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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
1
The Ty Board meets to discuss constructing a new building for the fire company to house its apparatus. Officials seek suitable location funding and timeline plans.
Weiser Idaho Jan 20 1900 adjourned board with Davis Galloway Harris Hopkins Leighton present The board filed sewerage and survey minutes and passed Ordinances 25 26 27 granting franchises to B B Day Jenney Scott Northwest Electric Eng Co and a Portland water works system The board heard requests from Weiser Fire Company for land to build and equipment funding aid and advised organization steps The clerk ordered notices to remove a 25 foot building prevent delinquent sidewalk payments notify county liquor license collector and adjourned until Feb 3
The jury returns a not guilty verdict in the case, countering false reports circulating in gossip circles. The acquittal ends the trial and closes the public dispute over the charges.
Frederick J. Mills former Idaho lieutenant governor was acquitted in Salt Lake City after ten minutes of jury deliberation for shooting O Melveney who trespassed on Mills home. Public sentiment opposes punishment for a crime seen as defensive, and Mills retains sympathy for his long upheld good reputation.
Boer War style advance reports from Trans Vaal and Tugela with Warren’s wing claiming several ridges captured, heavy losses forecast as days of fighting loom. The piece discusses a hostile campaign against Seven Devils copper field led by rival interests, accusing backers of spreading adverse reports to derail Hall’s railroad and the Pacific Idaho Northern project. It notes a Bank of Weiser stockholders meeting to consider increasing capital and promotes local food facts and remedies.
A Kentucky tragedy unfolds in a grim duel reported with stark terms. Officials describe the confrontation as deadly and culminating in multiple casualties. Local authorities, witnesses, and investigators are cited as the event draws regional attention.
From Frankfort Kentucky details arrive of a shocking tragedy in which three prominent men died and a fourth was critically injured after a lobby shootout at Capitol Hotel. Ex Congressman David Colson and Lt Bert Scott led a deadly confrontation with bystanders Luther Demarree Charles Julian Captain B B Golden among the wounded as witnesses watched in a crowded hotel lobby.
The text discusses Cecil Rhodes tied policy of the British South Africa Company and war in the Transvaal, naming Mr Mirdes and Jameson raid, with mentions of Pretoria as capital and Kruger, prison outcomes, and white population context. It resembles a partial historical clipping with unclear structure and several garbled phrases.
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