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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
3
Anna Agnew Davis widow of Senator Davis expresses gratitude to newspapers for sympathy and coverage after his death. She notes the broad, fair eulogies across papers of differing political views and hopes to publish a formal card of thanks.
In Belle Plaine district court the State pursues William Peterson charged with maliciously destroying Tharp & Pitts threshing outfits in Benton county. After a machine burned in a field, a second was wrecked by dynamite hidden in grain, nearly killing the operators. a third attempt involved stones in grain bundles.
A massive fire destroyed the Zschetzehe and Son tannery in Sheboygan Wisconsin on December 18. The blaze, aided by high winds, damaged Malcolm Manufacturing furniture plant next door and threatened wider destruction as fire crews from about a dozen factories fought the flames. About 250 workers face unemployment as the plant may not be rebuilt. The site spanned an entire city block and causes remain unknown.
An Indian family of seven perished in a gasoline explosion near Cannon Ball North Dakota. A second family of three suffered severe burns and faces probable death. Reports note previous gasoline storage on the river bank at Bismarck and a former Indian man War Bonnet expropriating and igniting gasoline leading to the blaze and destruction of the home.
Manitowoc Wisconsin December 18 Coast guard reports two lighthouse keepers W A Shields and Mary Davis Mrs Shields and her niece died after their yawl capsized in a squall on Lake Michigan They were lashed to the overturned craft and found Friday buried until the steamer Manhattan recovered them Lu cien Morden also drowned while trying to reach the island rescue crew faces amputation risk for two survivors who were badly frozen.
News from Des Moines Iowa dated December 18 reports an engine twelve cars and five men plunged fifty feet off a eroded embankment on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line near Murray. John Doyle died and four other men were badly hurt two probably fatally as a trestle collapsed under the train weight.
In Marinette Wisconsin on December 18 a syndicate headed by Gov Scofield completed the purchase of more than 10 000 acres of government pine lands in Shoshone County Idaho along the north fork of the Clearwater River. The tract holds over 250 million feet of white pine timber and cost about 60 000. A sawmill will be built on the site next year.
Private detectives in Grinnell Iowa say they uncovered a large burglary syndicate operating along the Northwestern line. Mat Herzog was arrested at Toledo as a fence for the crooks, with earlier detentions in Marshalltown. Authorities believe Murray and McCabe from State Center were part of the gang, with Herzog supplying funds. Arrests expected to follow as the investigation expands.
Five mail bags partially filled with postal matter were found in the Kenosha post office cellar by Postmaster Frantz. Some contents were missing from two bags, while three remained filled with papers and Christmas packages. No arrests have been made and Washington was notified.
Fargo police search for William Long and Bertha Whitner of Frazee Minnesota believed to have eloped with a fifteen year old girl. The girl’s father accuses Long of eloping with Miss Whitner and the couple reportedly moved from Moorhead to Fargo to wed. Authorities have not located them.
The residence of Theo L. Hays, Grand Opera house manager, was broken into Saturday evening. A thief secured money and jewelry valued at about 1500 dollars. Mrs. Hays owns a large diamond collection worth thousands, including brooches rings earrings and necklaces, and most of it was left untouched by luck.
Charles Crabtree reports nearly closed sale of 20,000 acres in Overland County to a New York syndicate. Eastern buyers spent six weeks surveying the land and praised its potential. The deal is expected to remove cheap deed land from the market as settlers are planned for the region.
Robert and Albert Graham brothers of a prominent local farmer pleaded guilty in the state circuit court to stealing a large quantity of wool from a neighboring farmer. Judge Jones sentenced both to six months in the Sioux Falls penitentiary after wool was brought to Sioux Falls and offered to a local dealer.
Jerry Corbett an elder Faribault County pioneer died alone in a deserted Minnesota residence. Once a ped dler he became crippled and unable to move from house to house, ending his days in squalor in Blue Earth.
Faribault farmers report a robust hay and wood market this winter. Good hay brings 10 per ton with the best scarce at that level. Much hay is being shipped in. Maple wood sells from 6 to 6.50, and oak brings 5. Wood prices echo strong demand alongside hay trading in the local market.
Rush City Minnesota December 18 routes Nos 2 and 3 for rural delivery have been established. D Mackenzie carrier and Harry Stevens assistant on No 2. C J Morton carrier and William Taylor assistant on No 3. Rush City has three flourishing routes.
