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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
2
A compilation of quotes on character and society. It notes the censor’s rise and the value of daily labor and integrity, paired with light jokes about umbrellas and bees. It references Admiral Dewey, a Paris circus act, an Omaha to Chicago elopement, and Adirondack trees tables for timber economics.
The United States refused a warship request as House leaders plan reduced war taxes next session. Other items note Cuban tests suspension, Navy armor delays, and a mix of global updates from Caracas to England. Commissions consider labor issues and provincial reassignments in Luzon. Multiple deaths and awards appear, with varied international dispatches.
A chorus of crime notes from across the United States and Canada. John Powers released by Kentucky judge. T. W. Murphy and Thomas McDermott reportedly died by own hand. Arnold Tuchschmidt found guilty of embezzlement. W. Y. Lendgren and Walter Williams tied to killings or suicides. Edward Crosby shot in an Ohio hotel. Edward Whittington killed in a Memphis saloon fight. four highwaymen bind a Toronto policeman. J D Eaton found dead in New York office. The material cites Fenians trials, embezzlement, murders, suicides, and attempted bank robbery amid a flurry of fatal incidents.
Local residents blew out a newly built dam at the Mississippi outlet from Lake Bemidji arguing no congressional approval. The backwater flooded cellars of Bemidji businesses and halted river traffic for six miles, prompting the village board of health to condemn the dam as an obstruction and order removal. The dam, built by Svaland and Gypson, linked Lake Bemidji to Cap a Lake for sawmill operations, raising Lake Bemidji by nearly four feet and stopping fish runs for a month.
Blase in Price county Wisconsin near Philips. May 29. The Flin bean Paper company mill and warehouse at Park Park burned early yesterday causing an estimated loss of 200000. Fire started in the wagon area. The property was well insured. Principal stockholders are Henry Sherry and FP Tiesell and Neenak. Fire protection was inadequate. assistance from Medford and Abbotsford helped prevent spread except for one residence destroyed. Two paper machines valued at 40000 each were lost.
Ira D. Tentna, twenty seven, convicted of first degree murder in the death of Agost Stark, a farm laborer. The case involved conflicting statements from the father and son, with each accusing the other as details emerged at the coroner’s inquest and trial. The jury found Tentna guilty as charged.
Washington dispatch notes that envoys will arrive in St Paul on June 7 after departures from Boston for Chicago on June 5 and 6 with stops in Cleveland or Buffalo en route. They plan Philadelphia on the 7th, with other midwestern cities possibly on the schedule.
May 20 reports the upper Mississippi river falls to 4.4 feet above low water, down 2 feet in 24 hours. Spring freshets fail, rafting and steamboating halted as logs, mills, and five riverboats become stranded on sand bars. Diamond Ta packet line plans to idle without a rescue order.
In Luzon operations by U S forces kill 46 enemies, take 180 prisoners, and seize 300 rifles and ammunition as Col Edward E Murder lands at Palong Masbate island with four gunboats to attack insurgents. Insurgent strongholds surrender 20 officers and 230 men. Peace returns though refugees crowd towns and conscription fears linger. Brig Gen Frederick Funston charges dropped after investigation finds one Macabebe scout shot without motive.
Chicago May 2. A Washington report says President McKinley may return Confederate battle flags to the Southern states during a G A R encampment in Chicago. The A T plans to secure congressional authorization for the return, with saluted honors and a ceremony where flags are handed back to veterans who carried them.
Keekis Park murders linked men, James Fitzharris and others, were ordered deported by the board of special inquiry at the immigration station. They have been denied admission under a law barring felons and morally depraved individuals. They arrived aboard the steamer Ercania and are awaiting action on Wick Island after a conference with Commissioner Firehie.
May 6 report from Duluth details a Palm & Iron range railroad station in Virginia blown open and loot secured. No clues yet on robbers. Meanwhile section foreman Guat Tohtson of Tuduth & Tron range railroad killed at Allen Junction after stepping between tracks.
Fire at H. I. Collins & Co. printers on Wirth and Minnesota streets causes $15,000 in stock loss with total damage around $50,000 and building damage of about $1,000, origin traced to fire on the third floor. Insured for $30,000. Concurrently a forest fire near Two Harbors-Afton area burned large stretches of timber.
Robert Wistorde, a young author from Dover, committed suicide in St. Joseph, after arriving from Kakeis City months earlier. He used a weapon to end his life without leaving a note explaining the motive.
Terre Me 2h Fueily Price aged eighteen and daughter of a farmer was found dead yesterday afternoon in a pond near Youlgetown. Blood on the face and disturbed clothing suggest foul play, though locals lean toward accidental or self harm. In Bridgeport a separate report notes Edle Tonbont, a colored jugular, died after injuries from a hoeing match with William Forsyth.
Deadwood D May 20 a young painter named O A Kelly swallowed arsenic of potash in what authorities call a deliberate overdose. His parents live in Town and the incident is under investigation.
In St Joseph Missouri yesterday Frank Gownell assaulted his father in law Frank Walsh with a bate r resulting in wounds. Walsh interfered as Gownell tried to strike his wife. Gownell fled and remains at large.
The state normal announces a June commencement week with a baccalaureate address by ex President M B Knox of Washington NC, six eighth graders receiving diplomas Monday, June 4, and a program of class exhibitions and speeches by Professor Vernon P Squires of the University of North Dakota on June 5 and 6. A commencement exercise with diplomas conferred by the governor or a representative follows on June 7, ending with a banquet and weeklong activities.
A 14 year old, Willie Burtts, is gravely injured after a 22 caliber revolver discharged while boys played near a car. The bullet lodged in his brain and he remains unconscious at the hospital. John Busch, bucked by frightened horses while hitching a team, was knocked down and severely injured. his hip dislocated and he was treated at the hospital.
Vernet Laing and several classmates handled explosive powder from gathered materials and attempted to ignite it near a machine shop. An initial misfire led to a later blast scorching Vernet’s eyes and eyebrows. other youths, including M. M. Cook’s son, suffered facial burns from the incident reported near Pierson.
The Supreme Court affirms the lower court in A B McDonald versus G W Beatty and Rue Beatty, validating foreclosure notice by advertisement published weekly over several weeks. The court also affirms Westeryx Lvlstifow from Walsh county and F Ballou versus Bergrendsen Tromamines, while reversing a village contest ruling in John Kadiacva, Frank Park case with costs against contestants.
A man hired to fetch water heard a shriek and found Hite Achsah in five feet of water after a fall at the well. Thyana secured a hidden aid and rescued her from danger, amid a tense scene described by locals in Fairmont.
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