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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
3
The notice notes a labor shortage in Kansas driving up farm hand demand and cites steamboat authorities in Switzerland introducing a child measurement rule for fare charges. Children under two feet travel free while those two to four feet pay half fare, affected by age-based disputes.
Within two years remarkable reefs of fossil coral have been discovered near Bainbridge on the Flint river in Georgia. One reef includes coral heads over a foot in diameter. About 25 to 30 species have been identified in these Georgia reefs and geologists assign them to the tertiary age.
A Vienna surgeon reports paraffin can be injected under the skin to fill sunken areas after dental extractions jawbone loss or nose injuries. The material reportedly remains permanently, restoring a normal contour without absorption.
A historical note recalls the first diversion of Niagara Falls to power a grist mill about fifty years ago and cites a larger stream now providing nearly 500000 horsepower. It mentions Father Hennepin as an early observer and ponders what future ages may witness at the falls.
In the Interstate park near Taylor's Fields Minnesota a remarkable group of potholes or giants kettles covers two to three acres. Diameters range from under one foot to twenty five feet and depths from one to eighty four feet. They were bored in very hard rock and many resemble wells with width to depth ratios from 1 to 5 up to 1 to 7.
The Kleine Zeitung reports a major win for Norwegian feminists as the Staatsrath in Christiania rules the word shall not be obligatory in the marriage service. Brides may choose to pledge faithfulness with or without obedience.
The modern apiarist moves bees across seasons to harvest honey in three crops. Night travel aids the bee fleet, aiding orchard pollination in the Sacramento San Joaquin valleys. The practice pleases fruit growers who value enhanced yields over old methods like crossbreeding bees with fireflies.
Count Okuma lauds Tokyo’s new women’s university and argues educated women will double the nation’s strength. He cites Egypt Turkey Persia and China as contrasts and calls for radical reform of family life to raise women’s status.
The National Locomotor Ataxian League organized in New York seeks a permanent cure for locomotor ataxia. It offers a $10,000 reward for a guaranteed cure and aims to enlist 18,000 to 20,000 sufferers as members to fund a sanatorium.
Wisconsin finances appear sound with July end balances reported by State Treasurer Davidson. General fund stands at about 333 thousand dollars with nearly 2.5 million across all funds. state money in banks totals 1,027,806.19 and cash on hand 11,502.06. Bonds on hand reach 1,416,950 with various fund balances including school 992,477.75 and university 57,786.95. Normal and agricultural funds contribute smaller amounts, totaling about 2,458,258.25 across all funds.
Gus Mertz, a Pik River farmer, was shot twice in the body and once in the neck by a highwayman two miles from town as he returned from selling potatoes. Mertz, who knocked the assailant from his wagon, is gravely wounded. the robber escaped.
The Northern Pacific crop report by VP Hannaford confirms railroad forecasts of a fair average yield for grains this year. Harvesting is underway across Minnesota with wheat being threshed in Anoka and along the Minnesota division. Rain has improved the potato crop and yields are expected large.
The interior department reports fifty smallpox cases among Indians under quarantine at the Flathead agency in Montana. Action is taken to prevent spread and stamp out the epidemic. Officials note the outbreak is unusually large for the season, with cases also among Turtle Mountain Indians and at Sioux agencies, though outside Flathead the outbreak is waning.
Fargo reports North Dakota wheat yields fall short of bumper prospects. Heat in late July shriveled grains in the dough stage, especially in the southern half of the Red River valley, causing widespread disappointment as harvest progresses.
John Ludwick of Minnieska was fined 25 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to fishing with a seine in Hardtack, Winona county. He asked for leniency, saying he intended to feed his starving family, and was allowed 30 days to pay the fine with Supt. Wilber as his surety.
Private messages to Dr F C Sutter state that without action to stamp out smallpox the Winnebago Indians on the reservation near Black River Falls and roaming farms to La Crosse will suffer heavy losses and half the tribe may be wiped out soon.
Woodland Wisconsin August 4 two children of Mrs Ryder aged two and four burned to death in a barn on a farm six miles from the city. The children are believed to have started the fire while playing with matches. Mrs Ryder, prostrated, watched the blaze unable to help as flames grew beyond control.
Madison Wisconsin Aug 4 Senator Tillman and Lieut Hobson drew a crowd of 10 000 as the Monona Lake assembly closed after noon The event hosted 1200 campers on the grounds marking it as one of the most successful gatherings of the series.
