Oklahoma and Texas Railways Damaged by Floods
Oklahoma and Dallas report eight deaths and about ten million dollars in damage as floodwaters recede. Rail lines are disrupted with bridges destroyed and train service halted. thousands stranded, crops submerged, and hundreds of homes flooded in Guthrie and Stigler while Dallas suffers power and water outages after a million dollars in damage.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Guthrie
Okla
Muskogee
Fort Gibson
West Guthrie
Stigler
Dallas
Trinity River
Is This a Joke or the Real Dope in Congress
Washington May 26 Every Republican member of the house found in his mail today an official notification urging members to remain in their seats until a currency bill vote is taken. The acting Republican whip James Francis Burke signed the message stressing the bill’s importance to the country.
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Washington
House
James Francis Burke
Sinking on Milo Mine near Pocatello makes new vein
The Milo Mining and Milling Company sinks a double-compartment shaft six by ten feet on the Milo claim in Fort Hall district near Portne t river six miles south of Pocatello. The ore body is a wide fissure vein of copper and silver, with ore at the bottom and machinery to be installed within ninety days. The Milo tunnel runs in on a fine quality ore body to connect with the fissure and contact ledges.
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Milo
Milo Mining & Milling Company
Rich Fort Hall
Portnent River
Pocatello
Heikes
United States Geological Survey
Tragic Fall Loss Near Kootenai Falls Claimed Three Men
A Spokane dispatch reports John Sharpless, John Miles, and Englishman Richmond of Nelson B C were swept over Kootenai Falls in the river and drowned. Their bodies remain missing as investigators suspect a miscalculation of current or a broken oar. Sharpless and Miles were well known in their circle.
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Portland
Ore
Oregonian
Spokane
Wash
John Sharpless
John Miles
Richmond
Nelson
B. C
Kootenai River
Sharpless
Miles
Bishops Elected by Methodists on Fifteenth Ballot
Baltimore May 26 two ministers Rev Edwin T Hughes of Greencastle and Rev Wilson F Lewis of Sioux City Iowa were elected bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church on the fifteenth ballot at the general conference today.
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Baltimore
Edwin TH. Hughes
Greencastle
Wilson F. Lewis
Sioux City
Iowa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist General Conference
Southern Hercules Mine Opens In Cassia County Idaho
E W Hunter and C H Jackson form the Southern Hercules Mining Company at Albion to develop a Cassia County silver lead property likened to the Coeur d Alene district. Ore samples show multi ounce silver with high lead, shafts to be enlarged, and a sinking plant planned. initial output projected at several hundred tons monthly.
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Southern
Hercules
Coeur d’Alenes
Cassia
Coeur d’Alene
E. W. Hunter
Wallace
Albion
Cassia County
Hunter
Salt Lake
Southern Hercules
Burley
Cassiae County
Big Hercules
Girl Bound and Gagged by Fiancé Found Estranged in Street
Miss Enid Cole 17, bound and gagged, alleges fiancé Ernest Corillos alias Frank Owens attempted to abduct her for an elopement. She walked from Lovejoy to near her North Harrison home, later found unconscious at 1705 North Main Street. Police hunt Corillos Owens as family questions the tale.
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Enid Cole
D. J. Cole
Harrison Avenue
Miss Cole
Pumphouse Bridge
Ernest Corillos
Corillos
Lovejoy Street
North Harrison
O’cloeck
Jernberg
Th AL Castle
Owens
Not Guilty of Burglary Verdict In Austrian Case
A district court jury found three Austrians not guilty of burglary in the McCammon freight car case. The state alleged theft of hardware and soap but only soap was disturbed. The verdict rested on doubts about criminal intent. Other court actions noted include a damages suit Kelly vs Slusser ongoing in Soda Springs and a divorce decree for Hepsabeth Houdyshell from William F. Houdyshell.
