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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
2
A jumble of witty notes and quips on society and science fills the page. Prominent figures like Prince Henry of Prussia, Alfred Austin, and Mme Patti appear in playful critiques. The piece mocks arrogance, awards, and long trains while noting rescues and courtly gossip.
Reports show about 500000 pupils attended public day schools in the Philippines last year, with attendance nearly doubled in a year. Postmaster General Cortelyou shifts State of Town from St. Louis to Omaha division for rural free delivery effective July. Navy orders aim to commission Mayflower by Aug 1 for peace commission entertainment. Bids open July 24 for Fargo North Dakota federal building improvements with $80000 in Congress funds.
Obituaries report engineer Andrew Onderdonk dies in New York from overwork. Pacific liner Dakota to dry dock after arriving in San Francisco. Des Moines postmaster N. R. Roosa dies of heart disease at 56 after 56 years in office. Justice Department to prosecute several Mormons in Apache County for polygamy. Paul Morton accepts resignations of James W. Alexander and James Hazen Hyde as Equitable directors. University of Chicago president William R. Harper returns from the East ready for summer. Medford College marks fifth anniversary and honors Japanese minister Kogero Takahira with a Doctor of Laws. Gov. W. L. Douglas present. Massachusetts Supreme Court holds anti-union monopolization aims illegal. Logan Ohio school finds five venomous snakes killed in battle. Ventura reports skull of Dr. C. F. Thompkins from New Guinea. Chalmers killed and eaten in 1901. Sac City Institute to receive $15,000 with Rockefeler gift if $5,000 raised by September. Colfax Iowa ministers abandon planned Fourth of July. Negroes plan celebration anew. Jackson Mississippi court fines sexton Benjamin Jones for cursing a corpse.
Delayed in California, the National Editorial Association delegates are due in Portland today. A Salem committee of the Lewis and Clark Exposition bureau will meet them and escort them to Portland, where special trolley cars will carry them to the exposition for an evening reception.
Chicago June 27 Frank R McCamyon a waiter believing he had shot and fatally wounded a friend and thought he could be arrested died by his own hand. He had quarrel with his wife and fired at one of two friends named Marshal who were trying to intervene. Marshal was unhurt.
Memorial services for the late Greek premier Theodore P. Delyannis were held at the Greek church of St Sophia in Washington. Rev Father Steynar officiated as a grain heaped dish represented the dead on a table before the altar, marking the Athens assassination of June 13.
Fire in the Palace department store at Fifth Avenue and Union Street, a Harris Bros. and Jacobus Bros. outlet, caused damage estimated between 500000 and 650000 dollars. Flames were discovered yesterday and were quickly extinguished.
Mrs. Wait C. Grege shot and killed her four children and wounded herself in a June 27 incident at Grand Take Cole. She is in critical condition with a side wound and may not survive. Authorities believe the act occurred during a temporary insanity fit.
A robber cut the bottom of a mall pouch on a crane as an east bound train passed near Be ren Valencia county and took packages valued at 912000 mailed to the First National Bank at Albuquerque from the bank at Belen. The robber escaped.
Grain markets across St Paul Duluth Minneapolis Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St Paul report wheat Nor 1 Northern prices from $1.08 to $1.14 and No 2 Northern near $1.04 to $1.09 while corn No 2 and oats vary. Cattle hogs and sheep prices are listed for Chicago Sioux City and local stockyards with mixed ranges for steers cows calves and feeders and hogs trading around $5.25 to $9.30 per cwt.
Sylvester Jones was fatally stabbed by Stephen Hurst during a dispute over a dice game on a passenger excursion train. Hurst, described as a one armed man, is jailed on a murder charge.
Chicago reports fourteen people injured yesterday afternoon when an electric car left the tracks at Grove Street, Bryanston. Three passengers are listed in serious condition as witnesses describe scrambling to safety.
