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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1901
Page
4
The Belgian pigeon covered 700 miles from Burgos to Brussels in fourteen hours. The report notes remarkable speed and endurance for the winner, with racing details highlighted among other curious facts in this assorted historical clipping.
Archaeologists in Jerusalem report inscriptions proving the ancient Bethlehem water conduit through the Hinnah valley was built by Emperor Severus in 195 A D rather than by Herod.
Mrs Lucinda Washington aged 124 fell down stairs at the Kokomo Indiana poor house and broke an arm but expects recovery. Born a slave in South Carolina in 1779 she remained with one family until emancipation in 1863.
In a few weeks the women of Norway will be ready to take part in elections as full fledged voters. A bill conferring the municipal franchise upon women has passed both houses of the Storting and will become law at the end of the present session.
A Japanese emperor receives an annual allowance of 2 million dollars to uphold dignity and leisure, about 6479 dollars per day. Parliament later grants 20 million yen, equivalent to 10 million dollars, in gratitude for his role directing military and naval operations during the Chinese-Japanese war.
The New York Tribune notes Phoenix Arizona has 25 000 residents and 10 million dollars in assessed property value. Canals fed by distant streams transformed sagebrush desert into a fertile valley full of ranches and small towns.
Captain H Smeed of East Providence Rhode Island received a government medal for saving the crew of a shipwrecked schooner in New Haven harbor. The medal lay forgotten in a secret drawer at the New Haven Custom House and was found recently.
A new patient at Bellevue Hospital New York is a kitten named Bum or Bunt suffering a spinal dislocation. A little girl pleaded with a doctor to cure the kitty and it was taken in. Doctors plan to do all they can to save the cat’s life.
Thirteen thousand homestead claims were allotted by lot last month in the Kio Way Comanche reservation. The process drew 170000 applications but avoided wild rushes or disputes. A crowd of twenty thousand cheered each winner as the draws proceeded smoothly over several days.
A newspaper item reports on a planned foul deed attributed to a group described as diabolical yet organized, detailing alleged plots and the expected impact on Buffalo. The account emphasizes menace and the suspected reach of the conspiracy within the city.
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music in Buffalo during a public reception. A second bullet struck the abdomen and the assailant was restrained by secret service and bystanders. Doctors reported the president rested but with a serious wound as authorities investigated the attack by Leon Czolgosz an avowed anarchist.
New York reports Secretary of War Root begins planning a journey to New York then Buffalo after learning the president was shot. Navy Secretary Long, Postmaster General Smith, and Postmaster General Hitchcock react emotionally and prepare to travel toward Buffalo following the tragedy.
At Pretoria on September 10 Fockema and Kerksoff two Wollanders were court martialed for treacherously harboring spies. Mr Lehman defended them. A key point was a frequently named but unnamed person in the evidence. The defendants and accomplices showed they aided spies returning from a commando with food and lodging.
Buffalo reports show steady improvement in the president’s condition after the attack. Physicians caution danger remains and declare only gradual changes will determine prognosis. Col Myron Herrick notes the president can move unaided, while Mrs McKinley, Secretary Cortelyou, and cabinet members stay close and hopeful.
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