Shoshone Journal Notes Idaho News From Naapa to Caldwell
Reported work on the Naapa brewery and a powder mill near Angerman. Rudolph Wetter, the Grangeville murderer, sentenced to be hanged April 20. Jane McMahon of Silver City dies. she moved there in 1866. Bullwhacker mine yields a rich strike on Deer Creek, run by Altoras Mining. Deer Flat reservoir construction begins on the Bolvo Payett reclamation project. Lewiston expands with new buildings and settlers. State Capitol construction resumes after material arrival. James Brannin injured near Meridian in a horse accident. Many men hired for Caldwell reclamation work. wages 20 cents per hour for men and 4 cents for man and team. A jail escape attempt at Caldwell last week. bars saved before discovery. J. Pettey, former Holse mayor, dies in Lewiston. helped found public schools. Miss May La Scott reports Idaho’s northern district prospering in schooling. Cripple Creek Mine Owners deny Harry Orchard’s employment with the association. National Irrigation Congress set for early September, expected to be largest gathering. Oster equestrian stalls unveiled at Boise Capitol grounds carved from solid wood with jackknife and axe. George Guthrie dies after murder attempt on wife. wife wounded but recovering. Ten-year-old boy near Nampa badly injured by a horse kick, skull damaged. James V. Mundell sentenced to one year in state penitentiary for embezzlement while tax collector. Winter severe. Brock looks well. snow heavy along Payette. Engar G. Tage, Idaho pioneer, dies. former Express Agent and Bowlerite chief. Oregon Short Line surveys for a south fork canyon route toward Jackson Hole. multiple survey crews at work along the canyon.
Rogers Granted Time By New York Judge
The hearing on whether H. H. Rogers must answer questions in the Missouri oil case was postponed to March 26 by Justice Gildersleeve. The adjournment awaits a Missouri court ruling. Rogers' counsel said he will comply if the Missouri court ultimately orders it, regardless of a separate court order.
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New York
H. H. Rogers
Missouri
Gildersleeve
W. V. Rowe
Rogers
Death concealed in tresses at Moscow chancellery
A would be female assassin tried to reach View Admiral Doubasoff governor general of Moscow by posing as a personal friend. An aide noticed her ornate hair and a search revealed a small bomb hidden in her coiffed tresses. The culprit’s identity remains unestablished.
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Moscow
Doubasoff
Council of the Empire
Choukoin
Prosecution In Northern Securities Case Debated
Washington measures and rules driven session cover bills of import while a resolution inquiry into criminal prosecutions against Northern Securities prompts criticism from Democratic leader Mr Williams. Replies by Mr Jenkins and Mr Grosvenor note the statute of limitations has run and prosecution would be futile.
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Washington
House
Northern Securities Company
Williams
Jenkins
Wisconsin
Grosvenor
Ohio
Jenking
Could Not Prevent Death by Prayer in Chicago Case
Chicago health department gains support to force medical care in extreme sickness when a physician is refused. Corporation Counsel Lowla states authorities may intervene. Mrs. Kila Turner, follower of Dowle, suffered severe pain before a doctor arrived as police reported the incident.
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Chicago
Lowla
John Alexander Dowle
Kila Turner
Students Strike After Faculty Refuses Holiday for Debate Victory
In Delaware, students skipped classes after the faculty refused a holiday to celebrate a double debate victory last Friday. One student, W. W. Nearry, defied the edict, was removed from class, and the student body acted against his action.
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Delaware
Oble Wedley
W. W. Nearry
Indians Are Not Citizens
Washington Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus by Columbia George and Toy Toy, both Indians. They argued United States citizenship and that their criminal case, tried in Oregon state court, should have been heard by the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Tne
Supreme Court
United States
Columbia
George
Toy Toy
Emancipation Anniversary Reflections On Peasant Plight
Reports from St. Petersburg mark the emancipation anniversary with varied takes on peasant misery. Conservative papers warn of riots and compare to Alexander II’s reforms, while radicals blame lingering bondage and debt, fearing renewed misery if land hunger remains unmet.
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St. Petersburg
Alexander
New Situation
Physician and Dentist Fatally Injures Wife Then Kills Self
Buffalo physician and dentist Whitbeck fatally struck his wife with a hammer as she sat in a rocking chair. He then used a public safety item to shoot himself, the blow shattering the top of his head.
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Buffalo
Henry J. Whitbeck
Whitbeck
General Schofield Dead
Lieutenant General John M. Schofield retired A S A and former army head died at 8 20 Sunday night after a morning cerebral hemorrhage. His wife and young daughter were with him. Born September 29 1831 in Chautauqua County New York, he was the last surviving Civil War army commander.
