The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-12
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Mrs. William Grifith and her SON,
Alfred, were asphyxiated by illumi-
mating gas in their rooms in San
Francisco.
At Appalachicola, Fla, fire de-
stroyed the largest portion Of the busi-
ness district. The losses will aggre-
gate 100000.
Mrs. Stella Brennan, convicted OF
numbering her three stepchildren, has
been sentenced to life imprisonment
at Minneapolis.
The Axtell saloon, at Basin, min.
ing camp forty miles north Of Butte,
was entered by two robbers, the safe
cracked and the proprietor robbed 81
about $1,000.
In his annual address to the Saliva.
ton Army General Booth attributes
his robust health to the fact that for
the past seven years he has been
strict vegetarian.
Governor James K. Vardaman, IN
his annual message to the Mississippi
legislature, again took a strong stand
against spending public money for the
education Of the negro.
John H. Atkinson, the last member
OF Virginia's delegation to the first
Republican nominating convention in
1856, is dead at his home in New Cum
berland, aged 96 years.
1t Is believed that the first record Of
the theft of an automobile was made
at Sacramento, Cal, last week. A big
passenger touring car was taken from
its street station by the thief.
DR.. Alex Thomas Dozier, 80 years
old, one time a prominent physician
of Auburn, Cal, and an old-time min
er, went down to American river to
work on claim and was burned to
death in his cabin.
A woman named Mrs. Renders com.
mitted suicide by throwing herself
across the Maricopa & Phoenix rail-
way track at Tempe, Arizona, in front
of passenger train en- route from
Phoenix to Maricopa.
It is understood in London that
China shortly will follow the ex-
ample of Japan and propose raising
her legations at Washington, London
Paris, Berlin and st. Petersburg to
the rank of embassies.
Cable advices received at the state
department from Santo Domingo an
nounce that the revolution is practi.
cally at an end, the troops are dis,
persing to their homes and the coun.
try is again becoming quiet. "a
Haden Flowers, father of seven
children, kicked over the stove in the
Houston. Mo-, calaboose the other
night and was burned to death. The
building was destroyed. He was ar.
rested for disorderly conduct.
The controversy between the city oil
Knoxville, Tenn, and its water com.
pany, as to the right Of the city to es-
tablish it's own waterworks, has been
decided by the supreme court of the
United States in favor Of the city.
The monthly statement of the pub
lie debt shows that at the close OF
business December 80, 1905, the total
debt, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to $994,S69,71s, which is a
decrease as compared with December
!, 1905, Of $4.SS3.113.
At Acme, Ore, Frank Anderson, g
10-year-old boy, was accidentally shot
and killed by Paul Besse, an older lad
Besse had been hunting with shot
gun and met young Anderson al
whom he jokingly pointed the weapon
with the usual result
Editor o. F. McCannley Of the Cam
eron, Texas, Herald, was killed in his
Office at that place by Writ Terry, al
employee. McCannley's throat wal
cut from ear to ear with poke.
knife. The difficulty is said to have
occurred over private matters.
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The appeal of the counsel TO,
Charles l.. Tucker, who was convicted
nearly year ago Of the murder o,
Miss Mabel Page at Weston, Mass, for
rehearing Of two of the exceptions
taken at the trial, was denied by the
supreme judicial court in Boston.
The supreme court has affirmed the
decision of the Kentucky court Of ap.
peals in the case of James B. Howard
Howard was tried three times in th0
circuit court Of Franklin county, Ken.
lucky, on the charge of numbering
J Governor Goebel, and convicted each
time.
Frank Physator, a millionaire Alas
kan miner, ended his life in his apart
ments in a San Francisco hotel, by
cutting his throat with razor. PLY.
sator is said to have been one of the
niornoro NJ fho KInndiko and was at