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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1890
Page
1
A collage of Beaverhead Beaverhead notes reports Capt. Bentley heading to Dillon and Ada Hulsizer recovering. Cattle losses due to snow and bad riding conditions are described along with local delays. The Glendale area sees Easter events and school trustee races. McCarthy mining district reports ore finds, new shops, and plans for a booming Glen. Local marriages, visits, and a dramatic accident injure Thomas Cape’s eye.
A tornado hit Prophetstown on April 8 at about 7 PM, lasting ten minutes. It carved a path half a mile wide and a mile long, wrecking an elevator, three houses, and several barns while injuring Edward Hammond, his wife and child, and the Clark Reynolds family. Damage is estimated around $20,000 with two inches of rain and heavy hail.
At Washing ton April 10 the Montana election case was taken up Call addressed the senate in opposition to the committee report claiming Sanders and Power deserve seats in the senate from Montana on the merits of the case.
Louisville April 10 The White Cap organization in southern Indiana is about to face Grand Army of the Republic action after Isaac White a Leavenworth area veteran was abducted and beaten by switchloyals leaving him in critical condition Local G A R Post plans to seek justice against the attackers and rearrest the case for prosecution
A Portland dispatch says Silcott the absconding cashier of the sergeant at arms of the house of representatives was captured there tonight by a private detective from Denver. The report is unverified and details are unavailable.
The remedy is widely praised for liver and kidney diseases, skin issues from impure blood, and malaria. It promises to purify blood, relieve headaches and indigestion, and offers full satisfaction or money back. Sold at N. M. White's City Drug Store for 50 cents to 1.00 per bottle.
Oronoco Ohio April 8 a dramatic elopement ends with William Poole 22 marrying Annie May Wyatt 18 the daughter of Henry S Wyatt at 2 22 am after Poole released from Stillwater prison for three years for shooting George T Struckland. They fled twenty miles through mud pursued by Wyatt and friends. They married at Justice Riefenider with a license and fled to Chicago by morning train. Wyatt father had long threatened to shoot Poole and vows to act if given a chance.
Nineteen black refugees from a large escape party by raft reach a steamer at Vicksburg. Twelve women and children drowned. Steeple Bayou area reports worsening floods as Evergreen brings Earl Miller and family to safety. Green herds and stock are sold or drowned. Oscola predicts rising water southward into Louisiana for two weeks. Three steamers will try to rescue those in danger. Arkansas City reports slow rise due to a crevasse in Bayou, engineers to close it.
Mamie Starr, arrested last night for suspected poisoning of the Newland family, testified under cross examination today with a shifting account. She denied Hyde Park, suggested a sister resembled her, claimed she went to Newland’s to work, bought poison in a despondent spell, and said she did not contaminate the food. She ate some corn, grew ill, and fled as the family sickened, claiming she took a poison box but discarded it. Police remain unsure if she is sane.
A twelve year old boy playing on a raft near the Spokane River on April 8 was swept away by the current. He was dashed over rocks and falls and his body was seen near the Monroe Street Bridge shortly after but has not been recovered. The youth remains unidentified.
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