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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1904
Page
2
Idaho state news recounts a string of incidents and developments from near Blackfoot to Boise. Drowning of Howard Jones in the Payette river near Emmett is reported, along with a fatal wreck near Pocatello. Beets thinning wages, mine shipments, fruit crops in Payette, and a census of town happenings fill the broader page.
During a Glenwood Park display in Ogden Utah an explosion killed two spectators Daniel Shupe and Miss Charlotte Clark and injured four others. The dead include Shupe and Clark residents of Warren and Weber counties. Injured youths D Moran 9 J Fanelle 14 and Mrs T Donelly Ida OHornett sustained non life threatening wounds. The incident halted the revelry as debris struck nearby attendees.
A July 1 cloudburst in Dry canyon sent a six foot flood through Salt Lake City, inundating a dozen blocks in the northeastern area. An electrical storm caused at least 12,500 dollars in Utah Light and Railway property damage, with Bear River, Ogden, and Murray stations struck by lightning. The city lost lights for hours as the flood filled cellars, swept debris through streets, and ruined lawns, flower beds, and fences.
A Chicago Limited on the Wabash railroad wrecked near Litchfield after an open switch caused a collision with a freight train. The engine and three coaches burned. about twenty killed and forty injured. Several delegates to the Democratic National Convention were aboard. Joseph Hyay, Nevada Democratic committeeman and head of Nevada's delegation, died in St Louis after contracting illness in the city.
Thomas Watson of Georgia was unanimously nominated for president by the Populist convention in Springfield. Thomas Tribbles of Nebraska named as vice president. The platform reaffirms the Omaha 1892 and later platforms, urging government issue of currency, legal tender, savings banks, labor rights, initiative and referendum, alien land ownership limits, and government ownership of railroads and telegraphs. The convention adopted the platform unanimously. Military updates note Japanese gains and Russian losses, with expected troop movements and potential New Chwang actions.
A Russian force of Kusestan troops engaged Japanese units between Mo-Tien and Feng Shui passes while probing the advance toward Liao Yang. Facing superior numbers, the Russians withdrew after brief but sharp fighting and confirming the Japanese strength.
Japanese commander Gen Okun led the army that took Kinchon, stormed Nakes heights, and drove the Russians. A veteran of the China Japanese war he served years on the Mikado's supreme military council.
Charles H Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, was released from custody in Denver after posting $10,000 bonds on murder and inciting riot charges from Cripple Creek. He had been jailed 103 days, largely in Telluride, under alleged military necessity. Bonds also posted for Vice President J Williams and Assistant Secretary James Kirwan. other officers remain outside Colorado.
Dispatch from Batavia reports Dutch expedition to North Aceh attacked Likat on June 20 with 432 killed including 281 women and 88 children, 17 prisoners. Dutch losses include commander Aleut and 15 others wounded. June 24 Langatbars assault leaves 654 Achinese dead, 186 women, 120 children, 49 wounded, 28 prisoners, while Dutch incur 4 captains, 22 soldiers, 6 coolies wounded. Meanwhile Joseph W Brown, once presumed dead, is alive in Seattle. wife in Duluth to receive $5,000 life-insurance payout after six-year mystery.
Mrs. Julia Rogers of Houston asks for arrest warrant after showing Justice of the Peace horrific burns on her arms forming a rival’s name. She says her husband gagged bound and hung her while heating irons and branding flesh before leaving her suspended and crying for help.
The Prohibition convention nominated Rev Silas C Swallow for president and George W Carroll of Beaumont Texas for vice president. Swallow editor of Pennsylvania Methodist has run for state treasurer in 1897 and governor in 1898 and 1902, polling 118000 and 132000 votes respectively. Carroll owns large Texas oil properties and is reputed a millionaire.
North Atlantic disaster leaves more than 700 Danish and Norwegian emigrants bound for New York feared drowned after the Danish steamship Norge struck a Rockall reef on June 28. Of 860 aboard only about 27 are alive. eight lifeboats were launched, six smashed, and many perished in the heavy seas as survivors clung to creaking craft and one lifeboat reached Grimsby with Salvia.
A raging forest fire in the Huachuca mountains destroys thousands of acres of timber. The blaze began in Ash Canyon and moves westward, endangering mining company property and the Huachuca Water Company plant in Miles Canyon, as crews fight the blaze.
Nome advices report the discovery of a dead man on May 26 hidden along the Oviakaket river willows. The skull was crushed and the body wrapped in blankets. Authorities suspect the victim is W. S. Evans, who came to Valdez on the steamer with two young men and funded all expenses. Police pursue leads on a possible murder for his money.
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