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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
4
The Southern cotton manufacturers show strong interest in expanding trade with China. They advocate proactive engagement and vocal support for policies that open markets and boost production.
A terse note describes rampant financial speculation in New York with a figure called the 120 per cent man, and states that Mr. Miller has been forgotten amid the fast and furious dealings.
The article describes a three thousand mile rural mail route beyond mail boats in Alaska. Carriers are descendants of Siberian reindeer imported in 1892 and now number twenty large herds in Alaska despite reports that the animals were extinct.
The article argues that nursing quality rises when personal care blends with knowledge and skill. It states many households offer girls chances to gain experience, and suggests lectures, reading, and demonstrations to supplement opportunities.
J Pierpont Morgan donated a prestigious collection of ancient Greek ornaments to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Valued at 200000 dollars, the set includes a gold crown, a gold necklace, gold and silver bridal wreaths, a gold embossed mask, gold-winged statuettes, and a gold ram dating to 350 B C. The collection spans many years of assembly.
The wife of Li Hung Chang is described as the richest and most luxurious woman in China. She bathes daily in orange and acacia oils, employs about 1,000 servants, and owns a ward robe with around 2,000 coats and 1,200 trouserettes. Though crippled, she runs a vast household with detailed expenditure records and solid business acumen.
Public sentiment generally supports the New York sheriff who arrested a woman rider trying to cover three thousand miles in record time. She had already logged twenty six hundred miles in under twelve days, and neighbors near her route complained of the strain. Critics warn such pressure risks health or life and argue restraint may be wise.
A magazine features a life photograph of a white-footed mouse with four offspring. The mother vanished but the two men found the family at home with the photographer rushing back two miles to reunite the frightened mother with her young.
Mr. Martin Dodge announces a new division chemistry laboratory for testing rocks gravel shells brick clays and other road building materials in country districts not for municipalities. It will be ready by December 1 and requests for testing should be directed to the Office of Public Road Inquiries Department of Agriculture Washington DC.
A long ago Yankee built a sectional house shipped around the horn and erected in Hawaii over a crafted cellar. The cellar remains as a monument to folly, a haven for centipedes and otherwise useless. The old adage to meet people’s wants remains valid, and those who ignore it deserve public scorn.
Mail service ends in Alberta Stevens County Minnesota. Senator Fairbanks of Indiana proposes Oklahoma admission with two representatives. President nominates Silas Alexander of New Mexico to associate judge of New Mexico Supreme Court. Attorney general allows wounded soldiers promotion if duties permit. Navy to ship lumber and nails to Guam to repair typhoon damage aboard the Spreckies. Jules Cambon delays voyage to New York to back a Washington statue replica for Marshal Jochambeau celebration.
Of the Week John Lukg Hely-Hutchinson fifth earl of Donogmore dies of paralysis in London. Field Marshal Count von Waldersee reportedly to return home due to disappointment over events. Gen MacArthur confirms hangings of four Lingayen murder suspects. Frank Hawley in London discusses £4,000,000 electric railway project for London and suburbs. Count and Countess Boni de Castellane reportedly seek a London house amid financial strains.
A sequence of tragedies recorded across towns includes deaths from a kissing bug bite in Martinsville Indiana, a Boston warehouse fire causing 150000 in losses, a Stambaugh-Thompson hardware deal in Youngstown losing 100000 with 75000 insurance, a fatal World Herald mine incident in Aurora Missouri, and a damaged treasury fire in Washington. Other incidents include a Mary A Brown schooner wreck off Hamp ton Beach and a Suisun track crew wreck with eight dead. Evansville fire kills one and injures several at Mesker Iron Works and Loswenthal’s. The dead: Gottlieb Surbeck.
Indians burn a man as a human sacrifice in Kernville California. At Portland Oregon six masked men rob the Western Lumber office of $6000 with a dozen more nearby. Latrobe Pennsylvania sees a deputy riot with several miners arrested. Dr Harry Whipple’s wife elopes with a Cuba drug clerk Floyd Williams. Eight thousand dollars in cattle stolen near Rennslaer Indiana. In Victoria British Columbia Eugene Brooks and William Maltby face trial for death of Maltby’s son. Emma Van Liew pleads guilty to manslaughter in Ohio and is sent to Columbus prison.
