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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
4
A New Jersey judge proposes a measure to force the value from trust stock. The move is likely to draw criticism and may not be seen as promoting prosperity in some quarters.
In Fulton Missouri the city owners have seized the populace and voted to purchase a local cemetery. The move tests the limits of municipal ownership as the experiment nears a potential collapse.
The census figures show the Indian empire with a population of 294 million. It records an increase of ten million in British territory and a decrease of three million in native states.
Lawmakers reporting from Cuba describe varied stories about the situation, illustrating how a persistent listener can gather almost any conclusion he chooses.
The German toy industry shows strong growth with sales expanding to Cape Colony British East India Eastern Asia and the Americas. Alabama approves funding to acquire and maintain the old Jefferson Davis house in Montgomery as a historic centerpiece of the state capital.
Baron Sarge de Tho rent, aged 97, dies depriving the Legion of Honor of its oldest member. He served long in the French army and later settled in Ireland where he married. One of his sons served in the British army. He spent his final years on an estate in the Eastern Pyrenees.
A railway map crafted on white tiles at York Station by the Northeastern company contrasts with recent stone maps in Paris. The six by six feet installation uses eight inch tiles with lines in black and burnt sienna. Similar maps are planned for other major stations on the system.
Prince Henry consort to the Queen of Holland amasses a sporting gun collection, largely English made, ahead of a June departure for Java and the Dutch East Indies. He plans to be away until year end, with the honeymoon possibly cooling during his absence.
Ohio barn floors and mangers from fifty to seventy five years ago use black walnut. English and French agents buy old timbers and fence rails for furniture. A remaining walnut grove was sold last month for export as lumber, with the largest tree eight feet across at the stump fetching twelve hundred dollars.
Memorial day tribute by children singing patriotic songs and strewing flowers on the sea became a regional practice. A circular from Mrs. Armitage S Forbes of Los Angeles urges making it a national custom and asks influential people to support and perpetuate the ceremony.
Max I Poldrose formerly exiled from Bromberg Germany due to articles in Bromberger Tageblatt gains his father's title and a $127000 estate after his death. His brother secured amnesty enabling his return to Germany after marrying Anna Franklin in Chattanooga Tennessee. He is about 30, Heidelberg graduate, former baker, recently in Lebanon Indiana.
The text describes a cheap artificial stone made from fine sand in a four to six part ratio. Materials are mixed and formed into blocks, then sealed in a boiler and exposed to steam pressure of 120 to 150 psi. The process yields a fluffy texture and very hard blocks.
New York May 15 The stock market showed an appreciable advance as relief spread over the London stock exchange settlement with Northern Pacific shorts. Union Pacific led gains then eased, while St Paul and Amalgamated Copper rose. Rock Island fell 3 7 8 on light volume as speculative positions remained limited and loan repayments from the crisis were large.
Rear Admiral Schley, returning from the South Atlantic, cabled the navy department requesting a ten day halt in England, and the request has been granted. A series of U. S. military and diplomatic shifts are noted in Washington including adjutants general changes in the Department of the Lakes and the Philippines and a new chief of engineers George L. Gillespie. The government refrains from stating whether President will receive Paul Kruger. A fraud order is being prepared against Durkee claim promoters. A congressional Philippine mission sails June 20 from New York aboard the transport Ingalls and will circle the globe, returning through San Francisco. Reports on Gen Chaffee’s remarks at a banquet remain unconfirmed.
Gerhard Dryssen, Sweden and Norway minister of marine, resigns. St Thomas Church New York selects Rev Dr Ernest M Stires to succeed Rev Dr John Wesley Brown as rector. John M Carroll ex congressman dies in Johnstown New York at 78. Justice King of Dominion Supreme Court dies native of New Brunswick. Dr Victor Mauriua Peruvi an consul general in Mexico to study garbage disposal in NY and Mexico City. John O Henry electrical expert dies in Denver born Woodstock Ontario 53. Indiana political figure Judge Hayden dies in Washington aged 82 veteran Harvard graduate.
Advices from Hendaye via Barcelona say several persons killed and many injured during disorders. A majority of trades have struck. The Berlin correspondent notes Count von Waldersee may return by mid June. Famine may force the Chinese court to move from Sianfu awaiting an auspicious travel date. Carnegie, with family, arrived in Paris and asks hotel manager to block solicitations. Pope Leo XIII views the United States as the future center of Catholic power, per Heath after his Rome visit.
Armour and Co beefhouse at the Chicago stockyards burned causing major damage by fire and water. Walter Watts Gard, 14, drowned in a Springfield pond while his dog nearly died rescuing him. A. B. Friedman Buttering Manufacturing plant in Chicago stockyards burned, losses about 150000 insured. Four children burned to death in a Muskegon farm house. Santa Fe engineer E. V. Scoggins killed near Plymouth Kane when a mail crane struck him on the head.
Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, renowned Parsee philanthropist, dies. Rev Henry Scadding, Toronto historian, dies at eighty three. Mrs Fenton widow of former Gov and US Senator dies in Jamestown NY at seventy five. Mariano Prado ex president of Peru dies. George Dermon, veteran actor and stage manager, dies in New York from blood poisoning. Mary Cochrane, who saved Col Mulligan in Civil War, found living in poverty in Stevensville Michigan.
