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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1901
Page
4
Ernest Brenner, new president of Switzerand, 44, is regarded as one of Europe’s ablest international lawyers. He hails from the Canton of Basel.
London advices say Japan has invited bids to establish an armor-plate factory at Tokyo indicating an intent to build its own war vessels in the future.
The note compares Iowa and Minnesota populations to the 1789 United States, highlighting that together they exceed the early nation’s size when Washington became president. It underscores rapid westward and regional growth in the Midwest.
Russia plans major naval improvements in the Pacific for 1901 with about 1 million dollars allocated to Vladivostok and 1.5 million dollars to Port Arthur, reflecting the growth of its warship fleet.
The article reflects on wireless telephoning across the Mississippi to St Paul and imagines a future where people worldwide converse as if in a single room. It envisions social life coordinated through such distant, instantaneous communication.
In St. Joseph Missouri a cat was shocked to death like effect then revived two hours after the heart stopped. A second shock restored faint heartbeat which strengthened until the cat regained vitality and was freed as playful and frisky.
Tunis once ridden by General Boulanger at the 1886 review has died. Before his death the former minister of war placed the horse with his friend M Louis Barbier who sent it to the Gironde to live out its days in peace. The tail is to be sent to M Henri Rochefort as a gift.
The minister of war in Sweden has prepared a bill establishing compulsory military service and there is no doubt it will pass in parliament. Previously the army was recruited by voluntary enlistment, with deficiencies filled by a 90 day compulsory service for some men.
Henry Phipps plans a botanical school in Schenley Park Pittsburgh the sole U S institution devoted to botany. It will use the park conservatory plants for instruction benefiting public and private pupils.
Returning mechanics tell of an American expansion as they unveil a vast steel bridge across the Shan Hills of Burma. Built for a government railway from Rangoon toward China, the bridge surpasses Philadelphia skylines in height and length, with steel from a Pennsylvania firm and forty artisans at work.
Louisiana representatives plan to urge Congress to fund translation and publication of about sixty volumes from the French Ministry of Colonies. Discovered by Prof. Alice Fortier, the works cover colonial governors correspondence, proclamations, census, land grants, vital records, and colony data from 1678 to 1807, offering insight into early Mississippi Valley history.
John A Johnson of Madison Wisconsin proposes a 40000 donation to Dane county supervisors to build and maintain a home for the aged. He also suggests issuing admission policies like life insurance that people can buy in youth or middle age to fund support in old age or for a friend.
Captain G J Stockton to command the battleship Kentucky in Manila. Senate committee favors a 400000 lighthouse bill for Alaska. Ex-Speaker Reed and Gen Grant memorial debate. Reports warn Philippine duty terms shorten health of officers. Casualties include mine explosion in Westphalia, Chicago elevator fall, boiling vat death in Livermore, and train wreck injuries. Kaishi wreck at Reunion with 25 dead. City of Sours burns at Benton Harbor with $100,000 loss.
John H. Thomas of Springfield Ohio dies at seventy seven from heart trouble. M I Barbier Paris born 1825 dies, famed dramatist and librettist of Travel and other operas. Rev William Wallace Sylvester of Philadelphia Episcopal church dies of heart trouble. Prof R L Garner alive after Africa report. Col Samuel A Forbes found dead in Ashland from probable apoplexy. Lieut Richmond Pearson Hobson recovering from typhoid fever in New York hospital.
Crime news recaps several cases: Pat Crowe suspected to have sailed from Boston to Liverpool as Robert Lambert. Meyer Weisband murder remains unsolved despite New York detectives on the case. Kansas City man Frank Kester shot by policeman after assault attempt. Sigmund Heitz arrested in embezzlement case aboard the Corinthian in Queenstown. A Niles Ohio burglary yields jewelry worth $1000. Carrie Nation’s misdemeanor case dismissed for insanity concerns.
Earl Roberts battles the secretary of war as laws on Russian paper money extend to Newch wang and Ikon. The Institute of Oceanology with the University of Berlin opens under Prof. Von Richthofen. President Diaz’s first grandson is born and diplomatic crowds congratulate Capt and Mrs Diaz. One hundred fifty students exiled from Wieff to Port Arthur for political activity. A new bubonic plague death among the crew of the Emary. Cuban constitution reported in Havana for convention without US-Cuba relation provisions.
A roundup of 1904 era items includes a high school hazing case involving the daughter of a former Kansas governor, anti-trust and franchise tax debates, Bryan’s Commoner issue, and appointments to financial boards. Also noted are presidential nominee hints, large land purchases in Pennsylvania, trust battles over salt contracts, local government upheaval in Indiana, a major coal lands sale, and naval speed records.
