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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1906
Page
6
Idaho state readers learn of the annual gathering of county attorneys in Boise. The clipping reports a string of local incidents and developments across communities, including accidents, murders, population claims, weather-adjacent issues, and upcoming irrigation congress events, with several named towns and individuals noted.
In San Francisco reports from the Middle West say the Western Pacific Railroad will hire about 10,000 workers to build the roadbed from Salt Lake City to Ben Francisco and will help pay their fares. Vice President Bogue and financier Gould press for rapid completion, with a plan to hire white labor and reroute sourcing if insufficient local workers are found.
Geneva reports panic in Chamoxon Grugnay and nearby hamlets as a vast, shifting mountain causes water and forest submergence. Moss and rock avalanches destabilize villages while the St Pierre church appears to vanish. Cantonal engineers rush to assist as officials fear repetition of a century-old catastrophe.
A crowd of Lithuanians mobbed Rev Edward Stafanowics at his Chicago residence after Sunday services ending in a fatal shooting and multiple injuries. The attackers, parishioners in dispute over church funds, reportedly included women who threw missiles at the pastor.
Odessa General Kaulbars issues a proclamation promising capital punishment without inquiry or trial for anyone attempting to kill or killing an official with explosives or deadly weapons. Applies to Kherson Odessa regions and adjacent jurisdictions including Bessarabia Ekaterinoslav and Crimea.
The report details a heated session in Washington over a proposed measure to address wife beating. Mr Hepburn of Town argued against corporal punishment as punishment, while Mr Adam opened the session with a serious defense of the bill. The debate included moments of levity from some attendees.
The Senate adopted a joint resolution reported by Senator Tillman from the Interstate Commerce Committee. It directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate restraint of trade and discrimination by railroads. The move was opposed by Senator TH who argued the administration was not acting in good faith to secure railroad regulation.
A traveling observer reports widespread discontent as Castro strengthens war preparations across Venezuela. Generals are ordered to recruit while desertion looms. Puerto Cabello and Laguaira harbor limited defenses, and the navy remains small with five ships concentrated at Laguatra.
In St Petersburg a clash between red factions and the Black Hundreds escalated when attackers surrounded Cabaret Schulesselberg on the Nevsky river bank and hurled a bomb into the main room. Two workers died and eighteen were wounded, one dying en route to a hospital as the building, partly blown apart, lay in ruins stained with liquor and blood.
Colorado shows a 22 percent rise in manufacturing establishments and an 18 percent gain in product value from 1900 to 1904. Excluding trades, 1607 establishments operated with a capital of 107 million dollars, 2680 salaried officials earned 3.56 million, 12,824 wage earners were paid 15.1 million, and the value of products reached 100.4 million dollars.
The Rouse on Friday issued its semiannual list of private pensions and forwarded 429 bills for veterans blocked from general statute entry. Seventy five beneficiaries are either land or bedridden. The day includes minor bills and two amendments to the Philippine tariff act of 1905.
The widow of the late St Simmons opened the private safety deposit box of the death by suicide preacher and found it empty except for a small business setter. A $30,000 Macon Cereal stock certificate thought to be in the box was missing, raising fear the sale cited by Dr Simmons was not genuine. No will found and life insurance policies are missing, weakening the People's Bank assets reportedly facing bankruptcy.
Seattle sailors aboard the French cruiser Courbet mutinied off Port Townsend on Saturday after seizing a boat and pulling ashore. They refuse to sail with the ship in light ballast, claiming 250 tons is insufficient. N W O'Rear of Port Townsend reports the crew feared going to sea in the vessel. The Courbet was drifting after breaking from a tug en route from San Francisco, with the Pass of Melfort loss blamed on inadequate ballast.
New York reports key terms of a copper and lead smelting deal that could form a major industrial corporation rivaling United States Steel. Negotiations indicate a company with at least 60 million dollars capitalization, to be underwritten at par, controlling ore output, smelting, and refining sales.
The Army transport Meade, delayed by a cabin fire on the first, sailed Saturday for Honolulu Guam and Manila carrying over 100 passengers and the Second Infantry plus the Eighth and Thirteenth field batteries. Captain Charles F Williams, former chief officer of the Login s, now commands the Meade in place of Captain Wilson who was injured in the fire.
A wagon carrying three people was struck by a Colorado & Southern passenger train at Salt Creek crossing two miles south of Pueblo on Saturday evening. Mrs Williams, 40, and David Arone, 30, were killed. Join Williams, 30, was critically injured. The wagon, one horse, and the wagon were completely demolished as the party returned from the smelter area.
Stockton California report states Tomo Sablich and Gero Bovich were trapped in a cavern of the App mine for five days. They survived with water available, grew weak from lack of food, but suffered no serious injuries and were rescued Saturday.
Reported tensions in Venezuela around President Castro include Vice President Vicente Gomez plotting revolution if France blocks, while Antonio Velutini seeks power and may oppose Castro. Censorship tight, unrest attributed to French Cable concessions and Monroe Doctrine test fears. Economic strain warned if war occurs as Caracas unprepared for shortages.
Ranchman Thomas O Neil, known as Chalk Bluffs rancher, was shot at his ranch twelve miles south of Cheyenne by a hired killer. The 30-90 bullet wounded his left leg and lodged in the right leg. Cheyenne surgeons treated the wounds. The attack mirrors tactics linked to the late Tom Horn and several other outlaws. O Neil is expected to recover.
A stipulation signed by James H. Hawiey and Fred Miller delays Harry Orchard’s murder case. The prosecution and defense agree not to try the case at the upcoming Canyon county term and to move it to the April term in Boise Idaho.
Washington reports the United States ran a total trade trace with Spain and Portugal in 1905 exceeding 54 million dollars. Imports reached about 41.5 million, while exports totaled roughly 12.5 million. Spain supplied 8.5 million in imports and received 17 million in exports to Portugal and Spain.
A skating tournament at Humboldt Park in Chicago ended when the ice sank under about 2,000 spectators. Panic ensued as the crowd, once behind course ropes, surged toward the bank. Injuries were reported as the ice gave way and people attempted to reach safety.
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