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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1903
Page
3
The regular meeting of the Dillon Cigarette Dreamers features George Bedlen’s tale of a prospector crew, a chef and his spoiled salad, starving Indians, and a dramatic revenge scene ending with the narrator as the chosen target. The room fills with smoke as the tale concludes.
Washington April 14 Postmaster General Payne announced the post office inquiry will continue and any guilty parties will be summarily dealt with. He directed Bristow to lead the investigation using inspectors and other methods and noted progress will be reported after Bristow completes a comprehensive report.
Jefferson City and St Louis report grand jury actions on doodling in the legislature. Witnesses include Senator David Nelson and baking powder figures Whitney Layton and Patterson Bain. Former Speaker John W. Farris testifies as probes touch the slot machine bill and two St Louis county measures. Senator Collins faces subpoenas over seven thousand dollar bills.
A local promoter backed the effort and it is alleged that $5,000 was handed around to secure passage of a hill law.
Five men die and two are badly burned in mine 77 of the Kansas and Texas Coal at Carbon I T. The dead are Floyd Oder George Teek Frank McMullen Jerry Kincaid and O A Fields. Injured are Robert McCrany Ben Hamilton. Seventy five men were in the mine. seven hurt were in the chamber of the blast. cause unknown. Most of the dead had families.
The trial of W. W. O Hara charged with using the mails to defraud in his turf commissioner business began in Cincinnati before Judge Thompson. Leonard A Gibbs of Buffalo testified he sent $10 then $50 then $100 and received interest but then heard nothing. A large number of witnesses from across the country are present.
Detectives raided four alleged gambling concerns and arrested three men. The Chicago Crescent and Chicago Mail Order union, Star Distributors union, and Montana Mining Loan and Investment company were named. Harry Altizer allegedly controlled three. John J. Jacobs led the Montana outfit. Jacobs was not found.
Commander F J Drake aboard the US monitor Monterey with English, French, German and other ships uncovered a rebel plan to attack Canton and harm foreign residents. Prompt action and coordinated defense prevented the assault and saved civilians in Kwantung Province.
Hon W J Bryan Senator Hoar and Charles Emory Smith spoke at Hotel Barton under the Thomas Jefferson Memorial association in an event for 140 guests. A Marine Band march The Thomas Jefferson March highlighted the musical program. H B F MacFarland presided and Thomas Nelson Page was toastmaster. The dinner was not political.
A fatal Burlington wreck between Lynn and Opheim left three freight engines piled up. Engineer McGinsey of Galesburg died. Engineer John Norris of Monmouth is missing and feared buried in the wreck after a failed train order.
The schooner Margaret L Ward was rammed and sunk by the steamer El Rio twenty eight miles east of Galveston bar. Two children of Captain McKown and one sailor are reported lost after the collision. signals and lights failed to avert the disaster as the vessel sank within about thirty seconds. The captain and crew were aboard with the family asleep in the cabin when the crash occurred.
Manila reports the warship Reina Christina flagship of Admiral Montejo has been floated and beached. About eighty crew members’ skeletons were found in the hulk, including one with a sword. Captain Counden would bury them as an American naval funeral, while locals discuss shipping the remains to Spain.
William Vallance famed lightning calculator dies in Trenton New Jersey at age thirty after a week in state hospital from severe mental strain linked to his work with figures. He could instantly solve complex arithmetic and algebra problems and recall historical dates with flawless accuracy.
Police guarded Buffalo harbor as striking steamship firemen and oilers and their supporters risk unrest. A raid on the William S Mack saw four nonunion firemen removed and held until police freed them. Two men were assaulted on Coit street and a riot nearly occurred at Erie street.
Articles of incorporation filed for the Iowa Illinois and Missouri Railroad with capital of 100000. The line would run from Dubuque to Davenport via Rock Island Monmouth Macomb Rushville and Jacksonville to St Louis. Branches would connect McDonough county to the Mississippi opposite Burlington Mercer county to Muscatine and Schuyler county to near Keokuk.
A severe storm swept Indiana causing floods and property damage. In Bloomfield Greenville Talley and his horses were carried away by rising Richland Creek. Washington reported four inches of rain and lightning struck barns and stock. Jay County saw heavy damage with about a dozen houses and barns burned. The Wabash River rose beyond its banks.
Florence Gladstone of San Francisco, a member of the Louis James and Frederick Warde company, died in South Bend after a fall that injured her spine in Logansport.
W H Brown of Leesville Ind claims Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption saved his life after expected death. He says it gave immediate relief from asthma and led to a complete cure. The remedy reportedly cures consumption pneumonia bronchitis and grip. Price 50 cents and one dollar. City Drug Store guarantees.
Anaconda county assessor N Levengood urges taxing all personal property currently held by city residents. The proposal mirrors practices in other counties where residents own eight personal property items.
John Oliver of Philadelphia narrates a dramatic recovery after doctors gave up. He reports severe jaundice like symptoms and pain, then credits Electric Bitters with a quick turn for the better after three weeks. The advertisement claims a guaranteed remedy at 50 cents in City Drug Store.
An advertisement claims purifying blood cures headache fever pimples and general malaise. It asserts Acker's Blood Elixir cures scrofulous or syphilitic poisons and other blood diseases and offers a positive guarantee with every bottle.
Advertisement promotes Acker's English Remedy for coughs colds or croup with money back offers in case of no relief. Central Pharmacy touts a Chicago typewriter for sale via Tribune Pub Co Dillon with invitation to call and view.
The document lists political leaders including Senator W. A. Clark and Paris Gideon, Representative Joseph M. Dizon, Governor J. K. Tools, Lieut. Governor Frank G. Higgins, Secretary of State George M. Hays, Treasurer A. H. Barrett, Auditor J. H. Calderhead, Attorney General James Donovan, Superintendent of Schools W. W. Welsh, Chief Justice T. F Brantley, Associate Justices George R. Milburn W. T. Pigott and W. H. Holloway, and Clerk Henry G. Ricksta.
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