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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1902
Page
2
A collage of short items notes social mores politics and culture from American and European figures. Headlines touch on Harvard lectures a train merger a parrot’s death Kipling Paris love letters and New York tunnel accountability with quips on Irish carpentry and Carlisle and Tillman probes.
A fifteen ton rock crushed the caboose of a Choctaw railroad work train near Little Rock Arkansas killing seven and injuring at least fourteen. The wreck left many men buried under sand with several missing and presumed dead.
Washington February 16 Cabinet members heard the president outline the first draft of his Schley case decision reading it with his characteristic vigorous tone. Some changes were noted and officials said it is unsafe to predict the exact effect until text is finalized. The decision will be made public next week.
Elmer Quimby, 38, who received a life sentence for causing his children’s deaths by poison last May, died in the prison hospital after a typhoid illness. His wife, already serving a term at the house of correction, continues to profess her innocence, maintaining he killed the children.
Wahpeton University reaches the 100 enrollment mark amid praise for President E P Robertson D D. The 80 acre campus north of the city is valued with a $40 000 building and $13 500 debt offset by pledges and subscriptions. Robertson’s fundraising and leadership have boosted the denominational school’s standing in Minnesota and North Dakota. Florence Jackson Robertson, his wife, serves as preceptress.
Reports from ongoing farmers institutes in northern and central parts of the state show universal success despite harsh past two weeks weather. Prof. T A Hoverstad of Minnesota oversees work for Prof. Kaufman with North Dakota Agricultural College faculty and experiment station staff, assisted by successful local farmers. Local institutes are forming to boost farmer discussion and exchange of farming methods.
A special term of court in Grafton opens the retrial of Havron vs Evans for malpractice. Judge Kneeshaw presides as jurors are empanelled after delays due to a juror illness and the Grand Forks West murder trial. The case will feature extensive expert medical testimony. Also reported is a smallpox case six miles west of Grafton in Samuel Fisher’s family as per county health officer Dr. P A La Berge.
In Sparta Wisconsin on February 16 Hiram Hall shot and killed J P Parker a Millston resident. Hall says the shooting was in self defense after Parker allegedly pursued Hall with jealousy rumors about Parker's alleged relationship with Hall's wife. Sheriff investigators arrested Hall after finding evidence near the scene two miles from Sparta. Parker was identified as a well known local resident.
The twelve-year-old daughter of William Gattenger was assaulted on a public highway near Eddyville Iowa on Thursday night. Ed Davidson of Pekay was accused and arrested at his home and brought to Eddyville. A mob gathered near the jail but Davidson was removed through a back door and hustled to Ottumwa for safety.
Jamestown city council voted 6 to 1 to stop sinking artesian wells and to study a pumping plant. The city may own both pumping station and electric light plant, with an engineer to estimate installation and operation costs. The issue could shape spring mayor and alderman elections.
T. C. Harrington, whose wife of six weeks left him at Jamestown after discovering deceit about his wealth, has become an attendant at the state hospital for the insane and remains hopeful for better days. James Durkee and Ollie Hensel of Jamestown bought Price Bros. store in Pingree, with Hensel taking personal charge.
Two Brooks-Griffith company mills in Southeast Minneapolis burned yesterday morning. Each mill was valued at 11 000 dollars. Wheat valued at 36 000 dollars was destroyed in the blaze.
Shelley Streeter Armour & Co. manager at the local house has been missing for several days. A shortage of 2500 dollars has been found and Streeter is twenty eight years old. The report comes from Davi City Nebraska dated February 16.
Train No. 10 on the Erie road leaving Cleveland for New York derailed after rails spread between Mahoning and Phalanx Ohio. The entire train left the tracks and overturned into a ditch for about twenty car lengths. Twenty seven people were injured and one may die, George Thomas of Cleveland among the seriously hurt.
Reported in New York on February 15 a securities holding firm would form in New Jersey with 50 to 100 million dollars in capital to unite many small banks under one management. The plan, if real, would mimic Canada and Britain branch banking through a securities company, with banks in cities including New York St Paul and Chicago named in speculation.
Linton seeks a physician for health needs while Northwood pursues a hospital. Other items note reorganized Oberon band, Milton mill expansion, county refunds, overcrowded Page school, paralyzed Mrs. A Mosher, and mayoral boosts for Casselton. Reads like a dense roundup of small-town North Dakota news, with multiple references to towns, incidents, and local developments.
Mrs Albert Forest was struck in her home in South Dakota by an unknown assailant and robbed of 45 dollars. Her husband a Homestake miner found her unconscious on arrival from his shift. She later recovered but could not describe the attacker.
Fargo February report notes rising insurance rates threaten smaller towns. Agitation leads to adopted fire fighting measures in progressive communities, with chemical engines favored where water is scarce.
A Norwegian woman living in Silver Lake township near Cumberland is believed to have leprosy after medical examination. State health officials may open an investigation. The woman shows extensive skin scales and has a brother in Chicago who is a declared leper.
The sultan of Morocco keeps seven lions as pets who roam the palace courtyards at night to guard the royal harem, according to reports.
A vintage ad asserts deafness comes from inflamed mucus in the Eustachian tube and promises a cure with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It offers 100 dollars for a catarrh deafness case not cured and directs readers to contact F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio. The note ends with a generic remark about wealth and poverty.
Mrs J H Haskins of Chicago writes about Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound easing childbirth agony and postnatal weakness. She credits the remedy plus her Pills and Sonative Wash for four months before birth and notes ongoing health when using a bottle each spring and fall. She invites others to write for free counsel from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
In Portland North Dakota an eighteen month old child of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Frye died after pulling the plug from a washtub of boiling water while the mother was briefly out. The death occurred before aid could reach the child.
Patrick Quinn of Sparta Wis received a telegram from Two Harbors Minn stating his son Thomas Quinn was killed in a railroad accident at Duluth. The deceased was a former Sparta boy and brakeman on the Duluth and Iron Range railroad. His father went to Duluth to bring the body home.
Des Moines Feb 16 The Iowa House passed a bill making it a crime for a tenant to sell property marked with a landlord’s pen without consent. Grain dealers championed the measure as a victory. Senate fate remains unclear.
Rev. Henry Martin Grant died in Eau Claire Wisconsin on Thursday afternoon of apoplexy. Born in Persia in 1836 he was Ulysses S. Grant's cousin. Survived by a widow and two sons who are both clergymen. Remains shipped to Cortland New York for burial.
William Foote, a veteran Milwaukee Road conductor aged 55, was found mangled on the tracks near Preston Minnesota. He previously commanded the first train on the Preston branch about a quarter century ago and his death is believed to involve a fall from a step.
The house yesterday passed a bill aimed at Christian Scientists. It imposes a fine of 10 to 200 dollars or up to six months imprisonment for parents or guardians who willfully deprive a sick child under sixteen of physician services.
A Wetumka report says Crasy Snake and his band, organized in squads of twenty five and heavily armed, are expected to cause trouble. Guthrie dated February 15 reports great excitement over possible violence by the group within the Creek Nation.
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