Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-11-06
NEWS SUMMARY.

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Professor Mommsen, the historian,
born in 1917, is dying at Berlin.
The settlement of American claims
against Turkey is expected within
ten days.
Leading diplomats say the gravity
of the situation in the far east has
not been exaggerated
News from Somaliland would indi-
cate that the Mad Mullah will likely
be conquered by the British.
Owing to the rebellion in the north
ern part of San Domingo, the govern
ment is enforcing martial law.
William ]. Engle of vincennes, Ind,
was killed by burglars who were en-
deayoring to rob his place of business.
Senator German of Maryland has
announced his candidacy for the Dem
ocratic nomination for the presidency
The Bilboa, Spain. strike seems TO
have been settled and the men will
be allowed to return to work at once
At Arequipa, Peru, an assassin fret
three shots at former President Ro-
mana, but the president escaped I'M
hurt
War is being waged upon smallpox
in Pittsb1rg. and it is expected the
disease will be stamped out in two
weeks.
Albert Olson. aged II, was acct
dentally killed by his father, while
the two were duck hunting near Tilla-
nook, Ore.
A disastrous wind and hail storm
at Cushing, o. T., did much damage,
one house being struck by lightning
and a woman cremated.
A Philadelphia physician advocates
that children should use their right
and left hands alternately, in order
that they may become fully developed.
Faustino Millermo, leader of the
band of Iadrones which for months
past has been raiding the province of
Rial, P. l., has been sentenced to
death.
Four persons were killed and a
corpse torn from it's coffin at Char
Iotte, N. c., as the result of passen-
ger train striking a wagon at a rail-
way crossing.
The Piemakers' union of San
Francisco has ordered strike and
the three big bakeries that supply
the hotels, restaurants and smaller
shops have closed.
F. M. Wolf, who lives near Ridge
Vile. Ind, and has been dumb for more
than two years, is now able to carry
on a conversation as a result of, as he
claims, chewing tobacco for several
hours.
Emphatic denial is made by repre-
sentatives of several important west
ern railroads to widely circulated ru-
mors that concerted effort was being
made by the western roads to reduce
wages.
It is reported from Quito, Ecuador,
that a dense column Of fire was visible
from there, emerging from the crater
of the Cotapaxi volcano. The neigh
boring villages have not sustained any
damage.
The war department has made pub
lie the report and findings in the case
of Major Robert L. Howsee, charged
with cruelty in the Philippines. The
findings of the board exonerate Major
Howsee.
The London Post says that it I'M
derstands that Japan is by no means
prepared to acquiesce in the sugges-
ton that she give Russia a free hand
in Manchuria in exchange for a Jap
anese free hand in Korea
The charred bones of Justus Har-
wig a prominent citizen OF Dubuque,
Iowa. have been found in the ashes OF
a barrel near voIga City. The skull
had been fractured. 1t is believed
that Harwig was murdered.
In dispatch from Sofia, Bulgaria,
the correspondent of the London
Times says an order has been issue1
for the complete rehabilitation OF the
Bulgarian reserves, all OF whom Will
return to their homes at once. This
apparently marks the end OF the war
scare.
Mrs. ]. W. Ruthuff, living three
miles south of Noble, Oklahoma, was
found dead in bed, death being caused