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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1904
Page
2
A collage of Idaho items reports Mrs. Gerard Hubbard's sudden death in Rolea, Meridian voters approving schoolhouse closure, injuries from falls and machinery, a Bolne plant near completion by June 1, and various crimes and trials. It notes snowshoe travel, a kidnapping episode near Payette, a Blackfoot reservation shooting, a Kendrick saloon robbery, and a court ruling affirming a Moreton vs St Anthony suit.
President Taft sent the 1903 Philippine Commission report to the senate noting persistent suffering from food shortages though indicating beginnings of material progress with tariff and navigation law reforms. He cites ongoing relief expenditures and cautions that conditions remain fragile as of December 1903.
William H. Taft of Ohio was sworn in as secretary of war in a ceremony at the War Department. The oath was administered before the cabinet, army staff, and friends, and Taft immediately began his new duties, succeeding Elihu Root.
Stockholm marks the seventy fifth birthday of King Oscar with nationwide rejoicing. Special services occur in major churches as the city decorates. The king receives congratulations from rural families, court officials, Swedish and Norwegian ministers, members of the rikstag, and interparliamentary authorities. A contribution of $49,000 toward the king's jubilee fund is presented.
A Washington conference with State Engineer Doremus and Utah legislators approved a plan under the reclamation act to irrigate about 500000 more acres. The scheme connects Bear river and Duchesne waters via a north south canal, converts Utah and Bear Lakes into reservillas, and stores through Strawberry valley for release into the Spanish Fork river.
Colonel Younghusband leads the British expedition in Tibet after a visit from the Lepon Lama who warned of serious trouble if he retreats. Large infantry and cavalry reinforcements reach the Tibetan camp as attacks are expected on Tuna. British builders advance a road through a gorge north of Lingmathang amid Arctic weather, while a Dalai Lama representative remains at Lhasa.
In Cienfuegos on Thursday night a violent clash erupted amid election tensions. Francisco Canellos and Victor Zegreran Republicans entertained Colombian friends when attacked by Liberal Nationalists. The cafe turned battlefield with revolver fire and fist fights. No one was shot. injuries came from blunt force. City doors barred and stores closed as crowds dispersed and calm returned amid high political feeling.
An 18 year old Mount Vernon Missouri girl refused to reveal her name and is jailed in San Antonio Texas on a bigamy charge. She reportedly married a Mexican bare bor named Selina on January 17 after arriving from Mount Vernon and also wed George A King a rancher near Tucson Arizona about a year earlier. She lived with King briefly in Wichita Falls before disappearing.
Sherif Struthers jailed J. D. Bee charged with cattle stealing in Grand Junctions county. Bee was capturedsouth of Grand River in Nongters tavern where he surrendered after Struthers ordered him to hands up. First arrest in years in Robbers Roost country.
At a Chicago Samaritan Hospital Carrie Anderson a fourteen year old girl lies wounded with head and left side bandaged. She saved at least fifty lives by guiding a ladder from the Northwestern University building to the fire escape during the Troquois fire. Her mother, a theater cleaner, died in the blaze. the girl does not yet know of the loss.
Bodies recovered from the Stratton Independence mine in Victor Colorado after the cage struck the gallows frame and plunged. Fifteen men died and one seriously injured. Edward Twiges was the only recognizable victim. all bodies were mangled with crushed skulls and dismemberment. No clothing remained on any victim.
William H. Taft former governor general of the Philippines and Secretary of War arrives in Washington on Wednesday afternoon. He is met by a large crowd and formally welcomed by Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee chief of staff and Assistant Secretary of War Oliver and Colonel Clarence Edwards head of the division of insular affairs.
The senate approved measures including restoring public entry lands for reservoir segments, authorizing certified patent copies, extending to the Denver San Francisco and New Orleans mints coinage of minor coins, and granting 60 000 acres of public land in Idaho and Wyoming for soldiers homes maintenance.
Michael O’Mera, a noted local miner, was held up in the Patagonia mountains on the way to his mine. He drew a Winchester and fired, killing one of the three assailants and wounding a second. The two remaining robbers fled, leaving their horses behind after the confrontation.
Reports from across the United States cover the burial of prisoners by rebels in German Southwest Africa, forced removals of clergy in Port Chester, mine fatalities in Pittsburg, and churches praying for rain in Los Angeles. Other items include mill fires in Paterson, reelections in the United Mine Workers, a major loss in Yucatan, a Moscow sentencing, seaport accidents, and a flood of pinkerton detectives in Fresno.
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