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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
8
Li Hung Chang says he plans to attend the meeting with Prince Ching to accept the preliminary joint note. The Spanish minister will present the note with hopes for a prompt reply and a continued dynasty. An answer is expected about Thursday.
The Times of London editorial condemns McKinley for seeking a revised Hay-Pauncefote canal treaty, warns Britain cannot accept the amended terms, and asserts the United States must bear responsibility for any friction. It notes Britain remains a North American power and rejects European involvement. If not acceptable, the U.S. should rely on Clayton-Bulwer rights.
A detachment of the Ninth United States Cavalry engaged a large insurgent force near Gulnobatan in Albay. After the clash, 45 insurgents lay dead with many wounded, while a sergeant was wounded in the leg. Rebels suffered their heaviest loss in recent encounters. wires delayed official report.
In Bremen on December 24 reports say the agrarian party may accept a six mark grain duty. The proposal would burden American wheat with about 39 cents per bushel, risking a 40 percent drop for U.S. growers and prompting retaliatory action if Americans do not mobilize. Queenstown reports gale conditions easing with vessels like the Heinrich damaged and seeking repairs while the Kardon sighted a Leyland liner steered at a sharp angle off Ireland.
Census data from December 24 lists incorporated South Dakota towns with populations between 2 000 and 25 000. Aberdeen 4087 Brookings 2346 Deadwood 3498 Huron 2793 Lead 6210 Madison 2550 Mitchell 4055 Pierre 2306 Sioux Falls 10266 Vermillion 2183 Watertown 3352 Yankton 4195.
Helena Montana Christmas mail danger as a registered pouch meant for Chicago and the East vanishes en route. The pouch contained principal parts of holiday remembrances sent east, a theft believed to occur between the Helena post office and the Great Northern depot.
A gate lockout by Scranton Railway employees paralyzes 30 mile tied region from Pittston to Forest City. Wyoming Traction workers threaten to strike Thursday causing potential 80 mile street car halt across Scranton Wilkes Barre Pittston and Carbondale. Wage demands 20 cents extra for old workers and 15 to 44 cents for new hires plus ten hour day.
The Indian affairs committee backed abandoning Sisseton agency in South Dakota, a move seen as erasing a famed Northwest agency. The 1882 allotments created 1882 Sisseton Indians living on wedge-shaped lands near Lake Kampeska now farm as tenants or smallholders under cash leases.
Tornado swept eastern Noxubee county and western Pickens and Sumpter counties Alabama last night. At Sparkman place one house was destroyed. Ross place near Cooksville lost a residence and furniture. Beal place several houses blown away. John Windham place storehouse and barns destroyed with multiple deaths including two named men and Wash Oliver a Negro killed. Telephone news is sparse.
In Moweaqua Illinois at 2 a.m. five gunmen dynamited the vault of the Dalton City bank causing extensive damage. About $6000 in currency vanished though $500 deposited after hours in the vault was overlooked. Three blasts shattered bank windows and left burned money fragments a block away.
Samuel Mc Donald, treasury clerk, shot auditor Frank H. Harris at the Winder building on Saturday then wounded himself. He remains in a precarious condition at Emergency hospital with officials expecting his death momentarily. Friends say his mind may have been unsettled.
A man believed to be James Mahoney, who escaped from Ionia prison in 1896, is arrested in Chicago on suspicion of involvement in the Detroit burglary of ex Secretary of War Alger’s residence on December 5. Police say Mahoney received a satchel with silverware worth 1100 dollars from the American Express office on December 11, later melted and sold to a fence.
A vicious dog bite in Belleville Illinois leads to a boy's death after nine months of pain describing an agony ending in death reported on December 24. The case highlights dangers of stray dogs in urban areas and prompts public health warnings.
British dispatches claim confidence from Lord Kitchener while Cape Town reports describe Dewet’s disciplined rear guard tactics and a growing Boer network. Advices note rail bridge destruction near De Aar and dynamite requisitions as Cape Colony tensions rise amid ongoing pursuit.
London reports widespread Cape Colony unrest near the Orange River with likely fighting on a large scale before the invasion is crushed. Boers rally Dutch backcountry to support the revolt as private advices arrive in London.
Halifax dispatch notes Canadians returning home from overseas duty aboard the steamer Lake with plans to reunite with families. The brief item confirms troop movement and morale amid ongoing post war relief.
A summary of recent Senate and House actions includes Hay-Pauncefote treaty debates in executive session, passage of a pension bill package, and authorizations for road grade crossings and terminal changes. Notable events include the death of Mrs. Frye prompting adjournment and the election of Bouguide to the naval reserve list.
Details emerge of shipping disasters along the north Pacific coast as storms lash Vancouver Island and Puget Sound. The American Park Highland Light wrecked near Barclay Sound with crew escaping. French bark General Millenet stranded at Astoria. Oswego swamped at moorings. Muskoka dragged ashore. McKensie Head lightship driven ashore. Charles D. Lane towed into Puget Sound after boiler and steering damage, crew aboard enduring flooding and long pumps to avert disaster.
The river and harbor bill gains final approval with Chairman Burton releasing a statement of the roughly $60,000,000 total appropriation. It compares as the second largest on record, with Missouri River funding including $300,000 for general improvement between Sioux City and the mouth and $41,000 for removal of obstructions above Sioux City.
Grace Howard daughter of New York journalist Joseph Howard married Joseph Mesnard in Chicago. They plan to live 40 miles west of Chamberlain on the White River where the bride runs a cattle ranch and store. Howard started a Crow Creek Indian school twelve years ago and later sold it to the government. Mesnard has managed the ranch since.
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