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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
3
Stella Brennan, serving life for the 1905 Hennepin county killings, declares her innocence and accuses James Brennan of murder. She cites a note claiming he did the shootings and seeks freedom with new evidence. James Brennan denies the allegations. he is in Minneapolis.
Montana offers a reward of 1000 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the men who attempted to rob the North Coast limited at Welch's Spur killing Engineer Clow. The total bounty now stands at 3000 dollars with the railroad adding 2000. In Missoula two men tied to Northern Pacific train robbery are arrested at Arlee and Sheriff Neff and Bosse head there.
Crookston Minnesota May 11 farmers in the Minnesota Red River valley report ideal weather since Tuesday and rush to plant grain. Old farmers say the soil has not been in better shape for seeding in years with thousands of acres already needing to be planted near Crookston.
In Au Sable Michigan on May 11 Joseph Turcott and a woman identified as Mrs Laplante were ambushed by an unknown killer. The woman died instantly while Turcott was dying. Eugene Munday a teamster was arrested on suspicion amid jealousy theories.
Fergus Falls Minnesota May 11 The federal grand jury indicted five men for alleged timber trespass. Named defendants include Joseph Quinlan John Burns P G Peterson Peter Vizener and An toine Yellowhead in Fergus Falls court records.
Helena Montana May 11 Senator Thomas H Carter returned from the East and announced that just before sailing for Scotland Andrew Carnegie promised Helena a $30000 library building for the city.
In Stillwater Minnesota on May 11 the two year old daughter of Peter Lohmer was burned to death when her clothing ignited from a bonfire while her parents were away from home.
Duluth faces three rail lines with a possible fourth as Wisconsin Central, Soo, and Duluth Rainy Lake & Winnipeg eyes joiners. City wins franchise dispute over street crossings and wins access to terminals for noncompetitive lines. Duluth’s planned routes include a Winnipeg connection via Rainy Lake & Winnipeg and a direct link with Canadian Northern at the border.
St Paul has entered the field to host the 1908 National Editorial association convention, with Jamestown exposition dates June 10 to 14 named for the gathering. A large St Paul delegation will open headquarters and distribute literature to attract delegates.
The grand jury in Fergus Falls Minnesota returned its first indictments. Joseph H Newton of Roosevelt is charged with cutting timber on government land. John Zwack a rural mail carrier is charged with embezzling funds entrusted to him. Anton Potter is accused of failing to cancel revenue stamps on liquor packages.
John Unger an insane man who escaped Fergus Falls hospital Tuesday arrived in Melrose yesterday morning with no clothing. He rode in a box car, was found by a train crew, asked the brakeman the town name, learned Melrose, then fled to his parents home.
Menomonie Wisconsin May 10 The Menomonie Improvement Association launches a lively campaign to beautify the city. Every boy and willing resident is invited to join the clean up brigade to tidy parks drives and the shore on Arbor day with appointed captains supervising the work.
Four young women were in a carriage struck by an automobile driven by Fred Spauling near Grinnell Iowa on May 10. Lena Frolland saw the crash and leaped from the carriage suffering serious injuries. The other three girls were thrown out but not seriously hurt.
Rosa I. Irwin twenty three year old wife of a well known farmer in Creston Iowa was struck dumb after a day’s hard work. Believing her affliction a punishment for imaginary sin she grew unbalanced and was sent to the hospital for the insane.
Mrs Charlotte McFarland died yesterday while trying to extinguish a bedroom fire in her Minneapolis house. She was found dead, believed to have been overcome by smoke.
In Spearfish South Dakota Maud Net tlehorst aged three died when an old pistol in the hands of children discharged by accident. The tragedy occurred while children were playing with the weapon.
Two masked men hold up the North Coast limited near Welch's Spur but fail to blow the express car. Engineer James Clow is killed while Fireman James Sullivan is wounded. a posse pursues the robbers who flee down the mountainside. A suspect, William Powers, is arrested near Woodville.
Forty union painters in Grand Forks ND strike for a closed shop after a new scale signed May 1. Employers say they will fill striker positions with nonunion men. A planned 4 PM meeting with owners was not attended as relations deteriorate, raising fears of delays in building operations.
In Vau Claire Wisconsin on May 9 Jacob Schneider a twelve year old boy vanished after attending Sunday school. His parents and police search the area fearing kidnapping or drowning in a mysterious disappearance.
Dut wick Gejel, a Russian laborer and unfamiliar to Spring Valley, died yesterday morning at the Mondovi house after falling from the team and being run over at the stone quarry on Friday.
