Cortelyou pegged for second on ticket in Roosevelt taft era
Washington reports indicate Secretary Cortelyou may be advanced by Roosevelt and Taft factions as their VP pick. Cortelyou avoids talk citing New York state politics, while allies push for Chicago convention support with Cornelius N Bliss and Senator Murray Crane backing him. Governor Guild of Massachusetts also circled as VP hope, with Lodge ready to present. Disease and livestock health notes include USDA focus on preventing diseased imports and a new sheep ailment near Gillette investigated by Dr. Spiker.
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Fairbanks
Cornelius N. Bliss
Cortelyou
Senator Lodge
Governor Guild of Massachusetts
Taft
Washington
Roosevelt
Hughes
Friends
Cornelyou
National Committee
Chicago
McKinley
Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Curtis Guild
Governor Guild
Charles Ek
Osborne
Sault Ste Marie
Mich
Bureau of Animal Industry
Gillette
Spiker
Sheep Die From Strange Wyoming Disease
The Cheyenne Tribune reports a fatal illness decimating Wyoming sheep. Post mortem tests found grubs in the heads of deceased animals, a condition once linked to a fly egg entry. Government experts question grub as the sole cause, while renewed losses spur concern among local sheepmen and state veterinarians.
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Cheyenne Tribune
Wyoming
Tribune
Park Branch Open After Landslide Delay
A special five car train carrying 125 hotel guests bound for Yellowstone Park was dispatched north from Idaho Falls after a landslide in Warm River canyon stalled service all day. The landslide was cleared by the construction department with no loss of time. Track walkers patrol above Ashton to guard soft spots on the route.
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Yelowstone Park
Ocatello
Park Branch
Ashton
First Train to the Park Yellow Limited Timetable
Time Card No 40 takes effect at midnight Sunday on the Oregon Short Line detailing the Yellowstone Limited fastest system service from Salt Lake to Yellowstone. No 14 northbound No 16 southbound with new running times via Pocatello Ogden Idaho Falls and more. Several sidetracks remain unfinished with completion promised by September 1.
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The
Tribune
Salt Lake
Yellowstone Station
Park
Pocatello
Warm River North
Construction Department
Short Line
Yellowstone
Ogden
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Olmstead
Cosgriff
Nutria
Opal
Watera
Marse
Cokeville
Bordee
Harer
Pegram
Dingle
Kinport
Bancroft
Pebble
British King Edward and Russian Emperor Meet at Reval
In Reval on June 9 King Edward and Emperor Nicholas held an official greeting aboard ships in Russian waters. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert sailed with a British squadron escort into the bay, firing a salute and exchanging visits before dining on the Polar Star with the dowager empress. The meeting marked their first in several years amid sunny, clear summer weather.
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Reval
Edward
Nicholas
Victoria and Albert
King Edward
Bay of Reval
Flood Reaches Topeka Destroys Homes Drives 7000 From North Topeka
North Topeka faces extensive property damage as Kaw river flood drives about 7000 residents from their homes. Crest reached 27.3 feet at 3 am with a three inch fall by 9 am. Water averages three feet deep through the town. Kansas City areas along the Kaw anticipate higher levels easing tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kas
North Topeka
Kaw River
Mississippi River at St Louis Reaches Danger Level Toward Flood
The Mississippi River gauge at St Louis stood at 30.1 feet this morning, staying steady for three days. The level is one tenth of a foot above the danger mark as owners along the levees brace for flood conditions expected when flood waters from Topeka and Kansas City advance downstream.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Topeka
Kansas City
Rebel Vets in Reunion Opens in Birmingham
In Birmingham on June 9 7000 people attended the eighth reunion of Confederate veterans. Major General George H. Harrison opened the gathering for the Alabama division while Major General Stephen J. Lee, slated to read an address, had already passed away.
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Birmingham
George H. Harrison
Alabama Division of Confederate Veterans
Stephen J. Lee
Train Siding Updates and Delays Across Idaho Route Map
A historic railroad card lists multiple station and siding placements between towns such as Pocatello Michaud Bannock American Falls Coolidge Wapi Disney Shoshone Tampa Doran Glenns Ferry Medbury Sunnyside Cleft Orchard Moss Nampa Caldwell Notus Perma Kinport Hancroft Pebble and Collopy Kuna Green Spur. It notes Kinport completion delayed due to heavy rains and Collopy finished but not in service while government contractors work beneath the main track, with bulletins to follow for crews.
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Philbin
Pocatello
Michaud
Bannock
American Falls
Kinney
Coolidge
Wapi
Disney
Shoshone
Tampa
Doran
Glenn’s Ferry
Medbury
Sunnyside
Cleft
Orchard
Moss
Nampa
Caldwell
Tendavis
Notus
Perma
Kinport
Hancroft
Pebble
Kuna
Green Spur
Compromise in Committee on Louisiana Delegates
The Republican national committee seating both Taft and anti Taft Louisiana delegations at half vote each ends hours of conferring. The party will be reorganized under the national committee’s oversight to end the dispute between the Black and Tan and Lilly white factions.
