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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
4
A rapid fire collection of quirky observations and quips from North Dakota and beyond. Notes on fashion shifts, meat and milk puns, rail and monorail chatter, lawsuits and silly statistics. Then a string of oddities from New York to Spokane including a hareem skirt hero and a seventy year old stenography student.
A St Louis man signed a contract with his wife agreeing not to kiss or annoy her in any other way. He must have been an unusually agreeable husband to need such a pact. The wife, unlike Shakespeare, did not value kisses as wages.
A new anticigarette campaign unfolds in China with public demonstrations and shows highlighting social concerns beyond Russia and famine. The movement aims to shift public behavior and policy through staged events and outreach, drawing attention to health and moral issues.
A Indianapolis News correspondent suggests snapping a rubber six inch strip to kill flies. By gaining the fly's confidence and getting it to stand still a boy can dispatch all flies in the house in a day.
The article reports the death of Kittridge a noted Dakotan figure after a long illness. It notes his distinguished career and prominence in state affairs. Funeral plans are announced with interment details to follow.
Albert Herry Kittredge of Sioux Falls, longtime Republican leader and former U.S. senator, died in Hot Springs Arkansas after months of illness. Born March 28, 1861, in Cheshire County New Hampshire, he rose from Yale and Yale Law to practice in Sioux Falls, aligning early with Pettigrew before leading anti-Pettigrew and anti free silver Republicans. He served as U.S. senator from 1903 to 1909, later interred in Kent New Hampshire.
Twenty one new indictments are voted by the grand jury against James H. McNamara John J. McNamara and Ortie E. McManigal. Nineteen indictments accuse the McNamaras of murder in connection with the Los Angeles Times plant blast killing twenty one, while two indictments charge McManigal as principal with the McNamaras as accomplices in the Llewellyn Ironworks explosion. McManigal testified for more than two hours. Witnesses included Llewellyn Iron Works officials and Paul Stuperich, hotel proprietor in Sausalito. Stuperich and Burrowes identified James MacNamara as J IM Bryce.
Indictments accuse three senators two representatives and a sergeant at arms in a sweeping charges case. Prosecutors allege graft and influence peddling involving multiple offices and restricted duties as the case unfolds in regional court.
Franklin county grand jury returns bribery indictments against three state senators Isaac Huffman J R Andrews and George K Cetone and two representatives Dr George Bynoe and A C Lowry plus Sergeant at Arms Diegle for aiding bribery. Detectives Harrison Bailey and Berry bound over as witnesses. Death penalties not specified. trials to proceed rapidly.
Striking Pennsylvania railroad workers sparked a riot that spread to Allegheny and Verona shops. A man was shot in the knee and two others beaten as strike breakers, detectives, and sympathizers clashed near Wallborough, Pitcairn. More than twenty bullets were fired into the crowd during the confrontation.
Army engineers report the steel cofferdam at Havana harbor is finished and pumping out will start May 25. The Navy will send a medic to collect any historic material or bones from the wreck of the Maine. In Whittemore Iowa a freight train struck a lumber wagon killing John Becker 18 Carrie Becker 11 and Mary Kollish 11 and injuring Edward Hecker and John Kollash.
Edward McCann Chicago police inspector was pardoned unconditionally by Governor Deneen after trial for bribery. Witnesses claimed bribe payments to allow illicit activity, while the case highlighted police involvement with resort keepers amid charges of misconduct.
Ottawa reports an understanding between Sir Wilfrid Laurier and opposition leader ER L. Borden. The accord makes it likely the prime minister, with Sir Frederick Borden and Hon. J. Brodeur, will sail the Virginian from Quebec on May 1 to attend the imperial conference and coronation.
Lincoln Nebraska voters approve a return to the saloon license system with about a 1000 vote majority. Armstrong, the Republican candidate, is elected mayor over Malone, with a Republican majority across the ticket.
London reports the veto bill aiming to curb the powers of the house of lords passed the committee stage in the house of commons with little amendment, drawing enthusiastic scenes.
Madison Wisconsin Governor Mc Govern signed the Workman's Compensation Act passed by the legislature, making the measure a law upon its publication.
Governor Osborn signed the bill passed at the session just closed reducing passenger rate in the upper peninsula to 2 cents a mile. The legislature officially adjourned.
Anthony J. Drexel, husband of Marjorie Gould, was arrested after a 10 mile pursuit along a New Jersey boulevard by a motorcycle police officer for speeding in a large automobile in New York City.
Eight men were scalded when a main steampipe to a boiler exploded at the Ninth street pier. The State of Ohio, a Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Company passenger boat, was being overhauled in Cleveland harbor for its first trip between Cleveland, Erie, and Buffalo. Practically all crew members were aboard.
Albert Helfenstein, 15 years old, and Charles Treland, 20, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of John Rebel, who was shot in the hand during an attempted robbery at his butcher shop on February 25.
Prosecutors refused immunized testimony as grand jury probes bribery in the Ohio Assembly. Governor Harmon and Judge A. Z. Blair testified, with Burns calling lawmakers the boldest grafters yet seen. The house committee dissolved, resignations followed, and a bill seeks mandatory penitentiary sentences for bribery convictions.
