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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1901
Page
2
Emmons Co. records a philosophical musing on identifying trees by wind through leaves. It notes a New York paper's remark that ferries rise and bridges rise while tunnels last forever, and asserts earthworks and tunnels as enduring man-made works.
The Melrose hall at Bedford Avenue and Winthrop Street in Brooklyn, once the Whig and Tory and George III headquarters, was auctioned for 2700 dollars. Built in 1748 by Englishman John Lane, the dwelling retains the hall name despite its current use.
Isaac T. Pratt of Bennington Vermont trapped a 325 pound bear in a ravine by Hell Hollow brook in Woodford last week. The fur is thick long and glossy black. This is his third bear in the area in a few days and his twenty ninth overall in his lifetime. The bear is described as the large one trapped in Bennington county for many years.
The figures show British soldiers faced more than 2 percent risk of death in South Africa versus bar racks in England. While mortality seems small, during brief war moments each man repeatedly faces risks far exceeding ordinary life, and a brief half hour encounter could be certain death if it lasted a day.
The note explains calendars align every twenty years when months start on same weekdays, reducing almanac costs for this century. It suggests that calendars from the twelfth century would align with current dates, and those with preserved nineteenth century almanacs could reuse them for the century starting in 2201, since dates repeat.
Mrs Louise Osborne Ferson of Chicago has invented an army ration biscuit made of pork and beans baked into a dark four by two inch biscuit. It is seasoned to taste and claimed to be palatable and nourishing. She studied at Vassar and Wellesley and collaborated with her sister Dr Grace Osborne in Chicago on nutritive values. She recently visited Washington to discuss supplying food to troops.
The Tine Kate Shelley Bridge near Boone Iowa is among the world’s largest viaducts. Twenty years earlier a train disaster near Moingona prompted a sixteen year old girl from a nearby cottage to brave a storm, save a passenger train by reporting the wreck, and earn a medal. The new bridge is named in her honor.
A year after the census, rapid population increases in parts of the United States prompt questions on scale. Oklahoma claims a hundred thousand gain, the Northwest grows quickly, Texas oil boosts the state, and rice irrigation in Louisiana and Texas spurs investments and profits. The Semmes family has long served Alabama's judiciary.
Summary of government actions include suspension of civil government in four Philippine provinces and a major tariff plan. Navy board reports plans for the largest U S battleship. A Japanese military attache arrives in Washington. Wing Cave survey authorized in South Dakota. Philippine tariff estimates project 18 million dollars revenue first year. Trade deficit tops 664.9 million with 49.5 million improvement year over year. Postal service expansion in the Philippines limits future appointments to natives except a few key posts. Elk Point bank receives 25 thousand dollar capital with George R. Freeman president and H B Beckwith cashier. Chickamauga and Chattanooga Military Park dedication editions printed for distribution to lawmakers. Japanese scholar Hatouma to visit Yale for LL D. Independent Cuba starts with 122,400 bonded debt under the new constitution.
A list of violent incidents and legal troubles across multiple states. Fifteen black victims in Texas clashes. two policemen shot in Georgia riots among excursionists. bank robbery foiled in Ohio. Pat Crowe linked to Johannesburg communication. an embezzler’s murder under alleged hypnosis. contempt fines in Toledo. a Galveston heiress allegedly hypnotized to leave home. Willis Miller in court attack. Judge Sellars’ suicide in Crawfordsville. Cordelia Botkin case moved to US Supreme Court. Sheridan Arkansas teen Cora Henry's death by poison linked to engagement conflicts.
A series of deadly incidents reported include two injured trainmen near Rush City after the Ohio Valley express collided with a loose engine, five killed and three injured from a MK&T collision, and a fatal poison exposure in Marietta Ohio from canned pumpkin dessert. Other events cover explosive accidents at Gyttorp in Sweden, a fatal nitroglycerin boat explosion near Toronto Ohio, and a London fire destroying warehouses with losses estimated between 100 000 and 250 000 pounds.
Three Americans sentenced to prison for robbery in China. Inventor Santos-Dumont predicts his balloon voyage around the world. Thirteen Polish students on trial at Posen for secret political societies. Reports from Germany show thousands unemployed. Emperor Nicholas orders 308,585 men recruited for the Southern army and navy. A British Indian force moves toward Aden to destroy a Turkish fort. French customs for six months 1901 show imports 6,429,000,000 francs exports 2,105,000,000 francs. Newfoundland talks with Britain appear unlikely to yield agreement.
