Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28
ID. ohio.


= bust Of Major Mckinley. It Is thought
probable that Major Mckinley will pub
: fish his formal letter of acceptance
about August 25th.
Destructive prairie fires in the Chick
asaw Nation destroyed dwellings, fences
< and large quantities Of hay. The creek
bottoms are lined with hundreds OF Inn.
migrant wagons that dare not travel,
owing 70 the scourge Of fire. There is
+, no wateI and the fire has full sway.
A. a result 81 the domiciliary visits
made by the police in connection with
the revolutionary movement at BARGE
Iona, a number Of arrests have been
made The prisoners include two men
named Louis Minnesota and Miguel Rer-
ney, who claim to be American citizens
The state department has received
news OF sanguinary conflict be'weena
party Of explorers in Peru and a band
of Peruvian Indianr The exploring
party was led by an American named
Cooper. There were ten in the party,
including two Germans, who are the
only ones who have thus far reported.
A special TO the Globe Democrat from
Louisiana, Mo, says: Milton Davis,
switch-light attendant on the ST. Louis,
Keokuk & Northern railroad, was in.
stantly killed by freight train. In
company with two women on trj-cy- |
Gle he was en- route to attend a camp
meeting al Ashburn. The women es
capped by jumping.
Some one forced an entrance into the
moneywagon of Walter l.. Mains cir.
Gus while exhibiting at Long Branch,
n. j. and stole from II cash box con
tanning $4,000. The robbery was not
discovered until the employees of the
circus started to take the wagon from
the show grounds
The combined democrats, populists
and silver republicans Of Washington
have placed their ticket In the field ,
John K. Rogers, populist, heads the .
ticket for governor The populists get
all the state officers save supreme Judge :
and state printer which 60 TO the demo.
saats, with congressman-at large. The a
get congressman. I
Merrill X Ring, one of the largest r
lumber firms in the Saginaw (Michigan) n
faley, has asked for an extension OF |
ime from their creditors. The firm ri
las more than $4,000 assets, but ow /,
ng to the recent failures of other large h
concerns, they are unable to q
are for short.tlme paper. !
It Is announced that Chauncey NJ. De- b
ew will preside at mass meeting In o
'arnegie hall on the night of August 81 II
which the campaign in New York is b
} be opened by ex.President Harrison,
enator Thurston of Nebraskr has been M
lvited to address the meeting, but has G
OF yet accepted. m
The democratic state convention of y
exas was held at Fort Worth The
tendance was smaller than at any !,
-evious state convention for years. =,
here were no contests except for rail- :,
'ad commissioner aud chairman of the !,
ate committee. The convention was -
rongly for silver 8
The Westminster Gazette publishes fri
ng article calling attention to the do
'lltical campaign In the United States NJ,
being not only battle between the En-,
st and west. but between the Ameri- he
n debtor and his British creditor, and ~,
vises Englishmen desiring the defeat me
free silver to restrain their shout for On,
cKinley. 70,
In the United States Circuit court in tn,
n Francisco, Erwin + Earle was bei
anted an Injunction against Philip we
'mour and Robert Graham. who, Earle sec
eyed, had used an infringement of but
! patent ventiIator for fruit cars. The str
junction viii tie up all Armour's cars tru
q force the use of Earle's cars. !
Judgement was delivered by the Chief -
,tice in the Admiralty court at Halifax 40
the case of 1.-THE American ishing Nfo
looner, "Frederick Geering, sus- o"'
ming the seizure and ordering the YES -
forfeited to the Canadian Govern -
Mt. The "Geer ng" was seized for -
ling within the three mile limit.
Dispatches received from iIolguin, the.
vince of Santiago de Cuba, announce safe
force of a,ooo insurgents, under boa
ixto Garcia, attacked the forts of A