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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
6
Midvale plans a bank watch to open for business by August 25. The report notes industry activity with railroad expansion, construction on the Montana line, and rapid progress on a local institution. Notable incidents include drownings in Caldwell and a shooting suicide in Placerville Basin, with broader labor and transportation developments across the region.
Fears of a coordinated uprising spread as mutinies erupt in fortress areas Cronstradt Sebastopo and nearby. Loyal troops, civil revolutionaries, and a naval action on Sikatuden Island clash. barracks capitulate after heavy fire and a special train is used to cut reinforcements. A general strike follows while reports of executions circulate.
Albany New York State Superintendent Otto Kelsey announced results of a probe into California losses by fire and inland marine insurers. The report totals gross coverage and net losses by group across New York domestic, other joint stock, and foreign companies with figures for salvage, reinsurance, and actual losses, led by Hartford Fire with a net loss of 6,186,701.
In Tillamook Oregon the jury returned a manslaughter verdict after a nightlong deliberation in the case of Hembree who killed his wife and daughter and set the home on fire to cover the crime. Human bones found in a stove helped trigger the inquiry leading to his arrest. the crime is dated December 2% at the Sand Lake home.
Secretary Wilson announces that new meat inspection rules will drastically improve purity and wholesomeness of US meat products. Weekly reports from the Bureau of Animal Industry will monitor compliance, with rigorous inspections in every applicable establishment. The interstate transport phase timing remains unsettled, but cooperation with foreign packers is expected to ensure government stamped meat reaches markets beyond origin states.
Joseph McMann, 29, an aeronaut from near Desseas, fell 200 feet during a Salt Palace ascent Sunday night. The parachute failed to deploy and he landed in cultivated ground near Holy Cross hospital with both ankles broken and profound shock. About 3,000 spectators witnessed the accident at the Salt Palace.
Governor Cutler will not call a special session to decide consolidation of the University of Utah with the State Agricultural College. The issue now rests with next winter’s regular legislature, likely to be a major point of contention, potentially delaying any plan for three years. In Kentucky, Allen Matthis was executed for a 193th assault on Ethel McCain amid a tense, disruptive scene at Mayfield jail.
Henry W. Miller and Frank Kincart pleaded guilty to subornation of perjury in land frauds in Oregon. Judge Hunt sentenced Kincart to one year hard labor at McNeil Island. Varis Gs G. Hoge and Nickell, convicted of the same offense, received four months in Multnomah County Jail and a $500 fine.
A petition to the governor requests reconvening the legislature by August 1 to consolidate two state institutions. Signed by leading citizens across counties, it cites forty six reasons from a special commission report, including projected savings of over a million dollars in fifteen years and improved efficiency.
During a severe rain and electrical storm in Cleveland two drivers were killed. John Cylisky and Frank Munn perished as a bolt struck Cylisky’s area during Mrs. Crump’s funeral at Sikora road, killing his horse and causing panic among mourners. Munn was run over by his frightened team in a separate city incident.
A bolt of lightning struck trees during a Wellston lodge picnic in a Springfield Switch grove Saturday afternoon, knocking down 22 people. Nine were unconscious and two fatally injured, including Felix Met and 1 year old Susie Farmer.
Fargo, N D Judge Amidon sentenced C Huldekoper of Medville Pa and H Clark of this state on a federal fencing crime involving funds for the Little Missouri Horse Company. Huldekoper faced a $1000 fine, Clark a $300 fine and county jail imprisonment.
The Salvadorean Army has been paid off and disarmed except for the peace establishment. The Marblehead with American minister William L. Merry aboard left Acajutla for Corto, Nicaragua. The republic is at peace and the people thank the United States and Mexico for intercession in the Guatemala dispute.
St Petersburg reports a brief truce among Armenians Tartars and Russian troops near Shusha has collapsed into larger scale combat. Tartars overpower Armenians as Russian forces request reinforcements from Yellentaypol. Russians shift blame to Muslim tribes amid renewed fighting around Shusha and surrounding areas.
In St Petersburg the government moves to prosecute men who signed the Viborg manifesto. Charges cite article 129 of the criminal code for attempting to overthrow the existing government a high treason offense. No arrests reported yet and expected to be held for trial, with potential long imprisonment and political repercussions for leaders.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has sent a civil notice to all common carriers under the new railroad rate law. It directs strict attention to section 20 requiring annual reports of business details and permits the commission to prescribe all forms of accounts records and memoranda. The commission will have access at all times and carriers must not keep records in any other form.
Toklo General Oku has been appointed chief of the general staff of the Japanese army in succession to General Baron Kodama, who died July 22. Oku commanded the left army in the Russo Japanese War, winning at Manshan and Teiling, and helped lift the siege of Port Arthur at a crucial moment.
Washington reports an outbreak of cholera across parts of the Philippines attributed to the high fly population. Dr Heyser, head of the bureau of health, says screening of food storage areas has begun and a broad campaign against flies is underway.
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