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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
3
Gov. Johnson weighs calling an extra legislative session after the U S Supreme Court decision on rate laws. He has not seen the full opinion and notes the cost of such a session, about $2,000 a day, will influence the decision. The action depends on the court ruling scope and potential fixes to existing statutes.
Nes Moines March 26. Enamored of widow Maud Bowlby, E. J. Williams wrote a love letter asking for an audience. The handwriting matched her husband Charles Raymond, who had deserted two years earlier. Raymond, already indicted for forgery, was tried in district court and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary.
Fergus Falls Minnesota March 26 burglars smashed a panel to enter the Underwood post office twelve miles east of Fergus Falls The safe was torn apart and $100 in money order funds plus a large postal sum were taken Indications of nitroglycerin use mark the work as professional and there are no clues yet from nearby residents who heard noises after midnight
Frank Lord, a young boy, died instantly after leaping from a freight elevator car at Itasca Paper company in Grand Rapids Minnesota. He was frightened while riding the elevator and his neck was broken on impact.
John Till of Somerset avoided arraignment as his conviction was dismissed on defects in the information. The case had arisen from a Grenwood justice of the peace verdict for practicing medicine without a license and was appealed to the circuit court.
Northwest railroad officials await the full text of the United States Supreme Court decision in the Minnesota rate case before gathering in Chicago to discuss the rate situation. The outcome will decide whether passenger and commodity rates stay at 2 cents per mile or rise to 2 1 2 or 3 cents. If the entire law falters, railroads could enforce old rates immediately once legal machinery allows.
Jacob Boles a wealthy retired farmer was arrested near Rhodes by Sheriff Hutson on a grand jury warrant. He is charged with threatening to extort $500 from H. F. Stouffer cashier of the Farmers Savings Bank of Rhodes by promising to publicize charges. A Rhodes schoolteacher connected to Stouffer is mentioned in the case.
Billings Montana March 26 Sheriff James T Webb of Yellowstone county was shot and killed yesterday morning near Roundup by William Bickford the man he had arrested on horse stealing charges. One hundred armed men pursue the murderer and it is believed he will be captured soon. Indignation runs high with fears of summary vengeance if resistance is offered.
The body of Benjamin Habein of Morristown was found beside the Chicago Great Western tracks about two and a half miles west of Morristown. He lay face down with the head toward the track and an empty pocket book nearby. cause and time of death are not stated.
Waterloo, March 26 Elmer McKeever was arrested at Me line HL on a charge of breaking and entering. The Ow! case Greenbergs second hand store and Knapp Clark billiard hall were robbed. McKeever agreed to return to Waterloo without extradition papers.
William Costello a 79 year old retired farmer from Eggleston Minnesota and early Goodhue county settler was seriously hurt in a runaway accident in St Paul yesterday. The outcome of his injuries is uncertain.
Sioux Rapids Iowa March 26 John R Schweitzer aged forty nine long labeled a woman hater died after being won over by leap year He surprised everyone by riding to Storm Lake with Miss Anna Anderson of Sioux Rapids and marrying her in a late life romance The event ends his notoriety with a domestic twist.
The reform movement in Hudson continues as authorities extend the ban from slot machines to dice shaking. An official order now prohibits rolling dice in all forms, reinforcing the crackdown on gambling activities.
Fire at the Winona House furnishing company in Winona Minnesota on March 26 caused losses of 23 000 or more. The building was partly insured and the total damage was not fully disclosed.
Washington March 19 General debate on the pension appropriation bill continued four hours in the House of Representatives. Topics ranged from politics and finance to trusts and the president's last special message. At 4 24 the House adjourned in memory of the late United States Senator William Pinckney Whyte of Maryland. The Senate met briefly and adjourned in tribute to Whyte.
In Washington on March 20 Senator La Follette of Wisconsin continued his debate on a proposal for the physical valuation of railroads. He opposed criticisms aimed at the president and Cortelyou, defending actions during the financial disturbance. The House also advanced a pension bill totaling 150,869,000 dollars after hours of discussion, seeking to abolish most pension agencies and centralize disbursements in Washington.
In Washington on March 21 the senate devoted most of its session to the ship subsidy bill which passed without a division. A bill increasing life saving service employee salaries also cleared. In the house Mr Hardwick denounced President Roosevelt for withholding information on corporations, while Mr Mann defended the president’s actions as in good faith.
Washington March 23 The fortification appropriation bill was passed by the House Saturday without material amendments. During the closing debate several members criticized the War Department for spending on Subig bay fortifications, arguing the funds would have been better used to strengthen Cavite defenses.
In Washington the House faced an unusual scene as Mr Mann of Illinois accused Mr Sulzer of New York of inserting a speech in the Congressional Record that Sulzer says he did not deliver. Mann’s resolution to expunge the speech passed along party lines after sharp exchanges between Sulzer and the speaker. The Senate adjourned briefly in memory of Senator Bryan of Florida who died Sunday.
In the House Mr. Williams of Mississippi announced a plan to filibuster on all opportunities to push an employers liability bill and other measures. Democrats cheered as debate on the agricultural appropriation bill continued. In the Senate the currency bill received priority with Aldrich promising to advance it today and La Follette finishing the third segment of his currency speech.
Waterloo report states Walter Whitbeck thirty is suspected of murdering his father Arlo Whitbeck sixty near West Union Wednesday night. The case centers on a paternal dispute ending in a fatal shooting with police investigation underway.
The Eastern Montana Wool Growers and Montana Stock Growers plan a three day program in Miles City from April 20 to 22. Sessions at the opera house cover welcome addresses, disease and farming topics, railroad centralization, and stockmen road needs. A bronco exhibition and barbecue close Tuesday events with a theatrical show and Elk dance scheduled.
Mosney the wanted killer led a long chase with Sheriff Shoemaker and a Helena Cascade posse through deep snow. He found Cunningham digging near Cascade and forced him to cook eggs and share bread before slipping away, recounting close calls and hidings.
Judge W H Hunt in Yelena grants F Augus tus Heinze five days more to hear pleas for clemency and to learn the status of an application to the president for a remission of the 22000 fine and of Senator Carter's bill seeking a refunding of the penalty.
Dr. O M Landstrum J A Rowlang and Fred Whiteside members of the Northwestern mining men committee who were sent to Washington to press President Roosevelt on alleged irregularities in Northern Pacific land grant classifications have returned to Helena. They say they are highly pleased with the reception they received.
The North reports on Johannes Rogneby’s 100th birthday feast and public tribute to Col. George Strang. It notes the Loviend cabinet’s fall after a leftist-socialist coalition, Gunnar Knudsen to become premier, and praises Strang’s 1905 role in Norway’s union negotiations. O. M. A. Thorvik marks 58 years in teaching in Larvik, Norway.
Hugo Tamms leaves 5 129 000 crowns, Gustav Adolph ill with measles, Gustaf named protector of the Swedish Tourist society. Stockholm sees emigration, labor unrest, philanthropy from Prof Buchner and Directors Bernstrom. Counterfeiters merit 1 000 crown reward. 143 Swedes emigrated in January 1908. A light anecdote recalls King Gustaf as crown prince aiding a scared horse and joking with peasants on the road.
Maj general Castenskjold dies at ninety after long service in the 1848 and 1861 Wars. Copenhagen hosts a military athletic tournament in late May under Danne virke. Mormonism wanes in Denmark as Frimodt Moller notes shrinking numbers. Danish legal custom uses faged and provst for ecclesiastical cases. A Danish Greenland biological expedition seeks two-year study of fishing and sealing improvements with Esquimaux help.
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