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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
4
A string of quirky observations and brief notes from various places. References include Brazil France Colombia Panama East Asia and Europe with comments on politics economics culture and sports. Notable lines mention Marroquin Castro nickel coins cigars and racing cars.
A French woman who had been in a trance for two decades woke and died soon after. The report hints at external interference or experiments prompting her revival and death, stirring debate over meddling with long dormant states.
The simon pure Turkish sportsman is taking advantage of the open sea son in Macedonia. Only forty-eight of the 500 inhabitants of one village escaped.
A newspaper image depicts a woman planning to jump from the Brooklyn Bridge and making clear she will not be hindered by a bathing suit.
An Ann Arbor professor notes the idea that no politician can be honest in office and recalls the phrase where did you get it. The dispatches say the sultan of Turkey accepts he is wrong but will not yield until compelled to surrender, illustrating a satirical parallel to political ambition.
A fragment suggests a projection on Mars may be a device used to send a reply to a message allegedly warded by Nicola Tesla years ago. The remark hints at a far reaching communication mystery and rival theories about the origin and purpose of the Martian phenomenon.
The Kansas City Star notes Mrs Hetty Green's wealth described as superfluous and burdensome. The article suggests she does not share the sentiment, implying she does not find her fortune burdensome despite the characterization.
A man killed by a train near Yonkers carried a pad with several sketches and was believed an artist, though he had only $5 in cash and a gold watch worth $25 in his pocket. The incident framed him as a potential creator rather than a mere casualty.
In a stark appraisal of capital punishment, it was noted that a condemned murderer required five distinct electric shocks at Sing Sing. The remark extended to a hypothetical policy that New York might be forced to provide each murderer an automobile if execution by electrocution is pursued.
The memoirs of Princess Metternich near age ninety will not be published until after death, prompting well wishers for a long life. Critics complain about a Washington likeness on a two cent stamp. Boston considers a late night car for drunken men to the police station instead of the car house.
The article notes pneumonia continues to act, despite some men believing long neglect of colds is harmless. It argues prudence against ignoring respiratory illness and underscores lingering risks from untreated infections.
King Victor Emmanuel sent President Roosevelt a gift of rare value books. Postmaster at Strip Minnesota appointed. Authority granted to organize First National Bank of Henning with 25000 capital. President names E. Fin fey Johnson associate justice of the Philippines Supreme Court. Rumors of post office dismissals and arrests prevalent. Washington orders for ships to Valparaiso revoked after cable from Minister Wilson. Gen Bristow studies rural free delivery. Billions in river and harbor estimates prompt discussion of French local contribution. Civil service commission seat to be given to a Harvard graduate Massachusetts man. Rear Admiral Glass to test cruising efficiency near Aluetian islands. Queen Wilhelmina reportedly ill with debility possibly tuberculosis. Emperor’s helmet knocked off by bouquet at Berlin, offender lectured. Austrian financier seeks permit to found Jewish colony in Portuguese East Africa. 50,000 families ready for Mozambiqué project. Libian wreck near Maire Island leaves 53 rescued and 33 bodies recovered.
President Loubet arrives in London for a three day stay on his return visit to King Edward. Berwick speeds to 24.6 knots as the fastest in class. Gauss reports new land at Simonstown. Assotan dam doubles Nile summer supply aiding cotton and sugar crops. Viennese Dr Sachs dies of plague in isolation hut Berlin. Belgian car club postpones Ostend meeting. Moana reports murder of labor crew in New Hebrides. Czar authorizes Polish language Catholic instruction in middle schools. British Jewish councils split over Russian policy. Rothschilds urge patient policy. Hongkong plague alarming, worst since 1894. Enige village massacre June 2. Irish cattle to be fattened in eastern England to cheapen beef. King attends hospital Sunday at St Pauls Cathedral. Stand ard Oil versus Disconto press battle over Roumanian wells. Oyster Bay to greet Roosevelt for 250th anniversary June 21 23.
The report chronicles a string of violent crimes and legal outcomes from various locales. It notes coin and stamp robberies at an Iowa library, a mob hanging in Georgia, white mobs killing Black defendants in Massachusetts, sentencing in North Carolina, a suspected murder in Ohio, a farm mob in Indiana, a New York suicide after fraud and ridicule, and gun violence in Mulberry Street with Italian victims, plus political corruption probes and bail money for strikers.
A compilation of brief notices reports James Clews and Lt Col Leefe dying in New York from heart disease and pneumonia respectively. It notes presidential proclamations creating two Utah forest reservations Logan and Manti. Other items cover legal assignments, a Pottsville marriage to Shedwick Snow, Mormon school fund plans, and varied local incidents including fasting cases, theater debuts in Salt Lake, and libel verdicts.
The czar’s decisive message to King Peter ends internal rising threats and secures the monarch’s position. The approaching audience with the king centers all talk on the peace move and its political impact.
Belgrade June 18 and Geneva June 19. A czar telegram strengthens conspirators against the provisional Servian government as crowds gather to see King Peter portrait. The skupshtina and senate modify the 1888 constitution while Peter I proclaims in a manifesto to Belgrade and Servia that he ascends the throne with a pledge to protect morals and material life, uphold legality, and seek peace and order.
Premier Sprigg in Cape Town lauded Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's preferential tariff proposals during a parliament debate on the South African customs convention. Though a free trader, he praised imperial consolidation as greater than free trade, with cheers on both sides of the house.
