Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-05-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS.
DAho.

In Boise during the past three months
for liquor and pool table licenses.
A Reform League has been organ
lied at Boise for the purpose of in.
surfing purity in municipal govern
menf."
The Catholic people Of Caldwell
will commence the erection OF com
modious church building in the near
future.
The Baptists OF Van Wyck have
elected a board OF trustees for the
purpose Of Incorporating Baptist
church.
Miss Ruth Marcellus was thrown
from horse on her fathers farm
near Boise and her shoulder blade was
fractured.
Judge Isaac Ives Lewis. late OF
Ketchum and well known throughout
the state, died at Pasadena, Cal, Fri
day of last week.
Mrs. Fanny Fletcher OF Mountain
Home burned one OF her hands very
seriously while fumigating a room
with burning sulphur.
While returning from the cemetery
ut Payette. the team OF a Mr. Strut ran
away and he and his little daughter
were seriously injured.
The assembly OF the A. O. u. w. and
Degree OF Honor lodges OF the states
OF Wyoming. Idaho and Utah will be
held In HALEY on the 18th.
Montpelier expects to have water
works system in the near future. The |
cosncll now has under consideration
an application for franchise.
George Ash. who shot and killed
John Bishop at Buffalo Hump. has
been arrested at Grangeville. Ash,
when found. was hiding in barn.
The fortune OF Colonel W. II. Dew.
ey, who died at Nampa last week, Is
estimated at a million dollars. He was
married three times and leaves five
children.
The reorganization OF the Boise
Chamber OF Commerce was effected
last week, when nfty-three citizens OF
the capital city signed the member.
ship roll
After lingering Illness OF two
months. David Falk.. the pioneer mer
chant OF Boise. is dead. Mr. Falk came
to Boise in 1864. and was we'll known
throughout the state.
An castbound Northern Pacific
freight train went through bridge
near Hope ON the 7th. The engine and 9
-hree cars of coal caught fire and were I
destroyed. Several trainmen were 8
slightly injured. c
N. II. Jenkins was shot by Harry s
iroyes, the proprietor of a notorious U
Dad house near Mackay, during a =
Irunken quarrel. Jenkins Is danger
usly hurt and Groves has been
placed under arrest.
President Roosevelt has signed the y
OF Willis Sweet of Occur
'Alene. Idaho. as attorney general of
orto Rico. This is the appointment d
offered Senator Hepburn h'
y the president some time ago. In
The fact has just leaked out that ~
eastern lumbermen have Sc e
nred large amount OF timber In W
he Boise Basin section and have ar ~
'nged TO put in large plant on the ~
Disc river five miles above Boise.
convicts John Stuart and william
aney were killed Friday OF last week
the prison stone quarry by the fall of
& OF boulder they were trying to bu
ow out. Stuart was sent up from ne
wyhce county ani Nancy from Koo- in
mai county tn
A. j. Bennett was drowned In Snake if'
fer near Glenn's Ferry last week. az
, Was engaged In swimming cattle a"
ross the river and rode on into a ~.
ep hole. drowning before help could cid
ach him. HE was about 80 years OF lac
g and was born In Silver City. a.,
Lewis Green, miner employed In
? Point Lookout mine at Bullion. F,
5 killed by drilling into a missed -
10. The accident occurred about Is s,,
lock and Green. though frightfully
Ingled, lived until g.. One arm and
i7ft leg were nearly blown on. me
The Nampa Times makes the an ~
uncement that Andrew Sweetser, ~. aa
20 was reported 10 have been az
lwned In San Ernnciscn hay FIVE Or | .aN