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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1901
Page
3
Emmons Co reports on a playful botany exercise asking how many trees can be identified by wind sounds through leaves. The piece notes citizens can be their own detectives using audible clues to infer unseen surroundings. It cites a New York remark that tunnels last forever, stressing earthworks as enduring human labor and the permanence of well-made tunnels.
Isaac T. Pratt of Bennington Vermont trapped a about 325 pound bear last week in a Woodford ravine along Hell Hollow brook. The bear’s fur was thick long and glossy black. It was the third bear Pratt has taken in a few days in the area and the twenty ninth in his life in Bennington County.
The figures show British soldiers faced more than 2 percent mortality risk in South Africa, higher than in English barracks. The commentator notes mortality may seem small, but during brief war periods soldiers repeatedly incur far greater dangers. a half hour encounter could be fatally deadly if it lasted a day.
The piece notes that calendars repeat every twenty years and even a twelfth century calendar would align with the present century. It then describes Louise Osborne Ferson’s army ration biscuit idea and credits her sister Grace Osbornes hygiene work before recounting the Kate Shelley Bridge tale near Boone Iowa where a brave girl saved a train and earned a medal as the bridge’s name is chosen.
A year after the census, Oklahoma reports a population rise of about 100000, with rapid Northwest growth and Texas oil gains. Rice irrigation in Louisiana and Texas spurred $6.7 million in canals and mills, yielding about $15 per acre net. Admiral Semmes heirs long served Alabama judiciary.
Topeka Kan July 19 The rains that struck Kansas Tuesday night and yesterday have practically assured a corn crop of at least 60,000,000 bushels and the yield may be greater. Weather is favorable with more rain expected and the drought broken. Secretary Coburn of the Kansas board of agriculture is enthusiastic, confident that the corn will yield at least half a crop if current conditions hold.
Civil government suspended in four Philippine provinces as a drastic campaign unfolds. Navy plans disclose the largest battleship. Japan’s military attaché arrives in Washington. Wing Cave survey authorized in South Dakota. Philippine tariff estimate projects 18 million dollars in year one. Trade deficit tallied at 664.9 million, up 49.5 million from prior year. One year more for American appointments in the Philippine postal service before natives take over, with rare exceptions. Elk Point bank authorized with 25 thousand dollars capital. Freeman and Beckwith named officers. 15,000 copies of Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park dedication to be distributed by lawmakers. Japanese Diet member Hatouma to visit to receive LL D from Yale. Independent Cuba begins with 122,400 bonded debt under new constitution. Violent clashes in South Texas kill 15. two police shot in Americus riot. Safe blows foiled in Alexandria bank job. Pat Crowe in Johannesburg. Embezzler allegedly hypnotized victim. Golden Rule Jones fined for contempt. Galveston heiress claimed hypnotic influence to abandon home. Willis Miller fights guard in Upper Sandusky court, panic ensues. Judge Sellars, ex-lawmaker, commits suicide in Crawfordsville. Lawyers for Mrs. Botkin prepare US Supreme Court appeal. Miss Cora Henry, 14, commits suicide in Sheridan Ark over engagement with Henry Tatum. father opposed match.
A string of disasters injures and kills people: two St Paul trainmen hurt near Rush City, an Ohio Valley express collision with two dead and one fatally injured, a Kansas City line wreck kills five and injures three, and a Marietta family falls ill from poisoned pumpkin pie. Other incidents include a Sweden powder works explosion destroying seven buildings, a New Decatur woman dying from a needle in the flesh, London docks fire damaging warehouses, a Rio Grande drowning of P D Cunningham, Reeves Bros boiler works fire in Alliance Ohio, a fall injuring Alfred Ditmore with many left unemployed, a Chicago toy balloon runaway in Lincoln Park, a Mary Walsh injured at Union News, a Toronto Ohio nitroglycerine explosion with heavy damage, and a distant boat blast shipped to oil fields.
Three Americans received prison terms for robbery in China as heat waves press Denmark and deaths from extreme heat rise. Inventor Santos-Dumont predicts his balloon voyage around the world, while Polish students face trial at Posen for secret political societies. Additional reports note mass unemployment in Germany and a public execution in Craddock.