Russia and China finalize an arrangement for Dalny customs similar to the German system at Kiang Chou. Gov. Alexieff's financial secretary will oversee Dalny customs and receipts will be deposited in the Russo Chinese bank.
Miss Jean Ankrom formerly of Waynesburg Pennsylvania was the only woman school supervisor in Porto Rico. She was thrown from a carriage in a runaway accident at Ponce and died fifteen minutes later from a broken neck.
Pierre June 19 Scotty Philip plans a large forage crop to feed his buffalo herd through the winter. The homestead along the river previously cut hay freely, but now needs an alternative to sustain the herd during winter months.
The body of H W Ibbings of Madison Wisconsin was found on Wagner hill last night. He had evidently been murdered. Ibbings had studied at Rush Medical College and came west recently.
Chicago June 19 an amicable adjustment of the hotel and restaurant strike was reached last night. Strikers will return to work Friday morning. All differences are to be settled by arbitration.
Heppner Oregon June 18. Willow creek flood destroys half the town with about 500000 dollars in property lost. Three hundred bodies found and burial rushed to avert epidemic. Sixty five mile radius men mobilized, graves dug on hillside, hotel guests presumed lost, debris cleared to recover corpses.
From Belgrade June 18, King Peter I is described as a royal captive under a military dictatorship led by Col. Maschin and Col. Mitachitek. The army enforces control with officers beside prefects, suppressing disorder but quashing republican ideas. Ljubomir Schickovics yields to pressure and becomes justice minister. Public sentiment is varied. many outside the capital know little of political trends.
Christianstad June 18 The Belgian steamer Rubens bound from Suner land England to Pillau East Prussia capsized and sank June 10. The captain mate and six crew members were drowned. Seven others drifted in a small boat for twenty two hours with three dying from exposure before rescue.
Chicago June 18 The hotel and restaurant strike that began last week is likely to be settled by arbitration and strikers are expected to return to work tomorrow morning. External organizations pressured the joint board of the unions, leading to a proposal that effectively ends the strike.
Warrants issued for two postoffice suspects with arrests anticipated, as postal inspectors in New York push probes into abuses. Officials at the Post Office Department report progress and expect actions in Chicago next, while third degree interrogation yielded strong results in several cases. Arrests also loom in promotion scandicate frauds and government sale of post office machines.
Jackson Kentucky June 18 The arson cases against Crawford and Tharp teamsters for Hargreave were dismissed with no indictments. Predicted similar outcomes for the murder cases against Jett and White as grand jury connections from Breathitt county raise doubt of indictments. A jury for Jett and White is reportedly from a different county, raising the chance of conviction.
President Roosevelt ends his nationwide tour with a visit to the University of Virginia Charlottesville June 18. Alumni day drew many prominent public figures and graduates who welcomed him with warm receptions. He spoke before alumni in the public hall and at a luncheon in the gymnasium, with cheers renewing multiple times during his two speeches.
Pierrée Suay, his wife, two children, and a neighbor's child drowned when their flat-bottom boat overturned during a family outing at Butte Island near Montreal. One child and the neighbor's child survived.
Patrick Donovan a well known ranchman and politician at Clinton Montana was fatally wounded by three highwaymen. As he lay dying he returned fire and killed one robber while severely wounding another. The uninjured robber mounted the dead man’s horse and fled with the third man.
Ambassador Clayton cables that Mexico deposited 1,622,628 to his credit for the Plus fund award. The prompt payment breaks arbitration records, and the money will be remitted to Archbishop Riordan, bishop of San Francisco, as no assignable authorities are named.
A concise note from Leslie's Monthly on how parasites affect creatures large and small. It highlights the ostrich parasite, the slender pigeon louse, and a fish parasite that uses paddled legs and suckers to move between carp and pike, possibly serving the fish as a beneficial attendant rather than torment.
The New York Press notes Florence Burns, known from a sensational murder case, draws crowds in the Fifth Avenue hotel. Her striking gowns and blonde hair attract more notice than Mrs. Carter’s past visits, as Burns frequents famous restaurants and strolls the corridor like a celebrated figure. She was once a suspect in Walter Brooks’s murder and spent six weeks in the Tombs.
Magistrate Pool rules that a woman's carriage is her castle in a New York case. Two fashionably dressed women, one listing the Holland House, faced dis orderly conduct charges after police reported they shouted and caused a disturbance along Fifth Avenue with a liveried coachman and footman on the carriage. They were discharged.
A quote from Eliot Gregory in the Century portrays rich men who sacrifice youth and health for wealth as public benefactors who owe thanks to humanity. It notes their resentment of fatigue chagrin and newspaper notoriety money brings.
The article notes government spending will total about $651 million this year, with $132 million for the postal service and revenues near $694 million, leaving a $43 million surplus. Last year’s surplus reached $91 million, much of which funded redemption of government securities. The largest annual outlay is the pension account at $138 million per year, about $400,000 daily.
A Chicago Tribune reader asks Senator about possible trouble with Germany. The veteran statesman replies that the idea is absurd and Beveridge will give at least two years' notice before any action, noting no alarm has been sounded yet.
A New York area anecdote extols Postum as the healthier coffee substitute. A factory agent recalls giving up coffee after trying Postum at a store sample, noting improved health and nervousness reduction. His family resisted at first but later joined the switch.
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