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Show News Happenings of the Great Interraountain States Victoria, B. C The police commission commis-sion has refused to revoke Its oraei for the strict enforcement of the Lord's day act in Victoria. Although the Anti-Blue Sunday league was armed with documents showing that the voters had gone on record by a 7 to 1 vote against closing stores on Sunday, as provided in the act, Mayor Martchant and commissioner Stane-land Stane-land remained firm in their determination determina-tion to enforce the law. Salt Lake Frank P. Kelsey, of isew Harmony, Utah, is under arrest at St. George, charged with attempting to kill the family of Francis Prince. Ha lppeared before Justice Ellis J. Plck-tt Plck-tt and was bound over to the dlBtrict ?ourt on a $6000 bond. He is alleged to have caused poison to be placed In a can of coffee. The members of the family tasted the coffee, but did not drink sufficiently thereof to cause death. San Francisco. Four men were arrested, ar-rested, charged with manslaughter, in connection with the death of Rob-bert Rob-bert Turney, a boxer, who died Saturday Sat-urday from injuries alleged to have been suffered in a boxing bout. Pocatello. Andrew Thacker, prominent prom-inent farmer of Robin, thirty miles south of Pocatello, died this morning morn-ing from a sudden attack of brain hemorrhage. Mr. Thatcher came to Idaho about thirty years ago, and was one of the first men in the state to make a sucess of dry farming. Spokane. A resolution protesting the approval by the federal government govern-ment of a school of chiropractors as a means of vocational training for disabled former service men was Introduced In-troduced in the house of delegates of the American Medical association convention con-vention at St. Louis, together with a resolution for numerous reforms In medical practice, including the lessening lessen-ing of restrictions on the sale of whiskey for medical purposes. Salt Lake. May was a notable month for Utah metal producers in that the local settlement price of lead touched the highest point attained in months. Quotations for copper and foreign Bilver were also increased. San Francisco. Signs of- better economic conditions were seen on the Smith American business horizon by the federal reserve board in its monthly month-ly bulletin for May. Economic conditions con-ditions in Argentina, the lxard declared, de-clared, are gradually Improving, due to an increased demand for the leau-ing leau-ing export commodities, notably cereals, cer-eals, hides and wool. As a result export ex-port prices have risen, while stocks of commodities on hand awaiting shipment ship-ment are much lower than lust year, and stocks of imported merchandise have been gradually reduced. Idaho Falls. A reduction of 12 cents per KK) pounds on freight rates on all branch lines of the Montana division from Pocatello north was announced by F. H. Fanner, local agent for the Oregon Short Line and Idauo Falls business houses regarding freight rates. The matter came up recently b-ifore the state public utilities commission com-mission and through the efforts of jeorge M. Scott, who appeared before the commission as a representative of Idaho Falls interests, the question was amicably adjusted.. The new rates will five Idaho Falls a distinct udvantage Dver Pocatello In job shipments to all points of the Mackay, Arco, Victor and Yellowstone lines. They become effective ef-fective at once. Palo Alto, Cal. It S. Moore, a stu-lent stu-lent at Stanford university, registered from Jerome, Idaho, was killed on the Stanford campus when an automobile he was driving was struck by another car driven by Arthur Goby, a fellow Undent. Goby tried to avoid striking Moore's car, but Irs machine skidded in the wet pavement, si liking the other :ar and overturning it. Moore's skull (vas fractured. Salt Lake. Advices from Nevada, City, Nev., state that Harry W. linking, link-ing, air mall pilot who drove his plane Into Blue Point rock, six miles north 'jf Grass valley, Nev., In a heavy fog und ryhlle fifty miles off bis course en route from Reno to San Francisco, was I "till unconscious. linking was found beside his demolished plane by a farmer farm-er and laken to a hospital In Nevada City. Twin Falls. Sections of Fast Twin Kails were struck by bull ami rain lonu whh'h observers diniare thf jiost destructive In years. |