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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1901
Page
4
A reader guides readers to learn tree identification by wind sounds through branches and notes a New York paper saying ferries and bridges come and go but tunnels endure, emphasizing earthworks as long lasting, with tunnels framed as permanent earth structures.
Isaac T. Pratt of Bennington Vermont trapped a 325 pound black bear in a ravine along Hell Hollow brook in Woodford. It is his third bear in the area and the twenty ninth in his career, the largest captured in Bennington County in years.
The figures show British soldiers faced more than 2 percent killed risk in South Africa, compared with England. Though mortality seems small, during short war periods men ran hundreds of times greater risks. a half hour clash with the enemy carried a deadly concentration of danger.
The piece discusses reusing calendars every twenty years as dates align with the week days. It notes that calendars from the twelfth and nineteenth centuries would mirror future century dates, allowing frugal readers to avoid buying new almanacs for 2201 and beyond.
Mrs. Louise Osborne Ferson of Chicago develops a pork and beans biscuit four inches long and two wide, seasoned to taste and considered nourishing. She and sister Dr Grace Osborne studied nutritive values, consulting the army department in Washington on supplying troops.
The Kate Shelley Bridge near Boone Iowa is named for a 16 year old girl who saved a passenger train 20 years ago during a flood. Her lantern journey from a nearby cottage to Moingona saved lives and earned a medal for bravery.
A year after the census, Oklahoma reports a population rise of one hundred thousand, with the Northwest also growing rapidly. Texas oil discoveries are expected to spur state gains as the nation prepares for the 1910 census.
Farmers in Louisiana and Texas invested 5 million dollars in 1500 miles of canals capable of flooding 300000 acres and spent 1.7 million on thirty modern rice mills. Under the new system rice lands yield a net profit of 15 dollars per acre. Two of the three sons of the late Admiral Raphael Semmes have served as judges on the Alabama bench for 25 years, while the third son is a practicing lawyer.
Topeka Kansas July 19 rains in Kansas Tuesday night and yesterday have practically assured a corn crop of at least 60 000 000 bushels with potential for more. Cloudy skies and expected additional rain follow a break in the drought and a retreat of the hot spell. Secretary Coburn of the Kansas board of agriculture voices optimism that the corn will yield at least half a crop if favorable weather persists.
Civil government suspended amid planned drastic campaign in four Philippine provinces. Navy board eyes largest battleship. Japanese military attache arrives in Washington. Wing Cave survey approved in South Dakota. Philippine tariff revenue forecast at 18 million dollars first year. Trade gap exceeds 664.9 million, up 49.5 million. Postal service reforms favor natives after a year. Elk Point bank authorized with 25 thousand capital. Freeman and Beckwith named. Chickamauga Chattanooga park dedication 15 thousand copies printed for distribution. Japanese journalist to Yale LL D in September. Cuba to begin with bonded debt of 122 thousand 400. Violent incidents and crimes reported across states with various arrests and trials.
A compilation of deadly wrecks, explosions and injuries across cities including Rush City and Toronto, with two St Paul trainmen injured, five deaths on the Kansas and Texas line, poisoning deaths in Marietta, a Sweden powder works disaster, a drowning near Eagle Pass, a London warehouse fire, and a nitroglycerine boat explosion near Toronto. The report also notes a toy balloon incident in Lincoln Park and a fatal fall during work in Alliance, Ohio.
Reports mention prison sentences for robbers in China, heat deaths in Denmark, and inventor Santos-Dumont predicting a solo balloon voyage around the world. Polish students face trial in Posen as Germany sees high unemployment while imperial orders mobilize troops and colonial bombardments loom near Aden.
Senor Frederic Enagrulz president of Chill is dead. Charles Alvord founder of Excilsior Needle Co. dies in Torrington at seventy four. William Penn Kerr, veteran Texan planter, dies in Kansas City at eighty seven. Col Edmund Rice, Manila veteran, returns home very ill with Mrs. Rice at Hotel Brunswick Boston. Mme Melba suffers laryngitis and cannot sing at Covent Garden. D M Maschi, tenor, engaged for next U S opera season. Principal George resigns from Congregational College to lead Chicago Theological Seminary. Mrs Warrimer dies at Omaha en route to meet husband in Philippines. Mrs George J Gould in poor health, resting on yacht Sybarite with care. Lodge arrives in London, will tour Bayreuth, returns in September.