Senor Frederic Enagrulz of Chill dies. Grau hires D Maschi for next opera season in the United States. Principal George of Montreal resigns to head Chicago Theological Seminary. Mme Melba cannot sing at Covent Garden due to laryngitis. Lodge visits London then Bayreuth, plans return in September. Charles Alvord founder of Exclesior Needle Co dies in Torrington aged 74. William Penn Kerr dies in Kansas City aged 87. Col Edmund Rice, late Twenty second U S volunteers, is home from Manila very ill with Mrs Rice at Hotel Brunswick Boston. Mrs Frances Warrimer of Staunton dies in Omaha while en route to meet husband in Philippines. Mrs George J Gould reportedly near collapse healthwise. living aboard yacht Sybarite with physician and two nurses.
The report notes improved crop prospects from showers in the Northwest while listing varied items. It mentions steam coal sales abroad, tobacco trust steps in Richmond, fish intoxication from a Pennsylvania distillery fire, a Chicago police union, and other scattered notices including claims about nincompoop heirs, lawsuits, and notable personalities.
Rainfall across Wisconsin yesterday is expected to yield thousands of dollars in benefits for farmers. Reports indicate heavy showers and downpours from Pierce County in the north to Dane and La Crosse counties in the south, just as Milwaukee and surrounding areas welcomed relief from intense heat.
The steamship Northwestern, first Chicago to Europe line boat, reached the harbor amid a loud salute. The round trip lasted eighty four days, with hopes the next voyage will be shorter. The ship was in good condition after an outward voyage with ice encounters.
Pekin notes the allied evacuation will occur on August 14 the anniversary of the relief of the legationers. Control of the city will pass to the Chinese in a public ceremony. Chinese leaders hail the withdrawal as a victory and proof of foreign patience wearing thin.
Sioux City Iowa July 19 a man named Harrison Martin fled his home after an attempt to tar and feather or hang him. He allegedly knocked down his ninety year old father when the pension matter failed. Neighbors formed a small mob to lynch him but older men intervened. Martin remains at large.
A head end crash two miles west of Gower Missouri involving a north bound St Joseph and Grand Island passenger train and a Santa Fe local freight yesterday resulted in two deaths fourteen injuries and the destruction of the Santa Fe engine and several freight cars.
Three coaches of Pontiac Oxford & Northern train No 1 collided with train No 4 at Dryden Hill and overturned into the ditch. Several passengers were injured as No 1 pulled into a siding. no fatalities reported.
In St. Petersburg a military balloon near Schuluesselburg on an island in the Neva exploded during operations. One person died and twenty were injured, several fatally, as a blaze followed the blast.
In Ann Arbor Michigan on July 19 the sheriff's son and two deputies were challenged by three tramps. Revolvers were used as the trio seized the deputies weapons and fled. The sheriff offers fifty dollars for each capture.
Grasshoppers delayed the Imperial Limited on the Canadian Pacific line near Brandon Manitoba for about two hours as the insects filled the rails with slippery sand along the track. The hoppers were not the grain-destructive variety.
G Bow man of Cedar Falls reports a bumper strawberry harvest from one acre, yielding 4,680 quarts sold at 10 cents per quart. Raspberry crop failed this season.
A stubborn blaze in Marshall Missouri on July 19 caused over 120000 dollars in damage to the business section. The fire began in the New York store and was checked after a prolonged effort by firefighters and residents.
London dispatch reports King Edward Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William will attend a great review near Mayence in August and plan reciprocal visits at Damatadt as stated by the Berlin correspondent of the London Standard.
An authoritative denial says Osbourne House is not for sale. Rumors linked William Waldorf Astor to a possible purchase of the royal residence, but authorities have dismissed the report and clarified ownership and status.
A Grand Forks report warns of a labor crisis as haying and harvest approach with no ready pool of workers. Farmers, railways, and Canadian routes must mobilize to supply thousands of harvest hands from Manitoba and Ontario to meet a record straw load and heavy crop needs.
The North Dakota district court in Langdon hears the murder in the first degree charge against William Barry a Milton area farmer. The case centers on the January barn killing of Andrew Mellen by Barry who claims temporary insanity aided by hereditary disease. Barry’s sister Mary Ann Barry who died at Jamestown insane asylum is cited as motive. The defense seeks to exclude Barry’s inquest confession as part of the trial. The state withholds the ante mortem statement of Miss Barry. Barry is valued at about $15 000 to $20 000.
Cannon Ball reports a thousand young Cheyenne men on the reservations could work for farmers during a potential shortage of labor. The Indian commissioner may permit work under fair treatment and safeguards. An order ends ration support for about 700 on the reservation and hides are to be consigned to Bowles & Rogers of Chicago.
