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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1906
Page
4
A condensed weekly history noting War Department purchases of a balloon for experiments, Indian and other appropriation figures, pensions, site selections for government factories, postal savings bank petitions, land policy actions, and notable foreign and personal items. Includes appointments, famine reports, trade marks, Parliament, and several obituaries and criminal cases with terse, neutral summaries.
A wide range of events are noted, including murder verdicts and life terms for John Holston of Yugentine, a Preble county official's suicide, robberies and assaults in Waterloo Iowa, a hanging in Alexandria Louisiana, drownings and accidental deaths in Michigan and Iowa, industrial fires in California and Pennsylvania, train derailment near Guthrie Oklahoma, and multiple injuries from falls, explosions, and collisions. The report also mentions labor wage advances in Denver, American tea marketing in Charleston, Rockefeller income estimates, and political notices on public health and cabinet representation.
The jury found Burnham guilty amid an insurance investigation that shaped the case. Police and prosecutors hailed the verdict as a decisive outcome in a high profile legal matter.
George Burnham Jr., vice president and general counsel of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance, was convicted of larceny of 7500 dollars from company funds. Indicted with him were Frederick A. Burnham and George D. Eldridge, with five indictments each. The case stemmed from an insurance investigations by a legislative committee a year earlier and involved false entries in company books. A key exhibit was a check bearing Louis F. Payn’s name, used in a dispute over a separate claim.
Former United States Senator Arthur Brown, shot in his hotel room last Saturday, is sinking and could die at any moment authorities report. Mrs. Anna M. Bradley remains in custody at the house of detention and reacted with shock to the senator's condition.
Oklahoma constitutional delegates debated whether the supreme being should be called the supreme ruler of the universe or God Almighty. Several religious groups and atheists pressed for no religious discrimination in the constitution language.
Washington December 13. Intimations indicate Andrew Carnegie intends to increase the Nobel peace prize fund turned over to the president to be held as a permanent fund. It would support conferences to promote industrial peace and settle labor differences with a substantial contribution.
Joseph Kearns, former Chicago clerk and newspaperman, captured in Great Bend, confesses to a second bank robbery at Newton’s Midland National Bank on November 13. He had already robbed a Great Bend bank in broad daylight, escaping with $1,500 after locking in clerks and customers.
Charles Mitchell, who was wounded weeks ago by Frank Lake, was fined for contempt by Judge Pollock after failing to appear in court as the prosecuting witness once the jury was secured. Lake is described as a notorious local figure. The incident ties Fargo and Moorhead in a disputed courtroom episode.
Balvatore Svelazo was shot and killed while seated in a saloon back room when an unknown assassin fired a double charge of heavy bullets through a window near him. Police are investigating the fatal shooting reported from New York with few details on motive or suspect.
A. B. Hitchcock, Harry Moore and J. H. Clark, milk dealers, were indicted in Boone Iowa on December 1 for conspiring to raise milk prices by publishing an agreement. The action targets price fixing and restraint of trade among local dairy suppliers.
Grand Rapids Minn Dec 13 A 30 year old homesteader married near Rice Rap ids has been missing from his home for over four weeks. Neighbors fear he was swept away or died from exposure in the recent blizzard while searching for shelter or wandering from the homestead.
The hermit John Pedro, known as Je Miesing, anaconis Mont, Dec. 13, is believed to have perished in a recent incident on upper Lent priok. Local authorities and residents report a fatal event tied to the remote settlement area, with inquiries ongoing.
Paris reports secretary Montagnini of the papal nunciature was arrested on orders of expulsion and left for the Italian frontier with a police commissary. The long church state conflict, begun in 1880 by Jenata expulsion, ends with the legal rupture of church state ties, making schismatic organizations illegal. The Vatican reacts with measured concern as the pope studies dispatches on France.
New York December 13 fines totaling 150000 were imposed on the American Sugar Refining company and the Brooklyn Cooperage company after pleas of guilty to indictments charging rebates on sugar shipments. The sugar refining firm paid 80000 and the cooperage 70000. District Attorney Stimson said the penalties should deter future rebating and the government agreed to dismiss remaining indictments. Judge Holt granted the motion to dismiss the other indictments.
In Deadwood South Dakota on December 13 Fred Clark of Englewood awoke to a broken window and found neighbor A Fredericks bursting in. A desperate struggle followed, Clark seized the maniac by the throat, bound him with rope, and brought him to authorities yesterday.
A brief report notes a marked absence of sensations during a routine assessment. The item outlines the lack of typical sensory responses and mentions no unusual findings. No additional context or personnel details are provided.
Paris dispatch reports the separation law triggering church expulsions and state seizure of church properties. Clergy face pension losses totaling 38,300 grants since January, with Vatican hard line prompting compulsory military service for priesthood entrants and immediate state takeover of episcopal mansions rectories and seminaries.
Stephen Kotz a prosperous Cleveland carpenter married by proxy to a farmer's daughter described as his childhood sweetheart. Kotz emigrated years ago and could not return for the ceremony, asking a former comrade to stand in at the altar.
San Francisco on December 15 United States selects ten year old Kelechi Aoki as plaintiff in suits to test the validity of the board of education resolutions segregating Japanese in public schools.