A mosaic of brief items covers topics from crop prospects across the Northwest aided by showers to trade reviews noting rising confidence. Other notes report tobacco trust steps in Richmond. distillery fires in Pennsylvania. a Chicago copper union. Pope Leo praising a Washington Catholic university. and local legal, social, and crime anecdotes including marriages, lawsuits, and a Norfolk heir claim.
Rainfall spread from Pierce to Dane counties and La Crosse area, delaying heat damage and saving crops. Milwaukee area welcomed the showers after a spell of intense heat, with reports of heavy showers and downpours statewide.
The steamship Northwestern, first boat of a regular line to sail Chicago to Europe and back, arrived in Chicago harbor amid a loud salute. The round trip lasted eighty four days, with expectations that future voyages will be shorter. The vessel remained in good condition despite ice on the outward journey.
Pekin notes that the full and final evacuation of Pekin by the allies will occur on August 14 the anniversary of the relief of the legationers. On that date control of the city will be formally handed to the Chinese in a public ceremony. Chinese officials hail the move as a victory over prolonging occupation.
Harrison Martin of Sioux City fled his home on July 19 after threatening to tar and feather or hang him, striking his aged ninety year old father when pension details failed. Neighbors formed a small mob to lynch him, but restrained by older men. Martin remains at large.
A head end crash two miles west of Gower Missouri between a St. Joseph and Grand Island passenger train and a Santa Fe local freight killed two people and injured fourteen others, demolishing the Santa Fe engine and several cars.
In Cass City Michigan on July 19 three coaches of Pontiac Oxford and Northern railroad train No 1 were struck by train No 4 at Dryden Hill and overturned into a ditch. Several passengers were injured as train No 1 pulled into a siding.
In a military balloon operation near Schuluesselburg on an island in the Neva, the craft exploded and caught fire. One person died and twenty were injured, several fatally, as the debris fell on the water and nearby area.
In Ann Arbor on July 19 a sheriff's son and two deputies fought three tramps during a tassel. Revolvers were taken by the criminals who fled, prompting the sheriff to offer 50 dollars for each capture.
Grasshoppers halted a Canadian Pacific Imperial Limited east of Brandon Manitoba, delaying the transcontinental train for about two hours. Crews worked along the slippery rails with sand as grasshoppers filled the line in clouds.
G Bow man of Cedar Falls harvested 4680 quarts of strawberries from one acre selling at 10 cents per quart. Raspberry crop failed this season. A stubborn fire in Marshall Missouri on July 19 caused over 120000 dollars in losses starting at the New York store and was checked after a long battle.
London correspondent reports King Edward Emperor Nicholas II and Emperor William will meet near Mainz for a great review around Aug 15 and will exchange visits at Darmstadt. Strong geopolitical gathering with major European powers coordinating travel and inspections.
A denial states Osborne House is not for sale and Edward will not authorize a sale. Rumors linked William Waldorf Astor to purchasing the royal residence but are unconfirmed.
Grand Forks reports a labor shortage as haying and harvest loom. Farmers lack even temporary help while Canada plans to ship up to 20 000 harvest hands from Ontario to Manitoba and Manitoba bids 15 000 from last year. Railroads offer aid but demand farmer reporting to gauge needs.
The murder trial of William Barry, a Milton area farmer, opens in Langdon with Judge Knee shaw presiding. Barry is charged with first degree murder for killing Andrew Mallen in January, claimed as a crime tied to family tragedy and alleged temporary insanity. Prosecutors seek conviction while defense cites hereditary insanity and battles over an inquest confession. Barry’s wealth is noted at about 15 to 20 thousand dollars.
A Cannon Ball report notes about a thousand young Cheyennes on the Fort Peck and Cheyenne reservations could work for farmers during a potential grain shortfall. Indian agents will stop rations for those able to support themselves, affecting about 700. Hides formerly sold to Twin City firms will be sent to Bowles and Rogers in Chicago.