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Louisiana
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Raft
Roosevelt
National Committee
Spawn Harvested From Bear Lake Trout For Hatchery Stock
State Game War den W N Stephens reports Bear Lake trout yielded eggs during a field run. About 50 000 eggs were collected the day of the visit and 70 000 eggs have been planted in Blaine county hatchery. live boxes hold 250 trout averaging six pounds with some up to 15 to 18 pounds. One fish yielded as many as 5000 eggs and officials expect sufficient eggs to stock northern lakes.
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Sjoise Statesman
W. N. Stephens
Bear Lake County
Fish and Game Department
Bear Lake
Utah Department
Stevens
Blaine County
Deep Well Drive At Power City Nearing Finish
At a January meeting of the American Falls Realty and Water Works board in Power City Judge I W Standrod presided as president. Directors discussed resuming work on the deep well at the edge of the new reservoir. The bore was clogged by debris during drilling last week and was cleaned yesterday. The company hopes to complete the deep bore this week and fill the mains. Attending were Judge Standrod and L L Evans D L Evans and Ben Howell.
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American Falls Realty & Water Works Company
Pocatello
1. W. Standrod
Judge Standrod
L. L
D. L. Evans
Ben Howell
Four Generations Dine at Louvre Grill at Noon
A unique four generation dinner party sat at the Louvre grill at noon. Mrs. Jane Barnes led the group, joined by her daughter Mrs. Mary Nilsson, granddaughter Mrs. Frederick P. Holt, and great granddaughter Miss Eloise Holt. Mrs. Barnes ate heartily.
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Louvre Grill
Jane Barnes
Mary Nilsson
Frederick P. Holt
Eloise Holt
Barnes
Short Line Keeps Service Open Amid Flood Blockades
Northern Pacific and Great Northern lines remain blocked by washouts and downed wires. Oregon Short Line operates trains to and from the coast via Yocatello and Pendleton. Extra passenger and perishable freight trains run daily through Pocatello, with two NP passenger trains and two freight trains using the Short Line until blockades ease. A rock slide again blocked the Jefferson Island washout near Butte, though Short Line tracks between Silver Bow and Butte are soft but safe.
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Oregon Short Line
F Butte
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
N. P
Yocatello
Pendleton
Pocatello
N. Pp
Boulder River
Asin
Jefferson Island
Butte
Silver Bow
Rexburg Press Club to Welcome Eastern Idaho Guests
Rexburg Commercial club finalizes plans for hosting the Eastern Idaho Press club during their Yellowstone trip. Guests will be met at the depot June 21, driven to hotel, and treated to a banquet, music, and a dance after a beachland drive and officers’ meeting the next morning.
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Yellowstone Park
Rexburg
Commercial Club
Rushing Railway Work Progress Report
Warren L Wattis secretary of Utah Construction reports rapid progress on the Huntington and Lewiston Northwestern railroad extension. He spent a week directing the project at Huntington Oregon and supervised a new 100 man camp bringing total workers to 300 along the Snake River route. Work halted last fall due to financial panic and has now resumed with planned gradual increases.
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Warren L. Wattis
Utah Construction Company
Ogden
Huntington
Ore
Lewiston
Northwestern Railroad
Wattis
Snake River
Plague Report Reaches Caribbean Ports From Caracas
A steamer from Puerto Cabello confirms several plague cases in Caracas. Puerto Cabello residents fear transmission and have set up a pest house in anticipation.
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Caracas
Willemstad
Caracoa
Puerto Cabello
Venezuela
Site Owners to Confer on Federal Building Location
City owners discuss assembling multiple parcels to meet a 140 by 155 foot ground requirement for a $125,000 federal building. Proposals must be submitted in Washington by July 7, with East Side White property at East Center and North Second Avenue and West Side sites at Center and Garfield and South Arthur with Lewis Street among leading options.
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Ils
Ers
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
The
Tribune
Washington
East Siders
East Center
North Second Avenue
West Siders
Uncle Sam
Pocatello
Center and
Garfield
Carnegie Library
South Arthur and
Lewis Street
Center
State Appeals and Loses Barton Case
The Idaho supreme court ruled on the state versus M. M. Barber a larceny case in which the state appealed after a Fremont county trial court granted a new trial. The court affirmed the lower ruling, holding that selling mortgaged property can constitute larceny and detailing standards for new trial decisions and grounds.
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Fremont County
Boise Statesman
Supreme Court
M. M. Barber
Stevens
Fremont County District Court
Sullivan
Airshie
Justice Stewart
R. S
Wreck on Wabash Derailed Near Stevensville Ontario
Wabash train No. 4 derailed near Stevensville Ontario early today injuring a score of passengers, several seriously. Three coaches overturned and all the injured are said to be foreigners returning to Europe.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Stevensville
Ontario
Europe
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Yellowstone Limited
Kansas
Weather Bureau
REBEL
Reunion
Power City Water Works
Newspaper Gang
Huntington, Ore
Samuel
Barton
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