Burglars robbed the Adams county clerk's office in Friendship and stole petitions favorable to the Princeton and Wisconsin River railroad crossing Adams county. It is alleged many signatures were forged and the forgers stole the petitions to conceal the crime. Counsel has been retained and litigation will begin.
In Beloit Wisconsin on December 16 the Six o Clock club dinner at the Goodwin house ended with the treasury safe looted of 325 dollars. An employee in charge of the office feigned alarm and called the night watch to guard the strong box then disappeared from town. The officer summoned a fellow guard to watch an empty safe.
In Duluth Minnesota the district court annulled the marriage of Marion Ray, age fifteen, to Charles B. Goshaw, age twenty seven, ruling the girl was too young to contract marriage. The couple wed in Superior last April with Goshaw reporting her age as eighteen. he did not appear for the chambers hearing.
Milwaukee reports Connie Mack will not return as manager for next season. He is likely to manage the new Philadelphia club, with Hughy Duffie expected to lead Milwaukee's team.
Frank H. Hamilton was arraigned before Judge Simpson on a first degree murder indictment. Attorney Penny requested until December 20 to enter a plea, a request that was approved by County Attorney Reed.
A reunion of Winona Normal School alumni and former teachers will be held at the Windsor hotel in St Paul on Wednesday December 26 in connection with the Minnesota Educational association meeting. President Millspaugh expects large attendance and invites all former students to attend.
Tama Iowa December 16 The city faces a cash crisis with no funds to meet current bills The council attempted to shift money between funds but leg al restrictions blocked the move Street lighting is being reduced and other retrenchment measures are adopted to save money.
Waterloo Iowa December 16 J G Packard Cedar Falls editor has possession of an eight dollar bill issued by the continental government printed by Hall Sellers in 1775 The bill entitles the bearer to eight Spanish milled dollars or value thereof in gold or silver issued under Congress resolutions of Philadelphia May 10 1775
Anoka Minnesota December 16 the Hilton Bros grocery business one of the city's oldest firms has been sold to J H Ball and G D Hilliard Ball previously Western agent for Collins Plow Co of Minneapolis and Hilliard formerly with Mc Kush Copelin Riddell Co The sale marks a notable city business transition.
Jacob T. Craig an eighty five year old retired farmer of Sioux City Iowa died after taking a large dose of strychnine in a personal crisis. He left a family of thirteen children all grown and married. He had been slightly ill and no other reason for the act can be assigned.
In Booneville Indiana on December 19 a mob of about 100 men from Rockport forced entry to the jail and hanged John Rolla, a color man implicated in a murder, from a tree in the courthouse yard after breaking down walls and breaking into his cell. Sheriff’s deputy refused to surrender keys and mob conducted the act without shots fired.
Wilard Holcomb of Lieber & Co New York and Lafe Jones from West Baden are trapped thirteen miles from West Baden when water rises and seals the Lost River cavern entrance. Rescue efforts by Frank Collier of Chicago use improvised rafts to deliver food. State Geologist Hendrix says survivors may last days if air persists.
Miss Lilian Beatty a former San Francisco resident, fought a burglar for thirty minutes at Dr. E Lyman Dennison's residence on State Street, losing blood and clothing as the intruder used chloroform and strikes with shears. The thief escaped with $50 in surgical instruments.
Dee 164 R B Johnson was killed instantly when he fell from a moving passenger train at Ogelin. He was 26. The Odd Fellows sent his remains to his home at OsGood Missouri.
William Zeisler head of the Royal Baking Powder company in New York has ordered a monument costing $60 000 to be erected in Oakdale cemetery at Davenport Iowa His mother brother and two sisters are buried there.
Osceola Wis Dec 16 Businessmen of Clear Lake will establish a bank with 10000 capital stock at that place soon It is probable that Charlie H Oakey president of the Bank of Osceola will be interested in the new enterprise
The Red Chief Mining company of Red Bluff has completed and installed a fifty ton concentrator at Bozeman Montana. It will be used on the Water Lode and Red Cliff claims ores located west of Bozeman.
In Montgomery Minnesota on December 16 a physician reports two smallpox cases in the Wollert family seven miles west of town and multiple cases west of Kilkenny indicating wider local spread.