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress in Cripple Creek Colorado completed its work and adopted many resolutions. It selected St Paul as the next meeting site and debated creating government departments of mining and commerce and industry, with the industrial department being dropped. Delegates urged reclamation aid for arid lands and restoration of the mercantile marine. Harbor and river improvements were recommended, including a deep waterway linking the Great Lakes and the Mississippi.
Julius George, a prospector, restaked the Helen iron mine at Michopocten in Sault Ste. Marie, claiming ownership disputes with the Clerk syndicate. He asserts the mine, valued between 10 and 15 million dollars, had a prior patent applied for but not granted and seeks to establish an open claim upon proper notice. Clergue is currently in the East.
Oshkosh Wisconsin July 20 coroner s jury in the C Fred Zank death case blames the Chicago Northwestern railroad for negligence saying the car was in operation with the brake out of order. John Penzenstadler a Polish laborer survived a severly brutal assault by two coworkers following a quarrel. No arrests have yet been made.
In New York on July 20 Col Daniel S Lamont denied reports that he would become president of the Northern Pacific railway. He stated he is not aware of Mr Mellen retiring and would not accept the post under any circumstances.
A. F. Reittel, a prominent La Crosse businessman, is defendant in a slander suit filed by Mrs. E. A. Lewis. The complaint alleges he started and circulated stories harming her character to the sum of 5000 dollars. All parties are prominent in social circles.
Eldora Iowa July 20 E L Stoltz manager for Armour Packing opened an egg case from Ringsted Iowa and heard peeps confirming two eggs hatched due to continued warm weather.
Fire in New Richmond Wisconsin on July 20 caused by a boy playing with matches consumed the barn of Mrs. E P Scribner of St Paul. 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 over a tract eighty rods wide about four miles east of Spring Valley Minnesota on July 20 destroying all growing and uncut crops on five or six farms. The storm left fields bare and caused substantial crop losses in the area.
John Buddish aged nineteen, from Perham Minnesota, was murdered and robbed by tramps in Casselton North Dakota. He lived in Perham and was well connected. Word was received July 20.
In Racine Wisconsin on July 20 ten people in a covered wagon were injured when the horses ran wild the wagon capsized and the occupants were dragged a long distance after the wagon overturned following loss of control.
Gasoline stove explosion near Madison Wisconsin yesterday afternoon destroyed a farmhouse on a nearby farm and caused a fire. No injuries are reported but property damage is extensive. Local authorities investigate the incident and assess the blaze’s cause.
Francis Truth known as the divine healer was arrested on a warrant for assault and battery. The complainant is Misa Lenore Elma Ladd, a former patient. The state medical board will resist in the prosecution.
Sioux Falls July 20 A young man named Frank Fisher employed in a local business house has been held for appearance before the United States grand jury on the charge of passing counterfeit money.
Latest quotations from St Paul Minneapolis Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St Paul show mixed grains with wheat near 67 to 69 cents and corn around 46 to 49 cents. Cattle hogs and sheep price ranges reflect regional demand with prime steers around 5.10 to 5.40 and bulk hogs near 5.60 to 6.07.
In Minneapolis on July 20 Miss Lutile Smith wife of Herman Smith a theatrical manager killed herself with laudanum after awakening her husband She died at 6 o'clock A letter found in the room cited jealousy as the cause and asked her mother to bury her trunk and clothes indicating despair over her life.
A cloudburst near Harold, seventy miles west of Huron South Dakota, dumped three inches of rain in fifteen minutes. Dozens of sheep drowned, cattle killed by lightning, and large herds stampeded. Grain and corn fields wiped out, and the Chicago & Northwestern roadbed damaged. No hail and light wind reported.
Oshkosh Wis July 19 Before Judge Burnell of the circuit court yesterday Attorney General Hicks applied 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 Washington dispatch denying plans to abandon Fort Keogh It cites General Miles stating the fort will be kept garrisoned with cavalry and infantry due to its proximity to nearby Indian reservations.
Lancaster Wisconsin July 20 Samuel Galbraith a farmer brought to town pieces of potato tops half covered with a beetle that is different from the common potato bug. Several farmers in this county have reported them and fear wider spread. They appear harder to control than the old beetle if distribution increases.
Milwaukee July 20 Gov La Follette orders a special health board meeting to coordinate extinction efforts for smallpox across Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. The plan calls for a conference of health boards to target the epidemic in logging districts permeated by cases.
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