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Mike Older
Sam Supelik
Mike Kraljevick
Gray
McCammon
Boyd
W. H. Witty
Kelly
Slusser
Soda Springs
H.V . Ferguson
Jesse R.S. Budge
Charles Williams
Thomas Coffin
Phil St. Marie
B. T. Rowe
Alfred Moves
David Brinson
Samuel Garrett
Henry McCulloch
W. C. Underwood
James T. Henderson
Henry Seamons
Lon Avery
H. O. Harkness
Smith
Budge
Hepsabeth Houdyshell
William F. Houdyshell
Gray & Boyd
Transcontinental Chicago to Seattle Line Fast Tracks Ahead
Chicago to Seattle and Tacoma stretch under rapid construction for a great transcontinental line by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul. regular trains run to Mobridge Lemmon Hellinger Bowman Marmarth and Miles City Musselshell Harlowton. The route traces Deer Lodge Hellgate Coeur d Alene Palouse Tekoa Lavista Palisade and crosses the Columbia on a long steel bridge Then towns Rosboro Warden Othello and a high channel span near Bev erly mark progress toward spring completion.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Seattle
Tacoma
Mobridge
Lemmon
Hellinger
Bowman
Marmarth
Dakotas
Terry
Miles City
Musselshell
Harlowton
Montana
Butte
Garrison
Deer Lodge
Hellgate River
St. Maries
Coeur d'Alene
Trans-Missouri Country
Tekoa
Oregon
Rosalia
Palisade
Rock Lake
Hudson
Lavista
Rolston
Cow Creek
Lind
Columbia River
Beverly
Roxboro
Warden
Othello
Columbia
Idaho Wins Annual Meet and Baseball Versus Whitman College
The University of Idaho won the track meet against Montana 61 to 56 at Moscow on May 26. Idaho dominated nine of 13 events led by Edmundson Montgomery and Hercules Smith in weight events with strong sprint times from Montgomery. Idaho also defeated Whitman College 4 to 2 in baseball in their annual game noted for clean, sharp play.
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Moscow
University of Idaho
University of Montana
Oial
Montana
Malcoluson
Pullman
Edmundson and Montgomery
Idaho
Edmundson
Montgomery
Hercules
Smith
Seattle
Oregon
Washington
Whitman College
Eagle Concert Band Plans Decoration Day Rehearsal
The Eagle concert band will rehearse tonight at McNichols Wright Hall. The program features Decoration Day music as the night’s specialty, with selections arranged for the ensemble.
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Eagle
McNichols & Wright Hall
Queen of the Yankee Navy Will Be Greatest Fighting Ship
The battleship Michigan, launched in the Delaware river, is over 50 percent complete and due for government handover in about a year. She rivals the Dreadnought class in size, carries eight 12 inch guns in four turrets, two submerged torpedo tubes, and heavy secondary batteries including 22 three inch rapid fire guns, with a sustained speed contract of 18 knots.
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Camden
N. 1
Michigan
Delaware River
Council Debates Water Franchise for Pocatello
A city council committee met with Murray, owner of the Pocatello Water Company, to discuss a proposed new franchise. No agreement was reached and the council appears opposed to granting it. Mayor Loux doubts the measure will pass, though public sentiment favors considering the franchise’s merits.
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Pocatello Water Company
Murray
Loux
the Tribune
Water Company
Idaho Lands Granted Carey Act Total Two Million Acres
President Roosevelt signs a congressionally approved amendment granting Idaho an additional one million acres under the Carey act and, once the sundry civil bill is signed, Idaho may reclaim two million acres in total. Idaho delegates receive credit for securing the victory after a tense session, enabling immediate and future reclamation plans.
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Irrigation House
Senate
Boise
Washington, D. C
The
Statesman
Roosevelt
Congress
Idaho
Conference
House
Wyoming
Borah
Sandry Eigil
French
Careynet Development
Rail line progress from Yakima to Seattle and Tacoma
The route from Wittitas valley through Sro qqualmie pass in the Cascade mountains to Seattle and Tacoma is advancing. Grading, tunnel work, and the Colombia river bridge are progressing rapidly with increased forces, and track laying will start at Seattle as mountain work finishes.
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Wittitas Valley
Yakima River
Sro Qqualmie Pass
Cascade Mountains
Cedar River
Seattle
Tacoma
Colombia River
Petey's Kidney Remedy Promoted by Temple Pharmacy
An old advertisement urges taking Petey's Kidney Remedy at the first sign of kidney or bladder trouble to prevent Bright's disease and strengthen the organs, endorsed by Temple Pharmacy.
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Bright
Foley
Petey
Temple Pharmacy
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