Cecil Rhodes donates £3000 toward a new cathedral in Cape Town. Count von Goetzen may be named governor general of German East Africa. A Reuters dispatch from Constantinople suggests Russia is pressing the Porte to refuse an exequatur to Dr Norton. In Berlin the chancellor von Buelow says the Centrists’ religious liberty bill is unacceptable. Rumors of the czar’s poisoning resurface in Vienna via a Saint Petersburg dispatch to the Volksblatt. US embassy officials in London say no instructions have been received on freeing Mrs Lawrence Maybrick from Woking prison.
A compilation of obituaries and life events includes Gov Roosevelt’s winter hunting trip plans, Berlin charity hospital director Herr Spinola’s death, Virginia legislator Wirt Henry’s passing, New York assistant counsel Thomas Nolan’s death after paralysis, Illinois attorney George S House’s death at Joliet aged sixty five, Zella Ruhman’s separation suit in New York, Cuban figure George D Quesada’s death in a New York bank, a Presbyterian Union dinner speech in New York, Eugenia Washington’s death in Washington, Ex Gov James W McClurg’s death in Missouri, Baron Sternberg’s marriage in London, and engagements involving Irene Woodward and Lieut. Frederick Bismarck with Woodward guests at Pekin legation.
California electors favor McKinley with 164 755 ballots while Bryan trails at 124 985 and Woolley 6 024. Phillips claims 300 000 profit from a corn deal. Phi Delta Theta selects New York for next biennial session in Louisville. Trene Woodward of Franston denies engagement report to Lieut. in Indianapolis. Southern Industrial convention meets in New Orleans with many delegates from the North. Illinois Atty Gen Akin to sue several hundred corporations over anti trust laws. Rev Joseph Alerding of St Josephs Indianapolis becomes fourth Fort Wayne bishop. American Sheet Steel raises prices by 2 per ton. Wheeling board of trade organized with S A Thompson named secretary. U S transport Indiana floated after ashore near Luzon and reaches Bonangan sound short of coal. Hobart memorial monument design chosen at Paterson Philip Martin the winner. Rev P I Afuldoon to be raised to the purple likely upon return from Europe. Bishop McGavick resigns with replacement by Father Muldoon.
London December 9 Mr Chamberlain announced in the house of commons that civil government would be given to the two Boer republics. He also pledged to limit farm burning and other military measures where possible. The move follows the failed Kruger mission and a peaceful Worcester congress, easing public fear and aiding passage of needed financial measures.
From Aliwalworth Cape Colony Gen Knox presses Gen Dewet’s main force as they trek north along the Orange river facing exhaustion. Three hundred Boer horses dead or dying between Smithville road and the Orange river. Most British prisoners at Dewetsdorp freed except officers. Kruger abandons travel to capitals awaiting Hague war developments.
Admiral Kautz orders immediate sail to South America with the Iowa and Philadelphia from San Diego. Philadelphia arrived with 100 sailors for Iowa as the reason for the sudden move remains undisclosed. Coal orders were cut after only half the 1,000 ton requirement was supplied.
Gen MacArthur reports Maj Spender found the bodies of Naval Cadet Melbourne C Wood of Georgia and Machinist Gray. Wood commanded the river gunboat Urdaneta when it ran aground in the Oranto river Luzon and was captured by insurgents. They were killed Sept 18 1899 and the remains brought to Orants.
Washington reports that leading U S and European ship builders completed an amalgamation in recent days. A European firm representative said the articles received final signatures in Florence Italy about a week ago.
Miss Jenny Rogers a Sioux City real estate agent famed in the early 1890s boom died at Samaritan hospital. She built a vast paper fortune through property speculation in Sioux City, but the boom’s collapse left her in reduced circumstances.
Washington reports 448 472 alien immigrants arrived in the United States during the last fiscal year. Commissioner Powderly recommends a probation period of five years before an immigrant who becomes a public charge may be deported.