In Cripple Creek Colorado on July 20 the Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress finished its work selecting St. Paul as the next meeting site. Debate centered on resolutions for government departments of mining and of commerce and industry. the industrial department was dropped while mining was endorsed. The group urged 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 claims the Helen iron mine at Michopocten in Sault Ste. Marie is open after restaking the property. He asserts the Clerk syndicate does not own it and that a patent was not granted when the claim expired. George, with counsel, plans to hold the mine while Clergue is in the East.
Oshkosh Wisconsin July 20 The coroner s jury finds the death of C Fred Zank of Oshkosh an employee of the Chicago and Northwestern road due to negligence in operating a car with the brake out of order The same report notes John Penzenstadler a Polish laborer was nearly cut to pieces by two companions in a quarrel with Penzenstadler s clothes reduced to ribbons His injuries include deep scalp wounds No arrests have been made
New York reports claim Col. Daniel S. Lamont would become president of the Northern Pacific. Lamont denies the tale saying he is not aware of Mr. Mellen retiring and would not take the post under any circumstances.
La Crosse Wisconsin July 20 A F Reittel a leading businessman is named as defendant in a slander suit filed by Mrs E A Lewis. The complaint claims he started and circulated stories damaging her moral character amounting to 5000 dollars. All parties are prominent in social circles.
Eldora Iowa July 20 when E L Stoltz manager for Armour Packing opened an egg case from Ringsted he found two eggs hatched by warm weather The incident shows nature in action as chicks peep from the shells within the delivered case indicating an unusual hatch due to temperatures.
A fire in New Richmond Wisconsin on July 20 caused by a boy playing with matches destroyed Mrs. E P Scribner's barn. Renter William Walsh lost two horses a cow a wagon a buggy hay and other property. Firemen struggled to save adjacent buildings.
A hailstorm swept a tract eighty rods wide about four miles east of Spring Valley Minnesota. All growing and uncut crops in its path on five or six farms were destroyed. Local fields were heavily damaged and farmers faced substantial losses from the storm on July 20.
John Buddish, 19, was murdered and robbed at Casselton North Dakota by tramps. He lived in Perham Minnesota and was well connected.
Ten people in a covered wagon were injured when the horses ran away near Racine Wisconsin last night. The wagon capsized and occupants were dragged a long distance in the mishap.
Gasoline stove exploded yesterday afternoon near Madison Wisconsin burning a farm dwelling adjoining the city. Fire caused by the blast destroyed the house and started the fire on the surrounding premises. No further details on injuries or damages were provided.
Francis Truth known as the divine healer was arrested on assault and battery charges. The complainant is former patient Miss Lenore Elma Ladd. The state medical board will assist in the prosecution of the healer.
Sioux Falls July 20 A young man named Frank Fisher employed in a social business house has been held for appearance before the next United States grand jury on the charge of passing counterfeit money.
Latest quotations from Graina Live Stock Centers and major exchanges show varied price levels for wheat corn oats rye and flour futures. Reports cover St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St Paul with cattle hog and sheep bids and ranges for each market.
Miss Lutie Smith wife of Herman Smith a theatrical manager committed suicide in Minneapolis by taking two ounces of laudanum about 3 o clock She awoke her husband told him what she had done and died at 6 o clock A letter found blamed jealousy and requested her trunk and clothes be buried with her indicating deep distress and motive.
News from Harold, seventy miles west, reports a cloudburst that flooded Huron yesterday morning. Three inches of rain fell in fifteen minutes, drowning scores of sheep, killing cattle by lightning, stamping large herds, washing out fields of grain and corn, and damaging the Chicago & Northwestern roadbed. No hail or strong wind noted.
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 60 000 the net assets not to exceed 40 000
Senator Clark received word that Fort Keogh will not be abandoned. General Miles confirms plans to retain a garrison of cavalry and infantry at Fort Keogh due to its proximity to nearby Indian reservations. The denial counters circulating reports from eastern Montana about possible closure.
Samuel Galbraith, a farmer from Lancaster, Wisconsin, brought beetle-covered potato tops to town. The pest is unlike the common potato bug in size and shape. Several county farmers report the insect, and it may prove harder to control if its spread broadens.
Milwaukee July 20 Gov La Follette calls a special board of health meeting at Macson next week to arrange a conference of health boards from Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. The goal is to plan extinction of smallpox in the region especially in logging districts permeated by cases.
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