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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
4
Ten days with poverty prove enough for any man. The bill allowing Jews to work secular jobs and keep shops open on Sunday passed the Massachusetts House 99 to 69.
Venezuela issues orders for materials and invites Herr Krupp and others to bid for cruisers torpedo boats and related naval equipment.
At Tur in experiments with new explosives a substance named pyristite has given splendid results and is eight times stronger than balistite.
Grand Duke Adolf of Luxemburg, Europe’s oldest lay sovereign, marks a golden wedding with his second wife. He became duke of Nassau in 1860s, expelled by Prussia in 1866, and ascended as grand duke of Luxemburg in 1890 after its separation from Holland.
A traveler presented a ticket issued December 21 1892 by Conductor Felix Wright on the Illinois Central line from Clinton to Fulton. The man said he bought the ticket years ago but feared a road wreck and only recently dared ride.
Compulsory prohibition attracts many recruits in North Carolina. Bladen Pender Duplin and Madison counties declare for absolute prohibition. Tar Heel state moves to regulate registered whisky distilleries. Most prohibitionists are Democrats. Last year prohibition vote stood at about 1 000.
Marion Longino six years old, son of Mississippi's governor, became a Western Union messenger in Jackson after asking to work. He secured a job, impressed parents and staff, and is reportedly among the town's best messengers despite his youth.
At Sant Agata near Busseto two sealed chests containing Verdi’s private papers and unpublished works were burned on an improvised funeral pyre after his will directed they be burned without opening. The action was carried out following the will’s clause.
Hastings residents witness a tornado travel from Juniata toward Hastings as a Burlington freight speeds to escape an airborne barn carried 109 yards before the wind shifts. The barn is reduced to kindling and bystanders seek safety.
A temperance bill was recently adjourned without passage. It sought to require saloonkeepers to offer tea coffee milk and chocolate along with alcohol. Proponents argued it would steer patrons toward temperance drinks while opponents warned saloonkeepers could spoil tea and coffee to defeat the plan. A similar approach has seen success in English saloons.
Milwaukee introduces a Uniformed Pall Bearers Association where members wear black broadcloth uniforms white collars and knee breeches to perform funeral duties for pay. The practice mirrors Old World customs of uniformed mourners and pallbearers, with heavy coffins requiring muscular help.
West Point cadets dismissed. Manila volunteers sail home. President keeps military rule in the Philippines and declines an extra session. Census Merriam releases half figures with the rest soon. Chippewa timber ops may halt until Congress acts. Col Henry Jackson retires for age. Phelps leaves Mare Island for the Alert. Perkins to run the navy yard equipment dept. Col Youngblood resigns. R A Person named assistant auditor in Treasury.
Over seventy perish in a Tehuantepec isthmus fire. The Grand Forks oil mill burns for a £25,000 loss. Omaha Hudson Wisconsin freight car shop loses $90,000. Quincy Illinois Tenk Hardware gutted with $70,000 loss. Kansas City Western Stores four story building loses $60,000. Erie Pennsylvania track accident kills Hugh Walters and Michael Findley, injures Bruce Hazlett. Chicago river rescue saves three children. French fishing boats vanish near Iceland. 117 crew presumed dead. Tarentum Pennsylvania towboat George S Ross wrecked by explosion. Captain Kelly killed. three crew burned. Vessel valued at $50,000.
James A. Herne dies leaving a mark as actor and playwright. Rep. McCleary will visit Europe to study social problems. Miss Celia Sibley wed William McCalmont Wilson in Franklin Massachusetts. D B Robinson former VP of Atchison Topeka Santa Fe dies in Chicago. Henry E B Perrine Buffalo businessman dies aged seventy four. his second wife Mrs Folsom is the mother of Mrs Grover Cleveland. Dick Whittemore once a St Louis society leader now a poor janitor living alone in a single furnished room.
The report covers military withdrawals by Spanish attaches for economy, a sympathetic telegram from Emperor William to Countess von Bismarck on her husband Col. White's death, a Boer resistance encounter near Jamestown, a bubonic plague week in Hong Kong with 215 cases and 20 deaths, Spanish senate election results, mutinous guards in Antwerp, German troop repatriation from China, an expected 18,000 men returning by September, and US electric engine aid for a Zina to Zermatt railway line.
A mix of violent incidents includes a Michigan landlord who killed his daughter and wounded family members, California lynching suspects offered a $5000 reward, an engineer in Missouri killed his wife and daughter before killing himself, a trooper discharged for murder charges in Cuba, Racine hotel owners commit suicide after financial failure, a Missouri stockman fatally shot a woman and was killed by the father, a British noble in Golden B C killed a servant while insane, Francisco Alaska killed his cousin and then shot himself in a tenement, and Richard H Morris faces indictment after an attempted Broadway shooting. several details indicate ongoing investigations and personal motives.
Arbuckle Bros cut refined sugar prices by 15 points while American Sugar Refining held. In Washington a well near Tenino reached 2060 feet. A New York shipbuilding trust forms with $20 million cap and unions push for higher wages amid strikes. Military moves feature Chaffee in Manila and Davis celebration in Atlanta.
Washington reports say Cuban leaders will blame Gov. Gen. Wood for misinterpreting the Platt Amendment and seek a more conciliatory governor general. Officials insist Cubans must adopt the amendment as written to gain U S recognition, despite Cuban claims.
Delegates backing the Platt amendment in Havana threaten to dissolve the constitutional convention if the vote is not made unanimous. They insist anti Platt delegates must support the measure, otherwise they will bear the blame for any opposition.