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St Augustine
John M. Schofield
Schofield
John McAllister Schofield
Chautauqua County
New York
Destructive Cyclone Ravages Tahiti and Tuamotus
Reports from Papeete Tahiti describe the most destructive cyclone in Society and Tuamotu islands on February 7 and 8. Tahiti suffer broad damage with about 75 buildings lost including the American consulate and French government building. Destruction extends to Tarona mission village and Latter-day Saints properties. Waves said to reach sixty five feet. many drownings feared, though only one death is confirmed.
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Papeete
Tahiti
San Francisco
Cal
Society and
Tuamotu Islands
Tuamotw Islands
Tuamotn Islands
Papette
Anna
Tuamotu
Philip Michaelli
Tarona
Latter-day Saints’ Mission
Joseph Burton
California
Baltic Bandit Defies Police in Russian Bank Heist
Helsingfors Finland residents watched a dramatic pursuit after bandits robbed the Russian State Bank, killing a guard and escaping with 27 500. In Tammersfors four lives were lost as two fugitives were cornered. one held the town hall, was subdued by water turned on by firemen. A chief of police Balushin was killed by a captive who seized his revolver. The bandit, a Dorpat blacksmith, shouted socialist rhetoric from a window while police and firemen stormed the building. six thousand dollars of the loot was recaptured.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Guardian
Tammersfors
Balushin
Jolley
Ring
Dorpat
Baltic Revolutionary Committee
Revolutionary War Fund
Meridian Tornado Kills Nineteen Injures Twenty Four
Nineteen people are known dead and twenty four injured after a tornado struck Meridian Mississippi shortly after 6 PM Thursday. Property valued at about 1.9 million destroyed as twelve blocks of central business district along Front street were demolished. Reports of higher fatalities circulated amid the chaos.
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Meridian
Miss
Waterspout wreck devastates Mahanoro village
Antananarivo reports a waterspout recently destroyed the village of Mahanoro. Only two houses remained standing and thirty bodies were recovered. All Europeans were injured. material losses were very great. The Italian schooner Africa was driven ashore, and the French brig Luennel disappeared.
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Antananarivo
Mahanoro
Africa
Luennel
Monument of Trees Dream for Texas by Governor Hogg
On the eve of his death Governor Hogg spoke of a grave monument of stone and specified that his children plant a pecan tree at the head and a walnut tree at the foot. He wished the nuts from these trees shared with the plain people of Texas to grow Texas into a land of trees.
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Austin
Texas
Hogg
Couple Longworth Return From Cuba After Wedding
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth traveled by private car from Cuba to Washington. The Southern Railway passenger train arrived at 9:60 Sunday morning. They proceeded to Longworth's residence on Seventeenth Street to begin life as a married couple.
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Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Cuba
Southern Railway
Longworth
Mr. Longworth
Righteenth Stret
Youthful murderers confess to killing and robbing man
In Santa Fe two 18 year old boys Otero and Aragon confessed to fatally shooting and robbing Marcelino Carranza whose body was found in a mine hole near Vicarilla. About $600 was taken. The stepfather Juan Chavea Trugilla was arrested for complicity in the crime.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Italian Village Tumbles Into Lake Side of Lake Iseo Crumbles
Tavernola, perched on cliffs above Lake Iseo in Brescia province, collapsed Sunday morning as rocks slid into the lake. A roaring warning saved about 1,000 residents but one fisherman died. Roughly 200 feet of rock and homes were swallowed by the water.
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Rome
Tavernola
Lake Iseo
Brescia
Philippine provincial elections deemed satisfactory by Ide
Washington reports Governor General Ide cabled from Manila on the Philippine provincial elections. He notes no disorder despite lengthy ballots and confirms most elected officials, with three suspended for bribery and intimidation. Sandiko and Deveyra were elected and confirmed, as was American Reynolds, elected on the seventeenth ballot. eight current governors were re elected.
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Washington
Ide
War Department
Manila
Sandiko
Deveyra
Reynolds
Funeral held with military honors for former Speaker Henderson
Dubuque marked the funeral of former Speaker David B. Henderson with bells tolling across churches and a five minute pause. The body lay in state in the morning as the Dubuque militia stood guard of honor and six wagonloads of flowers arrived. George D. Perkins of Sioux City offered the eulogy as a riderless horse with a soldier’s accoutrements accompanied the hearse.
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Dubuque
David B. Henderson
George D. Perkins
Sioux City
Congress
Death Valley ambush victim rushed to Los Angeles hospital
Warner Scott, brother of Walter Scott of the Death Valley Cregus, was brought to Los Angeles from Barstow with a dangerous bullet wound at the entrance to Death Valley. In a serious condition, he is expected to recover, and details of the alleged ambush remain unknown due to his injuries.
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Los Angeles
Death Valley
Warner Scott
Walter Scott
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