Republican state platform l vends strong history and Prohibition plank
Co L Heitman of Rathdrum was unanimously elected chairman of the Republican state central committee after an all night battle at Boise. Addison T Smith was named secretary. The platform calls for constitutional prohibition submission state railroad commission Carey act commission and good roads plus endorsement of Taft and state administrations. The committee discussed bank examiner powers and the insurance code and planned further meetings with successful state candidates.
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Co. L. Heitman
Rathdrum
Republican State Central Committee
New Committee
Boise
Addison ‘T. Smith
Heitman
State Railroad Commission
Carey Act Commission
Good Roads
William H. Taft
Heitman Nominated as Idaho State Republican Chairman
In a late night battle the Idaho Republican state central committee elected C. L. Heitman of Rathdrum as state chairman by acclamation. The event followed heated opposition to Gooding and reflected a vindication for Heitman amid internal party strife and shifting allegiances at the Owyhee hotel gathering.
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Republican State Central Committee
C. L. Heitman
Rathdrum
Friends of the Rathdrum
B. F. O'Neil
Owyhee
Heitman
Gooding
Governor Stubbs demands interstate rate valuation reforms
Topeka, Sept. 22. Governor W. R. Stubbs warned that railroads have combined to raise freight rates and urged Congress to empower the interstate commerce commission to determine a bona fide valuation of railroad property. He also criticized rate bias toward large cities.
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Topeka
W. R. Stubbs
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Interstate Commission
Stubbs
Land Homesteading Rule Lets City Dwellers Farm From Afar
Acting Secretary of the Interior Frank Pierce says the enlarged homestead act allows city residents to take up land and live in towns or cities if they can farm the land or personally supervise its cultivation. There is no fixed distance or time required, and those who farm or supervise will be compliant regardless of distance. If not farming or supervising, they must live close enough to manage cultivation.
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Congress
Interior
Frank Pierce
Ohio River Deepened Urged At Sixteenth Convention
The Ohio Valley Improvement association gathers nearly 1000 delegates in Cincinnati for its sixteenth annual convention alongside the Ohio Valley exposition. The group seeks locks and dams to secure a permanent nine foot water stage along the Ohio river, with state delegates from West Virginia Pennsylvania Kentucky Ohio Indiana and Illinois in attendance.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Plague in Russia: Cholera Tally in St Petersburg
St Petersburg reports thirty six new cholera cases and thirty deaths today as public health measures continue to search for sources and curb spread across the city.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Tragedy on Fort Wayne and Wabash line claims 39 lives
Twenty five hundred word newspaper brief reports a collision on the Fort Wayne Bluffton division. An empty special speeding south from Fort Wayne collided with a local killing thirty nine people. Most victims were Bluffton area residents bound for the state fair. Officials declined comment on responsibility.
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Fort Wayne and
Wabash BY
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne-Bluffton
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley
Bluffton
South Bluffton
Weather Forecast Fair Tonight and Friday
Fair conditions continue with a stationary temperature trend through tonight and into Friday. Clear to partly cloudy skies are expected, with light winds and no precipitation anticipated. Highs and lows remain near current averages for the period.
Illinois Parties To Name State Candidates In Conventions
Springfield Ill Sept 22 Under the new Illinois primary law all parties will hold state conventions to name candidates for state offices and adopt platforms. Democrats meet in East St Louis Republicans in Springfield Prohibitionists also convene. Attention centers on possible Lorimer endorsement by the Republicans.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
East St. Louis
Bannock County Republicans Set Platform And Nominations
The Republican county central committee meets at the Republican club in the city on Saturday September 24 to adopt a county platform nominate precinct officers and plan a fall campaign. The state platform from Boise governs the county, with strong, mixed views on prohibition railroads and public utilities. Local and outside candidates including J Frank Hunt D L Lau Charles W Dempster Meyers Cohn Lewis Pond W H Hillman and Theodore Turner attend to discuss planks and nominations.
