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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1901
Page
4
A temporary underwater cable connects St Michael and Néme enabling telephonic communication. The toll stands at $2 for ten words.
Cecil Raleigh reports about 25 000 workers in British theatre with an average weekly salary of 10 dollars. On a given day 130 melodramas 83 musical and farcical pieces 83 plays and 3 Shakespearean plays were performed.
A diary from over sixty years past records two entries about winter travel. At age sixteen, Rutherford B. Hayes notes starting home on foot, covering forty miles in twelve hours without great fatigue, then returning to college amid a storm with four inches of snow, a little lame but happy.
Franz Anton Itrich U S N a war rant officer on the Buffalo is awarded a medal of honor and one hundred dollars gratuity for gallant service at Manila He was aboard the whaleboat that burned Spanish ships in Cavite harbor on May 1 1898 and served on the Petrel under E P Wood in Dewey s fleet
A campaign seeks to consolidate all U S and Canadian crematories into one association. Seventy five crematories currently operate, aiming to set uniform incineration prices and issue certificates in life. Upon death the body could be cremated at any member crematory. The international body to be organized at a Buffalo Pan American Exposition meeting.
Chief Wilkie uses a transit to spot a man repeatedly peeking at a distant window near a new federal building in San Francisco. A Secret Service detective confirms the activity and arrests the man for counterfeiting in what Wilkie calls an important capture.
A coalition of U S art institutes acts to curb the escape of American art students, especially girls, to Paris. Noted artists with Paris experience back home training here as equal or superior, arguing initial study can occur in the United States. They warn postgraduate study abroad, while acceptable, is inappropriate for beginners. The Latin Quarter is described as vile.
An old French immigrant in Indiana rose from poverty to riches by dodging customs duties. Pierre J. D Heur exploited two consignments of left and right gloves from France in New Orleans and New York, buying them at auction and avoiding duties. Also noted is Rev J M Bacon planning fog research with balloon ascents and guncotton experiments for acoustical study.
Cowes and London report the death of Queen Victoria at 6 55 pm after a brief illness. The Prince of Wales sent news to the lord mayor stating his beloved mother had passed away surrounded by her children and grandchildren. He notes her last moments and a farewell whispered at her bedside.
Victorian era observer notes Queen Victoria’s condition remains fragile at Osborne House. Doctors fade hopes for a lasting recovery while stimulants and nourishment are used cautiously as the royal family awaits the prince of Wales and Emperor William’s arrival. Empress Frederick’s health worsens in London with no prospect of travel.
The senate in executive session confirmed James S. Harlan as attorney general of Porto Rico. The final vote was 43 to 21 with Republicans all in favor and a few Democrats joining. A heated exchange between Chandler and Hawley marked the session.
Charles W. F. Neely, accused of embezzling Cuban postal funds, has broken down in Tardlow Street jail while awaiting a U S supreme court decision on his Cuba trial under Spanish cortes, becoming a physical wreck.
The torpedo boat Bailey suffered another setback as extreme cold in Newport froze water in her boilers, bursting tubes. She was sent to New York for repairs and the trial board returned home, with a likely delay until spring for another trial.
The House approved several bills by suspension to aid aged and infirm colored veterans, set aside $230,000 from treasury funds for a soldiers home in Johnson City Tennessee, and raise Porto Rico education chief salary from 3000 to 4000 dollars. A foreign indemnity suit bill failed after state department support. Senate stayed busy with an executive session and lengthy appropriation bill work.
Delegates from Denver Cleveland and Pittsburg attended the national G A R council meeting in St Louis to select the next annual encampment site Cleveland won with five votes to two and one. September 9 was set as the encampment date with Denver losing over suitability guarantees.
Madrid papers demand Spain be represented in the bid to raise the Maine wreck citing official Havana Gazette notices and urging vindication of national honor amid the operation.
Jan 23 market summaries from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee Chicago and South St Paul show wheat and corn prices mixed by grade with Northern and spring varieties noted. Cattle hogs and sheep prices at Chicago Sioux City and South St Paul reflect steady to firm bids across Good to prime ranges.
Union miners marching to Carbondale mines in Hopkins county clashed with a sheriff posse near Boxtown. A fusillade ensued, leaving one miner dead at the scene and another dying of wounds after retreating.
President McKinley will travel to Chicago after his inauguration. Secretary Long approves moving the naval station from Port Royal to Charleston. Diplomatic credentials issued in Lourenzo Marques. Representative Bailey critiques Cuba. Indian affairs seek Mandan industrial school. Navy needs 800 line officers. James I Russell for West Point. Lyman fails exam. Fire patrol funding on Red Lake and White Earth. Train robber penalties debated in Senate.
Army and Navy club manager George IX. Whitehead in New York is reported missing with alleged disappearance of major club funds. In Indianapolis, Robert B E Lee Pryor of Toastbank West Virginia died by his own hand after grief from a young wife’s death. A lynching reported near Elko South Carolina for alleged assault on Mrs Hair. another Black man arrested but fate unknown. Bass Frazer kidnapped from Atlanta school. reward offered by Capt N H Frazer Union Springs Alabama. Warrant in St Louis for Henry Weeke sergeant-at-arms for attempted bribery involving John Trimp and Nash and Rank.
Pathological museum at Berlin University suffered fire damage to Prof Virchow s collection. In Germany two scientists drowned while skating. Lakewood Illinois lost its business district to fire. Charles Berkus of the Boston Herald was killed by an express train. Aberdeen flat building in Chicago burned costing one life and displacing thirteen families. Frank C Crowell of Swift Co died in the blaze. Over fifty others narrowly escaped death.
