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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1903
Page
2
Idaho state items report a Wallace feud incident involving cook Hwan Peterson and a fatal shooting of Cora Curtis by Jm Clayturn. Proclamations, land bills, and coal price notices appear from Moscow, Pocatello, and Coeur d Alene. Transportation wrecks on the Snake River and a spate of agricultural and labor news fill the page.
A Panama dispatch dated November 10 quotes Actig President Jorge Holguin saying Colombia will exhaust its last drop of blood to crush the rebellion and will not recognize Panamanian independence. Bogota remains tense while the U S protection holds. reports say the isthmian movement lacks full consensus.
Panama under Marroquin declares that generals Heyes Caballeros Ospina and Holguin march on the fathmus to suppress traitors. Isthmians, protected by terrain and sea barriers, trust U S to bar Colombian landings and feel secure.
Officials confirm reports of Bulgarian and Serbian conspirators aiming to provoke war with Turkey. Searches at Philippopolis and Tirnova unveil letters and documents. claims about a Macedonian plot for a frontier incident were disputed. The minister of war orders 140 officers removed from their posts.
In Cheyenne Mra Biggs and Mra Trout were held for trial on $590 bail for kidnapping. The extraordinary case stems from Mra Biggs separating from her husband last spring and enlisting her mother, Mrs Trout, to take their infant to Denver and abandon it at Union Depot. The child was found near death bearing a card with its name and age, leading to the arrest of the two women.
A Colombian protest to the US Senate, signed by President Marroquin, appeals for American aid to maintain Colombia’s territorial integrity and suppress what it calls an insurrection in Panama. The note stresses friendship, sovereignty guarantees, and opposition to secession.
The document outlines Panama's economy at about $2,000,000 yearly, area comparisons to Indiana, and key ports Panama and Colon receiving over 1,000 vessels annually. It notes Panama’s railway, population figures for Panama City and Colon, diverse ethnic makeup, labor migration for canal work, and transport links including steamship lines, rail schedules, and cable communications with the United States and Europe. The currency is silver with an exchange rate around 60 percent.
Mias May Henninger a young Bishop Illinois woman believed to have eloped with Fred Strubble was found murdered in a pasture near her home. Her body badly mutilated and half buried. Strubble’s whereabouts remain unknown as investigators chase leads from the country schoolhouse social. The assault appears to have involved a desperate struggle.
Isaac Wagner hanged himself in a New York City police station after confessing to the charge of knocking down and robbing an old woman at Mary Goldi's residence. In Nevada, four men including Al Landerman were sentenced to death for the murder of laborer Welch on a freight train near Winnemucca on August 19, after Welch identified his attackers.
A Paris dispatch reports no confirmation of a diplomatic rupture between France and Siam. Bangkok rumors claim a secret treaty would demand Chantabun and large territories. Mingoon prince HQ noted in the central zone. Germany’s Panama consuls opened business with the new government and, to official circles, Panama’s cabinet appears capable. Germany reportedly will grant recognition once the new republic is notified.
Nine Sioux Indians arrested for the shooting in which Sheriff Miller and Deputy Falkenbure were killed faced a preliminary hearing at Douglas Wyoming. The testimony indicated Eagle Feather and Black Kettle fired the fatal shots. One witness claimed Jessie Lite War Gonnet acted against the white men, but no one testified that the prisoners participated.
An anonymous note threatening to blow up the Plaza hotel facing Lincoln Park in Chicago was sent to William Hall, hotel manager. Police turned the letter over to the police and laid a trap for the writer, who did not appear. the handwriting resembles recent threats aimed at Lake Shore Drive residents.
A Bogota dispatch reports Panamanian political actors and conservatives wiring about ceding the isthmus. Promises of inducements to Panamanians to return to the paternal country are circulating, with offerings described as greater than Panama imagined. A high authority in Bogota reportedly promised "eternal heavenly happiness" to secure cooperation.
A blaze destroyed Jenkins City Missouri a town of about four thousand inhabitants. Reports describe extensive damage with losses uncertain as firefighters battled the flames through the night. Nearby towns coordinated relief efforts and investigators began assessing the cause.
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