New Haven Connecticut June 9 announced here that Mrs Mary E Lester aged 65 and J Trumbull Smith aged 75 will marry in Westville near here within a week They once loved in Hartford and wed elsewhere both widowed previously they grew reconciled and plan a ceremony by Rev Mr Sexton pastor of Westville Episcopal church son in law of Mrs Lester.
Toronto June 9 Fred Lee Rice is the sole surviving member of the three men extradited from Chicago to face trial for the Aurora bank robbery. Thomas Jones died from bullet wounds during an attempted escape, and Frank Rutledge killed himself by leaping from a gallery into a stone court courtyard after the verdict.
London dispatch reports the British Museum will use American bibliography methods as a model for England. The London Bibliographical Society asked the Grolier Club of New York for cooperation. Beverly C. New and A. H. Bierstadt compiled a bibliography for English writers from Langland to Withers, influencing English practice.
The Independence owned by Thomas Law son will not be allowed to compete in the preliminary trial races for the America’s Cup after the New York Yacht Club challenge committee ruled the decision yesterday. A letter notifying Mr. Lawson was mailed yesterday.
All day trains brought visitors to the Union Depot as Modern Woodmen leaders arrived to prepare for the annual convention in St Paul. Forester teams were escorted to Camp Northcotte where tents are set, with a busy week ahead including a parade and drill contests for about 100000 members.
Thirteen thousand dollars more of the gold coin stolen from the First National bank on May 24 has been recovered. Found in the earth vault of a commission house near the City hotel, the treasure was dragged out by Detective Shipley of St. Louis. The haul includes five bags with nine thousand dollars in one and one thousand dollars in the others. The total recovered now sums to thirteen thousand, with eight thousand previously found. The remaining two thousand eight hundred dollars in currency may be recovered later.
Joseph Rice of Everett Washington an ore sampler for Puget Sound Reduction company is jailed on charges of conspiring with a Montana mine owner to steal seventy thousand dollars from two ore carloads. The scheme allegedly salted low grade ore to boost value. Rice says he is innocent and was released on ten thousand dollars bail.
Judge Burnham rules Iowa cigarette tax law constitutional and allows attachment and sale of dealer and property assets for back taxes. Marshall County faces several thousand dollars owed to the state with similar suits pending in other counties. The American Tobacco Company is said to plan an appeal.
Sioux Falls reports from June 11 state Eastern papers and the Associated Press inquiries centered on a supposed daughter of ex Senator Pettigrew and William F. La Pointe of New York. The letter fueling the rumor is debunked. Pettigrew has no daughter.
William Mahoney, son of a prominent Sioux Falls resident, arrested on charges of passing counterfeit money. He worked in Cherokee, Iowa, and after preliminary examination was held for the next federal grand jury. Witness S B Williams also held.
Wakonda South Dakota June 11 officers captured two men linked to an organized gang that has been stealing hogs from farmers in Clay county. The remaining member fled. A 50 reward was offered by the county board for his arrest. The two apprehended will be tried in Wakonda.
Yankton June 11 Frank Girard a Reno scout from the Little Big Horn massacre possesses sixty drawings by an Indian at Pine Ridge. The pictures illustrate the conflict from start to finish and provide a visual record of the famed battle.
A wind storm swept Le Crosse Wisconsin yesterday afternoon causing heavy damage to several small buildings and numerous loose objects. The storm blew away many items and the overall damage described as heavy.
Julius Golderian and wife and Mrs Nicholas Kolle were drowned when a skiff capsized yesterday near Dubuque. The drowning occurred as they were boating on the river with no survivors reported.
The Menasha Wood Split Pulley company works were burned to the ground yesterday in Menasha Wisconsin. The loss is $50,000 with $26,000 covered by insurance. Rebuilding may not occur.
A Saturday night blaze in Vanthion Yankton District damaged Architect Valentine s brick block. The fire ruined the building and winter stock valued around Letucen 2 020 and 2 dollars.
In the upper Bitter Root valley apple harvests show only about half a crop after trees that bore heavily last year. Some orchards are fair while nearby plots are light. plums are also light. Lower valley prospects seem brighter though details are scarce. Strawberries will be early and plentiful with early market entries within two weeks.
Warm weather raises the Kootenai River to high water mark causing concern among valley residents. Authorities note seasonal melt usually prevents trouble, though late cold spells delayed spring runoff. A brief temperature drop Tuesday halted the rise and likely prevents further extreme flooding this year.
Maj John A Luce completed the muster of Company A Montana National Guard in Bozeman with fifty three men enrolled. After muster, officers chosen were Captain Alexander Westenh, first lieutenant Louis Vanderhook, and second lieutenant Rhesis Frensham.
Harold Huarle a Great Northern Express messenger on the Anaconda Havre run was found in his Anaconda room unconscious with paralysis destroying the left side. Arrangements are under way for a Great Falls messenger service connected to Western Union and ADA. Linemen are stringing wires. system expected to be in operation soon.
In a terse exchange from the New York Mail and Express, a rector on his rounds comments on a fine and moral life. Mr Dibbles responds with cautious acknowledgment. The scene captures a moment of genteel propriety and philosophical reflection.
Five year old Hugh C overheard bad language and was disciplined. At dinner after dropping his bread he exclaimed God. A shocked silence followed and his mother reminded him of yesterday. Hugh folded his hands and prayed Bless mamma and papa and Aunt Mamie Amen.
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