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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
3
In Napoleon’s Paris chamber Lafitte pleads for service with honor and a chance to reclaim his name. Napoleon, softened, grants aid and hints Lafitte may someday hear from him. Back aboard ship, papers disclose Lafitte’s deep royal lineage and rightful inheritance, reshaping loyalties and futures.
Manuel Morales, chief suspect in the Madrid royal wedding bombing, was chased to Torrejón de Ardoz where he killed a guard, then fired at himself. Behor Cuesta, hotel proprietor, identified Morales from the hotel balcony as the bomber’s recent guest, as he died minutes later.
Madrid enjoyed a grand royal wedding celebration for King Alfonso and Queen Victoria. Tens of thousands gathered as eight bulls were sent in and cavaliers from Spain’s first families led the spectacle. The crowd showered enthusiastic ovations while avoiding unrest after the attack.
An important meeting of American insurance companies was held in New York on June 1. Resolutions on adjusting liabilities from the San Francisco conflagration were unanimously adopted. The rulings affect about 750 percent of the insurance carried by American corporations and establish liability standards for earthquake losses.
A crowded electric car overturning at Moore's corner in East Providence killed eleven people and injured many others, with over 100 young men and women returning from Crescent Park on a chartered car. The motorman was unfamiliar with the road and two of the injured were believed to die.
Allan Turner a young Black man was arrested in Arcadia La and charged with attempting to assault Mrs. James Barron at her Bienville parish home. After the failed attack he fled to his mother's house, a posse surrounded the house and fired, fatally wounding the woman. Turner was captured and jailed.
Boise is mourning the death of George M. Parsons aged 56, former Idaho attorney general. He died Saturday after two to three years of illness from diabetes. A Indiana native, Parsons moved to Idaho in 1871, settled on Wood River, served two terms starting in 1892, and had lived in Boise with his widow and an adopted daughter.
General Nelson A. Miles decries adulterated canned meat fed to U S soldiers. He says 3000 soldiers died from impure meat and cites affidavits from past investigations. He alleges relabeling and sales by the army and a whitewashed war department probe.
President Roosevelt conferred with Secretary Wilson Senator Beveridge and others on the Beveridge amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill. Special Agents Reynolds and Labor Commissioner Neill who investigated conditions in Chicago attended along with Alonzo D. Melvin chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. The meeting featured a full discussion of potential effects of the amendment but participants did not disclose conference details.
J J Ryan of Fort Dodge Iowa secretary of the Corn Belt Meat Producers association and Mun do Mackenzie of the American National Stock Growers Association reject claims northwest stockmen oppose a Congress bill for government meat inspection. They say stricter inspection will boost export trade and uphold meat quality, arguing suspicions have already harmed their industry.
Chicago officials plan a commission to study stockyard conditions and assess recent practices used in killing cattle and hogs. Mayor Dunne after talks with Health Commissioner Whelen will seek federal cooperation and ask authorities to name several members of the panel.
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