Reports detail multiple deaths and felonies including believed suicide by R N Pollock in Seattle and Manuel Mess in Texas, a murder arrest in Iowa, a fraudulent healer fined in Denver, a family tragedy in Michigan, a double gas death in Chicago, a man found with a throat wound in Buffalo, and the third Kennedy murder trial in New York following appeals by his wife.
A proposal moves to unite all oilcloth and linoleum plants into one combine. Industry talks of shovels and railways forming new combines and unions. The government eases armor plate nickel process use for warships. Court official recommends granting a naval officer's divorce in Philadelphia.
Miss Nellie L. Pumphrey and Arthur N. Stevenson wed beside the coffin of her father after both his death and her mother’s. Guests accompanied the funeral procession to the grave, turning the wedding into a joint ceremony and memorial.
In St. Joseph Missouri May 15 John McKinley aged ninety three claims kinship to President McKinley. He has lived with a Blue Rapids daughter for five years. After the daughter died three weeks ago, the son in law could not manage the burden and he was placed in the Marshall county poor farm. He is deaf and nearly blind.
In Jersey Shore Pennsylvania on May 15 Rev Em erson Karns advertised a penny giveaway scheme claiming to clear church debt. He gave each person a cent and urged investment of the penny and to return the increased amount by September. A large crowd attended and many left disappointed.
Hazleton Pa May 15 The men at the Doorvale colliery of G B Markle Co resume work after a short strike over a discharge The fired miner was not reinstated as the company proved to the miners that he violated rules and was rightly discharged
Sam Thompson of Hetland, near Lake Preston, was injured when a westbound freight train crushed his foot at Lake Preston. He was intoxicated and attempted to alight between the cars and the platform, resulting in the injury.
Roach Keck and Wold shipped another special train load of fat cattle to Liverpool England yesterday via Boston and the Dominion line. Some of the finest cattle ever raised in Lyon county were in the lot.
A dispatch from Pietermaritzburg to the Daily Mail reports Lord Kitchener intends a new tactic to force Boer surrender by burning the veldt. The plan aims to reduce Boer resistance and hasten peace talks as casualties rise.
A Collin county farm house burned killing Mrs. W. H. Whitsel and her two children. A second item notes Sallie B. Admire found not guilty of murdering her husband by a Carrollton, Massachusetts jury. Also a Chicago group of 100, including engineers and guides, heads to Colombia in search of gold while a building collapse on Larrabee street traps several children, killing one immediately and burying seven.
Grain and livestock prices move across St. Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St. Paul. Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Barley quotes shown with cash and arriving prices for No.1 and No.2 grades. Cattle hogs and sheep prices listed by class and region.
Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria dated May 12 that Grenfell has occupied Louistrichart capturing fifty Boers with rifles. Louis trichart had been held by six British and forty Boers surrendered. The column logs 8 Boers killed 20 wounded 132 prisoners 24 surrenders and a machine gun. 6 400 rounds of ammunition 150 wagons and 1 780 horses captured.
A Desert News report from Park City Utah says George Redsull and Albert Niles were arrested and charged with stealing about $15,000 worth of silver bullion from the Marsafe refinery. Redsull, a night watchman, and Niles, his son in law, were linked to the crime. The sheriff recovered most of the bullion at Niles' home.
The resignation of Marquis Ito, premier in the Japanese cabinet, was announced at the Japanese legation in Washington. Ito left office last Friday and was the sole cabinet member to retire. He is replaced by Marquis Saionji, a former foreign minister and counselor to the emperor.
John B. Fore sythe a leading Kay county Oklahoma farmer was found murdered in his home yesterday morning in Wichita Kansas state authorities reported no clue to the perpetrators. His family is said to live in Nebraska.
Pauls Valley Ind May 15 Judge Thomas handed down two four year sentences and fines of $2000 each to liquor sellers in the Chickasaw Nation, announcing the severest penalty yet imposed.
The Dayton creek land case involving the Flathead Indians and squatters has drawn the attention of the Interior Department. Proctor versus Mathowikawan centers on a six mile wide strip along the reservation boundary. Proceedings, postponed to May 1 due to smallpox and diphtheria, involve Maj. Smead and council H W Sawney with wards represented. The outcome will set a precedent for similar local contests and affect an entire township.
Beaverhead residents object to Madison county cattle grazing on northern Beaverhead range near Blaine. Linder Bros. from Blaine report range overlap as about 500 head from Madison county were driven onto the Glendale area. The firm seeks evidence to pursue action while residents promise to defend their claimed rights.
In Mis groula at the U S land office Ralph B K Latimer near Grass valley filed notice of contest against a government patent for EF Carr 180 acres near Missoula The contest alleges Carr visited France where he died leaving no heirs and abandonment will be claimed
Reports from Great Falls Butte and Missoula cover health official notices smallpox pest house closures and a school superintendent resignation. A Spokane collector is jailed in Missoula on theft allegations while a mill injury requires amputation. Police intervene in a Fort Missoula area assault and a burglary losses case in Butte involves $500 in valuables.
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