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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
4
The Pan American Bible study congress will be held in Buffalo at the city convention hall in July 1781. The Salvation Army reports activity in forty seven countries and publishes forty five periodicals in twenty one languages.
Charles Bellamy, a fireman for sixteen years on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad, has never missed a trip. In that service he has traveled 606,840 miles and burned 32,501 tons of coal.
Marcus Clark told a friend he found a French novel he deemed genius and translated it into English. The Melbourne publisher and translator were astonished to learn the work is a translation from George Eliot already.
A bride and groom, minister and witnesses were bundled into a hotel omnibus to reach the railway station as the ceremony took place. The driver whipped his horses to the line and the couple caught the train amid a close squeeze.
A young man in Manchester N R proposed marriage to a local woman and was rejected. He angrily demanded the reason and she declared he was just one degree above a monkey. He smashed a mirror in a fit and fled the scene.
In Brussels Avenue Louise chestnut trees on the tramline side shed leaves in August then bud and bloom again. The opposite side keeps foliage until year’s end and blooms next spring. Observers believe tram current through the ground affects tree roots, causing the difference.
A new railway from Sault Ste. Marie toward Hudson Bay is under construction. It aims to create a water route for Winnipeg wheat via the great bay, though frost may block that plan. The line is expected to flood lake-region markets with lumber and possibly iron copper and gypsum, with a modern seaside hotel proposed on Hudson Bay.
A Copenhagen sighting shows Queen Alexandra entering a modest bus incognito. A stout man and two women push ahead, yet she displays no disapproval only naive surprise. She refrains from protest, exemplifying self control in a public vehicle.
Secretary Gage urged arrest and court testing of Chinese women held in slavery in San Francisco. Chinese Inspector Dunn is undecided on feasibility but will cooperate with state authorities to suppress the slave traffic.
M Moulon, assistant instructor in the French army, has devised a fencing horse to teach sword and lance. It replaces multiple manikins and accommodates several combatants on foot or horseback, simulating striking and piercing with convincing realism. The minister of war has authorized cavalry heads to use the device.
The article laments chaos caused by winter tourists at a beloved Florida private site. Historic English and Scottish relics were unearthed, rare tropical fish were killed by stone-throwing, and delicate carvings from fountains and sundials were damaged. The piece condemns reckless liberty and wealth inequality alongside these acts.
Washington reports the War Department favors a smaller force in the Philippines. Instead of 60 000 to 100 000 planned, 40 000 may suffice to maintain order. Enlistment runs about 1 000 weekly while 30 000 regulars retire in six months and many will not be replaced. The aim is a total 70 000 with better distribution to Cuba and Porto Rico.
Mrs. Harry P. Robinson of the Mont hotel in Baltimore was shocked by a New York death report. A Holland House telephoned, but she is alive and well, later explaining she was mistaken for a deceased woman named Robinson. She is Thomas Lowry’s Minneapolis daughter and notified her father she lives.
Reliable reports from Kingston Jamaica indicate the Haiti Santo Domingo boundary clash will be settled by arbitration. The dispute arose from an attempt to divert a river marking the border, with tensions previously threatening hostilities. In response to public opinion the government has equalized tax valuation so cultivated lands bear the same proportionate tax as United Fruit.
The transport Grant sailed for San Francisco carrying 21 officers and 891 men of the Twenty-ninth Infantry. At Manila the regiment totaled 50 officers and 1,308 men with 32 killed in action or died and 214 remaining behind. The Thirty-second Infantry also sails home, with 22 officers and 642 men returning. 91 officers and 193 men remain behind, 62 killed or died of wounds. The Twelfth company of the Twenty-sixth regiment also sailed.
Citizens report about $6,000 raised for a modest home for Admiral Schley. Organizers expect $15,000 by April 15 to buy a Washington suburb residence to present on his arrival in mid April.
Four hundred Boers under Commander Buys overpowered the escort north of Vlaklaagte and carried off wagon loads of provisions. A convoy aiming to join Gen. French was attacked between Blood River and Schepper's Nek. One British soldier killed and three wounded. Blood River bridge burned.
