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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
2
Washington February 22 reports say industrial workers fear wage cuts by railroads in the county. Officials and the Interstate Commerce Commission say there is no substantiated plan to change wages now or soon. Some curtailments occurred during winter but will resume with spring reopening.
Pierre South Dakota February 22 In the annual report of the Bureau of Vital Statistics the text explains why South Dakota does not want to grant divorces The report shows that in 1907 a total of 652 divorces were granted in the state with nonresidents accounting for 220 The article notes the high cost of obtaining a Dakota divorce including setting up residence attorney and court costs and estimates state income from divorces over the last decade at around five million dollars The piece comments on the 1907 market being bearish and describes divorce seekers as substantial spenders who boost local commerce
Edwin Ross alias Angus Macdonald, wanted for multiple offenses and a jail escape, was arrested in Winnipeg after a tip placing him on Point Douglas. He will be returned to North Dakota with Sheriff Roadhouse to face trial, with prior sentences for pocket picking and a history of escapes across Manitoba Minnesota and North Dakota.
In a legislative committee vote the office of surveyor general is abolished and records and plats will be moved to the secretary of state. The surveyor general’s duties and the office will be ended, with the records transferred and the state plan to reassign responsibilities.
The court martial condemns Lieutenant General Stoessel to ten years imprisonment in a fortress for failing to defend Port Arthur and for military errors. The sentence spares him the death penalty after considerations of overwhelming enemy forces and the garrison's defense. Officers present praised Stoessel’s leadership and urged a pardon from the Empress.
Chicago February 20 Judge Ball of the Superior Court dissolved the injunction that barred the Harriman interests from voting 281 221 shares of Illinois Central railroad stock at the companys initial meeting. The decision ends the restraining order tied to a broader dispute over foreign ownership of stock in domestic firms. No appeal is planned from the ruling, but Fish is expected to seek further legal action to regain position in the Illinois Central affair.
In Washburn North Carolina on February 20 E A Bauer pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons. J Carrico and C H Parks were sentenced in liquor sale cases with Parks receiving 90 days and a 200 dollar fine. Ray Hitler forfeited a thousand dollar bail after skipping. The court will hear multiple pig cases and other criminal trials through mid March.
Delegations from Scottish societies across the Pacific rim attend the Golden Gate Park ceremony in San Francisco for the unveiling of a Robert Burns memorial. It marks the first major Scottish bard tribute on the Pacific coast.
Whitelaw Reid, ambassador to Great Britain, declared at Delmonico's that reports of Britain obliging itself to aid Japan against the United States were nonsense. He asserted no war with Japan is possible and that Britain and Japan wish to maintain friendship. the speech at the Pilgrims of the United States dinner drew an ovation from about 400 attendees.
The news roundup reports Washington's Birthday celebrations in multiple states. Massachusetts groups met to discuss the Braddock Campaign at the Hotel Somerset. Connecticut and Missouri societies planned major banquets with notable speakers. Washington seen with flags, a public holiday noted. New York observed festivities with displays on buildings, signaling widespread patriotic events.
Handa badly burned at Finley North Dakota February 19 as Joan W. Needham owner of the Peoples Pharmacy attempted to fix a lighting plant. Gasoline on his hands ignited by a generator spark and burned his hands before the fire was extinguished.
North Dakota Gideons formed a state organization in Fargo on February 16 20 with officers: President N S Redman Fargo Vice President Guy Harris Jamestown Secretary Treasurer C P Greenwood Fargo Chaplain John Orchard Fargo. Garlick addressed at the Presbyterian church and a gathering at the M C A helped launch the new group.
Tolef Christenson, recently convicted for selling liquor in Burlington, has been ordered taken to the county hospital by Judge Goss. He has been ailing for some time and shows little improvement, so hospital care was deemed likely to aid his recovery.
Otto Melsch apprehended Frank Merrow at Banty restaurant while Merrow sold Gund's Peerless at 35 per to patrons. Melsch seized the alleged evidence. Merrow to be arraigned Monday morning and tried Monday afternoon.
Vice President Fairbanks designates Senator McCumber of North Dakota to read Washingtons farewell address to the Senate on Saturday.
At the Fargo annual meeting of the North Dakota Educational association, Grand Forks hosts the formation of a history teachers organization. The group aims to compile simple biographies, Indian mythology, and travel tales for grade reading, to build a reliable state history for schools.
In Devils Lake Judge Henry's office Mrs Mary Bennett age about 70 appeared before the insanity commission. She called Lincoln Grant the Prince of Wales and other notables, wished to elope with the doctor to Italy and fondled a plaster Paris bust naming it Charlie Ross. She was adjudged insane and sent to Jamestown.
New York Feb 22 Raymond Hitchcock the comedian famed for The Yankee Tourist is summoned to court Monday to answer assault charges filed by two girls aged 13 and 14. After indictment last fall he vanished, an understudy played his role and Hitchcock was seen in Massachusetts the South Canada and aboard a steamer bound for Europe before returning to explain illness.
Secretary W C Macfadden of the North Dakota Bankers Association urges a Grand Forks meeting with Commercial clubs to back Prof Ladd and improve durum wheat labeling and prices. Fargo already names J B Folsom as delegate and clubs statewide may join, aiming to support millers and shippers without injuring milling interests. A date will be set soon for the meeting as Grand Forks and others prepare to act.
Callao February 22. The American battleship fleet is at the port. Rear Admiral Evans remains in poor health and Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas has assumed command of the vessels. Washington February 22. Navy officials await formal word on Thomas taking command of the Atlantic fleet while Evans’ condition is attributed to rheumatic gout linked to Civil War injuries.
In Bismarck North Dakota on February 19 George D. Baling was acquitted of stealing seven horses from Magnus Spangberg of the county. This marks the second acquittal for Baling on horse stealing charges during this term of court.
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