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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
3
The report notes ostrich farming value with birds at 100 dollars each and feather yield about 25 dollars per bird. It cites a snow line height on the equator of 15,260 feet and London latitude near 5,000 feet. It calls Grenoble the center of the kid glove trade and claims Paris as a gay hub for this industry.
A major Alpine road project passes the Great St Bernard and the hospice, delivering a significant engineering feat. The route is set to be finished and opened to traffic in July of next year.
The German forests yield about 38,000,000 tons of timber and firewood annually, with an additional 4,600,000 tons imported. This substantial home production is described as essential for the country’s material progress and development.
The Merritt building roof garden at Eighth Avenue and Nineteenth Street New York has drawn crowds nightly since July 1. Admission is free and religious meetings with loud music are held each evening. Although the venue seats 1,500, last week hundreds were turned away due to large crowds.
The Foreign Tract society reports Bunyan's work rendered into ninety five languages and dialects. Some renderings are reportedly problematic with Eskimo translations prompting higher pay demands from Oxford University Press compositors.
The division of insular affairs of the war department reports pork bacon and lard imports into the Philippines for 1900 valued at 233 523 dollars up from 144 669 dollars in 1899 an increase of 61 percent reflecting stronger demand and trade in the new year.
The passage notes Mr. Edison’s belief in a cheap Portland cement method. He envisions contractors using wooden forms and standard shapes to pour houses that are fireproof and inexpensive, potentially replacing brick and stone and reducing building costs.
Oriental maxim about taking the easiest path gains followers in extreme heat. Telephone offices and streetcars run busy as people avoid trips and walk. Those in jobs that save public effort are stretched thin as demand rises for easier services.
Public focus shifts to Chinese in the United States as the 1882 act barred laborer immigration for a decade and the 1892 extension lasts ten more years. Both provisions near expiry, with a new bill to extend twenty years and an opposing move to repeal. The entire policy will be revisited in Congress.
The piece notes English rural fire services rely on borrowed horses causing delays from thirty to fifty minutes before fire engines can respond. It contrasts with American towns and cities where steam engines are housed, enabling deployment in from thirty seconds to a minute and a half, with faster response than rural England.
An American army officer known for good health reportedly survived for years at a distant western post by eating only canned goods. He opened a single can per meal regardless of contents and remained active and alert most of the time, except during sleep.
Reports from Cape Colony say Boer War forces are gathering horses for commando use. In New York the Ladies Shirt Waist union backs a 4000 worker strike. Rothschilds announce payment of Transvaal 5 percent coupons. German agricultural council backs a double tariff for farm products. Cleveland fire chief Sheldon A. Wright dies of heart disease after returning from a fire, suspected suffocation contributing to the fatal episode.
Aug 21 market roundup with prices for wheat corn oats and flax from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee Chicago Sioux City and South Saint Paul. Includes cattle hog and sheep quotes with regional variations and ranges across multiple exchanges and dates.
Fort Riley Kansas on August 21 a seven inch artillery shell prematurely exploded during target practice. Private Watson was killed as his head was blown off. Private King and six other soldiers were badly injured in the incident.
London August 21 The war office issued orders to yeomen returning from South Africa who had complained about not receiving full pay. They shall receive their arrears.
Paris Aug 21 King Oscar of Norway and Sweden accepts President Loubet invitation to witness the close of French army maneuvers at Rheims. He will enter France at Dunkirk after joining Loubet for the Northern squadron review welcoming him to French waters.
A Basse-Terre dispatch reports Marie-Galante island town of about 15,000 population destroyed by a large fire. No further details on casualties or cause are provided in the readable text.
David Lamon fatally shot Ernest Faulkenburg over a boundary line fence dispute in English Indiana. Faulkenburg, described as a noted character, had a long standing grudge with Lamon.
Pittsburg August 21 United States Steel Corp reports gains in resuming operations crippled by the Amalgamated Association strike. Monessen mills restart with strikebreakers while Painter and Clark properties add workers. Strikers deny real progress and warn of further clashes as union and company efforts continue.
Boer circles in Brussels claim Emperor Nicholas invited Mr. Kruger to send a representative to his sister Grand Duchess Olga’s wedding to Duke Peter of Oldenburg. The Berliner Lokal Anzeiger says M. Van Der Hoeven attended, blocking British embassy attendance after the czar ignored the ambassador’s protest.
In Little Falls New York Aug 21 the Mohawk and Malone roundhouse at Jerkimer caught fire at 1030 pm. Watchman Gilbert engine tender John Deck and four others were killed when stored dynamite exploded wrecking the roundhouse. Bodies of the four others were unrecognizable and more may be in the ruins. The roundhouse was owned by the New York Central and Hudson River railroad.
In Birmingham area Bessemer, 17 year old Louis Baggett killed Harry Shump after Shump refused Baggett's invitation to drink. Baggett shot Shump twice in the incident.
A blaze at the J. Wright plant of the American Cigar Co in Richmond yesterday destroyed about 400000 pounds of leaf tobacco. The total loss stands near 200000 dollars. About 35 workers were employed there most of them Black. all are believed to have escaped unharmed.
Acting Secretary Hackett of the navy chooses the new gun shop at the navy yard as the courtroom for the Schley case. The move pleases Schley supporters hoping a broader inquiry, possibly into navy administration. Raynor and Wilson inform Hackett of statements by Rear Admiral Howison about the Santiago battle and Schley’s role, requesting a reply.
