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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
3
In Sweden a ban on individual purchase of merchandise from abroad is stated. The army worm description notes it as a grass eater preferring oats to corn. In Kansas City three farmers were arrested amid fighting over control of an idle man for a farm hand.
A Bridgeton New Jersey man died recently and his body reportedly petrified within 24 hours. Authorities note the rapid change is attributed to lime salts present in the deceased’s system.
Miss Jennie Powers of Germantown Pa a Sunday school teacher has not missed a Sunday in 26 years. She received a gold medal marking the end of her 20th year of consecutive service.
A dubious method suggests pouring cologne into a soup plate and igniting it to create a flame and fresh odor in an invalid’s room. The claim mixes aroma with a dangerous fire risk and should be avoided.
The passage notes that the tease remains unsurpassed as a tool for raising nap on fabric despite attempts to improve it, including an apparatus using fing wire.
John Wanamaker presents a large and valuable collection of Indian antiquities to the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The gift includes oil paintings photographs of noted Indian warriors and aboriginal scenes and customs. The collection was gathered by the late Thomas Blaine Donaldson Sr.
The charity organization society opens a college for washerwomen in New York offering a 12 lesson course. Students earn 60 cents a day plus luncheon while instructors teach fabric care and cleansing methods under strict supervision until earning a certificate.
Military necessity drives engineers to destroy a Gravelotte memorial tower erected for German soldiers fallen there. The demolition, aimed at clearing way for new works outside Metz, reflects a wartime principle that precious lives and cherished structures may be sacrificed when needed.
The late Rev. C H Spurgeon’s sermons are issued in a new volume while publishers have printed his discourses for forty six years and estimate sales exceed one million copies. High church organ hails it as a unique sale of unique sermons.
The article notes that several animals fall to extermination due to commercial value and pest status. It cites rats already banned in many countries and suggests stronger measures could end the rodent's presence, while mosquitoes face likely restrictions in their operations under new actions.
Workmen in the Roman Forum under Signor Boni uncovered a marble fragment that appears to be part of an ancient plan of Rome. The piece, carved centuries ago, is said to record the city’s exact dimensions and aligns with accounts calling the plan mathematically precise.
In New York a man’s will bequeathed the house with furniture and contents to his wife. The estate inventory showed a safe within the contents containing over a hundred thousand dollars, which the widow claimed, but courts ruled the money not part of the house contents under the will.
Businessmen argue that small profits are the norm and lasting wealth comes from steady effort. The passage notes most people achieve only moderate results through industry and thrift, while vast riches require unlikely luck.
Kalispell Mont Sept 1 A Great Northern accident at Nyack Montana last night on the main line involved Train No 3 being struck by shingles cars from Train No 10. Seventeen lives are reported lost including P L Downs assistant general superintendent west end of the Great Northern who was killed. The total death toll cited as seventeen with others unconfirmed at press time.
St Paul Sept 1 Speaker M J Dowling of Renville filed the first candidacy certificate under the new primary law with the secretary of state He seeks nomination for Congress at the Republican primary seven weeks before the 1902 general election He argues early filing grants first place on the ballot.
Capt. Harry W. Newton, an assistant to Funston in Aguinaldo’s capture, received a hero’s ovation in West Superior Wisconsin on September 1. Veterans orders militia and a brass band joined a gala crowd as the state legislature awarded him a medal in a grand public presentation.
Four Italian railroad laborers were wounded in a Plum Lake clash with American section crews near Rhinelander Wisconsin. About a hundred shots were fired in the Vilas county incident. Two Italians were seriously hurt and arrests were made after the sheriff intervened.
Sherman Thompson proprietor of the Gem restaurant died from burns and injuries after attempting to fill a gasoline powered coffee warmer while it was lit. Oil spilled, caught fire, and exploded, igniting the building which was quickly extinguished. Thompson’s clothing burned off his body.
Colon Colombia Sept 1 Liberals hold Provision Island opposite Bocas del Toro and threaten bombardment as martial law blocks harbor. Foreign consuls urge gunboats while Machias awaits orders. local commerce in bananas suffers.
