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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1901
Page
6
Gumus Co. records Emmons Co. reports Victor Emmanueri completed the first volume of the history of Italian coins and medals. It will include about 12,000 illustrations and is estimated to cost $100,000. A tablet marks Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Richmond residence.
A Florida report from St. Cloud claims a local company has produced excellent paper from palmetto leaves. If true, palmetto could rival wood pulp. Rapid palmetto growth may allow two harvests yearly on the same land, with thousands of square miles in Florida covered by the plant.
Colonel Elijah De Beard of Gilmer County Georgia lives in a one room stone structure over his wife's grave. The entrance bears the inscription One in life and one In death. Mrs De Beard is buried beside him and he repeats the funeral ceremony each anniversary while tending the surrounding flowers and vines for her resting place.
Comte Henri de la Vaulx plans an aerial voyage over the Mediterranean in July or August, chosen by M Flamarion and wind experts. Aimed at practical aerial navigation on sea, the start point is the Isthmus of Sablettes near Toulon, with a shed built on the beach for rapid departure.
A severe shortage of violets due to an exceptionally cold spring and bitter winds has strained perfumery supply along the Riviera, with Nice especially hard hit. Peasants face distress and a public appeal seeks aid until new plants can be bedded. Orange flower crop is poor. Climate change in Nice linked to forest fires in the Esterels prompts proposed replanting and stricter preservation laws.
For years Bodmuller lived near Nagyssal Hungary in a poor hut admired for austerity. To fake his death by fire he fled police but was spotted at West Station Budapest by a detective. While being escorted to the police station he tossed bad money to the crowd, exposing himself as a counterfeiters. He now sits in Budapest prison.
Doctor Nagusha, a Japanese bacteriologist, proposes a united global effort to eradicate rats. Governments show support, though concrete plans are not yet set. While complete extermination may be uncertain, reducing rat numbers could curb bubonic plague spread in India and Hawaii, making the effort worthwhile.
Andrew Sandager, president of the State Bank of Lisbon and former North Dakota state senator, arranged a marriage license without consulting the bride elect. He summoned Carrie Johnson visiting at the soldier's home to appear before Justice Grover, who conducted the ceremony.
After defeating a Confucian team, St John’s College Shanghai players stayed to eat rice with their rivals. A moment’s hesitation preceded the meal when one St John’s man rose with his teammates and said grace, an unusual postgame scene. The episode drew quiet respect from both sides as an act of duty.
Army officials praise West recruits as a fine body. Insular department swamped with requests from school teachers for Philippine postings. Secretary Root denies West Point cadet hearing. Post office awards to local bidders only. President pardons Alex McKenzie from Oakland jalil case. Navy backs a balanced turret plan for Nevada and future monitors. Root orders rapid organization of five new infantry regiments. United States would resist Chinese tariff increases unless concessions are given. Hay tells Britain neutrality and equal tolls must govern Interoceanic canal treaty or abrogation follows. War board finds Gen Rosecrans planned Chattanooga relief with Maj. Gen. John Brook chair. Maj. Gen. William P. Smith retired, not Brook, conceived the plan.
An explosion of gasoline wrecked a Chicago house killing two. In Elkton Kentucky a buggy overturned in rain and all three occupants, Mrs. R. A. Morrow, her seven-year-old daughter, and Miss Jennie Cralg, drowned. La Union soap factory in Torreon Mexico burned, loss $225,000 with $190,000 insured. West Icelandic fishermen suffer many drownings as a large boat is seized near West Mana islands, with twenty-nine perished.
A bank safe at the First National Bank of Mineral Point Wisconsin was robbed of thirty thousand dollars. A report describes the crime as a bank burglary with a substantial cash theft and no immediate arrests announced.
A roundup of international advances and shocks: Cuban convention accepts the Platt amendment. plans to colonize Southern Palestine with Emperor William as principal surety. Italian anarchist plot ends in self-inflicted death. Boer losses at Pretoria. sultan of Morocco yields to French demands. threats of trouble eased. News of Herr Brefeld’s travels, Chilean president ill, Milner’s London reception and peerage, German thunderstorms killing several, Italian protest at Preveza, Millerand stance on Socialist party, Plains of Abraham ownership decision, and Morgan denying shipping rumors.
A series of obituary notices cover prominent figures: Mrs. Lillian Breckinridge wife of Kentucky's attorney general dies after a long illness. Gen Augustus Stone Civil War veteran and bank examiner dies in Burlington aged 68. Herbert W. Bowen of New York named envoy extraordinary minister plenipotentiary to Persia and previously minister resident and consul general at Tehran. William F. Speirs former Southwestern Traffic Association commissioner dies in Chicago after 35 years in rail service. A. St. Sevron civil service chief examiner leaves for Honolulu with Rodenberg to study Hawaii civil service. William Church Denver financier dies of apoplexy, born 1841 in Quincy Newfoundland. Dr. Thomas Rumbold noted nasal surgery expert dies in St. Louis at 71. Lieut. Col. Francis Michler military secretary to Lieut. Gen. Miles dies in Washington after long illness. Mrs. Kirk D. Bishop's sensational Cleveland marriage to her former coachman H. E. Klucher. George Adams veteran livestock broker dies in Chicago at 70. Barney Rourke East Side political figure in New York dies, wealth likely over 100000, with over 50000 donated to campaigns in 40 years.
