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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1906
Page
1
Odessa reports from Bialystok say 290 Jewish corpses were counted with many mutilations. Only six Christians killed and eight wounded. Seventy victims buried and hundreds wounded as surgeons arrive from Minsk. Parliamentary commission escorted, met with crowds blessing them.
Local trap shooters gathered for a 25 bird handicap raffle shoot with a Parker hammerless shotgun donated by Dr. Jacob Cohn. Competitors competed by handicap and announced awards for top scores and placements.
Mrs. Rose Cibulka was tried in Police Judge Knowles' court on a charge of keeping a house of ill fame at 202 East Clark street. The prosecution sought a noon adjournment for two key witnesses. the request was granted and the case postponed until tomorrow morning. Co. Christensen received another car of Yost Flour.
Washington report says the House agriculture committee authorized Chairman Wadsworth and Colorado's Brooks to amend the meat inspection provision of the agricultural bill to fit President Roosevelt's views. The measure will then go to the President via Speaker Cannon.
Idaho Falls defeats Pocatello 7 4 in a game played amid mournful ceremony with flags at half mast and muffled drums. The Falls offense built on errors, including a misplayed pop foul by Carney, while Ed Mooney lamented poor public support for the team.
Idaho state board of dental examiners completed its semi annual licensing exam. Twelve certificates were issued to J M Young Pueblo Cole W Jefferson Weiser Co A Pilpott Caldwell C J Christianson Idaho Falls B Thatcher Logan Utah R D Gee Montpelier J G Stiffer Boise T B Manchester Mullen W E B Aaron Oakley E K Lane Denver G A Rowley Rupert G S Smith Georgetown. Dr L L Byrne of Boise was elected president and Dr C E B Loux of Pocatello secretary. The board expressed gratitude to the penitentiary warden and officials for courtesies during practical exams.
A man found dead at Market Lake was run over by a Short Line train. He had E. R. Harding sewn on his coat collar as the only identifying mark. Fremont county authorities took charge. the accident occurred overnight with crews unaware of the incident.
A boiler explosion on engine 1029 pulling a freight near Grace east of Soda Springs derailed four cars and damaged about a hundred feet of track. Engineer J Brummel and Fireman Smail along with brakeman and contractor were lightly hurt. none require hospital care. The cause is under investigation and the wreck train was sent out to clear the line.
Police and coroner recovered fifteen bank books totaling more than ten thousand dollars from the Stanton house in the Bronx as they search for a clue to the murder of Mrs. Alice Kinnon. Sixteen thousand dollars were found the day before amid cluttered rooms, but no motive or suspect emerged.
The Hermitage at 539 North Harrison Avenue in Company Row opens Wednesday offering shaded tables, soft drinks, an open air pavilion, and dancing with low violins as a safe family-friendly late-summer retreat. No intoxicants allowed and troublesome patrons will be barred.
The Italian foot pad who yesterday attacked Mrs Kupfer and tried to rip diamond earrings from her ears was arrested this morning by a policeman but escaped a mob of about one hundred Hebrews before being taken to the station. Mrs Kupfer suffered severe injuries to her hand and face.
San Francisco remembers George K Fiteh a California pioneer who died of old age at Bon Kafinel where he lived since a fire destroyed his home He cofounded the Bulletin in this city with Loring Pickerleg and retired from the newspaper business years ago.
Charles Smith, a colored man, lies in the city jail awaiting arraignment for larceny. He is charged with stealing bottled goods from the Office saloon on North Cleveland Avenue. Smith, a former swamper there, fled with a private stock while the proprietor and bartender were away. Two witnesses saw him leaving with the goods. Officer Myers arrested him. He had recently been fined $25 for beating a colored hootlack in the red light district. Some items were recovered from his room.
Attorney Sam Winters defended Claud Coterell charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing wool from Draper & McCarty in American Falls on April 16. Trial before a justice of the peace ended with a granted motion for non-suit after the state finished its testimony. Prosecutor MobDougall led the case for the state.
Robert La Font of Logan Utah, a prosperous hardware dealer, visits his friend John Priest in Pocatello with his wife who is staying at the Priest home. He notes Idaho’s growth and comments on the city’s rough sidewalks compared with Logan’s cobbled streets. They plan to return to Utah on Thursday.
Preston expected to have electric lighting in operation by August first as poles are set and wires hung. High Creek Electric Light and Power directors meeting at Preston included Judge Alfred Budge and others.
In Philadelphia on June 18 police recovered seven year old Frederick Muth from an abandoned West Philadelphia house. Kidnapper John Joseph Kean, a former stockbroker, was captured after demanding five thousand dollars and later a higher sum. Kean shot at pursuers and attempted to flee. Authorities say three hundred detectives had searched for days.
In the last four weeks two hundred thousand letters were returned to general delivery as unclaimed. Last week twenty four thousand letters without return requests were added to the advertised list, far above the normal three thousand weekly.
Pupils contributed 33 dollars and 77 cents to a fund for a monument marking the Old Oregon Trail. The total, 377 dollars, is to be overseen by Mrs Chaney the treasurer of the committee handling collection and erection duties. Fine Hood River berries offered near The NuUsion at 238 W Center.
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