The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-01
NEWS SU

Senators Morgan and Pettus were
reelected by the Alabama Legislature
In joint session.
Robert ]. Gable of Yonkton, has been
reelected United States senator by
the legislature of South Dakota.
The house of representatives OF
Kansas, has passed what is known as
the anti Sunday baseball bill by a vote
Of so to 20.
The house committee on agricul-
ture has decided to recommend the
discontinuance of free seed distribu
ton by congress.
Representative Charles Curtis, re-
publican, has been elected to the
United States senate from Kansas to
succeed A. w. Benson.
Nearly 3 10000 persons paid tribute
to the memory of Senator r. A. Alger
as his body lay in the city hall in
Detroit, Sunday afternoon.
Five Americans and seven Italians
are known to be dead as the result Of
an explosion of fire damp in the Penn
sylvania company mine at Lorentz
w. Va.
A coal laden ship, name unknown.
has foundered in a storm In the Black
sea. Sixty workmen, who were go
ing to Eregli and the ships entire
crew were drowned.
Ten thousand people gathered al
the Juarez Plaza de Toreos Sunday
afternoon to witness a fight between
a buffalo and a bull, in which the
buffalo was the victor.
The North Dakota fuel shortage
is again becoming serious, inability
of the railroads to keep freight trains
moving being responsible in a large
! degree for this condition,
Trouble is threatened at Santiago
l. de Las Vegas, province OF Havana
owing to the refusal of the acting
mayor of that town to turn over hi
authority to the actual mayor.
Four men were killed and at leas
twelve injured last week on the New
York Central near Albany, N. T., b.
he collision of a Eight" engine witt
a caboose filed with railroad laborers
1t is practically assured that Tn
house committee on naval affairs VII
recommend the construction OF an
other gigantic battleship, in addition
to the one decided upon at the las
session.
Three fires at Richmond, Va, az
stroyed $330,OOO worth of property, II
Guiding the offices of the Adams an
Southern Express and the plants
tbe Surburg Tobacco company an
fine B. f. Johnson Publishing 20.
AS the result of her anchor gettln
afoul of something at the bottom
; Hampton Roads, a fishing schoone
was the innocent OF the r.
coyery Of the lost anchor and cham {
the Confederate armor clad Merrlma
, A smallpox epidemic has broker OF
' In the city Jail at Guthrie, Oklahom'
located in the basement Of the ma
) where the constitution convention
/, assembled. Several members OF II
!. convention have contracted u
disease. Az
AS a result of a general exchange
! shots between the authorities ana
number of ~terrorists on the streets
4 arondo. Russia, five policemen, a pr
e on warden and n terrorist wei
j killed and a number of person
wounded.
> The probable loss of the NorWegls
bark d. H. Morris, Las net registe
en- route from Norway to Jul por'
was reported Sunday by Captain
Hansen and his crew of ten men, WI
l. arrived at New Orleans on a gas
g line launch.
i In Scoria, Miss, William Smith
!. Scranton, Miss, burned to dea
"Pinky'' Tigg, with whom he former
v lived. Smith tied the woman dow
k set the house on fire, and with
n shotgun prevented n%eighbors ire
rescuing her.
, Henry Ball, a negro, was lynched
= Greenwood, Miss, the home OF Ge
!. ernor Vardaman. He had attack
,e Mrs. Graves Of that place. The COZ
n. ner's jury has decided the neg
n had met his death at the hands OF
" known persons.
Enrique Mosa, the bandit OF the p
vince of Santiago, who for more III
two years had terrorized eastern gu
r. and defed the rural guards, and "
,e was wanted for various alleged M
Of ders has been captured at Havana
N the secret police.
a. William T. Martin, Jr., formerly