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Republican County Central Committee
Republican Club
Boise
Brady
W. H. Witty
Public Utilities Commission
Idaho
Oregon Shat Line Railroad Company
Southeast
J. Frank Hunt
Swan Lake
D. L. Lau
Soda Springs
Charles W. Dempster
Alexander
Meyers Cohn
Oneida
Lewis 8. Pond
Thatcher
Sagebrush Land Sold At $50 Per Acre Near Pocatello
Fletcher R Burrus broker sells 80 acres on the Fort Hall tract north of Pocatello to J F Kelly of Lander Wyoming for 4200 dollars about 50 dollars per acre. Land is unimproved and unfenced. Water will be delivered next year via the Fort Hall ditch at six dollars per acre. The property formerly belonged to D L Spencer of Salt Lake City.
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Fletcher R. Burrus
North
Wife pulls gun in Jesse James divorce suit
Jesse James, son of the famous bandit, files for divorce in Kansas City claiming his wife pointed a revolver at him in his office and searched his hotel room. He asks for alimony of 130 dollars a month.
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Kansas City
Jesse James
James
Former Lord Mayor Visits New York to Aid Crippled Children
William Purdie Treloar, once Lord Mayor of London, visits New York to study American methods for caring for crippled children. Known as the children’s alderman, he has long supported the Ragged School Union and organized Christmas baskets for crippled youths each year.
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New York
William Purdie Treloar
London
America
Sir William
Ragged School Union
Four Dead in Colorado Lightning Storm Near Eastonville
A severe electrical storm near Eastonville and Elbert northeast of Colorado Springs killed four people last night. The victims were struck by lightning as the thunderstorm moved through the area, causing fatalities in the rural vicinity. Authorities are reporting the incident and continuing to investigate the circumstances.
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Colorado Springs
Eastonville
Elbert
Here
Bannock County Democratic Slate and Meeting Preview
The slate includes E. G. Gallet for county clerk Miss Loughran for county school superintendent Mrs A W Jones for county treasurer Richard Douglas for county commissioner from the Second district David T Quigley for sheriff T A Johnston for probate judge Dr C B Steely for coroner W A Samms for surveyor Colonel IL W A Ferguson for county prosecuting attorney and District Judge Budge. The Bannock county Democratic central committee will meet Saturday night to adopt a platform and nominate precinct officers.
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E. G. Gallet
Miss Loughran
A. W. Jones
Richard Douglas
David T. Quigley
T. A. Johnston
C. B. Steely
W. A. Samms
W. A. Ferguson
Budge
Bannock
Democratic temperance plank supports local option law continuance
The Democratic platform endorses strict enforcement of the local option law with the county as the unit. The plank was approved by Democratic candidates and the state committee, while other propositions were defeated by five to three. The committee rejected added words about changes unless needed to improve effectiveness.
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Democratic State Central Committee
Democratic platform tentatively agreed after long secret sessions
After two days of secret sessions the Democratic platform and state central committee reach near agreement. The document condemns the tariff law as a betrayal and calls for genuine reform, urging a reduction that ends protection for trust controlled goods. The insurgent Republican movement is credited with growing popularity.
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Democratic Platform Convention
Democratic State Central Committee
State Committee
Boise
Democratic Party
Republican Party
G A R Opposes $1 Daily Civil War Pensions
Atlantic City Sept 22 The Grand Army of the Republic pension committee reports against granting a dollar a day pension for life to Union Civil War veterans. It favors higher widows’ pensions and raises for those over seventy. Commander Samuel R Van Sant opens the session praising blue gray fraternal unity. John B Gill is favored to be elected commander in chief with Los Angeles likely for next year’s encampment.
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Atlantic City
Pension Committee
Grand Army of the Republic
Congress
Samuel R. van Sant
Minnesota
Grand Army
John BE. Gillma
Boston
Los Angeles
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United States
Lorimer
AMES
Loclin
GEO
Foss Harris Gewing
Ilinois
Henry S. Boutell
George B. Foss
James R. Mann
Bannock County
Central Committee
Spencer
Pocatello
U. S
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