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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
3
Observations from Mr Defeboush, editor of the American Lumberman, on a May trip to the Dakotas. He notes a bright outlook for 1905 with strong wheat prospects, growing diversification in farming, rising town building, and robust commercial life centered in Bismarck.
Prof Ladd begins enforcement steps for the pure food law to take effect in July. He will travel the state after the agricultural college term ends, testing drugs from Fargo stores and mall orders. He expects widespread adulteration in catarrh cures and pile remedies, noting opium or cocaine in many samples. He reports stores are stocked with purer blackberry brandy and port wine, though mall shipments show nine of twelve samples impure. He will also enforce rules on impure paint, predicting most white paints fail to meet claims. He cites white lead substitutes and misrepresented pigments. He mentions large tracts sold in Cavalier county, with ongoing sales likely this year. Owen Hecker, age 84, opens the Heck er post office sixteen miles downriver from Minot, remaining the oldest U.S. postmaster.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota declined to comment publicly on Norway Sweden tensions during the annual meeting of Det Norske Selskap of America in Fargo. The session featured an audience interruption and strong private sentiment against Sweden, with Norwegians pledging to defend independence if crisis escalates. Prominent attendees hailed from Wisconsin Minnesota and the Dakotas. Officers were elected and an evening concert by the University of Christiania was announced.
The North Dakota Supreme Court ordered ten years for William Barry in the Mellen murder case after reversing Judge Cowan. Barry had been tried twice at Langdon and Grafton, with verdicts for murder in the second degree and manslaughter in the second degree, all challenged on former jeopardy grounds. The decision fixes the Langdon verdict as legal and sets a ten year term starting when the Langdon verdict was offered in December 1903, with potential release around seven and a half years with good behavior.
In April there were 486 births and 196 deaths in Beate. Dr H H Healy secretary of the state board of health reports 484 births and 196 deaths in the state. Seventeen deaths were due to tuberculosis one to typhoid fever one to diphtheria three to scarlet fever two to measles and seventeen to other contagious diseases. The births and deaths by county are listed.
Moorish robbers assassinated Vice Consul Madden at the Austrian vice consulate in Mazagan on June 6. Madden, a British subject also tied to Denmark, had long served there. His wife was wounded as the killers fled. Austrian and British authorities filed protests with the sultan’s foreign minister.
Stockholm reports Premier Ramstedt states the Swedish government will not recognize the Norwegian revolution and will submit motions to the riksdag aligned with this stance. Diplomats say foreign powers may delay recognition, while some foresee forceful measures only after riksdag action. Prayers for King Oscar and Norway’s fatherland accompany the coverage.
Milwaukee June 12 Frank G Bigelow former First National Bank defaulter worth 1 5 million pleaded guilty to ten counts under national banking laws and was sentenced by U S District Judge Joseph V Quarles to ten years hard labor at Fort Leavenworth Kan He was turned over to federal marshals and began the journey to prison Leavenworth Kan June 13 Bigelow accompanied by counterfeiter John Spe Plate was brought to the penitentiary with deputies Andrew Johnson and Charles Kelley Bigelow son Gordon and brother Dr Bigelow traveled from Chicago He wore a worn hat and appeared anxious to avoid reporters he was searched and issued a cell for the night The brothers and son waited downstairs and sought an interview with Warden McClaughrey showing concern for Bigelow’s workload after a prison medical review
A laborer at the Artesian Stone and Lime company quarry in Chicago survived a seventy five foot fall down an embankment. He reached his home unaided and his injuries are described as superfetal but not hindering his ability to work.
Wisconsin river reached a historic high above 122 feet with water sweeping over a plank road two miles south. The Madison and Portage branch saw over 100 feet of track washed out while the main line remained intact. The branch was submerged about a half mile by floodwaters.
Joseph Richardson Coomes sixty eight, a Confederate army lieutenant, died at his Norfolk home after years as a prisoner at Rock Island where he helped plan the Ku Klux Klan. He passed away June 12 in this city.
A fire in the Ranier Vehicle Equipment Company's garage in New York destroyed nearly one hundred automobiles. Loss on the machines is estimated at 350000, with additional damage to the garage plant. No further details on cause or origin are given.
The Des Moines report notes the river overflow has receded slowly, leaving vast farmlands damaged around Keokuk. Damage to farmers is estimated at 300,000 dollars, with losses extending to Davenport and other towns as the swollen river rises threaten crossings. a man named Riley Smallwood, aged, was attempting to ford a swollen stream in a wagon near Alexandria.
Two Wisconsin youths Kennath aged 20 of Milwaukee and Walter Middlestreet aged 15 of Weyauwega drowned near Gill's Landing on the Wolf River three miles from Weyauwega Wisconsin. Bodies recovered. Cause unknown though believed boat overturned by a gust of wind.
Ottumwa Iowa June 14 Roads washed out. Elmer C Coombs drove a handcar along a railroad line fifty five miles from Exline to Ottumwa amid chaos. Incoherent fragments suggest movement by foot and by rail as crews attempt to assess damage and continue travel despite washouts.
Attorney Carl Sherwood of Clark secured from the supreme court a writ of error and certificate of probable cause in The State vs Carl Jackson. Jackson was charged with wrecking the First State Bank of Clars and making a false report to the bank examiner, and he received a one year sentence in the penitentiary. The certificate of probable cause stays proceedings until the October term.
Milwaukee freight crashed into an Illinois Central passenger train at Lyle damaging the Milwaukee engine and wrecking the sleeper end. The passenger train stood on the crossing and thirteen passengers occupied the sleeper. several were reported hurt but no deaths.
Three carloads of evidence will arrive in Madison to be used in trials against Wisconsin railroads. The material includes books, vouchers and schedules to support claims that the roads have paid the correct taxes.
In Great Falls Montana a local inventor says he grows new potatoes every day of the year without vines or visible growth signs. He has been in contact with a Chicago man who offers 100000 dollars for controlling interest if the claim proves true.
At Pickerel Lake a rowboat capsized, two people drowned. Oscar Smetstad aged 28 and a young woman named Hustad were lost. Boats from shore rescued the remaining occupants. bodies recovered by local authorities.
The First regiment Minnesota National Guard under Col Reeve arrived at Camp Lakeview for the annual encampment. The roster in camp is reported as the largest in the regiment’s history with work begun immediately.
In Yankton on June 14 Sam Carr, a Black man, allegedly struck Granville Thornton in a quarrel Sunday evening. Thornton died yesterday. Carr, who claims self defense, was arrested.
Two Chicago men Mieageane Lie Down and Arthur Bingham were killed after lying on railroad tracks near Marion as a Milwaukee work train passed. The item notes a Columbia University donation of $500,000 and an $80,000 gift to Columbia by an anonymous donor.
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