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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1876
Page
2
A jumbled European digest recalls anniversaries in Constantinople, a rumored Treasury appointment for Senator Morris of Maine, a Winslow case release, a fatal woolen works fire in Ayr, and legal mining disputes. It surveys scientific claims on molecular visibility, fiscal year funding limits, and tense Atlantic politics amid Russia Germany and Turkey.
Prospecting notes from el Norte describe initial findings at Pan Susu Mining. A prospector reports sampling results and potential ore grades, while local officials monitor environmental impacts and plan further dig explorations.
Albert Jessup and Davis, cattle traders from New York and unknown origin, faced off in a staged border duel. They stood 159 feet apart, counted fifty paces, and exchanged fire. Jessup fired three shots missing, while Davs’s second shot struck Davis in the heart. Davis died. Jessup’s fate remains unseen as he fled toward River Bend Station. The body was sent to New York, while police pursue the fleeing participant.
Silas J. Whitcraft, found under a saddled horse near Preston's, survived the fall but died Tuesday morning from paralysis attributed to alcohol consumption. He had lived in the valley for years and was respected. his only known defect was a fondness for strong drink. Interment followed in Deer Lodge.
June reports from Curcaco and Cheyenne describe 3000 Indians missing and suspected to head north or meet Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Crow and Shake allies join General Crook near Goose Creek as Sheridan travels from Laramie, and Fort Russell engine house burn kills the engineer. A Bismarck train with Black Hills supplies departs tomorrow.
A disturbance described as a riot broke out at Mount Pleasant near Port Gibson on Saturday. A Black man refused to leave a band of white regulators and was killed. The Baton Rouge sheriff's posse captured fourteen Black suspects, including the accused, while armed Black riders headed toward Plaquemine and were stopped at East Landing with five wounded and two horses shot.
An official report details Hassan a Circassian lieutenant turned captain later adnt major who, released to go to Baghdad, shot Hussein Ayni Pasha the Minister of War. In the ensuing melee Rachel Pasha the Foreign Minister and a Mudbat Pasha servant were killed. Kaiseru Pasha the Minister of Marine and another officer were wounded. Hassan was hanged this morning.
In Canson on June 13 the leaders of the Anti Chinese league, Ifone and Cade, were found guilty. The jury deliberated for about thirty minutes and fined each man $200.
Telegraphic items note the Turkish governor offering a 2000 reward for capturing a Russian insurgent organizer, cadets at West Point nearly all graduating, and a planned meeting between Austrian and Russian empresses with further talks with Germany. Dispatches say Austria and Russia agree to curb insurgent aid and urge negotiation with Turkey amid floods in western Switzerland. John G New may replace Bristow in the Treasury, and nominations include John W. Webber and B. W. Green for consular posts.
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