Kittle Downey suffered severe burns when a gasoline line stove exploded in La Crosse Wisconsin on August 4. The fire also scarred the house but was extinguished before major damage occurred.
Koegbein, a well known farmer one mile east of Vessner, lost his grain harvest yesterday after clearing the field and stacking the grain in the yard. The loss was reported from Vessner Minnesota dated August 4.
In Red Wing Minnesota on August 4 Christ Gipford was killed by a freight train in the Milwaukee yards after falling into a drunken sleep on the tracks. He was horribly mangled with both legs severed.
A massive blast on Locust Street above Tenth in Philadelphia last night destroyed five buildings, killed an estimated ten to twenty people, and injured over twenty. A gasoline barrel in a grocery store is suspected. fires spread rapidly, but fire crews and volunteers contained the blaze as rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble.
James M. Key, former founder of the Commercial National Bank at Andrews from St Louis, is jailed in Huntington county on forgery charges. A bank receiver is appointed as notes worth about 12 000 are tied to the case. Key resisted arrest reaching for a revolver but the weapon was seized. the closed bank held about 12 000 deposits with only 25 in the safe.
Hundreds gathered at the Brooklyn Rowing Club pier watching Bay Shore district women struggle to save a drowning companion. A 14 sloop yacht approached, two young men leaped from deck to rescue her, and the survivor was brought ashore alive amid cheers. The rescuer later learned he had saved the fiancée, though he did not know her identity at the time.
Vice President Roosevelt has left for a two to three day hunting trip in Colorado. He will revisit Victor and Cripple Creek on Thursday, return to lay the corner stone of a $50,000 YMCA home on Friday, and stay until Monday. He then plans an indefinite fishing expedition in Western Colorado with Dr. Webb and P. B. Stewart.
A Madrid dispatch reports King Alfonso has chosen naval service and will board a warship soon. The shift marks a formal move into the naval profession by the monarch.
Andrew Carnegie offers Montreal 150000 for a library if the city matches 135000 yearly for maintenance. The mayor will seek council approval to pursue the plan.
Oakland City Indiana August 6 Frank Osborne was shot and killed by James Harbison about three miles north of town. The men had exchanged threats over a girl and the feud ended with Osborne firing and Harbison killing him.
Pittsburg August reports a faint glimmer of hope for settling the great steelworkers strike. President Shaffer of the Amalgamated association hinted that a general strike might have been ordered absent his firm stance. If leaders at Leechburg Wellsville and McKeesport press for settlement, adjustment could come before new strike orders.
Police guard J Pierpont Morgans office amid a steel strike. Policeman Powers of the Slip station patrols the Wall Street area near the Morgan banking house, scrutinizing all entrants while familiar bankers pass with routine entries and strangers are watched closely.
Mrs. Mary I Blackburn, longtime clerk in the War Department’s quartermaster office, resigns to wed Joseph C Blackburn United States senator elect from Kentucky. She travels to Cape May New Jersey as guest of the senator and his daughter Mrs Hall wife of Col Willim P Hall. Blackburn widow of the late Judge HH Blackburn of Martinsburg West Virginia is described as a distant relative of the Kentucky senator.
In Negaunee Michigan Erick Johnson and John Parochet were crushed at the Prince of Wales mine of the Regent group when thousands of tons of ore fell yesterday at 3 PM. Two partners were injured but escaped. Johnson’s body was recovered after seven hours, Paroche t's was recovered at 4:30 PM. Both were longtime local residents with families.
Washington August 7. The federation cannot order a general sympathetic strike due to local autonomy in its constitution. The executive council may levy a weekly assessment of 1 cent per member on all affiliated unions for up to ten weeks in a year in case of a strike or lockout.
Capt. James N. Parker, counsel for Admiral Schley, left Perth Amboy, New Jersey for Washington. He declined to discuss defense details but said the records are sufficient to vindicate the accused officer of all charges.
Carrie Jones, daughter of Alabama Governor Thomas G. Jones, was crushed by a street car while crossing in front of the executive mansion. The 20 year old was witnessed by the governor as the fatal accident occurred in Montgomery on Aug 7.
