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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1900
Page
3
Whales in this issue are noted to reach ages 200 to 400 years, judged by whalebone layers increasing yearly. Dan Rice is described as a public benefactor whose aim was laughter. A tale recounts Sir James Paget dying after a biscuit caused a fatal reaction, illustrating the need for careful medical orders.
Scientists note worry harms brain cells, leading to progressive organ injury and death. Astronomers announce a total solar eclipse on May 28, spanning 7 000 miles from New Orleans to Thebes, a rare event not seen on the Atlantic coast since 1869 and not again until 1925.
Officials fret over costs as Paris prepares for royal and imperial visitors to the Paria exposition. Ministers plan to fund hospitality from an extra allowance, risking overrun. The ornate restoration and empire era decorations are being sorted for ministerial residences with the top honors going to M. Deleasae after the head of state.
Professor J J Thompson of the Royal Society reports evidence that atoms are divisible. He says cathode ray experiments show streams of electrified particles come from torn corpuscles of atoms in the electrode, not the atoms themselves. These corpuscles are tiny portions of the parent atoms.
The report outlines continued U S stance in the Philippines and Caribbean affairs. Remarks cover ambassadorial posts, territorial government talks for Alaska, and Porto Rican bill amendments. Military training ships, anti piracy measures, and court actions against crime are noted alongside naval promotions and financial allocations.
Foreign gossip notes the dissolution of the Assumptionist Fathers in France and a narrow escape from a Paris fire involving Yvotte Guilbert. Reports mention plague deaths in Calcutta, attacks on British statesmen, and misc. international political tensions including Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The relchatag debates whipping as punishment amid a rising paper price in Canada. Kingston Jamaica municipal council revolt and resignation threat cited amid corruption claims.
Reports span railroad moves and consolidations, labor unrest in Chicago and Pittsburgh, a Louisiana suffrage test, a New York court ruling on Ailton, wage advances for twenty thousand workers, and a series of financial and corporate shifts. Notable items include the Hamburg American profits rise, Nancy Hanks Lincoln memorial proposal, a Mississippi smallpox death toll, and a Delaware colonization firm with two million capital.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach told bankers the war may close soon as recent events cut costs. Reports say Boer power is collapsing and Lord Roberts plans growing operations with 70 000 troops, while Mafeking draws global sympathy and rumors swirl about negotiations and brutal plans for Johannesburg.
Reports from the Transvaal indicate Boer forces disorganized with damanaged camps and British advances toward Bloemfontein. In London the Afghan ameer pledges support to Britain against Russia, while in Washington Mr Mason’s resolution on Boers prompts closed Senate debate and a tariff-focused address by Mr Lindsay.
Huge crowds greeted Queen Victoria and the royal party in London as flags and banners adorned the West End. The queen showed visible gratification and announced plans to review 2,000 guardsmen from Barrington Campbell's brigades and Scott's grenadier guards bound for South Africa.
E G Rideout, general manager of the colonizing enterprise at La Gloria Cuba, replies to Havana dispatches stating no colonists are in distress there. He claims no colonists have asked for aid or received help from quartermaster services. about 300 people are at La Gloria with 90 percent happy and contented.
Arrangements by the subsistence and quartermaster's department aim to ship 500 tons of food, including rice and codfish, to destitute interior Porto Rico. The transport Kilpatrick will depart New York on the Lith on the 11th.
A Fort Recovery Ohio Christian church splits over introducing a regular chair organ and missionary and aid societies. Some members seek court appointment of a receiver for church property and a full accounting.
In Santo Domingo on March 11 the political movement against the government may be near its end as Gen. Pepin, former governor of the province of Santo de los Cabelleros, and three followers are pursued by government troops and expected to be captured soon.
Mel Carter aged 32 shot and killed his brother Charles a 22 year old university student at their parents home in North Berkeley. He then killed himself in a_quiet perary fit of insanity. The incident occurred March 11 in Oakland California.
In Burlington Iowa on March 1 an unnamed man was struck and killed by a fast moving vehicle. The body was found with severe injuries and another passenger survived. Three companions narrowly escaped the same fate in the incident reported from the city.
Terry McGovern of Brooklyn halted Oscar Gardner in the third round of a fight billed as a tentative ten rounder. McGovern, a heavy favorite, delivered the decisive blow in New York on March 1 as the bout concluded early.
Lieutenant Governor Sprites telephoned to arrange a temporary respite for Joseph Shafer sentenced to be hanged at Butte. The message allowed the supreme court time to consider Shafer's appeal as the papers raced by train to Helena. Officials said they would honor the telephone directive if documents failed to arrive. This may be the first known use of a telephone for such a delay.
On March 11 in Nipreepec to Victoria Winnipeg, Gretna Mennonites with Boer sympathies attempted to burn the queen's effigy. About a dozen English riflemen arrived and threatened to fire if the effigy appeared, dispersing the crowd. Altona Mennonites are likewise disturbing English speaking residents.
Madison Wis March 11 Gen Harry Harden commander of the Wisconsin G A R is seriously ill doctors report his illness as pneumonia The 77 year old veteran shows signs of recovery according to his physicians and in his own words he remains confident.
The 10,000 damage suit by George A. McKeeth against the Omaha Railway company was promptly submitted to Judge O'Neil instead of a jury and a decision rendered in favor of the railway company.
The Aberdeen National Bank has been reorganized and its entire stock is now held by Aberdeen capitalists. Lincoln and Boyd are major stockholders, with Robert Moddy holding a contrasting interest in the bank.
A series of short notices from March 11 cover deaths and arrests in Minnesota. Henry Mints died after being transported to Rochester Hospital following a case adjudication. Emily Chapter awaits grand jury action on a check mising case. The Dakota State Bank of Dickinson plans to open Monday with 25000 capital. Joseph Beaulieu and Tutnel La Croix, previously bound to a December grand jury for a McGees robbery in St Matthias, were discharged. Frank Blomberg died when a tree fell in Engle Bend while working in the woods.
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