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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1894
Page
4
The Teller Committee reports a condition for independence in the territory and New Hampshire of overwhelm unverified claims. The piece argues for statehood guided by the so called Better Class of Indians and urges federal action to advance the red man’s status.
General notes report opposition to bills for Russian thistle eradication. Farmers urged thorough destruction before maturity and authorities to clear highways. Separate items cover Canadian seizure of two Cincinnati Misking Club boats, Chinese population counts, Indian Territory politics, and various local incidents including accidents and legal notices.
May 12 report from Washington notes Representative Simpson of Kansas is confined to a room with no change in condition. He receives about 100 letters daily, many praising his health and urging recovery amid patent medicine campaigns. Congress and senate colleagues visit, keeping him informed as news from both houses circulates. Other items include a gorilla-like creature spotted on the Mosquito coast, political fights over a Jockey Club, and various local disasters and court rulings.
Yokohama reports a brutal homicide aboard the steamer City of Peking where Buck Tong, a Chinese passenger, attacked Lee Sing in the ladies cabin, severing windpipe and jugular. Tong was restrained and stoned after the killing, and will be returned to San Francisco amid fears for his safety.
William Cherstman of 202 Patou street endures destitution and sickness after his wife and three children fall ill. A daughter dies of typhoid fever, another succumbs to smallpox, leaving a corpse unburied as Cherstman seeks help from health officials and county hospital authorities who cannot take the body due to contagion. He remains with the dying and the dead in a single room.
David Bohannon was murdered at Coalate by Isaac Gurria and six other Indians. Bohannon, an ex Indian policeman, had a warrant for murder in Fort Smith and was killed amid expected further trouble. Burma is wounded and cannot escape. no arrests yet.
Ward Cameron, a rugged Harvard graduate in cowboy garb, infiltrates Nina Leighton’s frontier school posing as a wandering student. After a perilous rescue of Nina from a storming river bridge, he reveals the ruse and proclaims love, leading to a dramatic proposal.
Warrants were issued in Justice Austin's court for Dr Hugo Myer now on trial in New York. He faces horse stealing and murder charges. The horse theft aided an escape from Baldwin's barns to Detroit. The murder pertains to an unknown young woman who accompanied Meyer's wife family. Her identity remains unknown, believed poisoned by Meyer.
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