Senor Frederic Enagrulz president of Chill dies. Mr Grau engages tenor D Mas chi for next opera season in the United States. Principal George of Montreal resigns to lead Chicago Theological Seminary. Mme Melba shelved by laryngitis. no Covent Garden singing. Senator Lodge arrives in London then Bayreuth, back in September. Charles Alvord founder of Excellior Needle dies in Torrington aged 74. William Penn Kerr dies in Kansas City at 87. Col Edmund Rice ill in Boston hotel. Mrs Frances Warrimer dies in Omaha en route to Philippines. Mrs George J Gould rests aboard yacht Sybarite under physician care.
The report notes improved crop prospects across the Northwest due to recent showers while other items touch on a range of topics from naval sales to tobacco trusts and public disputes. Major mentions include a Minnesota frigate sale, Virginia tobacco trust steps, and legal cases in Chicago and Wilmington.
Topeka July 19 Approaching rainfall across Kansas eases drought. Weather observers and state agriculture secretary Coburn predict a corn crop of at least 60 million bushels, with potential for greater if rains continue. Clouds linger and more rain expected, ending the harsh heat spell and improving prospects for crops statewide.
Rainfall across Wisconsin on July 18 19 boosted crops and saved threatened yields. Reports ranged from Pierce to Dane counties with heavy showers in Milwaukee area posing relief from a heat wave. Farmers anticipate thousands of dollars in benefits statewide as rain ends protracted hot spell.
The steamship Northwestern, first boat of its line to sail Chicago to Europe and back, arrived amid a loud salute. The round trip lasted eighty four days, with expectations of a shorter voyage next time. The vessel was in good condition despite ice on the outward journey.
Pekin date July 19 reports the full evacuation of Pekin by the allies will occur on August 14, the anniversary of the relief of the legationers. Control will be formally transferred to the Chinese in a public ceremony, seen as a Chinese victory over foreign patience.
In Sioux City Iowa on July 19 Harrison Martin fled home after threats of tar and feathers or hanging. He knocked his ninety year old father down when the elder failed to get a pension. A mob formed to lynch him but was thwarted by older men. Martin remains at large.
A head end collision between a northbound St Joseph and Grand Island passenger train and a Santa Fe local freight near Gower Missouri yesterday killed two people and injured fourteen others. The crash also wrecked the Santa Fe engine and several freight cars.
Three coaches of rail No. 1 of the Pontiac Oxford and Northern were struck by train No. 4 at Dryden Hill and overturned into the ditch. Several passengers injured as No. 1 was pulling into a siding. Cass City Michigan July 19.
A military balloon near Schuluesselburg on an island in the Neva exploded during operations. One person was killed and twenty injured, several fatally, as the craft burst into flames southeast of St. Petersburg.
In Ann Arbor on July 19 a clash between the sheriff's son and two deputies and three tramps ended with the tramps seizing the officers revolvers and fleeing. The sheriff offers a $50 reward for each captured suspect as authorities search the area.
Grasshoppers caused a two hour delay to the Imperial Limited on the Canadian Pacific line east of Brandon Manitoba. The insects filled the tracks creating slippery rails requiring sand to free the train. The hoppers were not the grain-destroying variety.
Cedar Falls Iowa July 18 G Bow man a gardener gathered 4680 quarts of strawberries from one acre and sold them at 10 cents per quart His raspberry crop failed and the report notes the abundant harvest and price in the market
A July blaze in Marshall Missouri destroyed portions of the business district causing losses exceeding 120000 dollars. Firefighters battled the flames for hours before gaining the upper hand at the New York aidre area.
London says King Edward Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William will attend a grand review near Mayence about August 15 and plan exchange visits at Damatadt as reported by the Berlin correspondent of the London Standard.
Laddon King Edward cannot sell Osborne House and an authoritative denial states the residence is not for sale. Rumors linked William Waldorf Astor to purchasing the royal property have been rejected as unfounded.
Grand Forks reports a labor shortage as haying and wheat crops loom. Farmers face few local workers and railways offer limited help. Winnipeg and Manitoba routes plan to ship tens of thousands of harvest hands from Eastern Canada to cover the season, indicating a nationwide scramble for labor with weeks to go.
North Dakota district court opens in Langdon with Judge Knee shaw to hear the murder case of William Barry a Milton area farmer charged with fatally stabbing farm hand Andrew Mellen in January Barry rich as an estimated 15000 to 20000 dollars faces a temporary insanity defense seeking to exclude his pretrial confession and the ante mortem statement of his sister Miss Mary Ann Barry who died at Jamestown insane asylum observers expect sensational testimony from Ontario relatives and medical experts as the case unfolds
A Cannon Ball report notes about a thousand Cheyenne men on the Cannon Ball and Cheyenne reservations could help farmers facing a possible labor shortage. They are semi-starved and may save grain if placed with farmers under fair treatment and liquor restrictions. An Indian commissioner order halts rations for those deemed able to self support, affecting about 700 on the reservation. Hides are to be shipped to Bowles and Rogers of Chicago.
