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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
4
In Big Timber Montana a saloon scene shows a man’s remark about where money is deposited hinting at deeper truths. The piece then shifts to a Madrid nobleman who, after debt and loss, weds a poor wife for revenge to make creditors suffer.
Senator Spooner proposes sending a congressional commission to the Philippine islands to investigate conditions. He argues lawmakers cannot effectively legislate for a country they have not seen and where reports about the Philippines are conflicting.
A Paris fruit dealer offered a five franc prize for the biggest apple sent to him. In two weeks he received apples plentiful enough to stock his store for the season and, honoring the rule, paid five francs for the largest. The publicity brought a rush of business with no cost to him.
In St Joseph Missouri N Schellinger an electrician filled a cat with electricity and the animal became stiff and lifeless. After two hours the current was reversed and the cat revived, soon playing and frisky as before.
A new German electric railway with imperial patronage targets 160 miles per hour. Cars for fifty passengers each are under construction and will trial on a 30 kilometer track. Electricity will power express passenger service, while steam will still drive freight and local traffic for some time.
Despite failures in American experiments, French and German ships on Chinese stations report success with oil fuel. Petroleum offers large gains if properly used. In Singapore coal costs about $14 a ton, oil costs $6 a ton with 26 percent higher steam raising power than coal.
In early Australia the hymn Oh God our help in ages past by Isaac Watts was sung by a thousand voices as the Earl of Hopetoun prepared to take office. The piece linked a distant poet to a new federation era, offering comfort and inspiration across lands and generations.
A mass meeting in Barcelona condemned bullfighting as cruel and brutal, urging government suppression across the peninsula. The article frames this as a sign of rising humane influence transforming society for both humans and animals.
Mrs Isobel Strong the stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson denounces a new saloon license at Pago Pago in Tutuila under U S control United States Great Britain and Germany had sought to curb liquor among natives and she urges US action before the issue expands to other colonies She warns that missing this duty would be a sham of decency and international effort.
Washington marked McKinley’s second inaugural with a grand parade and lavish decorations. Roosevelt assumed the vice presidency as crowds braved rain at the capitol, while the president signed bills inside and delivered a brief address urging unity and continued policy in Cuba and the Philippines.
Washington August 6 The inaugural ball drew unprecedented crowds in the pension office auditorium as President and Mrs McKinley led the grand march. Minnesota sent a strong showing in the procession with J T McCleary commanding the first civic division and groups from Minneapolis and St Paul prominent in the parade.
Two senior naval officers, Near Admiral Philip C. Hichborn and Pay Inspector H G Colby, were placed on the retired list by operation of law due to age. Colby, a Vermont native, began as acting assistant paymaster in 1863 and reached the top rank in April 1899, last serving at the naval pay office in Baltimore.
Lieutenant Burtholf of the United States Revenue Cutter Service travels from St. Petersburg to Irkutsk to begin an eighteen months voyage through Siberia and the Far East with the aim of purchasing a large stock of reindeer for use in Alaska.
A blaze in Red Lake Falls Minnesota on March 6 destroyed four frame structures belonging to H B Knauffer Fred Borchers P E Pirath and Theodore Majerus. The buildings housed S A Swanson real estate office F Borcher’s saloon and residence P E B Pirath real estate and residence and Berberleh and Son butcher shop. Loss estimated at $10 000 with insurance.
Senate closes its Fifty sixth session after Senator Carter of Montana speaks nearly thirteen hours on the river and harbor bill. The chamber recedes on Charleston and St Louis expo funding as Vice President Roosevelt is sworn in and the Fifty seventh Congress convenes. In the House Speaker Henderson delivers a valedictory and Richardson's resolutions honor his tenure before adjournment.
San Francisco reports claim Captain Baker of the transport Sumner tortured crew members after a theft case at Nagasaki. More than thirty sailors testify that two men were kept in the brig without food or water for days, and the captain refused to apologize despite lack of proof.
A Northwestern freight train derailed near Comanche causing damage as twenty three cars were demolished. Authorities reported no details on injuries or cause. Local officials closed tracks while cleanup and investigations proceed.
Pittsburg March 6. While working at the top of the Carrie furnace two Carnegie Steel Company employees were overcome by poisonous vapors and fell to the platform below dead.
Tramps caused trouble at the Hastings railway station while waiting for a freight train. Hubert Thomas, a River division section man, received a deep gash in the left something. One arrest was made.
Anoka Minnesota March 6 fire damaged the Merland building housing Ben Martins Saloon with a loss of about 1000 dollars insured fire damage notes preliminary cause and extent of damage or required repairs by authorities
South Dakota faces a capital move dispute as a legislative caucus forms to choose a new site. Sioux Falls citizens back offering land and a capitol building if the capital shifts from Pierre, while Pierre stalls other business awaiting resolution.
Des Moines March 5 A letter from Nebraska acting governor asks Iowa to house 300 prisoners while their penitentiary is rebuilt. Iowa officials say two inmates per cell could fit at Anamosa and Fort Madison, enabling care for all 300.
Cambridge Minnesota endured the most disastrous fire in its history yesterday morning. It started in the Commercial hotel kitchen owned by J J Linehan and consumed an entire business block. Loss ran about $3500 as a west wind threatened homes yet citizens saved over half the town.
Hans Mikkleson a well known Pelican Rapids merchant and Fergus Falls resident died by hanging at home while his wife and children attended Sunday school. Despondent over recent financial reverses he had not been in the 1895 legislature and his death occurred March 5 in Fergus Falls Minnesota.
Charles H Hoff a Milwaukee teamster has been missing for three weeks after leaving February 8. He resurfaced in Appleton two days ago claiming only a week’s work there and that two days of wages remained. Friends doubt intentional desertion as the mystery persists.
A curious phenomenon on the Missouri river near Bon Homme when frozen caused the tee to blow up. Large ice cakes rose twenty feet into the air and the explosion could be heard a long distance. Wood haulers moved their track upstream and then withdrew further after the upheaval.
Maj H G Curtis former member of the U S insular commission that established Puerto Rico government died at his Atlantic Iowa home. He had returned from Washington last summer in failing health and after a relapse three weeks ago he gradually declined until death.
A dwelling owned by W. Perkins at Simco, Wisconsin, burned, killing his six year old child. The mother escaped by leaping from a second story window as flames engulfed the home. Local rescue attempts followed but the child died in the blaze.
Beloit Wisconsin March 5 Homer Payne a 45 year old mechanic shot his wife and neighbor Arthur Cady out of jealousy then killed himself with the revolver Mrs Payne and Cady survive.
Olof Newdall a prominent young businessman died in bed in Lamberton Minnesota on March 5 cause heart failure found by his wife when she went to wake him for breakfast.
Citizens of Aitkin Minnesota voted to bond the district for 35000 to build a new schoolhouse. The tally was six to one in favor of the proposition.
At a mass meeting in Potato Towns Osceola Wisconsin on March 5 farmers decided to offer a bonus of 2600 dollars to the firm that would build and run a starch factory in town valued at 15000 dollars.
Fargo North Dakota March 5 The employee of the Northern Pacific rebuilt the obstructions on Eleventh street that were destroyed by the city officials and the matter will probably get into the courts.
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