Local Idaho News Highlights From Shoshone Journal
Summary of Idaho state news including Payette shipments and mining finds. Reports mention Payette coal carloads, Galena summit stow being deep, Summit New Peter County church incorporation, Rapid Transit equipment plans in Boise, high bred cattle on the Muake river, Knights of Pythian lodge charter in Halley, 1903 crop exhaustion, a buggy accident near Boise injuring J. Bumgartner, smallpox case in Meridian, copper vein on 8 plains in Coeur d'Alene, spotted fever in Payette, Warm Springs land rush and artesian wells, spray for scale inspection, S. Stagner of Pocatello death, mounting northern farm work, Alfire Hailey hunting injury, Canyon Canal Company capital and project, Marsh headgate and 12 mile canal to Emmett, Whitenack fires residence near Athol, post office burglary case in Montpelier, state board of mining surveyor appointments, Pearl Salt Lake strike in Lincoln mining region with 200 to 8000 value per ton.
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Galena
Hatley
Upton
Summit
New Peter County
Bas Fied Meticine
Rapid Tranwt Company
Rolse
Mitre
Muake River
Glenn's Ferry
Biles
Canyon Canal Company
Fe Maid
Vapital
Payette
Emmett
Frederick Whitenack
Athol
Ebotgum
George Ferevew
Frank Barret
I Montgetier
Pocatelle
Jobe Ko Avhing
Gand Point
Omaree Ho Irvia
Bole
Battle of convicts ends in deadly prison fight
William Brown and G W Hamilton, inmates at Utal state penitentiary, fought in a corridor using a knife and an iron bar. Both were gravely wounded and unlikely to survive, with Brown serving a murder sentence and Hamilton an assault term.
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William Brown
G. W. Hamilton
Utal State Penitentiary
Hamilton
Brownie
A. ©. Young
Brown
Milton
Bron
Bartle
Chinaman
Oxton
Salt Lake County
Tragedy at Rawlins Ends Three Lives
AC Rewlex fired multiple shots at his own grocery store after days of drinking killing Thomas King and City Marshal Baxter Keefe. Baxter and King died from gunshot wounds as Keefe fled, later jailed. King, a railroad man, was well regarded. Baxter was a recently appointed, noted officer.
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AC Rewlex
Frank Keefe
Thomas King
John Baxter Keefe
Fifti
Baxter
Keefe
King
Tornado devastates St. Paul Kansas injures five
A Kansas tornado hit St. Paul in Neosho county on Saturday destroying a three story school, blowing away homes of David Chamberlain and the Longham family, injuring five with four not expected to recover. Mrs. Chamberlain and three Longhams are reported likely to die. debris carried the depot platform and roofs were ripped from many houses. Nearby Cherryvale area farms suffered severe damage including a two year old child fatally injured from a fractured skull.
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St. Paul
Neosho County
Kans
David Chamberlain
Longham
Chamberlain
Melvise
Cherryvale
Stanley Foster
Murder charge in 1898 Hickey park case shocks Chicago
Richard B Finn plumber and Martin Marooney clerk were arrested for complicity in the murder of 14 year old Jennie Hickey in Douglas Monument park. Finn denies knowledge while Marooney claims he saw Finn strike the girl and drag her toward the lake before returning alone. Both are held without bail as detectives pursue further evidence of a long unsolved case.
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Jennie Hickey
Douglas Monument Park
Police Department of
Chicago
Richard B. Finn
Martin. Marooney
Finn
Marooney
Hickey
Lake Michigan
Thirty-fifth Street
Injunction Modified In Northern Securities Case At St Paul
In St Paul Minnesota Monday Judge Sanborn modified the injunction allowing Northern Securities to pay dividends from Great Northern to the Securities company while the appeal proceeds. The court suspended that portion of the decree blocking dividends upon stocks held by the Northern Securities company, with bond of 50000 for the plaintiff and 80000 for the defense to prosecute the appeal. The decision delays further actions. appeal likely to be decided by the Supreme Court by November 1908. A separate riot incident in Chicago involved Greeks celebrating Easter. three leaders were arrested after a bystander intervention and three wounded but not seriously hurt. Chris Narvenon, an old-time prospector in Ophis guich, shot himself after a fatal mood swing, then walked five miles in underclothes to Blackfoot, Montana. multiple injuries likely fatal.
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St. Paul Minn
Sanborn
Northern Securities Company
Great Northern Bad Northern
Thin Point
Northern Securities
Northern Pacific Company
Great Northern Company
Chicago
Po- Heeman Cohen
Henry Oppenheimer
Cohen
Chris Narvenon
Ophis Guich
Pate
Blackfoot
Mont Hixnjurien
Rail line from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles advances
Reports say the San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, backed by Senator W A Clark, will connect Salt Lake City and Los Angeles within about two years. The project includes leasing Oregon Short Line south of Salt Lake City, upgrading track from Leamington to Calientes, and extending to Riverside with seventy five pound rails. Clark, Kerens and Kearns lead a board that expects trains across the full route soon.
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Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
San Pedro
Salt Lake
Senator Clark
Montana and Associates
Salt Lake Tribune
New York
W. A. Clark
Utah
Nevada
Leamington
Oregon Short Line
Daggett
California
Calientes
San Pedro Harbor
Ontario
Riverside
A. Underwood
William A. Clark
Hue
Montana
Ulan
Manne Ae Cay O
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Shoshone Journal
Ben A.bi
Watem
Pabtismee
Idaho
Idaho State News
Mark Borin
Knights of Pythian Lodge
Halley
I. J. Bumgartner
Boise
Meridsee
Stevens Peak
Coeur d'Alene
Belie Ball Matedorf
Metherson
Stagner
Pocatello
Mr. Stagner
Pocstelly
Alber Hailey
Mountain Home
Als Borne
Lincoln
Rawlins
Kansas
Supreme Court
Salt Lake Road
Short Line
Loamiington
Senators
Hie
Nebraska Farm
West Point
Neb
Fred Sendigriff
Sendir Sri
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