Berlin reports Prince Chun and Ying Chang to receive a ceremonial audience with Emperor William. Nine Chinese officials are spared from bowing as Chun travels from Basel to Berlin for the possible Potsdam meeting. The Ostasiatische Correspondenz notes the emperor offered the audience with interpreter only.
Osceola Wisconsin September 1 John W Nelson and his son William were quarrying rock on the farm one mile southeast of town when they uncovered several pure copper specimens about the size of hickory nuts. They report additional copper indications in the quarry and believe a copper deposit may exist with expert help.
Silas White an elderly Baptist preacher about eighty was struck by a Chicago Burlington & Quincy train near 3 pm while watching a culvert construction in Red Oak Iowa He was standing on the track and his body was hurled over telegraph wires and badly mangled by the impact.
Rhine and Mosel producers anticipate a vintage rivaling the famed harvests of 1593 and 1893. Walter Schumann notes warm summers and timely showers boosting vine growth and flowering, with vegetation thriving by July 1 and sunshine throughout. The outlook is a bright banner for 1901, seen as the best year since 1893.
Mrs F F Watson of Pierson Iowa obtained a divorce from her husband on grounds of adultery with Mrs Cash. Rev W B Cash also secured a divorce Tuesday on the same charges. The pair plan to marry soon, and Mrs Cash and Mrs Watson are expected to wed immediately.
Biz Dent in Timber Wisconsin reports Worcester and Munising company a new corporation buys 20 000 acres of timber land from the Dester and Sullivan estate near Munising Michigan for 200 000 dollars.
Mrs. Frank Dittman of near the German Catholic church was badly hurt when a buck sheep attacked. She suffered two broken ribs and other bruises in Lake Jaime Minnesota on September 1.
Ben Thomas of Prentice Wisconsin was trying to board a Seo freight train at McCord when he was run over by the wheels. His right leg was torn off near the hip and he was brought to Pell for treatment.
Lake Sunapee New Hampshire September 4 Rear Admiral Sampson and his wife arrived August 22 to a summer hotel. He was not in the best health but has gained strength and is improving after a slight relapse from a country drive. He plans to stay about two more weeks.
Plainview Minn Sept 1 The residence of George Stodart located a mile east of here burned to the ground yesterday Most of the household goods were saved and the building was insured
Newport R I Sept 4 The second official trial race between Columbia and Constitution ended with no result due to lack of wind. The yachts could not finish within the five and a half hour limit, concluding two miles east of Brenton's reef at 6 30 with Columbia ahead by about a quarter boat length.
The Pittsburg labor day demonstration commands attention as steel plants stay open while strike action continues. Pickets reportedly stop a post office letter carrier, a company carriage is moved, and a mob nearly targets William Jones before police intervene, underscoring rising tensions.
St Joseph Missouri September 4 Daniel D Burns left an estate valued at sixty thousand dollars held intact for all heirs. The value has grown to about ten million. Mary Moore a niece and adopted daughter sought division but the suit was settled out of court. She received two hundred thousand dollars and transferred all rights to the other heirs for continued management of the property.
Four young men sailed from Oak Park at midnight to Monona waterfront when their craft capsized in a three hour ordeal. Rescued by two policemen in a rowboat, the group included R R Schmedemann Edward Nelson and N Lynch of Madison and C H Galbraith a New York traveler.
Dispatch from Pekin reports French forces have formally handed over the palace of Ancestors and the Imperial City to Chinese plenipotentiaries. Only one French battalion remains in the old French quarter as Paoting fu and nearby areas are evacuated. The move followed salutes to the tri color from Chinese troops.
Dougherty, Iowa, suffered a major blaze destroying the business district. Limited fire protection allowed the fire to reach a hardware store and flammable powders, with embers scattering across the town. The fire began at 10 20 pm and by 2 am the town was ashes, with estimated losses at 44000 and insurance coverage at 25500.
At a commission meeting on South African claims a letter revealed Lord Roberts had a narrow escape from death in Pretoria when Italian anarchist Gambini planned three bombs for the church he attended. The plot was discovered before detonation.
