Idaho News Briefs From Shoshone Journal Era
Idaho City smallpox cases trace to outsiders. Jockey Guy Rodgers, Idaho-born with Nez Perce County ties, injured in Seattle race. Lincoln County valuation up to $500,141. county tax roll rise $27,416.75. Carey Little Wood river water conflicts, drought, and rights friction spark disputes. State assessor reports county valuation at $1,147,094, mining property up. Gem murder case Thalmer Shu sentenced for Eugene Kling killing. Blackfoot escaped inmate Hob Meeks reportedly aiding ex-inmates in Hole in the Wall. Mine shaft accident at Piscer kills worker. Payette County mill workers strike for nine-hour day. wage gains sought.
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Guy Rodgers
Seattin
Idaho
Nez Peter County
Lincoln County
Boles County
Thalmer Shu Haw
Eugene Kling
Gem
IMS
Sultan Is Defeated In Six Hour Battle Near Monash
Reports from Sofia and Constantinople say Turkish forces repulsed 1000 insurgents after a six hour battle near Monash with 210 killed or wounded. Reputedly the Turks killed the Christian population in Krushevo, including staff of the government tobacco works aiding the Turkish debt.
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Monash
Joan
Sofa
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Krushevo
Itiw
Creamery Cream Charged with Embalming Fluid
Health officials report formaldehyde used in cream from a large state dairy near Deo Mer to prevent souring. No deaths recorded, several cases are verified as real.
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Deomer
Would Sell Wife's Tomb Amid Stir Over Plan
Chicago baker Roman Schmitt proposes selling his first wife’s tomb and the adjacent lot at St. Mary’s cemetery for 125 dollars. The sensational bid sparks jealousy claims from relatives and neighbors, highlighting tension with his second wife.
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St. Mary's Cemetery
Roman Schmitt
Chicago
Eack
Schmitt
World Apple Crop Report of 1903 Visited by Boston Group
A Boston chamber of commerce visit reviews the 1903 world apple crop. Great Britain lacks fruit, Europe overall short on apples, Valencia oranges and Almeria grapes show strength. New England and New York state expect surplus, the Midwest fair, the Far West heavy, Virginia and Nova Scotia very heavy, Canada strong.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Great Britain
Europe
Almeria
New England
Maine
New York State
Middle West
Far West
Virginia
West Virginia
Nova Scotia
Canada
Convict Williams Shot by Jailer at Rawlins Prison
James Williams, an escapee from the Wyoming state penitentiary at Rawlins, was shot in the head Tuesday night by night turnkey EB B Godson and died within hours. The incident followed Williams’s earlier escape on June 5 and a period of trouble at the penitentiary. Williams attacked Wiliams in the scuttle as the jailer checked a lock concern after Williams reportedly tampered with the lock.
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James Williams
Rawlins
Wyo
EB. B. Godson
Williams
Dodge
Dixon
Wil- Hama
Poison Ice Cream Sickens Fifty in Colorado Springs Tourists
More than fifty people, mostly tourists from across the United States, are poisoned after consuming ice cream sold by Colorado Springs dealers from a Sunday morning consignment. Manitou and Colorado Springs areas report the outbreak with investigations beginning.
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Colorado Springs
Manitou
Nebraskan cloudburst destroys crops and livestock
Details report a severe cloudburst in Nebraska about eight miles from Dry Branch and Silver Creek. A hour of sheet rain caused water to rise from a foot to three feet, flooding normally dry channels and washing away barns grain and hay stacks. Over a thousand trees uprooted and many hogs cattle and horses lost.
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Nebraska
Dry Branch
Silver Creek
Georgia to Probe Whipping of Mamie De Crist at Prison
The Georgia legislature and prison commission order a full investigation into Mamie De Crist's whipping at the state prison farm. Reports say she was tied and whipped in full view of male convicts, then manacled to a barge, amid claims of coercion and improper proposals by Warden Allagood who has been dismissed. Supt Foster resigns as inquiries begin.
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Georgia
State Prison Commission
Mamie de Crist
Revolution
Miss Be Crist
Ger
Terrell
Foster
Mian de Critt
Alagood
Allagood
Gearsia
Macedonia in Arms Russia Demands Punishment for Monastir Murder
Widespread insurrection in Macedonian vilayets as Bulgarian peasants flee to the mountains to join insurgent bands. Turkish reports claim 150 revolutions killed at Sore with August 9. Russia demands swift, complete punishment for the consul’s murder and related officials, warning of force if not met. A Russian squadron sails for Turkish waters to enforce compliance.
Meeks Escapes Blackfoot Asylum After Daring Breakout
Bob Meeks, an outlaw linked to the Hole in the Wall gang, escaped from the Blackfoot Idaho asylum after being transferred from Boise penitentiary for a 35 year sentence. He gained trust among staff, used improvised tools to dig through a brick wall, saddled a horse in the stables, and rode away for six to eight hours before his absence was detected.
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Bob” Meeks
Hurricane Strikes Jamaica and Causes Major Damage
A Jamaican hurricane fringe struck the western end on Wednesday, veered south early Thursday, and hit with full force. It caused extensive damage including to Kingston and the capital area, toppled an electric works roof, disrupted rail traffic, and felled trees. No deaths reported yet, but losses may run into millions. Also noted are upcoming meetings of the Wyoming board of sheep commissioners on August 6 to discuss imports and inspections, and the Trans Mississippi Congress set for Seattle from August 18 to 22 with expected thousands of attendees.
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Jamaica
Kingston
Trans Mississippi Congress
Seattle
Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress
Transcontinental Passenger Association
Mississippi River
Southwest
Intermountain
Beattie
Northwest
Insurrectionaries in Turkey Speed to Join Colors
Letters from Monastir dated August 6 report rebels nearly full strength in gathering bands and now supplied from mountain magazines. In Kirchevo district most villages are deserted while Florina hosts a mountain depot defended by rebels. Turkish troops attacked August 4 but failed to take the position. on August 5 Turkish casualties included sixty men at Karamania amid heavy fighting with rebels.
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London
Monastir
Kirchevo
Florina
Karamania
Murdered Husband-Kills Wife then Takes Own Life
George B. Evans, manager of the American Transfer Company, shot and killed his wife Lillie Maude Evans in their Kansas City home at dawn. After the murder he shot himself and died at Mount St. Marys Cemetery nearby. The hired girl witnessed Evans fire twice at his wife and then shoot her in the back of the neck, the head blown apart by the final shot.
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George B. Evans
American Transfer Company
Lillie Maude Evans
Kansas City
Mount St. Mary's Cemtery
Mrs. Evans
Surgeons Remove Girl's Heart In St Louis Operation
In St Louis Missouri surgeons at a city hospital removed the heart of Alma Toomey a year old girl stabbed by her aged lover Thomas Barnes. The heart was examined and replaced with no injury to the patient. It was the seventh such operation in the Annals of Surgery. Barnes claimed the girl resembled his former sweetheart of thirty years ago. A distant sea fleet order to sail from Sebastopol was telegraphed to the Russian ambassador in Constantinople to demand satisfaction for a Turkish gendarme murder at Monastir.
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City Hospital
St Louis
Alma Toomey
Thomas Barnes
Barnes
Sebastopol
Constantinople
Russia
Monastir
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