Lord Lionel Cecil half-brother of the marquis of Salisbury dies. Johann Faber founder of the Faber end pencil factory dies at Nuremburg. Townsend Sexton seventy dies in Babylon L I inventor of early bicycle. L. Scott Wike former congressman and currency controller dies near Barry Pike county NL. J D Dwyer Peninsular Store treasurer dies in Detroit. Baroness Von Ketteler widow of German minister to China may move to Germany. Cant Boya naval officer dies in Paris after Siamese flotilla action. Joseph Yates Paige longtime controller of currency clerk dies of pneumonia born Albany 1850.
Reports describe a Mayking Kentucky mob assault on a widow by Klukluxers, a New York wholesaler clerk's alleged $250000 embezzlement, J T Gibbs arrested for impersonating a secret service officer, and Chief Wilkie receiving word of new $10 photographic bin afloat. Hertz arrested in Liverpool for $50000 robbery of Stiefel Sachs & Co. in New York. John Barrus of McGill Ohio charged with beating an eighteen month old stepson and placing the child on a hot stove. At Albany Louis Currie kills his wife and injures his son then takes Paris green before gutting himself. Anna I Bryan, a $1400 Washington post office clerk, held on larceny charges for stealing $17 of senate stationery and forging a Senator Hanna wife’s orders.
Reports from Berlin warn Dowager Empress Frederick’s health causes anxiety while Venezuela seizes two British-flag merchant ships. British Guiana uncovers large diamond finds and a new company forms to exploit the site. Chinese agents push political intrigue and assassination plots against reformers. Russian finance minister M de Witte may be made a count. Berlin records a higher death rate in 1900 with increased births. London stock failures total about £2 million. Bubonic plague claims four aboard the Highland Prince. Berlin denies a $600 million loan to America. Wrestcegain plans a China painting trip via Manila. Shamrock III scar shows yard work after New Year. Madame Mackey donates to stop the sale of a Paris church property seized by France. Pekin’s western wall breached to extend railways toward Tartar city. Ottawa convenes parliament and considers Canadian bounty law. Captain Bernier plans a north pole voyage from England to Canada.
The freighter Califorian arrived in San Francisco carrying 63 soldiers’ bodies from Taku China. The Chicago council banned spitting on sidewalks and in public spaces. A new $20 million Saxony loan may be offered in New York. Five thousand Utah coal miners struck at Scofield for higher wages, the first in Utah mining history.
In Sioux City a 16 year old named Ole Skogerson was beaten by his father after being brought before Police Judge Munger for theft. The judge offered two options: a 2 shillings 20 pence thrashing at the police station in the humane officer presence or thirty days in jail. The father chose the whipping, which was carried out to the officer’s satisfaction.
A registered mail parcel containing $2000, taken from a Chicago Great Western mail car on a side track, was recovered in the cellar of Jack Hanson, a brakeman. Inspectors Ketcham and Stewart and Sheriff Watt arrested Hanson after a three day inquiry. he confessed.
In Moorhead Minnesota on January 22 the new Congregational church was dedicated with morning and afternoon services. Rev G J Powell of Fargo preached the opening sermon and Rev George R Merrill of Minneapolis delivered the dedication sermon. The red brick building with brown stone trim and cast furnishings costs about $8 000.
Vermillion South Dakota January 22 Inspector C L Morris of Sioux Falls thinks three men recently jailed for a saloon holdup and the proprietor’s murder at Snyder Nebraska are the same trio who robbed Komstad post office in Clay County over a year ago and the Dale’sbury post office. Two of the men were captured in the latter case but later escaped from jail.
Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Co. learns the U.S. Court of Appeals filed a decision favorable to the company in a patent infringement suit. The case involved over $2,000,000 with Stillwater receiving half. The action targeted all leading thresher firms and was bitterly fought.
In St Paul on January 22 memorial services were held in the U S court for the late Senator Cushman with Judge Lochren presiding. Judge C E Mandreau presented two formal memorials added to the court records as brief addresses were delivered by W J Hahn Judge Samuel R Thayer and others.
In La Crosse Wisconsin on January 22 a baby’s cries saved Mr and Mrs J Johnson and their three children from possible asphyxiation due to escaping coal gas. The mother woke to the odor and woke the father and children, opening windows. The family remains in serious condition.
Peter Vien of Winona Minnesota vanished after a trip to Norway begun last fall He left Winona November 10 and was due in Gergen Norway a month later He stopped in New York to visit relatives but has since disappeared leaving family and authorities searching for him
Winnipeg January 22 report details a blaze in the village of Elgin destroying Irwin's general store T P Jackson's gent's furnishings TH Bull's harness shop Temple Ma guire's hardware Dr Chambers' drug store the Maassey Harris implement shed the Public Opinion office and more. Total damage about $25 000 with $12 000 insured.
S. D. Jan. 22 N J Neilsen was arrested on embezzlement charges for $237 tied to the Workmen lodge. A month earlier a hold up claim surfaced as possibly fake. Bondholder prompted the arrest amid new financial disclosures.
William Wendle aged eighty three and an early settler of Springfield Minnesota, who arrived in 1869, was found dead in his bed on January 22. His wife did not notice his passing until she woke. The cause was heart failure.
Farmington Minnesota January 22. The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Gilmore was found dead in bed beside its mother. The child had been ill but the illness was not believed dangerous.
Glenwood Minnesota January 22 Louis Knudson manager of E J Jones lumber yard at Cyrus arrested by Sheriff Thorson charged with first degree larceny about three thousand dollars missing from his accounts.
Millinery stock owned by M B E Jones was destroyed by fire in Princeton Minnesota. The building owned by A Townsend suffered partial loss. Both properties are fully insured with coverage in place.
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