Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-10-02
NEWS SUMMARY.

The street cars Of Waco, Texas are
at standstill, on account Of a strike.
It is thought the postofice cases
will be tried during the month OF
October.
The report concerning another dis
astrous landslide at Franks, Canada,
proves to be erroneous.
Rebels and secret society men OF
Kwangtung province, China, are said
to be preparing for another uprising.
The Sovereign grand lodge of Odd
Fellows, in session at Baltimore, de-
cided to meet next year in San Fran
cisco.
The Panama canal treaty is re-
garded as dead, and now President
Roosevelt must take the next step in
the matter.
Great damage has been done to
the cotton crop Of Texas by boil wey-
ell. the boil worm, the sharpshooter
and dry weather.
Both the plague and cholera are
raging at Pei Tang, China. 1000
deaths having occurred during the
past two months.
Captain N. ]. Teel, prominent cit
izen of Los angeles, Cal, suicided by
shooting himself in the head. III
health was the cause.
Catherine c. Hoskins, one Of the
last survivors of the Massachusetts,
Indians. is dead at Cambridge, Mass,
at the age of 104 years.
All the strikers in the Rock Island
shops at Goodland, Kans., have re-
turned to work, the company having
granted an increase in wages.
Dean Tompkins, the defaulting
treasurer at San Fernando. P. L, con-
victed recently for forgery, has been
sentenced to seventeen years impris-
onment.
George Pensacola has admitted the
murder of Fred Potter at Suisun, Cal.
He says he stabbed Potter and threw
the body in Suisun bay. but claims he
acted in self-defense.
Joseph Wolf, fireman, and three
laborers were killed and two others
fatally injured at Marion, Ind, in a
collision between an interurban car
and a construction train
The New York Testimonial COM
mittee has about $4,000 raised by
popular subscription. which they will
use for the purchase of a suitable
present for Sir Thomas Upton.
Turkish soldiers recently took fifty
women from the burned village OF
K1issurti and all attempts to recover
them have been unavailing. the SOL
diers refusing to obey their officers
In q freight wreck at Norwich. O..
two oil tanks collided and exploded.
Four houses at the side of the track
caught fire and were destroyed, the
occupants barely escaping with their
lives.
The sultan of Morocco has Issued q
decree, recently foreshadowed, order
Ing all foreigners, except consuls, to
leave Fee and proceed to Tangier.
because he is engaged in a cam
paign."
About 400 messenger boys, en-
ployed by the Illinois District Tele-
graph company in Chicago, struck
last week as protest against the en-
ployment of colored boys and to Sc
cure an increase in wages
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Sept. 25th
number $50, against 10 last week. 172
in the like week of 1902 and 10 In
1901 In Canada, failures for tho
week number IS. as compared with 10
last week and 19 In this week year
ago.
A second son was born last week to
General and Mrs. Funston The sec
ond son is to be called Frederick, Jr.
The older son was named for General
Macarthur OF Philippine fame. Gen.
eral Funston is at present in the
north.
When a car of lumber which had
been shipped from Michigan was OPP
ened at Brownsville, Pa. the dead
bodies of two men were found. 1t is
thought they crawled into the car to
steal a ride, were locked in and were
starved to -eath-