Burglars blew the Flat Rock post office safe recently and took about 3800 dollars. They fled to Shelbyville where a sheriff's posse of thirty men guards the town and hunts them.
The British gunboat Phebant reached Colon on Saturday amid a Colombian disturbance near Chepo. The steamer Taboga, seized earlier by the Colombian government, departed with another armed expedition to quell the unrest at Chepo.
In Sing Sing New York Dec 19 residents voted unanimously to petition the legislature to rename the village Ossining, aiming to replace the old name with a new municipal title.
News in brief notes anxiety in Antwerp over a threatened dock laborer strike. Canton, China suffered a major blaze with two thousand shops and houses burned on November 16 and about forty natives killed. The San Shi Bank of Yokohama failed after a 900000 yen loss from a cashier’s defalcation at the Tokio branch. Ohio investors plan to colonize a large Chihuahua tract with hundreds of American families.
Wholesale quotations across St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee and Chicago show grains steady to slightly higher with wheat bids around 72 to 75 cents in futures terms and corn 33 to 39 cents. Cattle and hog prices vary by market with Sioux City and South St Paul listing bids from about 2.40 to 5.25 for steers and 3.75 to 4.95 for hogs. lambs and sheep also feature, with regional bids noted for beef and dairy stock futures.
A Vatican source reports Peter's Pence during the Leo XIII Jubilee year totaling no less than 1.5 million dollars. The figure reflects funds raised through the Vatican and its support networks during the historic observance.
Washington Dec 19 The Senate approved the order to take up a bill raising salaries for Supreme Court judges and federal circuit and district judges. Chief Justice would get 15,560 dollars yearly, associate justices 15,000, circuit judges 9,000, and district judges 7,500 with no expense allowances thereafter.
In New York on December 19 two men suffered severe burns and a collection valued at about 50 000 dollars was destroyed by a blaze. One burned painting is Grosso's The Last Meeting.
In Celina Tennessee on December 19 a boiler at Turne and Co sawmill exploded. Pedigs and Fireman A M Green were instantly killed. F P Pedigs was fatally scalded.
Five people in Tugiman Argentina are reported to be developing what is believed to be bubonic plague. The notice comes from Buenos Aires dated December 19.
Mrs. Margaret Breen aged seventy one was struck and killed while crossing the Main street railroad track by a passenger train in Le Mars Iowa. She was the mother of Doctors M. P. and Mary Breen of the city.
Chicago December 19 a vigilance committee of prominent citizens will be appointed by the central anti-vice movement to ferret out vice in the city and perform slumming duties.
The Senate unanimously agreed to set a definite voting time next Thursday on the Hay Pouncefate treaty. Money and Mason spoke at length, with Money arguing U S independence and Mason urging an amendment to authorize defense of the canal if built. Lodge pressed for an immediate vote, and a session long debate followed into the afternoon.
Washington reports Hopkins won a census committee report order to fix representatives at 357. States gaining seats include Illinois Louisiana Minnesota New Jersey New York West Virginia Texas Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maine Nebraska Ohio South Carolina Virginia. Several losing states will oppose the bill in the house to protect current seats.
National organizer Tred Ditcher of the United Mine Workers told a Scranton meeting that miners in the region will adopt a six hour day within a few years without strikes. He denied any April 1 strike plan and warned that a nationwide action could mobilize all miners from Maine to California when needed. He also announced efforts to form a women's auxiliary at January meetings in Indianapolis.
The Rev. William De Roenden Pas sues John Alexander Dowie accusing libel in Dowie's Leaves of Healing issue dated Oct 16. Pas claims fraud and immorality and seeks service of writ abroad. Dowie, described as a British subject, is said to be in Paris en route to Switzerland.
Nicholas Phillips killed his wife and wounded a servant while attempting to kill his three children after she refused permission to move to Germany. He stated he wanted to take the children abroad because Chicago is too wicked. His sanity will be investigated.
New York December 19 reports from St Luke s hospital say Roland Reed has passed the crisis and is now on the road to recovery.
Purifying Paris continues under police focus after the exposition with 508 new arrests reported as part of maintaining order amid abnormal crime conditions following the event.
Berlin dispatch reports Li Hung Chang suffering from influenza. The same dispatch denies any plan for the dowager empress to travel to Chengtu in Szechuan province.
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