In Hazelhuret Mississippi on December 18 Mrs Angle Birdsong was found guilty of manslaughter for killing Dr Thomas Butler in November 1905. The 22 year old Mississippian, from a prominent family, claimed he boasted of illicit relations and that his boasts were false. The court urged mercy.
Washington December 13 The State of Minnesota will probably receive interest on 1862 Indian war bonds as Congress acts on a treasury opinion. The dispute involves nearly 70 thousand dollars and was submitted to the House yesterday by the secretary of the treasury.
Denver December 15 news: Dr James D Higgiston son of Pacific Express company president was sentenced to ten years and a $1500 fine for counterfeiting and making photographic negatives of a ten dollar bill.
Pierre and D announces no auction sale of Midland lots until spring. A lot list will enable private sales at hat price with a contract requiring the purchaser to occupy the inn with a building. Save Rival Shot H'm Marshfield Wis Dec 15 John Schroeder arrested on a warrant for attempted murder of Fred L Frederick of Cameron while the latter returned home.
Washington report says an investigation into the Union and Southern Pacific properties of the Harriman system will be alerted in New York on December 28. H Harriman and many officials linked to the system have been subpoenaed as witnesses in the probe after weeks of inquiry into management and control.
In La Crosse Wisconsin evangelist Rev Dr Blederwolf plans a midnight parade of hundreds of self described Christians through principal streets to the theater for a midnight service on Thursday The plan aims to draw all believers to a public religious event following revival meetings. Mary Wagner dies at eighty from burns after a toasting accident at a Caledonia home oven.
Deanwood December 16. Frank Vetri woke from a nightmare and learned his Englewood address Dueincsa burned to the ground in a blaze. Loss estimated over 4000 dollars. Vetri reported no injuries and is coordinating with insurers. Fire investigators are examining the ruin for cause.
Dec. 15. Robbers blew open the Bank of Morris safe and took about $3,000. They severed telephone wires as they fled. Ned vowed a desperate fight if needed. Also in Rockland Maine a battleship Kanvas more than met speed trials with an 18.3 knot record.
Warren Minnesota faces severe famine conditions with shortages in basic goods and utilities. Officials report widespread hardship, with local factories halting production and rental and supply markets disrupted. Community aid efforts begin as weather worsens in December.
St Paul Dec 15 The Cummings Commission company a major brokerage in St Paul and Minneapolis suspended business after a market day closure cite heavy expenses and a persistent attack on the firm as the cause Leaders say Congress Roosevelt administration plan includes curbing corporate campaign contributions criminal appeal rights tariff cuts for Philippine goods and selective ship subsidies
The committee appointed by the Wisconsin state senate to study a state life insurance department completed a two year investigation and filed its report with Governor Davidson. They oppose state involvement, finding it not feasible at this time.
Congressman Gronna of Lakota North Dakota met the president to urge relief from a fuel and car shortage. Beveridge of Lakota sent a letter describing people freezing due to inability to obtain fuel. The president promised to refer the matter to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The US Supreme Court dismissed Albert T. Patrick's murder case against New York on motion of counsel. It is understood the move clears the way for Governor Higgins to commute Patrick's death sentence to life imprisonment.
Washington December 16 The House committee on merchant marine failed to agree on a ship subsidy bill. Four Republican members opposed reporting any measure and a Republican caucus will be held to consider the question.
Prof Henry Fairfield Osborn elected secretary of the Smithsonian on Dec 4 declines the office stating he nears completion of publication from thirty years of research. Also note: San Francisco attorneys move to strike indictments against Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef denied by Judge Dunne referencing Grand Juror Wallace Wis.
Berlin reports the Reichstag rejected the supplementary budget for German Southwest Africa by 178 to 168 votes. Chancellor von Buelow read an imperial message dissolving parliament amid applause and disorder in the chamber. In Chicago a new baby was killed last night in the Majestic theater gallery for applauding a player whom another spectator, George Dag Raven, disapproved of.
Farmers along the Red River valley increasingly adopt drainage work due to heavy rainfall and crop failures from the prior years. A newly appointed drainage board plans summer actions to deepen and extend ditches where riverbanks already shelter lands, aiming to prevent water buildup despite existing higher river banks in some areas.
Rt. Paul December 15 James J Bill opposes a 60 million dollar increase in Great Northern stock without clear legal justification Attorney General BE T Young says state rail way commission must hold a public hearing to show need for funds and prior use of 26 million raised last February He cautions capitalization would reach 425 million for 6000 miles and warns against unwarranted patron tax If approved legal action may follow
Heavy snow and wind blanket eastern North Dakota as rail traffic stalls. A passenger train on the Farge Anota lines is drifted and stuck, the Soo Line is blocked west of Ardoch, and no westbound trains arrived last night. Fuel is scarce in small towns as efforts to move freights falter.
Clarence Heasty, a farm worker near Anton Nergon’s property, shot his sweetheart Stein Jensen on the porch after not getting a marriage license due to youth. Heasty then killed himself. Jensen is not expected to survive. Separately, Congressman Stevens says he does not want a Ways and Means post, preferring to focus on Interstate Commerce. A railroad engine driving rod broke near Boone, injuring an engineer riding the engine.
Albert Larson was found injured and partly frozen in a cinder pit on the Duluth Iron Range railroad about fifty miles from Eveleth. He died from his hurts and exposure. The report includes crude dialogue about charity and a failed attempt to locate water with a stick.
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