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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1898
Page
1
Dill on Montana dealer Fidel Huber announces Kupfer watches as superior anti roup, in service after a year of production. Second lot arriving, prices range from 12 to 40 dollars with broader American lines from 2.50 upward.
April letters from Beaverhead County summarize social happenings in Bannack and Pageville. Dances at the Odd Fellows hall receive praise for music and decor. deaths and births are noted in Bannack. local development includes dredge work on the Maggie A Gibson and F L Graves. Household illnesses and visitors are listed with several travel notices and farm activity updates.
Dispatches state the Georgia governor informed the government that Spanish agents intend to wreck bridges and trains carrying American troops. Dewey threatens a 38 minute ultimatum at Manila and rumors say U S. fleet is checked. Sampson’s fleet fought a brief shore battery engagement at Matanzas with little damage.
Lisson April 28 The Portuguese government has halted dispatches to telegraphic services reporting Admiral Sampson's fleet and Matanzas shore batteries. Washington April 28 The navy department showed intense ship movements along the seaboard as Portuguese censorship blocks Associated Press bulletins from Key West. Observers question the impact of the Matanzas engagement, noting the batteries’ distance and contested damage details.
Porto Rico advices say four Spanish gun boats at San Juan are being painted black. Martial law is enforced harshly, crowds flee inland, and the capital is nearly deserted. Military authorities prepare defenses as thirty four torpedoes are planted in the channel.
Admiral Dewey orders insurgents to avoid barbarous acts and aims to capture the Spanish fleet as his priority over Manila. He will demand Manila’s capitulation within 88 minutes of arriving, seeking rapid success and protection for American interests.
Gov Atkinson of Georgia says Spanish spies plan to wreck bridges and a train carrying U S troops in a possible saboteur action. The Portuguese minister in Washington says Portugal plans to declare neutrality tomorrow.
In St Tomas on April 28 an American sugar plantation in Porto Rico was plundered after war was declared. The British consul in charge of American interests has requested British war ships to safeguard interests and protect the area.
The Spanish squadron remains at anchor at St. Vincent Cape Verde Islands but is expected to sail tomorrow as paymasters settle accounts. Paris reports an unfounded rumor that the American fleet was checked at the Philippine islands.
The U S monitor Terror captured the Spanish steamer Guido from Corunna to Havana near Cardenas after a desperate chase. The prize carried provisions and money intended for Spanish troops in Cuba. The Terror fired on the Guido during the pursuit, nearly flooding the pilot house of the gunboat Machias.
A Madrid report claims nine Spanish ships have sailed from Manila to pursue American merchant vessels. The London dispatch notes the squadron intends to capture cargo ships and disrupt trade signals.
An April proclamation permits Spanish weasels to remain in United States waters until May. The notice appears from Wasurazon with unspecified authority and unclear reasons.
Gen Corbin reports no changes to state allotments and each state will provide full equipment. A large crowd in ToreKa gathered and hung Governor Leedy in effigy over his order to disarm state troops. In Idsho Troops Governor Breunenger issued a call for 800 infantry, two battalions not to exceed 400 men each.
Prices paid for produce at wholesale at press time include butter per pound five cents, eggs per dozen seventeen to twenty cents, potatoes per peck seventy five to one dollar, wheat per bushel one hundred fifteen cents, data per peck five to ten cents, timothy baled nine dollars eighty cents to ten dollars one cent, blue joint baled eight dollars, wild hay baled five to seven dollars, alfalfa five fifty to six dollars.
An odd ad-style notice touts Cascarets and Candy Vatharti as remedies for constipation with a claim of permanent cure and a money back option if a zero result is achieved, reflecting era patent medicine language.
Readable line notes stationery and office supplies available at Trinuns Pusan Co with emphasis on basic items for desk use.
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