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress in Cripple Creek Colorado on July 20 completed its work. It adopted resolutions on mining commerce and industry and selected St Paul as the next meeting site. Debates centered on creating government departments for mining and for commerce and industry, which were both rejected. The group urged government aid for arid land reclamation and restoration of the mercantile marine, and recommended harbor and river improvements including a deep waterway from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi.
Julius George, a prospector, restaked the Helen iron mine near Sault Ste. Marie Michigan, owned by the Clerk syndicate, saying the claim is open because a patent was not granted and the company did not comply with the law. The mine is valued between $10,000,000 and $15,000,000. George secured counsel and plans to hold the claim, while Mr Clergue is reportedly in the East.
Oshkosh July 20 The coroner s jury in the death of C Fred Zank a Chicago Northwestern brakeman killed July 14 says the accident was caused by railway negligence with the brake out of order The jury blames the railway company No arrests have yet been made in the other incident where John Penzenstadler a Polish laborer was badly cut in a quarrel with two companions his clothes torn and scalp wounds reported.
New York July 20 Colonel Daniel S Lamont denied reports he would become president of the Northern Pacific railway He said the story is not true and that Mr Mellen remains in place with no retirement planned and he would not take the post under any circumstances
Mrs. E A Lewis sues A F Reitzel a leading La Crosse businessman for slander claiming he started circulated stories harming her moral character to the value of 5000 dollars. All parties are noted as prominent in social circles.
Eldora Iowa July 20 when E L Stoltz manager for Armour Packing opened an egg case from Ringstead he heard peeping and found the eggs hatched due to continued warm weather yielding two young chickens in the shipment the incident highlights an unusual natural occurrence in a commercial delivery
Fire caused by a boy playing with matches consumed the Scribner barn in New Richmond Wisconsin. Renter William Walsh lost two horses a cow wagon buggy hay and other property. Firemen labored to save neighboring buildings.
A July 20 hellstorm swept a tract eighty rods wide about four miles east of Spring Valley Minnesota. All growing and uncut crops on five or six farms were ruined by the storm.
Word reached Perham Minnesota that nineteen year old John Buddish, a well connected resident, was murdered and robbed by tramps in Casselton North Dakota. He lived in Perham.
Ten people in a covered wagonette were injured last night near Racine Wisconsin when the horses ran away capsize followed by dragging occupants a long distance.
Gasoline stove explosion near Madison Wisconsin yesterday afternoon sparked a fire that destroyed a farm dwelling adjoining the city. No injuries reported as investigators assess the blast and fire origin.
Francis Truth known as the "divine healer" was arrested on a warrant charging assault and battery. The complainant is Miss Lenore Elma Ladd, a former patient. The state medical board will persist in prosecuting the case.
Sioux Falls July 20 A young man named Frank Fisher employed in a focal business house has been held for appearance before the next United States grand jury on the charge of passing chartered money.
Daily price quotes from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St Paul detail Wheat Corn Oats Barley Rye and flax values, plus cattle hogs sheep and lambs prices. Notable ranges show No 1 Northern wheat around 65-69c and cattle trade in the five to six dollar band across major markets.
Miss Lutie Smith wife of Herman Smith a theatrical manager committed suicide in Minneapolis by taking laudanum at about 3 PM. She died at 6 PM. A letter found in the room explained her resolve and cited jealousy as the probable reason, requesting her trunk and clothes be buried with her.
A cloudburst near Harold or Huron, South Dakota, drenched the region yesterday. Three inches of water fell in fifteen minutes, drowning scores of sheep, killing cattle by lightning, stamping a number of herds, and wiping out fields of small grain and corn. The storm damaged the Chicago & Northwestern railway roadbed with little wind or hail.
Oshkosh Wis July 19 Before Judge Burnell of the circuit court yesterday Attorney General Hicks made application for the appointment of a receiver for the German Exchange Bank of Chilton Calumet county. The application was made on the report and demand of State Bank Examiner Kidd who has just concluded an examination of the affairs of the bank. The liabilities of the institution are placed by Mr Kidd at 60000 the net assets not to exceed 40000.
Senator Clark received a Washington dispatch denying reports that Fort Keogh would be abandoned. General Miles says the fort will be maintained with cavalry and infantry due to its proximity to nearby Indian reservations.
Lancaster July 20 Samuel Galbraith farmer brought to town pieces of potato tops half-covered with a beetle that is attacking vines. They are not the usual large shape and several farmers in this county have reported them. If they spread widely they will be harder to control than the old beetle.
Milwaukee July 20 Gov La Follette urged the state board of health to convene a special Madison meeting next week to arrange a conference of health boards from Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. The aim is to coordinate efforts to extinguish the smallpox epidemic especially in the flogging districts where cases are widespread.
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