Jackson Mississippi August 7 W J Ligon sanitary inspector shot and killed David L Shelton on the citys principal street after a daytime quarrel over an inspection Shelton allegedly returned with a stick before Ligon fired through the heart Both men are described as well connected figures in the community
Redwood Falls Minnesota August 7 1909 Rule Culler twenty nine was killed in a threshing machine accident near Morgan Saturday afternoon. His leg was caught in a self feeder and torn off above the knee and mangled near the thigh.
Hans G. Tuff of Martin township killed himself by swallowing strychnine in front of his young daughter as his wife had earlier taken carbolic acid from him in Laverne Minnesota on August 7.
Cronberg Aug 7 Dowager empress Frederick mother of Emperor William I died last evening in Berlin after a long internal cancer. Emperor William and siblings watched as she passed. King Edward notified at Cowes and will travel to Marlborough House then Berlin. funeral plans await Edward's arrival.
Berlin reports a government commission to review Prof. Koch by July request. Professors Virchow and Bollinger join the panel as tests on cattle and other domestic animals including monkeys proceed. The aim is to resolve human versus bovine tuberculosis and to keep boiling milk precautions in place.
London reports the X fleet, called the enemy, won the naval duel after a week of fighting. Defenders lost twelve cruisers two gunboats and eight torpedo boat destroyers. The enemy lost three cruisers three torpedo boat destroyers and three torpedo boats and captured numerous merchantmen.
Near Windburg on April 7 Commandant Froneman, son of a senior officer, was killed after a pursuit following an alleged shooting of a peace envoy Morgendal. Most important papers were found in his pockets as British forces report capturing a Boer convoy of seven wagons near Boshof on the Orange River Colony.
In the house of commons yesterday afternoon Gerald Balfour stated the government was considering sending an engineer to America and continental cities to inquire into their subway systems and report on advantages over the London tubular system.
Paris reports the foreign office and the Turkish embassy cautious in public comments over who owns the Constantinople quays. They stress the matter is largely commercial and warn against diplomatic escalations.
Attorney General Hicks rules a 21 500 appropriation to relieve New Rich mond indebtedness to the state invalid. The 1890 tornado prompted a state loan and bond issue, later canceled, with the legislature transferring funds to trust funds. The AG cites constitutional prohibition on state credit used for individuals or corporations.
Duluth youth Burt A. Bellinger confesses how after travels from Mackinac island he obtained work with a telephone company and met an eighteen year old Duluth landlady’s niece who suspected him leading to his capture for robbing dental offices. He refuses to name the girl.
A group of boys lighting cigarettes in William Whitson's barn sparked a blaze that destroyed several barns including J. P. Haare I. H. Gray Mrs. Carlson Theodore Johnson and C. C. Westby plus Bethania hall. Firemen saved houses on the premises and the city was briefly threatened but losses were limited.
A semi official report says Maj. Gen. Arthur MacArthur will be placed in command of the Dakota Department. He comes from the Philippines and will arrive in San Francisco within days.
Wisconsin burglars entered William Cheeseman's West Allis hotel and loaded a heavy safe, valued around $100, onto a wagon and fled unseen. The incident occurred in Milwaukee on August 7.
Bail set for W. D. Yokum of Belle Fourche after months in jail. He secures a new trial in the Barnes murder case. Scotty Philip and Narcisse Narcelle, noted Pierre cattlemen, stood surety on a $2,500 bond.
Reports from threshing machines show grain damage higher than initial estimates. Gust Zumach six miles southeast threshes five bushels per acre of rejected wheat and William Churchell in the same vicinity yields six bushels from a portion of his crop.
A boy identified by letters as possibly William Mann was found dead beside the Eastern Minnesota tracks a few miles south of Dedham. His head was badly battered, and it is believed he was struck by a train.
Merrillan Wis Aug 7 The Ep worth League closed a rummage sale of old shirt waists shoes etc clearing about $60 with the M E church pastor receiving $31 as his share and the rest going to the league fund.
Morgan Minnesota August 7 C Cullan twenty six years old fell through the cap over a threshing machine cylinder and one leg was ground to pieces up to the thigh in a farm accident.
Tron Mountain Mich Aug 7 John Zabrezieski was struck by a train near Norway and probably fatally injured according to reports.
Earl Lacy thirteen drowned while swimming with companions in the Nemadist river in West Superior Wisconsin. He went under as the group returned to shore and his body was recovered.
Ward county crops lead with the Mouse River valley yielding wheat around thirty bushels per acre flax twenty to twenty two oats sixty to seventy. Cool weather aids the grain.
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