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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
1
Delegates from Bannock County gather for the Democratic convention with credentials listing representatives across Pocatello Portneuf Oxford Soda Springs Gentile Valley Bancroft Inkom and others. D Worth Clark elected permanent chairman and Howard Thatcher permanent secretary as he frames a campaign around people ruling and national prosperity.
Albert H Vickers, formerly of Portland Ore and Salt Lake City, is sought for embezzling $300 from the Rocky Serena Phone Co in Pocatello. He was last seen in East Lake City with a woman, a 32 year old man features, 5'10" tall, 160 pounds, dark hair, light tan suit. His wife and child reside in Utah.
In Bannock county Idaho the Democratic platform pledges support for William Jennings Bryan and opposition to the Republicans. It vows strict law enforcement, opposition to rings, Lava Hot Springs improvements, and the two mile limit law. Belgrade reports rising war fever over Austria Hungary occupation with mobs demanding King Peter and government protests seen as weak.
The Short Line depot at Minidoka station burned completely early this morning with losses around 4500 dollars excluding stored freight and three box cars. Mail and express items were saved. origin of the fire remains unknown as a special rescue train was dispatched and the building will be rebuilt at once. Telegraph service was out for three hours.
Senator Joseph T. Pond of Thatcher and multiple county leaders are listed for positions including representatives Ed Murphy and Herbert Langan, commissioners C L Edwards and Alex Harris, treasurer Mrs C N Rooker, sheriff John Ellis, county attorney Robert M. Terrell, probate and county superintendent Mrs Alice G Cosgrove, assessor Milo A Hendricks, surveyor Edgar Smith, and coroner Dr Earl D Jones, all based in Pocatello and surrounding towns.
At the Bannock county Democratic convention in City Hall about 26 delegates elected temporary officers James Astle of Pocatello named temporary chairman and Ed Murphy temporary secretary The committee structure was set with C L Edwards Pat Gallagher and William Clay on credentials A B Chaffee H R Smith and W F Fisher on organization and D Worth Clark M A Hendricks H K Thatcher C A Boyd and R W Holmes on platform Chairman Graham announced a small treasury balance of 22 95 and a cautious call for an inquiry into the funds before recess until 1 o clock for committee reports
Information reaches Vienna that Servia plans to organize armed guerrilla bands to flood Bosnia and Herzegovina. Austria is taking precautionary steps to guard its frontiers and protect the region from discord and invasion.
Paris dispatch notes King Ferdinand summoning Bulgaria's army commander as Sofia labeled the grand vizier of Turkey insolent. The government fears a strained situation and substantial excitement grips the capital.
Hon J T Pence of Boise will address Democrats at McNichols Wright hall in Pocatello tonight. Organizers plan to keep delegates from the county convention in town to hear the Boise lawyer and boost attendance.
Gas seeped into sleeping rooms at an Italian boarding house on Bank Street run by Guiseppe Santor. Four persons died in the early hours, with Antonio Demarco saving others by reporting the odor. Eight men and two women were found unconscious or affected by the fumes.
New York and Chicago clashed for the NL title as Chicago won 4 to 1 at the Pole Grounds. Pfeister pitched for Chicago with Mathewson for New York, and a large crowd filled the stadium amid police preparations and routined security.
In a federal district court session, Daniel Broncho Stanton Gibson and Weaver Drink of the Bannock tribe pled not guilty to statutory rape charges involving two 13 year old Indian girls at Ross Fork Indian school. The trial calendar includes Blackfoot reservoir condemnation and related cases, with Standrod and Terrell representing defendants. Two true bills were returned, and more indictments followed, as court proceedings extend for days.
The program for October 16 at the Auditorium features performances by the Mandolin Club and quartette Superba, solo piano by Mrs Steely, songs by Miss Downing Mrs Weeter and Miss McGonigle, violin and violincello numbers, recitation by Miss Goldwater, a comic song by J W Purdie, and numbers by Leo Ash Shafer and Lone Walter Smith.
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