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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
1
Washington December 13 Senate to vote in executive session on the Davis amendment to the Hay Pauncefote treaty. The amendment would allow United States measures for defense and public order during war, as southern Democrats push for canal legislation and fast passage.
The Fargo Argus recalls the 1801 murder of Northwestern Elevator Co. agent T. J. Plett found shot in a hayloft after a wheat theft. Joe Remington, then in Casselton and passing as an insurance agent from St. Paul, allegedly aided the crime by stealing a team and loading wheat to Arthur for sale. The case prompted questions about potential pardons and raised questions about delayed sheriff reports and investigators.
Lincoln December 13 Bryan emphatically denies the New York report that he would unite with D B Thompson to trade fusion votes for Thompson's Republican supporters and win the Nebraska senate seat. He declares he has no ambition in that direction.
Lord Kitchener reports a British reverse in the eastern Transvaal with heavy casualties and several officers killed. Dispatches say Delary with 251 men attacked under Clements at Noongedach at dawn, Boers repulsed then took Maguoliesburg top, Clements retired to Hekpoort. Broadwood near Clements takes Lichtenburg. Major losses include Legge, MacBean, Murdock, Atkins. Minor clashes at Bethlehem and Vreda Vryheid. Boers claim 1,500 burghers threaten Komatipoort.
Fargo reports Mutual Life Insurance pays 80000 for two policies on the late Dr. Wm J Musgrove of Grafton. Executor to hold funds as will contest arises. private suit expected before Walsh county judge Monday. wife and children of Judge Sauter named among alleged heirs.
Washington December 14 The Supreme Court will not decide jurisdiction in the Nome receive case until after holidays. Briefs filing window closes around December 18, adjournment for holidays soon after. If the San Francisco court lacks jurisdiction the Lane syndicate may drop the matter. if it has jurisdiction affidavits to the attorney general and an investigation could follow.
The attorney general reiterates that the government will presume innocence for Noyes and will not heed rumors. He notes a possible impeachment path via the House and Senate, with a special session likely needed, and cites favorable agent reports from Alaska on Noyes’ integrity. Alex McKenzie has traveled and will return to New York Sunday night to tour the circuit this winter.
The Pepke case, a North Dakota soldier charged with smuggling, heads to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. Pepke, wounded in the Philippines, was seized for possessing fourteen diamond rings brought from Manila. The ruling could settle whether U S control over Puerto Rico and the Philippines is valid under the treaty terms and whether duties and governance apply as domestic territories. Charles H. Aldrich represents Pepke. the attorney general argues for the government. In a separate note, a deadly collision on a Delagoa railway branch in eastern Transvaal killed many officials and injured others.
An explosion five miles south of Cannon Ball near a substation leveled seven Native Americans and injured two others who were expected to die. A tank of gasoline found by No Heart, an Istadia, allegedly mistaken for kerosene, caused the blast when neighbors attempted to move it. Names and details are incomplete as investigators piece together the tragedy.
Grand Forks North Dakota December 15 Indictments returned against A Lindelie secretary of the state enforcement league charged with accepting money in two cases for protecting blind pigs. The grand jury heard evidence over several years as prosecutors seek to prove corruption within prohibition enforcement and to discredit Lindelie and his supporters who say the charges result from a plot.
Kennedy's Bank in Heps North Carolina was robbed at dawn by two men. Nitro glycerine blasted the safe, with losses estimated from a few hundred to several thousand dollars. No injuries reported and suspects at large.
Miss Wegner of Oriska sues her aunt Mrs Wegner for 82514 damages alleging a malicious tale about a Minneapolis trip. The crowded courtroom filled to standing room only as testimony concluded Saturday evening. Separately, William Harrison faced charges of shooting at Mrs Eagles, a Valley City household employee, with objections raised by the Eagles against his Minnesota-born wife.
Harrison, denied a divorce and facing Eagles objections, rode with a lookout for his lover. As he passed Eagles home on a date, Mrs. Eagles intercepted him and struck him. Harrison fired a warning shot into the air and pressed on. He alleges Bangles fired at him, hitting the buggy, while the jury disagreed on the outcome.
New York reports novelist Mare St. Felix will wed Dr. Jerome Morrell Lyneh on January 1 101. Her fiancé is nephew of Sir John Jones, chief commissioner of the Pullin police. The engagement caps a drama centered around a divorce fight and a hospital romance.
News from Dickey County reports the death of William Butzow six miles southwest of Frederick. He was last seen Monday evening entering the cistern on his property after checking cattle. Found in the cistern Tuesday morning with a head injury, officials deem the cause unclear and no inquest was held. Neighbor Wm Hicks and 12 year old Ward Hicks witnessed items around the home. The cistern contains water. the house once stood but has since been removed due to security concerns. The death whether accidental or deliberate remains undetermined.
Washington December 14. Arguments in constitutional cases on Porto Rico and the Philippines began in the supreme court. H C Perkins for the complainants said his argument would make every person born in Porto Rico after the Paris treaty ratification a citizen of the United States.
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