President Roosevelt orders diplomats and consuls to ensure Chinese merchants students and others of exempt classes receive proper certificates. Immigration officials are instructed to enforce the exclusion law, guarantee courteous treatment, and dismiss any official who mistreats claimants. The move aims to avert trade tensions between China and American manufacturers.
London June 27. The British government appoints a commission to inquire into a South African army stores scandal. Members include Justice Farwell as chairman, Sir George Dashwood, Taubman Goldie, Field Marshal Sir George White, Sir Francia Mowatt, and Samuel H Morley.
In Danbury Connecticut on June 27 an electric car struck several torpedoes set on the track by youths on South Street. The blasts caused panic among female passengers and Mary Davis aged sixty died by jumping from the car.
From Vigo Spain June 27 reports say thirty people drowned after a boat capsized while crossing the Minho River near Caminha. The vessel had reached the river mouth en route to Portugal.
Paris reports banker George Rodriguez died by his own hand after heavy losses in the recent market decline. Liabilities of his bank were stated at about $2,000,000, with assets and full figures not disclosed.
In Austin Texas on June 27 a long standing Sunday law was rigorously enforced with shops and many establishments closing from midnight Saturday night through Sunday afternoon forcing observed rest and restricted commerce across the city.
Madison Wis June 27 The Wisconsin supreme court granted new trials in the cases of former Aid Charles Havener and former Supervisor Schutz of Milwaukee The decisions hinge on irregularities in admitting evidence and misdirecting juries after deliberations The court denied rehearing for Michael Dunn once Milwaukee Building Inspector who was convicted of accepting a 1500 bribe for a special building privilege
Des Moines on June 27 A L Steele prominent lawyer and county attorney candidate was arrested on an indictment charging him with embezzling 8000 dollars from Gladiator Gold Mining. The dispute between Steele and Gladiator has included a $12000 claim by the company. The case was moved from the jury and the company’s appeal is pending. Steele says his adjudication bars the indictment.
Elizabeth White a Chippewa squaw began suit against Indian Agent Campbell for money due for the sale of pine. The case is described as a forerunner of suits aggregating 250000 or more by Wisconsin Chippewas after a federal supreme court decision. About 1900000 or more is invested in Wisconsin at the discretion of Indian agents, with further suits expected to force immediate payment.
Eight year old Stephen Facez drowned at Ely lake near Sparta Minnesota when he fell from a drifting boat. Mrs Sherman on shore mistook the boy’s plunge as a dive from the vessel, realizing it was an accident only after he surfaced a second time. The child’s father works as a miner at the Genoa workings.
Milwaukee June 27 A schedule filed with the referee in bankruptcy shows National Electric company liabilities at 1 259 471 with assets of 3 500 000 Of the liabilities 1 120 000 is secured The firm included banker Frank G Bigelow among its large holders and recently came under receivership weeks ago ceversl
A Northern Pacific freight wreck near Wataroo station in Fereus Falls Minnesota derailed eight cars after rail spread. Several workmen aboard one car escaped injury by jumping to safety.
In Appleton Wisconsin on June 27 nine year old Marie Deyrick collapsed and died while skipping rope at the hundredth jump. She exclaimed I have finished before sinking to the ground under peculiar circumstances reported by local authorities.
Anton Tox died after a brief illness shortly after being elected unopposed as mayor. He was a popular figure in Osakis and served as mayor for the city. The death came in the hours following the news of his term.
A man named Joseph Colvin drowned in the Lester River yesterday while fishing with friends near a ledge. Leung was swept into the river during the incident as bystanders tried to rescue and start a campfire.
PhichlvsburgMont June 27 George Hama Hearmouth tract robber convicted in connection with the Northern Pacific railroad The jury fixed his sentence at one year. Man caught in elevator machinery WinonaMion June 27 Frederick Hoffschmidt a young married man was caught in a shaft of Terminal elevator of the Western Elevator company here and whirled to instant death.
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