William Cochran shot his nineteen year old stepson through the lungs causing a mortal wound. He fled the scene but is expected to be captured. The act is described as unprovoked and deliberate in Washington Indiana.
Henry J. Hayden, vice president of New York Central and Hudson River Railway, leapt from the fourth story window of his residence in New York and was killed. The incident occurred on December 9. Authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the fatal fall.
Washington reports the opening of bids for naval construction totaling about 80 million dollars. Eight bidders competed including Newport News, Cramps, Fore River Works, Union Iron Works, and Moran Bros. Some smaller firms may win bids, with a naval board to review and determine the lowest costs within Congress limits.
At the American Association of Fairs and Expositions closing session in the Sherman house the 1900 fair and exposition calendar was approved. Pan-American May 1 to Nov 3 followed by Iowa Aug 28 to 31 and Minnesota Sept 2 to 7. Other state and regional fairs span Aug 26 to Oct 12 with St Louis Oct 7 to 12. Officers re elected: President A H Lovejoy Roselle Ill treasurer William M Liggett St Anthony Park Minn secretary J W Whieming Columbus Ohio.
Gov. N. O. Murphy of Arizona and Gov. M. A. Otero of New Mexico met in Chicago to push for admitting the two territories as states. Murphy then went to Washington to launch a campaign for statehood and to repeal a clause in the Shafter irrigation bill barring territories from a proposed $10,000,000 irrigation appropriation.
Miss Maggie Pauli, a Spring Hill schoolteacher, was acquitted in the criminal court of assault and battery for spanking an eight year old Krause boy who misbehaved. The judge instructed the jury that a child in a classroom is under a teacher's control until dismissal.
An engine explosion in the Delaware and Lackawanna yards east of Buffalo badly scorched five men. The locomotive blew out its front, scattering a caboose into kindling. Injured workers were transported to Buffalo by special train.
Li Hung Chang informs officials that he and all Chinese are pleased and gratified by American troops conduct in Pekin. Citizens across areas under American protection express praise and gratitude for the soldiers' behavior and protection.
Waterville Minnesota reports Mayor Parsons resigning after the city council refused to hire a marshal at a salary adequate for effective service. The current marshal earns only one dollar per year plus office fees.
An east bound Omaha and Chicago fast freight collided with a drove of twenty Iowa Agricultural College standard bred horses near Ames, killing nine of the animals.
Treasured market notes from St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago show grain bids for wheat corn and oats with several grades and delivery dates. Cattle hog and sheep prices at Sioux City Chicago and South St Paul reflect varied demand and bulk sales.
Secretary of the Navy Long has cabled Capt. Chester at Constantinople to sail the Kentucky from Smyrna to Manila replacing the Oregon on the Asiatic station. The mission, said to be one of courtesy, appears discharged though official confirmation is lacking.
Paris reports a papal consistory in Rome may not add new cardinals yet a French papal affairs expert expects two American names to be named Archbishop Ireland and Archbishop Corrigan in the near future indicating a surprising shift in church leadership.
A thief who robbed Mrs Mary Smith's Cleveland home left a note saying with Almighty God and my health I will pay you in one year with interest You have a steady job and I will surely starve The incident occurred December 11 with $29 taken from the residence.
A bridge at Dif ferdingen in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg gave way as an express train crossed it. The locomotive and cars plunged into the stream. Five persons were killed and eight badly injured.
A December fire at Borlange near Falun has left 160 people homeless and caused about 500 000 kroner in damage. The blaze swept through the area, with flames devastating multiple buildings and prompting investigations into the cause. Local authorities coordinated relief for displaced residents.
Fairmont Minn Dec 11 Henry Raymann sixty eight year old Fraser township resident for twelve years in Martin county killed himself during a temporary insanity fit by hanging in his son's chickenhouse
The Walker sanitarium in Walker Minnesota burned down starting from the basement furnace. Loss estimated at 7000 dollars with 2000 dollars insured. The building will be re erected within sixty days.
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