal social at the Lovesy home hosted about 40 guests with music recitals and a Shakespeare in Marriage game awarding poetry books as prizes.
A severe cold wave grips Pocatello as temperatures fall to 6 below zero at the local weather observatory and the forecast calls for two to three more days of freezing conditions. Forecaster Beals from Portland warns of continued subzero temperatures and possible damage across the region.
Elks from southeastern Idaho prepare a special train from Pocatello to Idaho Falls on February 18 to inaugurate Idaho Falls lodge No. 1087. Officers named include Nels D. Porter as exalted ruler and B J Briges as leading knight. A parade, installation ceremony, and large initiation class are planned with extensive entertainment and accommodations organized by Sunnyland residents.
Harriman railroad officials seek the owner of a half carload of copper ore found in Ogden yards. Origin and destination unknown. car records will be reviewed to locate the owner. An assay of the ore will be conducted to establish ownership, with samples sent to Salt Lake for testing.
The Oriental bank did not open for business as a run on deposits spread from the Borough Bank of Brooklyn and the International Trust Company collapse. It is an issue bank with 750000 capital, about 707 thousand owed to individuals and 877 thousand to banks, with 212 thousand in surplus and undivided profits of 650 thousand placed in charge of a branch at 122 Bowery. Director Charles E. Levy assured depositors would not suffer losses.
Edward Cromwell oldest direct descendant of Oliver Cromwell and noted philanthropist died at his daughter’s home in Denver after a long life of patriotic service. Born in 1821 in New York he led the country’s largest flour mill operation and organized troops during the 1863 draft riots to protect Black New Yorkers and helped form New York’s first colored regiment.
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