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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
3
A report notes that rebels challenged former commanders, arguing force or threats cannot suppress them. The text highlights persistent defiance by a group deemed too numerous to subdue through coercion.
On the voyage from Nagasaki to San Francisco the Sheridan discharged 1455 soldiers. They defied officers, cheered, laughed, and dumped small arms overboard. Breadroom riots followed as hungry men overpowered a sentry and looted the storeroom before leaders persuaded them to retire to quarters.
General Dewet concentrates about 2000 Boer fighters near Helbron, with Col. Wilson aided by Kitchener's scouts. Gen. Remington relieves Wilson after a night march. British casualties are light as Col. Mackenzie adopts Benson tactics and Scots Fusiliers push a long forced march.
Father William J. O Kelly rector of Our Lady of Good Counsel in New York reportedly dies of blood poisoning after a Rockaway Beach fish hook pierced his thumb. He refused amputation fearing loss of ability to celebrate mass. operation delayed, life still in danger.
Cincinnati December 10 The general conference committee chosen to revise the hymn al will close its first session tomorrow It approved general features and set up subcommittees on responsive readings with Dr F W Quayle as chair The text committee is headed by Dr C M Stuart and another on classification by Dr C M Smith A separate music committee will be named The panel will reconvene in New York in March.
A head end collision between an east bound freight and No. 54 freight two miles north of North Yakima Washington on the Northern Pacific at midnight killed two trainmen and injured several others.
Rev. A. A. Johnson a Black pastor of the African M. E. Church in Oskaloosa Iowa was shot and seriously wounded in the pulpit by Annie Nelson a colored girl who says she was wronged by the preacher. The attack occurred December 10.
Rhinelander Wis December 11 The Wabash Screen Door company plant in this city was a total loss after a Sunday night fire. The plant valued at $100000 with stock in warehouse finished and unfinished about $120000 was insured. The blaze started in the paint shop and spread before discovery. despite an automatic extinguishing system the fire could not be contained due to flammable naphtha and oils.
Winona Minnesota December 11 a new factory is planned for shoe polishes and high grade toilet articles by William Roesner announced to begin within a week with a dozen workers. Contracts with wholesale houses already secured to market the output.
In Galena the general store of Hol Wood was robbed of 40 dollars by three men on a Saturday night. Sheriff Doten of Deadwood and Deputy Patterson pursued the gang toward Galena camp. Patterson and companions engaged in a wagon chase in Strawberry Gulch. one robber was killed by Patterson, the driver surrendered, the third fled. Patterson remained unharmed. The robbers, strangers from the West, had come for railway work.
Deadwood city council plans to condemn part of Elk Creek flow in Lawrence county for domestic use. Water. 1,750,000 gallons daily to be piped from bedrock eight miles over mountains to Deadwood, 700 feet above the post office, without hindering nearby mining along the creek.
Fred W. Pettigrew lay unconscious in the road near his South Sioux Falls home after an accident while trying to stop a runaway team. His condition remained serious but the family held some hope for recovery. He is a brother of former Senator Pettigrew.
A Northwestern railway survey party surveys a line through Beaver Dam starting near the waterworks pumping station. They began at Princeton and completed to Beaver Dam, then plan to visit Oak Grove, Juneau, Oconomowoc, and Waukesha, aiming for a continuous route to Superior, Milwaukee, and Chicago.
Leroy W. Secor, ex cashier for Goodrich Transportation, was arrested in Denver on an $18,000 embezzlement warrant and brought to Milwaukee with Detective Manger. Company officials say Secor will be prosecuted to the end.
Mrs. Helen Gilbert, 71, dropped dead yesterday on a rural Minnesota route from house to barn. She lived with her son J H Gilbert and previously resided in Fairmont. An old settler, she left ten grown children.
Aberdeen South Dakota December 11 The county commissioners have awarded the contract to Kinney and Detweiler of Austin Minnesota to prepare the plans for the new Aberdeen court house The building will resemble the Le Mars Iowa structure on the exterior with a different interior layout The dimensions are 84 by 100 feet and 114 feet tall with an estimated total cost of about 65000 dollars
A newly proposed subsidy bill diverges sharply from the policies of the last two sessions, signaling a major shift in funding approach and eligibility criteria. lawmakers anticipate partisan debate as details are released and committees weigh potential impacts on industry and public finance.
The note states that the registry system is much shorter and simple and does not provide for American registry or foreign vessels. This highlights gaps in coverage and potential discrepancies for non listed ships.
Senator Frye introduced a concise four title ship subsidy bill to promote American ocean mail service and shipbuilding. It ends obsolete wooden steamships, sets maximum mail rates, and requires vessels to carry mail and train American youth. It also provides subsidies and fisheries bonuses with safeguards on ownership and defense use. The measure goes to the Commerce Committee.
In Washington Indiana Mrs Eli Clark of Oden and her young granddaughter perished in a house fire yesterday. The child’s clothing ignited near a grate and the grandmother tried to save her, but both were soon a mass of flames before help arrived.
In a dam age suit filed by Joseph Fockler against the Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Company the jury awarded $45. Fockler sought $50,000 for personal injuries from a crossing incident near Fayette Iowa last year the verdict split $5 for injuries and $40 for buggy damages.
Quotations from grain and live stock markets across St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee Chicago Sioux City and South St Paul list bid and ask levels for wheat corn oats rye flax and barley along with cattle hog and sheep prices. Prices reflect No 1 hard and No 2 Northern wheat and assorted grades with December May futures noted for several items.
Edwards Wood & Co reports a quiet week turning to advances in wheat 4c per bushel and corn 4 3 8c with oats up 3 7 8c. Large primary receipts and strong cash demand, drought in the Southwest, and rising world supplies drive the gains. May wheat at 76 5 8c. May corn 68 1 5c. May flax 1.44 1 2. Advise purchases on declines.
Jacob Brill of Louisville Kentucky was arrested in Kansas City for counterfeiting. He reportedly had just been released from the Kentucky penitentiary where he served a six year sentence for counterfeiting.
A bank cashier reportedly vanished with about $100,000 after sending a note that he was ill and thus unavailable. Police and bank officials launched a search as the mystery surrounding the departure deepens.
H J Tleishman cashier of Farmers and Merchants' bank disappears after a bank shortage of about 100000 dollars. Officials say the bank remains solvent and will not be harmed. a woman may be involved according to I W Hellman and H W Hellman statements.
In Buffalo a bronze tablet marks the spot where President William McKinley lay in state in the city hall lower corridor. The inscription records the date September 15, 1901 and the plaque features a 45 star border with bronze letters carved three eighths of an inch deep.
Paris correspondent to the London and New York Times says Edmond Rostand's Christmas Ballad for European children is a paraphrase of cruel, malicious tales about South African concentration camps. The verses are described as bad and bitter from malice.
The Milk River bridge spanning the Alberta Railway and Coal Company's line near the U S boundary was burned yesterday. Traffic to Great Falls will halt for several days as a large gang of men rebuild the structure.
The Elks lodge was organized in Oclwein Oskaloosa Iowa on December 11 with sixty members. Rev A A Elks and Elks from Waterloo Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Charles City led the initiatory work and a banquet followed at Hotel Mealy.
Burglars entered W. A. Robber’s general store in Coloma Wisconsin Sunday night and took about 3 in pennies. They also accessed the office of T. H. Cochran, a produce buyer, but left the unlocked safe untouched and secured nothing there.
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