A broad set of items reports the wife of an American diplomat accused of looting in Pekin, evolving into a wide array of 1900s news such as conflicts in Northern Pacific, Woodmen of the World funds, Indian Fort Yates land leases, a renamed warship training ship, wheat belt yields, Christian Science insurance views, Wyoming grass famine, cattle and sheep tensions, Krupp armor plates testing, Theosophical convention in Chicago, pope’s apostolic delegation, Pullman pension plan, Milwaukee patternmakers strike, Porto Rico treasury receipts, South Carolina governor candidate talk, Salvation Army land drive, Massillon coal deals, Maryville college race policy, Creek treaty, Pope glucose absorption, mothers congress curfew push, and the next U S Congress in Washington D C.
A large gathering around Fort Yates Indian Church end with Indians opposing land leases to cattlemen after interest money and rations were distributed. Leaders including John Grasse and Thunder Hawk spoke against leasing, while Standing Rock students proposed a modified plan. One Bull criticized student involvement as they returned educated yet unpaid, and the agent urged the group to learn to become cattle owners.
Elm Springs colony and other Mennonite groups along the Jim River in Hutchinson county are expanding a pigeon rearing business for Eastern markets. The Elm Springs group shipped $90 worth of birds to New York City, total shipments since January 1 reach about $300, with sales rising. Last year Mennonite colonies in the county posted about $15,000 in pigeon shipments, with this season expected to reach at least $25,000.
A new London submarine cable between England and Germany has been laid. It is owned by a British company with initial funding from the German Government and construction carried out by a German firm.
New York inventor Thomas A. Edison announces a breakthrough in Portland cement production at very low cost. He projects the new cement will replace quarried stone and brick as common building materials, signaling a shift in construction techniques.
Details from Lookout Modoc County reveal a mob of about 30 to 50 seized five prisoners at the Lookout hotel during guard change. Frank Hall resisted and was hanged before the main bridge while Calvin Hall B. D. Yantis and two Hall sons were hanged on the bridge sides. Authorities head for an inquest.
In Covington Kentucky at Ottie Hester’s home on Western avenue and Third street, Kate Hester aged 32 shot and killed her husband Ottie 42 and their three year old daughter after a supper quarrel, then shot herself. A heated dining room argument preceded the shots heard around 7 pm and the bodies were found in the locked house.
Former Senator Charles A Towne of Minnesota said in New York that the Porto Rico ruling will prompt Republicans to seek a third term for President McKinley. He warned the move would push imperialism into years of policy and noted the idea has been seriously considered by GOP politicians.
Washington reports Minister Loomis will not return to Venezuela. Health concerns and merciless attacks after State Department orders prompted the decision. Loomis seeks Europe to recuperate and will be reassigned when a suitable post opens. Russell remains at Caracas pending Venezuelan government stance.
Health officials seek John Stewart believed afflicted with leprosy and staying hidden under treatment by Dr John Alexander Dowie. Dr James Nevans Hyde cites state authority. Stewart's family reportedly from the Sandwich Islands. Mrs Stewart followers Dowie and rumor he mingles with large meetings at the Auditorium and Coliseum.
Dr Wyllie G Woodruff once a Penn football star and Mrs Edith Moyer of Lawrence Kansas were arrested at Portland union depot on a charge of abducting Mrs Moyer's baby Myrtle. The trio was jailed on telegram orders from Lawrence police chief Hayes. Woodruff protested the arrest saying he intended to live in Oregon.
Alexander B. Winton and Charles B. Shanks of Cleveland Ohio abandoned their cross continent car trip near Winnemucca Nevada after the vehicle stalled on a sand hillock. They returned to Cleveland and will rail the automobile out. Winton says ordinary cars cannot cross Nevada deserts and plans another trial with a specially constructed machine.
Roswell Miller chairman and President Earling of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad returned from a week touring the lines in the Dakotas Minnesota and Iowa. They report crop prospects never better at this season and abundant harvests expected across the three states.
Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry witnessed the emperor's review of the Berlin garden. The queen then rode to the royal castle with the empress as the emperor led the First Guards regiment. On Unter den Linden the procession was greeted by the chief burgomaster officials and twenty four white robed maidens who presented flowers and an address. The queen expressed thanks.
Washington June 2 It was asserted that Postmaster General Smith has decided to retire from the cabinet. Rumor links Perry S. Heath and Vice Chairman Payne of the national Republican committee to the vacancy. Smith may resign to the president within a few days.
