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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1904
Page
2
Idaho State News reports Mackay’s plan to save Cyobari amid infrastructure woes. The Caldwell convention is set for May 4, with aid sought for ferry operations, railroad accidents, bridge damage, and legal reforms.
In a fierce storm the tornado killed six people near Prior Creek Oklahoma and damaged many farms. It tore through Choteau Missouri and Texas, striking the Abbott and Dealy homes and destroying Fairfield I T business houses with several fatalities. Reports from Pine Bluffs Arkansas and Sherrill Mississippi area note heavy damage and multiple injuries.
Hungary faces rising tension as a general strike looms after riots at Elesd near Grose Wardeln. Count Tinea threatens to declare martial law if protests spread. Workers in Budapest Debrecen Sacfedin and surrounding towns join strikes, with cafes and schools closed and town life disrupted.
Turkish gendarmes and Greek consulate staff clash in Smyrna as M. Del Yannis is wounded while attempting to reopen a Greek merchants shop closed for tax payment. A Greek squadron sails toward Smyrna. French consul intercedes to secure releases.
An Adiapatten report from Tokio dated April 25 details a Russian Vladivostok squadron including the ships Russia and Gromobol and a third unidentified cruiser with two torpedo boats attacking Gon fan, entering the harbor, ordering the Goyo Maru crew ashore, and sinking her. Marines landed briefly then withdrew as ships left. Russians remain off Gensan harbor with Japanese and many Koreans fleeing.
George Holcombe and Captain BE. Y. Breyse of the Second New Jersey National Guard were in front when Breyse lost control, sending the car into a ditch. Both men were thrown headfirst, suffering concussions with Breyse in serious condition and Holcombe unconscious in Tren ton.
Fifteen masked men raided the Weaver ranch sheep camp near Laramie. They tied the foreman and two herders, killed 200 sheep from a 3,000 head flock, and burned the camp food wagons. A dispute with Griswold led Norton to be shot after a gun was drawn. only one Japanese herder witnessed and said Norton did not threaten.
C. W. Griswold shot and killed William Norton of Toano, Nevada, after a dispute over sheep. Griswold, who owns a home about twenty miles south of Toano and runs a sheep herd, confronted Norton while Norton herded sheep on leased government land in the area. Details of event and motive remain to be clarified.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says King Edward’s effort to restore peace between Russia and Japan is seen as significant in diplomatic circles. It marks a tangible shift in Russo British relations, with diplomats noting potential for negotiations after Russian setbacks at Port Arthur and once the campaign progresses and Russia gains room to move.
Field Marshal Mar quis Antonio Yamagata, 71, commands Japan’s land forces as they prepare for a bold clash with Russia. Renowned as diplomat soldier and organizer he is praised as the Japanese Moltke and Napoleon of Japan for shaping victories in China and the Mikado’s empire.
A masked man at the Del Monte Social club shot and killed after looting six men in San Jose California early Sunday. He took a diamond ring worth $900 and about $350 to $400 from a table before fleeing. a pursuit with over thirty shots resulted in the robber's death. The deceased is identified as Ber ty Thorndyke, a prominent local figure with ties to G M Bruce and Stockton Avenue society. Thorndyke had been a partner at Eaton & Co printing and earlier with Wemple & Co groceries.
A severe tornado struck McPherson Kansas on Sunday afternoon destroying six homes and causing other property damage. Three people were injured, one seriously, as the storm tracked north of the county and along an old water course. The tornado passed four miles east of Salina, downing telegraph lines and damaging farm properties. Widespread damage was narrowly avoided near the McPherson residential district.
The Fifty-eighth Congress delivered limited results confined to Cuba and the Panama Canal. A reciprocity treaty with Cuba was enacted, and a senate ratified treaty set the stage for U.S. construction of the canal zone linking Atlantic and Pacific waters.
Official dispatches from St Petersburg describe fighting south of the Yalu near the Pemakta area. A Russian detachment suffered three killed and fifteen wounded including two officers. A Japanese barge and boats tried to sever the Russian retreat but were sunk by Russian guns. Captain Smeifsen died of wounds. Lieutenant Puskin was wounded.
A pistol duel in Corvallis Oregon left Ester Keady dead and James Dunn ex chief of police and David A Osburn ex Benton county sheriff badly wounded. Keady drunk resisted arrest prompting a fight with Osburn and police. Burt Turney 22 held as an accessory.
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