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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1898
Page
4
The fragment shows the headline line from a Big Timber Montana newspaper noting Thursday afternoon publication and naming editor L. G6. Olmstead.
The Helena Independent notes that a federation of Honduras Salvador and Nicaragua formed with a US style government collapsed a month after its creation. A Salvadoran uprising and inability to suppress it led to the joint commission giving up the project and allowing each republic to go its own way.
The treaty of peace with Spain awaits two approvals the Spanish Cortes and the U S Senate. The Cortes will likely approve to receive the $20 000 000 payment and gain from the spoils while the Senate may resist expansion and the price but many opposing senators may still back ratification. The piece notes risks in both chambers and frames the fate of the Pacific empire as the deciding factor.
The piece argues that ratifying the Spanish treaty requires a two thirds Senate vote but most Americans oppose expansion, yet anti expansionists could back ratification without embracing empire. It asserts the public mood is against expansion and the issue would be settled once and for all by the people. The document ends with a bank affidavit signature from John B. Asbury.
The Anaconda company expanded ventilation work by building three tunnels into flue chambers to remove dust from calcining towers. Each flue yields about 3,000 tons of dust containing roughly 2 percent copper, worth at least $40,000 per flue. Workers in the hot zones include a growing corps of Black laborers, valued for resilience but noted as unreliable after shifts end.
The Big Timber Board of the Montana Children's Home society plans a Christmas box for the Helena home. Contributions of clothes vegetables poultry toys or money are welcome. Items left with Mr. Lester Howard by December 22 will be included and sent to Helena in time for a merry Christmas.
Notice filed by Helen Perrine nee Helen Bunds Hoop No 167 seeking finer proof to establish her claim at the Timber Montana U S Commissioner office in Rie Timber on December 10 before Noskillman. Aimed at proving entry No 167 for the NW1 4 and W 2 of section 14 township etc.
Land Office at Bozeman Montana October 12 notices named settler filing intent to complete final proof in support of his claim. Proof to be made before United States Commissioner at Big Timber Montana December 31 1893. Witnesses Edmund C White ney Hoel Perrine Jake G Dellart and George M Hatch all of Big Timber Montana. AN OL LOVE Register.
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