Aug 21 reports Jerry Turner of Lewiston Minnesota traps rattlesnakes as a full time occupation. He has captured over 500 snakes this season and sells them to a Rochester firm for about 50 cents each. He skins some for oil and says he has been bitten three times without ill effects. He handles snakes with bare hands.
Deadwood South Dakota August 21 James Rooney a well known rancher near Belle Fourche is overcome by heat and brought to town in safe keeping. He is said to have gone insane imagining the Homestake ore passes through his farm and was attempting to locate gold ore when found. He has several well known brothers.
Joseph Minchin of Boston, acting for a New England syndicate, has closed a deal with Thomas Cooney of Helena and others to buy the Ptarmigan group of fifteen gold mines west of Helena Montana. The price is not stated but believed near $300,000. The district is new, yet the mines have yielded about $100,000 in gold.
A man who gave the name William Drummond from Jasper Minnesota was jailed in Miner County South Dakota after being accused of stealing a $50 lens from a Howard photographer. He cannot post bond for the next state circuit court term and is held for safekeeping.
Mrs. Charles R. Morse sues for divorce in Grinnell Iowa with cross-bill by Mr Morse. She alleges cruel inhuman treatment and adultery while Morse also alleges adultery in his cross-bill. Case drew local interest and is set for Sept 17.
The Battle Island assembly in La Crosse Wisconsin closed its week with a record crowd on its final day. An excursion from La Crosse spent the day at the island while Rev. Alice Bell Loomis delivered the principal address.
John Johnson was held to the grand jury in 500 dollars bond on a charge of stealing eighteen head of cattle from Cory Ridgway of Pipestone. He had the cattle for pasture and sold them to local butchers.
Doon, August 21. Burglars broke into the post office, blew open the safe and stole stamps worth several dollars and a small amount of money. No clues have been found for the thieves.
Moorhead Minn Aug 21 Professor J G Bess the colored barber who shot A H McMillan at the Exchange hotel Saturday was held to the grand jury after the preliminary examination.
In West Superior Wisconsin on August 21 the jury concluded Anderson was sane after a thirty hour deliberation. He will be tried on charges of murdering his wife in the Anderson case.
Madison Wis Aug 21 reports the free labor bureaus filled eighty nine positions last week. The bureaus received 142 applications for employment and 127 applications for help.
In Tron Mountain New Mexico on August 21 two burglars captured at Champion named John Anderson and James Reynoi. Police found skeleton keys, nine watches and other jewelry and a bang sok.
Port Townsend reports the Islander struck an iceberg near Douglas Island at 2 a.m. Aug 15 and sank in minutes with 67 lost as passengers rushed for lifeboats. Pilot La Blanc blamed crowding. Captain Foote sacrificed himself on the sinking ship. Vancouver later reports total deaths at 42 as other survivors arrive on the Battalion.
Adam Jest and Joseph Engine were trapped 200 feet below Lake Erie in the Cleveland waterworks tunnel after crib No 2 burned last Wednesday. They were rescued late yesterday afternoon and lie semi conscious at Huron Street hospital where doctors expect a full recovery with careful care. The men were unaware of the catastrophe that killed many of their colleagues and left others trapped above.
Whitesburg Kentucky August 21 The alleged kuklux gang was arraigned for trial before Judge Moss of the Letcher circuit court. Members are accused of the murder of Mrs Jemima Hall and her son at Boone s Fork last November.
George H. Farrell of Chicago arrived in Niagara Falls to set up a rope cable across the gorge between the cantilever and lower steel arch bridges. He aims to ride a bicycle with grooved wheels across the cable next Sunday despite the danger.
Dr. Martinez Silva told Secretary Hay that Bogota sent a cable stating traffic across the isthmus is fully unobstructed and no U.S. intervention is needed. The state department will maintain naval protection on both sides of the isthmus as a precaution while Colombia safeguards property and transit.
New York report discusses expected umpire findings on recent naval maneuvers. The London view argues French cruisers could raid British commerce in the English Channel and questions King Edward’s navy scouting. Wireless telegraph interception allegedly aided Admiral Wilson.
Omaha woman Mrs. J. H. Glassman was beaten and dragged toward an alley when a stranger abducting her on Saturday night. A dog attacked the assailant, alerting her husband who rushed out and thwarted the attack. the kidnapper fled and was not apprehended.
A severe electrical storm in Philadelphia struck a benzine tank at the Atlantic Oil Refining company in Point Breeze. Four oil tanks ignited, destroying 63 000 barrels of oil and 28 000 barrels of benzine. Loss on oil near 10 000 dollars. total company loss projected around 150 000 dollars for storage and rebuilding.
The navy department stated the North Atlantic squadron would be ordered to Hampton Roads for target practice even without South American disturbances. Headquarters would remain at Hampton Roads unless ships were needed in South Atlantic waters.
Secretary Gage says Chicagoan William B. Ridgeley will likely replace Mr. Dawes as controller of the currency. Ridgeley, secretary of the Republic Ironworks, has support from Illinois senators and is connected by marriage to Senator Cullom. Dawes organization favorable.
From Willemstad Curaçao August 21 report Senor Vellegas Pulido once president of Guarco and later Castro's minister of commerce has been arrested in Caracas along with thirty five other politicians. The president continues to encourage Colombian insurgents as the crisis deepens.
A Shanghai dispatch says Russia is fortifying New Chwang and expanding railroad reach toward Korea. Germany has leased extra land at Shanghai to construct barracks.
Fargo North Dakota August 21 farmers north of here delay building their elevator due to rising building material costs and plan to resume next spring.
Fargo North Dakota August 21 The Milwaukee road is expanding the local yards. A sixty foot addition to the passenger station will be used as a freight office.
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