In Hankinson North Dakota May 9 a nine year old boy Roland Forman died by hanging himself with a halter while playing in a barn on his father’s farm. The exact mechanism of the accident is not yet known.
A violent clash erupted in Frisco streets as a riot broke out. Police reported injuries and multiple arrests amid frantic crowds and damaged storefronts downtown.
A union motor men and conductors strike in San Francisco escalated into a riot. Police guarded 7 strikebreakers with revolvers aboard 7 cars as crowds of 5 000 hurled stones and bricks. Gunfire wounded eight and fatally injured at least one, with arrests made and reinforcements deployed by 4 40 p m.
In San Francisco on May 9 Walter Charles Davis a carpenter in a fit of insanity shot and killed six members of the Bush boarding house family where he lived. A seventeen year old lodger escaped when spared after Davis paused thinking she resembled his daughter. Police overpowered him and he was taken to the detention ward.
London May 9 government presents long awaited Irish bill to the house of commons and country. The measure offers limited self government, creating an Irish council to oversee eight departments with crown appointed members and five departments kept under direct crown control including the constabulary. Readings proceed amid protests as Birrell moves closure and the bill passes its first reading by 416 to 121 while Irish and Unionist reactions vary.
A Texas tornado swept through Ridgeway and Birthright near Mount Pleasant on May 9, killing nine and injuring several. Communications are down, Birthright is reportedly destroyed, Caney Negro settlement also damaged, crops across the path are ruined.
New York May 9 The will of James Henry Smith Silent Smith disclosed valued at about 26 000 000 includes legacies to all near kin and bequests to two local hospitals. The direct heir is asserted as unlikely. Nephews George Grant Mason and William Smith Mason share two thirds and one third of the residue respectively.
Lyndhurst the East End home of Mrs William Thaw has been mortgaged for 100000 by Fidelity Title and Trust. The loan bears 12 1/2 percent interest and matures in three years. The document dated March 7 1907 was hidden from public view until yesterday.
The British steamer Maori King with 921 Chinese steerage passengers from Vladivostok and Shanghai to Mazatlan and Guaymas arrived in San Diego in distress. A state of mutiny exists aboard and the vessel is in quarantine under immigration and customs guard while the matter is settled.
An agent of the Liverpool Salvage association reports in Tokyo that salvage of the Great Northern Steamship Dakota is hopeless after running ashore March 3. Only part of the cargo may be saved, with a total loss to London underwriters of about 3,750,000 dollars.
Laura Sanders a wealthy hacienda owner and Jose Maria Beltran municipal director dueled for the daughter of a local planter in Pueblo Mexico on May 9. Both were mortally wounded, falling at the first shot in the street duel.
Mary Ludwig twenty two a helper in the Disman house laundry in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin suffered a crushed right hand to the wrist in a power wringer and escaped loss of arm due to prompt aid.
Minot North Dakota May 9 Jess Skidner of Bird Island Minnesota died after stepping from a freight car and falling from a bridge 118 feet high five miles west of the city authorities reported the accident occurred while he was traveling through the area on the river road with no immediate survivors noted the incident is under local inquiry
Victims of horse theft in Montana consider reviving vigilante justice as horse rustling climbs since the rise in prices. In Lewis and Clark county authorities pursue three suspects with district court informations and bench warrants. Stock growers accuse some ranchers of buying stolen horses and disguising them with mare foal sales.
Mabelle Hughes of the Jordan hotel in Glendive fell seriously ill after an orange sent by a note reading This is for you and you alone Eat hearty. The pulp carried carbolic acid. A syringe injection left the fruit tainted. A rejected suitor is suspected and the typewriter used to compose the note was found. Arrests expected.
In Anaconda, Judge Winston sentences sixteen year old Frank Carpenter to fifty years hard labor in Deer Lodge for murder of John Johnson at Parrott ranch January. Jury found second degree murder but court described the crime as cold blooded and deserving first degree. Carpenter and another youth planned burglary and lured Johnson from his shack to kill him.
Josiah Shull, referee in the Montana disbarment proceedings against H. H. Jarsons and S. G. Murray, filed a report with the supreme court finding complete exoneration and recommending dismissal. Charges by W. H. Smead Co. included malpractice conspiracy subornation of perjury and an attempt related to realty transfers.
Dennis Murphy, 30, unmarried, was killed instantly at the St. Lawrence mine in Butte when a rock mass fell from the shaft top on the 600 foot level. He was in a stopping position when struck in the back of the head, severing the top of his skull.
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