Montpelier bank robbed by Butch Cassidy August 13. Idaho Legislature calls on Congress to extend the right to vote to women. Idaho Republicans split, Silver Republicans endorse William Jennings Bryan for President. Cassia County created. 1897 President Grover Cleveland establishes Bitterroot Forest Reserve which includes much of north Idaho.
Legislature acts to protect bison within the state.
State Board of Medical Examiners established to regulate the practice of medicine. First Idaho regiment of military volunteers called into service for the Philippine insurrection of the Spanish-American War. Fort Hall Indian Reservation allotted to the Indians in parcels of 160 acres each, with the balance to be sold for the Indians' benefit. 1899 Position of State Fish and Game Warden created. Governor Steunenberg calls in federal troops to suppress riot in the Coeur d'Alene mining district following the dynamiting of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan concentrator.