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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1914
Page
1
Reginald A. Barr of Lisle Illinois killed his sweetheart Florence Bentley on a Saturday then made multiple suicide attempts. He climbed under a moving train and died, after taking poison and attempting to drown in a pond. His note claimed the killing was accidental.
Potsdam May 26 The engagement of Prince Oscar fifth son of the German emperor to Countess Von Bassewitz main of honor to the empress was announced today Comments followed as the union would be the first morganatic marriage in the Hohenzollern line since 1853 The emperor reportedly consented due to lack of German princesses and his aversion to a foreign marriage for his son
Five year old Brady Bateman died after a large calibre old gun discharged while children played at Mrs Perkins home. The bullet pierced bedding and his thigh, causing fatal bleeding before aid arrived. Funeral held at First Ward L D chapel. Montpelier cemetery interment. Community offers sympathy to the Bateman family.
The Church of England in Canada invites Brotherhood of St. Andrew members from across the dominion and the United States to attend the ninth Dominion convention in Winnipeg in September. The date will follow the Anglican general synod gathering in Vancouver this year.
Baltimore May 26 More than 4000 delegates including many women gather in the city for the seventeenth anniversary of the American Medico Psychological association. Canadian and U S visitors from hospitals and asylums attend as sessions continue through Friday.
In Trinidad Colorado on May 26 federal soldiers at the Segundo miners camp were fired upon. Twenty shots were fired as a patrol on a hillside responded to a missile tossed through a window. A search patrol was met with a fusillade from the hills, with one man seen fleeing from a ditch.
Washington senator Jones denounces the Panama exemption repeal bill and declares the American people will not have their rights foreclosed. He calls for repeal and for re writing the law. Senator Sutherland proposes a presidential proposal to England for a special tribunal for arbitration.
In Kyoto on May 26 the casket of the late Em press Dowager Haruko was placed in a grave at the imperial mausoleum of Monoyama burial place near Emperor Matsumito. Thousands knelt in prayer during the ceremony.
The weather forecast reports fair conditions east with showers in the west tonight. Wednesday is expected to be fair across the region.
Mrs. Ida Von Claussen, involved in the Roosevelt court dispute over not being presented to the king of Sweden, received a six month penitentiary sentence for sending threatening letters to Charles Strauss, her former lawyer.
London May 26 suffragists who slashed National Gallery and Royal Academy works and window smashers were convicted. Six months for picture slashes and four months for window damage. Several women refused to names, identified by numbers. One participant collapsed from hunger strike carried in court. Freda Graham claimed the act protested the king's alleged illegality while Mary Spencer said damaging property was the remaining method to voice views.
Niagara Falls Ontario May 26 American delegates and mediators held talks on the Mexican situation. Mexican delegates said they would not let the agrarian question disrupt mediation and aimed for rapid agreement. Justice Lamar reported substantial agreement on several points though some details remained under discussion.
Vera Cruz May 26. John R. Silliman American vice consul at Saltillo arrived from Mexico City. He declines to discuss his imprisonment until an official report is filed. He says rumors of a firing squad and other torments were exaggerated. His wife remains in Saltillo under British consular protection. his trip was delayed by a torn up railroad and a federal soldiers attack on the train.
Mazatlan wireless from cruiser California reports General Buelna, newly named Tepic governor by the constitutionalists, forcing financiers in Tepic to lend sixty thousand pesos to support Carranza troops and military expenses.
At the Idaho state penitentiary four inmates were involved in a Saturday jail break. Three reached the hospital with wounds. one remained in the yard. Allers faces potential full fourteen year term plus possible five year escape sentence. Howard also faces full term, Jones has possible reduced time.
Department of Agriculture figures show beef prices up 21 cents to $6.20 per hundred in April. Hog prices to producers averaged $7.80, down 14 cents from a year earlier. Sheep average at $4.96, down from $5.16 a year ago. Veal averaged $7.68, up from $7.38. States vary with Washington at $6.80, Idaho $6.50, Montana $6.30.
The Shamrock IV, America's Cup challenger, was launched in Gosport England today and was christened by the countess of Shaftsbury.
Colonel Roosevelt along the way to Washington promised to speak in Pittsburg on June 30, six days after his return from Spain. The address will inaugurate the Progressive campaign.
Racing at Belmont Park in New York kicked off the metropolitan season under favorable conditions. The meet, run by the Westchester Racing Association, will run for fifteen days and aims to revive the sport after previous anti betting laws.
The International Conference on City Planning in Toronto enters its second day with higher attendance. Sessions focus on rapid transit garden city concepts suburb development residential protection and Toronto waterfront planning.
Forty seven convicts are working outside the penitentiary in five groups. Camps are set up on the Gem irrigation district near Homedale, the King Hill project, and three farms for penitentiary benefit. Officials report good progress on irrigation tasks.
Senator William E. Borah addressed a Michigan Republican conference in Detroit on May 26, urging unity between Republicans and Progressives. He warned against compromise with past forces and urged a party organized around common sense, honesty, patriotism, and courage to advance legal and social justice under the Constitution.
Delegates arrive in St Louis for the Republican state convention to adopt a platform for the state campaign. Nominations will be left to the primaries and actions on national committee suggestions to change representation at the national conventions will be considered.
The Bannock County Mining Association met at the Commercial club last night and elected E. O. Leonard as president O. J. Bell as vice president and W. F. Yost as secretary The new group has twenty members and will align with the state mining body to strengthen connections with statewide mining interests Members listed include Clara R. Johnson H B Magill Kit Moore Henry Auer Tony Barnes and others The chapter adopted the state by laws and set monthly meetings on the first Tuesday after the first Monday.
Barre Massachusetts May 26 Jacob A Riis noted author and social worker died at his summer home after a long heart illness his wife and son were at his side in the house by the lake
A new fox hospital is proposed on Prince Edward Island to study fox ailments and treat sick or injured animals. The facility aims to care for aristocratic black or silver foxes valued at up to $30,000 per pair with a staff of competent veterinarians.
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