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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
8
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American Minister Bowen cables from Caracas that Barcelona has fallen to revolutionaries and asks for immediate warship protection. Cincinnati and Topeka dispatched. Cincinnati already at Porto Cabello, Topeka at Porto Cabello, with instructions to relieve or sail to Barcelona if needed. Navy and State departments coordinate, ready to land bluejackets if required.
Cebu Constabulary probes an ambush twelve miles from Cebu that killed four school teachers serving as a coaching party. Two were shot at the first volley, a third fleeing was shot in the back, and a fourth captured man was shot while praying. Suspicions arise that the fourth victim was buried alive and desecrated. authorities say evidence may convict all involved.
An account from Sonora reports three masked outlaws stopping a stage near Maratlan Mex abducting Mariano Gordillo after stealing 94000 and a $4000 bank shipment to Mazatlan. A posse pursued but found no trace as search yielded nothing.
Navy department receives two cablegrams from Commander McCrea aboard Bunboat Machine at Cape Haytien. They state the attempted blockade by Are revolutionists is ineffective, describing it as spasmodic and invective and noting protection of neutral commerce. A later dispatch says the blockade is abandoned and American authority reports blockade in effect.
Deadwood shipments from the United States assay office will total about 200,000 this month as bullion is sent to the United States Mint in Philadelphia. The office has seen a sharp rise in business recently due to new reductions plants.
Wilkes Barre Pa Aug 13 Press Mitchell said he received official information from Pittsburgh that the strike of miners along the West Penn railway has settled and the men will return to work in a shaft. He called the development gratifying and noted most small strikes were settled without further trouble.
A grim murder tale from Devils Lake reports Nick Nachtsheim, an elderly bachelor living alone in the south part of town, found killed with a severed head and a bullet wound. Hang Wilson discovered the body after a door knock went unanswered. investigators note the corpse was moved to a cellar, with no blood stains, suggesting a period of eight to ten days since death and possible robbery as motive.
North Dakota dairy director Kaufman warns farmers supplying creameries to maintain cow care and steady production. He notes new creameries this summer would face ruin if operations shut for months. Rail valuations up state wide, main line value set at 37400 per mile, totaling about 1.5 million more tax value for about 1,400 miles.
Professor H L Bolley of North Dakota Agricultural College reports flax does not improve land. Wheat and other crops thrive after flax less than after other grains. A soil fungus called fax wilt attacks flax fields and reduces yields when grown on the same land in successive years.
A mass Prohibition party gathering in Hillsboro decided to fill two nominations and keep others vacant for executive action. Nominees were Governor J. O. Livereon from Churchs Ferry and Lieutenant Governor Charles H. Mott of Lisbon. The party criticized Republicans for silence on prohibition and Democrats for supporting resubmission.
The North Dakota Pharmaceutical association elected officers at Grand Forks with Sam McDonald of Grand Forks as president. First vice president W. Hatterfield Pargo. second vice president W. J Canden of Valhalla. secretary and treasurer J. Christiansen of Fargo. Executive committee members include C R. Meredith of Casselton H Holleman of Gratton D. B. Seigfied of Sanborn and W. S. Parker of Lisbon.
A Richburg resident, Mathew mune mex, was killed last Sunday while handling a vicious horse. The animal bit off a finger, knocked him down, and kicked him, causing fatal internal injuries. He was married and lived in Richburg.
The state printing commission set contracts for public printing for the ensuing two years. The contract for printing legislative bills journals and miscellaneous reports went to the Bismarck Tribune and printing the session laws to the Grand Forks Herald.
Vandals strike the Highland Home cemetery in Jamestown damaging the water system and other property. A reward is offered for the arrest of those responsible.
An eighteen year old Icelander named Henry Ruakka shot himself in the men s room of the granary on the Grand p farm eleven miles southeast of Hilleboro. The tragedy was self inflected with a 38 caliber revolver.
