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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
2
A collage of short items cites auctions, knighthoods, medical advice, humorous puns, and celebrity gossip. Mentions Jay Gould, Dr. Osler, notable editors, poets, and figures like Jim Jeffries and Paul Jones in a brisk, opinionated roundup with city and national references.
The Boston Globe reports Gouverneur Morris wedding was notably informal for the men’s attire while the women were well gowned. It notes an informal tone and a nickname used for Morris in official information.
Gov Magoon reports two new yellow fever cases in the canal zone neither are canal commission employees. A Cincinnati merchants delegation asks the attorney general to probe railroad discrimination. Loomis Bowen imbyvogue testimony nearly finished. Bowen ready to travel to Caracas for depositions if Taft approves. A naval secrecy measure bars armed visitors from American warships during the war. Muskeye Indian agency chief clerk Wisdom dismissed for defying inspector orders. Timber and forest products figures released by forestry bureau show extensive sales under supervision. China’s boycotts worsen and Russian Red Cross scandals unfold. Cuban national legislature appropriates 100000 for Gen Gomez amid gangrene risk. Mont Pelee activity rises on Martinique. Parana and other rivers flood in Argentina. Carnegie library dedication at Topeka. Kotaru Date wins Wayman Crow Medal. National Coal and Coke Co incorporated in Trenton. Justice Hooker will not resign. Chicago subway progress advances. Ohio Pythian building dedication. 25 infants baptized in McKeesport. Liquor dealers oppose discrimination against blended whiskies. Mint suspends 200+ staff after bullion loss. Hermit of Dyer dies, starved himself after wife’s death. Grand Rapids schools and churches closed for smallpox. Chicago gifts total 405000 with large donations from Elizabeth Kelly estate and John D. Rockefeller. Rockefellers to support a Baptist college site in Louisiana.
A compilation of fatal and injurious incidents across multiple locations. Fire at Williamsburg. destruction of a large portion of a black property with losses around 340000. A New York trolley collision claims Miss Sadie Michaels and injures her sister and parents. A thunderstorm fires the Scott Furniture building in Winnines from lightning, losses about 75000. Two Chicago residents, Ave Alexander and Avinir Bingham, killed on railroad tracks near Marion Iowa by a Milwaukee work train. Brothers Julie and Avie Philips die in a gas explosion. four others badly injured. Reliance Coal mine in Sullivan Indiana suffers unspecified disaster with fatalities. A tupalace explosion at the Traquois Iron plant near Chicane causes deaths and injuries. Yale Princeton game crowd collision in Trenton North Dakota injures twenty. Golden Gates Illinois wreck of a passenger train kills three and injures twenty nine. Confederate veterans train to Louisville reunion meets disaster. Investigations into Lie W G Blasdell disappearance conclude accidental drowning after falling from a vessel. Nightmare-induced delirium causes spritsing from bed. Carl A Clausen of New York dies after plunging from a four story window. Skull crushed. death at once.
A crusade of sensational crime reports: Bank embezzlement arrest in Trinidad Colorado. a fatal shooting in Plattsmouth Nebraska. multiple suicides and disappearances including a Long Island steamer incident. warrants issued for murder suspects from Saginaw Michigan. a carbolic acid suicide note from a Washington college student. a Troy New York stockman found shot and his wife implicated. a Michigan City prison inmate awarded ten thousand dollars from an Eastern relative estate. a Charleston trolley car race riot leaves Peter Renew dead and two injured. and a Georgia indictment on a penitentiary inmate tied to a large estate claim.
Tokyo reports a near term armistice and a conference site being chosen by plenipotentiaries. Washington The Hague or Geneva top discussions, with Washington favored if held in the United States. Grand Duke Michael Nicolayevitch may join the peace delegation. Kuban cruiser warned off Cape Ste. James as neutrality shores up.
Roy W. Abel, a 15 year old son of State Senator E. L. Abel of Bridgewater Iowa, has perfected a wireless telegraph system operating between his house and his father's bunk four blocks away in Sioux City.
Colint Boedelin reportedly completed a successful trip in an airship sailing from Manzell on Lake Constance to Romaduhorn on the lake's south shore. The voyage lasted three segments and demonstrated navigational capability across the lake.
In Christiania June 17 the defense minister denies mobilization rumors of the Norwegian army. Flags fly in honor of Windsor royal wedding news. The storthing extends congratulations to King Oscar and the royal couple, naming Oscar king of Sweden and Gustavus Adolphus as prince of Sweden.
Windsor, England hosted the royal wedding of Princess Margaret of Connaught to Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. The ceremony was conducted under King Edward's direction and led by the Archbishop of Canterbury assisted by the Bishop of Oxford and others in a Church of England service.
James W. Morse, 48, who served eight years as clerk of courts for this county until last January, killed himself at his home by blowing out his brains with a shotgun. He placed both barrels in his mouth and fired. Depression over long illness is believed to have caused the act.
Chicago Norwegian Americans pledge moral and material aid to the Norwegian provisional government. Resolutions to be presented by Birger Osland at the main meeting in the Auditorium Saturday night, with a plan to cable the president of the storming once adjourned.
Senator Kittredge presentedLambert Jones appeal before the board of pardons. Jones, sentenced for life from Charles Mix county on a murder charge, received a favorable recommendation from the board though several other requests were set aside for further consideration.
Jasper Knutson twenty two from New London Minn fell from a Nat car on the Milwaukee St Paul spur track last evening and was run over and killed. Papers in his pocket indicate he was from New London Minn. Gen Stephen D Lee reelected commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans with other officers also chosen. The next convention slated for New Orleans.
W T Milliken of Minneapolis, a prominent lumber merchant, was struck by a street car at Prior and University avenues yesterday and died half an hour later at Cobb hospital Merriam Park. Fire at Jasper, Minnesota, on June 17 destroyed Hulvig Bros stock and building, losses listed as $12,000 insured for $2,000.
Mrs Fy Tillinghast, widow of a wealthy stock man in Wichita Kansas, received a letter promising death and their home being burned unless $500 was deposited at a lonely spot. A trap was laid for the blackmailer, but he eluded officers.
In Kansas City on June 17, Frank Gotch defeated Sech Olecon in a wrestling bout, winning two straight falls to claim victory in the match.
Washington selected to host plenipotentiaries from Russia and Japan for a peace treaty after Roosevelt urged a site other than Chefoo or Paris. Officials note a possible August or September opening, with a preliminary peace protocol to be drafted in Washington. France expresses general satisfaction with the choice.
Grand Duke Alexis the high admiral and Admiral Avellan head the Russian admiralty department. A midnight imperial rescript removes the grand duke from supreme naval direction he held since Alexander II. No official reason given though rumors arise wild stories.
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