Washington June 2 The department of agriculture statistician estimates total cotton planted at 27 532 000 acres up 2 111 000 from last year an 8 3 rise while picked area is up 2 498 000 acres 10. The average growing condition is 81 5 down from 82 5 a year ago 85 7 in 1899 and 86 4 the ten year June mean. This 81 5 is, with one exception, the lowest June condition in twenty years.
June 2 report from Tyndall D. shows workmen at an artesian well making slow progress as the bottom appears to have caved in and the pipe likely crushed, raising the possibility of abandoning the project.
Corunna on June 2. Officials struck and mutinied prompting gendarmes to disperse rioters. One officer killed and ten wounded in the unrest.
Westville Mississippi June 2 Charles Haverson white man was hanged here for the murder of A A Ammonds about 56000 people witnessed the execution.
In El Paso on June 2 a report says cashier Martinez of the Mexican Central railroad at Torreon is found to have a nearly $10,000 shortage. Martinez departed Torreon two weeks ago.
Baltimore June 2 Wiley Kirk colored was hanged in the rail yard at Towson nine miles from Baltimore for felonious assault on Mia Barbara Green lighthouse keeper at Welshman’s Creek on March 7 last.
A plague of black files settles over Stanley and nearby, attacking humans and animals especially horses. The pests irritate eyes and ears and lacerate the skin, leaving animals nearly frantic as they suffer injuries.
London scholars announce the full score of Purcell's Fair Queen has been found in the Library of the Royal Academy of Music. The manuscript, hidden for two hundred years, was uncovered among old stacks of papers.
Ranchman James Clowes living near Chinook Montana drowned while crossing a coulee in high water on his ranch. He attempted to ford the stream on horseback as flood conditions rose.
A farm of Henry Walker along the Whippany River near Hanover Neck New Jersey is unsettled as fortune hunters press to locate a reputed $50,000 in Revolutionary War gold said to be buried there according to local tradition.
Alfred Harmsworth of the London Daily Mail donates ten thousand pounds to the Royal Hospital to fund a plant enabling lamplight therapy for lupus.
New York June 2 conflicts in Northern Pacific reach a final amicable agreement. Details of terms are not made public. Board composition will be left to J P Morgan with names already proposed to represent common interests. Complete harmony expected under the new plan. Louis A Heinsheimer of Kuhn Loeb & Co confirms authenticity but offers no settlement specifics.
Potchefstroom dispatch reports two Boer attacks on a British convoy near Ventersdorp. Wagons clogged a drift and the Boers were repulsed after heavy losses, fourteen dead on the field. British losses not stated. Boers gain in the south with reports of 500 horses captured near Colesberg in Cape Colony.
A dispatch from St Petersburg says a clash at Alexandrovsky near the city on May 20 between Obuchoff Ironworks strikers and authorities ended with far more casualties than a May 21 police report. Relatives claim 40 workers killed and 150 wounded after soldiers fired three volleys following police injuries.
Reports from Junior, Arkansas state that Lewis C. Grimm, a former Parkston and Tripp businessman, was struck and killed instantly by a train while walking a railroad track near Junior. His body was transported to Wisconsin for burial.
Black River Falls Wisconsin June 2 The extra term of the circuit court closed yesterday The cases against the Omaha Railway company for an increase of damages for right of way across plaintiff s land were granted by a jury in two cases and the third was settled to the satisfaction of the plaintiff
The census bureau announces the 1900 population of the United States as 76,303,387. The full report will be released to the public at least four years sooner than any prior census, with the result available earlier than before.
Pekin June 2 China's unconditional acceptance of 450000000 taels as the indemnity to be paid the powers has produced great satisfaction among foreign ministers with only a few minor details left to settle in negotiations.
Chicago report states Northwestern Steamship lines North town capt Pederson sailed for Europe carrying agricultural machinery provisions for Hamburg and cake for Antwerp, with departure noted June 2 from Chicago.
Paris bulletin reports Maurice Bernhardt son of famed actress Bernhardt has been challenged to duel. Mme Bernhardt is greatly worried and threatens to abandon her London engagements unless the affair is swiftly settled.
Marvin Finster, a Town farmer, found a barrel containing several hundred dollars while tearing off the roof of an old farmhouse in Eldora Iowa. The coins bear dates indicating they have been in place for a long time.
Souk Rapids Minnesota June 2. At a board of education meeting W L Nieman submitted resignation. Herman Berg elected to fill the vacancy. John A Senn chosen treasurer to succeed Nieman.
A massive trust is being organized to include the main bill posting companies in the United States and Canada. The aim is to combat harmful legislation, regulate prices, and curb competition through centralized control. Entities named include leading publishing and advertising firms.
The first wireless telegraph messages from Liverpool steamers at sea were received from the Canadian liner Lake Champlain ten miles off Holyhead Anglesey Wales. The experiment was perfectly successful.
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