Navy officials report the Massachusetts, which ran aground in Pensacola harbor while leaving for sea, has been freed and joined the squadron. Capt Reisinger sent word from Warrington Florida that the ship "got off about 5 a.m., towed by Leonidas outside" and promised details later.
Chief Wilkie of the Secret Service announced a new counterfeit five dollar national bank note circulating from the National Iron Bank of Morristown New Jersey. The note is printed on two sheets with fiber between, and the face shows engraving flaws. The word cashier abbreviated as cash appear as cash in the counterfeit.
Formal notice arrives that Warner-Quinlan syndicate has sued in Venezuela for possession of the Felicidad concessions. The New York and Bermudez company currently holds the asphalt lake and faces the Venezuelan court action.
The Lord Archbishop of Ontario, metropolitan of Canada and the oldest Anglican bishop by consecration, lies in serious and possibly fatal condition at his Hotel Empire apartments in New York. He received royal letters patent from the late queen, making his position historic.
The sultan will protest England's seizure of several Red Sea islands near Adir without warning or negotiation. He learned of the loss from a British foreign office notice and may appeal to Russia.
Carrie Nation dissolves partnership with Nick Chiles publisher of The Smasher's Mail and will edit and print the paper alone. Dispute arose after Chiles suppressed an editorial rating District Judge Hazen, whom Nation has appeared before multiple times.
West Point announces 214 cadet candidates examined nationwide with 104 passing. Minnesota’s successful examinees are W. A. Howard W. H. Dodds Jr R. W. Case and B. H. Williams.
J J Mill and party sail from New York on the yacht Wacouta bound for Baltimore to be provisioned for a southern cruise. The party includes Vice President Daniel Lamont of Northern Pacific and his wife and President Still's family.
Mrs Nathan Townsend of Cass City Michigan gave laudanum to her eight year old daughter and ten year old son and herself amid family troubles authorities say. The incident occurred near Cass City on March 26 and investigators believe escalating family difficulties led to the act.
W J Gilbert once mayor of Bar rien county and noted as wealthy and respected was found dead in a store house behind his home. He had killed himself with a bullet, with grief over the loss of a close friend believed to have driven him to suicide.
In Fort Dodge Iowa on March 26 the jury found against John Anderson in the breach of premise suit of Sophie Oleson for the full $10,000. Anderson is described as well to do and capable of paying the judgment.
Ixenesha Wisconsin March 26 By the capsizing of a sail boat in the harbor two boys were drowned. One boy is thought to be Albert Langenbach but there is no clue to the identity of the other.
Killed while loading logs for Northern Lumber near Mountain Iron George Williams will have his remains brought to Pine City for interment at his home.
Missionaries Owen and Diggan seek Stonehouse's body after his murder while crossing a Tungan district ferry sixty miles south of Pekin. Robbers linked to the Boxer movement are blamed as officials lose troops to keep order.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on March 27 a mine in the Gates mine heading exploded from gas. One man was killed instantly ten injured with five destined to die and the body of the dead man missing. The mine is on fire and injured were taken to Cottage State Hospital.
In Shanghai on March 27 viceroys of Canton and Nanking lead opposition to ratifying the Russo-Chinese convention on Manchuria. Sheng, head of railways and telegraphs, urged British American Japanese and French consuls to oppose it, warning of imperial partition. Local business stalls awaiting outcome.
Jose Lozado and Francisco Rivera, leaders of the Filipino junta in Hongkong, were arrested on the Loong sang by military authorities. Police investigate improper commissary purchases. Local firms hold seized supplies. An artillery sergeant is also detained.
Smallpox breaks out near Dysart in the county affecting Monroe and Bruce townships. Many exposed as the disease was mistaken for chickenpox. Seventy quarantine cards posted on farm houses in two days as neighborhoods go under quarantine.
The San Juan chamber of commerce voted to petition President McKinley through Governor Allen for a loan free trade extension of the constitution and a protective tariff on coffees entering the United States. The chamber president, deeming the requests unreasonable, resigned from office.