Near Reynolds William Bauman eighteen was shot in the face by a youth named Brakke in a case of not knowing the gun was loaded. He will probably die.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes a new Pennsylvania railroad starting signal system at Union Station Pittsburg. Two minutes before departure the assistant station master signals Fifteenth Street tower by raising a hammer on a riser gang. The Fifteenth Street director lowers the hammer and clears the starting fence indicator. The ticket examiner closes the gate, the rear flagman gives one whistle blast, and once the train leaves the director resets the signal. The system aids dispatch and ensures trains start two minutes after the gong.
Two Chicago patrolmen, Timothy Devine and Charlee T. Pennell, were killed in a dawn gun battle with suspected gang members near Jackson boulevard and Ashland avenue. Pennell managed to relay a danger call before dying. six suspects were detained as investigators seek motive and identities.
In Edmore Walsh county, Carl Okelson sixty dies after being shot by Frank Pelke in a blind pig run. Pelke shoots back at Deputy Hanson who shoots Pelke. Pelke dies an hour later at a drug store. Okelson remains mortally wounded and unlikely to survive.
The New York Evening World reports a typewritten peace instrument the first of its kind. Louis Botha signs in a fine clerical hand while Delarey’s is roughest and De Wet signs with a lower case d. The piece notes De la Rey’s three syllables and other signatures.
Warsaw Ind Aug 13 a costly wreck on the Pennsylvania line between Winona and Warsaw collapsed two locomotives and twenty freight cars loaded with farming machinery and merchandise. Loss about 75000. traffic halted twelve hours. No lives lost. Also notes Navy General Mess Manual and Cookbook release. Steyn health improves after cordial farewell in The Hague. A large bull gore deaths near Mason City Iowa injures an elderly man.
For Sale cheap includes one pony, one sub single harness, one set double harness new, one single buggy and one double buggy two seated with canopy top listed by B. O. Lowry or Lowpy.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a local public sale action by officials. Readable entities include a place and names, but specifics are unclear. The fragment indicates an official notice about a sale and related readings without complete details.
William Spencer of Terrell Texas returns from the Philippines with a rare 150 page bound English edition of Francisco Xavier Baranera’s geographic handbook on the Philippine Islands. The volume, printed in Manila with crude methods, describes Negrito inhabitants and early Spanish ventures, thought to be a unique copy.
Baltimore and Ohio completed a unique inspection engine at Mount Clair shops in Baltimore. The engine includes a small passenger coach atop the boiler behind the smokestack with amphitheater seating and a Brussels carpeted floor. Passengers access the car via winding stairs and the engine can operate in either direction.
Minneapolis Street Railway experiments with a megaphone street announcer on streetcars. A metallic tube carries sound to the roof vestibule and delivers clear narration to passengers. The motorman would replace the conductor in announcing streets under the plan.
An English magazine reports that Professor Fin Ders Petrie has unearthed a panama bat in his Egypt explorations. The hat is described as common and well made with a rakish tilted brim, hinting the wearer enjoyed current music hall tunes.
Geographically scattered news items document farm loans offered by Scott and Bowen, land claims in Manitoba, and local business notes. Social life includes a Monday Main Street dance, a bicycle sale, and visits by residents from Cavalier and Richburg. Notables venturing west for land, fairs, or claims. a local court recess and upcoming chicken campaign are mentioned.
Homestead final proofs filed by James B. Stewart and Ole Serumgard with witnesses named from Bottineau North Dakota for sections in Township 161 and 163. A separate notice details a contested entry No. 6100 by Charles Borgeson in Minot North Dakota with a hearing set for September 17 1907. Also includes a general medical ad about deafness remedies.
Notice in Bottineau County Court that Andrew H Taraiset the administrator of the estate of Peder R Taraiset is presented for final settlement. The court will hear the account and determine distribution on a date in September 1902. Also bids for furniture and vanity fixtures for the new Bottineau county courthouse are invited with catalogs to be submitted byAugust 22 1902.
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