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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
1
The Short Line announces a rush special train service from Mc Cammon to Blackfoot scheduled for June 17. Officials say the limited service will provide faster travel between the two towns and will operate on a single round trip.
The Daily Tribune reports a special from McCammon at 1 30 p m on Tuesday June 17 to reach Blackfoot about 2. Passengers from McCammon and Inkom may be affected as the Oregon Short Line declines some charter requests to avoid delays. Tickets will be sold to those boarding at Inkom. General Passenger Agent O S L.
Pocatello braces for a land and mining rush next Tuesday as hundreds gather for mineral locations and homesteads. crowds fill hotels. trains debated. prospecting booms near Blackfoot and McCammon. locals report a flood of outsiders and returning residents preparing to stake claims and secure horses and gear. Frank W Beane forwards inquiries on five mile prospecting limits post June 17.
Secretary of the Interior considers the issue with the five mile land limit dispute. Indian office says jurisdiction ends June 17 and entries may begin Tuesday, with July 17 as a potential cutoff. Blackfoot Land Office warns filers must pay with money orders or cash.
Colonel Arthur Lynch, formerly of the Boer army, faces high treason charges at Bow Street. Prosecutors allege he joined the Transvaal government, led a regiment, and fought Britian in General Buller’s operations. Lynch admits acts were open and faces further inquiry.
Capetown reports unprecedented snowstorms across the midlands. Trains are blocked by six foot drifts at Maupoort and telegraph wires lie down as intensely cold weather continues to grip the region.
In San Jose on June 14 the Costa Rica congress discusses a constitutional amendment to grant all privileges for constructing an isthmian canal, per the United States request. The government refuses Nicaragua’s extradition demand for Nicaraguan political refugees.
Gold Heels won the Suburban handicap with Portrast taking second and Blue third. Time 2:05 1-5.
About three hundred miners met at Bannock Assay office to organize a Fort Hall Mining district with a Pocatello recording office. Resolutions set June 17 1902 as the district start, establish equal rights, limit one person to two claims in the first ten days, and require local rules to govern mineral locations within Bannock County Idaho.
Chairman Steely appointed a five member committee to draft legal resolutions after a glove contest between La Fontise and Kelly. The committee includes J D O Mahoney J A Elliott Wm O Niel and James Mathers with J J Gaheen and A W Fisher added later to prepare resolutions for ratification at 7 30 pm at the same venue.
In Hazelton James Applegate the special officer at Carnberry colliery had his West Hazelton home blown up by unknown dynamiters. The family escaped unhurt but Applegate was robbed of his revolver by two men who will be arrested. A $500 reward is offered for dynamiters. The anthracite strike remains stalemated with bloodhounds to track suspects.
The Senate relations with Cuba committee will meet Tuesday to report the reciprocity bill. A conference of all Republican senators is planned for the next day to review reciprocity matters.
A woman and a girl were murdered at Ofuskee village eighteen miles west of Okmulgee, with details not yet received. The incident occurred in a remote Creek Nation area and the inhabitants are described as mostly full blood.
An explosion and fire in Kansas City followed Mrs. Julia Hawkes attempting to light a kitchen fire with kerosene. Four persons were burned, with two fatalities likely. The fatally injured are Julia Hawkes, 30, and her nephew Thomas Hawkes, 7.
The president will start a somewhat extended journey to the West in June and proceed through the wear and into the latter part of September.
In Congress today the Senate discussed Elkin of West Virginia's joint resolution to annex Cuba and admit it as a state, which was laid on the table. The District of Columbia appropriation bill advanced in both houses, and the Isthmian canal bill was taken up. In the House Hay of Virginia pressed a resolution demanding a War Department statement on U S spending in the Philippines since May 1, 1898, which Crampacker of Indiana moved to table. Speaker Cannon indicated the general deficiency bill will be brought up early next week.
Washington dispatch reports Mrs. A L Cook’s proposal to lease post office quarters in Pocatello Idaho has been accepted by the post office department. Postmaster Ball says he has not been advised but knows the proposition was filed and reported on by the inspector. Mrs Cook says the department decision came as a surprise and the contract starts with the November let for one Fair store room, though she does not know which room was chosen.
Yale defeats Princeton 5 to 4 at the Polo Grounds to win the 1902 intercollegiate baseball championship in a well played final game.
A. Manice of New York won the final match today at the Women Metropolitan Golf Championship in New York.
The Superior Lodge A O A W elected Mrs. Louise M. Bush of Aberdeen Washington as superior chief of honor in Portland Oregon on January 4.
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