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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
2
A South Dakota man plans a $1000 investment in a Balve roller skating rink while others face trouble. The Beet Sugar company will spend $1,000,000 in Nampa next month as community and industry notes filter through.
Washington reports the court of inquiry found the Bennington explosion at San Diego on July 1 caused by clawing a valve linking the boiler to its steam gauge, likely creating hundreds of pounds per square inch pressure. Ensign Charles T. Wade faces possible court martial. officers and crew praised for conduct during the crisis.
More than 500 people including women and children fell about fifteen feet into a cellar when a platform collapsed during the Beth David Rus pean Orthodox church cornerstone ceremony on Miller Street near Washington. Three rabbis were among the injured but the service resumed after the panic. The platform, fifty feet square, stood over foundation walls to seat the rabbis officers and invited guests.
Two sons of Henry Detrich Alaska Commercial agent at Bethel and four natives drowned after jumping overboard from a small steamboat on the Kuskokwim about July 10. Frightened by escaping steam, they leapt into the swift current. one native was rescued but six were lost.
Guerneville California resident Aaron H Keene aged80 was instantly killed Friday after being knocked from the railing of a county bridge over the Russian River by a steer. The bridge spans over 200 feet and Keene stood near the center watching bathers when a stockman drove a band of steers past. To avoid trampling him the man climbed the railing and was struck as one fractious steer collided with the railing, breaking it and tossing him into the river. Meanwhile in Harriman Tennessee an deadly feud battle near Allen Station killed Frederick Miller and his son John Miller both 23, and Fred Johnson while Henry Miller and another son Fred Miller aged18 were wounded as they were fired upon by ambushers while en route to the depot for the veteran’s army enrollment.
Reymil H. Babb pastor of Zion German Methodist church was killed on East Main Street near East Lake Park while trying to slow a runaway home to rescue his two sons who were unharmed. He suffered a skull fracture from a curb strike and died moments later.
Portsmouth NH reports President Roosevelt has stepped into the breach to urge a compromise between warring nations. The ultimate decision lies with St Petersburg and possibly Tokyo. Britain and Japan are pressed to moderate demands while Roosevelt seeks an irreducible minimum offer through Baron Rosen to M. Witte for Emperor Nicholas. The plan centers on arbitration of disputed articles, possibly including indemnity and Sakhalin, but specifics are not announced.
Washington reports favor favorable readings for the northern tier of seven states from Minnesota to Oregon, predicting not less than 216 million bushels of wheat this year. Conditions vary by state with Minnesota up 2 percent in area but lower yield, while Washington and Idaho show strong prospects. totals for winter wheat across Montana Idaho Washington Oregon are estimated at over 33 million bushels in Washington and Oregon and 5.5 million in Idaho, with Utah spring wheat also likely to exceed 4.6 million bushels.
Ten people died and more than twenty were injured when a freight car struck a crowded trolley at the Utah Street crossing in Butte. The motorman halted for a crossing but a yard engine moved onto the tracks, sending the trolley car crashing and breaking apart. Passengers including men women and children were returning from Columbia Gardens. The incident caused extensive wreckage with victims trapped beneath the freight car.
Heavy cloudburst in extreme southern Missouri floods Southwest City killing four, destroying property valued at 200000. Photographer C C Kelney drowned when his two story building was swept away and smashed against a tree. Ned Smith and two others drown while attempting rescue.
Chicago report states John Dowie issued a ukase forcing each family to bring a baby to baptism annually to grow the church via birth rate. It bans premarital embraces and requires written consent from Apostle John Alexander I for marriages within the Christian Catholic church.
Missoula Montana reports that after the telegraphers strike ended, applicants sought reinstatement with Rocky Mountain division Superintendent Gibson. Fewer than one in ten were rehired, while most strikers found work elsewhere.
The Cuban senate defeated the rice bill on Friday, after prolonged discussion and diplomatic appeals. President Palma declined the American minister Squiers' request to intervene and urged delaying the matter until after the election. Cubans expect the reciprocity treaty with the United States to remain unaffected.
Frank Ward, yard gang foreman at Pueblo Steel works, allegedly forced his 16 year old daughter Frances to drink poison and then killed himself with the same drug. Neighbors say Ward had drunk heavily and had threatened to harm both himself and the girl. Ward was a widower.
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks and Mrs Fairbanks arrived by special train from Burlington to Rutland with Mayor Manning hosting. A public reception attracted several thousand. Fairbanks spoke informally for about ten minutes, focusing on Vermont and ending with a hopeful note about Portsmouth realising peace.
Roy Daniels, 21, of Provo, son of James E Daniels, won the capital prize in the Uintah reservation homes drawing held in Provo. He is employed at a Spanish Fork canyon quarry. Noah Baldock of Vernal won second prize, Gary L Ball of Salt Lake third, and John H Partridge of Goshen fourth. About 3,000 people attended as 95 boxes held envelopes of slips.
Portsmouth New Hampshire reports improving peace prospects between Russia and Japan. Agreed articles include recognition of Japan’s influence in Korea and open door principles. Mutual evacuation of Manchuria and restoration of Chinese sovereignty in Manchuria are affirmed.
A Atlantic Coast Line excursion train carrying 20 to 30 Black passengers from Kingston, N C to Norfolk plunged through an open draw six miles from Norfolk. Six or more miles of water covered the engine and first cars with many dead or missing. crew escaped. The incident shows orders to halt trains at the bridge were ignored and brakes failed to stop the crash.
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