A man believed to be J. C. Durham, sought in Santa Clara California for the murder of six people, was arrested in Pineville Kentucky by detectives on a $10,000 reward. He had been working in a sawmill. California tip led to the capture as no watch had been kept for weeks.
Cumberland Wis March 27 John Longist a druggist and longtime resident was declared insane and sent to Mendota asylum He was highly educated and once possessed considerable local property in this city.
A lightning bolt struck a Kingston Georgia Negro schoolhouse March 27. It followed the stovepipe down and killed two girls aged ten and twelve. Several others were shocked.
Fire in Milwaukee completely wiped out the William Rohlfing & Sons piano establishment on Broadway between Wisconsin and Mason streets, with adjoining properties damaged. The blaze spread through a four story building in half an hour, causing extensive insurance coverage losses and additional damage to several neighboring firms and offices. The cause remains unknown.
A 30 year old woman known as Mrs L B Robertson wife of a Chicago tailor was found dead at 321 West 124th Street New York. Dr Thomas J Carney identified her as Mrs L R Robinson daughter of Thomas Lowry a millionaire street railway man. Two vials with dark liquid found nearby and police suspect self inflicted death. autopsy to be conducted.
President McKinley may change plans on returning from the Pacific to visit Chicago. Charles Truax of the National Business League invited the president, with current routes showing Duluth to Buffalo by land and lake travel. A St Paul Minneapolis stop and Chicago visit are possible before continuing to Buffalo.
Davenport Iowa March 24 Two children Wille and Edward aged five and three died in a house fire that destroyed the Holland home near Milan Til Five other family members were hospitalized with burns and injuries after attempting to escape from second story windows when the blaze from a defective fire spread rapidly The father John Holland his wife and a sixteen year old son survived with injuries expected to recover
Five months after a peddler left three Arab children aged 10 and 4 to be boarded at John Murach’s residence in northwestern Sargent County, North Dakota, he has not been heard from. The story notes the children include a girl and describes the peddler as Arab.
A fire at the Northwestern elevator in Murray North Carolina started from a hot pulley chain at the top of the building. The blaze caused total loss with a large amount of wheat stored inside and there was no protection against the fire.
Iargo North Dakota March 24 Ind Tee reports a man named Lee who pleaded guilty to burglarizing a Tower City store. His sentence was postponed awaiting testimony on his character from former employers. Lee claims he was in a Northern Pacific sand house when real robbers arrived and shared the loot to avoid exposure.
Zumbrota Minn March 24 Company TD Third regiment M G elected officers last evening. The company is in a prosperous condition and arrangements are being made to erect an ammunition this summer.
Fire at Wheeler Holmes grocery in Fergus Falls Minnesota caused about 2000 dollars in loss with 1400 covered by insurance. Cause traced to a defective chimney.
The Judith Basin region is unfairly viewed as only suitable for ranching. In reality irrigation has brought farming potential to public lands, with farmers near Lewistown prospering from farm produce sold in local markets and channels.
Efforts to locate an OM reservoir in the Flathead valley gain momentum as interest grows in the Kintla lake oil district near the north fork of the Flathead river. Local landowners near Sheldon discuss drilling plans to prospect coal off and form a stock company to attempt one or two wells amid wartime oil activity.
Spring arrives in the Gallatin valley as farmers prepare to plant. If the good weather holds for a week, plows and seeders will appear across the Egypt of the West, marking an unusually early start to farm work this season.
Two men were injured at the Watseka mine in Rochester when a rock weighing nearly half a ton fell. Amos Fisher formerly of Sheridan and a man named Chidchester sustained injuries with Chidchester suffering four broken ribs and multiple head wounds, while Fisher endured head and shoulder bruises.
The Supreme Court ruling affects the Minnie Healy mine at Butte leaving 250 miners idle. Other regional items note deaths, arrests, railway expansion, diphtheria in Dayton creek, and a missing 14 year old girl from Butte possibly headed to Helena.
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