Parkersburg, W Va Jan 30 Five men perished and a sixth was seriously injured when a sleeping engineer on No 87 misread a passing train at Petroleum and moved onto the main track, wrecking two engines and ten loaded cars on a steep downgrade near Volcano Junction. Aids and crew were killed. only one body identified by a stopped watch. Davidson the asleep engineer escaped with minor injuries as others were killed trying to stop the train. Conductor Lang leapt to safety.
London authorities outline the funeral cortege for the late Queen Victoria. The procession will travel from Buckingham Palace Road past the Mall to Marlborough House then St James Street Piccadilly Hyde Park Corner and Marblehead area to Paddington where the coffin will be loaded for Windsor. Six cream colored Flemish horses from Buckingham Palace will draw the gun carriages with crape covered harness. The deck of the royal yacht Alberta will be converted into a chapel with a black awning and crimson lining. Two maids of honor and naval aides will accompany the coffin positioned between the main mast and the saloon.
Amsterdam and London reports state that Mr. Kruger is gravely ill with three doctors visiting daily and little hope of recovery. A later dispatch says Kruger attended divine service at his Utrecht hotel and that his secretary denies the illness reports, claiming his health is satisfactory.
Enemies of Joseph Withoff, a detective for Evanston Anti-Saloon League, planned and nearly carried out an attack at his home 214 Fletcher Street. Three men lay in wait near the rear door and stabbed him in the chest after seizing him, as threats had followed his work against tavern keepers. Several arrests expected today.
In Chamberlain S D on January 30 Wotteline shot his wife in the breast and then killed himself by a second shot. Both are alive but in critical condition. Wotteline, a Buffalo county resident, had long quarrels with his wife over a $1600 division.
A statewide primary election bill was filed in both houses with referrals to privileges and elections. Assemblyman E Ray Stevens is the author. The bill abolishes caucuses and conventions and requires direct voter nomination by petition with 2 percent of party voters. It aims to publicize party platforms and central committee control for electors and delegates.
The capture of Crazy Snake, Creek leader Chitto Harjo, near Henrietta, is hailed as key to ending the uprising. Officials expect his followers to seek terms, while railroad officials in Missouri and Kansas report fear of attacks but expect safety for lines, and Choctaw Snakes pledge limited mutual protection with no intent to harm whites.
Carrie Nation stormed the Kansas capitol, berating Gov William E Stanley for not closing saloons. She then pressed Attorney General Goddard County Attorney Nichols and Sheriff Porter for action, delivering a furious, unyielding tirade before reporters.
Alexander Beaubien recalls Chicago’s early days as he keeps open house for his seventy ninth birthday. He remembers every house built in the early settlement and has witnessed the city grow from a few traders and Indians to nearly two million residents.
Indianapolis January 30 report of the legislative committee accuses Mrs. Sarah Keeley superintendent of the Indiana woman's prison and girl's industrial school of stripping girls naked and flogging them with machine lashes on their bare backs. The panel also cites cruel treatment in other ways.
A lamp explosion started a blaze at Louis Beissel residence in Bessemer Michigan. The lifeless bodies of a four year old boy and a six year old girl were recovered from the ruins. Mrs Beissel suffered critical burns and survived by tossing several children from a second story window. No insurance was carried.
Washington notes the senate hearing Senator Towne of Minnesota urge a ceasefire in the Philippines as he and the new Senator Clapp take seats. The chamber fills with lawmakers and gallery crowds as irrigation and Indian appropriation talk unfolds and District of Columbia business dominates House hours.
New York January 20 A small blaze at 124 West Forty seventh street killed fireman Frank Featherstone who suffocated Another firefighter was removed unconscious The damage was trifling
Gov. Nash refuses to intervene in the case of Rosslyn H. Ferrell who killed Express Messenger Lane. Ferrell is scheduled for electrocution at the Columbus penitentiary on March 1.
Admiral Kautz retires from the United States Navy after a long command of the Pacific coast squadron. He is succeeded by Admiral Casey, and the flagship will remain in the Town.
Reports say heavy fighting continues near Panama as government troops clash with rebels in Colombia. General Alban, the government leader, was killed in the battle.
Savannah Georgia January 30 Jim Burke of New York KOed Tom Corcoran of Savannah in the fourth round. Corcoran had not been defeated in twenty fights and was widely regarded as unbeatable until Burke landed a solar plexus blow.
The Scala theater will be closed until after Verdi's funeral. A benefit performance will follow with proceeds to aid a monument fund in the composer's memory. Flags are at half mast in every town.
Four cases of smallpox found in Lake Crystal Minnesota cause public alarm as two are serious. The board of health orders churches and schools closed to prevent spread.
Ishpeming Michigan January 30 two miners died in separate accidents. Mait Hlaond was killed by a fall of ground at the Cliffs Shafts mine and Fred Johnson perished from a premature blast discharge at the Hematite mine.
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