Ames Iowa Sept 4 A J Narcley seeks a court injunction to stop water flow from an artesian well owned by Wison Abtrahas. He argues the water drawdown affects his and neighboring wells relying on the same underground vein.
Thirty deputies arrived from Paoting fu under Lt. Gov. Chou fu to pacify Boxers and converts in surrounding districts. They report considerable success in their mission.
Concepcion Chile Sept 4 The Brit fish bark Collessi Capt Auld from Newcastle N S W July 9 for Valparaiso has been lost off Coico Point Part of her crew was saved.
Dr. Kraus a leading Transvaal figure and former Johannesburg governor has been seized in London on espionage charges. He has allegedly sent information to Boer headquarters during a four month stay in Great Britain. His sister Mrs Dixon remains at the hotel prostrated while he is taken to Bow Street.
Labor Day in Kansas City featured the largest parade yet with eight thousand marchers. William Jennings Bryan rode at the front and received cheers as he spoke at Electric Park with speeches and athletic events in the afternoon followed by more addresses in the evening.
Cleveland residents surveyed the west shore to find wreckage, mud, and ruined buildings after subsidence. Rebuilding plans were deferred as dilapidated structures were cleared. Wilamette court houses withstood the flood, while barns and sheds suffered heavy damage and interior ruin abounded.
George A. Kent the West Shore railroad telegraph operator at Palmira N Y killed himself in the Palmira depot causing hours of train delays as dispatchers failed to reach him. Train orders piled up and several trains were held up before Owen Flynn of Palmira discovered the body. No motive is known.
A translated French play titled The Pork Kings or Uncle Sam was staged at the Payret theater in Havana but was ordered suppressed by Civil Governor Nunez on Sunday night. He deemed it an insult to the American people especially women, despite censor approval and newspaper criticism calling it unjust.
England reports the Colorado beetle found in a Tilbury potato patch. The board of agriculture destroyed the host crop and surrounding plantings to curb spread, with the isolated dockside area deemed unlikely to ignite broader infestation.
A Munich chemist has patented a method to lay dust into a stiff gummy mass that resists fire wind and water at a small cost. Frankfurt on the Main Sept 4. A municipality passes an ordinance allowing the inventor to use a street for experiments.
Andrew Carnegie donates 50000 for a town hall in Motherwell Lanarkshire Scotland. Krebe Station Pennsylvania powder mill explosion kills two. 300 year old stone plow unearthed at Bloomfield New Jersey. Counterfeit notes in Huntington Indiana circulation. Anarchists win Rome labor council influence alarms government. Evansville aeronaut fatally injured at Sterling Illinois. Kokomo grocer arrest over stock sale. Mrs Martha Boyd dies at Valparaiso aged 74. Upmann German bankers robbed of 28000 in Havana. Rufus Hill killed by Clover Leaf train at Fillmore Illinois. U.S. treasury money shipments to the South and West rise this season. Huntington thieves loot houses during circus stay. Levey and Co assignment filed Buffalo New York with 1 dollar consideration.
Fresh quotations from St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago show wheat ranges from 64 to 71 cents for various grades, corn around 54 to 55 cents, oats near 34 to 37 cents, rye and barley noted, with flax seen at about 1.39 to 1.45 dollars. Cattle and hog quotes vary by region, with steers up to around 5.70 dollars and hogs generally 5.85 to 6.70, plus midwestern and southern listings for live stock markets.
Sioux City Iowa Sept 3 Grand jury indicts Ben Mel Kinight on murder in the first degree for the alleged killing of his wife last June.
Cripple Creek Colorado reports August gold production reaching 2,558,000 dollars, the district’s highest single month on record, underscoring the mining boom.
Sheriff Schrivener of Hubbard County arrested a stranger in Bemidji who matched the description of one of three men sought for the murder of Paul McGrath at Little Falls last week.
In Bardwell Kentucky a police arrest attempt ended when Marshal Thomas Warden was struck in the shoulder and seriously hurt. He fired two rounds during the confrontation. This report notes a Black suspect fled during the incident in Cairo.
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