Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-07-29
NEWS SUMMARY.

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+ was burned to death in a fire whicl
| Quilted a lodging house in San Fran
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AS the result of an explosion o
, dynamite under a street car at Hous
, ton, Texas, FIVE persons were hurt
Dne seriously.
w. H. Dorchester, a conductor on 9
NortheIp Pacific freight train, was
killed at Mabton, Wash. by falling
from the train.
| The cowboys employed at the Ma
tional stockyards in East st. Louis
have inaugurated a strike In connec-
ton with the union butchers and meat
cutters.
Mrs. George. widow of the late
Henry George. the political economist
OF New York City, died on the goth at
her home at Monticello, N. T.. aged
go years.
The Russian government has ac-
cepted the proposition Of the United
States to exclude American poachers
from the waters around the Komman-
der islands.
The registration for homesteads on
the Rosebud reservation at the four
land offices-Bonesteel, Chamberlain,
Fairfax and Yankton-to date Is up
wards of $1,000.
The Union mill at Florence, Colo,
has been closed down because of an
insufficient supply of ore from Cripple
Greek, 100 men being thrown out OF
employment.
William G.. Thompson, a prominent
politician Of Detroit, Is dead at pri-
vate sanltarium in Yonkers, as the re-
suit of being knocked down by boy
bicycle scorcher on April 81 last.
Hon. Henry G. Davis. Democratic
candidate for vice president, has de-
cided to have the notification meeting
at White Sulphur Springs, w. Va. The
date has not yet been fixed, but it will
be about the middle of August.
The new city directory for Chicago |
has been given to the public. Based |
on the number of names it gives Chi
cago a population tor 1904 of 2,241, 900.
The directory of 1903 gave Chicago an
estimated population of 2.231, 900.
Chew Ian Ong, who murdered 15-
year-old Gin Do Hing in basement
In San Francisco, in July, 1908, was
hanged in the San Quentin state prison
Friday last Before mounting the
5cafiold Ong protested his innocence.
A report comes from Ichang to the
hat the French bishop, a priest and
wo converts have been killed, an
,ther priest taken prisoner and three
,hapels burned at Sichuan. near Sin
IAN.
A. H. Neighbours saloonkeeper, of
KY, struck Carrie Ma
ion twice with chair, knocking her
own and producing scalp wound.
he assault occurred at Neighbors'
aloon, after Mrs. Nation had berated
Ieighbors.
The rolls for the Topeka pension
gency. the largest In the United
tates. show decrease of nine pen
Ions for the year just ended. The list
ontains 1850 pensioners, who drew
l6. 294, POI last year. During the year
2S2 pensioners died. I
The authorities are viewing with
luanimity the actions of the Russian q,
rivateers in the Red sea. 1t is said ,
lat there is little chance of America
scoming involved, because few
merican vessels pass through the
ed sea and the Suez canal.
The Korean agitation against the
'anting to the Japanese of the lat I
RS demands for waste lands is be-
ming serious. and daily meetings., at !
nded by thousands OF persons, are v
ing held at Seoul. at which the
eakers urge moral resistance. A
George Hartman. Jr.. of San Fran \
SEQ. the young man who was shot in
e arm by August Geber, when Geber a
He'd Charles Hartman and tried to B
nihilate the entire Hartman family. T
dead. of iockjaw, caused by blood Z,
isoning resulting from the wound.
Attorney General Bell of Austin. +
,xas. has summoned before a local G
lgistrate four insurance agents. rep
sa,totivas Of tho Greatest insurance T.