Senators Nelson of Minnesota and McCumber of North Dakota plan hearings to hear farmers on the trade agreement bill. About ten Minnesota farmers and seven from North Dakota are expected, with grange groups from Eastern border states to provide witnesses. Delegations include J. P. Morley Henry Feig and F. W. Collins from Minnesota and N G Lavimore James Buchanan and R C Cooper from North Dakota, with former Senator Jansbroner joining.
Robert Todd Lincoln, son of President Lincoln, resigns as Pullman Co. president. John S. Runnels, former vice president of health, succeeds him. Resignation cited as desire to be freed from business cares. Lincoln is 65 years old.
Washington D C Proposed advances in freight rates on ice by the C M S P and other north western lines averaging 10 percent were suspended by the Interstate Commerce Commission from May 6 to Sept 2 1911 pending inquiry.
Los Angeles reports that John J. McNamara James B. McNamara and Ortie E. McMунigal will be arraigned this week on dynamiter indictments. Defense counsels have not received definite knowledge of the charges and will not learn them until arraignment.
Washington D C Special examinations for candidates to West Point are now underway at military posts nationwide. The War Department notes that for several years the West Point cadet corps has been below its full quota by 75 to 3 percent.
The Metropolitan Asylum Board training schooner Steadfast with 40 boys and four officers aboard ran aground on Hole Haven spit near London. The vessel is in a dangerous position while other ships proceed to assist.
In Gary Indiana two men died and a third injured when dynamite exploded in two work train cars at the Kirk switchyards police suspect a private feud sparked the blast.
The 1,500 workers of the Shamokin silk mills suspend their three week strike as a satisfactory understanding is reached with the proprietors.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, arrived in Chicago to mediate peace among rival building trades unions but warned his efforts might prove fruitless as factions stayed at odds during the visit.
In Chicago a fleeing wife, pursued down the street by her husband, was shot and mortally wounded. The husband, the slayer, then killed himself.
The Merchants' Association of Indianapolis adopted resolutions demanding a rigorous inquiry into charges linking the city with nationwide dynamiting outrages from the past two years. They express support for officials taking action to punish the guilty.
New York firms Lehigh Valley, Delaware and Hudson, and New York Ontario and Western announce plans to divest ownership of coal properties following the U S Supreme Court decision in the Lehigh Valley high court cases under the Hepburn rate law. Government may pursue further proceedings.
A bonfire on the Getchell Sisters ranch sparked the season’s first forest fire in White Salmon Washington. It burned a bridge, destroyed logs, and razed the Bancroft house and barn occupied by George Seaborne who had left for Minneapolis to settle affairs before moving there. Ranchers and neighbors fought the blaze to limit further damage.
A new Northwest Development league unites Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon to oppose public land withdrawals. HQ in St Paul and a $42,000 fundraising goal with major pledges from Seattle and Twin Cities leaders. Officers named including Pennwell Newman and King, with meetings set in Seattle and the Twin Cities and a land show planned in Minnesota.
Washington reports Andrew Carnegie pledged 106000 in addition to nearly a million already donated toward the Pan American Union building. The note recalls a gold medal from 21 American republics bearing the inscription The American Republics to Andrew Carnegie Benefactor of Humanity. May 6 in Minneapolis includes wheat and agricultural price listings from Duluth and South St. Paul with cattle hogs sheep and yearling quotes.
Judge Lawrence De Graff of the Des Moines district court ruled under Iowa mule laws a drug store cannot serve lunches and sell liquor simultaneously. He refused permits to three large Des Moines drug stores for operating luncheonette services with soda foun tains, placing them in the same category as restaurants prohibited from liquor sales.
A congressional push proposes changing the U S Inauguration from March 4 to the last Tuesday in April and moving national elections to the first Tuesday in November or before the president and Congress terms end. The plan, backed by two thirds of both houses, would require state legislatures to ratify.
A damaged text fragment shows governors and officials debating rights and constitutional protections. Mentioned figures include Johnson of Cat nit and Miller of Minnet, with Judge Collins of Indiannapolis noted. Citizens protest a tradition linked to J. I. McNamara and an International Association figure.
Partial readable phrases reference a legislature and named individuals. The text appears garbled with missing context and unclear dates or places. No clear event outcome or concrete facts can be determined from the fragment.
Delegates hear prominent speakers during the closing session of the third national peace congress. The event emphasizes unity and continued advocacy for international harmony and disarmament.
In China this May, aviator Rena V French fell during an elehi and was killed on site. Authorities reported the crash and immediate death, with noFurther details provided on the cause or location.
Train service expansion details outline passenger routes to the coast via Chicago and the new continental extension of the railway. Two all steel trains designated for the Columbian will trigger changes on the line, enhancing through service and connecting St. Paul and Chicago.
In a nighttime quarrel a shooting in Dee-Tw left Calvatore La Mori and a second Chicago Italian dead. The years old victim was identified as the assailant, who fled after the confrontation. Police investigate the deadly incident and seek witnesses.
Miss Dar Rutherford of Utica New York is reported among the injured in the Martins Creek railroad wreck. She is described as the person to die as a result of the crash. The report notes the spill occurred on May 6.
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